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September 14 Inside this issue 6 Blue Mass honoring First Responders on September 14 8 The America magazine interview with Bishop Caggiano Please visit us on: at www.facebook.com/ Fairfield County Catholics and at bridgeportdiocese at www.twitter.com/ dobevents, dobyouth Latest news: bridgeportdiocese.com Frank E. Metrusky, CFP® President and Financial Advisor 945 Beaver Dam Road Hosting Graduate Open Houses in Fairfield and Stamford Stratford, CT 06614 Tuesday, October 14 at 6:30 P.M. · Saturday, October 18 at 9:00 A.M. 203.386.8977 With over 85 different doctoral, masters, certificate and certification programs, your next step is here. Securities and Advisory Services offered through National Planning Corporation (NPC), Member FINRA/SIPC, and a Registered Investment Advisor. Learn more at: www.sacredheart.edu/gradopenhouse Catholic Way investments and NPC are separate and unrelated companies. 2 September 2014 Catholic Charities Responding to a Humanitarian Crisis Dear Friends, humanitarian crisis. dren are at great risk. While not a diocesan property available As you know from the many new phenomenon, the number of to programs that may provide Many Catholics through- recent news reports, children children who are making the per- temporary housing for children out the diocese have written or from El Salvador, Guatemala ilous journey alone has increased who are awaiting deportation called us concerning the plight and Honduras are migrating to exponentially. hearings. of unaccompanied children from the United States alone in record A number of these children The sanctity of the family Central America, and our need numbers. It is believed that more have already been located to and the need to protect the vul- to respond as a diocese to this than 52,000 unaccompanied chil- Bridgeport and Stamford, and nerable is an integral element the United States Conference many more are in great need of of Catholic approach to service of Catholic Bishops promotes temporary housing and other and pastoral care in the United humane and compassionate services. The U.S. Department of States. The 2003 bishops pastoral immigration reform that preserves Health and Human Services has statement on migration specifi- the family unit as the cornerstone also asked churches across the cally addresses the plight of the of the immigration system. country to welcome the children unaccompanied child, noting this It is within this spirit of Solemn Vespers Service All are invited to attend Friday September 19, 7:30 pm Evening Prayer The Opening Ceremony of Synod 2014 in partnership with the federal special population’s heightened “welcoming the stranger” that St. Augustine Cathedral government. vulnerability, and the correspond- Catholic Charities of Fairfield Bishop Caggiano has ing need for special consideration County is moving forward to 399 Washington Avenue, Bridgeport instructed Catholic Charities to and care that these children respond to this crisis. There are explore ways the diocese may should receive. many challenges ahead, but partner with Catholic Charities It is the view of the Church we ask for your understanding, USA, local social service agen- that protecting family values prayers and support. The first General Session of Synod 2014 will be held the next day, cies and city governments to should not depend on a fam- Saturday September 20, when 350 delegates gather in the St. Catherine respond to the crisis. As part of ily’s nationality or immigra- Sincerely, of Siena Parish Center, 200 Shelton Road, Trumbull. this process, we are looking into tion status. Through its Justice Al Barber, President the possibility of making unused for Immigrants Campaign, Catholic Charities ON THE COVER | CONTENTS DECLAN MCCLURE ENJOYS his first day in kin- 5 TALKING CHANGE 22 FAIRFIELD COUNTY MASS MOB dergarten on the new playground at St. Thomas Aquinas Profile of Deacon John DiTaranto Young adults gather at St. Peters School in Fairfield. (See story on p. 13). This month, Inside this issue 9,100 students return to Catholic elementary and high 7 WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 24 DOO WOP PROJECT schools throughout the diocese. More than 800 full-time To meet at Trumbull Marriott Inner-City Foundation Gala 6 Blue Mass honoring First Responders on September 14 faculty and administrators from all 35 diocesan Catholic schools filled St. Augustine Cathedral for a Mass cel- SISTERS OF LIFE ebrated by Bishop Caggiano to begin the school year. 11 TEACHERS’ CONVOCATION 27 The America magazine 8 Bishop gives an assignment Radical Witness to Jesus Christ interview with Bishop Caggiano ABOVE THE FOLD—Charlotte Conway, Nelson Please visit us on: Conway, and Imani Chanka at St. Ann School in at www.facebook.com/ Fairfield County Catholics and at bridgeportdiocese at www.twitter.com/ dobevents, dobyouth Hosting Graduate Open Houses in Fairfield and Stamford Latest news: Tuesday, October 14 at 6:30 P.M. · Saturday, October 18 at 9:00 A.M. Black Rock, Bridgeport. COLUMNIST JOE PISANI NEW NORWALK PRESCHOOL your next step is here. 16 28 bridgeportdiocese.com With over 85 different doctoral, masters, certificate and certification programs, ® www.sacredheart.edu/gradopenhouse Frank E. Metrusky, CFP Learn more at: President (Photos by Karyn Leito and Amy Mortensen) and Financial Advisor Catholic Charities at All Saints Takes on Atheism 945 Beaver Dam Road Stratford, CT 06614 203.386.8977 Securities andMember Advisory FINRA/SIPC, Services offered and athrough Registered National Investment Planning Advisor. Corporation (NPC), Catholic Way investments and NPC are separate and unrelated companies. 3 September 2014 Local News Bishop to speak on ‘State of the Diocese’ BY BRIAN D. WALLACE toral challenges, but that it’s also tered Catholics in Fairfield County. important for the diocese to move In addition to its 82 parishes, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano forward with administrative and the diocese sponsors 30 regional will deliver a major “State of the financial changes to support the elementary schools and five Diocese” address on September major synod directions. diocesan high schools, educating 9 at 7:30 pm in the auditorium of “Given the synod’s task to 10,000 youth, the St. John Fisher All Saints School in Norwalk. address our long-term pastoral Seminary, the Queen of Clergy Almost 500 priests, religious, challenges, work is also underway Residence and a wide range of and lay leaders throughout the to address those administrative, social services through Catholic diocese have been invited to financial and pastoral chal- Charities and other institutions. attend the talk, in which the lenges that are more immediate Bishop Caggiano was installed bishop will outline a “turnaround in nature. These more immediate as Fifth Bishop of Bridgeport on plan” to reorganize the manage- issues must be addressed simul- September 19, 2013 at St. Theresa ment and administrative func- taneously with the synod so that Church in Trumbull, and began tions provided by the Catholic a proper support structure and almost immediately to take steps Center and move the diocese for- needed financial resources will be to reorganize the diocese. ward to a new model of service to available to implement whatever About 100 people work in the Stamford, Catholic Cemeteries, On February 22, 2014, parishes and the faithful. initiatives and directives will come Catholic Center in the North End the Catherine Denis Keefe Queen he formally convoked the “The talk is meant to give a from the synod,” he said in his of Bridgeport, which houses the of Clergy Residence for retired Fourth Synod of the Diocese of summary of the state of the diocese invitation to attend the address. chancery, or diocesan curia, rep- priests in Stamford, and in the Bridgeport, the first in 32 years, today, administratively, pastorally The turnaround plan is a resented by the Bishop’s Office, pastoral care teams of local con- as an opportunity for renewal and and financially. It will indicate the response to findings from the the vicar general and the chancel- valescent facilities. pastoral planning for the future major initiatives that we will be strategic analysis of the Catholic lor, along with offices for dioce- NESC is a team of volunteer of the local Church. After a series launching in the coming year to Center by the National Executive san schools, Pastoral Services, the consultants with a wide range of listening sessions with over address the immediate challenges Service Corp (NESC), commis- the Tribunal, Catholic Charities, of experience in business and 4,000 comments by laity, priests and the long-term opportunities sioned by the bishop in February. Development, Finance, Clergy management settings. Its goal is and religious across the diocese, that we face in all three areas,” said The goal is to create a 21st Personnel, Communications, to strengthen the management of the bishop announced the Synod Bishop Caggiano. Century model of organization Human Resources, and other non-profit organizations through 2014 themes of empowering Bishop Caggiano said that the that takes advantage of exciting ministries and apostolates. a high-quality, affordable consult- youth, building up the commu- Diocesan Synod, with over 350 opportunities and helps the dio- Another 30 Catholic Center ing service. nity of faith, fostering evangelical delegates throughout the diocese, cese respond to challenges faced employees work off-site at The Diocese of Bridgeport outreach, and promoting works will address the longer-term pas- by the Church. St. John Fisher Seminary in includes more than 460,000 regis- of charity and justice. n Sister Mary Grace announces new principals The Superintendent’s Office as a housemaster from 2003-13 School In Norwalk, he was a has announced the appointment gave him the opportunity to math and engineering teacher at of new principals for diocesan supervise a large staff. This past Kolbe Cathedral High School in elementary and high schools. “I year he served as an interim Bridgeport for seven years. Prior am thrilled with the excellent and assistant principal at Naramake to that, he was a math and physics dedicated principals we have in Elementary School in Norwalk.
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