Good Morning! We wanted to update you on our "scheduled events" for this week: Each day at 3 pm (through Saturday, April 18th), please join us LIVE here on Facebook for the Divine Mercy Chaplet. On Saturday, April 18th, our priests will be available for "drive in" confessions in the main parking lot. Our Mass this weekend will be live-streamed here on Facebook and on our website at 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 18th (Vigil Mass) and on Sunday, April 19th at 9:00 am. Please join us! Also, as we continue to celebrate our Risen Lord, please consider reading Pope Francis' Easter message here: https://cnewa.org/pope-francis-on-easter-spread-the-contagion-of-hope/. It is beautiful! Blessings to all of you today and always! Please stay well and know that we miss you!

Good Morning, St. Catherine's Family! Thank you to everyone who joined us online for our Holy Week and Easter Masses. Though this year was definitely different, we hope you were able to enjoy being "with" our clergy for these beautiful Masses. Most of the Holy Week Masses are available on our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/mass); just scroll down to the archive section of the page (see image below) and click on the "Play" button in the middle of the image. You'll see a message that we're not broadcasting right now and a button underneath that says "Previous Broadcasts" (see image below). Just click on that button to see all of the archived Masses available for viewing (see image below). We're still working on getting the full video of yesterday's 8 am Mass out to YouTube and the website; with all of the traffic on Facebook over the last couple of days, we are having some technical issues downloading that video file. We appreciate your patience as we work on this. We also have some photos from most of the Holy Week Masses posted in the "Photo Albums" section of our website:https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/photoalbums. Images from Easter Sunday will be coming soon. Also, if you didn't see Father Mark's letter to the parish on Easter Sunday, you can read it here: https://bit.ly/FrMarkEasterLetter. We have a couple of updates for you this morning. First, don't forget to join us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/) today at 3 pm (and every day at 3 pm through Saturday, April 18th) for the Divine Mercy Chaplet. If you missed previous days, the videos for those are available on our Facebook page. Next, we wanted to remind you about the "Let Jesus' Light Shine" campaign sponsored by the Diocese of Kalamazoo. Decorate your windows and homes with bright lights (much like we see around the Christmas season) and print out the "Let Jesus' Light Shine" graphic from the Diocesan website (https://diokzoo.org/shine) and place it on your window or door to display the message for your neighborhood. Also, you can add a special "Let Jesus' Light Shine" Facebook frame to your profile picture! Go to https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=267382847597864 to do this. We hope you are all healthy and safe! Please know that we continue to pray for all of you during these unprecedented times. Please let us know how you are doing and if we can help you in any way. Easter Blessings to you all!

Alleluia! He Is Risen! Good Morning, and Happy Easter! Father Mark has written an Easter letter to the parish; you can read his letter here: .https://bit.ly/FrMarkEasterLetter. As a reminder, we'll have LIVE Easter Sunday Mass here on our website (stcatherinesiena.org/mass) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/) today at 8 am and 11 am. Please join us for Mass this morning as we celebrate our Risen Lord! At 10 am today, our Knights of Columbus Council #6980 will be leading a rosary on Zoom. Please see the News & Announcements post from Tuesday afternoon for the link and full instructions for accessing Zoom. Then, at 3 pm today (and each day through Saturday, April 18th), join us LIVE on Facebook for the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Wishing all of you a joyous and Blessed Easter as we rejoice in the Risen Christ!

Blessings on this busy Holy Saturday! We have several things going on today and tomorrow, and we don't want you to miss anything! Our priests will be offering "drive-in" confessions in our main parking lot today, Saturday, April 11th, from 11 am until 12 pm today. Then, at 3 pm today, join us LIVE on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/) for the 2nd day of the Divine Mercy Chaplet (offered LIVE each day at 3 pm through Saturday, April 18th). For instructions on how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, please visit: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet. At 9:00 pm tonight LIVE here on our website (stcatherinesiena.org/mass) and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/), please join us for the Great Easter Vigil! Tomorrow, Sunday, April 12th, please join us LIVE on our website and Facebook at 8 am and/or 11 am for Easter Sunday Mass. Then, join us on Facebook at 3 pm for the third day of the Divine Mercy Chaplet novena. Also tomorrow, our Knights of Columbus Council #6980 will also be leading a Zoom Rosary at 10 am. Please see the previous News & Announcements post from Tuesday afternoon for complete details or refer to the event on the website homepage calendar. Finally, please check out our Easter bulletin on our website (stcatherinesiena.org/bulletins). For those who have asked, you can still mail your contribution envelopes directly to the parish or you can use our online giving system (go to stcatherinesiena.org/give and click on the "Give Online" button) to make a one-time donation from your bank account or using your credit card. You can also set up recurring donations if you would like. Thank you all for your continued support of our parish! Wishing you a wonderful, joyous Easter!

Today is Good Friday. Our Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Passion will take place LIVE here on our website (stcatherinesiena.org/mass) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/) at 1 pm. Please join us if you are able. Also, at 3 pm today (and each day at 3 pm through Saturday, April 18th), please join us for the Divine Mercy Chaplet LIVE on our Facebook page ((https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/). As we would traditionally have Stations of the Cross today, we have a couple of different options for you. First, our parish put together a Stations of the Cross video for Good Friday which uses the images or our Stations of the Cross in the Church and the recorded text from Fr. Bob Flickinger's "Way of the Cross" that he adapted for the coronavirus pandemic. We will be premiering the video on our YouTube Channel (https://bit.ly/stcatherinesienaYouTube) at 9 am this morning and will also post the video on our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/videos) at that time. Also, "Driving Stations of the Cross Across Kalamazoo", organized by the lay faithful of our diocese, is being offered today, Friday, April 10th, from 9 am to 3 pm in Kalamazoo or 3 pm to 6 pm in Marshall. The routes will take you around town all while staying in the safety of your car with fourteen stops representing the fourteen stations of the cross. Find prayers for each station along with a map for each Kalamazoo stations and map for the Marshall stations. Go to https://jaminherold.wixsite.com/drivingstations. Finally, if you missed last night's Mass of the Lord's Supper for Holy Thursday, you can find the video from the Mass on our YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/V6anh43y5dU) and some pictures from last night's Mass can be found in the following album on our website: https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/photoalbums/holythursday2020. Wishing you all a most Blessed Good Friday!

Please join our parish family in praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3 pm each day LIVE on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/) beginning on Good Friday, April 10th, and continuing through Saturday, April 18th (the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday). Go to https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet to learn how to recite the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, and join us LIVE each day at 3 pm to pray the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy with us.

Good Morning and Happy Holy Thursday! Our priests will be hearing "Drive-In" confessions today, Thursday, April 9th, from 11 am until 12 pm in the main parking lot. If you come for confession, please remain in your car. Tonight at 7 pm, please join us here on Facebook or on our website (stcatherinesiena.org/mass) for the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the beginning of the Triduum. If you're looking for some other ways to celebrate the Triduum, you might consider watching "Triduum: A Spiritual Pilgrimage" (https://watch.formed.org/videos/triduum) by the Augustine Institute, or "The Easter Triduum: A Virtual Celebration" (https://bit.ly/VirtualTriduum), created by composer Dan Schutte. These and other Holy Week resources are available under the Helpful Resources and Websites section of the COVID-19 page our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/covid19). Enjoy!

Good Afternoon, All! Just a couple of quick updates from our parish. First, we will be offering "Drive-in" confessions tomorrow, Thursday, April 9th, and Saturday, April 11th, from 11 am until 12 pm noon in the main parking lot. Please remain in your car for confession. Next, Father Mark has written a new letter to the parish. You can read the letter by clicking on the title of this news item or on our website (https://bit.ly/FrMarkLetterApril9). Finally, Father Jeff has put together a Stations of the Cross video for Good Friday which uses the images or our Stations of the Cross in the Church and the recorded text from Fr. Bob Flickinger's "Way of the Cross" that he adapted for the coronavirus pandemic. We will be premiering the video on Good Friday morning at 9:00 am on our YouTube Channel (https://bit.ly/stcatherinesienaYouTube) and will also post the video on our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/videos) and here on Facebook. Father Jeff did a beautiful job making it possible for us to pray the Stations of the Cross "together" this Good Friday! Thank you, Father Jeff!

Please join us here on our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/mass) or on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena) for our LIVE Holy Week and Easter Masses! Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7 pm on Holy Thursday, April 9th; Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Passion at 1 pm on Good Friday, April 10th; the Great Easter Vigil at 9 pm on Holy Saturday, April 11th; Easter Sunday Mass at 8 am and 11 am on Easter Sunday, April 12th.

Bishop Bradley, with the Diocese of Kalamazoo, is launching a “Let Jesus’ Light Shine” campaign inviting you and all Christians to turn their lights on for Easter Day and throughout the Easter octave or the complete Easter season, beginning on Easter Sunday, April 12 through Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020 to bear witness to the Risen Lord and the Light of the World. We invite you to decorate your windows and homes with bright lights – much like the lights we see around the Christmas season. Visit https://bit.ly/LetJesusLightShine to download and print the graphic to place on your window or door to display the message for your neighborhood. We hope through our united effort to be a visible witness to all the world, that all will experience the joy and hope of our Risen Lord. Let the Light of Jesus shine to all the world through us.

Join our Knights of Columbus Council #6980 this Sunday, April 12th, at 10:00 am for a Zoom audio/video Rosary following the Easter Sunday Mass. To Join the Zoom Meeting, click on the following link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/4848207236?pwd=dHZ0TDBvdWlQd2FnTXlnYksvUUd3Zz09 Meeting ID: 484 820 7236 Password: 123 Note - the Zoom software/application is free. If you are using Zoom for the first time: • From a Laptop or Desktop Computer, install the software on your computer. • From a Phone or Tablet, install the Zoom App from your app store.

Good Evening! Bishop Bradley has officially suspended the public celebration of the Mass through at least April 30th. Please click on the title of this article to read Bishop Bradley's letter.

Good Morning! For those who have asked, we will be offering "drive-in" confessions today, Saturday, April 4th, from 11 am until 12 pm in the main parking lot.

As we begin to prepare for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter, we thought we would start to share some ideas and resources for making these days special and sacred even if we can't be together in Church. Father Jeff provided this link to a short video from a priest preparing his congregation for Holy Week: https://youtu.be/0ITkov4GkvM. A parishioner also passed along this link (https://bit.ly/2Jwo9eM) with an idea for Palm Sunday. We hope you enjoy these!

Good Afternoon, All! We plan to live stream First Friday Mass tomorrow morning at 8:00 am here on Facebook and on our website (https://www.stcatherinesiena.org/mass). We also plan to live stream our Palm Sunday Vigil Mass at 4:00 pm on Saturday, also here on Facebook and on our website. The schedule for all of our live-streamed Holy Week and Easter Masses is now available on our website and as an image attached to this post.

This morning, Father Jeff offered his reflection live on Facebook. We have uploaded the video to our YouTube channel and have linked it to the title of this News story. We hope you enjoy it!