Tickets available for Parish Picnic—help still needed
Our Annual Parish Picnic will be held on September 30th, immediately following the 11 o’clock Mass. Tickets are now on sale after all Masses. Signup sheets are on display in the parish center narthex—opportunities to help in all areas are still available.
The next picnic volunteer meeting is Wednesday, September 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the parish center. Time capsule items and ideas are still welcome. Call Patti Longordo at (908) 735-6495 with questions or suggestions. (Read more…)
Support St. Catherine’s by shopping at Amazon—just ‘smile!’
If you shop at Amazon, you can support St. Catherine’s with your purchases without costing you anything. Just visit AmazonSmile when you do your shopping.
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.
Every item available for purchase on the regular Amazon site is also available on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com (Read more…)
Handbags help Rosary Society benefit women in need
The St. Catherine’s Rosary Society will once again be collecting “new or gently used” handbags for women and teens, and filling each handbag with 10-12 new items (see list below). Handbags will be donated to the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Crisis Center, Washington/Oxford, NJ and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bronx, NY.
The Rosary Society is asking parish members to help us with the collection by donating new and gently used handbags and/or new filler items. (Read more…)
Expansion Gallery Eight: Put a lid on it
With the walls complete and the roof foundation in place, our church once again looks like a church. Even the interior is now starting to take shape. The latest photo gallery is available here and on the TV in the parish hall narthex.
All previous galleries are still available:
Letter from Bishop Checchio on Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report
Bishop Checchio has asked that his letter below be shared with the parish community.
August 17, 2018
My Sisters and Brothers—This week’s report released by the Pennsylvania Grand Jury following an investigation of cases of sexual abuse of minors by clergy in six dioceses of Pennsylvania, dating back to the 1940s was devastating. When we hear of such abuse, our hearts ache for the pain so many have suffered at the hands of those who were entrusted with their spiritual care. (Read more…)
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Letter from Bishop Checchio
Bishop Checchio has that his letter below be shared with the parish. A PDF of the letter is also available for download.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I know that so much of the news regarding the Church this whole summer has been painful and very difficult for all of us. The bad news seemingly does not end. However, I write to you in order to hopefully be a voice of encouragement amidst the discouragement and a ray of light in what may seem endless dark clouds. (Read more…)