Music, especially Liturgical music, has always been a passion for Colleen Puscas. Some 30 years ago, she was the director of liturgy and music at Christ the Teacher Parish/Newman Center at Northern Illinois University. Then her husband, Michael, had a job opportunity in Connecticut, so she and her family moved to Colchester. One Sunday morning, after moving there, the family was running late preparing their four children for church, so they ended up attending a later Mass, 11 a.m. at St. Andrew Church. That was the first time Colleen heard the choir sing for Mass, and al...

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The Office of Radio and Television (ORTV) streams the Celebration of the Eucharist (daily television Mass) Live Monday through Friday at 10:00 a.m. Other live stream liturgical celebrations will be announced on the ORTV home page. The LIVE stream broadcasts Monday thrpugh Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  On weekends, there is no LIVE stream of the Mass.  To view a weekend Mass, click the Vimeo link below. Vimeo Link In addition to streaming live on the ORTV website, the TV Mass is also live streamed on its Facebook page and its YouTube...

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October 4, 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 Jonathan Ficara from Pastor, Our Lady - Queen of Peace Parish, Storrs, and Coventry, Leave of Absence for Personal reasons. Effective: October 15, 2022    Reverend Gregory Galvin from Pastor, Saint Philip the Apostle Parish, Ashford, to Pastor, Our Lady - Queen of Peace Parish, Storrs, and Coventry. Effective: October 15, 2022   Reverend Michael Giannitelli fr...

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After waiting three years to see Eastern Europe, our journey began with the announcement of a pilots’ strike by Lufthansa, our designated airline carrier to Prague, the capitol of the Czech Republic. With some creative re-arrangements, our travel agent divided the 29 of us into groups, sending some to Amsterdam via KLM and some to Warsaw via LOT Airlines.  With amazement, we all were together at our hotel in Prague by evening the following day; with Fr. Mark arriving on the last flight! We were blessed to have four priests on our Pilgrimage: our host ...

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SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS: RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION CAN NOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN CONNECTICUT. Sign Our Petition Recently, a disturbing video laced with anti-Catholic sentiments emerged out of Greenwich, CT. It serves as a warning sign that our culture is heading backward instead of forward on religious tolerance. In the video, a public elementary school assistant principal in Greenwich says that he does not hire Catholics because they may be too conservative in their beliefs. They may have been "brainwashed" by their church....

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