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By Matthew Carrara<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARIEN \u2013 They came in colorful costumes and prepared to \u201cparty for a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some wore phantom masks, others feathery and colorful headwear, some dressed in gowns and others in black tie, to celebrate the second annual Young Adult Masquerade Gala for fun and charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 220 young adult Catholics gathered for a night of entertainment at Wee Burn County Club to support the Foundations in Education Hardship Fund, which helps children in Catholic schools who are facing extreme and life-changing events. The event, which was hosted by Young Catholic Professionals Fairfield County and Catholic 203, raised more than $16,000 which will fully fund four scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s very meaningful to see a lot of young Catholic professionals here, even more so than last year’s Gala,\u201d said Katie Cunningham of Stamford. \u201cIt\u2019s just great to see that there’s a very lively community of young Catholics that not only are striving to do well in their professional settings, but also to grow together in holiness and our faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cocktail hour allowed for mingling and making introductions on the outdoor patio overlooking the Wee Burn golf course at sunset. Guests enjoyed a buffet dinner after a welcome and opening remarks, and a DJ commanded the room\u2019s music for the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, Father Sam Kachuba, Episcopal Vicar for Young Adult Ministries of the Diocese of Bridgeport, was the first to hit the floor with a short violin performance and even had impromptu Irish step dancing backing him up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the close of his performance, he declared the dance floor officially open. The banquet room soon became alive and well, and the young Catholic professionals danced far into the night as drinks flowed and dessert was served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a reminder that the young adult community in the diocese is really strong and vibrant, and not only do they want to live their faith in a profound way and grow in their faith every day, this is a group that also is ready to celebrate the good things in life,\u201d said Father Kachuba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u201cparty with a purpose\u201d brought together young people with the same common interest, which is to put their faith into practice he said. That desire did not go unnoticed by the organization\u2019s leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComing here, you see other people that have the same interests. They’re trying to answer the question, \u2018What is God’s will for me?\u2019 And really, the question is to live your faith,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Rourke, Chairman of the Board for Malta House and Board Member for Young Catholic Professionals Fairfield County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat you have here tonight is a group of people who have come together to have a great evening around their shared faith, but not only that, they are partying with a purpose,\u201d said Foundations in Education President Steven Velardo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foundations in Education awards 10 to 15 Hardship Fund Scholarships each year to students in the greatest need, he said. These are children who are facing some of the worst times in life. They may have lost their home to a fire, their parents may have lost their jobs and are now potentially experiencing homelessness, or they have come home to find that they’ve lost one of their parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal of the Hardship Fund is to make sure that student doesn’t lose something else,\u201d Velardo said. \u201cThey don’t lose the school that loves them, that supports them, that teaches them and helps them to know God’s love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gala came together very quickly, thanks to the hard work of the members and leadership of Young Catholic Professionals Fairfield County and Catholic 203, the Diocese of Bridgeport\u2019s Young Adult Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExactly a month ago, we made a decision to host this event, and in two weeks we were sold out,\u201d said gala co-host and organizer Alan Cybulski of Shelton. \u201cIf God didn\u2019t want this to happen, it wouldn\u2019t have happened, and I think this just goes to show what we as young people can do to support something bigger than ourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a night that proved anything is possible. A call to action was put out by Velardo as he challenged the young adults to sacrifice an expensive fun purchase they may make in a given week and instead use that money to donate to the Hardship Fund and make a true difference in a child\u2019s life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guests said strong bonds were formed between Young Catholic Professionals Fairfield County and Catholic 203. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re lay people, we don\u2019t belong to an order, so to be around people running the same race as you and walking with them together, like a sort of order, that’s been the biggest blessing of my life because we cannot do it alone,\u201d said Michael Mank of New Canaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Foundations in Education visit www.foundationsineducation.org<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Matthew Carrara DARIEN \u2013 They came in colorful costumes and prepared to \u201cparty for a purpose.\u201d Some wore phantom masks, others feathery and colorful headwear, some dressed in gowns and others in black tie, to celebrate the second annual Young Adult Masquerade Gala for fun and charity. More than 220 young adult Catholics gathered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diocese","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20112"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20121,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112\/revisions\/20121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20097,"date":"2026-09-17T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20097"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:06:18","slug":"healing-music-that-comes-from-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/healing-music-that-comes-from-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fasica sanadora que viene del Se\u00f1or"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Joe Pisani<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La hermana Maire Close lleva haciendo m\u00fasica desde los 14 a\u00f1os, primero con su flauta de hojalata y su acorde\u00f3n en la banda de su hermano en Irlanda del Norte... y recientemente dando alabanza y gloria a Dios con su guitarra y su canto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miembro de Koinonia John the Baptist, tiene seis \u00e1lbumes en ingl\u00e9s y espa\u00f1ol disponibles en Spotify; su m\u00fasica tambi\u00e9n se puede encontrar en YouTube, incluyendo sus \u00faltimos lanzamientos, \u201cHe Has Risen\u201d en ingl\u00e9s y \u201cEl Sembrador\u201d en espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA trav\u00e9s de mi m\u00fasica, quiero que la gente tenga una experiencia similar a la m\u00eda de la presencia de Jes\u00fas en sus vidas\u201d, dice. \u201cQuiero que se abran al Se\u00f1or y a la oraci\u00f3n para que puedan vivir una experiencia divina que produzca algo nuevo en sus vidas. Todos buscamos algo mejor en la vida, y no hay nada m\u00e1s grande que un encuentro con el Se\u00f1or\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La hermana, una de las primeras integrantes de Koinonia en la capilla de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Buen Consejo en Bridgeport, ha estado trabajando en Brooklyn durante los \u00faltimos diez meses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella es cantautora. Se podr\u00eda decir que Jes\u00fas es su coautor, pero ella enseguida aclarar\u00eda: \u201cJes\u00fas es quien escribe\u201d. Ver\u00e1n, su m\u00fasica y sus letras le llegan durante la oraci\u00f3n y fluyen del Esp\u00edritu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo me siento a escribir una canci\u00f3n\u201d, dice. \u201cCuando oro, el Se\u00f1or empieza a hablarme y me da melod\u00edas y palabras\u201d. Durante esos momentos, tiene su Biblia y su guitarra cerca, adem\u00e1s de su tel\u00e9fono m\u00f3vil para poder grabar lo que el Se\u00f1or la inspira a escribir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLa gente puede sentir la presencia del Se\u00f1or en la m\u00fasica porque el poder divino se manifiesta cada vez que canto\u201d, dice. \u201cTodo el m\u00e9rito es de Jes\u00fas. \u00c9l me ha dado el don de tocar m\u00fasica y cantar, y gracias a Dios porque nunca fui cantante. Es como un r\u00edo que emana de m\u00ed para tocar a la gente con manifestaciones f\u00edsicas y espirituales del poder de Dios\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En una ocasi\u00f3n, mientras oraba con el Libro de Ezequiel, \u201cTuve una poderosa experiencia de la gloria del Se\u00f1or\u201d, le dijo a Jes\u00fas: \u2018Todo lo que hago viene de ti, pero quiero escribirte una canci\u00f3n\u2019. El resultado fue \u2019Eres hermosa\u201d, que, seg\u00fan ella, es la \u00fanica canci\u00f3n que ha escrito. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde los 8 a\u00f1os, supo que ten\u00eda vocaci\u00f3n musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMi hermana y yo ten\u00edamos una imagen de Mar\u00eda Reina del Cielo en nuestra habitaci\u00f3n, con \u00e1ngeles sosteniendo su manto blanco al fondo\u201d, recuerda. \u201cDelante hab\u00eda seis angelitos tocando instrumentos musicales. Recuerdo mirar esa imagen, se\u00f1alar a los angelitos y decirle a Mar\u00eda: \u2018No quiero ser una de las que est\u00e1n detr\u00e1s de ti. Quiero ser una de las que est\u00e1n delante\u2019\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, cuando viv\u00eda en Los \u00c1ngeles, una mujer de Venezuela le dijo a la hermana que el Se\u00f1or la usar\u00eda para sanar corazones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSab\u00eda que el Se\u00f1or estaba obrando\u201d, record\u00f3, \u201cporque la gente empezaba a contarme el efecto que mi canto ten\u00eda en ellos durante las misas de sanaci\u00f3n\u201d.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muchas personas lloran mientras ella canta, y la hermana dice: "El Se\u00f1or los est\u00e1 sanando".\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otros le han dicho: \u201cCuando est\u00e1s ah\u00ed con tu guitarra, oigo coros cantando contigo\u201d.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hace doce a\u00f1os, ella estaba en el jard\u00edn en una hermosa tarde de oto\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mientras oraba, levant\u00e9 la vista al cielo y o\u00ed a un hombre detr\u00e1s de m\u00ed que me dec\u00eda: \u201cHas recibido la unci\u00f3n del Quinto Coro de \u00c1ngeles\u2018. Mir\u00f3 por encima del hombro, pero no hab\u00eda nadie; sin embargo, supo que era un mensaje del Se\u00f1or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLe pregunt\u00e9: \u2018Se\u00f1or, \u00bfqu\u00e9 es la unci\u00f3n? \u00bfQu\u00e9 es el Quinto Coro de \u00c1ngeles?\u2019\u201d, record\u00f3. \u201cPor supuesto, el Se\u00f1or no respondi\u00f3, porque no contesta nuestras oraciones de inmediato\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tras investigar un poco, descubri\u00f3 que el Quinto Coro es el de las Virtudes, conocido por sus milagros y su gracia, adem\u00e1s de su valent\u00eda y su fortaleza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLas Virtudes manifiestan el poder de Dios en la Tierra, y cuando canto, la gente sana porque esto es una manifestaci\u00f3n de la gloria del Se\u00f1or\u201d, dijo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

En un caso, una mujer gravemente herida en un accidente automovil\u00edstico san\u00f3 gracias a la canci\u00f3n "Fill Me Up". Le cont\u00f3 a la Hermana: "En cuanto escuch\u00e9 esa canci\u00f3n, no par\u00e9 de escucharla porque sent\u00eda la presencia del Se\u00f1or que me sanaba f\u00edsicamente".\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El sello discogr\u00e1fico de Sister, Koinonic Sonic, ofrece \u201cencuentros inspiradores y oraciones poderosas a trav\u00e9s de m\u00fasica de adoraci\u00f3n de inspiraci\u00f3n divina\u201d. Su discograf\u00eda incluye \u201cFor His Glory\u201d, \u201cY Mas Ahora\u201d e \u201cIn the Current\u201d. Sus \u00faltimos \u00e1lbumes fueron producidos por Enrique Naranjo, miembro de Koinonia en M\u00e9xico, quien ha recibido premios por su trabajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recientemente, le pidi\u00f3 al Se\u00f1or que le inspirara m\u00fasica que atrajera a los j\u00f3venes, y su nuevo \u00e1lbum incluye una canci\u00f3n titulada "Bright Morning Star Maranatha", interpretada por Vanessa Berry, una joven de Koinonia en Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLos j\u00f3venes necesitan tener un encuentro con Jes\u00fas\u201d, dice la hermana. \u201cPor eso quiero darles un lenguaje que entiendan y una melod\u00eda que les llegue al coraz\u00f3n\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la m\u00fasica de Sister Maire, visite https:\/\/linktr.ee\/koinonicsonic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o visita su canal de YouTube Koinonicsonic.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joe Pisani \u200bSister Maire Close has been making music since she was 14, first with her tin whistle and accordion in her brother\u2019s band in Northern Ireland \u2026 and recently by giving praise and glory to God with her guitar and singing. \u200bA member of Koinonia John the Baptist, she has six albums in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hispanic-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20098,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097\/revisions\/20098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20080,"date":"2026-09-16T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20080"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T23:00:29","slug":"catholic-academy-of-bridgeport-to-honor-jim-colica-the-late-kathy-hanson-at-annual-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/catholic-academy-of-bridgeport-to-honor-jim-colica-the-late-kathy-hanson-at-annual-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"La Academia Cat\u00f3lica de Bridgeport homenajear\u00e1 a Jim Colica y a la difunta Kathy Hanson en su gala anual."},"content":{"rendered":"

La Academia Cat\u00f3lica de Bridgeport celebrar\u00e1 su gala anual de oto\u00f1o "Guiding Lights" en el Woodway Country Club el 29 de octubre, en honor a sus antiguos benefactores Jim Colica y su difunta esposa Kathy Hanson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEstamos muy agradecidos con Jim y Kathy, quienes han sido faros de esperanza y gu\u00edas para nuestra academia, por permitirnos rendirles este homenaje\u201d, dijo Angela Pohlen, directora ejecutiva de CAB. \u201cAdem\u00e1s de su gran generosidad, Jim y Kathy han demostrado una profunda dedicaci\u00f3n e inter\u00e9s personal por nuestros estudiantes, incluyendo a los m\u00e1s de 30 estudiantes del programa CAB Rising Stars a quienes han patrocinado a lo largo de los a\u00f1os\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colica y su difunta esposa, Kathy Hanson, apoyaron la Academia Cat\u00f3lica de Bridgeport durante casi 20 a\u00f1os. Adem\u00e1s de su apoyo financiero a trav\u00e9s de becas, su visi\u00f3n propici\u00f3 la creaci\u00f3n de dos programas extraescolares: el Programa Alegre de Artes Esc\u00e9nicas y Fe y Futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colica, graduado de la Universidad de Fordham y veterano del ej\u00e9rcito, trabaj\u00f3 durante 27 a\u00f1os en GE Capital como alto ejecutivo. Miembro de la parroquia de St. Mary en Greenwich, tiene tres hijos, seis nietos y un bisnieto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La velada incluir\u00e1 un c\u00f3ctel, cena, subasta y un programa sobre los homenajeados. Este evento es uno de los dos principales actos de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos que la escuela llevar\u00e1 a cabo este a\u00f1o acad\u00e9mico, y lo recaudado se destinar\u00e1 a las becas para estudiantes con necesidades econ\u00f3micas que deben recaudarse anualmente, por un valor superior a 1.543.300 millones de d\u00f3lares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDado que el 85 por ciento de las familias de CAB viven en o por debajo del umbral de pobreza y el 96 por ciento de nuestros estudiantes reciben asistencia basada en sus necesidades, el \u00e9xito de la Gala Anual de Oto\u00f1o es fundamental para que podamos seguir brindando una educaci\u00f3n excepcional con 'Algo M\u00e1s' a nuestros 880 estudiantes desde preescolar hasta octavo grado en la ciudad de Bridgeport\u2018, dijo Susan Cecere, directora de desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cPodemos educar a cada uno de nuestros estudiantes por menos de la mitad de lo que gastan las escuelas p\u00fablicas y aut\u00f3nomas. Adem\u00e1s, recaudamos todos nuestros fondos de forma privada para cubrir la mayor parte de la matr\u00edcula de nuestros estudiantes\u2019, dijo John Kreitler, presidente de la junta directiva de CAB. \u201dSomos como el peque\u00f1o motor que pudo, asegurando que nuestros estudiantes alcancen su inmenso potencial y que tengan una base s\u00f3lida, fundamentada en la fe, para vivir una vida exitosa de liderazgo y servicio\u201c.\u2018 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dijo que el 100 por ciento de los exalumnos de CAB se grad\u00faan de la escuela secundaria y el 99 por ciento contin\u00faan sus estudios en la universidad o en una instituci\u00f3n de educaci\u00f3n superior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para inscribirse en la gala, visite https:\/\/CAB2026Gala.givesmart.com, env\u00ede un correo electr\u00f3nico a rbobroske@catholicacademybridgeport.org o llame al (203) 378-2310. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Catholic Academy of Bridgeport will hold its \u201cGuiding Lights\u201d Annual Fall Gala at Woodway Country Club on October 29, honoring longtime supporters Jim Colica and his late wife Kathy Hanson. \u201cWe are so grateful to Jim and Kathy, who have been beacons of hope and guiding lights for our academy, for allowing us to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20092,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions\/20092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20075,"date":"2026-09-16T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20075"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:14:31","slug":"the-legacy-of-a-faithful-mother-of-4-who-died-at-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/the-legacy-of-a-faithful-mother-of-4-who-died-at-39\/","title":{"rendered":"El legado de una fiel madre de 4 hijos que falleci\u00f3 a los 39 a\u00f1os."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Laura Brennan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a reflection she wrote for her church bulletin, Colleen Wishall described herself simply as \u201ca wife and mother of four young children\u2026 who has been blessed over the years to see God use her little yeses to share His Love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen, wife of Jeremy Wishall, and mother of four children, three of whom were Regina Pacis Academy students, died at 39 years old on July 27 after a 19-month battle with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina Pacis Academy’s Annual Fall Gala on November 7 will honor her legacy, and the school has created the Colleen Wishall Scholarship Fund \u201cin recognition of her life as an extraordinary example to us in all aspects of her faith, family, and friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his homily at her funeral Mass, Father Luke Suarez said: \u201cShe was a beautiful person \u2014 a wonderful kind of ordinary. She was normal, deeply faithful, yet never in a way that set her apart from the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer faith was never grounded in platitudes or easy statements,\u201d said Father Suarez, pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit. \u201cIt grew as she wrestled with the crosses God entrusted to her \u2014 the cancer diagnosis itself, the fear of God that followed, the loss of energy and normalcy, the daily parental and physical limitations she never asked for and did not want. Yet reading her words, one can watch how the Lord used those very crosses to shape her, to quiet her fears, and to draw her into deeper trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that when he brought her the sacraments in the hospital, \u201cOne couldn\u2019t help but notice that her eyes held a unique sparkle. Over the next several days that sparkle became a radiance \u2014 almost a glow. Artists might paint it as a halo. As her body grew weaker, the beauty of her soul seemed to shine more brightly. The faith, trust, courage, and love that God was cultivating within her became increasingly visible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen wrote short bulletin reflections on faith and love in the months before she died.  The first, which appeared in January 2026, began \u201c2025 was not the best year of my life.\u201d She described her ambulance ride, ER visit, and ultimately her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she pivoted and asked, \u201cIf 2025 was the worst year of my life, why can\u2019t 2026 be the best? \u2026 What if I woke up each day asking the Lord to surprise me — to surprise me with His goodness and with His presence? What if I actually followed the Scripture and asked Him for good things? I was so filled with joy by this thought that I knew it was Holy Spirit inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She ended that reflection with an invitation, \u201cI invite you to ask God to surprise you. Ask Him to make His presence known and to give you the eyes, the ears, and the open heart to notice!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wrote 15 faithful reflections in her final months and, according to her obituary, she appreciated the opportunity Father Suarez gave her to share her faith with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many people have said to me these past few days that your momma was the closest thing to a saint they have ever met!\u201d said Colleen\u2019s sister Erin Roman to Colleen\u2019s children in her remarks at the funeral. \u201cMaybe one day you will get to say that your mom is a saint, how cool will that be!?! And maybe you kids will become saints yourselves! I know one of the last challenges your mommy gave you was to research and learn about all the saints who lost a parent at an early age. I think the two we came up with that day were Saint Therese and Saint John Paul II.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen\u2019s children are in sixth grade, third grade and kindergarten at Regina Pacis Academy, said their principal, Kimberly Quatela. \u201c[Colleen] loved being at the Academy and seeing her children and all the students mature academically, but more important spiritually,\u201d her obituary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principal Quatela said, \u201cWe’re establishing the Colleen Wishall Scholarship Fund as a way to build the fund of necessary financial aid for families now and then into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina Pacis Academy is a Catholic classical school in Norwalk, which began as a homeschool co-op with 23 students and four teachers. The school currently enrolls 120 students from Pre-K through eighth grade. It is the only Cardinal Newman school in Connecticut, Quatela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing a technology-free school means that students are not engaging with technology,\u201d said Mrs. Quatela. \u201cThere’s no iPads, there’s no smartboards. It’s great teachers, great books, pen, paper, chalkboard, and cursive.\u201d As part of the integration of the classical Catholic experience, one Mass each month is celebrated in Latin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each week there is school-wide Mass. Students also pray the rosary as a community and are invited to Eucharistic Adoration to spend time with the Lord. \u201cCatholicism is imbued in everything that we do,\u201d Quatela said. \u201cIt’s just a very joyful learning environment. It has a very strong family community feel. Being a small school, we preserve that, and that’s something we feel very strongly about keeping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Annual Fall Gala will be held November 7 at Serafresca at the Italian Center in Stamford. For further information, go to https:\/\/reginapacisacademy.org and look under Support RPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen\u2019s reflections can be found on the home page of the Church of the Holy Spirit at: www.holyspiritstamford.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Laura Brennan In a reflection she wrote for her church bulletin, Colleen Wishall described herself simply as \u201ca wife and mother of four young children\u2026 who has been blessed over the years to see God use her little yeses to share His Love.\u201d Colleen, wife of Jeremy Wishall, and mother of four children, three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,92,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accompaniment","category-diocese","category-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20075"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20087,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20075\/revisions\/20087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20060,"date":"2026-09-15T11:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20060"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:33:29","slug":"bishop-frank-teaches-the-faith-a-new-animated-series-for-children-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/bishop-frank-teaches-the-faith-a-new-animated-series-for-children-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"El obispo Frank ense\u00f1a la fe: una nueva serie animada para ni\u00f1os y familias."},"content":{"rendered":"

Los episodios semanales de tres minutos comenzar\u00e1n a transmitirse el 18 de septiembre.<\/strong>, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A partir del viernes 18 de septiembre, los ni\u00f1os de toda la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport podr\u00e1n aprender la fe cat\u00f3lica de una figura familiar en una forma inusual: un obispo animado, Frank J. Caggiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El obispo Frank ense\u00f1a la fe.<\/a><\/em>, una nueva serie semanal de la Instituto de Formaci\u00f3n Cat\u00f3lica<\/a>, Cada semana, el programa introduce a los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os y a sus familias a un tema diferente de la fe cat\u00f3lica a trav\u00e9s de episodios cortos y coloridos, de dos a tres minutos de duraci\u00f3n. La serie se estrena dos d\u00edas antes del Domingo Catequ\u00e9tico, con los primeros diez episodios disponibles simult\u00e1neamente y un nuevo episodio cada viernes a partir de entonces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCada generaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia est\u00e1 llamada a encontrar formas nuevas y creativas de proclamar el Evangelio\u201d, dijo el obispo Caggiano. \u201cNuestros hijos crecen en un mundo moldeado por los medios digitales, y tenemos una oportunidad extraordinaria para adentrarnos en ese mundo con ellos y presentarles m\u00e1s profundamente a Jesucristo y la belleza de nuestra fe cat\u00f3lica\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cada episodio combina animaci\u00f3n y narraci\u00f3n adaptada a la edad con la voz del obispo Caggiano. El objetivo no es que los ni\u00f1os memoricen datos, sino ayudarlos a comprender que la fe es una invitaci\u00f3n a tener una relaci\u00f3n con Jesucristo y una forma de vivir cada d\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTodo lo que podamos hacer para ayudar a los padres a criar hijos llenos de fe es un triunfo\u201d, dijo el Dr. Patrick Donovan, Director Ejecutivo del Instituto para la Formaci\u00f3n Cat\u00f3lica.\u201cEl obispo Frank ense\u00f1a la fe.<\/em> Este programa toma las verdades de nuestra fe y las presenta a trav\u00e9s de un medio que los ni\u00f1os ya comprenden y disfrutan. Esperamos que estos breves episodios generen conversaciones en casa, refuercen lo que los ni\u00f1os aprenden en sus parroquias y escuelas y, sobre todo, les ayuden a acercarse m\u00e1s a Jes\u00fas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o de trabajo<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

La producci\u00f3n de los primeros 52 episodios llev\u00f3 m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o. Seminaristas y profesores de colegios cat\u00f3licos diocesanos escribieron los guiones, y la respuesta sorprendi\u00f3 incluso a los organizadores. \u201cNos quedamos asombrados con la respuesta\u201d, dijo Donovan. \u201cEs una oportunidad que se repetir\u00e1 en las pr\u00f3ximas semanas, cuando comencemos a planificar la segunda y la tercera temporada\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familias e invitados pudieron ver algunos de los primeros episodios en una proyecci\u00f3n el pasado mes de marzo. Entre ellos se encontraba Monse\u00f1or Lucio Adri\u00e1n Ruiz, Secretario del Dicasterio para la Comunicaci\u00f3n del Vaticano, quien elogi\u00f3 el proyecto por conectar con los ni\u00f1os y j\u00f3venes en el mundo digital que ya habitan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para parroquias, escuelas y la mesa de la cocina.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

La serie est\u00e1 dise\u00f1ada para ser utilizada, no solo para ser vista. Catequistas, maestros de escuelas cat\u00f3licas y l\u00edderes de formaci\u00f3n en la fe pueden incorporar los episodios a sus lecciones y reuniones parroquiales, y las familias pueden integrarlos a su rutina diaria. Junto con cada episodio, encontrar\u00e1n hojas para colorear, preguntas de reflexi\u00f3n, sopas de letras y otros recursos gratuitos disponibles en l\u00ednea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las parroquias y escuelas que deseen celebrar el lanzamiento pueden solicitar un kit al Instituto, que incluye imanes, pegatinas, l\u00e1pices, ceras y una taza para el profesor o catequista. A principios de septiembre se solicitaron y entregaron m\u00e1s de 225 kits a parroquias y escuelas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El obispo Frank ense\u00f1a la fe.<\/em> Forma parte de \u00abComienza con el Domingo\u00bb, una iniciativa del Instituto para la Formaci\u00f3n Cat\u00f3lica que ya incluye lecturas dominicales animadas para ayudar a los padres a preparar a sus hijos para la Misa. Esta iniciativa cuenta con el apoyo de una subvenci\u00f3n de 1,23 millones de d\u00f3lares otorgada a la di\u00f3cesis por Lilly Endowment Inc. en 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esta serie refleja una convicci\u00f3n fundamental en la labor del Instituto: que la misi\u00f3n de la Iglesia nunca cambia, aunque s\u00ed lo hagan los medios para llevarla a cabo. Ayudar a las personas a encontrarse con Jesucristo, comprender la fe y convertirse en sus disc\u00edpulos es la misma labor de siempre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El obispo Frank ense\u00f1a la fe.<\/em> Comienza a transmitirse el viernes 18 de septiembre de 2026. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en formationreimagined.org<\/strong> o startwithsunday.org<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weekly three-minute episodes begin streaming September 18, 2026 Beginning Friday, September 18, children across the Diocese of Bridgeport will be able to learn the Catholic faith from a familiar figure in an unfamiliar form: an animated Bishop Frank J. Caggiano. Bishop Frank Teaches the Faith, a new weekly series from the Institute for Catholic Formation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishop-caggiano","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20062,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20060\/revisions\/20062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":19856,"date":"2026-09-15T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=19856"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:49:31","slug":"decree-of-establishment-of-the-saint-lazarus-guild-and-promulgation-of-its-statutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/decree-of-establishment-of-the-saint-lazarus-guild-and-promulgation-of-its-statutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Decreto de constituci\u00f3n del Gremio de San L\u00e1zaro y promulgaci\u00f3n de sus estatutos."},"content":{"rendered":"

PARA PUBLICACI\u00d3N INMEDIATA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 de septiembre de 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano
Por la gracia de Dios y la autoridad de la Sede Apost\u00f3lica, Obispo de Bridgeport
DECRETO DE ESTABLECIMIENTO
DE
EL GREMIO DE SAN L\u00c1ZARO
Y PROMULGACI\u00d3N DE ESTATUTOS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yo, Monse\u00f1or Frank J. Caggiano, quinto obispo de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habiendo determinado que es para el bien de los fieles y beneficioso para las almas de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport el establecimiento de una nueva asociaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica de fieles con el prop\u00f3sito de orar por el descanso de las almas de los miembros difuntos de los fieles cat\u00f3licos, sepultados dentro de los l\u00edmites de los cementerios cat\u00f3licos de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport, y para el continuo apoyo pastoral y espiritual de la familia y amigos de dichos difuntos (c\u00e1nones 301 y 312), y;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habiendo redactado los estatutos apropiados para tal prop\u00f3sito, revisados y aprobados por m\u00ed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Por la presente se constituye la Cofrad\u00eda de San L\u00e1zaro, una asociaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica de fieles dedicada al prop\u00f3sito antes mencionado, de conformidad con los estatutos de la Cofrad\u00eda adjuntos al presente decreto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La sede diocesana de la Asociaci\u00f3n ser\u00e1 el Centro Cat\u00f3lico de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport. Se podr\u00e1n establecer otros centros de la Asociaci\u00f3n de acuerdo con los estatutos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oficiado en el Centro Cat\u00f3lico de Shelton, Connecticut, en la conmemoraci\u00f3n de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de los Dolores, el 15 de septiembre de 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> para descargar el documento firmado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obispo de Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para leer los estatutos, haga clic aqu\u00ed.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2026 The Most Reverend Frank J. CaggianoBy the Grace of God and Authority of the Apostolic See Bishop of BridgeportDECREE OF ESTABLISHMENTOFTHE SAINT LAZARUS GUILDAND PROMULGATION OF STATUTES I, Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano, fifth bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport: Having determined that it is for the good of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishop-caggiano","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20010,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856\/revisions\/20010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20050,"date":"2026-09-14T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20050"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:21:02","slug":"our-lady-of-guadalupe-comes-to-little-angels-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/our-lady-of-guadalupe-comes-to-little-angels-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Guadalupe llega al Santuario de los Angelitos."},"content":{"rendered":"

Historia de Joe Pisani<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fotograf\u00edas de Amy Mortensen <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEWTOWN \u2014 Llegaron con tristeza y llegaron con alegr\u00eda a lo que hab\u00eda sido un campo vac\u00edo, pero que se transform\u00f3 en el Santuario de los Peque\u00f1os \u00c1ngeles en el Cementerio de la Resurrecci\u00f3n, gracias al sue\u00f1o de una mujer hace 21 a\u00f1os de crear un lugar de descanso para los ni\u00f1os no nacidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinieron a bendecir una estatua de m\u00e1rmol blanco de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Guadalupe, patrona de los no nacidos, que se encuentra junto a un arroyo que atraviesa el cementerio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oraron, lloraron y escucharon el sonido de las risas de los ni\u00f1os en una hermosa ma\u00f1ana de septiembre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQu\u00e9 apropiado es que en esta fiesta del Sant\u00edsimo Nombre de la Bienaventurada Virgen Mar\u00eda nos reunamos en su honor, as\u00ed como en el de tantos que han perdido hijos por aborto espont\u00e1neo, muerte fetal o aborto provocado\u201d, dijo el padre Eric Silva, p\u00e1rroco de la iglesia de San Jos\u00e9 en Danbury. \u201cEste santuario est\u00e1 destinado a ser un lugar de gran esperanza y consuelo, as\u00ed como un lugar para el duelo. Y verdaderamente no hay mejor persona en nuestra fe para ayudarnos a sobrellevar el dolor y el duelo adecuadamente que Nuestra Se\u00f1ora\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dijo que ella brinda el consuelo que solo una madre puede ofrecer a quienes sufren la p\u00e9rdida de un hijo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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