Welcome to Saint Catherine Church!
¡Bienvenido a la Parroquia de Santa Catalina!
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Room use calendar
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Room Use Request Form
Cancellation Form
Change Form
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Ways to Volunteer
Looking for ways to share your talent?
There are many opportunities!
Click below to see all the parish opportunities!Volunteer Here!
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Financial Report 2018-19
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Annual Diocesan Appeal
We need 100% participation to reach our goal!
Give what you can and make a difference.
New this year, the ADA has a sustained giver program where parishoniers can continue thier gift year to year without having to re-initiate thier online profile.
To start your donation
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Mass of Healing
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Women's Retreat
Your invited to join the Women's retreat
When Women PRAY
Retreat will be lead by Kathleen Beckman,L.H.S., author of When Women Pray
St. Catherine O’Donnell Parish Center
February 29, 2020
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Registration includes coffee, breakfast snacks and lunch!
Doors open promptly at 9:00AM
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Focus SAFE Parking
FOCUS Safe Parking Program
With the number of homeless people on the rise in Morgan Hill and many depending on their vehicle or RV as shelter, faith communities and the City of Morgan Hill have established a Safe Parking site to provide a safe place for up to 8 families, single women and couples who are homeless with no place to stay except their vehicles. The site is located at the Morgan Hill Bible Church,15055 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, CA 95037.
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Welcome
Welcome to Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish
As part of the Catholic Church, our parish endeavors to be the Lord’s own house for all who seek comfort, encouragement, peace, guidance and love. Here all can worship together. Each person is unique, and we believe that our differences enrich the community.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12).
We welcome you as members of our community. We encourage all who are already a part of our parish to continue to walk together in the service of others. No matter where you are on this journey – whether you have just heard the Lord’s call for the first time or if you have been away for some time, or if you have a thirst of God and desire to know more about your faith – you are indeed welcome at Saint Catherine.
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life, for the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us - what we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing this so that our joy may be complete (1 John 1:1-4).
Fr. Sergio Ovando
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Weekly Reflection
FROM THE DESK OF FR. FRANCIS KALAW, PAROCHIAL VICAR.......
Life is full of choices. What to wear, what to cook, what to watch on television, what games to play, what sports or hobbies to take on. Every choice we make involves an exercise of free will, which is how we grow in goodness and mature in faith.
Reading this lengthy Sunday Gospel reading, we can easily ask why Jesus would demand a very high ideal to follow. However, I think, there is a way to understand what is going on in today’s Gospel. If we look clearly, the laws, most specifically the Ten Commandments, and precepts of the Church are not intended to be a list of things to just follow. They are intended to be like steps to make ourselves better, to developing good habits or eliminating bad habits. It is not only that we follow the steps, but the important thing is that we understand where they are leading us and that we take them to heart and make them part of our lives. That is when the big change happens. These Commandments are intended to change us, to bring us closer to God. They are not just a list of check marks.
What Jesus detests are the people who only saw the laws but not the principles behind them. Jesus even spelled it out for us in the Gospel. He said the greatest Commandments were to love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That is the founding principle of Christianity. That is who God is, He is Love. If we follow the rules we may get by, but I think if we will take the heart of the Gospel and make it part of ourselves, we will not need the rules. They will just come naturally.
In one of his Angelus messages in Rome, Pope Francis explained: “The two commandments are like two sides of the same coin that cannot be separated and, therefore, must both be lived. One’s neighbor is the person I encounter on my journey during my day. It is about having eyes to see (this person) and the heart to desire his well-being. If we practice seeing with Jesus’ gaze, we will always be ready to listen and near those who are in need.”
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Ash Wednesday & Holy Week Schedule
ASH WEDNESDAY AND HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Ash Wednesday /Miércoles de Ceniza
February 26 / Febrero 26
8:15am Mass (Misa)
10:45am Mass (Misa) School
12:15pm Ash Service (Servicio de Ceniza)
3:45pm Mass (Misa) Faith Formation
5:30pm Mass (Misa)
7:00pm Misa en Español (En la Iglesia & el Centro Parroquial)
Parish Reconciliation
Monday, March 23
7:00pm - 8:30pm in the Church
2020 Triduum and Easter Day Schedule
Holy Thursday / Jueves Santo
April 9/Abril 9 7:30pm
(Bilingual Mass / Misa Bilingüe)
Good Friday / Viernes Santo
April 10/Abril 10
12:00pm Good Friday Service
6:00pm Obra de la Pasión de Cristo
7:30pm Servicio en EspañolEaster Vigil / Vigilia Pascual
April 11/Abril 11
8:30pm (Bilingual Mass / Misa Bilingüe)
Easter Sunday / Domingo de Resurrección
April 12/ Abril 12
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Today's Readings / Lecturas Del Día
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Reading 1 Jas 1:19-27Responsorial Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5Gospel Mk 8:22-26
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Primera lectura Sant 1, 19-27Salmo Responsorial Salmo 14, 2-3ab. 3cd-4ab. 5Evangelio Mc 8, 22-26
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WWELCOME to Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish!
We, at St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish are a growing, diverse, and welcoming Catholic Community called to live and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ through Worship, Discipleship, and Service.
¡BIENVENIDOS a la Parroquia de Santa Catalina!
La Parroquia de Santa Catalina de Alejandría, es una comunidad en crecimiento, acogedora y diversa, llamada a vivir y proclamar la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo por medio de la Oración, el Discipulado y el Servicio.