Holy Spirit Parish was canonically established September 15, 1962. The Most Rev Walter W. Curtis, then Bishop of Bridgeport, appointed the Rev. Alfred J. Sienkiewicz as our first pastor. At the time our property was vacant land, so we were a parish with a pastor but no building. Fortunately the Bernardine Sisters invited us to use their facilities at the Villa Maria Retreat House. The Holy Spirit prevailed and an energetic and devoted group, from among our original 267 members, went straight to work converting the lower portion of the retreat house into a suitable place of worship. As soon as that was completed the task of raising money for our building fund began in earnest.