Looking for help and encouragement after the death of a loved one? GriefShare is a special biblically-based weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts, and we want to help. St Catherine of Siena Parish is sponsoring GriefShare with virtual meetings on Zoom beginning Thursdays, January 14th thru April 15th from 12:30 -2:30 pm. For information & to register go to https://www.griefshare.org/groups/128757. The cost is $20 for the workbook. Questions? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

The live-stream of the Mass of Christian Burial for Sophie Varney will begin at 10:55 am this morning here on our website (click on the article title to go directly to our "Mass" page to watch the funeral Mass live), on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stcatherinesiena/), and on our YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/stcatherinesienaYouTube). The funeral Mass will be recorded and the video will be available to view in all three locations following the Mass. The funeral Mass will begin at approximately 11 am with a video slideshow prepared by the family. While we will focus the video camera on one of the screens in the church to show the video over the live-stream, you can also view the video directly here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/177nz9I93gDcEnTKVwZUG1jDDX2-fXKcn/view?usp=drivesdk. In addition, Sophie's family has provided a link to Sophie's 2020 video montage from the 1 second a day app. You can view that video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aqyesd4DFLFjloK9wzjx65LLqZXJSjy6/view?usp=drivesdk. You can find Sophie's obituary here: https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo/obituary.aspx?n=sophie-varney&pid=197353346. Please continue to keep Sophie, her family, her friends, and all who loved Sophie in your thoughts and prayers! Eternal Rest Grant Unto Sophie, O Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her. May She Rest in Peace.

Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Your life has changed forever. The daily emotions and challenges can seem so hard to bear. Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar sponsored by St Catherine of Siena Parish. For more information or to register, go to https://www.griefshare.org/loss/events/3287. This 2-hour seminar will take place on Thursday, January 7th from 6:30 -8:30 virtually on Zoom. There is a $5.00 cost for the book which may be ordered online. Questions?? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Your life has changed forever. The daily emotions and challenges can seem so hard to bear. Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar sponsored by St Catherine of Siena Parish. For more information or to register, go to https://www.griefshare.org/loss/events/3287. This 2-hour seminar will take place on Thursday, January 7th from 6:30 -8:30 virtually on Zoom. There is a $5.00 cost for the book which may be ordered online. Questions?? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Your life has changed forever. The daily emotions and challenges can seem so hard to bear. Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar sponsored by St Catherine of Siena Parish. For more information or to register, go to https://www.griefshare.org/loss/events/3287. This 2-hour seminar will take place on Thursday, January 7th from 6:30 -8:30 virtually on Zoom. There is a $5.00 cost for the book which may be ordered online. Questions?? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

We are looking for anyone who is interested in knitting prayer shawls, baby afghans, mittens, neck scarves, and knit caps. We have been asked to assist in helping the homeless stay warm as the cold weather approaches. If you can knit and have time to knit for the needy, we have yarn for you to use. We have also been asked to assist young mothers by providing baby blankets. Again, we can provide the yarn! If you are already a member of our prayer shawl weavers group, we could certainly use more prayer shawls. We will be supplying them for the sick, those in nursing homes, and those in need of comfort. Thank you in advance for considering this ministry. Please reach out to Marianne at mverner@stcatherinesiena.org with any questions.

Looking for help and encouragement after the death of a loved one? GriefShare is a special biblically-based weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts, and we want to help. St Catherine of Siena Parish is sponsoring GriefShare with virtual meetings on Zoom beginning Thursdays, January 14th thru April 15th from 12:30 -2:30 pm. For information & to register go to https://www.griefshare.org/groups/128757. The cost is $20 for the workbook. Questions? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Your life has changed forever. The daily emotions and challenges can seem so hard to bear. Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar sponsored by St Catherine of Siena Parish. For more information or to register, go to https://www.griefshare.org/loss/events/3287. This 2-hour seminar will take place on Thursday, January 7th from 6:30 -8:30 virtually on Zoom. There is a $5.00 cost for the book which may be ordered online. Questions?? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Looking for help and encouragement after the death of a loved one? GriefShare is a special biblically-based weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts, and we want to help. St Catherine of Siena Parish is sponsoring GriefShare with virtual meetings on Zoom beginning Thursdays, January 14th thru April 15th from 12:30 -2:30 pm. For information & to register go to https://www.griefshare.org/groups/128757. The cost is $20 for the workbook. Questions? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Your life has changed forever. The daily emotions and challenges can seem so hard to bear. Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar sponsored by St Catherine of Siena Parish. For more information or to register, go to https://www.griefshare.org/loss/events/3287. This 2-hour seminar will take place on Thursday, January 7th, from 6:30 pm -8:30 pm virtually on Zoom. There is a $5.00 cost for the book which may be ordered online. Questions?? Contact Paula White at 269 330 3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com.

Though Ascension-Borgess encountered a delay with their shipment of the high dose flu vaccine for people 65 years and older, those vaccines have finally arrived, and they have now scheduled some additional flu clinics over the next couple of weeks. Please click on the article title to see the list of locations and dates/times for upcoming flu clinics. There will also be limited amounts of the following vaccines available: Quadrivalent Flu (6 months and older), Flu Mist Nasal Spray (2 through 17 years old), Pneumovax 23 (19 years and older), and Prevnar 13 (19 years and older). Interested persons can call 269-324-8466 to schedule an appointment or for more information. Walk-ins will also be accepted.

We are looking for anyone who is interested in knitting prayer shawls, baby afghans, mittens, neck scarves, and knit caps. We have been asked to assist in helping the homeless stay warm as the cold weather approaches. If you can knit and have time to knit for the needy, we have yarn for you to use. We have also been asked to assist young mothers by providing baby blankets. Again, we can provide the yarn! If you are already a member of our prayer shawl weavers group, we could certainly use more prayer shawls. We will be supplying them for the sick, those in nursing homes, and those in need of comfort. Thank you in advance for considering this ministry. Please reach out to Marianne at mverner@stcatherinsienna.org with any questions.

Charter Member Robert Ostrowski passed away on October 12, 2020. A funeral Mass will be held at St. Catherine's tomorrow, Wednesday, October 21st, with a rosary at 10:30 am and Mass at 11 am, followed by burial at Fort Custer National Cemetery. To view Robert's obituary, please click on the title of this article. Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him. May He Rest in Peace. Amen.

Due to COVID-19, the Primetimers will not be meeting for the rest of the year. The group encourages everyone to be safe and patronize their favorite restaurants by ordering take-out or home delivery. Primetimers are people 50 years old and over and their friends who enjoy eating out. They usually meet at an area restaurant on the 1st Monday of each month at 11:30 am. Each person picks up their own bill. If you're interested in joining them at a future date, please contact Paula White (330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).

It's time to get your flu shot! Ascension Borgess staff will be in the Narthex tomorrow, Saturday, October 10th, from 2 pm until 4 pm to provide flu vaccines. Multiple forms of the vaccine are available and some insurances are accepted. Please see the flyer on our website for more details (http://bit.ly/SCSFluShotsOct10) or click on the article title to visit the Borgess Ascension Flu Vaccine Information page. Questions? Please contact Paula White (330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).

It's time to get your flu shot! Ascension Borgess staff will be in the Narthex this Saturday, October 10th, from 2 pm until 4 pm to provide flu vaccines. Multiple forms of the vaccine are available and some insurances are accepted. Please see the flyer on our website for more details (http://bit.ly/SCSFluShotsOct10) or click on the article title to visit the Borgess Ascension Flu Vaccine website. Questions? Please contact Paula White (330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).

Our Overeaters Anonymous (OA) group, who used to meet at St. Catherine’s on Saturday mornings, is now meeting online via zoom. To join them virtually on Saturdays from 11:00 am—12:00 pm, log into Zoom (zoom.us) and enter the access code: 899 3716 8614 and password: 508288. For other OA online meetings, you can also go to their website at http://oa.org to see other meetings taking place on different days and times. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy at kathydavies@yahoo.com.

Though our programming may be different than previous years, we still have a lot going on around the parish. Please click on the article title to read our update about events and activities going on at our parish this fall.

It's time to get your flu shot! Ascension Borgess staff will be in the Narthex on Saturday, October 10th, from 2 pm until 4 pm to provide flu vaccines. Multiple forms of the vaccine are available and some insurances are accepted. Please see the flyer on our website for more details: http://bit.ly/SCSFluShotsOct10. Questions? Please contact Paula White (330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).

The next session of GriefShare begins tomorrow, Thursday, September 10th at 12:30 pm via Zoom. What is GriefShare? GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life after the death of a loved one. GriefShare will meet on Thursdays from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm beginning Thursday, September 10, 2020, and running through Thursday, December 10, 2020 (no session on Thanksgiving). To register, please go to http://bit.ly/GSRegFall2020. Questions? Please contact Paula White (269-330-3762 or pwhitentc@mac.com).