World Day for Consecrated Life
February 6, 2022
10:30 a.m.
"Anchors of Hope" was the theme for this year's celebration of consecrated life in the Diocese of Norwich.
The virtue hope is described as the anchor of the soul in the letter to the Hebrews chapter 6 verse 19- "we have hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and strong."
The image of the anchor was used in the early church. An anchor keeps a ship from being carried away by the wind or strong ocean currents. The virtue of Hope keeps us firmly anchored in Christ. No matter what chaos and uncertainty might be going on around us, He will give us peace through the Holy Spirit. A peace that the world cannot give.
In attendance were many Jubilarians celebrating significant Anniversaries- some with 25 years of professed vows with a religious institute or society and one celebrating 75 years.
Below is the video of the Mass celebrated by Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D.D. The Homilist was was Father Jacinto Mary Chapin, FI, from the Marian Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Griswold.
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