COMING EVENTS/NEWS
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PHGS IS CURRENTLY CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
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Dennis Joseph Souza passed away on his 65th birthday, April 28, 2020, at the Westerly Hospital due to complications from his battle with colon cancer.
A lifelong resident of Stonington Borough, he was the son of Alzira Machado and Benjamin Souza.
He will be greatly missed by his brother and sister-in-law, Frederick & Nancy Souza; his nieces Allison Souza and her husband, Dan Hasson; and Bryn and William Nowell; and his great nephew and niece, Julian and Ella Hasson.
A celebration of his life and internment will be planned for a time when friends and family are able to join together.
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2020 NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE
CLICK ON NEWSLETTER TAB AT LEFT
INFO ON 2020 DUES ($60) & DONATIONS
CAN BE FOUND IN NEWSLETTER
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CLICK ON NEWSLETTER TAB AT LEFT
INFO ON 2020 DUES ($60) & DONATIONS
CAN BE FOUND IN NEWSLETTER
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MEMBER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS, MEMBERS' PARTNERS, THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, LADIES AUXILIARY, ETC.
FOR INFO/APPLICATION PLEASE CONTACT
phgsstonington@gmail.com
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY
MAY 1
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ACRYLIC PAINTING OF PHGS BY SUSAN NOYES.
PAINTING IS ON DISPLAY AT PHGS.
PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
IF INTERESTED, USE "CONTACT US" TAB AT UPPER LEFT
PAINTING IS ON DISPLAY AT PHGS.
PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
IF INTERESTED, USE "CONTACT US" TAB AT UPPER LEFT
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS AT PHGS, CLICK ON THE "CONTACT US" TAB AT UPPER LEFT AND SEND US YOUR INFO
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SEPTEMBER 2019
FEAST OF THE HOLY GHOST
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS AT PHGS, CLICK ON THE "CONTACT US" TAB AT UPPER LEFT AND SEND US YOUR INFO
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SEPTEMBER 2019
FEAST OF THE HOLY GHOST
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SOME PICS FROM BLESSING OF THE FLEET
JULY 28 2019
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THE PHGS HALL AT 26 MAIN ST, STONINGTON, CT, IS NOW ON THE NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES
THE PHGS HALL AT 26 MAIN ST, STONINGTON, CT, IS NOW ON THE NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES
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www.facebook.com/PortugueseHolyGhostSociety06378
www.facebook.com/PortugueseHolyGhostSociety06378
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2020 OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT TOM ARRUDA
VICE PRESIDENT HOWARD TAYLOR
SECRETARY BILL DITTMAN
TREASURER MARK ARRUDA
RECEIVER ED PONT
SARGEANT AT ARMS CHUCK FELLOWS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DENNIS SOUZA
JIM McPHERSON
JIM KRODEL
CHRIS CHEVALIER
TOD EVERS
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PRESIDENT TOM ARRUDA
VICE PRESIDENT HOWARD TAYLOR
SECRETARY BILL DITTMAN
TREASURER MARK ARRUDA
RECEIVER ED PONT
SARGEANT AT ARMS CHUCK FELLOWS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DENNIS SOUZA
JIM McPHERSON
JIM KRODEL
CHRIS CHEVALIER
TOD EVERS
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From: Jane Simmons Meiser <jane@lagruacenter.org>
Date: 13 June 2016 at 14:33
Subject: RE: Music festival
To: Howard Taylor <phgsstonington@gmail.com>
Howard,
I can't thank you and the club enough for everything that you did to make Saturday a HUGE success. From the delicious eats to beautiful and gracious welcome you gave to Sonia, it was a truly special concert and made the musis festival. I loved how everyone who was walking by stopped, poked their head into the concert and danced around. What a wonderful community event! I look forward to many more shared programs and the start of a fruitful relationship.
With great gratitude,
Jane
Jane Simmons Meiser | Executive Director
La Grua Center
32 Water St., P.O. Box 342
Stonington, CT 06378
(860) 535-2300
www.lagruacenter.org
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VA CONNECTICUT Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
January 7, 2014
SUBJ: Giving Thanks
Dear Dave and Members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society:
We are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holidays, but as the new year approaches, we want to take a moment to slow down and reflect on the past years blessings. Dave and the members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society are at the top of our blessings list. You have truly touched so many of our Veterans’ and their families this Thanksgiving and throughout the last year. Your generosity, once again, provided the Community Living Center the where with all to cater the finest Thanksgiving celebration many of our Veterans have ever enjoyed. For many of our Veterans, this would be their last Thanksgiving and because of you, their last Thanksgiving was a warm and rich one spent with their families and friends. We are thrilled to report we served over 100 Veterans. This year we even had staff’s children join in providing music for the dinner.
Because of your benevolence, we have not only well fed and happy Veterans and families, but also flourishing plants in the Veteran’s Conservatory and happy fish in both the salt water and fresh water tank on Heroes Harbor. These places offer sanctuaries from the rigors of hospital life and medical procedures.
We are forever grateful for the many blessings “our angels”, Dave and the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society, have brought to the Veterans and the Community Living Center.
Sincerely,
Kathleen O’Neil-Meyers, Nurse Manager
Amy Artemchuk, LPN
Katie Phillips, CNA
Karen Hopkins,CNA
Mary Lou Lauricella, RDT
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Date: 13 June 2016 at 14:33
Subject: RE: Music festival
To: Howard Taylor <phgsstonington@gmail.com>
Howard,
I can't thank you and the club enough for everything that you did to make Saturday a HUGE success. From the delicious eats to beautiful and gracious welcome you gave to Sonia, it was a truly special concert and made the musis festival. I loved how everyone who was walking by stopped, poked their head into the concert and danced around. What a wonderful community event! I look forward to many more shared programs and the start of a fruitful relationship.
With great gratitude,
Jane
Jane Simmons Meiser | Executive Director
La Grua Center
32 Water St., P.O. Box 342
Stonington, CT 06378
(860) 535-2300
www.lagruacenter.org
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VA CONNECTICUT Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
January 7, 2014
SUBJ: Giving Thanks
Dear Dave and Members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society:
We are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holidays, but as the new year approaches, we want to take a moment to slow down and reflect on the past years blessings. Dave and the members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society are at the top of our blessings list. You have truly touched so many of our Veterans’ and their families this Thanksgiving and throughout the last year. Your generosity, once again, provided the Community Living Center the where with all to cater the finest Thanksgiving celebration many of our Veterans have ever enjoyed. For many of our Veterans, this would be their last Thanksgiving and because of you, their last Thanksgiving was a warm and rich one spent with their families and friends. We are thrilled to report we served over 100 Veterans. This year we even had staff’s children join in providing music for the dinner.
Because of your benevolence, we have not only well fed and happy Veterans and families, but also flourishing plants in the Veteran’s Conservatory and happy fish in both the salt water and fresh water tank on Heroes Harbor. These places offer sanctuaries from the rigors of hospital life and medical procedures.
We are forever grateful for the many blessings “our angels”, Dave and the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society, have brought to the Veterans and the Community Living Center.
Sincerely,
Kathleen O’Neil-Meyers, Nurse Manager
Amy Artemchuk, LPN
Katie Phillips, CNA
Karen Hopkins,CNA
Mary Lou Lauricella, RDT
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The Imperial Band, later called the Stonington Band, on Hancox Street in Stonington Borough at the time of World War I. (From South of the Cannons, the Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut)
‘South of the Cannons', a new Stonington Historical Society book, tells of Portuguese who came from the Azores starting in the 1840s, creating a vital community on Connecticut side of the Atlantic
The Stonington Historical Society has published a new book by a local genealogist, Henrietta Mello Mayer. The book, “South of the Cannons, the Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut,” has been a long-time project of the author, who was born on Omega Street in the community she writes about, the southern portion of Stonington Borough when it was a primarily Portuguese neighborhood. This new version of a book she published privately in 1978 is richly illustrated with photographs, some never put between covers before.
To order the book direct from the Historical Society, use this link: www.stoningtonhistory.org, then go to the tab for buying books.
‘South of the Cannons', a new Stonington Historical Society book, tells of Portuguese who came from the Azores starting in the 1840s, creating a vital community on Connecticut side of the Atlantic
The Stonington Historical Society has published a new book by a local genealogist, Henrietta Mello Mayer. The book, “South of the Cannons, the Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut,” has been a long-time project of the author, who was born on Omega Street in the community she writes about, the southern portion of Stonington Borough when it was a primarily Portuguese neighborhood. This new version of a book she published privately in 1978 is richly illustrated with photographs, some never put between covers before.
To order the book direct from the Historical Society, use this link: www.stoningtonhistory.org, then go to the tab for buying books.
