Celebrate the Savior with Santa! Saturday, December 13th, 2pm-4pm St. Catherine's families are invited to join Santa Claus as we kick off the Advent and Christmas seasons to celebrate the birth of Jesus! We will have cookies and hot cocoa available to you as you write your letter to Santa, listen to a Christmas story, and enjoy a craft

Our St. Elizabeth House Ministry leader, Leila Bruno, is moving away and will not be able to continue her years and years of service to others in need. We have a great team of volunteers and now we are looking for a few people to step up and become part of the leadership team, which requires scheduling the volunteers to sign-up each month and then coordinate the meal delivery to the shelter.

Today we find ourselves at the heart of the Passion narrative, with our Lord Jesus Christ hanging on the cross, hears the many mockers around Him reviling Him. He is accompanied by two “criminals” or revolutionaries. This is indeed a moment of great sorrow, but also a time of deep hope and mercy.

Jesus & Sacred Space In today’s gospel of John, 2:13-22, Jesus is disturbed by how the worshippers and outsiders treated the Jewish Temple, which like our Catholic churches, are sacred spaces. More than 2,000 years later, we might want to ask ourselves “how do I treat my church, and is it a sacred space in my mind?”