President of USCCB Issues Election Statement November 7th, 2020 - WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following statement on the… Read More ››
Monthly Newspaper • DIOCESE OF BRIDGEPORT
Articles By: erik shanabrough
One woman’s ministry of Holy Articles and Charity November 6th, 2020 - STAMFORD — When Sharon MacKnight was a young girl growing up in Pawcatuck, Conn., her mother would dress her up in her finest clothes on… Read More ››
“Name calling” can tear down or build up November 1st, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT—Sometimes calling each other names is a good thing, particularly when the name is “Saint,” Bishop frank J. Caggiano said in online Mass celebrating the… Read More ››
Knights of Columbus Founder Beatified November 1st, 2020 - NEW HAVEN, CONN. – The Catholic Church today declared Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, “blessed.” He is now one… Read More ››
The Life of a Parish-Life Coordinator October 30th, 2020 - According to a 2005 study by Georgetown’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), more than five hundred U.S. parishes were entrusted to someone… Read More ››
Beatification: Answered prayers and miracles October 29th, 2020 - When Michelle Schachle went for a routine ultrasound on December 31, 2014, she and her husband Daniel learned their unborn son might have Down syndrome.… Read More ››
The Beatification of Fr. Michael McGivney October 29th, 2020 - HARTFORD— The founder of the Knights of Columbus will be beatified October 31 during a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New… Read More ››
Fr. McGivney’s Beatification Celebration October 29th, 2020 - After a basketball-sized chunk of plaster came crashing down in the front of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut, early in 2019, the parish… Read More ››
Fences are not Meant to Wall Each Other Out October 25th, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT—When fences become walls that divide us, we turn our back on God as well as our neighbor, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano said in his… Read More ››
October Online Edition Now Available October 21st, 2020 - Click here to read our October online edition of this month’s Fairfield County Catholic! Read More ››
Christians Called to be “Holy Reproach” in a Troubled World October 19th, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT—Christians cannot run away from the world; rather they should engage it and seek to transform it, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano said during the online… Read More ››
Climbing the mountain of faith October 11th, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT— The hard work of discipleship requires us to climb the mountain of faith, but the feast of eternal life awaits those who walk with… Read More ››
We must prune away our sins and certainties to grow in Christ October 5th, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT— The image of pruning a vine is key to understanding our essential lifetime task as disciples of Christ, Bishop Caggiano said during his online… Read More ››
We Must Dig Deeper to Get at the Roots of our Sinfulness September 28th, 2020 - BRIDGEPORT—Digging deeper into the roots of our own sinfulness can be the beginning of transforming our lives, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano said in the homily… Read More ››
September Online Edition Now Available September 22nd, 2020 - Click here to read our September online edition of this month’s Fairfield County Catholic! Read More ››