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Vocations Corner

Posted on February 15, 2020 in: News, Vocations

Father Gregory Galvin, Director of Priestly Vocations During New Year’s week, more than 8,500 Catholic college students, Focus Missionaries, priests and religious from across the country and around the world gathered for a four-and-a-half-day national conference on the Catholic faith. It...

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Vocations, Norwich, Catholic, Priests

Pope Francis' Amazon Exhortation Calls for Holiness

Posted on February 12, 2020 in: News, Vocations

By Courtney Mares Vatican City (CNA) - Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following the synod, the pope does not call for married priests, but seeks to expand "horizons b...

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Mass, Catholic, Priests, Pope, Francis

Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations

Posted on February 09, 2020 in: Events, Vocations

Join us February 20, 6 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Norwich 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. March Holy Hour for Vocations will take place March 19, 6 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, C...

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Jubilarians Renew Vows at Mass for Consecrated Life

Posted on February 04, 2020 in: News, Vocations

Those who have devoted their lives to God’s calling gathered to celebrate and renew that commitment at the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Consecrated Life on February 2nd at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. Six Jubilarians marked anniversaries of between 25 and 65 years of con...

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Norwich, Mass, Catholic

Vocations Corner

Posted on January 30, 2020 in: Vocations

Father Gregory Galvin, Director of Priestly Vocations Hallelujah to our newborn King, Christ the Lord! My hope is that you experienced a merry Christmas filled with many blessings of joy, peace, faith and divine love! It’s amazing how quickly Advent and Christmas came and went. Who co...

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Vocations, Norwich, Catholic

Annual Mass of Consecrated Life

Posted on January 21, 2020 in: Events, Vocations

On Sunday, February 2, the annual Mass of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Consecrated Life will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. in the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Norwich. All are invited to join Bishop Michael R. Cote in thanking God for the gift of consecrated life and for the sisters, b...

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Norwich, Mass, Catholic

In Memoriam: Sister Margaret Miriam Higgins

Posted on January 16, 2020 in: News, Vocations

Sister Margaret Miriam Higgins of the Sisters of Mercy died peacefully at the age of 94 on January 11, 2020 at St. Mary Home in West Hartford. Born and raised in New London she was the daughter of Arthur Higgins and Anna Green Higgins. Sister entered the Sisters of Mercy on July 1, 1944 and profe...

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Obituary

Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations

Posted on January 09, 2020 in: Events, Vocations

Join us at St.Mary Church in Jewett City at 6pm on January 16, 2020 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. February Holy Hour for Vocations will take place at St. Josep...

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Adoration

Former Student Honors Sister Barbara Gould

Posted on January 09, 2020 in: News, School News, Vocations

Sister Barbara Gould, R.S.M. gets a big surprise during the annual Teachers' Institute held on November 12 at the Holiday Inn in Norwich. Dr. Patrick Slattery, Executive Director of the Xaverian sponsored schools was the keynote speaker for the Institute. Sister Barbara was his elem...

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Norwich, Catholic

In Memoriam: Fr. Patrick G. McCorry, December 19, 2019

Posted on January 08, 2020 in: News, Vocations

The Rev. Patrick G. McCorry passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2019 in Cromwell, Connecticut. He was 78. Father McCorry graduated from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts with a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts and was employed as a municipal bond analyst for Standa...

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Norwich, Priest, Catholic

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A Life of Faith and Service

Posted on December 20, 2024 in: Vocations

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Bishop Emeritus Michael R. Cote has led a life defined by unwavering faith, dedication, and service to the Catholic Church. Born in Sanford, Maine, on June 19, 1949, he was raised in a family deeply rooted in Catholic values. His parents, Paul and Margaret Alma (Trottier) Cote, greatly influenced his early formation, but as Bishop Cote recalls, it was Sister Celeste, his second-grade teacher, who said, “‘Michael, you will play the role of a priest in the school play’” that planted a seed that would later take root. During his college years he began t...

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A New Mission: Full-Time Focus on Vocations for the Diocese

Posted on January 09, 2025 in: Vocations

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A New Mission: Full-Time Focus on Vocations for the Diocese

The archbishop has asked that you take on the role of director for vocations for the Diocese of Norwich. A Surprising New Role This was not how I imagined my day beginning on the morning of Oct. 22, 2024, the feast day of Pope St. John Paul II. I had just finished morning Mass at St. Michael in Pawcatuck and was updating Father Perkins about my schedule for the day. As I finished, he delivered this request from Archbishop Coyne, which caught me by surprise. The Archbishop’s Vision The archbishop had met with the priests of the diocese earlier in the month....

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To Jesus Through Mary — A Marian Discernment Retreat

Posted on December 30, 2024 in: Events, Vocations

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To Jesus Through Mary A Marian Discernment Retreat February 7-9, 2025 OPPORTUNITY FOR: Daily Mass Sacrament of Reconciliation Prayer with the Sisters Silent prayer Marian conferences on discernment Recreation with the Sisters JOIN US AS WE DIVE DEEPER INTO DISCERNMENT IN UNION WITH OUR BLESSED MOTHER. MAY HER FIAT GUIDE YOURS! For single women ages 18-33 discerning religious life Friday, February 7th at 6:30 PM - Sunday, February 9th at 10:00 AM Register by January 20th: https://sistersofcharity.com/discernment-retreat/ F...

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