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National Vocation Awareness Week Invites the Faithful to Pray for an Increase in Vocations in the United States

Posted on November 01, 2023 in: News, Vocations

The Catholic Church in the United States will commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 5-11. WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church in the United States will commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 5-11. Each year, national Catholic organizations, dioceses, ...

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Calling Upon the Faithful: Prayers to Nurture Vocations

Posted on October 16, 2023 in: Vocations

I would like to begin by thanking you for your prayers. I have spoken to many of you who have taken up the challenge of praying for your pastors daily so that they might be strengthened by God's grace in times of in...

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The Seven Sisters: An Apostolate of Prayer

Posted on October 07, 2023 in: Vocations

‘That our prayers may find the heart of every priest and bishop’ In a recent Vocations column, Father Kevin Reilly, diocesan director of vocations, stated that perhaps we would see an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life if we prayed for our pa...

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Clergy Appointments

Posted on September 20, 2023 in: News, Vocations

September 20, 2023 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 Marvin Bearis, OFM Cap., to Saint Pius X Parish, Middletown, Pastor. Effective: September 1, 2023. ...

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Celebrating a New Chapter: Reverend Monsignor Kevin Randall Appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Posted on August 17, 2023 in: News, Vocations

Reverend Monsignor Kevin Randall has been appointed as the Apostolic Nuncio (Papal Ambassador) to Bangladesh by our Holy Father Pope Francis. The appointment was made public by the Vatican on Sunday, August 13. Born on May 6, 1966, in New London, he was ordained a priest on July 25, 1992, and is inc...

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Clergy Appointments

Posted on August 09, 2023 in: News, Vocations

December 20, 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 Deacon Joseph Delaney, Newly Ordained Permanent Deacon to Saint James Church, Danielson and Educational Chaplaincy. Effec...

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Come Pray For Vocations

Posted on August 07, 2023 in: Vocations

Join us each month to pray a Eucharistic Holy Hour for vocations led by Bishop Cote. These hours of adoration are a wonderful opportunity to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, to pray for our seminarians, and for our priests and religious already serving our diocese. 2023 Au...

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CT Catholic Men's Conference Offers Fellowship, renewal of Spirits and Inspiration

Posted on July 20, 2023 in: Events, Vocations

Each year, the Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference offers Catholic men from every corner of Connecticut the opportunity to come together in fellowship, to be renewed in our spirits, and to be inspired to become the men of faith Christ has called us to be. This year on Saturday, Sept. 23, ...

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'Profound Transformation' - Bishop Ordains Five Permanent Deacons

Posted on July 08, 2023 in: News, Vocations

In service to the Church On July 8 at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, five men were ordained to the order of the permanent diaconate. Bishop Michael R. Cote, D.D. welcomed candidates Mr. Joseph Delaney, Mr. Mark Desrosiers, Mr. Christopher Hammond, Mr. David Imhof and Mr. Ronald Krystof...

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Priests Celebrate Ordination Milestones

Posted on July 07, 2023 in: Vocations

Editor's Note: The article and picture below slipped through the cracks when the details of the Chrism Mass were published during Holy Week. We apologize for the delay. Priests, deacons, and faithful communicants from throughout the diocese gathered for the annual Chrism Mass, which took plac...

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Photos & Video: The Most Rev. Richard F. Reidy Ordained as the Sixth Bishop of Norwich

Posted on May 01, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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Photos & Video: The Most Rev. Richard F. Reidy Ordained as the Sixth Bishop of Norwich

The Most Reverend Richard F. Reidy was ordained as the Sixth Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick. The gathering filled the cathedral for the Mass of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Reidy, who comes to Norwich from the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was vicar general. Pope Francis appointed Reidy as Sixth Bishop of Norwich in February. Click here to see a photo gallery of the Ordination Click here for more information about Bishop Reidy Video of the compl...

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Bishop Reidy Welcomes Pope Leo XIV with Prayer and Gratitude

Posted on May 08, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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A Moment of Grace: Bishop Reidy’s Mass of Thanksgiving Following the Election of Pope Leo XIV

Posted on May 09, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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A Moment of Grace: Bishop Reidy’s Mass of Thanksgiving Following the Election of Pope Leo XIV

On Friday, May 9—just one day after the election of Pope Leo XIV and ten days after his ordination as the sixth Bishop of Norwich—the Most Reverend Richard F. Reidy quietly marked the occasion with a noon Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick. Though it was a regularly scheduled daily liturgy with organ accompaniment, the timing made it anything but ordinary. With the election of the first American pope and the recent ordination of their new bishop, those gathered were united in prayer and gratitude. In his homily, Bishop Reidy reflected o...

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How is a New Pope Chosen?

Posted on May 05, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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When a pope dies or resigns, the governance of the Catholic Church passes to the College of Cardinals. Cardinals are bishops and Vatican officials from all over the world, personally chosen by the pope, recognizable by their distinctive red vestments. Following a vacancy in the papacy, the cardinals hold a series of meetings at the Vatican called general congregations. They discuss the needs and the challenges facing the Catholic Church globally. They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave. Decisions that only the pope can make, such a...

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