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Family Summer Activities to Foster Faith
Summer is a beautiful time to step into creation to learn about the Creator! During these summer months, try some of these popular activities — nature walks, beach trips, service projects — to help initiate and develop faith conversations with your children. Plant seeds of faith &m...

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Marriage, Catholic, youth
Why Don't Our Adult Children Go To Church?  A Virtual Program
Catholic Family Services and the Office of Faith Events is sponsoring a virtual workshop with Deacon Dennis Dolan and Catholic Family Services Coordinator, Mary- Jo McLaughlin on October 5, from 7- 8:30 PM.  The evening will offer thoughts, insights and hope for parents burdened with the kno...

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Mass, Catholic, youth, faith
Employment Opportunity- Director of Office for Safe Environments
Looking for a job? We have a number of open positions that can be found at  NorwichDiocese.org/Employment. The latest of which is for  Director- Office for Safe Environments This position requires good skills in administration, organization, management, training/teaching, an...

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diocese of norwich, Employment, Catholic, youth

A Time To Encounter Christ

Posted on January 04, 2020 in: News

A Time To Encounter Christ
Being open to an encounter with God should be the most important thing in each person’s life was the message nearly 200 youth at this year’s Youth Explosion heard from Cooper Ray, a national speaker and musician. “God should be with you in all parts of your lives, not just when ...

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Norwich, Catholic, youth

Dead Theologians Society

Posted on October 29, 2019 in: News

Dead Theologians Society
The ‘Memento Mori’ Youth Group Denver, Colo. (CNA) - When Eddie Cotter Jr. was a youth minister in the diocese of Orlando, Florida, he had his students watch the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society.” The movie stars the late and widely beloved Robin Williams, who plays an ecc...

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youth, AllSouls, Saints, AllSaints
Fr. Donio to Lead Retreat & Workshop to Explore Faith Journey of Youth
Accompanying Our Youth on Their Faith Journey, a day-long retreat for catechetical leaders, catechists, pastors, parents and parishioners, will take place Sept. 12 at the Church of the Holy Family in Hebron. The keynote speaker will be Father Frank Donio, S.A.C., director of the Catholic Apostola...

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Retreat, youth

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Posted on June 13, 2025 in: Events, Around the Diocese

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The Diocese of Norwich Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy with Confirmation of Reorganization Plan
Hartford, CT—On Wednesday, the United States Bankruptcy Court in Hartford confirmed the Diocese of Norwich’s Joint Plan of Reorganization, marking the official emergence of The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation from chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Honorable Judge James J. Tancredi presided over the confirmation hearing, held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., and approved the plan on the record at the hearing, subject to entry of an order confirming the plan to be submitted by the parties. The confirmed Joint Plan was proposed by the Norwich Roma...

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Bishop Reidy Thanks the Faithful and Invites All to Pray a Pentecost Novena
My dear friends in Christ, Thank you all very much for your very warm welcome of me as your new Bishop.  As I meet with priests, deacons, and parishioners and make my way around the Diocese to parish Masses, Confirmations, school visits, Holy Hours, and dinner events, I am reminded how fortunate I am to be with you in our diocese.  Thank you for all you do. I am also acutely aware that all the good I hope to do together with you for God and His people depends utterly on God's grace. To that end, I am endeavoring to keep in mind the necessity of prayer...

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Bishop Reidy Shares Thoughts on the Image of God, Religious Art
This week on Hope and Faith series, Bishop Richard Reidy of the Diocese of Norwich shares his thoughts on the image of God and discusses his favorite pieces of religious art.   View previous videos or more articles on Faith by visiting NorwichDiocese.org/FaithSparks            

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The Promise of the Ascension

Posted on May 21, 2025 in: Reflections

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The Promise of the Ascension
    Forty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. While often seen as a quiet moment between the joy of the Resurrection and the fire of Pentecost, Ascension Thursday is much more than a transition. It is a cornerstone of our Christian hope. As recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, Jesus, after appearing to His disciples and speaking to them about the Kingdom of God, is “lifted up, and a cloud took Him from their sight” (Acts 1:9). His Ascension does not mark the end of His presence but the beginn...

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Pope Leo XIV’s Prayer Intention for the Month of June
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter's Basilica, May 31, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA   In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June. “Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from his heart, learn to have compassion on the world,” the pope said in a video released June 3. The video also includes an original prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to which the m...

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