All Diocesan Articles

Use the Handy List Below to See Where All the Best Church Bazaars and Craft Fairs are Being Held Throughout the Diocese. You Can Also Add Events to Your Google Calendar from Ours.        Sunday, November 30 Wreath Making Event Our Lady of Lourdes, Hampton • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM All materials supplied to create your own unique wreath. Not feeling creative? Order one already made. Contact Gloria Burell at (860) 445-9350. Saturday, December 6 Holly Berry Christmas Craft Fair St. Philip Parish Center, Ashford &bul...

Read More

Each Advent, as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ, we’re drawn to the warmth of familiar Christmas stories. We dust off old DVDs, queue up streaming favorites, and settle in with cocoa, popcorn,and twinkling lights — yet beneath the nostalgia, many of these films quietly proclaim the Gospel. I’ve written before about "It’s a Wonderful Life" (Volume 35 Number 1) and its unmistakable parallels with the Good News: sacrifice, redemption, community, and the reminder that every life touches countless others. But it isn’t...

Read More

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Thanksgiving is a "beautiful feast" that reminds everyone to be grateful for the gifts they have been given, Pope Leo XIV said. "Say thank you to someone," the pope suggested two days before the U.S. holiday when he met reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo before returning to the Vatican after a day off. Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, was scheduled to spend his Thanksgiving Nov. 27 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey, the first stops on his first foreign trip as pope. A reporter asked the pope what he was than...

Read More

LOCATION & TIME CHANGE: First Saturday Pro-Life Mass — Saturday, December 6, 9:00 a.m. The monthly Diocesan Pro-Life Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Church (22 Maple Ave., Uncasville) on Saturday, December 6 at 9:00 a.m. Rosary for Life will begin at 8:20 a.m. Please join our celebrant, Rev. Raymond Introvigne, as we pray to end abortion and for healing for those who have had an abortion. Breakfast and fellowship following Mass.

Read More

Celebrating the Retirement of Mary Ellen Mahoney After more than 12 years of faithful service, the Diocese of Norwich is celebrating the retirement of Mary Ellen Mahoney, who joined us on March 13, 2013, and quickly became one of the most trusted, steady, and mission-driven members of our diocesan family. Mary Ellen began her work in the Office of Development and, through commitment and leadership, eventually became the Executive Director of the Office of Development, overseeing the full range of diocesan development functions that support our parishes, schools, and m...

Read More

Pope Leo XIV met with leaders of the Catholic Biblical Federation on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, "Dei Verbum." And he received one of the first copies of The Catholic American Bible.   VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At a time when young people spend so much time in "digital environments," members of the Catholic Biblical Federation need to ask how they are fulfilling the Second Vatican Council's mandate to give everyone access to the Bible, Pope ...

Read More