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The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut is currently developing new formal
diocesan partnerships. Since 1990, it had been partnered with the Dioceses
of Cuba, the Dominical Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico as those churches
sought to establish themselves as a separate Province of the Caribbean.
In 2003, Puerto Rico submitted a resolution to the General Convention asking
to be returned to the Episcopal Church USA; this was accepted. (Both Cuba
and Puerto Rico had been part of the Episcopal Church USA years earlier;
the Dominican Republic and Haiti are currently part of ECUSA.) Cuba considered
petitioning to rejoin ECUSA, but decided against it at the end.
During this time of formal diocesan partnership, close ties were made,
and some churches established parish-to-parish partnerships. These won't
end, but the formal relationship between the Diocese and the emerging province
has ended.
Current diocesan partnerships with Scotland and Colombia exist, and several trips have been made by Connecticut Episcopalians to Colombia.
Parishes have also developed partnerships with other churches, schools,
and hospitals, often forming personal relationships to clergy, bishops,
and lay people. Some include personal visits and exchanges; others are limited
to material and financial contributions; some are ongoing; others focus
around one or two major occasions during the year. Some are within the Diocese,
some beyond the Diocese but within ECUSA. Many are overseas.
The Companion Relationship Committee is working to facilitate these partnerships,
and advise the bishops on the diocesan partnership.
Below is a list prepared in January, 2004 that gives an overview of currently
known parish partnerships. Contact the parish directly for more information.
(UPDATE IN PROGRESS 2008)
- Bethany (Christ Church) – St. Andrew’s Church,
New Haven CT
- Bloomfield (Old St. Andrew’s) – L’Ecole de
Bon Samaritan, Haiti
- Bridgeport (St. Luke’s/St. Paul’s) – St. Paul’s,
Fairfield & Trinity, Torrington CT
- Bridgeport (St. Mark’s) – Christ Church, Stratford
CT
- Brooklyn (Trinity) - Holy Trinity, Recife, Brazil
- Cheshire (St. Peter’s) – St. Mark’s, Ponce,
Puerto Rico and El Hogar, Honduras
- Darien (St. Luke’s) – Children’s Clubs in
Malawi, via GAIA; Trinity Church Jubilee Center, Lewiston, ME (with St.
Luke’s youth group)
- East Berlin (St. Gabriel’s Church) – Church of
Our Savior, Plainville CT
- Essex (St. John’s) – Diocese of Lebombo, Mozambique
(missionary)
- Fairfield (St. Paul’s) – St. Luke’s/St. Paul’s,
Bridgeport
- Glastonbury (St. James’) – Santiago Apostol, Rio
Grande and San Felipe, Loiza, Puerto Rico
- Greenwich (Christ Church) - Kenya (missionaries)
- Hartford (Trinity) – Mbugani Parish, Tanzania
- Huntington (St. Paul’s) – Bishop Mpango, Diocese
of Western Tanganyika
- Trinity, Lime Rock, Christ Church Canaan, Christ Church Sharon,
St. John’s, Salisbury, All Saints, Cornwall, and St. Peter’s
ELCA Church, Cornwall); Trinity Wall Street (choir, yearly)
- Manchester (St. Mary’s) – Iglesia de San Rafael
Arcangel, Yauco, Puerto Rico
- Middle Haddam (Christ Church) – St. Vincent’s School,
Haiti
- New Britain (St. Mark’s) – village in El Salvador
(annual visits by missionary)
- New Haven (St. James’ and Ascension) – Cristo el
Salvador, Las Tunas, Cuba (in partnership with St. Paul’s, Riverside)
- New Haven (Trinity Church) –Todos los Santos, Vieques,
Puerto Rico
- Newington (Grace) – St. Vincent’s School, Haiti
- Newtown (Trinity) - The Children’s Mission of St. Paul
and St. James, New Haven (covenanted partner)
- New Milford (St. John’s) - Cuba
- Old Lyme (St. Ann’s) – Dominican Republic; Holy
Trinity School, Haiti; St. Vincent’s School, Haiti
- Plainville (Church of Our Saviour) – St. Gabriel’s,
Berlin
- Redding Ridge (Christ Church) – The Kigata School, Uganda
- Riverside (St. Paul’s) - Cristo el Salvador, Las Tunas,
Cuba (in partnership with St. James and Ascension, New Haven)
- Rocky Hill (St. Andrew the Apostle) – Bishop Mpango,
Diocese of Western Tanganyika
- Southbury (Church of the Epiphany) – Anglican Diocese
of Northern Malawi, Mzuzu, Malawi
- Southport (Trinity) – Honduras
- Stamford (L’Eglise de l’Epiphanie) – Sainte
Croix, Taifer, Haiti
- Stonington (Calvary) Uganda Christian University, Mukono,
Uganda; Cuba
- Stratford (Christ Church) – St. Mark’s, Bridgeport;
St. Vincent’s School, Haiti
- Tariffville (Trinity Church) – Diocese of Kaduna, Nigeria;
Diocese of Western Tanganyika, Tanzania
- Thomaston (Trinity-St. Peter’s) – St. Vincent’s
School, Haiti
- Torrington (Trinity) – St. Luke’s/St. Paul’s,
Bridgeport
- Waterbury (Christ Church) – St. Andrew’s Church,
Kakatia, Liberia (missionaries)
- Watertown (Christ Church) – Jesus Revival Center, Kenya
- West Hartford (St. James’s) – St. Vincent’s
School, Haiti
- West Hartford (St. John’s) – Parish of Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba and Les Cayes School, Haiti
- Westport (Christ & Holy Trinity Church) –St. John’s
Church, Muguga, Kikuyu, Kenya
- Wethersfield (Trinity Church) – St. Vincent’s School,
Haiti; Holy Trinity School, Haiti
- Willimantic (St. Paul’s) – El Salvador
- Windsor (Grace) – San Matias, Lares, Puerto Rico
- Woodbury (St. Paul’s) – Diocese of South Rwenzori,
Uganda
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