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Lent with the Lord: Let’s Fast!

Posted on February 14, 2024 in: Lent

From archdioceseofhartford.org: February 14th is a date that for many will bring to mind fancy meals or heart-shaped boxes filled with delicious chocolates. However, this year, Valentine’s Day coincides with Ash Wednesday, the beginning of our Lenten journey — a journey that is marked...

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What is Lent?

Posted on February 07, 2024 in: Lent

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. Here are a couple of videos that explain the season of Lent. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, w...

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Experience the Stations of the Cross in this Weekly Virtual Event

Posted on February 01, 2024 in: Events, Lent

The Way of the Cross: The Office of Faith Events invites you to join us virtually Friday nights in Lent as we pray together the Stations of the Cross through a different focus each week. February 16: Through the eyes of the suffering, ill and disabled February...

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Roots of Reverence: Observing Lent as a Family

Posted on January 28, 2024 in: Lent

In the tapestry of Catholic traditions, Lent stands as a profound thread weaving through the fabric of faith, calling families to embark on a transformative journey. It is not merely a season marked by abstinence; rather, Lent is a pilgrimage of the heart, an opportunity for introspection and renewa...

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When God Sees Our Sin, He Sees Our Pain

Posted on January 21, 2024 in: Lent

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39) &nbs...

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Led Back to God - Hope & Faith Video Series

Posted on April 05, 2023 in: FaithSparks, Lent, Eucharistic Revival

This week on the Hope and Faith Video Series, Gina Raymond speaks about her experience during Eucharistic Adoration, which led her back to God. View previous videos or more articles on Faith by visiting NorwichDiocese.org/FaithSparks

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St. Patrick's Day Lenten Dispensation

Posted on March 16, 2023 in: News, Lent

Whereas, the disciplinary practice of abstaining from meat on the Fridays in Lent is an important dimension of the penitential nature of the season and applies to all Catholics who have reached the age of fourteen (canons 1251 and 1252); Whereas, this year the Feast of St. Patrick, March 17, fall...

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Virtual Lenten Mission Recording: Witness and Wisdom

Posted on March 11, 2023 in: Lent

Please enjoy this recording of Fr. Jacob Ramos sharing his vocation story as part of the Office of Faith Event's Virtual Lenten Mission. Lenten Mission - Fr. Jacob Ramos from Office of Faith Events-Norwich on Vimeo.

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VaILimar Jansen Hosts Two-night Lenten Mission March 19-20

Posted on March 09, 2023 in: Lent

All are invited to join professional performer VaILimar Jansen for a two-night Lenten Mission with the theme REBIRTH RECONNECT RECOMMIT. Ms. Jansen uses song, dramatization and reflection to engage the audience in a spiritual experience. ValLimar tours the United States, Europe, Israel and the...

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Bishop Cote's Ash Wednesday Message

Posted on February 22, 2023 in: Lent

The Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D.D., Bishop of Norwich delivered his Ash Wednesday message during the Noon Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Norwich. Drawing on the Readings and insight from Saint Augustine Bishop Cote shares with us words of encouragement to begin our Lenten ...

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