Support for bishop

Bishop Rosazza has again displayed the compassionate spirit that he has blessed the Hartford Archdiocese with for over 40 years. In “Faith Matters: Reading the sign of the times and nuclear disarmament,” he says, “The current pandemic should help us see the exorbitant level of spending on nuclear arms and other armaments is not in keeping with the times. It wasn’t nuclear or conventional weapons or submarines or fighter jets that brought the world to a standstill.”

Sadly, in 1983 Bishop Rosazza was also a member of Archbishop John Whealon’s Justice and Peace Commission, with the task to “debate

about peace, war and nuclear weapons”. The commission at that time failed in Hartford and debate on these issues stopped.

This “debate” has gone on for years. Maybe too long. Maybe the bishop needs some help?

Last November, the Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition held a conference titled, “Retooling the CT War Economy.” A number of priests and officials from the archdiocese were asked to attend the conference and participate in an interfaith panel to discuss the $100 billion a year investment in nuclear arms and a $750 billion investment per year on “other armaments,” many manufactured right here in Connecticut. It might even be a moral problem. The response from this group was underwhelming. The interfaith panel failed to materialize. The debate was not even started.

But, beginning June 6, through the Office of Catholic Social Justice Ministry, Bishop Rosazza will be sponsoring monthly online webinars titled “Rooted in Faith, Opening Wide Our Hearts.” Hopefully, through the bishop’s influence the conversation will expand to include the three “giant triplets” Martin Luther King pointed out that are linked together, those of racism, extreme materialism and militarism.

Please consider getting involved in this online discussion and supporting the Bishop.

Jim Brasile

Newington Veterans For Peace