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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                    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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Vocations, Prayer

‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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