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Come Pray For Vocations

Posted on August 07, 2023 in: Vocations

Come Pray For Vocations

Join us each month to pray a Eucharistic Holy Hour for vocations led by Bishop Cote. These hours of adoration are a wonderful opportunity to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, to pray for our seminarians, and for our priests and religious already serving our diocese.

2023 August-December Holy Hour Schedule

All Holy hours begin at 6 pm

August 17 – St. Joseph, Occum

September 21 – St. Patrick, Mystic

October 19 – St. Mary, Willimantic

November 9 – Church of the Holy Family, Hebron

December 14 – St. John, Middletown

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Diocesan Vocation Prayer

Posted on December 05, 2024 in: News, Vocations

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Heavenly Father, Through all generations, You have chosen men to serve You by sharing in the Holy Priesthood of Christ, Your Son. We beg You to call men from our diocese to serve as priests at the altar, and to send Your Holy Spirit to help them discern Your call. Give them understanding to know Your will and courage to follow it. Pour out, too, Your grace upon women from our parishes to serve You in religious life, formed after the model of our Blessed Mother. We ask this through our eternal High Priest and King, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. &nbs...

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A Life of Faith and Service

Posted on December 20, 2024 in: Vocations

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Bishop Emeritus Michael R. Cote has led a life defined by unwavering faith, dedication, and service to the Catholic Church. Born in Sanford, Maine, on June 19, 1949, he was raised in a family deeply rooted in Catholic values. His parents, Paul and Margaret Alma (Trottier) Cote, greatly influenced his early formation, but as Bishop Cote recalls, it was Sister Celeste, his second-grade teacher, who said, “‘Michael, you will play the role of a priest in the school play’” that planted a seed that would later take root. During his college years he began t...

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