About the Authors
Rev. Mark Connolly was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1970 he started THE SUNDAY MASS on television in the New York Area. In 1993, Fr. Connolly was named the Director of Radio and Television in the Diocese of Bridgeport. He is well known in the field of Radio and Television. Presently, Father is the host of an ABC syndicated show called THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK which is aired every Sunday morning throughout the country.
Rev. Raymond K. Petrucci was ordained for the Diocese of Bridgeport in 1973. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from St. Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania, a Master of Divinity from St. Mary Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Doctor of Ministry from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in California.
Nancy Caldwell is the mother of two daughters, 11 and 13. As resident of Shelton, Connecticut, she was raised Congregationalist. In 1996 she became a confirmed Catholic. A member of St. Lawrence Parish, she is involved with the Rosary Group and works as a volunteer at the St. Lawrence Library.
Rev. Nicholas Cirillo, a native of Trumbull, Connecticut, is a graduate of Fairfield University and the Gregorian University in Rome. He serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Lawrence Parish in Huntington, Connecticut.
Catherine Gonzalez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She graduated valedictorian from Commonwealth High School and is currently a pre-med student at Princeton University.