CHURCH OF SAINT EMERY
838 KINGS HIGHWAY EAST
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
Saint Emery’s was founded in 1932. Saint Stephen of Hungary Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut founded earlier was closed after 84 years. The communities of St. Emery and St. Stephen of Hungary merged in 1971 forming a single parish in Fairfield, Connecticut.
The Clergy and Parishioners of Saint Emery’s Church extend a warm and open welcome for everyone seeking a place to worship and serve a loving God.
Saint Emery’s Parish has faithfully served its people, young and old, celebrating the risen lord for over 85 years bringing to them the true spirit and love of Christ.
Browse our website to learn about St. Emery’s Parish, our mission, our ministries, and our outreach and social activities. Read our rich history and enjoy a pictorial tour of the beautiful paintings, stained glass windows (the St. Francis of Assisi story), tapestries and sculpture art located throughout the Church.
The Weekly Bulletin web links, Announcements and ‘Where to Find it’ on this website, are below.
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MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR
Brothers and Sisters,
As Pastor of St. Emery’s Church of the Diocese of Bridgeport, I would like to extend a sincere welcome to all of you. St. Emery’s is open to all. Our people are and have been dedicated to serving the Lord and its parish community for many decades. Although St. Emery’s roots are founded in the proud Hungarian culture and the Franciscan Order, today St. Emery has parishioners from many backgrounds. The Church now, and as it always has been before, openly welcomes people from every community and nationality who wish to embrace the Catholic Christian faith to worship and serve our Lord.
I invite you to browse our website to learn about St. Emery’s Church, its people, its history and our outreach projects and social events
In Christ,
Clergy
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WEEKLY BULLETIN 2021
January 24 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Recent
January 17 – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 10 – Baptism of the Lord
January 3 – Epiphany of the Lord
December 27 – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Looking back 39 years! St. Emery, 1980 Weekly Bulletins
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ANNOUNCEMENT
St. Emery Church will be open again for Sunday Mass on September 6, 2020. Mass time is 10:00 AM. See weekly bulletin for details.
St. Emery has been closed for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic so this is wonderful news!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Reception for Father Milan, January 19, after 9:30 AM mass (see Bulletin)
- St. Emery’s Christmas Pageant, December 8 posted (News/Events)
- St. Emery’s Cookie Walk, December 8 posted ((News/Events)
- St. Emery’s Stations of Advent, December 8 posted (News/Events)
- 2019 Annual St. Emery Funding Drive posted (Outreach)
- 2029 Posting of Upcoming Events (open) (News/Events)
- 2020 Posting of Outreach projects (open) (Outreach)
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ONLINE GIVING
Online Link
Easy and secure way to give to St. Emery’s Church.
Set up your regular weekly offerings, second collections, and/or other contributions on a totally secure website. It is an easy way to manage your Church givings.
Please register (click on the logo)
You can also manage your giving or give a one-time gift right from your
smart phone. Go to OLGapp.com and also register there with our Parish. Your support greatly helps to sustain our Parish.
The smart phone app is an easy way to make sure that your weekly contribution will continue for the support of the Parish while you are away on vacation or travel. Online giving does not have to be done for every week but it is easy to send a donation for one week at a time.
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ST. EMERY’S CHURCH IS DESIGNATED
AN HISTORIC PLACE
On August 7, 2013, the Church of St. Emery attained the distinctive honor of being officially registered as An Historic Place in the State of Connecticut
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) officially notified the Diocese of Bridgeport, the Town of Fairfield and the Parish of this honorary designation on August 23, 2013.
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WEBSITE PAST ANNUAL EVENTS
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2018 (2018 past events)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2017 (2017 past events)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2016 (2016 Past Events)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2015 (2015 Past Events)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2014 (2014 Past Events)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2013 (2013 Past Events)
- St. Emery’s 80th Anniversary Celebration (80th Anniversary)
- St. Emery’s Past Events for year 2012 (2012 Past Events)
Internet Link
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St. Emery’s 80th Anniversary slide show.
A Trip Through History
(Internet Youtube link)
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WHERE TO FIND IT
To stay current with St. Emery Parish activities go to the following designations on the website navigation bar.
Charity
Outreach (Charity)
Outreach covers both Charity Functions and Fund Drives either underway or being planned
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Our Parish Community
News/Events (Latest News and Social/Church Events)
News/Events covers Latest News, Upcoming Events and 2018 Past Events
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St. Emery registration and contact information including street address, telephone numbers, email address, directions/map-link and parking information can be found in the Contact/Registration section.
As points of interest, a photograph showing St. Emery’s Church during construction in 1932 was recently discovered as well as a discovery of a one-of-a-kind lost sculpture of St. Stephen. Both are shown in the History section.
Ever wonder what the Latin inscriptions mean on the 130 year old rare stained glass windows in the Church? Father Charles Allen S. J., Assistant to the President at Fairfield University, who is versed in Latin, translated these inscriptions to English and they are quite elegant. We thank him for his effort. The translations can be found in the Sacramental Life section.
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Historic Architecture and Art
St. Emery Church
A view inside of St. Emery’s Church showing location of the elegant Saint Stephen/Saint Emery mural fresco over the altar in the sanctuary.
The center marble altar, the two side altars with statues and a portion of the original ceiling art can also be seen.
(Click 0n photographs to enlarge)
The Sanctuary mural painting (banner on top of this web page) is one of the most recognizable art pieces in the Church from 1932. The painting ‘Admonitions’ shows St. Stephen of Hungary (center), his young son St. Emery (left) kneeling beside him and St. Gerard (behind St. Emery) who was the Tudor of St. Emery.
The altar mural is a copy of a painting by the renown artist Karoly Lotz, the Prince of Hungarian Artists. The Sanctuary mural figures were carefully restored to their original condition and the background structure was added in 2000 in accordance with the original painting.
Sanctuary showing Altar and upper Stained Glass Windows
A larger view of the altar and mural painting (right) reveals the three stained glass windows located above the altar dating from 1932 (see below). The original mural figures were painted by Italian artist Joseph Natale.
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Every window in the Church portrays a biblical story, event or religious symbolism.
Last Supper. The Good Shepherd
The Sanctuary window to the left of the Altar portrays the Last Supper with Jesus and Saint Peter and a present apostle. Note the shepherd’s staff below Jesus’ feet symbolizing Jesus the Good Shepherd.
The Crucifixion, Virgin Mary and Joseph of Arimathea
The window in the upper center of the Sanctuary shows Jesus on the Crucifix with the Virgin Mary and Joseph of Arimathea, who recovered Jesus’ body, by his side.
Good Samaritan Women
The Sanctuary window to the right of the Altar symbolizes a parable with Jesus asking for and receiving water (the living water) from the Good Samaritan Women.
We truly appreciate donations given directly to Holy Family and St. Emery's Church at anytime. 
St. Emery’s Church is wheelchair accessible from the rear-side door on Biro Street (Cardinal Mindszenty Square). The church hall lower floor also has handicapped access located at the rear-side of the church on Biro Street.
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