Christ Church (New Haven)

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Christ Church is an Episcopal parish church in New Haven, Connecticut. Christ Church follows an Anglo-Catholic style of worship but also has a strong focus on social causes, and is supportive of same-sex marriage (it is a member of Affirming Catholicism). The parish began as an offshoot from New Haven's Trinity Church, the central episcopal church on New Haven's town green.

The church building, designed by architect Henry Vaughan, is notable for its very fine Gothic architecture, and its central location near downtown New Haven makes it something of a landmark. Its stone tower is modeled on the tower of Magdalen College, Oxford. Vaughn personally chose the artists who created the beautiful interior. Bavarian-born Johannes Kirchmayer executed the intricate wood carving, notable in particular on the Rood Screen. The stained glass windows (including a rose window at the back of the sanctuary above the baptismal font) were created by the noted firm of C.E. Kempe in London. The High Altar also features monmunental stone figures and a carved Caen stone reredos inspired by examples in Winchester Cathedral and St. Alban's in England.

The church's Solemn High Mass (11:00am September - April, 10:00am May-early September) is locally notable for its fine choral music and beautiful liturgy. Compline, sung at 10:00pm September - May, draws a large crowd of both young and old from the city of New Haven and surrounding communities as well as from nearby Yale University.