By Joe Pisani FAIRFIELD — Three thousand Catholics from every corner of Fairfield County gathered together in thanksgiving as Bishop Frank J. Caggiano celebrated a Mass to inaugurate a Diocesan Eucharistic Renewal, promising that “a new future of our Church will erupt in our midst in this county and in your communities.” “You and I can dare to believe there is a future to our Church that is not chained to the sad episodes of the past,” Bishop Caggiano told the packed arena on Saturday, “but a future to our Church that will erupt in our own midst with a joyful song as we gather around the Lord ..read more

Please join Bishop Caggiano on Saturday, June 1, for the livestream of the First Thanksgiving Mass and Celebration at Fairfield University’s Leo D. Mahoney Arena. The Mass is a culmination of the Diocesan Eucharistic Procession and events that began on May 19. Our pre-liturgy celebration begins at 9:30 AM, with rosary & song in five languages. The celebration of Mass begins at 11 AM and should end by about 12:30 PM. Watch the livestream here → We also plan to stream the mass on Youtube and Facebook. God bless you ..read more

STAMFORD– Two students from Cardinal Kung Academy in Stamford will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point this fall after completing a rigorous application process. Future officers Thomas V.I. Grimm, 18, of Ridgefield, Conn., and Kathleen Liberatore, 17, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., are members of a Cardinal Kung graduating class of just 23 students. They join roughly 1,300 cadets in the incoming West Point class of 2028. They will report to R-Day (Reception Day) on July 1. Grimm received his nomination from Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal while Liberatore received hers from New Yo ..read more

Please join us on Saturday, June 1, for the First Thanksgiving Mass and Celebration at Fairfield University’s Leo D. Mahoney Arena, Loyola Drive, Fairfield, CT 06824. Our pre-liturgy celebration begins at 9:30 AM, with rosary & song in five languages. The celebration of Mass begins at 11 AM and should end by about 12:30 PM. Please register here for tickets: REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.bridgeportdiocese.org/eucharist-procession/mass-of-thanksgiving-registration/ Tickets are limited and subject to availability. Upon registration, you will receive an email indicating that your ticket(s) w ..read more

by Frank DeRosa The carrying of the Blessed Sacrament in procession for nearly a mile through the heart of the Town of Wilton, along with the display of an inspiring exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles in the parish center, marked Our Lady of Fatima Church’s engagement with the opening of the Catholic Bishops’ National Eucharistic Revival on Pentecost Sunday (May 19). Some 160 of the faithful, ranging from First Communicants to nonagenarians, followed as Father Reginald Norman, the pastor, and then Father Jim DiVasto, the parochial vicar, displayed the monstrance bearing the Eucharist as they wal ..read more

With the approval of its undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, Fairfield Austin can better serve military veterans and dependents who are eligible for educational benefits. FAIRFIELD, Conn. (May 20, 2024)— The nursing programs at Fairfield University’s Austin campus have been approved for veterans’ education by the Texas Veterans Commission. The approval means that veterans and eligible family members enrolled in the school’s programs may use their federal or state veterans’ education benefits to pursue their degrees. “Fairfield has long been committed to the veteran population with ou ..read more

The Bishop’s office today announced the issuance of two new decrees Decree of Suppression of the Priestly Confraternity of Saint John Vianney Decree of Suppression of the Society of St. Stephen Both are available in downloadable PDF format using the links above ..read more

Please join us on Saturday, June 1, for the First Thanksgiving Mass and Celebration at Fairfield University’s Leo D. Mahoney Arena, Loyola Drive, Fairfield, CT 06824. Our pre-liturgy celebration begins at 9:30 AM, with rosary & song in five languages. The celebration of Mass begins at 11 AM and should end by about 12:30 PM. Please register here for tickets: REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.bridgeportdiocese.org/eucharist-procession/mass-of-thanksgiving-registration/ Tickets are limited and subject to availability. Upon registration, you will receive an email indicating that your ticket(s) w ..read more

Father David Santos, 41, pastor of St. James the Apostle Catholic Church in Springfield, New Jersey, remembers that he was on retreat with a young-adult group when the priest in confession, Father Antonio Biko, asked him, “What do you want to do with your life?” “This was right after 9/11,” Father Santos recalled to the Register. “I said, ‘I want to be a soldier of Christ.’ I was growing in my relationship with the Church and my love of the Lord. I also felt this call to serve in the military. So that’s what I came up with — a soldier of Christ. And he looked at me and he said, ‘That sounds l ..read more

AN OUTPOURING OF GRACE– Last week thousands throughout the diocese turned out to participate in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as the “Seton” route took it through the diocese of Bridgeport on the way to Indianapolis this summer. It was a moment of great reverence, beauty and public faithfulness as the procession passed through familiar roads, streets and neighborhoods in Fairfield County. We are pleased to share this beautiful Eucharistic Procession video from Saint Cecilia Church to St. Gabriel Church in Stamford. Bishop Frank J. Caggiano celebrated a special School Mass for Catholic A ..read more