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Celebrate: The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12

Posted on November 29, 2023 in: Hispanic Ministry, ADVENT

Celebrate: The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12

Celebrate with us!
The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Cathedral of St. Patrick
213 Broadway, Norwich, CT

6:30pm Bilingual Rosary

7:00pm Eucharistic Celebration
(Bilingual)

The Most Rev. Michael R. Cote
Bishop of Norwich
Principal Celebrant

Please join us as together we honor Our Lady and ask her intercession for those who cannot speak for themselves: the unborn, the poor, the marginalized, and those overwhelmed by despair.

Fiesta following the liturgical celebration. A free-will offering will be asked to cover the cost of the buffet.

Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season.

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Watch the Replay of Christmas Midnight Mass

Posted on December 25, 2025 in: News

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Watch the Replay of Christmas Midnight Mass

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Celebrate the Closing of the Jubilee Year of 2025

Posted on December 23, 2025 in: Jubilee 2025

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“May the light of Christian hope illumine every man and woman, as a message of God’s love addressed to all!” — Pope Francis My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, On the Solemnity of Epiphany, January 4, 2026, at 2 pm, we will celebrate the closing of the Jubilee Year with Adoration and choral Liturgy of the Hours at Saint Patrick Cathedral in Norwich. With roots in the Old Testament (see Leviticus 25:8-55), a Jubilee Year is a special time of grace to grow in holiness, experience God’s mercy and be filled with hope. Jubilee Years, ...

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Watch the Replay: Festival of Lessons & Carols at Saint Patrick Cathedral

Posted on December 22, 2025 in: News, ADVENT

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