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Save The Date: The 2020 Norwich Diocesan Women's Conference Returns in October

Posted on March 26, 2020 in: Events, Norwich Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Save The Date: The 2020 Norwich Diocesan Women's Conference Returns in October

Save the Date

The 2020 Norwich Diocesan Women's conference is scheduled to take place on October 24, 2020.

The conference was scheduled for March 28 but was postponed because of pandemic-related closures.

Those who registered for the March 28 date are automatically registered for the new date.

The 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. conference will feature a keynote speaker, workshops, Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, bishop of Norwich, and adoration and reconciliation.

Sponsored by the Office of Faith Events and the Norwich Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, this conference is about building up an army of strong, spirit-filled women of God.

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