Revision as of 20:43, 11 February 2023

Rocco Cappiello was raised in Danbury, Connecticut, and was saved at Gospel meetings in New Jersey, and returned around 1926-1927 to Danbury to reside, and did tent meetings with Louis Rosanio & Cesar Patrizio in that area, sponsored by the Waterville assembly, which birthed an Italian open brethren assembly known then as Danbury Gospel Hall in 1928, initially renting storefronts.

One of the first to be saved at those meetings was Alexander Pizzo, who served as a correspondent from the mid-1930's thru 1974, succeeded by Jack McGrath of Northville, New Milford. In 1964, the assembly started an annual spring conference, which continued thru at least 1978. In 1968, the assembly moved to an old "Catholic" church in Brookfield, renamed Brookfield Gospel Hall, and gradually phased out of Italian to become a primarily English-speaking assembly, that continues today.

Locations

• 25 Maple St., Dan. +1928-1929+
• 10 1/2 Maple Ave., Dan. +1931-1936+
• 253 Main St., Dan. +1941-1947
• 203 Main St., Dan. 1948-1964
• Danbury Drum Corp., Dan. Shelter Rock Rd. +1963+
• Masonic Hall, 337 Main St., Dan. 1965-1968
• 164 Pocono Rd., Brookfield 1975-present

Correspondents

• Alexander Pizzo @ Danbury +1936-1974
  • cousin of Rocco Cappiello
• Jack McGrath @ Northville, New Milford 1974-2002
• Jim Batterton, Jr. @ Cornwall Bridge 2007-2020
• Jim Batterton III 2020-present

Alumni

• Visiting Ministry at Brookfield Gospel Hall, CT
• Who's Who at Brookfield Gospel Hall, CT

Also See

• https://brookfieldgospelhall.org/ BGH's website

Sources

• OB AAB's 1936-present
• Sheila Silvernail 2-6-2023
• Our Record: 1929-1; 1931-2;