My dear friends,
As a diocese, we are embarking on what I believe is an audacious invitation by the Holy Spirit to foster a true and lasting renewal of our local Church. I call it “The One” because it is the single greatest priority we will embrace as a diocesan family in the years ahead. “The One” is our commitment to renew the ecclesial culture of our Church and to bring every believer closer to the Lord Jesus. We will achieve this goal by creating a variety of opportunities to encounter the Lord’s power and love while fostering small communities of faith that will accompany and support its members on their faith journeys.
A key objective is to enhance ongoing communication among everyone in leadership, and indeed among all of the faithful. Such communication will be both informational and formational; that is, provide information about ongoing opportunities to encounter the Lord through truth, beauty, and goodness, as well as provide materials to deepen our understanding and appreciation of what a renewed culture of “evangelizing catechesis” really means. Such sustained communication is essential for our work to succeed.
Our work to rebuild a vibrant, faithful, and transformative Catholic culture has begun in earnest. Please join me in prayer, through the intercession of Mary the Mother of God, that our work will bear great fruit in the years ahead.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano
Bishop of Bridgeport
