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Catholic Family Services Announces Natural Family Planning Week

Posted on July 18, 2019 in: News, Marriage

Catholic Family Services Announces Natural Family Planning Week

Natural Family Planning Awareness Week July 21-27th

The slogan for this year’s Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is: Love, Naturally! Cooperating with God’s design for married love. Natural Family Planning is medically safe with no harmful side effects, is 99 percent effective at achieving or postponing pregnancy without the use of chemicals, is easy to learn and use, and is in keeping with God’s design for married love. Read more about NFP at www.foryourmarriage.org or www.ccli.org. Or, for more information, call the Catholic Family Services Office at 860-848-2237, Ext. 312. Ongoing NFP classes are offered within the diocese by certified instructor couples.

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Enduring Love: Diocese Honors Couples at Anniversary Mass

Posted on October 23, 2025 in: News, Marriage

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Enduring Love: Diocese Honors Couples at Anniversary Mass

A Lifetime of Love Jack and Jane Sterry’s life together goes back to when both were just schoolkids living in Portland, Connecticut. Jack was a senior and Jane an incoming freshman at Portland High School when Jack took one look at Jane and knew she was the one for him. They’ve been together ever since and celebrated 69 years of marriage on June 30th. “I was lucky with this guy,” Jane said while patting Jack on the arm as both sat in the front pew of the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Norwich, waiting for the start of the Si...

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Holy Ground Sanctified By the Blood of Saints

Posted on October 22, 2025 in: News

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Holy Ground Sanctified By the Blood of Saints

The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs On Thursday, October 16, a busload of travelers and I accompanied Bishop Reidy on a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs. The day was marked by a pleasant bus ride, prayer, Holy Mass, and the beautiful vistas of the Mohawk Valley. Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs The Shrine, also known as Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine, is located in Auriesville / Fultonville, NY. It encompasses the village known as Ossernenon, where Saints Isaac Jogues, René Goupil, and Jean de Lalande were martyred, a...

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Special Report on Pope Leo’s Apostolic Exhortation

Posted on October 28, 2025 in: News

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Special Report on Pope Leo’s Apostolic Exhortation

In his first major document as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV has released a powerful call to action for the universal Church. His apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te (“On Love for the Poor”), promulgated on October 4, 2025, the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, and released in English five days later, sets forth a vision of the Church centered on compassion, humility, and solidarity with the poor. Building upon the unfinished work of Pope Francis, Dilexi Te weaves together the pastoral wisdom of two shepherds whose lives and ministries have been deeply shaped by Latin Ame...

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St. Bartolo Longo Is an Example for Those with Mental Health Struggles, Priest Says

Posted on October 27, 2025 in: News

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St. Bartolo Longo Is an Example for Those with Mental Health Struggles, Priest Says

Once an “ordained” Satanic priest, Bartolo Longo underwent one of the most dramatic conversions in recent Church history. He was canonized a saint on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA St. Bartolo Longo — a former Satanist “priest” whose remarkable conversion led him to create a Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary and spread devotion to the prayer — was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 19. In addition to his example of faith and Marian devotion, Bartolo Longo (Bart...

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The Catholic Medical Association: Upholding the Principles of the Catholic Faith in the Science and Practice of Medicine

Posted on October 27, 2025 in: News

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The Catholic Medical Association: Upholding the Principles of the Catholic Faith in the Science and Practice of Medicine

The dilemmas are real, and our decisions cut deep. As medical professionals, we struggle to integrate our Catholic values into the practice of medicine. Here is just a sampling of the moral struggles confronted by physicians every day: Many physicians are inundated by requests for birth control prescriptions. Countless young women go to the doctor specifically for that reason, being quite upfront that they want the pills to avoid pregnancy and to “just have fun.” Many medical professionals now know that if they say no, their healthcare organization might disc...

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