Our Culture is Not Well
In today's National Eucharistic Revival update, Fr. Ruminski poses a timely question: How do we, as a society, find renewal?
World Youth Day Lisbon 2023: ‘It’s Just an Experience Like No Other’
Teens and young adults from St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Bristol view the relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the Basilica of the Martyrs in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo courtesy Debbie Sousa) Story by Shelley Wolf Pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Hartford recently returned home from World Youth Day Lisbon 2023, where they [...]
Comforting the Sorrowful
Story by Joe Pisani One of the most familiar parts of Mass is the Penitential Act, when we pray, “I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to [...]
Serene Prayer Garden Honors Connecticut Priest on the Path to Sainthood
Story by Karen A. Avitabile A Meriden parish and local Knights of Columbus organization recently honored a popular Connecticut priest, on his way to sainthood, through a garden that bears his name. The Blessed Michael J. McGivney Prayer Garden honors Michael J. McGivney, who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882. The new garden [...]
‘Somebody Prayed for Me’
Story by Joe Pisani Many, many years ago, so many I lost count, I was on retreat at My Father’s House in Moodus, led by the late Father Bill McCarthy. By my reckoning, it was the first retreat I had been on since I went to St. Joseph High School and the Marist Brothers shipped [...]
Light Up Your Summer Nights with Luminaria
Story by Michelle DiFranco In January, I attended a prayer service for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday at my church. The entire evening was quite beautiful. What really set the tone was what I saw driving up to the church before the service. In the darkness of the night were hundreds of luminaria lining [...]
Archbishop Blair to Join Local Catholics at African National Eucharistic Congress in Washington, D.C.
Seen here wearing their traditional African Sunday best, parishioners from St. Isaac Jogues Ghanaian Catholic Quasi Parish in East Hartford will join Archbishop Leonard P. Blair later this week at the Fourth African National Eucharistic Congress in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron Joseph Story by Shelley Wolf Archbishop [...]
Lily of the Mohawks, St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Feast Day July 14 Tekakwitha, born in 1656 to a Christian Algonquin mother and Mohawk father, embraced a life of gentle service to others from an early age. She and her family contracted smallpox when she was a child; she was scarred from the disease and lost her family to it. Although her uncle took [...]
Bristol Parishioners Foster Welcoming Culture as Part of Post-Synod Outreach
Story by Shelley Wolf Synod 2020 might be in the rearview mirror, but the parishioners at St. Stanislaus Parish in Bristol were inspired by the challenge of addressing the needs of the local Church. Ever since the Synod Closing Mass in August 2021, they’ve been finding ways to revitalize their parish community and extend [...]