Our parish staff would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful for each and every one of you! If you are traveling during this holiday week, we wish you safe and smooth travels! In observance of the Thanksgiving holidays, we have a few changes to our parish schedule this week. Please click on the News title to see the complete list of changes.

Our Children's Faith Formation program is pleased to invite the parish to our Christmas program on Sunday, December 8th at 2:00 pm in the Stanley Centre. Our Children's Faith Formation students will be presenting the play "Happy Birthday Jesus". Come celebrate the birth of Our Lord with scripture and song as we highlight the talent of our children. Light refreshments will be served after the performance.

In caring for your health, there are many decisions to be made. WHO will make decisions for you when you are unable to do so? Does your family know what you DO and DO NOT want done in your time of need? At end of life? Join us on Saturday, November 23rd from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm in Rooms 9-11 for HONORING A LIFE and explore “advance directives” using the FIVE WISHES® (please visit https://fivewishes.org/ to learn more about this program). Questions? Please contact Paula White, RN-BC, Parish Nurse (269-330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).

As the season for unpredictable weather approaches, we want to remind our parishioners of our Inclement Weather Policy for closing the Parish. For safety's sake, parishioners are advised of the following: When Portage Public Schools are closed due to weather, the Parish is closed (including the Front Office) and there will be no Mass. If there are other times the Parish needs to close, excluding the Portage Public School schedule, closings will be posted on the website, the Parish Facebook page, and on WWMT-TV and WOOD-TV. Please watch for notices and be safe this winter.

St Catherine's has purchased a license for the “Unplanned” movie. This allows any St Catherine's organization to show it. The "Unplanned" movie is a true story about Abby Johnson, as one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors who was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions, seeking to help women, which led her to become a spokesperson, fighting to enact legislation. That is until she witnessed something that began a transformation, gradually making her a staunch defender of unborn human life. Please contact Jay Landry (269-978-2331 or jlandry@stcatherinesiena.org) if you would like to have a showing for your group. Since it's rated "R", minors need to be accompanied by an adult.