From left, Maria Batick, Kathleen Martone, Peggy DeCusati and Carol Zaffino meet at St. John Bosco parish center for a monthly knitting session. Story and Photos by Joe Pisani It began with a dream. A dream about knitting prayer shawls. “Every night, a voice in my head told me this would be [...]
PHOTO BY SHELLEY WOLF In her office at the Pastoral Center in Bloomfield, Sister Barbara Mullen, the Archdiocese of Hartford’s delegate for Religious, checks the final proofs for two new vocation posters. Printed and released in December, the posters are currently going up all around the archdiocese. Story by Shelley Wolf If you [...]
Story by Joe Pisani You never know what you’ll find when you sort through the belongings of someone you love who’s died. There are all sorts of curious and strange discoveries, some that console and others that startle, and still others that disappoint. It’s like walking through a doorway that takes you to a place [...]
Connecticut Catholic Conference Lays Out Plan Ahead of 2025 Legislative Session Story by Joe Pisani With the Connecticut Legislature getting underway for the new session next week, Chris Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference, is preparing for several challenges that include protecting the sanctity of life, the right to [...]
PHOTO BY BERNIE O’DONNELL Blessed Sacrament Chapel, located in St. Matthew Church in Forestville, was dedicated in November. New adoration chapel is an inviting space for prayer. Story by Karen A. Avitabile “WHAT WE REALLY WANTED WAS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND HAVE AN INTIMATE SPACE WITH THE LORD.” – Father [...]
Holy Infant Parish in Orange is using a Jesse Tree to focus spiritually on the meaning of Christmas. Story by Joe Pisani Father Norman Brockett wanted to prepare members of Holy Infant Parish in Orange for Christmas instead of just looking for gifts on Amazon or walking from store to store at the mall. He [...]
Santa kneels before the baby Jesus in this year’s Christmas window display on the front side (middle window) of Holy Trinity School in Wallingford. Story and photos by Shelley Wolf Just in time for the Wallingford Stroll in December, the eighth-grade students at Holy Trinity School in Wallingford completed their annual Christmas [...]
Couple share their spiritual bond with men and women through electronic messages. PHOTO BY KAREN A. AVITABILEDeacon Stephen Beecher and his wife, Patricia, have been married for more than 64 years. They share inspirational messages with others through email. Story by Karen A. Avitabile Deacon Stephen Beecher and his wife, Patricia, who reside [...]
by ARCHBISHOP CHRISTOPHER J. COYNE While the month of December is traditionally thought of as the month of Advent and Christmas preparations, I would ask us to reflect upon the fact that it is also the month of Mary, the Mother of God. Now I know that the months of May and October are traditionally [...]
Story by Joe Pisani A homeless woman with a shopping cart was sitting in the back of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Hamden at morning Mass. When Father Christopher Tiano, pastor, spotted her, he asked Lorraine DeNicola, coordinator of a food pantry, to help. “Her name was Mary, and she had a [...]