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At noon this past Friday (June 8th) the Family Institute of Connecticut helped gather over 520 people on the New Haven Green for a second Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally. This was one of hundreds of rallies occurring simultaneously in about 150 cities to protest the federal mandate requiring religious institutions to pay for […]

FIC will be celebrating the National Day of Prayer at First Cathedral on the evening of Thursday, May 3rd and we hope you will join us. Details courtesy of our friend Bill Brown: A National Day of Prayer Gathering will be held at the First Cathedral May 3rd, Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m.   Christian […]

Press Release Contact: Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director, Family Institute of Connecticut, 860-548-0066 HARTFORD, Conn., March 25, 2012 / — Family Institute of Connecticut co-hosted the Hartford Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally on Friday, March 23rd in front of the Ribicoff Court House. This was one of 140 rallies happening the same day across the […]

Pope Benedict XVI has chosen Bridgeport’s Bishop William E. Lori to be the next Archbishop of Baltimore. Family Institute of Connecticut executive director Peter Wolfgang has issued the following statement: “In his biographies of Pope John Paul II, Catholic scholar George Weigel identifies two types of bishops: those who are focused on institutional maintenance and […]

In the matter of President Obama’s attempt to force Catholic institutions to provide and pay for abortifacients, contraceptives and sterilizations, Family Institute of Connecticut Action has focused on the policy implications, not the politics, of the federal government issuing a mandate forcing people to violate their religious beliefs. (You can view our campaign to win […]

Of the dozen or so ways in which we communicate with our members and the public, FIC Blog has the smallest audience. Yet there are some of you who read only the Blog. So for those of you who missed it, yes, FIC Action has been all over the Obama Administration’s attack on religious liberty. […]

The Fairfield County Catholic is reporting that Nancy Matthews will retire this week after nine years as chancellor of the Diocese of Bridgeport: The chancellor earned a place in diocesan history when working beside Bishop Lori, she helped to lead opposition to the now infamous Senate Bill 1098. Proposed by the judiciary committee of the […]

Forwarded to FIC: Recent attacks against churches in Iraq and Egypt demonstrate that Christianity faces an uncertain future in the Middle East. This one-day conference, on January 21, 2012, from 9 AM – 4 PM, will bring together representatives from the Christian communities in Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt to speak about the day-to-day threats faced […]

A “gay nativity scene” at a church in California has been vandalized and we are immediately informed that it will be investigated as a hate crime. A Bible-burning vandal damages New Haven’s Christmas tree–possibly soaking the holy book with something to increase the fire–and authorities call it “unfortunate.” A person deliberately crashes his car into […]

William Lori, Bridgeport’s Roman Catholic Bishop and the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, has been one of Connecticut’s most important pro-family leaders for a decade. The same determined will that we have grown to love and admire here at FIC is on full display in his recent testimony to Congress on behalf of […]