Welcome Fr. Benedict!

Jesus loves us every bit as much as he loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus. He desires the same close relationship with us as He had with them.

Please keep your updated schedules handy for all the events and Masses of Holy Week.

Fr. Bill has an opportunity to live near his family in Wisconsin and has decided that this is the perfect time to accept that invitation. Fr. Bill’s last day with us is Sunday, March 19. Fr. Bill will return for our Priest Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, June 11. Please join us then to wish him well in person!

In case you missed it, please watch the special video from Bishop Bradley and Fr. Bill regarding Fr. Bill's move to Wisconsin! https://youtu.be/u7e4iNUfy1A

Please join us for our annual Mary Garden Spring Clean Up. It starts at 9:00 am and we will meet in the front Mary Garden area. If you have any questions, please contact Gary Townsend at (269) 341-1205.  

Just a friendly reminder that Pre K-12th grade faith formation classes will be having a three week break from March 26 - April 12.

Thank you to the Righters for all you do! 

How we look at people and situations is important. Do we judge a situation or a person by appearances, according to the way society says we should? Or are we able to see with our heart’s eyes, as God tells us we should?

In case you missed our announcement last weekend, due to health reasons, Fr. Bill Jacobs will conclude his time of service with our parish on March 19. We thank him for his priestly service to all of us here at St. Catherine and wish him luck in Wisconsin.

Thank you both for all that you do for our parish!

Incase you may have missed the Bishop’s announcement regarding fasting on St. Patrick’s Day…

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Teresa

Through our Baptism we also received the “water of faith”, the initiation into our Christian way of life. But just as all things need water to live, we continually need to be refreshed in these “waters of faith”.

If you missed our parish penance service last week, just remember that we have individual confessions each Saturday from 11:00 am-12:00 pm with several of our priests available to hear your confession.

Priests in the United States will begin using a new translation of prayers for the celebration of confession. May these new translations help us to experience the love which God has for us through our reception of the Sacrament of Penance.  

Primetimers will meet on Monday, March 6, at Fieldstone Grill, 3970 W Centre Ave, Portage, 49024 at 11:30 am.

Are we truly listening with the desire to serve God, or are we trying to follow our own agenda? How can we use this season to do more of the former, and less of the latter?

Please check out our 2023 Lenten schedule for additional things we will be doing at the parish (Lenten talks, Stations of the Cross, etc.) during these weeks of Lent.

A special Thank You for all of the coats and winter accessories that were donated to the Thrift Store.