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Helping legal immigrants feel at home |
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Written by Jack Sheedy
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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Judith Gough confers with Mohamud Noor, a multilingual case manager, in her office at 125 Market St., Hartford. Click here to enlarge. (Photo by Jack Sheedy) HARTFORD – The immigrant population of the United States is exploding. Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics reported in its 2008 Annual Flow Report that more than a million people were naturalized in the United States last year, an increase of 58 percent from 2007. Who is helping these new citizens to get settled in their new country? A major player is Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), directed by Judith Gough from a two-story office at 125 Market St. |
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Year for Priests ushers in new series |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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BLOOMFIELD – On June 19, the Archdiocese of Hartford joined the Church universal in opening the Year for Priests observance declared by Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope is encouraging several initiatives to highlight the importance of the priest’s role and mission in the Church and contemporary society. |
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St. Paul actors have plenty to ‘Smile’ about |
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Written by Lenora Sumsky
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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 St. Paul Catholic High School students outside of the Garde Arts Center in New London in May. Click here to enlarge. (Photo submitted)
BRISTOL – St. Paul Catholic High School rocked the house with a performance that concluded the inaugural Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards, held at the Garde Arts Center in New London in May. The school received seven nominations for the school’s spring musical production, "Smile." Director Mark Mazzarella won Outstanding Achievement by a Director in a Musical, and freshman Mackenzie Trowbridge won for Outstanding Student Achievement. |
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Appeal passes goal in spite of economy |
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Written by Roberta Tuttle
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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HARTFORD – Despite the challenge of a stuggling economy, the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal has exceeded its goal for the sixth year in a row. The benchmark of $8.5 million was passed on June 17, according to Rosemary R. Carr, appeal consultant. She said the total pledged as of June 22 was $8,886,213, or more than 104 percent of the goal. The average pledge was $180. |
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Reliving a 70-year-old victory in Waterbury |
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Written by Mary Chalupsky
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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 Procession to former contraceptive dispensary. Click here to enlarge. (Photo by Mary Chalupsky)
WATERBURY – Standing outside a building that dispensed contraceptives 70 years ago, the Connecticut Right to Life Corp. presented Benedictine Father Paul Marx, founder of Human Life International, with the Apostle of Life Award for his enormous contribution to the pro-life movement. Accepting on behalf of the 89-year-old priest, who was unable to attend because of complications from an old football injury, was Father Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of the world’s largest pro-life organization, a role he took over from Father Marx in 2000. |
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Pope to meet President Obama July 10 |
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Written by Cindy Wooden
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to the Vatican July 10 for an audience scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. President Obama will visit Italy July 8-10 to participate in the Group of Eight summit, a meeting of leaders of the world's wealthiest nations. The meeting will be held in L'Aquila, site of a devastating earthquake in April. |
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'tis the season to be graduates |
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
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  The class of 2009 celebrates its graduation from Lauralton Hall in Milford on May 31 in photo at left (click here to enlarge), and from Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden on May 23 in photo at right (click here to enlarge). See the July issue of The Transcript to read profiles of the top students at local Catholic high schools. (Photos submitted)
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Vatican editor says postwar hostility toward Pope Pius XII unjustified |
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Written by Catholic News Service
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
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ROME (CNS) – The hostility toward Pope Pius XII in the years following World War II was the unjustified result of his firm stance against communism and an unfair comparison with his successor, Pope John XXIII, said the editor of the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. In the introduction to a compilation of essays by historians and church officials, editor Giovanni Maria Vian said that the esteem awarded Pope Pius during and immediately after the war changed after his death into criticism over his failure to strongly condemn the Nazi plan to exterminate Jews. (Related article can be found here.) |
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Sisters of Mercy mark 650 years of service |
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
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Eleven Sisters of Mercy were honored at a Mass of celebration in the spring in Connor Chapel on the campus of St. Joseph College in West Hartford. The Sisters of Mercy, families, friends and colleagues were on hand to congratulate the women, whose ministry totals 650 years. In photo at left, diamond jubilarians, from left, standing, are Sisters Frederick Tkacz, Ancillita Lengyel and Elizabeth Hart. Sister Irene Danaher is seated. (Click here to enlarge.) In photo at right, golden jubilarians, from left, are Sisters Mary Healy, Barbara Gould, Holly Cloutier, Beverly Derbacher, Ellen Shea, Peggy O'Neill and Maureen Reardon. (Click here to enlarge.) |
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Knights' giving rises despite weak economy |
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
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NEW HAVEN – The Knights of Columbus has announced that it set new all-time records for charitable donations and volunteer service hours in 2008. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson released the results of the Catholic fraternal organization's annual survey in a presentation to its board of directors and state leaders, meeting at its international headquarters |
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Bishops' group urging action to stop cuts to schools |
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Written by Roberta Tuttle
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
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HARTFORD – The Connecticut Catholic Conference (CCC), the public policy office for the state’s Catholic bishops, is encouraging people to urge Gov. M. Jodi Rell not to cut state funding for private and religious schools’ transportation and nursing services. As part of ongoing budget discussions, Governor Rell recently proposed approximately $1.8 billion in additional spending cuts for the 2010-11 state budget. |
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Corpus Christi celebrated |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
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 CORPUS CHRISTI – Father Christopher M. Tiano, Pastor of the Torrington Cluster of Parishes, raises the monstrance on the steps of St. Peter Church in Torrington on June 14, the Feast of Corpus Christi, following a procession from nearby St. Francis of Assisi Church. More than 100 people greeted the procession and later enjoyed a reception with food and beverages in front of St. Peter’s. Click here to enlarge. (Photo by Jack Sheedy)
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Strides made in legislative session |
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Written by Jack Sheedy
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
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HARTFORD – At the end of a state legislative session that included a bill attacking the Catholic Church and another bill that legalized same-sex marriage, the state’s bishops’ group nevertheless reports overall success. "I look at the session as having a number of accomplishments," said Michael C. Culhane, executive director of Connecticut Catholic Conference (CCC), the public policy office for the state’s bishops. Most notably, he said, S.B. 1098, the bill that would have stripped bishops and pastors of governing powers over parish activities, was withdrawn in March because the Catholic population rose up in protest. |
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Local woman to lead college for sisters |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
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 Sister Joseph Spring
MENDHAM, N.J. – Sister Joseph Spring of the Sisters of Christian Charity, formerly of New Britain and Kensington, has been named as the sixth president of Assumption College for Sisters in Mendham, effective immediately. She succeeds Sister Mary Joseph Schultz, who held the position for seven years. Beginning in July, Sister Mary Joseph will be the evangelization resource director at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, N.J. |
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