Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, Yesterday, the archdiocese sent out an update regarding the Coronavirus and informed all pastors that the suspension of public Masses would be extended through April 19, unless circumstances change drastically. Tragically, this means that we will most likely not be able to have a public celebration of the Holy Week liturgies, including Palm Sunday and the Easter Triduum. With regard to Palm Sunday, Bishop Konzen asked that pastors not bless t

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, As we continue to suffer the impact of the Coronavirus, I wanted to update you on some additional measures I have decided to take to ensure that we are responding appropriately. Parish Offices I have decided to close our parish offices until further notice, effective today. However, our parish staff will be checking voicemail and email regularly to respond to requests for assistance as they come. Fr. Valery and I will still be taking indivi

This is St. Catherine's latest schedule for confessions and livestream events. Please join us: Wednesdays: Confessions and Adoration from 6-7pm in the Mary Garden. Adoration will be live-streamed and a rosary will be prayed together at 6:30pm. Fridays: Live-streamed Stations of the Cross in Spanish at 6pm and in English at 7pm. Saturdays: Confessions from 9-10am and from 3-4pm in the Mary Garden. Sundays: Masses live-streamed at 10:15am in English and at 1:30pm Spanish. Chec

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, This weekend, we will continue to offer our regularly scheduled Confession times (Saturday 9:00-10:00am and 3:00-4:00pm). As we did this past Wednesday, we will have the confessions outside in the garden, so as to reduce any risk of contagion (please park in the upper parking lot and enter through the garden entrance, and not through the church). Additionally, on Sunday, we will be live streaming Masses from my rectory chapel. I will offer

Applications for the 2020 Penny Conti Educational Scholarships are still available in the narthex on the Columbiettes counters. Each scholarship is available to any young man or young woman in the parish currently pursuing a post-secondary education. See application packet for full eligibility requirements. Deadline to apply is March 31, 2020.

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, The sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession are two of the most beautiful gifts we possess in the Church. Although we are not able to offer Mass publicly right now, this evening (Wednesday) we will still be offering adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and confessions as normally scheduled from 6:00-7:00pm. I want to take every reasonable precaution to ensure that while people are here at the church that there is minimal risk of exposure, so

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, Yesterday I sent out an email notifying you all that, per the directives of the archdiocese, we would be canceling all public Masses at St. Catherine’s through April 5th. However, I also mentioned that we would be live streaming Mass on Sundays and that the church would remain open during the week for prayer. I wanted to share some additional information with you regarding these points as well as some others. Live Stream Masses We will be li

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, The archdiocese released a new statement today that “Effective Tuesday, March 17, we will suspend all public Masses for the next three weeks including the weekends of March 21-22; March 28-29; and April 4-5.” The full statement may be read here. I know this was a decision that was made with great prudence and discernment; nonetheless, I know it brings us all great sadness that we have gotten to this point. The rationale for this decision is

Dear Parish School of Religion Families, On behalf of the Parish School of Religion Staff, we are praying for all of you during COVID-19 and the cancelling of PSR Classes and activities. We are all praying for the Virtue of Hope and trying to rest ourselves in God’s unconditional love. We encourage our families to continue faith formation at home. This is a great time to spend time together sharing our faith and praying together as a family. The following are fun things to

Dear St. Catherine Parish Family, The archdiocese has released a new statement regarding the Coronavirus. You can read the entire statement here. You will notice that there is a more general dispensation from Mass attendance. As I mentioned in my previous letter, we will continue to offer our regular schedule of Masses and Confessions in the parish. In your kindness, I would ask you, if you will not be attending Mass, to please remember to continue to support the needs of the