Reverend Robert Joseph Burbank, Class of 1964, died Thursday, February 4, 2021. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. Burbank’s family and friends at this time of loss and offer them our prayerful support. Calling hours will take place at Saint Mary Church (of Saint John Bosco Parish), 731 Main Street, Branford on Tuesday, [...]
On the occasion of President Biden’s inauguration as our new President, my own thoughts and sentiments are those that have been expressed by the President of our U.S. Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop José Gomez. They are to be found at https://www.usccb.org/news/2021/usccb-presidents-statement-inauguration-joseph-r-biden-jr-46th-president-united-states. With regard to our archdiocese, in addition to the prayers that are regularly offered [...]
Deacon John W. Makara, ordained a deacon in 1987, died on Monday, January 18, 2021. Deacon Makara previously served as a Deacon at Saint Anthony Church in Bristol and at Saint Casimir Church and Immaculate Conception Church (both now of Saint Maximilian Kolbe Parish) in Terryville. Please keep his family in your prayers. A [...]
Deacon William H. Wilcox, ordained a deacon in 1980, died on Monday, January 18, 2021. Deacon Wilcox previously served as a Deacon of Saint Joseph Church in Winsted. Please keep his family in your prayers. The Most Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt, SEMV will be the principal celebrant at the Mass of Christian Burial, which [...]
Canon Joel Estrada writes a blessing in chalk above the main doors at St. Patrick Parish and Oratory in Waterbury and over the rectory door on Jan. 6 for the Epiphany of the Lord. The numbers represent the year, with crosses in between. CMB is an abbreviation for Christus mansionem [...]
Though Archbishop Blair had planned to celebrate the 4:00 PM Mass on Christmas Eve and the 10:00 AM Mass on Christmas Day at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, out of an abundance of caution neither he nor Bishop Betancourt are able to be present at those Masses because on Monday they were in the company of a [...]
Reverend William Francis O’Keefe, Class of 1960, died Monday, December 21, 2020. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. O’Keefe’s family and friends at this time of loss and offer them our prayerful support. A private Mass of Christian Burial is being planned for immediate members of the family. Plans for a Memorial Mass are [...]
Please see below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, an explanation of moral justification in receiving current COVID-19 vaccines. A thorough investigation into the development of forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines finds a remote connection to an abortion that took place decades ago. While we are all called to do what we can to aid in [...]