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Spend Time in Eucharistic Adoration

Posted on February 13, 2023 in: Reflections

What we look at has the power to change us. Our eyes are like portals to our imagination. Seeing something has a unique ability to stimulate new thoughts, clarify former ideas and significantly alter our perception. To gaze upon the Grand Canyon, the face of a child or, more problematically, images ...

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World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life in the Diocese of Norwich

Posted on February 06, 2023 in: Reflections

On Feb. 5, priests and Religious from around the Diocese of Norwich gathered at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick to celebrate the gift of the Consecrated Life. All the faithful attendees came together to pray in thanksgiving for the Consecrated life and to ask God to bless members of Religious Co...

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Can Our Work Help Our Faith?

Posted on February 02, 2023 in: Reflections

Each and every one of us, by virtue of our baptism, is called to live the Gospel and to follow Jesus in our daily lives. But how practical is that? Is it realistic to think that we can actually practice our faith in our daily work? According to Michael W. Sullivan, SFO, here are three ways our wo...

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Saint John Bosco - Patron Saint of Catholic Editors and Youth

Posted on January 31, 2023 in: News, Reflections

“…that they are aware that they are loved” - Saint John Bosco 1815–1888 Patron Saint of apprentices, boys, editors, laborers, magicians, students Canonized by Pope Pius XI on April 1, 1934 The Church celebrates Saint John Bosco’s feast day on January 31. P...

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Bishop's Column: Sharing the Good News Through Witness Stories

Posted on January 12, 2023 in: Reflections

So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. Luke 2:16-17 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Each year, as we commemorate the birth of the Lord J...

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After a Year of Change, the Fight for Unborn Children Continues

Posted on January 10, 2023 in: Reflections, ProLife

My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, January 22, 2023, marks fifty years since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. For fifty years there has been a march in Washington D.C. This year's march will be held on January 20. The theme is "Next Steps: Marching in a Post-Ro...

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A Prayer for 2023

Posted on January 01, 2023 in: Reflections

Remember us, O God; from age to age be our comforter. You have given us the wonder of time, blessings in days and nights, seasons and years. Bless your children at the turning of the year and fill the months ahead with the bright hope that is ours in the coming of Christ. You are our Go...

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Daily Bread for the Body and Spirit

Posted on December 27, 2022 in: Reflections

During the holidays, we can be prone to overindulging between Christmas and New Year festivities. An excessive variety and quantity of food find their way to our tables, making their flavorful contributions to our merriment. I mean, what would Christmas be without the family feast? Ham? Eggnog? Pump...

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Bishop Cote's Christmas Message for 2022

Posted on December 22, 2022 in: Reflections

December 2022 Four County Catholic Christmas Message 2022 “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 My dear sisters and brot...

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A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

Posted on November 17, 2022 in: News, Reflections

God, all powerful, most holy, most high and supreme; Father: holy and righteous; Lord: king of heaven and earth; we thank you for yourself, because by your holy will and through your only Son and the Holy Spirit you created all things, spiritual and material. You made us in your image and...

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A Prayer for Father's Day

Posted on June 12, 2025 in: Reflections

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Dear God, Thank you for loving us with your perfect heart of a father. We ask you this Father's Day and always to guide and protect the hearts of all men in fatherly roles who are striving to love with your heart and do your work. Give them pure, chaste, courageous, and creative hearts like Saint Joseph. Give them hearts that never tire of serving those they are called to love. Give them hearts that seek out their loved ones and gently turn their gaze to see You, who is Love. And we ask you, Father, to bless them abundantly today....

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Bishop Reidy's Pastoral on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Posted on June 18, 2025 in: Reflections

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Bishop Reidy's Pastoral on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 16, 2025 My dear friends in Christ, This weekend we observe the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). This day reminds us in a particular way of the great gift of the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist has been called God’s gift par excellence because it is the gift of Jesus Himself and of His saving work. Jesus is present to us in many ways---- in the Scriptures, in all the sacraments, in the assembly of the faithful gathered to pray at Mass, and in the prie...

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