The Reverend Thomas J. Baylis, Class of 1959, died Thursday, December 15, 2016. We extend our deep sympathy to Father Baylis’ family, former parishioners and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. A Wake will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., at the [...]
The Archbishop’s Desk Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ, I wish all of you a holy Advent and a Christmas filled with joy and peace. Once again this year, I urge everyone to “keep Christ in Christmas,” because without him there is no joy or peace. In [...]
The Reverend Thomas B. Campion, Class of 1952, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016. We extend our deep sympathy to Father Campion’s family, former parishioners and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. A Wake will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., in the [...]
Valeria Sievel died Sunday, November 20, 2016. She was the mother of Reverend Thomas A. Sievel, Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in East Haven. A Wake will be held on Friday, November 25, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., at the Gleeson-Ryan Funeral Home, 258 Prospect St., Torrington. A Mass of Christian [...]
The Reverend James C. Rush, Class of 1968, died Saturday, November 19, 2016. We extend our deep sympathy to Father Rush’s family, former parishioners and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. A Wake will be held on Friday, November 25, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., at Taylor [...]
In the year 1965, there were almost 46 million Catholics in the United States served by a total of 58,632 priests. Today there are over 70 million Catholics with less than 38,000 priests whose average age is increasing rapidly. In 1965, there were 535 active priests in the Archdiocese of Hartford. As of 2015 there [...]
The Reverend George Francis Ziezulewicz, Class of 1964, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016. We extend our deep sympathy to Father Ziezulewicz family, former parishioners and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. A Wake will be held on Monday, October 17, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., at Burritt [...]
Mrs. Elizabeth Nwahiri Anyanwu died Thursday, October 6, 2016. Mrs. Anyanwu was the mother of Reverend Cornelius Kelechi Anyanwu, Administrator of Blessed Sacrament and Ascension Parishes, Hamden. A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, October 21, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at Saint Martha Parish, 214 Brainard Road, Enfield. May She Rest in Peace!
Phyllis McMahon Sullivan died Monday, October 3, 2016. She was the mother of Reverend James M. Sullivan, Administrator of Assumption Church, Ansonia. A Wake will be held at the Naugatuck Valley Memorial/Fitzgerald-Zembruski Funeral Home, 240 North Main St., Naugatuck, on Thursday, October 6, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial [...]
Deacon Salvatore A. DeFilippo died on Sunday, October 2, 2016. A Wake will be held at Our Lady of Victory Church, 600 Jones Hill Rd., West Haven, Thursday, October 6, 2016, from 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Most Reverend Christie Macaluso will be the principal celebrant at the Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady [...]