Long time parishioner Ruth Stormark passed from this world on Tuesday, July 6^th.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Catherine’s on Friday, July 16^th at 10:30 am. Friends and parishioners are invited to attend.

The second session in the "Back to Basics" series by Gary Shirley is available via podcast under the "Reflections" tab in the main menu.  The session dealt with the recent encyclicals from Pope Benedict XVI.  Also included is a pdf handout from the session.

St. Catherine's Media Ministry is pleased to announce that the July – August issue of the Parish Newsletter is available online now and it will be mailed out to parishioners sometime during the week of June 28 – July 2.

"The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world," so said the Holy Father just last week.  How appropriate as the family of St. Catherine’s is about to witness the delivery of another "gift" in the form of Father Tom Zahuta. He will be ordained "Father Tom" in a celebration at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Saturday, June 26th.

Would you like straight answers to your greatest questions about our Catholic Faith?  Would you like to deeply explore some of the more challenging issues facing our faith today?

If so, then join us for "summer school" and a series of "Back to the Basics" presentations by Gary Shirley.

St. Catherine of Siena's Parish School of Religion is seeking Catechists and volunteers to guide the faith formation of our young people through teaching and assisting in next year's PSR program.  Our theme for Catechetical Year 2010-2011 is "Matrimony: Sacrament of Enduring Love." Click here for a link to 10 reasons why you should teach.

"If every Catholic lived the moral integrity, the educated awareness, the uncompromising conviction, and the heroic faith-witness of Pope Benedict XVI, the media would not dare train their guns on the Vicar of Christ." So begins a statement of released by professors of law and theology from across the US.  And the stand that these professors have taken show us what we must do.