Q. This week we observed the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15). What specifically are those sorrows she endured? 

A. When the Blessed Virgin Mother, along with St. Joseph, presented the infant Jesus to God the Father in the temple in Jerusalem, the aged prophe...

Q. Why do we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary? 

A. The Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an optional memorial celebrated this week (September 12). The feast was first celebrated in the 1500s in Spain and t...

Q. Why do we call liturgical chant “Gregorian”? 

A. Christian liturgical chant has existed in various forms and languages since ancient times, with roots in the chant of the Jewish synagogue. Gregorian chant came to be the predominant form in the Western Catholic tradit...

The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole s...

 Q. I have a friend whose adult child has wandered from the Catholic faith, no longer attends church, and is living with his girlfriend. She’s asked if there’s a particular patron saint she should ask to intercede for her son. What should I tell him?

A. The situation y...

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family,

As you know, this year, again, we are holding our annual parish stewardship campaign. When we think of stewardship, we often begin by thinking about stewardship of our treasure. But stewardship is a really an entire way of life that fir...