St. Catherine of Siena Church has partnered with Great Lakes Scrip Center to offer us over 750 retailers (grocery, department stores, restaurants, hotels, home improvement and more) who sell gift cards at a discount.

Three Easy Ways to Place Orders:

1. Use the ORANGE order forms on the wall over the Poor Box on your way out;
2. Online at: www.Shopwithscrip.com
   • Click on “Create Account”
   • Enter Enrollment Code 38C8L5D463L2
   • Your account will be associated with St. Catherine of Siena Church and start shopping; or
3. PRESTO Pay—once you created an account online
   • Click on the Prestopay Link under Family Functions
   • Follow the directions; After account is approved begin shopping.

The Food for the Needy Committee of St. Philip & St. James Parish sent its thanks to St. Catherine’s parishioners for their generous donation to this year’s food drive. Because of your generosity, 400 baskets were made—enough to feed 1,115 people this year. “It was so kind of you to consider helping us again this year,” the message said.

The working poor in Phillipsburg has been growing so steadily and the food pantry at Catholic Charities has been trying to keep up with the demand. (Read more…)

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…)

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) at the same price. (Read more…)

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…)