CANCELLED: Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations-March 19th

CANCELLED: Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations-March 19th

Posted on March 17, 2020 in: Vocations, Canceled Events

This Holy Hour is cancelled as a precaution to halt the spread of the Coronavirus.

Join us March 19, 6 pm. at St. Joseph Church, Chester as we pray for men to answer the call to be instruments of God’s grace as priests and for women to answer the call to consecrated life.

April Holy Hour for Vocations will take place April 23, 6 pm. at St. John, Cromwell

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