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The Archdiocesan Office of Family Life will host its 12th annual Marriage Enrichment Celebration on Sat. Feb. 2 from 5 to 9 pm. at Mary Our Queen Church and Parish Center at 248 Savage St., Plantsville. This year’s program will begin with Mass and include dinner, prayer reflection and fun centered on the theme: “Where [...]
Church law calls for the existence of a tribunal in every diocese of the world. The Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Hartford is a staff of specially trained and experienced priests, religious and lay persons who offer assistance to parties who have reason to doubt the validity of their marriage. The Tribunal then [...]
Marriage preparation in the Archdiocese of Hartford is conducted primarily at the parish level. This can be done whether you are being married within or outside the Archdiocese. Marriages within the Archdiocese of Hartford You should contact the church where you wish to be married (generally your parish church, although anyone in the AoH [...]
Holy Disciples – Watertown, CT Holy Disciples Parish has an opening for a part-time (27 hours per week) Secretary to provide administrative and office related services to assist the parish administrative assistant and pastor. This is an in-person role at the Holy Disciples Parish in Watertown. Primary responsibilities include: Perform secretarial duties for the [...]
Last June, eight men were ordained permanent deacons in the Archdiocese of Hartford. They are, in the back row, left to right: James Marco, Gerald Maust, Louis Santiago, Larry Tiani, Keith Griffin, Ramón Guzmán, Jonathan Bruzas and Christopher Haddad. They are joined by Auxiliary Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, at left in the front row, and [...]
Much has been made in the news recently about the Church’s conferral of blessings. A report appeared not too long ago saying that the Church would not withhold blessings of unwed mothers. This was no news to me. Since when, I thought, has the Church refused to bless a woman who was an unwed [...]
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair Recently in these pages I wrote to you about the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation in our Cathedral of St. Joseph. It is a church that belongs to all of us as members of the family of Catholic Faith in our archdiocese. More than ever we need [...]
Father Anthony Federico, the new director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Hartford, jests with a life-size cardboard cutout of Blessed Michael McGivney that he carries along whenever he addresses young people. Blessed McGivney was beatified in the Archdiocese of Hartford on Oct. 31, 2020. (Photo by Shelley Wolf) Story by Shelley [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]