This Sunday after the 11 a.m. Mass we will process immediately to the Mary Garden and hold a brief prayer service to give thanks to God for our religious freedoms in America. We also will offer our thanks to all the men and women who have built and defended our God-given rights to these religious freedoms, and pray for the enlightenment of those who wish to weaken them. CLICK TO READ MORE...

This weekend's gospel gives us stories of Jesus healing others as a response to evil. He moves to heal the sick and cure those suffering immediately upon hearing of this news. Every priest should remember this when called—whether at 2 a.m. or3 p.m. to visit a hospital room or anoint a dying parishioner at home—go immediately, for the mission of Christ was to restore health to the suffering as it happened, even if it requires us to break the rituals or upset schedules...Click to Read More...

In today’s second reading from Paul to the Corinthians the Saint makes two statements: (1) that Jesus died for all, and (2) Christ no longer is seen in the flesh. In the first statement, the life of Christ is summed up in all lives of His disciples and we are called to be Christ in today’s world; ...CLICK TO READ MORE

This year’s Father’s Day (and Mother’s Day) celebrations take on deeper meaning in our modern American culture. Whether we are looking at Baltimore, Hartford or to the future Philadelphia’s papal visit focusing on family life, the role of parenting in our modern culture is at a crossroads. The telltale signs of the abdication of parenting by some have led us to a confused world where the human family is in trouble. Perhaps this is not so much the case in the Simsbury’s of the world but certainly where families are broken or parents are seeking to win popularity contests by being “best friends” rather than parents to their children...CLICK TO READ MORE

Parish Council Ends 2015 Term, Welcomes New Members, Thanks OthersThe Parish Council came to a close on 15 June for the summer and accomplished much over the past year while setting the tone for the coming year as we plan to improve and expand our mission of promoting our faith in the Word of God and in our actions as His disciples.Our thanks go to Tom Tanski, Parish Council President, who has ended his term as president but will remain on the Council. I want to thank Tom for his dedication and hard work and for his great enthusiasm on many projects CLICK TO READ MORE...

As we move forward with our renovations in the Church, we will need to bring the rear center wall, which will hold the stained glass window and the stonework, up to code and eliminate the reverberation which currently cannot handled the additional weight of the renovations. However, this is not simply an issue of making the wall secure for the renovations but that a structural engineer has determined that the wall as is, is unsafe—and that we have been lucky that there have been no issues with the wall to date due to its weak construction...CLICK TO READ MORE...

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ was also known as the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which translates from Latin to "Body of Christ." This feast originated in France in the mid-thirteenth century and was extended to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. This feast is celebrated on the Thursday following the Trinity Sunday or, as in the USA, on the Sunday following that feast. CLICK TO READ MORE...