Due to COVID-19, our Children’s Faith Formation, Youth Faith Formation, and Adult Faith Formation staff are furloughed through August 22, 2020. Staff for these groups will be unable to answer phone calls or emails until their return. If you have any emergency concerns, please contact our Front Office at FrontDesk@stcatherinesiena.org or 327-5165. We will update you as we know more information about upcoming programs and return dates. The pandemic has created a difficult time for many. Please continue to pray for our staff and our priests.
Good Morning! We wanted to give you an update on our weekend event schedule. We hope you can join us in person or online for some of our activities this weekend. Please click on the title of this article to see our weekend schedule information.
All are invited to join in a nationwide Rosary to End Racism, today, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 6 pm, organized by a high school student from the state of Washington and joined by dioceses and organizations around the country. Tune in to the live stream or pray in solidarity from wherever you will be at 6 pm EDT. Live stream information will be available at https://bit.ly/2AZ7hwA (you can click on the article title to visit this address).
Please join us in congratulating Father Jeff Hanley on the third Anniversary of his Priestly Ordination! All four of our St. Catherine's priests are celebrating Ordination Anniversaries in the next week - Father Mark will celebrate 27 years as a priest on Friday, June 26th, Father Bill will celebrate 17 years as a priest on Sunday, June 28th, and Father Ben will celebrate 7 years as a priest on Monday, June 29th. Congratulations to all of our fabulous priests, and thank you all for your service and dedication to St. Catherine's and the people of God!
Good Afternoon, All! Once again, the weekend is quickly approaching, and with it, our weekend activities. We hope you can join us in person or online for some of our activities this weekend. Please click on the article title to see our complete weekend schedule.
Bishop Bradley recently published a Letter to the Faithful in response to the many acts of racism and violence. To read this letter, please click on the title of this article.
Please consider joining us for Daily Mass today at 9:15 am in Marian Hall. We have Daily Mass Monday through Friday at 9:15 am in Marian Hall (no Daily Mass on Saturdays). Please note that only the Marian Hall entrance will be unlocked for Daily Mass. Doors open at 8:45 am. Please wear a mask and bring hand sanitizer with you for use prior to Communion and throughout Mass as needed. Thank you!
Happy Friday! We hope you can join us in person or online for some of our parish activities this weekend. Please click on the article title to see the complete list. For the most tp to date schedules and information on activities at the parish, online, and around the Diocese, please like and follow us on Facebook, check our website calendar (stcatherinesiena.org/calendar), or read our weekly online bulletin (stcatherinesiena.org/bulletins).
During the month of May, volunteers at St. Catherine made over 2500 donuts (leftover from Sunday's Coffee & Donuts Ministry) for our First Responders throughout Portage and Kalamazoo. Children from our Children's Faith Formation program donated their time and their artistic skills to decorate the donut boxes for our community heroes. Thank you to all who donated their time to make and deliver donuts, as well as those who worked hard to decorate all of the donut boxes! Please click on the article title to see a picture collage from this service project.
Public Visitation for the Most Rev. James A. Murray, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, will take place at St. Augustine Cathedral (542 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo) today, Wednesday, June 10th, until 8 pm and tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th, from 8 am until 1:30 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 2 pm tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th, and will be live streamed on the diocesan website and simulcast to the Diocesan Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/catholicdioceseofkalamazoo. Due to current restrictions for capacity, attendance at the Mass of Christian Burial is limited with preference seating for family, friends, and clergy. For more information about Bishop James A. Murray or the visitation or funeral Mass, please visit the dedicated page of the Diocesan website by clicking on this article title.
In times such as these, pregnant and parenting mothers in poverty or who are facing other challenging circumstances need our help. Learn more about Walking with Moms in Need: A Year of Service by clicking on the title of this article. A Diocesan Walking with Moms in Need ministry will continue through March 2021. To get involved with the Diocesan initiative, please contact Joe Magalski (jmagalski@gmail.com) or Margaret Meersma (margaretmeersma@gmail.com).
Please join the National Knights of Columbus council and their families in praying a Novena for National Unity and an End to Racism beginning today, Sunday, June 7, and concluding on June 15th. For more information, please click on the title of this article to see the flyer.
Good Morning! We have another busy weekend here at St. Catherine's, and we hope you can join us in person or online for some of our activities. Please click on the article title to read the complete update. For the most up to date schedules and information on activities at the parish and around the Diocese, please like and follow us on Facebook, check our website calendar, or read our weekly bulletin. Please remember that our bulletin is only available online at this time.
As many of you know, we have resumed the public celebration of the Mass as of last Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Please click on the article title to read this important post about our current Mass schedule, as well as other important information about parish operations at this time.
Please join us for Daily Mass today at 9:15 am in Marian Hall. Please note that only the Marian Hall entrance will be unlocked for Mass. Doors open at 8:45 am. Please wear a mask and bring hand sanitizer with you for use prior to Communion and throughout Mass as needed. Thank you!
Please join us for Daily Mass today at 9:15 am in Marian Hall. Please note that only the Marian Hall entrance will be unlocked for Mass. Doors open at 8:45 am. Please wear a mask and bring hand sanitizer with you for use prior to Communion and throughout Mass as needed. Thank you!