{"id":2268,"date":"2025-08-12T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/?page_id=2268"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:18:36","slug":"140th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/?page_id=2268","title":{"rendered":"140th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1061740.png 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d8ac3ee95ab48ced2d98b3e1c4255981 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>140th Celebration Mass, Sunday, November 16, 11:30 am<br>with Msgr. Robert Kinnally, Vicar General of the Diocese of Bridgeport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brown-Gold-Classic-Church-Anniversary-Flyer-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brown-Gold-Classic-Church-Anniversary-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2278\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Click on image to enlarge        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As part of the 140th Anniversary Celebration, the Parish will publish a Parish History and Family Album booklet that will be available for our celebration in November.<\/strong> <strong>This booklet will include a history of the Parish, historical photos of the church, a listing of the priests who have served the parish, and the members of the many committees and ministries of the parish.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can view past albums from 1985 and 2010 here. Just click links below.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/St-Stephen-Church-1985.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">St. Stephen 1985 Album<\/span><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/StStephenAlbum2010.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">St. Stephen 2010 Album<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHARE YOUR ST STEPHEN MEMORIES!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have photos or memories from your years at St. Stephen?&nbsp;As we mark our 140th anniversary, we\u2019re collecting stories and snapshots from parishioners past and present. Send yours to <a href=\"mailto:parishcouncil@ststephentc.org\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">parishcouncil@ststephentc.org<\/span><\/a> or drop off at the church rectory office &#8211; we\u2019d love to include them in our celebration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>140th Celebration Mass, Sunday, November 16, 11:30 amwith Msgr. Robert Kinnally, Vicar General of the Diocese of Bridgeport Click on image to enlarge As part of the 140th Anniversary Celebration, the Parish will publish a Parish History and Family Album booklet that will be available for our celebration in November. This booklet will include a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/?page_id=2268\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ststephentc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}