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The Vocation Of Fatherhood

By Rev. Mark Connolly

All throughout our country, the father of the house is honored in the month of June. When you go back into the history of the Church, we have an older tradition in the fourth commandment that says, "honor thy father and mother". These are the...

A Stranger, And You Welcomed Me

By The Most Reverend William E. Lori, S.T.D., Bishop Of Bridgeport

Over a century ago, an immigrant from Sicily named Anthony Caradonna arrived at Ellis Island. Like millions of other Italian immigrants, he left his beloved home and came here in search of a better life. He arrived on these shores with few possessions...

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Amazing Civility

By Rev. Ray Petrucci

All roads lead to Rome. This ancient saying certainly rang true for the world’s news media not long ago. In particular, the events of early April – the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II – were to place indelible memories...

Children's Bloopers And Other Funny Tales

By Msgr. Frank Wissel

Truly out of the mouths of babes comes farina. Children are creative and as we know they are seldom wrong unless we insist on it. So instead of being wrong the following illustrates how creative they can be...

The Summit

By Bill Dahl

Have you ever experienced one of those moments when the meaning of something you had been taking for granted just burst upon your soul? I had one of these recently that I’d like to share with you...

Lord, Give Me Strength

By Janice Alonso

The new job also meant that soon thereafter we moved from our old, familiar neighborhood, and we continued to relocate frequently by the time Andrew was of preschool age. When my older son began nursery...