I would like to speak to those in our parish who in the past have not taken part in the liturgy of Holy Week or have not attended the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. I would like to invite you to join in on the celebrations this year and see how the experience might impact your spiritual life and your faith journey in Catholicism. ”PLEASE CLICK FOR MORE!!!

The Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference is asking you to sign a petition to urge the members of the Public Health Committee to reject any legislation authorizing physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Connecticut. The facts on PAS can be found on the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference's website at www.ctcatholic.org/Assisted-Suicide.php. Please forward this information to your friends. Urge them to sign the petition and join the Connecticut Catholic Legislative Network. To sign the petition, please go: to: http://www.votervoice.net/link/target/ctcc/gG2W6324.aspx

You can see the difference—the front of the Church, from the right of the vestibule and all the way around to the atrium doors has been covered in vinyl siding and it looks much cleaner, neater and is now in good repair. In addition to replacing all the rotted and peeling wood, new commercial gutters have been installed (the former gutters were non-commercial grade, household gutters—thus unable to remove and carry the rain wa-ter from the roof). In addition, the old gutters were seamed and were leaking in spots, creating ice build-up in the winter on the walkways and water damage in the rainy season. CLICK TO READ MORE

I just want to publically say how beautiful and moving the Seven Last Words of Christ was on February 27th. The choirs, soloists, and musicians were spectacular. The choice of music was perfect. I want to thank Susan Zybert, our music director, for her talent and organizational skills. And to our lectors—Dick Hopkins, David Pluta and Theresa Bellacosa —a big thank-you for your spiritual readings. I also wish to thank Kathi Bonner, our director of Religious Education for organization and execution skills to make everything work so well. This is our second year hosting the Seven Last Words of Christ and while the crowds were not what I had hoped for—I believe the threat of a "weather event" had an impact—I do hope that we put it on our calendars for next year and I know that you will be mightily impressed and blessed by attending.