FIC Blog

Family Institute of Connecticut Action opposes S.B. 374, An Act Requiring Behavioral Health Assessments for Children. This bill will have a public hearing this Friday, March 8th. Read all about it here. In addition to the aids provided in the previous link, the campus coordinator of Regina Caeli Academy, Erika Ahern (pictured above) has submitted a […]

  The New England School of Theology will present a conference at Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, Does God Exist? It will be held on Saturday March 23rd, 8:45am – 3:00pm. They will present 6 speakers and have a panel discussion at the end. (Pastor Cliffe Knechtle, Chip Anderson, Dr. Ray Pennoyer, Dr. Dwane Kellogg, […]

International events are understandably occupying the religious news headlines this week. But closer to home, flying under the radar, a very significant spiritual movement has been building here in Connecticut. It will reach a crescendo of sorts this Friday, February 22nd at First Cathedral in Bloomfield, with the appearance of acclaimed speaker Chuck Pierce. FIC […]

FIC helped lead the Hartford March for Life from 2009-2011 and we keynoted the Bridgeport March for Life in 2012. This year, we are heavily focused on Washington, DC’s 40th anniversary March. But there is a Hartford March tomorrow and we encourage those who are interested to attend. Details are on the Archdiocese’s pro-life website: […]

FIC has received the following message from several sources: The Sandy Hook Tragedy has left many feeling fearful and powerless. A host of Christian artists and speakers will be sharing God’s message of Hope & Healing on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, from 6:00-10:00 p.m. at the Webster Bank Arena, 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604. […]

Philip Yancey, a best-selling evangelical Christian author and former editor of Christianity Today, will be speaking at Walnut Hill Community Church’s Bethel campus tomorrow night (Friday) at 7 pm, Saturday at 5 pm and will also speak at Walnut Hill’s services this Sunday. Yancey, according to Walnut Hill, “will answer the question he posed in […]

Putting Connecticut “under the Lordship of Jesus.” That is the mission of our friends at the Connecticut Night of Worship, which holds its big event this Saturday, Nov. 3rd at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. If you can, please attend. Details are here.

The pro-life movement is the true successor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights movement. Don’t take my word for it. Just ask his niece, Alveda King. In fact, ask her in person when she speaks this Thursday at St. Therese Church in Trumbull. Details are here. FIC is pleased to encourage our members to […]

From our friends at the New Canaan Society: Oct 18— Special Fatherhood Dinner (with women welcome). Hon. Gregory Slayton and David Wagner will speak about “fatherhood” at Country Club of Darien.  Register Here for the dinner (just $40, but it is filling fast). Slayton is a venture capitalist, professor, author and former U.S. Ambassador to […]

This Friday, October 5th, there will be a  bioethics lecture by Alan Sears, the president of Alliance Defending Freedom, which is the legal arm of Focus on the Family (and the Family Institute of Connecticut). The talk at Holy Apostles College in Cromwell will be on religious liberty, same sex “marriage”, and the link between […]