Are you grieving a loss, or do you know someone who is? The holiday season can be an especially painful time. On Tuesday, November 12th, from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm in Classrooms 1-3, St. Catherine's will be hosting a "Surviving the Holidays" workshop led by Mary Beckley-Clark, LMSW, and Paul White, Parish Nurse. The cost is $5.00 for materials; scholarships are available. For more information, or to register, please contact GriefSupport@stcatherinesiena.org. You can also find more information about this workshop, including video clips, on the GriefShare website: https://www.griefshare.org/holidays.

Join Jay Landry for a 5-session Bible Study on the Book of Revelation. Sessions will be on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (beginning November 5th) or Wednesday mornings from 10:00 am - 11:30 am (beginning November 6th). Both sessions will take place in the Siena Conference Room (lower level). Please note that there will be no bible study the week of Thanksgiving (November 26-27). For more information, please see the flyer on our website (http://bit.ly/RevelationStudy2019) or contact Jay Landry (269-978-2331 or jlandry@stcatherinesiena.org).

Our Knights of Columbus Council #6980 will be sponsoring a Spelling Bee for Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 next Sunday, November 3rd in the gym at the Stanley Centre. Registration begins at 12:30 pm and the contest begins at 1:00 pm. For more information, please see the flyer on our website: http://bit.ly/KofCSpellingBee2019. To register and download word lists, please visit: https://groupspaces.com/KofC6980/.

Do you wish you could have attended last week's Eucharistic Congress? Or, perhaps you attended but wish you could hear Bishop Bradley's homily again, or listen to one of the keynote speakers? Check out the dedicated Eucharistic Congress page of the Diocesan website (https://diokzoo.org/congress) for videos, pictures, and other resources. More resources will continue to be added as they become available. Enjoy!

Please join us on Thursday, November 7th, at 7:00 pm in the Church for our annual Evening Prayer of Remembrance service to remember all those who have passed away and honor all those who have passed away this past year (November 1, 2018 – October 31, 2019) in a special way. Light refreshments will be served in Marian Hall following the service. For more information, please contact Deb Dozeman at ddozeman@stcatherinesiena.org or 327-3441.

Friday, November 1st is the Feast of All Saints, a Holy Day of Obligation. St. Catherine's will have a Vigil Mass on Thursday, October 31st at 5:30 pm. On Friday, November 1st, we will have Masses at 9:15 am, 12:10 pm (with no music), and 7:00 pm. All Masses will take place in the church. Do you want to know where and when to find Holy Day Mass schedules on our website? Holy Day Masses have a dedicated module on our homepage, right underneath our weekly Mass times. This module is usually updated at least 1 month prior to the next Holy Day or special Mass or service. Holy Day Masses are also listed on the Parish Events calendar (found on our homepage) at least 3 weeks in advance. Finally, a slide for the Holy Day Mass schedule will rotate on our homepage for at least 2 weeks before each Holy Day Mass or special service. We hope this helps!

Are you looking for a way to get your family involved at the church? Please consider helping to clean up the Mary Garden in the front of the church! We'll meet on Saturday, October 26th at 9 am. Please bring your garden gloves, rakes, and energy with you. Questions? Please contact Gary Townsend at 341-1205.

The Children’s Faith Formation Ministry will host a Trunk or Treat on FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2019, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the parking lot adjacent to Marian Hall. This event is free and open to parishioners and their guests. Attendants will be available to assist with parking at 5:00 pm. Prizes will be offered to the top three cars. Donuts and cider will round out this event! A special invitation is extended to our seniors to come out and participate. We are looking for a few teens to help run this event and assist our senior parishioners to decorate their car. Bags of candy will be provided for seniors to pass out to their guests. The event will move into Marian Hall should it rain. RSVP to Karen (269-327-0861 or kgalloway@stcatherinesiena.org) if you are interested in hosting a car and if you will need a teen to assist you. Full details can be found on Children's Faith Formation page of the parish website (https://stcatherinesiena.org/childrens-faith-formation).

October is designated as Respect Life Month. The USCCB has recently published a beautiful reflection on its new Respect Life website. To read or download the reflection, please visit https://www.respectlife.org/reflection. You can also find the PDF of the reflection on the Respect Life page of our website.