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In the Month of Love, Take Time to Appreciate God’s Love

Posted on February 08, 2021 in: FaithSparks

I met my husband Pat in 1989 when he placed a classified ad in the singles column of a local newspaper. Meeting him, I was immediately taken by his quick Irish wit, auburn hair, good looks, and self-confidence. His Irish Catholic background meshed with mine and the conversation between us flowed eas...

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Fall 2020: A Season of Change for Different Reasons

Posted on August 27, 2020 in: FaithSparks

Fall is generally characterized by the leaves changing color, the days getting shorter and the temperature starting to dip. At its onset we experience a sense of nostalgia looking back at the fleeting days of summer. Our summer memories usually include vacations, family outings and days spent lying ...

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Faith Sparks: Positive Aspects of Technology Can Enhance Spirituality

Posted on July 30, 2020 in: FaithSparks

As a young child, I remember my grandfather having a truck with two gas caps on it. I always wondered why this was so. Did the truck need a second fluid to run, was there something about the truck that made it special, or did it just need extra gas to function? Puzzled after investigating this...

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Faith Sparks: Family Faith in Isolation

Posted on May 07, 2020 in: Reflections, FaithSparks

In a recent statement Pope Francis said, “I am thinking of the families under lockdown, children who aren’t going to school, parents who cannot leave the house, some who are in quarantine. May the Lord help them discover new ways, new expressions of love, of living together in this new s...

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Faith Sparks: Celebrating Easter as a Season Not a One-day Holiday

Posted on April 15, 2020 in: FaithSparks

The Lenten season is over and Jesus is out of the tomb. It is time to celebrate the joy of the Resurrection and Christ’s victory over sin and death for as St. Augustine tells us, “We are an Easter people.” But, what does that mean for most of us? As a child growing up in what I ...

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Making Lent a Season to Welcome and Not Dread

Posted on February 13, 2020 in: News, FaithSparks, Lent

The Lenten season in the Catholic Church is a time when we focus on fasting, sacrifice and prayer. The truth is that most people don’t look forward to doing so for 40 days. Giving up candy, screen time or your favorite celebratory beverage is really not something we ever desire or feel motivat...

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Posted on January 11, 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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A New Mission: Full-Time Focus on Vocations for the Diocese

Posted on January 09, 2025 in: Vocations

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A New Mission: Full-Time Focus on Vocations for the Diocese

The archbishop has asked that you take on the role of director for vocations for the Diocese of Norwich. A Surprising New Role This was not how I imagined my day beginning on the morning of Oct. 22, 2024, the feast day of Pope St. John Paul II. I had just finished morning Mass at St. Michael in Pawcatuck and was updating Father Perkins about my schedule for the day. As I finished, he delivered this request from Archbishop Coyne, which caught me by surprise. The Archbishop’s Vision The archbishop had met with the priests of the diocese earlier in the month....

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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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Special Report: Inside the Prison as Pope Francis Opens the Jubilee Holy Door

Posted on December 30, 2024 in: News

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Special Report: Inside the Prison as Pope Francis Opens the Jubilee Holy Door

From inside the walls of Rome’s largest prison, Christmas hymns rang out as inmates and prison guards together sang “Silent Night” and exchanged the sign of peace during an intimate Mass led by Pope Francis to mark a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison. The pope’s Thursday Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — marked a profound beginning to the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Hope, symbolizing redemption and the possibility...

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