Story by Joe Pisani Winter, spring, summer or fall, you know where you can find me … at the car wash. It’s an obsession ever since I got one of those executive membership plans that costs a small fortune every month for a wash, a wax, wheel cleaning and vacuuming, the whole enchilada. My family [...]
Men respond with joy to Dr. Ray Guarendi’s humor at the 2025 Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury. PHOTO BY AARON JOSEPH Men’s Conference: A Transformative Day of Fellowship, Hope and Healing Story by Joe Pisani Some 600 men, as young as 13 and as old as 90, gathered for [...]
Ewa Lotkowska, a member of Young Catholic Professionals of Central Connecticut, weeds the asparagus in the Franciscan Sisters’ garden in Meriden. PHOTO BY SHELLEY WOLF Young Catholic Professionals Witness for Christ in the Workplace Story by Shelley Wolf On a Saturday in August, nearly 20 members of the Young Catholic Professionals of Central [...]
Father Edward Ziemnicki serves golabki at the annual Polish Day celebrated at St. Faustina Parish. This year’s event will be held on Sept. 28. Credit: SUBMITTED PHOTO A Taste of Poland St. Faustina Parish is preparing to dish out pierogi, golabki and more favorites. Story by Joe Pisani Ada Mierzejewski went [...]
Father Joseph Benicewicz, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, poses in St. Paul Church in Kensington, where he was the pastor until his death on Sept. 6, 2024. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. PAUL SCHOOL Father Joseph Benicewicz Remembered with Memorial Scholarship, Run and Walk Story by Shelley Wolf Father Joseph [...]
A case of canned food is carried in by volunteers of Mother Teresa Food Pantry which operates from St. Ann Church in Bristol. PHOTO BY KAREN A. AVITABILE Guided by St. Teresa’s Example, Food Pantry Nourishes Bristol Community Story by Karen A. Avitabile For more than 25 years, parishioners of St. Francis de [...]
Story by Joe Pisani The composing room foreman on my first newspaper always told me, “It’s a brand new day in a brand new way” … at least until things started going crazy and we were missing deadlines. Then, the brand new day turned old fast. Monday morning, as I stepped out my front door, [...]
Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne addresses the Felician Sisters in Enfield during a Mass marking the 150th anniversary of their arrival in North America from Poland. PHOTO BY AARON JOSEPH Felician Sisters in Enfield Have a Lot to Celebrate in 2025 Story by Shelley Wolf This year has been a year of significant anniversaries [...]
James Gentile is a lector at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford. PHOTO BY AARON JOSEPH Enriching the Word, Sharing the Body Spiritual renewal evenings set for lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. Story by Joe Pisani As part of a continuing formation program, the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Hartford [...]
AdobeStock_567681994 From the Desk of the Superintendent of Catholic Schools Dear Friends in Catholic Education, The world in which we live is experiencing change at a pace unlike any we have known before. In many ways, it mirrors the dramatic shifts of the Industrial Revolution, when the cotton gin transformed agriculture, the telephone [...]