Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT

Suffering & healing... and Christmas stories

Bishop Frank reflects on Sandy Hook, suffering, and healing. In the second segment, His Excellency's stories of Christmases in Brooklyn.
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Susan DeBartoli | Padre Pio

Susan DeBartoli is the author of Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio, a beautiful book with daily readings for Advent. Each day helps you follow Padre Pio’s incredible example and welcome the Christ Child into your home and heart during Advent.
Little Flower Pilgrimages: https://www.littleflowerpilgrimages.comWelcoming the Christ Child: https://www.avemariapress.com/products/welcoming-the-christ-child-with-padre-pioLinks to download the Veritas mobile app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen  

Msgr Robert Weiss | Sandy Hook

On December 14th 2012, 20 first graders and six teachers were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Monsignor Robert Weiss was the Catholic pastor in Newtown that day and still is today. Bishop Frank & Msgr Weiss reflect on that tragic day, as well as on Monsignor Weiss’s 50 years as a priest.

Deacon Steve Hodson | The Synod on Synodality

What is the purpose of the Synod on Synodality? What is happening and what are the next steps? Deacon Steve Hodson is spearheading the process in the Diocese of Bridgeport.
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Parish collaboration & a look at the USCCB

Bishop Frank gives an update on parish reconfiguration in the diocese and the collaboration that is already happening among parishes. And then, a look at this week’s USCCB general assembly.
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Justin Fatica | Hard As Nails

Justin Fatica is the founder of Hard As Nails Ministry, which aims to speak straight to the hearts of adults and young people who suffer and to Catholics who feel disenfranchised. Justin travels around the country to spread the news that Jesus is the answer to our greatest need for healing.
Hard As Nails: https://www.amazingnation.orgLinks to download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen  

Bob O’Brien | Reaching Catholic young adults

Bob O'Brien serves on the Young Adult Council of the Diocese of Bridgeport, and helps coordinate the diocesan mentorship program called The Catholic Bridge, which launched earlier this fall and is a component of Bishop Caggiano’s "Call to Renewal".
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Francis Schanne | Religious liberty

Bishop Frank speaks with Fran Schanne, JD about three Supreme Court decisions that were announced last summer: 1) Dobbs v Jackson, 2) Kennedy v Bremerton, 3) Carson v Makin. The three important decisions protect life and religious liberty.