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Monthly Hour Hour for Vocations

Posted on July 25, 2022 in: Vocations

Join us August 11, at 6 p.m. at St. john Church, Old Saybrook, as we pray for men to answer the call to be instruments of God’s grace as priests and for women to answer the call to consecrated life. The Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D.D., Bishop of Norwich, leads the Holy Hour. ...

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Clergy Appointments

Posted on July 20, 2022 in: News, Vocations

July 5, 2022 The Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D. D., Bishop of Norwich, has made the following clergy and diocesan appointment in the Diocese of Norwich Reverend Jacob Ramos, newly ordained, to Parochial Vicar, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish - Coventry and Storrs. Effective: Ju...

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Updated "Program of Priestly Formation in the United States of America" is Released

Posted on July 11, 2022 in: Vocations

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced the release of the updated Program of Priestly Formation in the United States of America (PPF). The sixth edition of this document which was promulgated on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 24, is particular law in the Ch...

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New Employment Opportunities in the Diocese of Norwich

Posted on July 07, 2022 in: News, School News, Vocations

Looking for a job? There are more than a dozen open positions listed on our website. Here are just a few of the opportunities. More are being added weekly. Bookmark the link below NorwichDiocese.org/Employment. Be sure to keep the link to Norwi...

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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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Clergy Appointments

Posted on October 03, 2026 in: Vocations

September 22, 2026 Richard F. Reidy, Bishop of Norwich, has made the following clergy and diocesan appointments in the Diocese of Norwich CLERGY APPOINTMENT Reverend Juan Angel Aguirre Palacio from Parochial Vicar, SS. Peter & Paul, Norwich, and Saint Mary, Norwich, to Administrator, SS. Peter & Paul, Norwich, and Saint Mary, Norwich. Effective: September 16, 2026. Reverend Robert Washabaugh from Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Norwich, and Saint Mary, Norwich to Retirement. Effective: September 16, 2026...

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