BRIDGEPORT, Friday, May 29, 2009, 3:30 p.m. – In United States District Court today, attorneys representing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport filed a lawsuit against officials of the State of Connecticut Office of State Ethics (OSE), seeking a court order to stop them from an unconstitutional application of state lobbying laws.
These officials are requiring the Diocese – and presumably all other organizations – to register as a lobbyist in order to engage in activities such as a rally at the State Capitol or using its website to encourage its members to contact their elected representatives. Application of the law in this manner would subject the First Amendment rights of Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Assembly to government oversight and penalties.
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Serving grades 6th, 7th, and 8th, Trinity Catholic Middle School is grounded firmly in the Catholic tradition, acknowledging that the human person is properly fulfilled in relationship to God.The school welcomes all families of good will, providing a full education in each of the three components of human reality: spiritual, intellectual, physical.
Trinity Catholic Middle School seeks to foster in its students the complementary aspects of faith and reason, such that the Gospel will resonate from them in their future vocations in life.
Trinity Catholic Middle School (TCMS) is under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. Founded in 1964 as St. Gabriel Parochial School, it stands today as the only middle school in the diocese, and the only Catholic school serving grades 6-8 in the city of Stamford.
The school sits on 26 acres of property in a suburban section of Stamford, sharing the campus with Trinity Catholic High School, St. Gabriel Parish, and St. John Fisher Seminary.