NORWALK — The number of Americans who identify as Catholic has shrunk in recent years, and Connecticut leads the nation in that decline.
While Norwalk is no exception to the trend — cumulative parish registration is down 11 percent and mass attendance has declined 20 percent across the city’s seven
Catholic churches — one
Norwalk church has found a way to grow.
Saint Ladislaus Parish, located in South Norwalk, is the only Norwalk church that has seen an increase in both parish registration and mass attendance. It has grown Mass attendance from about 100 members three years ago to more than 500 on any given weekend, and parish registration has grown 48 percent since 2008.
