18 Oct

2025

Requiem Mass for Msgr. John Bevins at St. Patrick’s Church in Waterbury, CT

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A Requiem Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, October 22nd at 12:00 PM at St. Patrick’s Church. Waterbury, CT, for the soul of Monsignor John Bevins. Msgr. Bevins was for many years the pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, called “the most magnificent parish church in New England.” He was famous, among other things, for his insistence upon modesty in the weddings celebrated in his pasrish. Indeed, there was supposed to have been a special “Father Bevins'” section or rack at a local bridal boutique (no strapless gowns!)

This Society had the opportunity to work with Msgr. Bevins in the revival of the Traditional Mass at Immaculate Conception parish after Summorum Pontificum. The photograph above shows the first celebration of the Traditional Mass at that church in some forty years. (November 18, 2007 – Msgr. Bevins is at left in choir). On October 26, 2008, we assisted at a Missa Cantata celebrated by Msgr. Bevins himself.

Since those days there have been many twists and turns for the Traditional Mass in Waterbury. But since 2019 the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest has administered the parish of St. Patrick in that city. But this was possible because of the foundations laid years before by many others – and especially by Msgr. John Bevins. R.I.P.

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