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Faith and community bolster Connecticut town that was forever changed on Dec. 14, 2012.
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Newtown was one of those charming New England towns where everything was normally calm and peaceful. That all changed on Dec. 14, 2012. That day, a mass shooting at Sandy Hook School took the lives of 20 first-graders and six teachers and administrators. It shocked not only the community, but reverberated throughout the country.
In the last 10 years, people have dealt with the tragedy in different ways. Most prefer to maintain privacy. Some have healed in various ways.
Several of the families and children directly affected were parishioners at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown. Msgr. Robert Weiss was the pastor at the time of the tragedy, and, remaining as the pastor, he has seen some changes over the past decade.
“I think that probably every day brings something different,” he told the Register last month. “Certainly the sadness is still there.” Since most of the children’s confirmation would have been last year, it’s really hard on the parents. “Not all the families have remained. A number of the families are leaving the area … so that has changed the nature significantly.”
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — Newtown was one of those charming New England towns where everything was normally calm and peaceful. That all changed on Dec. 14, 2012. That day, a mass shooting at Sandy Hook School took the lives of 20 first-graders and six teachers and administrators. It shocked not only the community, but reverberated throughout the country.
In the last 10 years, people have dealt with the tragedy in different ways. Most prefer to maintain privacy. Some have healed in various ways.
Several of the families and children directly affected were parishioners at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown. Msgr. Robert Weiss was the pastor at the time of the tragedy, and, remaining as the pastor, he has seen some changes over the past decade.
“I think that probably every day brings something different,” he told the Register last month. “Certainly the sadness is still there.” Since most of the children’s confirmation would have been last year, it’s really hard on the parents. “Not all the families have remained. A number of the families are leaving the area … so that has changed the nature significantly.”
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Sandy Hook 10 Years Later: Newtown Remembers and Continues to Heal
Faith and community bolster Connecticut town that was forever changed on Dec. 14, 2012.
