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Catholic Bishops of Connecticut Release Joint Statement Regarding Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border

For Immediate Release: Contacts: Fr. James Shanley, David Elliott Secretariat for Communications and Public Relations Archdiocese of Hartford 134 Farmington Ave. Hartford, CT 06105 860-541-6491 HARTFORD, Conn. (July 10, 2019) – On Wednesday, July 10, Archbishop of Hartford Leonard P. Blair, Bishop of Bridgeport Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of Norwich Michael R. Cote, Bishop of the Ukrainian [...]

2019-09-04T15:00:47-04:00July 30th, 2019|

St. Mary School Students Celebrate With Trips

As the school year drew to a close, St. Mary School students were able to celebrate by taking some fun and educational field trips in May. Our 1st grade took a trip to the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden. Our 3rd grade enjoyed their time at the Peabody Museum in New Haven. Our 5th grade took a trip to [...]

2019-07-18T14:24:56-04:00July 18th, 2019|

St. Mary School Milford’s Class of 2019

St. Mary School Milford's Class of 2019 graduated on June 5th at 6pm with a Mass at St. Mary Church.  This year's graduating class of 32 has students heading to St. Joseph High School, Lauralton Hall, Notre Dame West Haven, Fairfield Prep, Sacred Heart Academy, Jonathan Law, Foran High and Platt Technical School.

2019-07-18T14:18:37-04:00July 18th, 2019|

A Simple Prayer to Change Your Life

An old friend of mine, who spent her career in the FBI — but had absolutely nothing to do with James Comey, Donald Trump, or J. Edgar Hoover for that matter — once told me there was a prayer she said every day on her way to the office. A prayer that would change my [...]

2019-07-15T10:08:44-04:00July 15th, 2019|

Speaking The Truth With Love

Archbishop Leonard P. Blair THIS MONTH’S FEATURE STORY on the work of the Connecticut Catholic Conference highlights an important aspect of our engagement in the world as people of faith. According to the social teaching of the Church, responsible citizenship is a virtue and participation in the political process is a moral obligation. [...]

2019-08-06T15:27:46-04:00July 8th, 2019|

What will people be saying about us 100 years from now?

To coincide with the 175th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Hartford, the Office of the Archdiocesan Archives is preparing a time capsule that will contain memorabilia from each of the 128 parishes of the archdiocese as well as from various Catholic organizations. Parish representatives were asked to bring two sets of parish memorabilia to the [...]

2019-06-28T13:18:14-04:00June 28th, 2019|

St. Francis of Assisi, New Britain: Tiny parish transforms itself to serve young adults

With more than 11,000 students attending Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, Father Michael Casey, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi, estimates there are some 2,000 self-identified Catholics right in his back yard. He wants to reach out to them. Since becoming both pastor of St. Francis and chaplain of Catholic campus ministry [...]

2019-07-08T14:36:59-04:00June 28th, 2019|