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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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Vocations, Prayer

This Weekend: Annual Seminary Education Fund Appeal

Posted on May 03, 2023 in: Vocations

April 20, 2023 My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we prepare to support our annual diocesan Seminary Education Fund Collection, I would like to thank you for your constant generosity to the formation of those young men discerning and preparing to serve our Diocese of Norwich for years ...

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Vocations

Three Miles Later

Posted on March 28, 2023 in: School News

Last Saturday I heard a homily about the importance of taking care of our bodies. Jesus chose to come through our human flesh. He proclaims that our flesh is good. God wants us to take care of our bodies. Listening to this homily, I immediately thought of all the folks running in the St. Joseph Scho...

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Vocations, School, schools, events

To Walk in Their Footsteps: Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy

Posted on August 17, 2022 in: School News, Vocations

As the final bell sounds at the end of a long school day, a committee of faculty, staff and administration gather to pray. They are dubbed the “Mercy Circle” in collective spirit of keeping the mission of the Sisters of Mercy thriving within their community. Several months later, after m...

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Vocations

Anchors of Hope-Diocese Celebrates Consecrated Life

Posted on February 06, 2022 in: News, Vocations

World Day for Consecrated Life February 6, 2022 10:30 a.m. "Anchors of Hope" was the theme for this year's celebration of consecrated life in the Diocese of Norwich. The virtue hope is described as the anchor of the soul in the letter to the Hebrews chapter 6 v...

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Vocations, faith

Vocations Corner: God’s Love Always Sustains Us in Being

Posted on February 04, 2021 in: Vocations

Father Gregory Galvin, Director of Priestly Vocations Last month, the Christmas Season came to an end on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. By the grace of God and through the sacrament of baptism, here we are -- God’s children, with the gift of grace now always being offered to us for o...

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Vocations, Norwich, Priest, Catholic

Vocations Corner: A Seminarian Reflection

Posted on November 07, 2020 in: Vocations

I learned in early October that the seminary community at Mount St. Mary Seminary has been doing very well and they have no COVID infections. They have continued to social distance, wear masks and be very mindful of hygiene. Thank you, God, and our Blessed Mother, for keeping our seminarians all saf...

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Vocations

Vocations Corner: A Seminarian Reflection

Posted on August 13, 2020 in: Vocations

Now it is a pleasure to introduce to you one of our seminarians who joined us from Medellin, Colombia, several years ago. It’s been a long road for Ruben Dario Garcia Sanchez, yet he continues to work toward one day being a priest of God, ready to serve the Diocese of Norwich. Fathe...

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Vocations, Norwich, Priest, Catholic

A Seminarian Reflection: Dharen Manuel Brochero Garavito

Posted on June 20, 2020 in: Vocations

By Manuel Brochero Garavito 1 st Theology, Mount Saint Mary Seminary I LOVE JESUS! These words bring me back to the moment I realized how much I love Jesus. It reminds me of a story Father Richard Ricard, pastor of my home parish, Blessed Sacrament in Rockville-Tolland, said in one of his homi...

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Vocations Corner: A Seminarian Reflection by Mr. Jacob Ramos

Posted on May 13, 2020 in: Reflections, Vocations

As we all continue carrying on the directives given to us as a country trying to fight off this invisible enemy, COVID-19, I take this opportunity to let you know how the seminarians are doing. Below is a reflection from Jacob Ramos, who is finishing his second year of theology and next year is look...

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Vocations, Norwich, Catholic

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Calendar of Events

Posted on January 01, 2025 in: Events, Around the Diocese

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When does Christmas Actually End? Here are the Different Views.

Posted on January 02, 2025 in: News

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When does Christmas Actually End? Here are the Different Views.

How many days is Christmas? When should you finally take those lights off the porch or remove the tree? Read on for some of the arguments for and against commonly agreed-upon end dates for Christmas. ‘Christmas is one day’ This, of course, is the simplest answer. Christmas is typically celebrated on Dec. 25 for most of the world — or Jan. 7 for churches using the Julian calendar (Jan. 6 for yet another, considerably smaller, part of the world.) On this day, the liturgy celebrated is the feast of the Nativity of the Lord. Priests wear white vestments on...

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Hope Does Not Disappoint: Join the Jubilee Year Mass at the Cathedral

Posted on December 20, 2024 in: Events

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Hope Does Not Disappoint: Join the Jubilee Year Mass at the Cathedral

The Jubilee Year is a sacred time of renewal, grace, and joy proclaimed by the Church every 25 years. For 2025, Pope Francis has announced the Jubilee Year under the theme “Spes Non Confundit” (Hope Does Not Disappoint), taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Rom 5:5). In his papal bull of proclamation, the Holy Father invites all Catholics to embrace this year as a time of profound encounter with God’s mercy and hope, symbolized by the opening of Holy Doors in cathedrals and churches around the world. The Jubilee Year offers an invitation to...

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Watch the Replay of Christmas Eve Mass from the Cathedral

Posted on December 25, 2024 in: News

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Watch the Replay of Christmas Eve Mass from the Cathedral

Merry Christmas! The beauty of the cathedral can be experienced year-round and will remain fully decorated until the Solemnity of the Epiphany on January 6, 2025. Masses are daily 7 AM and noon.

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Hope Does Not Disappoint — Jubilee Year Opens in Norwich

Posted on December 29, 2024 in: News, Jubilee 2025

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Hope Does Not Disappoint — Jubilee Year Opens in Norwich

This morning, December 29, on the Feast of the Holy Family, the Diocese of Norwich joyfully celebrated the Opening Mass of the Jubilee Year at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick. The liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford, was a profound reminder of the Jubilee theme, “Spes Non Confundit” (Hope Does Not Disappoint), as the Church enters this sacred time of renewal and grace. Bishop Betancourt delivered a homily emphasizing the unity of the Church as one faith, one family in Christ. The celebra...

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Christmas Pastoral from Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne

Posted on December 19, 2024 in: News, Reflections

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Christmas Pastoral from Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne

Christmas 2024 My friends, I am pleased to share with you this Christmas pastoral letter as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Norwich. Many of you are regular Mass goers. Some of you come occasionally, once a month or so. Some come once or twice a year on the major holidays of Christmas or Easter. For others, this may be the first time you have been in a church for years or maybe even for the first time. To all of you, I say, “Welcome and merry Christmas.” Whatever your relationship with the Church may be, I invite you to c...

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