Respect Life group of 240 pro-lifers at the March for Life! Follow on Facebook. Five buses left the Franciscan Life Center in Meriden early Thursday morning to head to Washington, D.C. for the 47th March for Life. St. Paul Catholic High School students numbered 150 of the 240 pro-lifers on [...]
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place from January 18-25. Christian denominations throughout the world pray for a greater unity among the various churches, focusing on what is shared in common, rather than what divides. The theme for 2020, "They Showed Us Unusual Kindness" is taken from St. Paul's account [...]
An Epiphany Gathering of Delegates of Synod 2020 was held yesterday at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Bloomfield. It began with introductions by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair, Archbishop of Hartford, and Sister Mary Grace Walsh, Provost for Education, Evangelization and Catechesis, and a presentation by Kelly Henderschedt, Archdiocesan Director of Catechesis, on the “Pathway [...]
And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. As we begin a new year, may we, like Mary, keep in our hearts and reflect on all our grace-filled experiences of the season. Happy New Year! Gospel Luke 2:16-21 The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and [...]
Fourth Sunday of Advent Reading 1: Is 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, "I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!" Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house [...]
This morning at roughly 9:00 AM, a targeted shooting occurred outside of the Catholic Academy of New Haven, located at 351 McKinley Ave. Of the ten shots fired, seven hit the school building, with one bullet entering a pre-kindergarten classroom. No students were harmed. The target of the shooting, an adult male who was [...]
Third Sunday of Advent Reading 1, Is 35:1-6a, 10 The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will [...]
The Archbishop of Hartford, the Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, has entrusted St. Patrick’s in Waterbury to the pastoral care of clergy from the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. As of October 27, St. Patrick’s will once again become a territorial Parish and also the home of a new Oratory which will [...]