The Catholic Transcript

The Catholic Transcript is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Our circulation is 85,000. The paper is published monthly. For this month's headline stories, click here. For complete coverage go to The Catholic Transcript web site.

Mission

The mission of the paper is to inform, educate and inspire. As a Catholic newspaper publisher, The Catholic Transcript Inc. is part of the overall mission of the Church in the Archdiocese. It is an official tool of evangelization as it seeks to form and inform the Catholic faith community of Connecticut. The Catholic Transcript positions itself as a unique publication that brings news and information with a distinctly Catholic perspective. It operates according to the highest standards of professional journalism, seeking to serve the Church in truth, as it informs, educates, inspires and supports the faith journey of the contemporary Catholic.

Our Own Story

The Catholic Transcript Inc., which publishes The Transcript, was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in June 1959. Until October 1996 it was Connecticut's only weekly Catholic newspaper and the official weekly newspaper of the Catholic Church in Connecticut. It became a monthly publication in December 1996.

The Catholic Transcript traces its roots back to 1829 when the first weekly Catholic newspaper appeared in Connecticut, The Catholic Press. In 1896, Bishop Michael Tierney recognized the need for the Diocese of Hartford to have an official channel of communications with Connecticut's growing Catholic population. In April 1896, the Diocese of Hartford purchased The Connecticut Catholic Publishing Co. The Connecticut Catholic became the official weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Hartford. In April of 1898, the name of the newspaper was changed from The Connecticut Catholic to The Catholic Transcript.

The Catholic Transcript also publishes The Connecticut Catholic Directory, a directory of the Archdiocese of Hartford and Dioceses of Bridgeport, Norwich and Stamford (Byzantine Rite), as well as providing graphic services to other archdiocesan agencies.

The Catholic Transcript accepts freelance material for consideration. It offers syndicated columns and features.

Staff

Msgr. David Q. Liptak, Executive Editor
Roberta Tuttle, Managing Editor – rtuttle@catholictranscript.org
Jack Sheedy, Assistant Editor - jsheedy@catholictranscript.org
John Bohuslaw, Features Editor – jbohuslaw@catholictranscript.org
Mary Chalupsky, Reporter – chalups@attglobal.net
Carole Cronsell, Business Manager – ccronsell@catholictranscript.org
Jeff Guerrette, Advertising - jguerrette@catholictranscript.org
Joyce Boudreau, Circulation Supervisor – jboudreau@catholictranscript.org
Leslie DiVenere, Graphic Designer – ldivenere@catholictranscript.org
Joe Brown, Graphic Designer – jbrown@catholictranscript.org

To contact The Catholic Transcript:

Telephone: 860-286-2828 or 1-800-726-2391
Fax: 860-726-0000
Email: info@catholictranscript.org
Website: www.catholictranscript.org

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The Catholic Transcript, Attention Joyce Boudreau, 467 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield CT 06002-2009