EWTN Divine Mercy Programming Press Release

EWTN’s Divine Mercy Programming Includes

Live Novena to the Divine Mercy in Time of Pandemic

Irondale, AL (EWTN) – Beginning Easter Sunday, EWTN Global Catholic Network will broadcast a live “Novena to the Divine Mercy in Time of Pandemic.” The novena will air shortly after the conclusion of the live Daily Mass, which airs at 8 a.m. ET. (The text to the novena can be found at www.ewtn.com/mercy.)

“The graces of Divine Mercy Sunday are so extraordinary that every Catholic should take full advantage of them, especially since Our Lord made them so easy to obtain,” said EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw. “Although EWTN viewers can recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy every weekday at 3 p.m. ET along with EWTN’s friars, the Network makes even more programs available on Divine Mercy Sunday itself, and during the week leading up to it.”

Check out some of EWTN’s Divine Mercy programs below. (For a complete listing, please go to https://www.ewtn.com/tv/schedule. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/tv/channel-finder. For all the ways to watch EWTN, please go to www.ewtn.com/everywhere.

Ongoing

Novena to the Divine Mercy in Time of Pandemic: Airs approximately 9 a.m. ET (immediately following Daily Mass at 8 a.m. ET).

Daily

Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Airs 3 p.m. ET. From Our Lady of the Angels Chapel Irondale, AL.


Monday, April 13

Chaplet of Divine Mercy from Our Lady of Grace Shrine in Sasse, Cameroon, Africa: Airs 3:45 a.m. ET. Encores 1:45 a.m., Tuesday through Saturday, April 14 through 18. Combines Cameroon’s rich native culture and melodies with the beauty and serenity of God’s Mercy.

The God of Mercy – Faustina, A Story of Mercy: Airs 5:30 p.m. ET with an encore at 3:30 a.m. ET, Tuesday, April 14. Fr. Bala Udumala shares the life of St. Faustina as permeated with the mission of mercy entrusted to her by Jesus.


Tuesday, April 14

The Face of Mercy: Airs 4 a.m. ET. Encores 8 p.m. ET, Friday, April 17. Documentary on the origins of the Divine Mercy devotion and the personal impact it ha had on the lives of several Catholics.

Saint Faustina: Divine Mercy in Our Souls: Airs 1:30 p.m. ET. Fr. Roesch talks to Bob and Maureen Digen about Maureen’s healing at the tomb of St. Faustina, which led to Blessed Faustina’s beatification in 1993.

The God of Mercy: The Five Elements of the Divine Mercy Devotion: Airs 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore at 2:30 a.m. ET, Wednesday, April 15.


Wednesday, April 15

The God of Mercy – Yahweh, The God of Mercy in the Old Testament: Airs 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore at 3:30 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 16.


Thursday, April 16

The God of Mercy – Jesus, The Incarnation of Mercy in the New Testament: Airs 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore at 3:30 a.m. ET, Friday, April 17.


Friday, April 17

Divine Mercy – The Canonization of John Paul II: Airs 10:30 am. ET. Newt and Callista Gingrich, along with a cast of scholars, witnesses, and pilgrims share their experiences of the canonization of Pope John Paul II and reflect on his legacy.

The God of Mercy – Mercy Wanted Today: Airs 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore at 3:30 a.m., Saturday, April 18. Fr. Bala Udumala relates that the message of Divine Mercy is needed today in a violent and godless world, in which mercy is redemptive.


Saturday, April 18

Original Image of the Divine Mercy, The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece. Airs 8 p.m. ET. A look at the history of the original image of Divine Mercy, from the events that led to its creation under St. Faustina’s guidance to its current place in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania.



Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19 

Life and Times of Sister Faustina: Airs 3 a.m. ET. Encores at 3 a.m. ET, Tuesday, April 21. Fr. Seraphin Michalenko, Vice Postulor for the Cause of Canonization for Blessed Fautina for North America, explains this re-enactment of Blessed Faustina’s life and the Divine Mercy Novena.

Divine Mercy Celebration from Vilnius, Lithuania: Airs 10 a.m. ET. Celebrated by Archbishop Gintaras Grusas from the Shrine of Divine Mercy.

Divine Mercy Preview Show: Airs Noon and midnight ET. Celebrated by Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.

Mass and Celebration of Divine Mercy from Stockbridge, MA: Airs live at 1:30 p.m. ET. 

Divine Mercy Holy Hour With the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word: Airs 4 p.m. ET with an encore at 7 a.m. ET, Monday, April 20. Live from the Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Irondale, Ala.



EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 38th year, is the largest religious media network in the world. EWTN’s 11 global TV channels are broadcast in multiple languages 24 hours a day, seven days a week to over 350 million television households in more than 145 countries and territories. EWTN platforms also include radio services transmitted through SIRIUS/XM, iHeart Radio, and over 500 domestic and international AM & FM radio affiliates; a worldwide shortwave radio service; one of the largest Catholic websites in the U.S.; electronic and print news services, including Catholic News Agency, “The National Catholic Register” newspaper, and several global news wire services; as well as EWTN Publishing, its book publishing division. 

Upcoming Catholic Events

Our Lady of Pompeii Church (355 Foxon Rd, East Haven) is offering a bible study on Mary. The study is produced by Ascension Press, "Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother."

Evening Dates: Sept. 21 & 28; Oct. 12, 19 & 26; Nov. 16 & 23 (Mondays @ 7:00 p.m.)

Morning Dates: Sept. 22 until Nov. 10 (Tuesdays @ 9:30 a.m.)

The study is free. Call to register 203-469-0764 or email olpreled@gmail.com

Watch a video clip intro: https://youtu.be/EzD8uLZ-qlA

​Come and learn what the Bible has to say about the great Mother of God, Mary, the Holy Virgin ​of Nazareth AND Mother of our Messiah!

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Extended Date to Make a Reservation

WE NEED A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS WORK!

***BUS TRIP ***BUS TRIP ***
To Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, MA. with “Fr. Chris Alar”, Director of Divine Mercy

DATE OF TRIP: October 3rd
DEPARTURE TIME: 7:00 a.m. St. George Parking Lot
COST: $53.00 per person.
LUNCH: Included in price. There is no restaurant on site.
Catered sandwiches, choices are Tuna, Ham, Turkey or Veggie.
ETA back to Guilford: 6:00 p.m.
PAYMENT: Due at time of reservation.
**TWO CHECKS ARE NEEDED**
Check for Bus: $44.00 Paid to the order of > Friendship Tours
Check for Food:  $9.00 Paid to the order of > National Shrine of The Divine Mercy

PLEASE NOTE IN MEMO SECTION YOUR CHOICE OF SANDWICH
CANCELLATION: Very Sorry! NO REFUNDS.

However, you can sell or give your reservation to someone else. Please notify me.

RESERVATIONS/QUESTIONS: DEADLINE - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13th Karen Sabia, 203-214-2883
ksabia@comcast.net

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Contributor: Paul A. Zalonski

Catholic Connecticut

255 Foxon Hill Road

East Haven, CT 06513-1216 USA

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Upcoming Catholic Events

Join us for the 10^th annual 

Bi-Lingual Divine Mercy Celebration on Sunday, April 12^th, 2015

8:30am Bus departs North Haven (sharp)

10:00 am Rosary 

11:00am Mass

1:00 Healing Service with Br. Paul Miller, SFO

2:30pm Bus departs NJ

3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 

Arrive approximately 5:00pm North Haven

Cost:  $30.00 pp (transportation and gratuity) 

Lite snacks will be available.  A brown bag lunch is recommended.  There will be time to venerate the lst class relic of St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy Icon. 

For more information or to reserve your seat, please call Barbara 203 605-9845 or visit our website www.centerofdivinemercy.com

***Please note:  due to transportation limitations, the bus available CAN NOT accommodate persons with wheelchairs.  

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The Relics of the Passion will be exhibited on Tuesday March 24, 2015 at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church 150 Main Street Hartford Connecticut at 7:00 pm.

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A concert in contemplation of Our Lord's Passion, Saturday, March 28, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

Legion of Christ College, 475 Oak Avenue, Cheshire, CT

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The Stations of the Cross will take place at the Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield, 50 Montfort Rd., Rte. 118, Litchfield, CT 06759 on Good Friday, April 3, at 11:00am, 12:15pm, & 3:00pm.

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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War’s end, the Knights of Columbus Museum is sponsoring an historical exhibition and lecture series.

The exhibit, Answering the Call, opens March 14, 2015, with a focus on religious ministry and medical care for soldiers. It also includes a history of the 9th Connecticut, a volunteer infantry regiment whose members were predominantly of Irish ancestry, many of whom were from New Haven. 

The initial presentation in the lecture series will be Religion, Service, and the Meaning of the American Civil War, by Dr. Matthew Warshauer, a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, Saturday, March 21, at 2 p.m.

The author of four books, Dr. Warshauer specializes in 19th century political and constitutional history. His book Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival (2011), gives an account of the state’s often turbulent Civil War history. He also edited Inside Connecticut in the Civil War: Essays on One State’s Struggles, a book written by his graduate students.

Dr. Warshauer serves as co-chair of the Connecticut Civil War Commemoration Commission. His scholarship and work as a historian was recognized by the New England History Teacher’s Association with its 2012 Kidger Award and the Association for the Study of Connecticut History’s 2012 Bruce Fraser Award.

The exhibition and lecture are free and open to the public.
The Knights of Columbus Museum is located at 1 State Street in New Haven and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information or a schedule of future presentations call 203-865-0400 or visit kofcmuseum.org.

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Contributor: Paul A. Zalonski

Catholic Connecticut

255 Foxon Hill Road

East Haven, CT 06513-1216 USA

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**Paul is the Catholic Events Contributor for Connecticut Catholic Corner**

I am against the death penalty...

But not for the reasons I’ve seen given so far by the National Catholic Register or the Bishops.

The National Catholic Register says:

“The practice is abhorrent and unnecessary. It is also insanely expensive, as court battles soak up resources better deployed in preventing crime in the first place and working toward restorative justice for those who commit less heinous crimes.”

I don’t think the “practice” of the death penalty is any more “abhorrent” today than it was in Biblical times when God ordered the punishment for certain crimes a person did to be stoned to death (Lev.20).  I do believe it is “unnecessary” as we have prisons and if need be are capable of building new prisons that would employ more people (a bonus for the unemployed!).  

The last part of the National Catholic Register's statement “working toward restorative justice for those who commit less heinous crimes” is COMPLETELY unnecessary as “less heinous crimes” are not given the penalty of death.

The Bishops are opposed because:

“... The use of the death penalty devalues human life and diminishes respect for human dignity. We bishops continue to say: We cannot teach killing is wrong by killing.”[Archbishop Wenski]

I 100% completely DISAGREE with this statement from Archbishop Thomas Wenski, of Miami because it directly opposes what God in Sacred Scriptures says about the death penalty.  If God can teach the difference between killing and murder (there is a difference) then those of us able minded enough should be able to understand the distinction God makes in Sacred Scripture.  Otherwise, Archbishop Wenski must believe God was ordering the Jews to sin when He told them to dole out the death penalty for certain crimes/sins (Lev.20).  Is that what the Archbishop believes?  I don’t.

I have one reason and one reason only for being against the death penalty.

I believe Jesus loves us all and wants every soul- even heinous murderers to have every moment available in their natural lifetime to REPENT from what they have done, so their souls will not be lost for eternity in hell. 

He died for ALL our sins, so we could repent of any and all sin and be saved.  There is no sin so great that we can't repent and be forgiven by our merciful Lord.

What would have happened to Moses had he been killed after he committed murder (Ex.2)?
 

^11” One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk. ¹² He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting; and he said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow Hebrew?” ¹⁴ He answered, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” ¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses.But Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.” 

What about Saul/Paul persecuting early Christians and helping to bring them to death (Acts 8:1)?

Acts 8:1  "And Saul approved of their killing him [Stephen].  That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria. ² Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.³ But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison."

We’d never have seen what their repentance produced for God and for themselves!

Imagine no Moses and no Saint Paul.

I’m not suggesting that all the murderous criminals in prison with death sentences are going to turn out like Moses or Saint Paul, but they COULD save their souls if they had time to repent.  It might take a life sentence in prison for a person to finally feel remorse for what they’ve done and repent of that terrible crime/sin. 

"[urge] all souls to trust in the unfathomable abyss of My mercy, because I want to save them all.  On the cross, the fountain of My mercy was opened wide by the lance for all souls - no one have I excluded!" (1182) --St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in my Soul

Because I believe with all my heart that Jesus truly does not want a SINGLE SOUL lost to Satan, I am against the death penalty.  I want every person to have a long natural life so that they have all the time necessary to repent before their natural death.  A lost soul is a heartache to our Lord.

 

The devil had the criminals in his hands during their life of heinous crimes and sins, nothing would infuriate the devil more than to have that person repent and turn to God for repentance finding salvation for eternity in God’s mercy.  The rejoicing in Heaven on that day!

Luke 15:10 “Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

We should lock up dangerous criminals for life in prison, give them HARD LABOR and LONG HOURS in wretched weather doing it!   I don’t think the old ‘chain gangs’ were inhumane and I would support that over the death penalty any day. 

Outside of all that, I trust that God will give these people a just punishment for their crimes either in purgatory if they repent or final judgment in hell if they don’t.  Knowing that some people may take years to first admit their crimes/sins and then more time to feel remorse and finally to truly repent before their natural death.  I want them to have that time- for the sake of their soul and for the love of God who must feel tremendous pain when a soul goes to hell.

I don’t want the devil to win any souls for hell, I want souls for Christ in Heaven for all eternity.  

It’s that simple for me.

'That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.' -St. Augustine

In Christ,

Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner

Quote Source: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/national-catholic-journals-unite-capital-punishment-must-end/

Catholic Events in Connecticut

20th Annual Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Pompeii Church, 355 Foxon Road, East Haven

9 week novena beginning on Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 p.m.

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Liturgy Symposium | Hugo Mendez @ Yale Divinity School
Date: Monday, March 2, 2015, 4:30 pm to  5:30pm
Location: Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven

Info: http://ism.yale.edu/event/liturgy-symposium-hugo-mendez

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Vocation Retreat —March 6-8, 2015

The Dominican Sisters of Peace welcome single, Catholic women, ages 18-45 to this vocation retreat designed to explore consecrated life in the Order of Preachers —the Dominicans. Come and learn about the Dominican Sisters of Peace while experiencing elements of Dominican prayer and community life. Retreat ants will gather at 2320 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH from 6:00 pm, Friday, March 6 until Noon, Sunday, March 8. To register, or for more information please contact Sister Pat Twohill (call or text): 860-436-8430 or email: ptwohill@oppeace.org. The Dominican Sisters of Peace have a formation house at St Stanislaus Convent (Eld Street, New Haven).

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Women’s Conference Series —Lent 2015

+Gratitude is the First Beatitude: I was Born to Sing for You: March 12
+Trust: Easier Said Than Done: From Songs of Sorrow to Songs of Joy: March 26 

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: RC Mission Center, Legion of Christ College, 475 Oak Avenue, Cheshire, CT
Info: Minerva Dibildox: 203-707-3889 (cell); minerva@elitetravelct.com

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A celebration of Sacred Scripture

Dr Thomas Groome, a professor at Boston College, will be giving a free presentation on sharing and teaching the Bible in everyday life. The workshop is Sunday, March 8, Noon to 4:30 p.m., at St Thomas Seminary (467 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield).

The workshop is free but pre-registration is requested by March 3. Light refreshments will be provided. To register: call Jill Costa at 860-242-5573

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Do you know someone who is suffering carrying the grief of a past abortion? Hope and healing are possible and God’s mercy endures forever. The Sisters of Life will be hosting a Day of Prayer and Healing on Saturday March 21, 2015. 

For confidential registration please call the Sisters of Life at (866)-575-0075 (toll free) or email hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org.

For additional information you may visit  http://www.sistersoflife.org/days-of-prayer-healing-testimonies-faqs

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The First Annual Catholic Men's Conference will be held on Saturday, March 21st at the Fordham Rose Hill campus in the Bronx.  The theme of this year's conference is, "Men, Be Who You Are!" 

Come experience a prayerful, life changing day for men of all ages featuring talks by His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, Damon Owens, a renowned public speaker and strong proponent of the Catholic faith, and Joe Klecko, former all-star New York Jets defensive lineman. 

To register and for more information, visit www.nymensconference.org.  All talks during the day will be fully translated into Spanish. 

There is free admission for priests, religious, seminarians, and deacons.  Spots are limited to 550 men (over half full already) so if you are interested, please register soon!

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Lenten Mission — March 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 p.m. @ three parishes

Preacher: Father Jordan Lenaghan, O.P., Catholic Chaplain at Quinnipiac University

March 22 at Our Lady of Pompeii Church (355 Foxon Rd, East Haven)
March 23 at St Monica Church (1331 Middletown Avenue, Northford)
March 24 at St Augustine Church (30 Caputo Road, North Branford)

Priests will be available for confessions after the talk on March 24.

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Lenten Mission —Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. @ the Cathedral of St Joseph

March 5: Fr Timothy Hickey (Pastor, St Christopher Church): “Lent with the Venerable Servant of God Michael J. McGivney”

March 12: Fr José Mercado (Pastor, St Augustine & St Anne-Immaculate Conception; Dir., Office of Hispanic Ministries): “If Only You Knew:  Loved by God”

March 19: Msgr David Liptak (Executive Director, The Catholic Transcript): “Saint Joseph:  A Silent Guide”

Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT  —860-249-8431

****(parking behind the Church on Asylum Avenue or in the Archdiocesan lot on Farmington Avenue)

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GOSPEL OF LIFE SOCIETY meets the second Sat. of the month (March 14) at St. Mary Parish, Norwalk, at 10 am after the 9 am Pro-Life Mass. Physician Assisted Suicide will be the topic. 

For more info, contact Eileen Bianchini: 203.847.5727 or stmarygols@aol.com.

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World Meeting of Families Connecticut Workshop

In preparation for Pope Francis' visit to the World Meeting of Families in September, a Connecticut workshop will be held on Saturday March 14 at 1 PM at the Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St., New Haven.  The keynote speaker will be Damon Owens, Executive Director, The Theology of the Body Institute, Philadelphia.  The cost is $20. For more information or to reserve a seat, please contact Norm Chouinard at 203-217-3930 or nchouinard@sthedwigretreats.org.

Normand Chouinard

St. Hedwig Retreat Team Leader

nchouinard@sthedwigretreats.org

St. Hedwig Retreats (Facebook)

@ChouinardN (Twitter)

203-217-3930

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Women’s Retreat: “Mary, A Model for the Modern Woman” will be held the weekend of March 27-29, at St. Edmund’s Retreat Center, Enders Island, Mystic, with retreat director Fran Fraleigh Karpiej, OFS, of Sharing Christ Ministry.

Registration open until Fri., March 6. For more info, or to register, call St. Edmund’s, 860.536.0565, ext. 110, or visit www.endersisland.com

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Save the Date: White Mass —Honoring the service and ministry of health care professions

Principal Celebrant: The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, S.T.D.
Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 12:00 NoonSt. Mary Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

Luncheon to follow at:

The Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven, CT

Keynote address: Archbishop Leonard P. Blair

Luncheon and reception: $30.00 per person

Reservations may be made through the Chancery Office of Archdiocese of Hartford. Please contact Marion Valenti

Email: marion.valenti@aohct.org; Telephone: 860-541-6491 ext. 168

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The 22nd annual White Mass and breakfast honoring health care professionals will be held on Sunday, April 12, at 8:30 am at St. Aloysius Church in New Canaan.

The Mass, open to the general public, will be celebrated by Bishop Frank J. Caggiano. Breakfast will follow at Woodway Country Club in Darien.

Father Kevin FitzGerald, S.J., associate professor of bioethics at Georgetown University’s School of Medicine and an expert in ethical issues related to cloning and genetic testing, will be the featured speaker.

All healthcare workers and their guests are invited to attend the White Mass. Breakfast tickets: $35. For more info and tickets, contact Debbie Charles: 203.416.1352 or dcharles@ diopbt.org

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Diocese of Norwich —Office of Prison Ministry

A Restorative Justice Forum with panel discussion led by Award-Winning Director, Leslie Neale

at Christ the King Church Hall, Old Lyme on April 25, 2015, 10am-1pm

Screening of Documentary Unlikely Friends Screening and Panel Discussion Explores Forgiveness, Friendship, Between Victims of Brutal Crimes and Perpetrators

To purchase tickets to the screening of Unlikely Friends please call 1.860.848.2237, ext. 211

Pre-Registration is Required.

For more information on Unlikely Friends and to view the trailer, please visit: www.unlikelyfriendsforgive.com

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St. Dunstan and St. Peter Claver are hosting a Catholic Heart Workcamp in Hartford this coming summer. www.heartworkcamp.com

This is the camp that we, at St. Dunstan,  have taken our youth group to for the past ten or so years. I will be the camp manager here in Hartford. This camp continues to be a fantastic opportunity to have our teens serve in various communities; the camp also provides a great night time program full of praise and worship and faith-building activities.

I need to find 40 + worksites in the Greater Hartford area so that I can place the teens and adults in the community to serve. We will do anything from house rehabilitation, (painting, not like the Property Brothers or anything), child care, elder care, meal centers, pantries, soup kitchens, VBS’s, anything. 

Contact:

Gina Raymond

St. Dunstan, Youth Minister

St. Mary Simsbury, Math Teacher

Graymond23@cox.net

‘Deny yourself’ so that Christ is followed. ‘Discipline the body;’ do not cling to enticements; love fasting. Relieve the lot of the poor, ‘cloth the naked, visit the sick,’ bury the dead. Come to the aid of the person in trouble; console the afflicted.

-- Rule of Saint Benedict 4.10-19 (from the chapter on the tools of good works)

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TONIGHT: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena (9 Wednesdays)

The novena is prayed in the context of an Eucharistic holy hour with various preachers.

Our Lady of Pompeii Church, 355 Foxon Road, East Haven
Info: 203-469-0764

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Theology on Tap: “Finding the Church (by the scenic route…)”
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.
@ Backstage, 84 Main Street, Torrington

Guest speaker: Nicole Stacy (from the Family Institute of CT)

Sponsored by the Torrington Cluster of Roman Catholic Parishes
Info: theologytaptorrington@gmail.com

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Stolen Lives: A Gospel Response to Human Trafficking

Join us on Saturday, March 7, for an informative and eye-opening workshop, "Stolen Lives: A Gospel Response to Human Trafficking," at St. James Church, 767 Elm Street, Rocky Hill. Featuring two local trafficking specialists, William Rivera, Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Immigration Practice for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, and Alicia Kinsman, Managing Attorney for the legal immigration program at the International Institute of Connecticut, the workshop will focus on the current human trafficking crisis within the state of Connecticut, in our own local towns and cities.

Learn more about how to recognize the signs of children at risk, and what YOU can do to aid in the fight against Human Trafficking.

The FREE workshop will run from 9 am - 12 noon (registration at 8:30) and is open to all. To register call OCSJM at (203) 777-7279 or send an email to info.ocsjm@aohct.org.

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A Creighton Fertility Care Practitioner training will be held from May 2-9, 2015 in Darien, CT at the Guesthouse of the Sisters of St. Birgitta. 

Suitable applicants include nurses, physicians, and pro lifers interested in teaching a method of Natural Family Planning that has medical applications for infertility and gynecology issues (medical background not necessary, but a plus).  Auditors are welcome as well to understand how this program can be marketed in their communities.

Space is available too for those looking for a private retreat in the company of an inspirational group of pro lifers...

For more information: Dorothy Dugandzic, CFCP; Tel: 718-842-2598 or email: ourladyfertilitycare@gmail.com

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The parish mission is being preached by Father Jordan Lenaghan this year. He will help answer these and other questions of a lived faith. Father Jordan will be preaching a three-day parish mission on the Eight Beatitudes. Our parish mission is three days in three locations at 7:00 p.m.:

Sunday, March 22, at Our Lady of Pompeii Church, East Haven

Monday, March 23, at Saint Monica’s Church, Northford

Tuesday, March 24, at Saint Augustine’s Church, North Branford.

Priests will be available for confession on Tuesday night. Please join us for this great time of prayer.

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To benefit the Franciscan Life Center, outpatient mental health, and Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, home health care and hospice care services.

Sunday Dinner at Avanti Restaurant
Sunday, April 12, 2015
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
34 River Road
Meriden, Connecticut 06451

Reservations required: 203-440-9990; www.flcenter.org or call 203-237-8084

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Franciscan Life Center Educational Opportunities presented by Thomas Finn, Ph.D.

Parenting Classes - March 16 and 23, 2015, for parents with children 13 years of age and younger, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Cost $40.00/person or $60.00/couple. 

Anxiety Workshops - April 7, 14, 21, 28 and May 5 and 19, 2015, offering tools to help overcome fear and to relieve stress, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Cost:  $40.00/session.

Helping Children Overcome Anxiety – April 18, 2015, a day-long program offering children and parents the tools for managing anxiety effectively.  Dr. Finn will incorporate problem-solving techniques including high and low ropes course elements.  Cost:  $120.00/family. 

For specific details or to register visit www.flcenter.org or call 203-237-8084.

Franciscan Life Center, 271 Finch Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451

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Answering the Call: Service & Charity in the Civil War 

March 14 ‐ Sept. 20, 2015 

K of C Museum exhibit looks at ministry & medical care in Civil War 

The Knights of Columbus Museum marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s end with an exhibition profiling various military and civilian support figures during the four‐ year conflict (1861‐1865). Answering the Call opens March 14, 2015 with a focus on religious ministry and medical care for soldiers, as well as a history of the 9th Connecticut, a volunteer infantry regiment whose members were predominantly of Irish ancestry, many of whom were from New Haven. 

The exhibition is on view through Sept. 20, 2015 and includes: 

• A Civil War timeline 

• Civil War uniform and swords 

• More than 150 images, from period photography to modern artwork 

• Interactive displays with biographies, monuments, battle stories and a quiz 

• Letters from the battlefield 

• A reproduction shelter tent and chapel

The museum is located at 1 State Street in New Haven and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with free admission and on‐site parking. For more information call 203‐865‐0400 or visit kofcmuseum.org. 

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