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Hope in the Land of Loss: Trust Your Grieving Heart Church of the Holy Family, Hebron Catholic Community of the Good Shepherd Sunday, November 3, 2024 | 5:30 PM Guest Speaker: Lisa Irish, MEd, MA, BCC As All Souls' Day approaches, we are reminded of the profound importance of remembering and honoring our loved ones who have gone before us. It is a time when our hearts are tender, and our need for comfort is great. In response to the deep and ongoing need for compassionate support during times of loss, the Catholic Community of the Good Shepherd is offering a s...

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For centuries Christians have attributed a first-century date to the Shroud of Turin. Nuclear engineer Robert Rucker says that his latest research on the shroud verifies that. “The Shroud of Turin is the second-most valuable possession of the human race next to the Bible itself,” Rucker told CNA. The shroud is currently preserved in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud adjacent to St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin (Torino), Italy. For more than 10 years, Rucker has studied the physics of the disappearance of the body of Jesus and its imprint on the shr...

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The children of Saint Patrick Cathedral School in Norwich were all smiles on the morning of September 30th, when they attended the blessing and dedication of the school's new playground. Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne, Apostolic Administrator for the diocese, took delight in blessing the new playground, which was installed over a period of several weeks. The playground area received a complete makeover, with new slides and climbing equipment, a new mulch bed surrounding it and new picnic tables.  Attending with the archbishop were Rev. Msgr. A...

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DONATIONS FOR WADSWORTH CHRISTMAS TREES The Office of Faith Events is seeking donations of new children’s books and new gloves or mittens for their Annual Wadsworth Christmas Trees. These trees will be displayed at Wadsworth Atheneum’s 50th Annual Festival of Trees and Tradition, happening from December 5th to December 15th.    Donations can be dropped off at the Diocese of Norwich Chancery Office at 201 Broadway, Norwich. For questions, please contact Andrea Hoisl at or call (860) 848-2237 ext. 312. Thank you for your generosity! Donations are ne...

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Do You Want to Win $10,000? Your support is needed now more than ever to help our brothers and sisters in Haiti who face daily severe shortages of food, gang violence, and the uncertainty of being able to get to work. Outreach to Haiti supplies food and nutritional supplements for malnourished children and expectant mothers, medical aid and health care to the ill, education, training for start-ups of micro-businesses, and support to 14 Parish Twinning relationships with the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.   Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti Ministry is l...

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