Posts under ‘Religion’

In mid October 2009 I sent a letter of criticism to Senator Lieberman concerning how he was responding to the bill on Health Care Reform which is included below. He responded to my letter on October 28, 2009. I sent my letter of criticism of Joe to be published by the Stamford Advocate on their “Letters to the [...]

Oct. 17 — 4:25 p.m. — There are three in Chicago, but only two in New York City — both in Brooklyn.  San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Denver, Philadelphia and Phoenix only have one each.  There are 1,538 in the world, with the most (543) in Italy and only 62 in [...]

FROM Diocese of Bridgeport Press Release The Diocese of Bridgeport today commented on the amicus brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut in U.S. District Court in support of the Diocese’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the State of Connecticut Office of State Ethics: “The ACLU’s decision to join with [...]

A favorite tactic of terrorists is to perform a decoy attack before a major attack. Not only is the attention of authorities and the public diverted, but the first attack is monitored closely by the terrorists. They watch to see how the authorities react. The first attack has the additional consequence of causing the authorities [...]

The dust was just settling after the skirmish this week between the Catholic church and Senator Andrew McDonald, a prime mover of a bill to regulate the governance of the Catholic church in Connecticut. Now, the Catholic Bishops are ringing a second alarm bell to the faithful, asking them to oppose a bill coming before [...]

Catholics from parishes from around the state were planning to descend upon the state Capitol and Legislative Office Building  on Wednesday to protest a bill before the Judiciary Committee.  The Judiciary Committee announce today that scheduled hearing is postponed but the Senate and House Republicans are going ahead with an informational hearing in room 2C [...]

Well, Tom Gallagher may have another “victory” to celebrate. Gallagher, who gained notoriety in his successful effort to evict the “Wiffle Ball kids” from their makeshift stadium, has been a vocal advocate for Catholic parishes being run by lay boards. A bill advocating just such a radical requirement has been introduced in the Connecticut General [...]

Police Commissioner Peter Tesei calls them, “the God Squad” and said he’d love to have them as his personal security detail.  They are the Greenwich Police Department chaplains, Monsignor Frank C. Wissel, pastor of St. Mary’s Church,  Rev. Daniel F. Hickman, who is retired Greenwich Police officer, gave the invocation, and now Rev. Dr. Thomas [...]

Tomorrow begins “ordinary time.” For those of us who “bleed blue” football season painfully ended today as the Giants were eliminated from the playoffs. We don’t care about the NFC and AFC championships next week, or even the Super Bowl. Tomorrow marks the beginning of the countdown until Giants summer camp in Albany. Sure, there [...]