Father Michael McGivney Documentary

Watch the hour-long documentary that chronicles the life and work of Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. Broadcast on CPTV on April 21, 2011.

©2008 Lou Reda Productions

St. Patrick’s Dinner 2011

Sights and sounds from the 2011 St. Rita Church St. Patrick’s Dinner, sponsored by the St. Rita Knights of Columbus. Music by Gerry Malone.

St. Rita KofC Free Throw Championship 2011

Scenes from the 2011 St. Rita Free Throw Championship, sponsored by the St. Rita Knights of Columbus.

KofC Mid-Year Meeting: November 12, 2010

Supreme Knight Carl. A. Anderson’s remarks to State Deputies at the mid-year meeting held in Baltimore Maryland, November 12, 2010.

2010 St. Rita KofC Free Throw Competition

Watch a video from the first-ever St. Rita Church Knights of Columbus free throw competition.

St. Rita Multicultural Luncheon

A festive, multicultural luncheon was held in the St. Rita Church Donnelly Parish Center to celebrate the diversity of our parish community, featuring ethnic foods, folk music and a fair trade sale of coffee, tea and chocolate from Catholic Relief Services.

Christmas Children’s Mass

Watch the 6pm Children’s Christmas Mass from December 24th, 2009.

“The Ethics and Spirituality of Respecting All Life”

Brian Stiltner is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Sacred Heart University. His teaching and research interests include bioethics, ethics of war and peace, Catholic social ethics, and the role of religion in democratic public life. Brian gives a presentation on the teaching of the Catholic Church regarding love, dignity, ethical and social responsibilities, and the everyday spirituality of saying “yes” to life.

Recorded in the St. Rita DPC on October 22, 2009

“The Power of Giving: Stories of Volunteerism” – Story #8

Sophie Tworkowski, Greg Seaman, and Lois Smith are the leaders of a group of volunteers from the Unitarian Universalist Society in Hamden who have been helping to re-settle a refugee family from Iraq in a co-sponsorship arrangement with Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS). Sophie and her group provided the Iraqi family with a temporary home when they first arrived, found and renovated an apartment, and continue to provide on-going support by providing ESL lessons, childcare, shopping trips, doctor visits, as well as help locating educational and employment opportunities. Sophie states, “This refugee family is no longer a church project, they are truly a family to us now.”

Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network – © 2009

“The Power of Giving: Stories of Volunteerism” – Story #7

Jeff Rich is a 16 year-old sophomore at Stamford High School. While a seemingly typical teenage boy, one year ago he began a teen volunteer program at the Richard L. Rosenthal Hospice Residence (run by Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Southwestern CT, Inc.). Jeff’s grandmother had been a resident there when he was 8 years old and the experience of visiting her there had a big impact. For Jeff, the hospice isn’t a place for people to go to die, but for people to live out their final days in dignity. Jeff volunteers there every Sunday and has organized a team of ten other teen volunteers, who undergo training and commit to four hours of service a month. Jeff also volunteers as a weekly playmate for a teen-age autistic boy. Jeff Rich was recently named a 2009 Hero by the American Red Cross of Lower Fairfield County.

Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network – © 2009

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