Welcome to Saint Catherine Church!
¡Bienvenido a la Parroquia de Santa Catalina!
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Ways to Give
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Preserving our Past, Providing for our Future
Capital Campaign UpdateCapital Campaign Goal is $8,000,000
Total Pledged Dollars are $5,582,338
Total Donors Pledged is 480
We are 70% of Goal - We are getting close!
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Parish Captial Campaign
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Stations of the Cross
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Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in volunteering? Click here to see all the wonderful opportunities that we have.
If you are a new or a current minister or volunteer who needs to complete your Safe Environment Workshop, click here to complete it online. Please remember to print out a copy of your completion certificate for the Parish Office.
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Bp. Barron's Lent Reflections
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Friends, today’s Gospel includes the parable of a fig tree that bears no fruit. This is a standard trope in the theological literature of Israel: the tree that bears no fruit is evocative of the...
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FOCUS Safe Parking Program
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 who are living in their vehicles. The site is located at the Morgan Hill Bible Church,15055 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, CA 95037.
In addition to a place to park, relax and sleep overnight without the fear of harassment or arrest for trespassing, we offer:- Dignity, respect and accountability
- Access to showers, laundry, toilets and meals
- A dedicated case manager to help them transition to housing
CLICK HERE for more information.
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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. Sergio Ovando, Pastor.....
The name of God
In the first reading, we find a passage that relates to a dialogue between God and Moses; above all, I would like to note, the answer about the "name" of God. The name in Hebrew YWHW (יהוה), expresses the essence of God, (the Hebrew roots of these letters refer to the verb to be, and reflect the essence that God is Eternal). For us the name is the way to differentiate, due to diversity, but God does not need to differentiate himself from others since He is unique; the name has the intention of showing as God that which is essential in him that is his very being, unique, unalterable and eternal. That is why in our prayers and blessings we all do in "His name", because He is doing everything for himself.
You may have heard that God has to be called Jehovah, or Yahweh, because God needs a name, the name that is in the bible. However, the truth is that it belongs to the essence of God not needing anything. Also in the Jewish tradition one can observe the pronunciation of this name is lost, that when this name appeared, it was not pronounced or nor was it replaced by names like Elohim, Adonai, Hashem, the Shadai, which indicate the way in which Hebrew community and Jesus himself invoked God.
In the time before Jesus, the Old Testament was translated into Greek for the Jews of the Diaspora; in the well-known translation of the LXX, the sacred tetragram (YWHW- יהוה) is translated as kyrios- κύριος, Lord, conveying the meaning and not the literalness of the term. This is how it comes to us in the New Testament, where the Lord means God. That is why in our prayers and in the New Testament many times we do not find the term Yahweh, but Lord.
It is important that we understand how important the name is, and so we will understand why the commandment not to take the holy name of God in vain, which refers not only to the name but to God himself, as well as our prayers that we began in the Name of God. I invite you to become aware how many times in our prayers we invoke his name so that the name of God may be blessed for ever and ever, because wisdom and power are His (Dan 2:20). -
Today's Readings / Lecturas Del Día
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Reading 1 Is 7:10-14; 8:10Responsorial Psalm Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11Reading 2 Heb 10:4-10Gospel Lk 1:26-38
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Primera lectura Is 7, 10-14Salmo Responsorial Salmo 39, 7-8a. 8b-9. 10. 11Segunda Lectura Heb 10, 4-10Evangelio Lc 1, 26-38
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Mission Statement
WELCOME 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.