Save the Date for St. Catherine’s Parish Picnic
Our annual parish picnic will be held on Sunday, September 30th. Stay tuned for more information, but be sure to save the date now.
VOLUNTEERS: If you would like to help out this year, please contact Patti
Longordo at 908-735-6495 or 2enphome@centurylink.net. (Read more…)
‘Dine to Donate’ by visiting Frank’s Italian Restaurant in Clinton
Planning to dine out during the warm summer months? Remember—when you eat in or order out from Frank’s Italian Restaurant, located in the ShopRite Plaza in Clinton, they donate 10% of your check to St. Catherine’s.
All you have to do is tell the cashier or server that you’re from St. Catherine’s when you pay.
(Please remember to tip your server based on the pre-discounted amount.)
Frank’s is located at 67 Walmart Plaza, Clinton, NJ 08827 | 908-735-9293 (Read more…)
Phillipsburg Thrift Store needs your donations
The Thrift Store at Catholic Charities, Phillipsburg, is in need of items.
The store, open to all community members, sells a variety of gently used and new items that have been donated. Proceeds go towards social service programs.
Items currently needed are:
- Gently used clothing
- Small household items
- Accessories
- Decorative items
- Jewelry, linens
- New toys
- Books
- Seasonal items
- CDs and DVD tapes.
Donations are gladly accepted Monday through Friday from 10am to 3:30pm. The store is located at 383 South Main Street, Phillipsburg. (Read more…)
Helpers needed for Family Promise, July 1-8
Family Promise is a movable shelter where families live for a week at a time at various local churches. St. Catherine’s next scheduled time to “host” these families at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church on Race Street will be July 1-July 8.
You can help by either cooking a dinner meal; spending time at the shelter or donating ShopRite gift cards, which are used to help pay for the meals that are prepared.
If you would like more information about this Ministry, please give Mary Jo Haggerty a call at 908-730-8989 or email to celticstamper@gmail.com with questions. (Read more…)
Online signup sheet available for monthly Eucharistic Adoration
The Knights of Columbus coordinate a signup sheet for Eucharistic Adoration, which is held on the first Friday of each month. All parishioners are invited to spend a half an hour (or more) in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.
What is Eucharistic Adoration?Here’s how Catholic-Church.org describes it:
Understood simply, Eucharistic Adoration is adoring or honouring the Eucharistic Presence of Christ. In a deeper sense, it involves “the contemplation of the Mystery of Christ truly present before us.”
The online signup for is available here. (Read more…)
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Camp St. Catherine—THANK YOU!
Judy La Tournous, St. Catherine’s Director of Religious Education, sent her thanks to all who made this year’s Camp St. Catherine a fun-filled event for all who participated:
Camp St. Catherine was a HUGE success this year!
Thank you to Donna Ignacz, Carol Way, Liz Strauss, Donna Gallagher, Jodi Deignan, Elaine Frederick, and Vanessa O’Keefe for giving up their entire week to help supervise. Thank you to all my Jr. & Sr. counselors for mentoring our campers all week. (Read more…)