[{"id":20319,"date":"2026-10-02T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20319"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:49:37","slug":"decree-promulgation-of-the-parish-finance-manual-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/decree-promulgation-of-the-parish-finance-manual-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Decreto sobre ciertas normas para los catac\u00famenos y candidatos de la OCIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PARA PUBLICACI\u00d3N INMEDIATA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>30 de septiembre de 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">El Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano<br>Por la gracia de Dios y la autoridad de la Sede Apost\u00f3lica <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Obispo de Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DECRETO<br>Para ciertas normas para catec\u00famenos y candidatos de OCIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En virtud de mi oficio de Obispo Diocesano, yo, el Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano, Quinto Obispo de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport, debidamente preocupado por el bienestar espiritual de las almas que me han sido confiadas (c. 383 \u00a71), habiendo considerado en oraci\u00f3n lo siguiente:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considerando que es necesario ajustar ciertas normas para la preparaci\u00f3n sacramental a los diferentes grupos de edad, y;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considerando que este es un momento oportuno para ajustar estas normas,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ESTABLECER QUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Todo catec\u00fameno (aquel que necesita recibir los tres sacramentos de iniciaci\u00f3n) mayor de edad y menor de 17 a\u00f1os debe asistir a un m\u00ednimo de 24 meses de formaci\u00f3n catequ\u00e9tica continua antes de poder ser presentado para recibir los sacramentos de Pascua en la Vigilia Pascual. Dadas las necesidades particulares de esta poblaci\u00f3n (y su diversidad de edades), cada parroquia adaptar\u00e1 la forma de esta formaci\u00f3n a las necesidades de sus catec\u00famenos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cualquier candidato (que necesite penitencia, primera comuni\u00f3n y confirmaci\u00f3n) mayor de edad y menor de 17 a\u00f1os recibir\u00e1 formaci\u00f3n en su parroquia con dos opciones para elegir:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opci\u00f3n #1: El candidato se inscribir\u00e1 en el mismo programa de formaci\u00f3n parroquial que se ofrece a j\u00f3venes de edad similar, con un m\u00ednimo de dos a\u00f1os de formaci\u00f3n continua. Una vez completados los dos a\u00f1os de preparaci\u00f3n pr\u00f3xima requeridos, recibir\u00e1 la preparaci\u00f3n inmediata para los sacramentos que le falten y, posteriormente, recibir\u00e1 los sacramentos de iniciaci\u00f3n restantes junto con sus compa\u00f1eros.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opci\u00f3n #2: Un pastor tambi\u00e9n puede optar por mantener a un candidato mayor en la misma experiencia de formaci\u00f3n descrita en #1 para un catec\u00fameno. En ese caso, se aplica el mismo requisito de tiempo m\u00ednimo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ordeno que las disposiciones de este decreto tengan efecto firme y estable, a pesar de cualquier disposici\u00f3n en contrario, incluso si merece menci\u00f3n especial, y que sean promulgadas mediante su inclusi\u00f3n en el peri\u00f3dico diocesano oficial, The Fairfield County Catholic, entrando en vigor el 1 de octubre de 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OCIA-Statement.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OCIA-Statement.pdf\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> Para descargar la versi\u00f3n en PDF del documento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obispo de Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2026 The Most Reverend Frank J. CaggianoBy the Grace of God and Authority of the Apostolic See Bishop of Bridgeport DECREEFor Certain Norms For OCIA Catechumens and Candidates In virtue of my office of Diocesan Bishop, I, the Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano, Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, [&hellip;]<\/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":[89,115,93],"class_list":["post-20319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishop-caggiano","category-diocese","tag-bishop-caggiano","tag-bishops-statement","tag-diocese-of-bridgeport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319","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=20319"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20356,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319\/revisions\/20356"}],"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=20319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20502,"date":"2026-10-01T20:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20502"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:11:28","slug":"pray-hope-dont-worry-simple-words-of-padre-pio-endure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/pray-hope-dont-worry-simple-words-of-padre-pio-endure\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ora, ten esperanza, no te preocupes\u2019: Las sencillas palabras del Padre P\u00edo perduran."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texto y fotos de Emily Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FAIRFIELD \u2013 En la tercera noche de la novena en honor a San Padre P\u00edo, los fieles desafiaron los inicios de una tormenta del noreste para congregarse en la iglesia de Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino para la Santa Misa y venerar las reliquias de este humilde sacerdote y fraile. Ubicadas justo a la derecha del altar, las cinco reliquias, incluyendo un mech\u00f3n del cabello del santo y un trozo de su manto, fueron visibles durante toda la Misa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante su homil\u00eda, el p\u00e1rroco Padre David Roman, quien concelebr\u00f3 con el Padre Herley Mendez, dijo que siempre se hab\u00eda sentido identificado con el lema del Padre P\u00edo: \u201cOra, ten esperanza, no te preocupes\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSon palabras tan poderosas y sencillas, que brotan del coraz\u00f3n de un hombre que comprend\u00eda la naturaleza del sufrimiento. Hay algo en el Padre P\u00edo que realmente nos llega al coraz\u00f3n\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al citar los vers\u00edculos del Eclesiast\u00e9s en la primera lectura, el padre Roman record\u00f3 algunos de los m\u00e1s queridos: \u201cHay un tiempo para todo bajo el cielo\u201d, \u00abHay un tiempo para nacer\u00bb, \u00abHay un tiempo para sufrir\u00bb. \u00abCuando observamos la vida del Padre P\u00edo, vemos que, sin importar la \u00e9poca en que se encontrara, confiaba en Dios, sin importar las circunstancias de su vida\u00bb, afirm\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan explic\u00f3 el padre Roman, esa vida estuvo marcada por la mala salud y el sufrimiento. A los quince a\u00f1os, el santo, conocido en su Italia natal como P\u00edo de Pietrelcina, sinti\u00f3 el llamado a la vida religiosa y posteriormente ingres\u00f3 en la Orden Franciscana. Mientras celebraba la misa en 1918, tuvo una extraordinaria experiencia m\u00edstica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEran las llagas de Cristo, las que conocemos como los estigmas\u201d, dijo el padre Roman. \u201cA pesar de eso y de toda la atenci\u00f3n que recib\u00eda, el padre P\u00edo nunca busc\u00f3 ser enaltecido\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan explic\u00f3, debido a esos estigmas, no pod\u00eda recibir los sacramentos ni confesar. Sin embargo, permaneci\u00f3 fiel y confi\u00f3 en Dios, sabiendo que hab\u00eda algo m\u00e1s profundo en juego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA trav\u00e9s de esto, podemos encontrar el amor de Dios en un ser humano muy cercano y amoroso. Eso fue lo que hizo con sus sufrimientos\u201d, dijo el padre Roman. \u201cNo permiti\u00f3 que el dolor lo quebrara ni que las heridas lo envolvieran. En cambio, ese sufrimiento le abri\u00f3 el coraz\u00f3n y se sinti\u00f3 a\u00fan m\u00e1s conectado con las personas que sufren\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras la homil\u00eda, los asistentes rezaron la novena del tercer d\u00eda y se les anim\u00f3 a pedir la intercesi\u00f3n del Padre P\u00edo para cualquier etapa de la vida en la que se encontraran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La veneraci\u00f3n comenz\u00f3 despu\u00e9s de la misa, cuando los fieles esperaban para tocar, besar o presionar una oraci\u00f3n o un rosario contra el cristal que proteg\u00eda las reliquias del Padre P\u00edo. Fernando y Fabiana Neupmann, de la parroquia de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Aparecida, fueron dos de los primeros en la fila, ya que hab\u00edan viajado desde Danbury antes de la tormenta debido a su profunda devoci\u00f3n al santo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLo amamos. Amamos a todos los santos, pero \u00e9l es especial por su amor a la Iglesia y su devoci\u00f3n a Mar\u00eda\u201d, dijo Fabiana, sosteniendo un rosario en sus manos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor Collet, que asisti\u00f3 a misa con su madre, esperaba completar la novena visitando las dem\u00e1s parroquias a lo largo de la semana donde se pudieran venerar las reliquias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTen\u00eda muchas ganas de venir a rezar ante las reliquias. Me gusta lo que dec\u00eda el Padre P\u00edo sobre \u2018reza, ten esperanza, no te preocupes\u201d\u201c, dijo la joven de 20 a\u00f1os de Bridgeport. \u201dCuando necesito un lugar de paz, entro en mi habitaci\u00f3n y rezo, como \u00e9l lo hac\u00eda, y siento la presencia del Esp\u00edritu Santo\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uno de los asistentes m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes fue Justin Melaragno, de 9 a\u00f1os, monaguillo de la iglesia de Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino, quien ayud\u00f3 en la misa de esa noche. De pie junto a sus padres despu\u00e9s de la veneraci\u00f3n, habl\u00f3 de su deseo de servir a Dios y ayudar al padre Roman en el altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCuando cargo la cruz, llevo al Se\u00f1or\u201d, dijo Justin, y agreg\u00f3 que ten\u00eda muchas ganas de servir en la misa por el Padre P\u00edo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras abandonar la parroquia de Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino, las reliquias fueron trasladadas a la parroquia catedralicia de San Agust\u00edn en Bridgeport para la cuarta noche de la novena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Padre-Pio-St.-Thomas-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Padre-Pio-St.-Thomas-2.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Padre-Pio-St.-Thomas-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Padre-Pio-St.-Thomas-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Padre-Pio-St.-Thomas-2-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story and photos by Emily Clark FAIRFIELD &#8211; On the third evening of the novena in honor of Saint Padre Pio, the faithful braved the beginnings of a nor\u2019easter to gather at St. Thomas Aquinas Church for Holy Mass and to venerate the relics of this humble priest and friar. Placed just to the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20503,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502","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=20502"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20508,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502\/revisions\/20508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20492,"date":"2026-10-01T10:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20492"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:19:35","slug":"the-came-to-our-lady-of-lourdes-for-hope-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/the-came-to-our-lady-of-lourdes-for-hope-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinieron a Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Lourdes en busca de esperanza y sanaci\u00f3n."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Story and photos by Joe Pisani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STAMFORD \u2014 They came to Our Lady of Lourdes, looking for hope and healing. And she heard their prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A troubled marriage, a son with an addiction, survivors of sexual abuse, a father diagnosed with ALS, and many others whose suffering was known only to them and the Mother of God. They celebrated Mass, they prayed the rosary, they processed, they heard stories of healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of faithful from throughout the diocese and beyond brought their petitions to the Blessed Mother during the fifth annual Lourdes Retreat and Mass of Hope &amp; Healing at St. Mary of Stamford Parish on September 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Frank J. Caggiano celebrated Mass with Father Juan Colon, assisted by Deacon John DiTaranto. A woman named Grace offered a testimony of her brother who experienced a healing after being diagnosed with stage-three cancer because of the prayers of family and friends and people across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Caggiano\u2019s homily gave a clear message: \u201cThere can be no healing of any kind unless you and I are people of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He talked about Pope Leo XIV\u2019s historic visit to Lourdes the day before, which brought a quarter of a million people to the shrine, where he told them to be \u201cmissionaries of hope\u201d in a country considered the most secular in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335876188' title='Lourdes Healing Mass by Diocese of Bridgeport, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55556742361_e838fe9e0f.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='DSC01823 (1024x683)'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hover and click the navigation arrows to view the slideshow or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335833077\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335491020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the full gallery here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lourdes, France, is most famous Marian shrine in the world, and more than 7,000 healings have been attributed to the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bishop said that in Lourdes \u2014 as in Stamford \u2014 there were many different reasons people come to Our Lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf those 250,000 people who gathered, some came because they looked for physical healing. Perhaps it was a disease they have been battling, perhaps even more so, a disease that a relative or friend is battling. Some came with wounds, wounds at times self-inflicted by our sinfulness and carelessness. Wounds that were inflicted by others that have cut deep, wounds that have cut within our hearts, wounds that perhaps take a lifetime to heal, years perhaps even to admit they are there. But they all came looking for healing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told the packed church they were no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy dear friends, perhaps there are those here tonight who will leave with their physical suffering eased,\u201d he said. \u201cPerhaps you will leave this sacred place, and a wound that you have carried has become lighter, perhaps even healed. Perhaps you have come here with a sin that you have battled a long time and have found the grace to conquer that sin in a way like never before. And for all those graces, we thank the Lord Jesus and Our Blessed Lady, who is the instrument of those graces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that God is always merciful and loving, and while he may not tell us why we endure suffering, he will never allow us to suffer alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the Lord walks with you and me, even in our darkest moments. He is always there when we think no one else is there,\u201d the bishop said. \u201cHe is there, caressing us, crying with us, holding our hand, lifting us up, giving us strength, leading us forward. For you see, my friends, hope is the gift God gives us.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01629-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the world, many turn their backs on those who are suffering and in need, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have too many who are alone in their suffering, except for the fact that Jesus does not abandon them or us. And whatever healings come from that hope, I ask you to leave this church as a missionary of hope, as Peter [Pope Leo] has asked us \u2014 to be the hands and feet and heart and voice of God to those around us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Caggiano also talked about the renewal in the diocese and the Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did Pope Leo find when he came to France? A million people came to the Mass in the heart of Paris,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd tens of thousands of young people sang the praises of Our Lady in a stadium where everyone was brought to tears because he came as a missionary of hope \u2026. Today the Church was reborn in France because hope was reborn in France, and as it was done in France, it is being done in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linda Loglisci\u2019s family came with a special intention: \u201cWe\u2019re here because my husband was diagnosed with ALS, and we know the Blessed Mother will hear our prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosa Vargas said, \u201cI am here because I love what the Blessed Mother is doing for humanity. I pray the rosary every day. We must pray for the conversion of sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ive Lyne Jaboin said, \u201cMother Mary has done a lot for me, and I believe what she says is true, and she taught me how to pray.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amy and Roger Favano have come to the Lourdes retreats every year. A member of the diocesan sexual misconduct review board, Amy said: \u201cI\u2019m on the board because a family member was affected by sexual abuse in the diocese, so it\u2019s important for me to come. This is not just for the board but also for the victims and survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lourdes Retreat was organized by David D\u2019Andrea of Greenwich in collaboration with the parish and the diocesan survivor support group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSC01761-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just want to pay back for everything that Mother Mary has done for me,\u201d said D\u2019Andrea, who is a survivor of cancer and clerical sexual abuse. \u201cI have had health crises in my life, including polio and cancer, and Our Lady of Lourdes has been there for me every time. So I want the retreat to reach people who are hoping for healings, whether spiritual or physical. I know there will be some.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u2019Andrea thanked Bishop Caggiano for conducting the retreat and for his inspiration and leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erin Neil LCSW, Director of Safe Environment &amp; Victim Assistance Coordinator, said: \u201cThe Mass of Hope and Healing is something our survivor support group is very passionate about. It\u2019s a blessing to be together and pray for those who could not be with us. We are reminded at this retreat that we are never alone, even during times of illness, loss and suffering.&nbsp;God is always with us and will never leave us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said it was a sacred event that reminds survivors of abuse and those who accompany them that they are not alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary, a member of the support group, said, \u201cThis is such a special day that our group looks forward to every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe group is a safe place to lay down a burden I\u2019ve been carrying too long by myself,\u201d Michael said. \u201cBeing part of this very special day reminded me that healing can happen when we are heard, supported and never made to feel alone. I am grateful for our survivor group and for the opportunity to come together in faith, hope, and healing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(If you or someone you know is a survivor of abuse by any person from the Church, contact&nbsp;Erin Neil, LCSW, Director of Safe Environment &amp; Victim Assistance Coordinator at (203) 650-3265 or Email: eneil@diobpt.org.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story and photos by Joe Pisani STAMFORD \u2014 They came to Our Lady of Lourdes, looking for hope and healing. And she heard their prayers. A troubled marriage, a son with an addiction, survivors of sexual abuse, a father diagnosed with ALS, and many others whose suffering was known only to them and the Mother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20493,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492","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=20492"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20510,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20492\/revisions\/20510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20488,"date":"2026-09-30T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20488"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:28:58","slug":"st-francis-of-assisi-marks-800th-anniversary-of-saints-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/st-francis-of-assisi-marks-800th-anniversary-of-saints-death\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco de As\u00eds conmemora el 800 aniversario de la muerte del santo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por Linda Nash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WESTON \u2014 Los feligreses llenaron la iglesia de San Francisco de As\u00eds el domingo 27 de septiembre para conmemorar los 800<sup>el<\/sup>&nbsp;aniversario de la muerte de su santo patr\u00f3n, en una misa celebrada por el obispo Frank J. Caggiano.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En su homil\u00eda, el obispo Caggiano habl\u00f3 sobre la vida de San Francisco de As\u00eds y se centr\u00f3 en el tema de lo que necesitamos, no de lo que queremos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nacido en una familia adinerada, San Francisco se conmovi\u00f3 al ver a un leproso que tocaba su campana para alejar a la gente y clamaba a Jes\u00fas. En un momento que le cambi\u00f3 la vida, el joven Francisco abraz\u00f3 al hombre, y este acto lo llev\u00f3 a ver a Jes\u00fas en los marginados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo se dio cuenta de que el leproso ten\u00eda todo lo que necesitaba. Es m\u00e1s, no se trataba de lo que necesitaba, sino de Aquel a quien necesitaba: Jes\u00fas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francisco dej\u00f3 atr\u00e1s las riquezas materiales y dedic\u00f3 el resto de su vida a servir a Jes\u00fas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo Caggiano invit\u00f3 a todos los feligreses a reflexionar sobre sus necesidades en la vida de fe. \u201cSomos conscientes de lo que deseamos, pero \u00bfqu\u00e9 hay de lo que necesitamos?\u201d, pregunt\u00f3. El obispo Caggiano reconoci\u00f3 que muchos no lo tienen claro, y que esa es una de las razones por las que asistimos a misa cada domingo y dedicamos tiempo a plantearnos esa pregunta en oraci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo se\u00f1al\u00f3 que Jes\u00fas le dijo a San Francisco desde la cruz en San Damiano: &quot;Reconstruye mi Iglesia&quot;, y que \u00e9l la transform\u00f3 con un rechazo radical y gozoso de la riqueza y el estatus, demostrando que la renovaci\u00f3n espiritual proviene de la santidad, de ayudar a los dem\u00e1s y de vivir como lo hizo Jes\u00fas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFue un d\u00eda verdaderamente hermoso para nuestra familia de San Francisco\u201d, dijo el p\u00e1rroco, el padre Augustine Nguyen. \u201cContar con el obispo Caggiano para celebrar la misa hizo que la ocasi\u00f3n fuera especialmente significativa, ya que continuamos celebrando el 800 aniversario de la muerte de nuestro patr\u00f3n, San Francisco de As\u00eds\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El padre dijo que lo que m\u00e1s le conmovi\u00f3 fue ver la iglesia completamente llena y luego a la comunidad de fieles reunida en el sal\u00f3n parroquial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa mayor\u00eda de los feligreses se quedaron para el picnic, nuestros ministerios colaboraron, nuestros j\u00f3venes cuidaron de los ni\u00f1os y muchos feligreses aportaron su tiempo y talento para que este d\u00eda fuera posible\u201d, dijo el padre. \u201cFue un maravilloso recordatorio de que una parroquia no es simplemente un edificio: es una familia de personas que adoran, sirven y celebran juntas\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La misa cont\u00f3 con la presencia de un miembro de la Orden de los Caballeros de Col\u00f3n, junto con seis ac\u00f3litos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo celebr\u00f3 la misa junto al padre Agust\u00edn, asistido por el di\u00e1cono Steve Hodson. El coro estuvo acompa\u00f1ado por piano y flauta bajo la direcci\u00f3n de Don Rickenback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una reliquia de primera clase de San Francisco estar\u00e1 disponible para su veneraci\u00f3n y oraci\u00f3n privada en la iglesia ubicada en el n\u00famero 35 de Norfield Road en Weston.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La misa se transmiti\u00f3 en vivo y se puede ver en el sitio web de San Francisco de As\u00eds en&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stfrancisweston.org\/\">https:\/\/www.stfrancisweston.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;Luego, despl\u00e1zate hacia abajo hasta el canal de YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St.-Francis-Weston1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Linda Nash WESTON &#8212; Parishioners filled St. Francis of Assisi Church on Sunday, September 27 to mark the 800th&nbsp;anniversary of the death of their patron saint, in a Mass celebrated by Bishop Frank J. Caggiano.&nbsp; In his homily, Bishop Caggiano talked about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and focused on the theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20489,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20488","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=20488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20491,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20488\/revisions\/20491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20482,"date":"2026-09-30T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20482"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:31:58","slug":"st-vincents-day-with-mass-soup-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/st-vincents-day-with-mass-soup-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00eda de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal con misa, sopa y pan."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por Laura Brennan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRIDGEPORT \u2014 La capilla del Centro M\u00e9dico St. Vincent de Hartford HealthCare se llen\u00f3 recientemente de m\u00e9dicos, enfermeras, personal, familiares y amigos para celebrar la festividad de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal, quien fund\u00f3 las Hijas de la Caridad, la orden religiosa que fund\u00f3 el hospital hace casi 125 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo Frank J. Caggiano celebr\u00f3 una misa en honor del santo que da nombre al hospital y dijo: &quot;Compasivo, dedicado, alguien que siempre estuvo del lado de los pobres y de los m\u00e1s pobres entre los pobres: as\u00ed se describe la vida de este hombre extraordinario&quot;.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante su homil\u00eda, dijo: \u201cAqu\u00ed celebramos que Vicente de Pa\u00fal entendiera que no se trataba solo de dar, \u00bfverdad? Sino de acompa\u00f1arlos. Se trata de caminar con ellos. Se trata de saber que cuando uno est\u00e1 enfermo, o cuando atraviesa una etapa de la vida en la que no tiene el control, no est\u00e1 solo. Esa es la genialidad de este lugar\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1s tarde comparti\u00f3 una an\u00e9cdota de su infancia sobre el acompa\u00f1amiento. De ni\u00f1o, le diagnosticaron fiebre reum\u00e1tica, \u201cque no es mortal, pero para un ni\u00f1o de 10 a\u00f1os, fue lo m\u00e1s cercano a la muerte\u201d, record\u00f3 el obispo Caggiano. \u201cEstuve en cama 45 d\u00edas y ning\u00fan amigo vino a visitarme porque sus padres no se lo permit\u00edan\u2026 pero una persona s\u00ed vino\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cada semana, el di\u00e1cono de su parroquia iba a su casa y jugaban juntos al Monopoly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo vino como m\u00e9dico ni enfermero, sino que me acompa\u00f1\u00f3\u201d, dijo el obispo. \u201cY debo confesar que, con su ejemplo, me ayud\u00f3 a despertar la vocaci\u00f3n que ahora tengo ante ustedes. No subestimen su presencia ni el poder del acompa\u00f1amiento. Les agradezco ese ministerio y les pido que sigan ejerci\u00e9ndolo con la fuerza de Jes\u00fas\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo Caggiano tambi\u00e9n habl\u00f3 de la vida de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal, quien no era ajeno al sufrimiento. Fue capturado por piratas, esclavizado durante dos a\u00f1os, vendido a un primer amo y luego a un segundo amo que finalmente lo liber\u00f3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLo mencion\u00e9 porque \u00e9l sab\u00eda lo que era sufrir\u201d, dijo el obispo Caggiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Vicente de Pa\u00fal fund\u00f3 las Hijas de la Caridad en 1633 para servir a los enfermos y a los pobres. A finales de la d\u00e9cada de 1890, Bridgeport ten\u00eda tanto enfermos como pobres, y los m\u00e9dicos cat\u00f3licos sintieron la vocaci\u00f3n de servirles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se pusieron en contacto con el padre James Nihill, p\u00e1rroco de la iglesia de San Patricio en North Avenue, quien a su vez contact\u00f3 con las Hijas de la Caridad, que reconocieron la misma necesidad. En 1905, el hospital de 75 camas abri\u00f3 sus puertas, atendiendo a 70 pacientes en su primer d\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para concluir, el obispo dijo: \u201cPerm\u00edtanme, pues, terminar dici\u00e9ndoles una vez m\u00e1s: gracias por su profesi\u00f3n, por su labor como sanadores. Gracias por hacer de este lugar un oasis del reino de Jesucristo\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Kenney, doctor en filosof\u00eda y vicepresidente de Servicios de Misi\u00f3n, dijo a los asistentes a la misa: &quot;Tenemos la bendici\u00f3n de llevar a cabo, como lo pidi\u00f3 el Papa Francisco, la medicina de la misericordia en nombre de la Iglesia&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPor eso, hoy ofrecemos sopa y pan en todos los turnos y en todo el hospital\u201d, dijo el Dr. Kenney, \u201cporque la Sociedad de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal sol\u00eda dar sopa y pan a los pobres y a quienes no ten\u00edan a nadie que los alimentara o cuidara\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El himno de clausura, \u201cGod Bless America\u201d, fue cantado por Milton Samms, chef de la cafeter\u00eda del hospital. Carritos con sopa y pan recorrieron el hospital, reparti\u00e9ndolos a todos los departamentos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El obispo Caggiano fue a la cafeter\u00eda, el Caf\u00e9 Nuestro Pan Diario, se puso un delantal y sirvi\u00f3. Al ver al padre Al Forlano, capell\u00e1n cat\u00f3lico del equipo de pastoral, dijo: \u201c\u00a1Este hombre parece que necesita sopa!\u201d.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Valassis, doctor en medicina y jefe del servicio de urgencias, lleg\u00f3 para servir sopa y pan en la cafeter\u00eda, y el obispo Caggiano declar\u00f3: \u201cPuedes ponerte mi delantal. Aqu\u00ed tienes a todo el personal necesario\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las palabras de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal aparecieron en los anuncios del evento y en los servicios religiosos en todo el hospital: \u201cLa caridad hacia el pr\u00f3jimo es una se\u00f1al infalible de los verdaderos hijos de Dios\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9662-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laura Brennan BRIDGEPORT &#8212; The chapel at St. Vincent\u2019s Medical Center of Hartford HealthCare was filled with doctors, nurses, staffers, family members and friends recently, celebrating the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, who began the Daughters of Charity, the religious order that founded the hospital almost 125 years ago. Bishop Frank J. 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Caggiano<br>Por la gracia de Dios y la autoridad de la Sede Apost\u00f3lica <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Obispo de Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DECRETO<br>PROMULGACI\u00d3N DE LA<br>MANUAL DE FINANZAS PARROQUIALES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para promover la administraci\u00f3n adecuada, transparente y responsable de los bienes eclesi\u00e1sticos en toda la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport, el Manual de Finanzas Parroquiales ha sido revisado para incorporar pol\u00edticas, procedimientos y mejores pr\u00e1cticas actualizadas, en consonancia con el derecho universal de la Iglesia y las necesidades administrativas pastorales de la Di\u00f3cesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por lo tanto, en virtud de la autoridad que me ha sido conferida como Obispo de Bridgeport, y de acuerdo con las normas del derecho can\u00f3nico, promulgo el MANUAL DE FINANZAS PARROQUIALES como ley particular que rige la administraci\u00f3n de los bienes temporales dentro de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por medio de este decreto, ordeno que las disposiciones de este manual tengan plena vigencia, sin perjuicio de cualquier disposici\u00f3n en contrario, incluso si esta merece menci\u00f3n especial, y que dichas disposiciones se promulguen mediante su inclusi\u00f3n en el peri\u00f3dico diocesano oficial, The Fairfield County Catholic, y en nuestro sitio web diocesano oficial, entrando en vigor el 30 de septiembre de 2026. Asimismo, ordeno que las presentes disposiciones se comuniquen tanto electr\u00f3nicamente como por correo ordinario a todo el personal diocesano sujeto a las mismas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dado en la Canciller\u00eda de Shelton, CT, en memoria de San Jer\u00f3nimo, sacerdote y doctor de la Iglesia, este 30 de septiembre del a\u00f1o del Se\u00f1or 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Deecree-on-Finance-Manual-Sept.-30-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Deecree-on-Finance-Manual-Sept.-30-2026.pdf\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> para descargar el documento firmado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend\u00edsimo Frank J. Caggiano <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obispo de Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">y <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Di\u00e1cono Patrick Toole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canciller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2026 The Most Reverend Frank J. CaggianoBy the Grace of God and Authority of the Apostolic See Bishop of Bridgeport DECREEPROMULGATION OF THEPARISH FINANCE MANUAL To promote the proper, transparent, and accountable administration of ecclesiastical goods throughout the Diocese of Bridgeport, the Parish Finance Manual has been revised to incorporate [&hellip;]<\/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":[89,115,93],"class_list":["post-20277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishop-caggiano","category-diocese","tag-bishop-caggiano","tag-bishops-statement","tag-diocese-of-bridgeport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277","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=20277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20279,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277\/revisions\/20279"}],"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=20277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20409,"date":"2026-09-29T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20409"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:13:32","slug":"jennings-head-of-st-vincents-named-to-national-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/jennings-head-of-st-vincents-named-to-national-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennings, director de St Vincent&#039;s, nombrado miembro de la junta directiva nacional."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Por Joe Pisani<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, William Jennings se ha centrado en mejorar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en comunidades, barrios, pueblos y regiones. Sin embargo, desde su elecci\u00f3n al Consejo Directivo de la Asociaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Hospitales, se encuentra en &quot;una dimensi\u00f3n completamente nueva&quot;, al m\u00e1s alto nivel de la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas sanitarias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennings, presidente de la regi\u00f3n de Fairfield de Hartford HealthCare, est\u00e1 a cargo de las operaciones y la estrategia del St. Vincent&#039;s Medical Center y de la red del condado de Fairfield de Hartford HealthCare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como miembro del consejo directivo de la AHA, su enfoque pol\u00edtico pasar\u00e1 de una plataforma regional a una nacional. La AHA representa a casi 5000 hospitales, sistemas de salud y otras organizaciones de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en todo el pa\u00eds, y aboga por los asuntos que afectan a los hospitales, los sistemas de salud, los profesionales cl\u00ednicos, los cuidadores y las comunidades a las que sirven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEsto me lleva a una dimensi\u00f3n completamente nueva en la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas, en un momento en que la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica est\u00e1 experimentando cambios extraordinarios\u201d, afirma. \u201cNo se trata de atender a un barrio, una ciudad o una regi\u00f3n por separado, sino de establecer pol\u00edticas al m\u00e1s alto nivel en este pa\u00eds\u2026 y eso no solo ser\u00e1 un desaf\u00edo, sino un verdadero privilegio\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El sistema sanitario en Estados Unidos se enfrenta a desaf\u00edos relacionados con el aumento de los costes, la asequibilidad, el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y la escasez de personal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennings afirma que los imperativos estrat\u00e9gicos de Hartford HealthCare coinciden plenamente con las principales prioridades pol\u00edticas de la Asociaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Hospitales en cuestiones como la protecci\u00f3n del acceso de los pacientes y la garant\u00eda de la asequibilidad financiera, la soluci\u00f3n de la escasez de personal mediante la contrataci\u00f3n y la retenci\u00f3n, la reducci\u00f3n de las cargas administrativas y regulatorias excesivas, junto con la innovaci\u00f3n para una atenci\u00f3n m\u00e1s segura y mejor, y la defensa de los hospitales rurales para evitar su cierre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esto le brinda una posici\u00f3n privilegiada para impulsar cambios en el sector. Adem\u00e1s, cree que las iniciativas que Hartford HealthCare ha puesto en marcha sirven de ejemplo para otras partes del pa\u00eds, especialmente en lo que respecta al acceso y la asequibilidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEstamos ampliando el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en entornos convenientes y asequibles para que la gente no tenga que ir a urgencias\u201d, dijo Jennings. \u201cPueden acudir a un centro de atenci\u00f3n de urgencias cuando sea necesario. Pueden ir a un centro de cirug\u00eda ambulatoria en lugar de ir al hospital, donde es mucho m\u00e1s caro, y en muchos casos tenemos una aplicaci\u00f3n llamada 24\/7, que literalmente ofrece un m\u00e9dico a domicilio, un profesional sanitario disponible en tu tel\u00e9fono, para que ya ni siquiera tengas que ir a urgencias. Puedes consultar con un m\u00e9dico desde la comodidad de tu casa\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La AHA est\u00e1 trabajando para eliminar las cargas administrativas excesivas y obsoletas que generan costos adicionales en el sector, dijo Jennings, adem\u00e1s de proteger los programas esenciales de la red de seguridad social y los hospitales en las comunidades rurales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHartford HealthCare tiene una perspectiva interesante sobre los sistemas de salud en todo el pa\u00eds porque contamos con dos grandes hospitales universitarios en el centro de la ciudad: Hartford y Saint Vincent\u2019s\u201d, dijo. \u201cTambi\u00e9n tenemos dos hospitales rurales y varios hospitales comunitarios en las afueras. Cuando me preguntan cu\u00e1l es mi perspectiva (\u00bfalguien con una visi\u00f3n centrada en la salud rural o en los grandes centros m\u00e9dicos acad\u00e9micos?), respondo que Hartford Healthcare las tiene todas. Como miembro del consejo directivo, puedo aportar diversas perspectivas, adem\u00e1s de conocimientos sobre asuntos importantes para nosotros en Connecticut\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los imperativos estrat\u00e9gicos de HHC en materia de equidad y excelencia en la salud tambi\u00e9n coinciden con las prioridades de la asociaci\u00f3n nacional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennings afirm\u00f3 que Hartford HealthCare, en colaboraci\u00f3n con Yale New Haven Health, inaugur\u00f3 recientemente en Wallingford el primer centro de terapia de protones de su tipo, un equipo valorado en $75 millones de d\u00f3lares, fundamental en la lucha contra el c\u00e1ncer. Este centro ofrece una forma especializada de radioterapia para ni\u00f1os y adultos que sufren una reca\u00edda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEste es un reconocimiento extraordinario y bien merecido al liderazgo de Bill, a su compromiso con las comunidades a las que servimos y a su profundo conocimiento de las oportunidades y los desaf\u00edos que enfrenta la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en la actualidad\u201d, dijo Jeffrey A. Flaks, presidente y director ejecutivo de Hartford HealthCare. \u201cBill aporta una energ\u00eda, experiencia y prop\u00f3sito extraordinarios a todo lo que hace. Su voz en la Junta Directiva de la AHA ayudar\u00e1 a dar forma a importantes conversaciones sobre el futuro de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en todo el pa\u00eds, al tiempo que refleja el compromiso de Hartford HealthCare de transformar la atenci\u00f3n y mejorarla para las comunidades a las que tenemos el privilegio de servir\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennings es presidente de la Junta Regional de Pol\u00edticas de Nueva Inglaterra de la AHA y ha ejercido como presidente de la Regi\u00f3n de Fairfield de Hartford HealthCare desde julio de 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El di\u00e1cono Patrick Toole, rector y secretario de la Curia, es miembro de la junta directiva de la regi\u00f3n de Fairfield de Hartford HealthCare y ha trabajado con Jennings durante casi cinco a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBill es un l\u00edder excepcional cuyo compromiso con la calidad y la atenci\u00f3n al paciente es genuino y constante\u201d, declar\u00f3 el di\u00e1cono Toole. \u201cDurante su gesti\u00f3n, el Centro M\u00e9dico St. Vincent mejor\u00f3 su calificaci\u00f3n Leapfrog de una D en 2019 a una A en 2023, la cual se mantiene; un logro notable que refleja un liderazgo disciplinado y una atenci\u00f3n constante a la seguridad y los resultados\u201d.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan Toole, Jennings tambi\u00e9n ampli\u00f3 el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en toda la regi\u00f3n, incluyendo la apertura de diez nuevos centros de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia, lo que mejor\u00f3 la comodidad y la asequibilidad para los pacientes. Otro hito importante fue el establecimiento de la primera colaboraci\u00f3n con el Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, que acerca la experiencia oncol\u00f3gica de renombre nacional a los pacientes cerca de sus hogares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antes de incorporarse a Hartford HealthCare, Jennings fue vicepresidente ejecutivo de Yale New Haven Health y presidente y director ejecutivo del Bridgeport Hospital durante ocho a\u00f1os. Su trayectoria profesional incluye puestos de liderazgo ejecutivo en Tower Health y Reading Hospital en Pensilvania, SSM St. Mary&#039;s Hospital Center and Heart Institute en San Luis, Misuri, BayCare Health System en Florida y Cookeville Regional Medical Center en Tennessee.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Pisani Throughout William Jennings\u2019 career, he has focused on improving healthcare in communities, neighborhoods, towns and regions. Since being elected to the American Hospital Association\u2019s Board of Trustees, however, he finds himself in \u201ca whole new dimension,\u201d at the highest level of healthcare policy-making. President of Hartford HealthCare\u2019s Fairfield Region, Jennings is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20414,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diocese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20409","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=20409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20415,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20409\/revisions\/20415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20280,"date":"2026-09-27T12:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20280"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:42:56","slug":"diocesan-novena-to-padre-pio-attracts-hundreds-of-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/diocesan-novena-to-padre-pio-attracts-hundreds-of-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"La novena diocesana al Padre P\u00edo atrae a cientos de fieles."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Story by Joe Pisani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos by Amy Mortensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRIDGEPORT \u2014 They came early to Mass, some of them two hours early, to sit and pray at St. Augustine Cathedral as they waited to venerate the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina on the fourth day of a diocesan novena to one of the most beloved saints of our era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the relics were finally displayed at the front of the church, they approached with awe and reverence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esther Rivera, with her 5-year-old great-granddaughter Nyzelise, brought prayer cards and a plastic bag filled with rosaries and medals to touch to the five relics of the saint \u2014 a crust from Saint Pio\u2019s wounds, a piece of his mantle, his brown fingerless glove, a handkerchief he used at Mass to wipe his tears, and a lock of his hair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esther, a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bridgeport for 30 years, said two months before she had been praying the rosary in the church\u2019s new adoration chapel, which has a first-class relic of St. Pio, when she heard someone say, \u201cFather Abelardo [the pastor] is one of my favorite priests.\u201d She turned and saw a vision of the saint. On another occasion when Father was celebrating Mass, she recalled, \u201cI looked at him and I saw Padre Pio\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others shared stories of their devotion to the saint and examples of his intercession during times of distress and suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lynn French, a parishioner of Blessed Michael McGivney Parish in New Haven, came with her husband Daniel. \u201cI just love Padre Pio. I think he\u2019s an amazing inspiration to me and my husband,\u201d she said. \u201cHe loved Jesus so much and trusted him so much \u2026 but I don\u2019t trust as well as I should. He once said that he would wait for all of our family members at the Gate of Heaven, and I believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335833077' title='The Relics of Saint Padre Pio at St Augustine Cathedral Bridgeport by Diocese of Bridgeport, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55554186541_5548784b3b_z.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='The relics of St. Pio presented for public veneration during the mass of the diocesan novena to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina at St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Saturday, September 27, 2026.'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hover and click the navigation arrows to view the slideshow or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335833077\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dioceseofbridgeport\/albums\/72177720335491020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the full gallery here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexandria Faiz, a member of the Cathedral Parish, was delighted to have St. Pio\u2019s relics to venerate and said, \u201cIt\u2019s so wonderful to have this in our parish \u2014 to bring his spirit and healing power to a world that needs this so much, and by summoning his name, we become vehicles of his healing power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandra Romano, who has a shrine to St. Pio in her home, said, I love Padre Pio and I pray for his miraculous intercession every day, for the protection of my family and for everyone who is sick and has asked for prayers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his homily, Bishop Caggiano talked about the crises of faith people often experience when they witness the suffering of their loved ones and said that Padre Pio\u2019s saying, \u201cPray, hope and don\u2019t worry,\u201d is a simple reminder of the importance of trusting in God\u2019s love and timing, the power of prayer, and the need to refrain from excessive worry during the storms of life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg-391x260.jpeg 391w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSJ1pbkg-18x12.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told the faithful: \u201cYou and I can look to the example of this man, whom we have come to ask for his prayers and intercession \u2014 this remarkable friar, a simple man born in the farmlands of Campania in Southern Italy, a man who suffered mightily in his life. But the sufferings of his life were not moments of crisis for him. They were moments that drew him closer and closer to the Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was a sickly boy, and when he became a Franciscan, he could not live in community because he had to return home for his family to care for him. In his ministry, he also encountered adversity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany a person did not believe in what he stood for, but more than that, they opposed him and spread gossip and lies about him,\u201d Bishop Caggiano said. \u201cEven the Church silenced him at the highest authorities in Rome. They silenced him for years, took away his ability to celebrate Mass in public and even to hear confession in public. This was suffering for a man whose life was all about celebrating the Eucharist, hearing confession and being what he always wanted to be \u2014 a simple priest and friar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost his entire life, Padre Pio carried the stigmata \u2014 the wounds of Christ \u2014 which for the saint were not just the signs of the cross, but the actual sufferings of the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe could feel that suffering and pain for years, and in the midst of all that, he allowed all those moments of suffering to draw him closer to the Lord,\u201d Bishop Caggiano said. \u201cHe trusted in God\u2019s love for him because he knew that God always keeps his word\u2026.He knew in his heart, he believed and prayed that this Lord who suffered and who would not leave him in his suffering forever, would one day give him glory. That fed his hope that one day, he, you and I would see that glory in a life that never ends in Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bishop urged the faithful to \u201clearn to retrust\u201d in God\u2019s great love, especially those who are enduring grief or who have pushed aside a deep hurt, or are having \u201ca momentary crisis and question whether God really is there and can hear them in their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet us claim the gift of deep trust,\u201d the bishop said, \u201cbecause Padre Pio trusted the Lord to the end and because the Lord Jesus on the cross trusted his Father to the end. Will we do the same?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are countless cases of physical and spiritual healings through Padre Pio\u2019s&nbsp; intercession. The saint had the ability to read hearts and knew people\u2019s sins even before they confessed them. He is said to have heard confessions 10 to 15 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Padre Pio is the only priest who had the five wounds of Christ, in addition to the gift of bilocation \u2014 the ability to be in two places at the same time \u2014 even though he never left the Capuchin Friary of Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy, where he stayed from 1916 until his death in 1968. Today some 7 million pilgrims go there each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Caggiano later said that he plans to install one of St. Pio\u2019s relics along with a statue of the saint in the back of St. Augustine Cathedral, near those of St. Carlo Acutis and Blessed Michael McGivney. Another relic is in the Chapel of Padre Pio at St. Charles Borromeo Parish and one will be on display at a garden chapel in Greenwich, yet to be constructed. The novena to the saint will become an annual diocesan tradition, and plans have begun to hold another one in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dates and churches for the novena follow. Mass begins at 7 p.m.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/23: The Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/24: Church of the Holy Spirit, Stamford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/25: St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Fairfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/26: St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/27: St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Trumbull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/28: St. Jude Parish, Monroe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/29: St. Patrick Parish, Redding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/30: St. Philip Church, Norwalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/1: Church of St. Cecilia, Stamford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Joe Pisani Photos by Amy Mortensen BRIDGEPORT \u2014 They came early to Mass, some of them two hours early, to sit and pray at St. Augustine Cathedral as they waited to venerate the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina on the fourth day of a diocesan novena to one of the most beloved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20283,"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-20280","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\/20280","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=20280"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20293,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20280\/revisions\/20293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20263,"date":"2026-09-25T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20263"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:34:43","slug":"the-blessed-illinoisan-living-a-worthy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/the-blessed-illinoisan-living-a-worthy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"El bendito &#039;Illinoisan&#039;: Vivir una vida digna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Texto y fotograf\u00edas de William Staley.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. LOUIS \u2013 Mientras el cardenal Tagle compart\u00eda los sentimientos del papa Le\u00f3n XIV en la elevaci\u00f3n del arzobispo Fulton J. Sheen al trono, <em>Bendecido<\/em>, Con alegr\u00eda, lo bautiz\u00f3 como un compa\u00f1ero &quot;de Illinois&quot;, al igual que el Santo Padre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El legado del bendito Fulton Sheen consisti\u00f3 en tender puentes entre lo que la gente sab\u00eda y lo que \u00e9l quer\u00eda que supieran. Si viviera en la era de las redes sociales, sin duda les har\u00eda la competencia a figuras como el obispo Barron, el padre Jim Martin y el elenco de Chosen. Habr\u00eda logrado una audiencia en YouTube que superar\u00eda a la de MrBeast, y su podcast ser\u00eda un factor determinante para derrocar el reinado de popularidad de Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-767x618.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20251015T0600-FULTON-SHEEN-BIO-1803110.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta hipot\u00e9tica situaci\u00f3n moderna no ser\u00eda la primera vez que el gran Fulton Sheen se enfrentara a influyentes figuras de la cultura popular. En la d\u00e9cada de 1950, su espacio en la NBC compet\u00eda con el de artistas como Frank Sinatra y Milton Berle. Sheen incluso gan\u00f3 un Emmy por su trabajo. Comprend\u00eda a la perfecci\u00f3n la esencia de la competencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En nuestra sociedad capitalista, los estadounidenses a menudo sacan conclusiones precipitadas, pensando que la competencia resulta en un ganador y un perdedor. Eso es cierto en muchos casos; sin embargo, la verdadera esencia de la competencia proviene de sus ra\u00edces etimol\u00f3gicas, <em>com<\/em>\u2013 (con) y \u2013<em>pedar<\/em> (caminar\/correr). Entonces, la competencia en realidad significa &quot;\u00bfCon qui\u00e9n est\u00e1s corriendo?&quot;. Sheen llev\u00f3 el Evangelio de Jesucristo para correr junto a los mejores comediantes y artistas de la \u00e9poca en el medio m\u00e1s novedoso disponible: la televisi\u00f3n abierta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La evangelizaci\u00f3n y la competencia van de la mano. Se trata de preguntarse: &quot;\u00bfCon qui\u00e9n te unes?&quot;. No es solo tarea de un sacerdote, una religiosa o alguien que trabaja en una iglesia. Por medio de nuestro bautismo, todos estamos llamados a evangelizar. Entonces, \u00bfqu\u00e9 significa evangelizar? Evangelizar, en pocas palabras, significa compartir la buena noticia de Jesucristo con todo el mundo, de cualquier manera posible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Mar\u00eda Magdalena, la ap\u00f3stol de los ap\u00f3stoles, lo hizo corriendo con la buena noticia aquella primera ma\u00f1ana de Pascua cuando se encontr\u00f3 con \u00c9l en el huerto. Ella cre\u00eda que Nuestro Se\u00f1or era un jardinero hasta que \u00c9l la llam\u00f3 \u201cMar\u00eda\u201d. Una vez que supo que Cristo hab\u00eda vencido a la muerte y vio su resurrecci\u00f3n con sus propios ojos, corri\u00f3 a cont\u00e1rselo a los ap\u00f3stoles. Dos mil a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, todos deber\u00edamos descubrir ese fervor por compartir la buena noticia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w-391x260.jpeg 391w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nOXSWh8w-18x12.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este arzobispo, originario de Illinois, vivi\u00f3 una vida digna que lo ha llevado a ser elevado a los altares como el Beato Fulton Sheen. Fue un hombre santo por muchas razones. Una de las principales caracter\u00edsticas de su vida y legado es su Hora Santa diaria. Durante d\u00e9cadas, mantuvo este sagrado tiempo de oraci\u00f3n con Dios. Los visitantes a\u00fan pueden acudir al Caldwell Hall de la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Am\u00e9rica en Washington, D.C., y orar en la capilla donde \u00e9l pasaba este tiempo sagrado diariamente mientras era profesor. Y all\u00ed fue donde hallaron el cuerpo de este santo hombre al partir de este mundo para recibir su recompensa eterna: ante el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En el panorama actual de las redes sociales, el beato Fulton Sheen nos ofrece un ejemplo de c\u00f3mo ser un buen l\u00edder cat\u00f3lico. Mantente firme en la oraci\u00f3n diaria, atr\u00e9vete a ser creativo y no temas competir con los mejores. Recordemos las palabras de San Pablo, que tan bien describen al beato Fulton Sheen: \u201cHe competido bien; he terminado la carrera; he guardado la fe\u201d. 2 Timoteo 4:7<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story and photos by William Staley ST. LOUIS&#8211;As Cardinal Tagle shared Pope Leo XIV\u2019s sentiments at Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen\u2019s elevation to Blessed, he joyfully dubbed him a fellow \u201cIllinoisan\u201d like the Holy Father, himself. Blessed Fulton Sheen\u2019s legacy was building bridges from what people know to what he wanted them to know. If he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20265,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20263","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=20263"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20269,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20263\/revisions\/20269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":20202,"date":"2026-09-24T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/?p=20202"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:16:19","slug":"pilgrims-journey-to-national-shrine-of-the-divine-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/pilgrims-journey-to-national-shrine-of-the-divine-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Los peregrinos viajan al Santuario Nacional de la Divina Misericordia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Por Kathy-Ann Gobin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEWTOWN \u2013 En la festividad de Santiago Ap\u00f3stol, santo patr\u00f3n de los peregrinos, decenas de feligreses de la Di\u00f3cesis de Bridgeport emprendieron una peregrinaci\u00f3n a <a>Santuario Nacional de la Divina Misericordia<\/a> en Stockbridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEs un lugar sagrado y me sent\u00ed en paz\u201d, dijo Patty Tersigni, feligresa de la iglesia de Santa Rosa de Lima. \u201cFue un d\u00eda maravilloso, conoc\u00ed gente muy agradable\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las Misioneras Laicas de la Caridad organizaron el viaje, y unas 40 personas se reunieron en St. Rose para viajar en autob\u00fas el 25 de julio al santuario, que fue designado Santuario Nacional por la Conferencia de Obispos Cat\u00f3licos de los Estados Unidos en 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El vicario parroquial, el padre Cajetan Oleaghara, los acompa\u00f1\u00f3. Muchos miembros del grupo recorrieron el V\u00eda Crucis al aire libre con el padre, quien dijo que visitar el santuario es una forma de levantar el \u00e1nimo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cComo cristianos, siempre necesitamos crecer, y una peregrinaci\u00f3n es un camino de fe\u201d, dijo el padre Oleaghara, quien visitaba el santuario por primera vez. El padre, originario de Nigeria, lleva 16 a\u00f1os como sacerdote y recientemente celebr\u00f3 su primer aniversario en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El padre Oleaghara dijo que el ambiente sereno del santuario nacional es un lugar acogedor para reflexionar sobre el propio camino de fe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNecesitamos la gracia de Dios. Se trata de convertirnos en personas cuyos corazones hayan sido transformados por la misericordia de Cristo\u201d, dijo el Padre. \u201cHemos experimentado la misericordia para poder ser misericordiosos. Dios ha sido paciente con nosotros, y nosotros debemos ser pacientes con los dem\u00e1s\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dijo que estamos llamados a ser como Cristo y que cada d\u00eda es una oportunidad para acercarnos m\u00e1s a \u00e9l, &quot;para que cuando la gente nos vea, vea a Cristo en nosotros&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Queta Donovan, presidenta del grupo de Misioneras Laicas de la Caridad, dijo que deseaba que otros pudieran experimentar el Santuario Nacional de la Divina Misericordia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuiero compartir las muchas bendiciones que tenemos\u201d, dijo Donovan. \u201cEs un santuario nacional, y tenemos el privilegio de tenerlo tan cerca\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2-1024x771.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2-767x578.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Unknown-3-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muchas personas visitan la propiedad de 152 hect\u00e1reas ubicada en las colinas de Berkshire, en el oeste de Massachusetts. El trayecto hasta el santuario dura aproximadamente dos horas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donovan dijo que quiere que la gente est\u00e9 abierta al mensaje de Dios y al amor de Dios, al igual que Santa Faustina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Faustina tuvo visiones de Jes\u00fas durante su vida. Jes\u00fas se le present\u00f3 como el \u201cRey de la Divina Misericordia\u201d, vestido con una t\u00fanica blanca con rayos rojos que emanaban de su coraz\u00f3n. Se le pidi\u00f3 que se convirtiera en ap\u00f3stol y secretaria de la misericordia de Dios, un ejemplo de c\u00f3mo ser misericordiosa con los dem\u00e1s y un instrumento para reafirmar el plan de misericordia de Dios para el mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La homil\u00eda durante la misa diaria se centr\u00f3 en la conexi\u00f3n entre el bautismo y la peregrinaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El sacerdote dijo que la peregrinaci\u00f3n consiste en desprenderse de las cosas que son obst\u00e1culos, que pueden convertirse en una distracci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa oraci\u00f3n debe estar presente en todo tu d\u00eda\u201d, dijo. \u201cCuando algo bueno suceda, da las gracias; cuando algo te cause sufrimiento, p\u00eddele a Dios que te acompa\u00f1e en ese sufrimiento\u2018.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo se dejen corromper por la atenci\u00f3n. Dios conoce sus sacrificios. No busquen la atenci\u00f3n, busquen servir\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santiago Ap\u00f3stol es venerado por su labor misionera en Espa\u00f1a y sirvi\u00f3 de inspiraci\u00f3n para una de las rutas de peregrinaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s famosas del mundo: el Camino de Santiago. Sus reliquias reposan en la catedral de Santiago de Compostela, en Galicia, Espa\u00f1a. Millones de personas han recorrido el Camino de Santiago, especialmente el 25 de julio, d\u00eda de su festividad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La experiencia de viajar al santuario fue memorable para los peregrinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMe pareci\u00f3 muy bonito. Fue muy tranquilo\u201d, dijo Cathy Belcore, feligresa de la parroquia de San Jos\u00e9 en Brookfield. \u201cEs agradable vivirlo al menos una vez\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan Tropeano, feligresa de la parroquia de San Jos\u00e9 en Brookfield, estuvo de acuerdo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMe encanta la paz y la tranquilidad, y toda la vegetaci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Tropeano. \u201cMe siento muy relajado y ligero. Disfrut\u00e9 del servicio religioso. Volver\u00e9\u201d.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kathy-Ann Gobin NEWTOWN \u2013 On the Feast Day of Saint James, the patron saint of pilgrims, dozens of parishioners from the Diocese of Bridgeport went on a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. \u201cIt\u2019s a holy place and I felt at peace,\u201d said Patty Tersigni, a parishioner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20204,"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-20202","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\/20202","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=20202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20208,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20202\/revisions\/20208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeportdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]