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Give It a Rest!

Posted on December 10, 2024 in: Reflections, Advent

We are all given special talents and gifts from God. One of my special gifts is the ability to rest. I can sit down and fall asleep faster than anyone. At night, my head barely touches the pillow, and I am at rest. I see this as a sign of God’s love. Being able to rest allows us to receive God...

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Advent Mission Week 4 Video

Posted on December 19, 2021 in: Advent

On the fourth and final week of Diocesan Advent Mission, the Office of Faith Events invites Msgr. Les Janik to speak on Jesus. Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season. See all the Advent Mission 2021 videos below: ...

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Advent Mission Week 2 Video

Posted on December 09, 2021 in: Advent

Did you miss this week's Diocesan Advent Mission? For the second week of Diocesan Advent Mission, the Office of Faith Events invites Msgr. Les Janik to speak on Mary. Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season. ...

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Mary's Parents: A Source of Virtue and Strength - Hope & Faith Video Series

Posted on December 08, 2021 in: FaithSparks, Advent

This week on the Hope and Faith Series, Mary-Jo McLaughlin the Coordinator of Catholic Family Services, speaks about the parents of Mary, Anne and Joachim. Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season. View previous videos ...

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Dec. 5 at Christ the King Church: Music and Message for the Season of Hope

Posted on December 02, 2021 in: Events, Advent

Catholic recording artist Sarah Kroger will make an appearance at Christ the King Church in Old Lyme on December 5, for a special Advent program of music and inspiration. “Light Has Come” will also feature noted speaker and author Dom Quaglia Jr. The Nashville-based Kroger, a contempo...

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Advent Mission Week 1 Video

Posted on December 02, 2021 in: Advent

The Advent Mission kicks off with Mary-Jo McLaughlin speaking on the role models of the Saints Anne and Joachim, Mary's parents. Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season. See all the Advent Mission 2021 videos below: ...

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Preparing for Advent - Hope & Faith Video Series

Posted on December 01, 2021 in: FaithSparks, Advent

This week on the Hope and Faith Series, Liza Roach- Youth and Young Adult Minister, speaks about Luke 1 in in preparing for Advent. Bookmark and visit NorwichDiocese.org/Advent for additional resources this Advent season. View previous videos or more articles on Fait...

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Send in Your Nativity Scene Photos

Posted on November 28, 2021 in: News, Advent

FCC News Desk In 2019, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter, Admirabile signum, on the meaning and importance of nativity scenes, calling for this “wonderful sign” to be more widely displayed in family homes and public places throughout the world. For the last two years, in resp...

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Lectio Divina for the First Week of Advent

Posted on November 27, 2021 in: Advent

Lectio Divina for the First Week of Advent We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Stir up your power, we pray, O Lord, and come, that with you to protect us, we may find rescue from the pressing dangers of our sins, and with you to ...

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Advent Resources to Help You Prepare for Christmas

Posted on November 24, 2021 in: Advent

“Beloved now is the acceptable time spoken of by the Spirit, the day of salvation, peace, and reconciliation: the great season of Advent. This is the time eagerly awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, the time that holy Simeon rejoiced to see.” - St. Charles Borromeo ...

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