Catholic Event: Marriage, Love, Sex and Family Seminar

What does the Church say about Marriage, Love, Sex and Family?

The Franciscan Life Center is offering a two-day seminar on marriage, love, sexuality and family based on the Teachings of the Catholic Church.  

Individuals, groups, engaged and married couples are invited to attend this seminar on Saturday, February 27th, 2016, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, February 28th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at, 275 Finch Avenue, Meriden, Connecticut.  

Presenters include:  Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, Administrator, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care ; Sister Barbara Johnson, FSE, Executive Director, Franciscan Life Center; Sister John Mary Sullivan, FSE, Program Specialist for the Life, Marriage and Family Office, Archdiocese of Vancouver, BC; married couples and individuals dedicated to this issue. 

Lunch is included both days in the $65.00 per person charge. For more information contact Gretchen Rossi at (203) 237-8084 or visit our web site at www.flcenter.org or www.franciscanhc.org.

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24th Annual Franciscan Christmas Fair

Saturday, November 21, 2015, 9:30am to 2:30pm

At the Franciscan Life Center Campus, 271 Finch Ave., Meriden, CT

Living Creche, visit with Santa and Mrs Claus, Fraser and Balsam Christmas trees, wreaths, food, homemade food goods, handmade goods

Proceeds benefit the ministries of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist

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Christmas on the Hill - Holy Angels Holiday Bazaar  will be held on Saturday, November 28, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Holy Angels Parish Center located at 585 Main Street in South Meriden. Start your holiday shopping with us!  The day will feature 30 Crafters and Vendors, delicious lunch items in our Food Court, Homemade Baked Goods, $100-Value Gift Baskets Raffle, Cemetery Logs, and a Tag Sale. For the children there will be Crafts, Games and a Raffle in the Kid’s Korner with a special visit from Santa! Enjoy a great time of fun with family and friends! For more information, please contact the parish office at 203.235.3822 or office@holyangelschurch.org, or visit www.HolyAngelsChurch.org.

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Fr. Peter John Cameron OP is producing a special performance to celebrate the canonization of Blessed John Paul II: "Our God’s Brother" will play will run until MAY 3, 2014 at The Storm Theatre (at Church of Notre Dame, on Morningside Drive between 114th and 115th street, 1 block from Columbia University in NYC) with performances Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM and Saturday Matinees at 2:00 PM. 

Tickets only available through SmartTix at www.smarttix.com or (212) 868-4444. (or at the door)

For more information, visit www.stormtheatre.com.
http://www.crossroadsculturalcenter.org/events/2014/4/25/our-gods-brother-by-karol-wojtyla.html

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Anxiety Management Seminars

The Franciscan Life Center, 271 Finch Avenue, Meriden, Connecticut, is offering two Anxiety Management Seminars presented by Thomas Finn, Ph.D.
Overcoming Anxiety, Saturday, May 3, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m.
Cost:  $90.00
For adults (18 and over)

Helping Children Overcome Anxiety, Saturday, May 31, 2014, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Cost:  $120.00
For children (8+ years old) who experience anxiety and their parent(s)  

Southington resident, Dr. Finn is a clinical psychologist on staff at the Franciscan Life Center.  He has over 35 years of experience treating anxiety with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
Interactive and innovative techniques/topics will include:
Biology of fear and anxiety
Controlled breathing and relaxation techniques
Thinking patterns that trigger anxiety and how to change them
Building self-esteem


Visit www.flcenter.org or call Gretchen Rossi 203-237-8084 for more information.

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena concluding Mass and candlelight procession

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 7pm

Our Lady of Pompeii Church

355 Foxon Road (Route 80), East Haven

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Divine Mercy Sunday

Sunday, April 27, 2014, 3:00 pm
Legion of Christ Seminary

475 Oak Avenue

Cheshire, CT 06410
 

Please join us for exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction as well a talk on the Divine Mercy devotion by Fr. John Paul Durán, LC.

Opportunity for confessions will be available. Refreshments to follow.

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Vocation Retreat

A 3-day vocation retreat for women, ages 18-35, with the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne

April 25-27 in Rosary Hill, Hawthorne, NY

Registration required. Contact Sr. Alma Marie, OP at vocationdirector@hawthornedominicans.org

http://www.hawthorne-dominicans.org

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NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES 

Class for married and engaged couples at Saint Joseph Parish, 50 Fairmount Place, Shelton.

More info, call 203-470-1845 or e-mail at nfp4life@snet.net 

Natural Family Planning is morally accepted by the Catholic Church and the most effective method available.

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In your prayers, please pray for the men to be ordained priests in the Archdiocese of Hartford (7 men) on May 17 and in the Diocese of Norwich (2 men) on July 26.

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Catholic Connecticut

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The Order of Malta of CT has organized an annual observance for this Marian feast and ecclesial recognition and exhortation to assist the sick. It is an exceptional experience prayer, healing, and friendship. I have been present for this Mass several times. Our baptismal call invites us to love and care for sick persons.

The witness of the Order of Malta calls us to care for the sick reminding us of the gospel mandate (a corporal work of mercy). Please come and pray for our ill brothers and sisters, and if possible, assist an ill person to come to Mass and to receive the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

There are two other opportunities to pray for the sick:

Saturday, February 8, 3pm Mass, St Aloysius Church, Cherry Street, New Canaan

Sunday, February 9, 3pm Mass, Blessed Sacrament Church, 275 Union Avenue, Bridgeport.

The other day I mentioned a New Haven observance of the World Day of Sick with Mass & the sacrament of the Sick, St Mary's Church, New Haven, Saturday, February, 15, 12Noon. This Mass is organized by the Third Order Dominicans. Recall that Saint Catherine of Siena is a patroness of sick persons.

You may be interested to read and pray with the text of Pope Francis’ message for the 22nd World Day of Prayer for the Sick: 

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/messages/sick/documents/papa-francesco_20131206_giornata-malato_en.html

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A Two-day Educational and Spiritual Enrichment Seminar

 on Love and Responsibility Based on Humanae Vitae

Theology of the Body and Human Relationships 

March 15 and 16, 2014

Sponsored by the Franciscan Life Center

271 Finch Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451

Cost:  $65.00/person 

Includes two lunches, coffee and rolls

Visit www.flcenter.org for more information or 

Call: 203-237-8084

PAX!

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Paul A. Zalonski

Catholic Connecticut

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East Haven, CT 06513-1216 USA

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