Story by Sheri Wohlfert When I was a little girl, a new school year came with some guarantees: a new dress, new shoes, new pencils and some excited sleepless nights. This new school year is teeming with uncertainty instead of familiar guarantees and expectations. In the face of this uncertainty, here are some strategies to [...]
Story by Karen A. Avitabile The new logo of St. Luke Catholic School in Southington incorporates the school’s mission. On the first day of school last week, Principal Jim Messina greeted all the students by their first name and welcomed them into the Southington school – embraced with a new name, logo, [...]
Story by Joe Pisani Research shows 95 percent of people have an interior dialogue with themselves and 25 percent talk to themselves out loud. I confess. I’m one of the 95 percent … and, I hesitate to say this, I’m one of the 25 percent. While I was wandering through the supermarket the other day, [...]
Story by Candace Bryant-Lester In a previous column titled “Got time to pray?” we discussed a few ideas for people who are short on time but recognize the need for prayer. But perhaps you’ve finally reached a place where you’re able to dedicate more time to prayer or even participate in a retreat. How blessed [...]
Story by Shelley Wolf Pope St. John Paul II, who had a passion for the great outdoors and used it to evangelize the Catholic faith, is inspiring others locally to do the same. Suzi Porter, leader of a women’s Bible study group at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, was driving to [...]
https://youtu.be/B_jFBXmqF3A?si=4mQxsIlJhQlCmOE0 In today's National Eucharistic Revival update, Fr. Ruminski reminds us how grateful thanksgiving is a way to acknowledge that all good things are only possible through God.
Discover a unique selection of religious items at All Saints Gift Shop in Waterbury. Story by Karen A. Avitabile A gift shop at a Waterbury parish is selling an assortment of merchandise that is nostalgic to its parishioners and their homelands. “We are helping our parishioners purchase religious items that they may remember from [...]
Story by Elizabeth Johnson If there were a poster child for the power of prayer, it would be St. Monica, whose feast day we celebrate on Aug. 27. Through her unceasing prayers and unfailing example of how to live a Christ-like life, St. Monica brought about the conversion of both her husband, Patricius, and her son, [...]
In today's National Eucharistic Revival update, Fr. Ruminski poses a timely question: How do we, as a society, find renewal?
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 [...]