By Bishop Frank J. Caggiano – September 4, 2026

On a clear day, standing at the point at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, you can see the Manhattan skyline across Long Island Sound. That is why Connecticut placed its official 9/11 memorial there. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, people gathered on that shoreline and watched the smoke rise over lower Manhattan. Today the names of 161 people with ties to our state are engraved in stone at that spot, and each September their families return to lay white roses there…. To read full article, click here.