Consecrating Our Families

Consecrating Our Families

Posted on May 03, 2020 in: News

Bishop Cote has invited parishioners to join us in prayer to our Lady for her maternal protection of our Diocese and her powerful intercession for an end to the current pandemic.

The ritual provided by the USCCB provides optional prayers to enable families to renew their consecration to the Blessed Mother as well. This can be performed at any time during the month of May.

If you would like to view Bishop Michael R. Cote renewing the consecration of the Diocese to the Blessed Virgin Mary under her titles Mother of the Church and Queen of Peace that took place on May 1st, click on the link here-NorwichDiocese.org/Spiritual-Communion-Resources

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Reverend John Stanley Gwudz, a retired priest of the Diocese of Norwich, died on Monday, January 26, 2026, in San Diego, California, following a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are pending in California, where he resided for many years, with burial to follow at the Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego. Father John was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on July 1, 1946. He attended Falls School and St. Joseph School, and graduated from St. Bernard High School. He continued his priestly formation at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and at Our Lady of the ...

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