Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland and was a Franciscan. He founded the Knight of the Immaculata Movement, through which a fervent devotion to Our Lady was spread throughout the world. Maximilian was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp. While imprisoned, he gave up his
Continue readingAugust Activities for Catholic Families Work on memorizing one prayer or Bible verse with your children this month. Go out past the city lights to do some star watching. How many constellations can you find? Saint Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers and has a feast day
Continue readingCollection Baskets and Online Giving Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, many social changes have been made to help stop the spread of the virus. One of our parish changes is, for the foreseeable future, we will no longer be utilizing our ushers to pass the collection basket at Masses. Collection
Continue readingConnecticut Catholic Men’s Conference The Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference will be held on Saturday, September 19th, outdoors, under tents, at Holy Land USA, 60 Slocum St., Waterbury. The gates will open at 7:45 AM. The committee has been working hard through the pandemic to organize this event. This year’s theme
Continue readingPARISH FOOD DRIVE During the month of August, our Parish will collect food to donate to the Plymouth and Thomaston Food Pantries. The Plymouth Community Food Pantry and Thomaston Community Pantry provide food and referrals to those in need. These organizations are dedicated to working in and with the community
Continue readingOur parish has resumed weekday Masses: M, W, & F at 7:00 AM and T at 12 PM, on the lawn at St. Thomas Church. Sunday Mass has also resumed. The schedule is: Saturday at 4 PM at St. Thomas, Sunday at 8:45 AM at The Lyceum and 10 AM
Continue readingWith Masses cancelled until September in the Archdiocese of Hartford, we would like to take this opportunity to offer televised Mass options. As Catholics, attending Mass is more than a habit or obligation, it is time spent with our Lord. The Archdiocese has a wonderful resource in our radio and
Continue readingInformation Regarding the Opening of Churches for Public Worship Sunday Mass Obligation – Archbishop Blair has dispensed from the obligation of attending Mass every Catholic in the Archdiocese of Hartford, and unless otherwise announced, this dispensation will continue through Sunday, September 6th. When Mass Will Resume – Weekday
Continue readingAre you planning on attending Mass beginning June 8th? This video from Father Matthew Gworek provides information and illustrations that will help to make your return to Mass and adherence to our guidelines as smooth as possible.
Continue readingIMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARISHIONERS DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS: Please know that Archbishop Blair has issued a dispensation from the obligation of attending Mass. The decision regarding whether to attend Mass in person is left to the individual. Contact the Parish Office or check the Parish website, stmkp.org, for availability
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