Mental illness affects people of all ages, genders, religions, and backgrounds. That’s why the SS. Isidore and Maria Health Ministry seeks your help in supporting “The Purple Light Project,” an initiative of Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living (IOL). The Purple Light Project provides tangible support to the psychiatric patients in Hartford Hospital’s Emergency Department, which monthly sees approximately 450 people experiencing a mental health crisis. All too often, they arrive at the hospital without the life’s basics that we take for granted. That’s where YOU come in. There are two ways you can help support The Purple Light Project: 1) Dine at [...]

In the Eucharist, we “break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death and the food that makes us live forever in Jesus Christ.” (St. Ignatius of Antioch) Despite the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, the opportunity to receive communion in a safe, socially distant manner is available following each weekend Mass at SS. Isidore and Maria Parish. We understand that there are some people who are not yet comfortable participating in Mass in person. Simply come to the front entrance of St. Paul Church at one to the times listed below, and avail [...]