From left, John Verrilli, Gary Onofrio and Mike Barton enjoy a meal during the Holiday Homeless and Elderly Dinner with food prepared by Emmett O'Brien's culinary students on Thursday, December 16, 2010.
Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg
1/06/06 --Bishop William Lori served patrons at the Thomas Merton Center soup kitchen Friday morning. The Bishop has made a tradition of visiting Catholic Charities throughout the Diocese of Bridgeport for the new year. Bishop William E. Lori of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., has been named the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore. Pope Benedict XVI made the announcement Tuesday. Lori will succeed Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, who served as Baltimore's 15th archbishop from October 2007 to August 2011 when he was named grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Eugene Johnson, who’s been homeless for four years, spends his nights behind the Fairfield County Courthouse on Main Street in Bridgeport. He stays away from shelters because, he says, they have too much crime.
Photo: John Burgeson
Stephen Klein, on his cot at the Homeless Shelter at the Firts Congregational Church in Danbury. Thursday night was a count of the homeless population in Danbury. Photo taken January 29,2009
Photo: Carol Kaliff