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St. Catherine of Alexandria Church TOWN HALL MEETING
Come & share your questions and concerns. As a community of faith and as individuals we have each been impacted by the news of sexual abuse and cover-up from the Pennsylvania Grand Jury, Archbishop McCormick and the letter from former Archbishop Vigano. We are invited to come together as a community in a Town Hall to receive answers, know what is happening in our Diocese and in our country, and let our feelings be known while we look to the future for our families, our community and our church. Click here for Information St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church Baptismal Font Baptismal Font has been completed. On Saturday Vigil Mass, September 8th Excellency, Bishop Barnes blessed the baptismal font as well as the ambry. Click here 14th annual BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS October 6, 2018 at 9 a.m. on the steps of St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish. Life Teen Remember every Sunday is LIFE NIGHT, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Hall or Youth House, 6956 Nixon Drive. All High School Age Youth are welcome to come over as soon as the LIFE TEEN Mass ends. Lay Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Call 369-9228 for more info |
Thinking about becoming Catholic?
Have questions? Call Mary or Marty at 781-9855 ext. 29 for the answers. CATHOLIC MEN’S FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY Are you looking for faith, hope and prayer in your life? Come join Catholic Men’s Fellowship here at St. Catherine on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm or 4th Saturday of the month at 9:00 am. Meetings are held at the Ministry Center, Room 1—7005 Brockton Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506. “All men welcome.” Call Robert at 951-784-7642 or Al at 951-212-1971 for information. Diocese of San Bernardino Department of Life, Dignity & Justice Advocacy & Justice for Immigrants The Catholic Church and SB 54 Why Not Physician-Assisted Suicide? For English click here. For Español click here. Diocese of San Bernardino Filling Lives With Hope (Suicide Prevention) Llenando Vidas De Esperanza (Prevencion de Suicidio) Help for the homeless and hungry Riverside County residents. You may get $200 in Food Stamps when you apply. Call 800-464-1123. |
Ask the Clergy
Q. Our Catholic values include faith, hope, charity, forgiveness, the sanctity of life and others. Could you pick one of these, and tell us how can we better embrace it in our lives?
A. For me, charity is the greatest virtue/value we can ascribe to.
God is love. And we, as his emissaries and ambassadors, are called to conform ourselves to Jesus Christ in order to witness his divine love and charity towards all.
Unfortunately, many of us did not live up to this noble trust in our last election cycle. We were less than charitable toward the candidates, the opposing parties and even our own family members who happened to differ with us in our views.
Love brings people together. It builds community. It seeks the common good.
Divisive hate speech and castigation of anyone who disagrees with our viewpoint, does the opposite.
Pope Francis reminded us that we are about building bridges, not walls and was attacked for partisanship.
Since when does caring about neighbor constitute politics?
As children we were taught the Golden Rule. Yet, today many people act as if they’ve never heard of it.
We need to return to our values. Our foundation of sacrificial love (Jesus). If we live lives of love, then everything else will fall into place.
Perhaps it would help if we read and re-read St. Paul’s reflection on love in 1 Corinthians 13, it would give us a set of goals to aim for:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. -- 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a
No one said these would be easy. We just need to commit ourselves one day at a time. And not allow anyone to provoke us into abandoning hope that we can achieve charity/love with God’s help.
-Deacon John
Mass Schedule
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Saturday Evening
5:15 pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday 6:30 am (English) 8:30 am (English) 10:15 am (Interpreted for the Deaf) 12:00 pm (English) 1:45 pm (Español) 5:15 pm (English) |
English Daily Mass
8:00 am (English) 5:30 pm (Monday – Friday, except from Memorial Day through Labor Day) Holy Days (except Christmas & New Year’s) Vigil at 5:30 pm; 8:00 am, 10:15 am, 7:00 pm Confessions Saturday: 3:30-5:00 pm; Daily Upon Request |