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New Covenant Church of Cambridge is located in
Waltham, Massachusetts Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, th ...
. It is a
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
an church and is headed by the Reverend Esther and the Reverend Thomas St. Louis.


History

The
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congregation A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship. Congregation may also refer to: *Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship *Congregation (Roman Curia), an administra ...
began in 1984 as a gathering of the extended St. Louis family in a living room. As Haitian immigrants and native-born Americans increased its numbers, the church rotated services among members' houses, schools, auditoriums, and outside venues. In 1990, the congregation bought a former woodworking shop in North Cambridge and converted it into a church. After seven years the congregation had outgrown the building and searched for larger premises. After several failed bids at different sites, they successfully purchased St. Joseph Roman Catholic church, convent, and adjacent buildings in Waltham; one of 44 church buildings closed in a reorganisation of the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese that started in 2004. The main church building accommodates 1000 worshipers, whilst the adjacent smaller hall has room for 300. Services are mainly given in
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, with English services provided once a month.


References

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