New Covenant Church of Cambridge

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New Covenant Church of Cambridge

New Covenant Church of Cambridge is located in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is a Haitian church and is headed by the Reverend Esther and the Reverend Thomas St. Louis.

Waltham, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts, United States

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, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production. The city is now a center for research and higher education, home to Brandeis University and Bentley University. The population was 60,636 at the census in 2010.

Haiti Unitary republic in the Caribbean

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola, east of Cuba in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is 27,750 square kilometers (10,714 sq mi) in size and has an estimated 10.8 million people, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the second-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.

History

The Protestant congregation 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. [1]

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. [1]

The main church building accommodates 1000 worshipers, whilst the adjacent smaller hall has room for 300. Services are mainly given in the Haitian creole language, with English services provided once a month. [2] [1]

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References

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