Franciscan Home Care

As a Catholic agency, we value and respect the dignity of every human life, so we are encouraged by the response to the March for Life. The Pro-Life Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford is sponsoring five buses leaving from our campus on Thursday, Jan 23, for Washington, DC. Some of our employees will be [...]

The educational and spiritual enrichment programs have been temporarily suspended until further notice.  

Due to Covid-19, the Franciscan Golf Classic, scheduled for August 17, 2020, is cancelled. The postponement is in the best interest of all who attend this fundraising event benefiting the programs and services of the Franciscan Life Center and Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care. The new date is August 16, 2021, at Tunxis Plantation [...]

This year the well-known Franciscan Christmas Fair will be online from November 21 to December 20. Shop for your favorite items – Franciscan pottery, candles, knitted and sewn items, olive wood products from the Holy Land, rosaries, greeting cards and many more! See photos of the Living Creche from previous years! Buy raffle tickets for [...]

The story of the Transfiguration is hard to imagine: standing in the presence of Moses, Elijah, and Our Lord and then descending the mountain to reenter the ordinary routine of life.  Like Peter, who wanted to build three tents, we often struggle with the connection between the transcendent and the mundane. A beautiful mosaic on [...]