Christ Church is an Episcopal parish church in New Haven, Connecticut. Christ Church follows an Anglo-Catholic style of worship but also has a strong focus on social causes, and is supportive of same-sex blessings (it is a member of Affirming Catholicism). The parish began as an offshoot from New Haven's Trinity Church, the central Episcopal church on New Haven's town green.
The church building (completed in 1898), designed by architect Henry Vau...
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Christ Church is an Episcopal parish church in New Haven, Connecticut. Christ Church follows an Anglo-Catholic style of worship but also has a strong focus on social causes, and is supportive of same-sex blessings (it is a member of Affirming Catholicism). The parish began as an offshoot from New Haven's Trinity Church, the central Episcopal church on New Haven's town green.
The church building (completed in 1898), designed by architect Henry Vaughan, is notable for its very fine Gothic architecture, and its central location near downtown New Haven makes it something of a landmark. Its stone tower is modeled on the tower of Magdalen College, Oxford. Vaughn personally chose the artists who created the beautiful interior. Bavarian-born Johannes Kirchmayer executed the intricate wood carving, notable in particular on the rood screen. The stained glass windows (including a large window at the back of the sanctuary above the baptismal font) were created by the noted firm of C.E. Kempe in...
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