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Reverend L. Randall Blackall
Reverend L. Randall Blackall, Class of 1954, died Thursday, February 13, 2020. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. Blackall’s family and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair will be the principal celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial at the Church of St. [...]
Deacon Paul E. Sabo
Deacon Paul E. Sabo, ordained a deacon in 1981, died on Thursday, February 13, 2020. Please keep his wife Sharon and all of his family in your prayers. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Our Lady of Victory Parish, 600 Jones Hill Road, West Haven, on Friday, February 21, 2020, at [...]
Deacon Joseph J. Cooke
Deacon Joseph J. Cooke, ordained a deacon in 1976, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Please keep his wife Louise, his seven daughters, and all of his family in your prayers. A Wake will be held at Carmon Windsor Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Avenue, Windsor, on Monday, February 10, 2020, from 4:00-7:00 PM. A [...]
Training Offered for Clergy and Lay Leaders in Parish-Based, Marriage Prep Program
Dr. Lenard Kelley, Director Office of Family Life The Office of Family Life will offer training in February for clergy and clergy-designated lay ministers and volunteers in how to administer a marriage preparation program specifically designed for parishes in the Archdiocese of Hartford. While large-group regional workshops such as Engaged Encounter will [...]
Fr. Ivan Ramirez Talks Vocations during Catholic Schools Week
This week is National Catholic Schools Week! It has been celebrated annually throughout the United States for the past 46 years. Today, at St Joseph School, the theme was VOCATION. The school principal Mr. Eric Frenette invited Father Ivan to visit each class. Fr. Ivan shared his call to the vocation of Holy Priesthood [...]
Reverend Francis Xavier Callahan
Reverend Francis Xavier Callahan, Class of 1949, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. Callahan’s family and friends at this time of sorrow and offer them our prayerful support. A Parish Mass in remembrance of Fr. Callahan will be celebrated at St. Agnes Church (of Precious Blood Parish), 400 [...]
Connecticut Bishops Release Joint Statement on Vaccines
To view the document Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses from the Pontifical Academy for Life, please click here.
Three Bristol Schools Start Catholic Schools Week with a Special Mass
This week is Catholic Schools Week! To get this special week off to a great start, the Catholic schools in Bristol, St. Joseph and St. Matthew Elementary Schools and St. Paul Catholic High School, participated in a morning Mass at St. Gregory the Great Church. The St. John’s Bible from the Mass on Sunday [...]
Celebrating Catholic Schools
There is a lot to celebrate within our Catholic schools which offer students an outstanding educational experience infused with developing lifelong faith-filled disciples. To mark Catholic schools’ successes, the Archdiocese of Hartford will observe National Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 with assemblies, Masses and other activities for students, families, parishioners [...]