Reverend Roman Kmieć, C.M., died Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the age of 61. In his 36 years of priesthood, Fr. Kmieć served at various parishes in the region, including Ss. Cyril and Methodius and St. Stanislaus Kostka Parishes in Brooklyn, NY, and St. Peter Parish in Concord, NH. Within the Archdiocese of Hartford [...]
Deacon Charles E. Cunniff died on Friday, December 16, 2022, at the age of 95. Deacon Charles was ordained to the permanent diaconate on December 19, 1980 by the Most Reverend John F. Whealon. Deacon Charles served for over twenty years at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Meriden. We extend our deepest sympathy to Deacon [...]
Deacon Donald Thomas Gallucci died on Monday, December 5, 2022, at the age of 92. Deacon Gallucci was ordained to the permanent diaconate on June 17, 1980 by Archbishop John F. Whealon. He was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Union City and then St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Naugatuck. He retired to [...]
Story by Shelley Wolf Gloria Purvis, host of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” shares a moment with Auxiliary Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt at this year’s Social Justice Dinner and Awards at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. Photo by Aaron Joseph PLANTSVILLE – When Gloria Purvis was at Mass in Washington, D.C., some [...]
Reverend Joseph T. Montgomery, Class of 1958, died on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Fr. Montgomery served at many parishes in the Archdiocese prior to his retirement, most recently at Holy Spirit in Newington as Assistant Pastor. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. Montgomery’s loved ones at this time of loss and offer them [...]
Deacon Thomas Francis Delehanty died on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at the age of 92. Deacon Thomas was ordained to the permanent diaconate on June 6, 1987 by Archbishop John F. Whealon. Deacon Thomas most recently served at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in West Simsbury. We extend our deepest sympathy to Deacon Thomas’ loved [...]
Maribeth Stewart Blogoslawski, a parishioner in the Archdiocese of Hartford, meets with Pope Francis to share the work of her organization’s members. She is vice president general and regional vice president, North America, for the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations. Photo © Vatican Media Story by Shelley [...]