Holy Cross Church
Holy Cross Church is a Polish Catholic church at 31 Biruta Street in New Britain, CT 06053. It is one of 57 churches in New Britain, and one of 3 Polish Catholic congregations in the city.
Holy Cross Church is a welcoming community rooted in Christ, dedicated to deepening our faith, serving others with compassion, and nurturing spiritual growth. Through worship, fellowship, and outreach, we strive to be a light of hope and love in our parish and beyond.
31 Biruta Street, New Britain, CT, 06053Service times
Monday - Friday:7:00am (as listed)
Phone: (860) 229-2011 · Website: http://holycrosschurchnb.org
Holy Cross Church is part of the Independent and Old Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 6 congregations of the Independent and Old Catholic family gather across Connecticut — 23 across the United States on The Church Map.
Old Catholic and independent Catholic congregations have kept sacramental worship and apostolic order within reach of people who found no home elsewhere — often immigrants, often in their own language, often when no one else was offering.
Ministries at Holy Cross Church
- Food Drive
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The community around Holy Cross Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 33.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (4.2–13.4%)
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Child Poverty: 26.2% (10.4–42.2%)
- Depression: 24.8%
- Poverty Rate: 19.4% (11.8–26.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New Britain city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 1,578 residents.
Churches near Holy Cross Church
- Church of the Transfiguration — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Harvest Church Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Thomas Assyrian Church of the East — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Mount Olive Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Zion Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- The Pentecostals of New Britain — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church — 0.6 mi away
More Independent and Old Catholic churches nearby
- Church of the Transfiguration — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.7 mi away
- Holy Trinity Polish Catholic Church — 8 mi away in Southington, CT
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