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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EWTN Press Release: Divine Mercy Mass & Preview Show

EWTN To Air Divine Mercy Mass & Preview Show
Live From The National Shrine of the Divine Mercy

Hear from Special Guests & Join the Initiative To
Place Divine Mercy Images in Every Home & Parish

Irondale, AL – The EWTN Global Catholic Network will air the Mass of Divine Mercy live from The National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 7 with an encore at 1 a.m. ET, Monday, April 8. The Mass will be preceded by a special Preview Show at noon on Sunday, April 7 with an encore at midnight – as well as several other specials!

 

The Preview Program, hosted by Fr. Michael Gaitley and Fr. Joseph Roesch, will feature Saint Luke Productions’ Leonardo and Patti Defilippis who produced the movie “Therese,” the one-man show “Vianney,” and “Benedictus Moments, short daily reflections of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

 

You’ll also hear the dramatic conversion story of Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, now a member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, but formerlya high school dropout who was kicked out of a foreign country, institutionalized twice, and thrown in jail multiple times. His story will probably move you to purchase his bestselling 2010 book, “No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy” (http://bit.ly/WsTQaN) and perhaps his latest release, “Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21^st Century Priest,” http://bit.ly/XX0w22, which he will also be discussing.

 

Finally, you’ll hear from Mark Fanders, an associate lay member of the Marians, who will discuss the Marians’ important new initiative to place Divine Mercy images in every home and parish during the Year of Faith. (For Divine Mercy items, please go to http://bit.ly/ZG3y7g and type “Divine Mercy” in the search box.)

 

This is all followed by a “Divine Mercy Holy Hour” live from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Ala. with EWTN’s own friars! Airs live at 4 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 7, with encores at 4 a.m. ET, Monday, April 8; 3:30 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 11; and 2 p.m. ET, Friday, April 12.

 

You also will not want to miss “Franciscan University Presents Divine Mercy and Mary,” in which Host Michael Hernon and Theology Professors Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn discuss questions related to Divine Mercy, Marian consecration and more with the Marians’ Fr. Michael Gaitley. Airs 10 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 7, with an encore at 5 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 11.

 

Our Lord promised St. Faustina: “I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My mercy.” You can read more about the promises Our Lord made concerning this feast in “The Diary of St. Maria Faustina,” http://bit.ly/10RcSYg.

 

The Divine Mercy Mass and Preview Program may be watched or listened to live on EWTN television by cable or satellite (www.ewtn.com/channelfinder), streaming audio or video on the Internet (http://origin.ewtn.com/audiovideo/index.asp), shortwave (http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm), EWTN mobile (http://www.ewtnapps.com/), on the EWTN Radio Network via our affiliates (http://www.ewtn.com/radio/amfm.htm), on satellite radio (http://www.sirius.com/ewtn), or on iHeartRadio (www.ewtn.com/radio).

 

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 32^th year, is available in over 225 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.

Middlefield CT parish hosts: Maureen Digan

Have you heard of Maureen Digan? She was miraculously cured of lymphedema after a visit to Poland and a prayer request to Sr. Faustina (Divine Mercy) for help. Maureen Digan's cure led to the beatification of Saint Faustina.

On Wednesday, March 14th Deacon Bob and Maureen Digan will be visiting St. Colman Catholic Church in Middlefield CT.

Hear the story of her miracle and be inspired by the Mercy of God!
Place: 145 Hubbard Street, Middlefield, CT
Date: March 14, 2012
Time: 7 pm - 8 pm

Call St. Colman Catholic Church for details: 860-349-3868
website; http://stcolmanchurch.com/default.aspx