As the Parish of Saint Catherine of Siena we are a community of disciples of Jesus Christ. In communion with our Archbishop and the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world, we proclaim the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and His Gospel.
Through our life of worship, we acknowledge our need for the love and mercy of God and we welcome all to share in them. Through our ministries and service, we seek to form our members more deeply as disciples of Jesus and to make present, in our own times, the love and peace of the dawning Kingdom of God.
It was an honor to bring our team of 22 teens and chaperones from both parishes on our 2024 Boston Mission trip this past weekend! I cannot begin to explain how proud I am of each of these teens. They demonstrated compassion for the poor and homeless, and witnessed living conditions that I am sure they have never seen or imagined. They listened to many stories of people who have fallen on hard times, who have often had their dignity stripped from them. The story of a rare-book seller whose sales slowed and he eventually lost his business and everything
Wednesday, March 13 at 7 pm Fulfill your Easter Duty and join us for the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday night, March 13 at 7 pm. Three priests will be present to hear confessions and grant God’s Absolution— Monsignor Frank Matera and Fr. Matthew Gworek, pastor of St. Patrick in Farmington and St. Mary Star of the Sea in Unionville, will join Fr. Michael. Be Forgiven, Be Refreshed and Be Prepared for the Easter Season, celebrating God’s love and desire for you to be His friend.
The above tagline, taken from the Gospel of Luke (11:31), is the brand message of Catholic education. What is the something greater here? It is faith, it is Christ and it is you. Catholic education is not just about cursive writing or erasers and blackboards—it is so much more. Catholic education is about forming the whole child, it is about knowing who the child is, who the child is called to be, and going full force to seek the excellence of the child.
We are in the kick-off season of the 2024 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal (AAA), the largest ministerial campaign for the Archdiocese of Hartford (AOH), which funds the good works of the local Church of Hartford. What are the Church’s good works? Simple, they are the works of the body of Christ—you and me—that imitates the daily activities of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, teaching the ignorant, saving souls and more that Jesus did as He walked the face of the earth more than 2,000 years ago.
Lenten Mercy Project
Week 6: March 23/24
“Ransom The Captive”
Donations are being made to Interval House, the largest agency in Connecticut dedicated to ending domestic violence. Interval house provides a safe house, counseling and legal assistance, in a nurturing and encouraging environment for victims to heal and acquire the tools to move on.
“The Passion of Christ” film will be shown on Wednesday March 20th at 6 p.m. in Russell Hall. Please join us for coffee and dessert at 6 p.m., the movie will begin promptly at 6:15 p.m. This movie is a powerful piece of cinema and is recommended only for older teens and adults. An experience not to be forgotten. This is a version of Christ’s crucifixion, based on the New Testament. For further information, feel free to contact Diane Whittemore at 860-913-0241.Alleluia Party On behalf of Father Whyte and the staff of St. Catherine's Parish, we would love to have you join us for our Annual Family Friendly Alleluia Party on Saturday, March 30th immediately following the Easter Vigil Mass, which is at 8:00 pm. Please click here to sign up by March 20th
Open House The New England Catholic Biblical School (NECBS) invites you to come visit an in-person or virtual class to see how studying all 73 books of the Bible can change your life! Come visit a class any time between January 22 – May 1st!
Visit: www.NewEnglandCatholicBiblicalSchool.com or call 860-242-5573
Parishioner’s Corporal
Works of Mercy
St. Elizabeth House. We request cooks, bakers and servers to assist. For servers, the total time committment is 3:45 PM to ~5:30 PM. This is a great activity for confirmation students looking to complete their service hours. Any questions, please contact Leila Bruno (cell) 860-392-8585. next service date is January 28th Sign up at:
PANTRY PARTNERS
provides fresh vegetables and protein to families in need. The food is purchased from Super Foodtown in New Hartford and they are a wonderful partner in this ministry. Next distribution date is
Saturday, February 17thFEED THE HUNGRY
Lunch Service on Sat, March 16h. Please sign up by Weds, March 13th.
There are 4 ways to help:
1. Serve Lunch In-Person: Carpool from St. Catherine at 9:45 a.m. to St. Elizabeth's House in Hartford where we will serve a meal for residents as well as for other food insecure guests.
2. Prepare a hot dish: We'll supply the ingredients for you to make a hot dish at home for us to bring to Hartford. Pick up the ingredients on Thursday, 1/18 at Fitzgerald’s and drop off the hot meal to Russell Hall kitchen on Saturday, 1/20 between 8:30-9:30 a.m. We'll contact you ahead of time with recipe and more information if you haven't done this before.
3. NEW - Make Cupcakes: Let's add some winter cheer. Make festive cupcakes and drop off on Jan 20th to Russell Hall kitchen 8:30-9:30 a.m.
4. Make sandwiches: Please see the weekly bulletin "Street Sandwich Ministry" section to sign-up.
STREET SANDWICH MINISTRY
Our January collection will take place the weekend of Saturday, March, 16th , Sunday, March 17th, and March 18th. Sandwiches can be dropped off Saturday and Monday mornings from 8-9:30 a.m., and Sunday from 9-6 p.m. on that weekend. Please use this link for more information and sign up:
Comitas is a parish ministry created to give families nutritional support and to allow them to focus on other important needs such as bereavement or recovery from illness. Comitas volunteers receive occasional requests for help in providing meal assistance to and can choose to assist if it works with their schedule to the family in need. Please consider joining this amazing volunteer ministry. Prayerfully consider joining the 20+ year ministry. If you are in need of support or know someone in need of meal assistance help, please reach out to the office or to Karen Corriveau at stcathycomitas@gmail.com.
The Parish Prayer Line
We have setup 860.658.1642 Ext. 8 to accept your prayer requests for our Health & Healing Ministry’s Prayer Tree. Join in on the power of prayer! Please let us know for whom you wish us to pray.