Monday Message, April 27, 2026
KNOW
There will be NO Parish Leader Check In this week. Since we will be seeing each other on Tuesday night. If you have not yet responded to the bishop’s invitation for Tuesday Night for what I am calling the Confirmation Hunger Games, please do so today. We have fifty people signed up, which means a third of our parishes will not be represented.
The memo is here in case you have no idea what I am talking about.
All families in faith formation, all catechists, and you were emailed the invitation to take our survey between now and May 8th. See the invitation and survey link here.
Our friends at St. Leo invites you to an evening of conversation with Father Roberto Regoli, a leading historian of the Church and President of the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. Drawing on his expertise in modern Church history and the papacy, Father Regoli will reflect on the first year of the current pontificate and explore its significance for the life of the Church and its engagement with the world today. The flyer is here.
Our friends in the Archdiocese of Washington want you to know that they are hiring a new director of youth and young adult ministry. The posting is here.
And in case you missed it, our own diocese is hiring too. See this post for the director of youth ministry position.
Speaking of youth ministry, if you are looking for a way to learn more, slow down, and get some expert help, check this out.
The New England Biblical School is forming classes in English and Spanish for this fall. This four-year biblical studies certificate program to study all 73 books of the Bible. Virtual and in-person learning available. Accredited by the CT Department of Higher Education. See this flyer for more information.
As you heard at our gathering last week, Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR is part of the R.E.A.L. Formation team at Corazón Puro. Part of their mission recently has been to help form young people in a way that truly speaks to their hearts. R.E.A.L. Formation is a bilingual Confirmation program, approved by the USCCB, created especially with Gen Z in mind. Check out this flyer. Register for a webinar and demo to be held on May 6 and May 7th 2026.
If you would like to attend a one-day meeting on Listen, Teach, Send in Hartford, see this flyer for more information and email us to put your name on the list. We will pay the registration fee.
REFLECT
At Mass on Sunday, the priest visiting our parish said that when (not if) he gets to heaven, he imagines God not looking at a ledger of his faults and failings, rather, he anticipates one question.
“Who did you bring with you?”
I have been thinking about that all day. Who do I bring with me to heaven? Who do I invited with kindness and belonging? Who do I scare away with divisiveness and apathy?
Do I do anything worth following?
It’s worth thinking about this week.
