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'A Priest Forever' - The Ordination of Rev. Jacob Ramos

Posted on June 30, 2022 in: News, Vocations

“You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.” -- Psalm 110 A celebration of the ordination to the priesthood of Reverend Jacob Ramos for service as a priest in the Diocese of Norwich took place June 25, 2022. The Ritual Mass for the Conferral of Holy Or...

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An Invitation to the Ordination of Deacon Jacob Ramos

Posted on June 16, 2022 in: Events, Vocations

You are cordially invited to the Cathedral of Saint Patrick for the Mass of Ordination of Deacon Jacob Ramos Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Unable to attend in person? The Mass also will be livestreamed: NorwichDiocese.org/Masses Related articles ...

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Diakonia: Hospital Ministry Serves the Sick and Dying

Posted on June 10, 2022 in: Vocations

It was in 2005, when I was in my fourth year of studies to become a deacon, that I was required to volunteer for a community service experience. As deacon candidates, we were encouraged to find a volunteer experience that would take us out of our comfort zones. About the same time, I saw a church...

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We are Called to ‘Play’ Well Together

Posted on May 28, 2022 in: Vocations

One thing I learned from my experience playing team sports in high school was that personal excellence translates to team excellence when individuals perform excellently together (as a team). It’s not enough for players to play well individually. They have to play well together to succeed.&nbs...

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Diakonia: Installation into the Ministry of Lector

Posted on May 14, 2022 in: Vocations

Bishop Michael R. Cote installed five candidates for the Order of the Permanent Diaconate into the Ministry of Lector on May 27: Joseph Delaney, Mark Desrosiers, Christopher Hammond, David Imhof and Ronald Krystofik. The installation into the Ministry of Lector was one of the required steps...

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Shoutouts to Some of Our Seminarians

Posted on May 07, 2022 in: Vocations

First, a shoutout to seminarian Mark Johnson, our first year theologian, who received the ministry of lector with his classmates on Friday, April 22, in the seminary’s Immaculate Conception Chapel. The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from scripture ...

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God Calls Us To Share His Love Through Service

Posted on April 24, 2022 in: Vocations, ACA

As we celebrtate our Lord Jesus Christ's resurrection, we often think of all those who have sacrificed as Jesus did, whether it be the forgoing of personal time through volunteerism, making monetary donations to organizations even through these difficult times or for those who made a life-long c...

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With God, All Things are Possible - Vocations Corner

Posted on April 19, 2022 in: Vocations

Can you believe that it has been over three months since Father Larry Barile’s priestly ordination? I asked Father Barile to reflect on his experience of priesthood thus far. Here is what he had to say… On December 8, 2021, the Most Rev. Michael R. Cote, DD conferred the ...

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Deacons Shift from 'Build A House' to 'Give A Goat'

Posted on April 05, 2022 in: News, Vocations, Outreach to Haiti

The word “deacon” is derived from “diakonia'', a Greek word which means “to serve”. Deacons are members of the clergy along with priests and bishops. The deacon’s ministry has three dimensions: liturgy, word and service. Deacons are ordained as a sac...

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Vocations: From ‘Ashes to Life,’ Lent is a Time for Spiritual Renewal

Posted on March 26, 2022 in: Vocations, Lent

Our Lenten journey began with Ash Wednesday on March 2. Catholics from throughout our diocese came to Ash Wednesday Masses and services and were marked with ashes. These ashes represented our mortality. They reminded us that we are dust and to dust we will return. Yet, as Pope Fra...

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Clergy Appointments

Posted on July 09, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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July 3, 2025 The Most Reverend Richard F. Reidy, Bishop of Norwich, has made the following clergy and diocesan appointments in the Diocese of Norwich DIOCESAN APPOINTMENT Rev. Msgr. Leszek T. Janik, JCL, Vicar General of the Diocese of Norwich, while continuing as Pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Norwichtown, and Saint Joseph Church, Norwich. Effective: June 5, 2025. Very Rev. Ted Tumicki, STL, JCL, Judicial Vicar for the Tribunal Office of the Diocese of Norwich. Effective: June 5, 2025. CLERGY APPOINTMENT Reverend Francis Gi...

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Annual Report Finds There Are ‘Not Enough’ Deacons Being Ordained in the U.S.

Posted on June 24, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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Annual Report Finds There Are ‘Not Enough’ Deacons Being Ordained in the U.S.

The number of ordinations of permanent deacons in the United States has decreased by nearly 200 from 2023 to 2024, according to a recent survey. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University published the survey results in its 2025 report “A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2024.” According to the report, 587 men were ordained to the permanent diaconate in 2023, but in 2024, the number fell to 393. The report was created in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (US...

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