Resources to Help Grow in Your Faith
As you journey through the Confirmation program and beyond, we encourage you to explore these sources and others to help you grow in your faith and in your relationship with Jesus and with your sponsor. Habits that you form now will become part of your life and will help you Passionately Live As a Catholic Everyday.
Use these resources when you are researching saints for your Saint Name. They contain reliable information on saints who have been canonized by the Catholic Church.
- Catholic.org
- My Catholic Live
- Saints (from EWTN)
- Saints (from the United Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Find the Saint
- Background on saint terms and history of sainthood
- Hallow – find God’s peace through prayer and meditation
- Amen – Bible readings and calming prayers
- Ascension Press – Bible readings, podcasts, and Catechism
- Pray As You Go – daily meditations and music
- Blessed2Play – Sports radio that shines a spotlight on athletes and sport professions to uncover the role that faith plays in their lives both on and off the field.
- Bible in A Year Podcast – Fr. Mike Schmitz, from the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry in Duluth, MN has an excellent daily podcast where is reading the entire Bible (a few chapters a day) and provides and an explanation what the passages mean. An excellent way of learning about God’s words mean.
- Miracle Hunter – Michael O’Neill examines the fascinating world of miracles and explores the greatest mysteries and marvels of the Catholic Church.
- Beyond Damascus – Life-changing testimonies that have led ordinary people to live lives of extraordinary mission for Christ.
- Mass Times – find a Catholic Mass anywhere in the country when traveling, including nearby parishes in Connecticut
- United States Conference of Bishops – assembly of the US bishops who oversee the Catholic Churches in the US and US Virgin Islands.
- Vatican – Official website of the Catholic Catholic at Vatican City and Pope Leo XIV
- Eucharistic Miracles – work of Blessed Carlos Acutis, 16-year-old teen who became a saint in 2025
- EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) – Global Catholic Network that is the largest religious media network in the world.
- Ascension Press – articles, video, books that will inspire and inform
- Divine Mercy – message received from Jesus to St. Faustina in the 1930s
- Latest Homily of Fr. Michael Alello from St. Thomas More Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz, chaplain at the University of Minnesota Duluth
- Archdiocese of Hartford – latest news from the Archdiocese
- Cathedral of St. Joseph – information about our Cathedral
- ORTV – Catholic TV with daily and Sunday Masses from the Archdiocese of Hartford
- WJMJ Radio – Catholic radio from the Archdiocese of Hartford
- The Catholic Transcript – official magazine of the Archdiocese with informative articles and happenings around the archdiocese
- Latest News of the Archdiocese – online news from the Archdiocese, published weekly