Newtown Interfaith Council is planning the 2019 Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration for Sunday, November 24. This year's celebration will be an early afternoon event.

The Fifth Annual Men’s Fellowship Evening at St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church will feature United States Marine First Sergeant Ben Grainger as its featured speaker.

The public is invited to join members of Christ the King Lutheran Church and The K-9 Comfort Dogs of Lutheran Church Charities for a program at the church on Friday, October 25.

All are invited to join families and individuals from Newtown who will be walking in the CROP Hunger Walk, scheduled this year for Sunday, October 27, at Fairfield Hills.

When Newtown Congregational Church hosts this year’s Mississippi BBQ & Shrimp Boil on October 19, guests will once again enjoy a traditional low country menu of Cajun seasoned shrimp, BBQ chicken, Andouile sausage, and plenty of sides. They will also welcome Matt Cole, a former Newtown resident who is now working for a United Church of Christ mission that NCC has strong ties with.

NOTE: This story has been updated to include comments from Monsignor Robert Weiss, senior pastor of St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church. || More than 70 former or deceased Bridgeport Diocese clergy members are accused of sexual abuse, and three previous bishops are being harshly criticized for ignoring accusations and enabling accused clergy members to continue patters of abuse after being transferred.

NOTE: Due to reported illness, this program is being postponed; new date TBA. || Newtown Congregational Church will host an afternoon of conversation, coffee and refreshments with the Rev Dr Davida Foy Crabtree, a United Church of Christ minister with a keen application of the faith to daily life, on Sunday, September 29.