 By May 1944 , the parishioners had contributed to the war having given thousands of pints of blood to the Blood Banks ; given money to the war relief campaigns ; been active on the home front , and sent 808 men and women to the Armed Forces . There was a group that prepared and sent out a weekly special bulletin to the parishioners in the Armed Forces . These parishioners were happy to receive news from home on the progress of their new church and many of them sent home money to go towards the building fund . During the war , hundreds of dollars came in from these parishioners fighting in the war . Of the 808 parishioners who went off to war , seven died and their names were engraved on a piece of granite outside of the church : James DiMuzio , Arthur Capo , Nick Costelli , Justine DeFelices , Neal Chipoletti , and Anthony Zaffuto . 
