The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-02
A NEW ITALIAN CHURCH.
ITALIAN BAPrISTS TO BUILD ON
OLIVE STREET.

Missionary work Of Eight Years
Among the italian Residents of the
City Has Resulted In the Baptism of
over One Hundred Into the baptist
Faith.
Another new congregation, to be
known as the First Italian Baptist
church, has been formed and chapel
lis to be erected on Olive street on
land situated between Greene and St.
John streets. The project has been UNI
dertaken by the New Haven Baptist
union and the chapel proposed will
furnish place of worship for the
Italian Baptists.
Missionaries have been working
among the Italian residents for some
time past and the result of their labors
is the banding together of number
Sufficient to form the nucleus of the
new congregation.
The work among the Italians was
first undertaken about eight years ago
by the members of the First Baptist
church, and as soon as the work was
developed the Baptist state convention,
the Baptist Home Mission society and
the local Baptist churches gave their
support to the movement.
Sixty women and fifty men have
49, fha
work was started and others are being
prepared for baptism. The Sunday
school has 100 children enrolled and has
a good attendance every Sunday. The
services are at present held in the City
mission building, the Sunday school be-
ing at 1880 o'clock, the Christian En-
deavor at p. m. An Italian mothers
meeting is held Monday afternoon in
the Calvary Baptist church, where Mr..
and Mrs. D. Dominica, with the aid of
members of the church, give instruc-
ton to italian in the Scriptures, etc.
During the winter past, Mr. Dominica
has taught a class Of young Italian
women in the English language.
1t is believed that the work among
the Italians has progressed far enough
to warrant the establishment of a sep
arate place of worship for them. The
Baptist state convention and the Bap-
i fist Home Missionary society have
made an appropriation Of $1,000, and
the italian residents have subscribed
quite a sum to the fund. 1t is hoped
that Baptist people in New Haven who
are interested in this work will contrib
-, oil.
ready been subscribed nearly $500 but
1.-THE sum Of $4,000 must be secured be-
fore work on the chapel can be COM
menced.
C. M. Parker of $40 Chapel street is
the treasurer for the fund for the New
Haven Baptist Union and Pierce N,
WEIGH. Julius. Twiss and Or. f. ].
Walker are members Of the church
building committee.
Those interested in the erection Of the
chapel for the Italians have issued the
following statement:
What we need is to unite all these
enterprises under one roof, and begin
Iother departments of the work such as
industrial school for children, reading
room, Young Mems club. etc. and then
the success will be greater; but to do
all these things we need a church home
which can be opened every evening for
different purposes. Before the Bap-
fist people began their work, not a
Protestant could be found among the
italians Of New Haven, but during
these eight years the Bible, which was
buried book for these people, has
been circulating among them and now
almost all the families know some
thing about Professionalism.
In New Haven there are 5000 Ital-
ians and great work can be done
among them. Our American friends
who have at heart this cause are beg
ged to give a helping hand"