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July 25, 2021 -- What is God calling me to give? Where does He want to send me to find the hungry and the suffering? Who needs to hear me witness about my faith? What would it take for me to really surrender my time, treasure and talents to His service?

July 18, 2021 -- Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of surgery at Waterbury Hospital, was on his way to deliver an 8:00 a.m. lecture when he witnessed one of the worst crashes in Connecticut history. A dump truck, whose driver had lost control, flipped on its side and skidded into oncoming traffic. The resulting accident involved twenty vehicles; four people died.

July 11, 2021 -- I am the mother of young children, so that means I am a packer. I am a maker of lists and a checker of inventory. I may not be organized, but I am prepared. Take a dive into my messy purse and my even messier minivan, and you will find the stores of a Doomsday prepper. I have bandages, I have water bottles, I have snacks, I have sunscreen, I have hairbands, I have pepper spray — I even have one of those things that breaks the window of a car and slices the seatbelts in case you drive off a bridge and your vehicle becomes submerged in water. I. Am. Ready.

On July 1st, the Family of Parishes Project officially began. The AOD has provided some excellent resources for you to read and learn about the initiative. Check out our Family of Parishes page for more details.

July 4, 2021 -- Could you be described as “hard of face and obstinate of heart” (Ezekiel 2:4), particularly in matters of faith? What aspects of the Catholic faith have you yet to embrace with an open heart? ...

June 27, 2021 -- As Jesus said to Jairus, the synagogue official in today’s Gospel, he also says to us: “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” We often associate the word faith with trust. While this is fundamentally a true association, a deeper understanding of what faith is and does is necessary for it to be understood...

June 20, 2021 -- Jesus asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?”—Mark 4:40 Were you afraid of the dark when you were a child? I certainly was. Although there was a nightlight in my room, I was still often afraid because that soft light — which was there for comfort — cast shadows and didn’t quite penetrate to every part of the room, including those corners where I knew something sinister was lurking.

June 13, 2021 -- My first science project was to plant a seed in a Styrofoam cup and keep track of its growth. My grandmother helped me dig up some dirt and plant the seed. I soaked it with water and put it on the windowsill. The next morning, I woke up at 5:00 a.m. and ran to the window to see if it had grown. When I saw that nothing happened, I cried and ran to wake my grandmother up. “I think we killed the seed! It didn’t grow!”

June 6, 2021 -- St. Teresa of Calcutta shares a story that talks about seeing Jesus in the Eucharist and seeing Jesus in the poor people in the streets of Calcutta:

May 30, 2021 -- “When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” I have always worshipped. Postures of prayer and praise have been woven into the fabric of my daily life for as long as I can remember. Going to Mass on Sunday, saying a prayer before I eat, kissing a Rosary when it falls to the ground, murmuring a Hail Mary before I fall asleep at the end of the day: these are actions that have become so much a part of me that they are now almost involuntary.

May 23, 2021 -- In the Holy Spirit, God dwells not just among us but within us. Known as the Wonderful Counselor, Advocate, and Paraclete, which literally means, “he who is called to one’s side” (CCC 692). The Holy Spirit fulfills the Lord’s promise to “never forsake you or abandon you” (Hebrews 13:5).

May 16, 2021 -- A woman in her mid-eighties recently remarked about her feelings of heightened anxiety when she ponders how much time she may have left on this earth.

May 9, 2021 -- Prior to becoming a member of the Society of the Divine Savior (the Salvatorians), I was a Benedictine monk for more than a decade. As a monk, I was immersed in the very practical wisdom of Saint Benedict and the Rule he wrote for his monks more than fourteen hundred years ago.

May 2, 2021 -- I am the vine, you are the branches. After college, I entered a program in Rome that required me to be away from the country for two years with no possibility of returning home. These were the days before the internet, Zoom, and Facebook, when even phone calls were expensive. As the time for me to leave drew near, I was feeling sad at the possibility of losing touch with so many people I had come to love.

April 25, 2021 -- A Willing Sacrifice

April 18, 2021 -- In the Gospel today, two disciples encounter the Risen Jesus on the road. They recognize Him in the breaking of bread, as we do once again this day.

April 11, 2021 -- This is a fairly incredible Gospel. It’s quite short, but it has within it an incredible amount of meaning for Christians everywhere.

April 4, 2021 -- Today we celebrate the greatest event in human history and that is Jesus Christ rising from the dead.

The KofC present the Bob Knowles Memorial Sporting Clays Fun Shoot on Saturday, May 15, 2021