Mission Statement

Our Vision Friends and neighbors joyfully sharing and living the Gospel and the transforming love of Jesus Christ through our Parish Family



Our Mission To invite and welcome people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life to embrace and celebrate our vocations.  "To be Christ to the world.”

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation;

announce the praises of him who called you

out of darkness into his wonderful light.

~I Peter 2

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

Schools are out and the summer season is underway for everyone!  

With July 4th falling on a Saturday next weekend, there will be many various 4th of July events in town. This may limit access and parking at Christ the King Church.  

Just for Saturday, July 4th, we will be moving the 4pm Mass to Saint Margaret Mary Church. Be sure to spread the word about this 4pm Mass location change.  

Our Weekend Mass schedule will remain the same on Sunday, July 5th.  

After dinner, on July 4th, come back to Christ the King and park for the 9:30pm fireworks show!

Be sure to read the enclosed bulletin article written by our summer seminarian, Anthony Nicolosi, regarding priestly ordination and please pray for our newly-ordained Diocesan priest, Fr. David Cataline. 

May God bless you!

Fr. Gonyo

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS

Greetings!

 This weekend, Bishop Bonnici ordained David Cataline to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ. As the prophet Jeremiah tells us, before we were formed in the womb, God knew us. From our conception He assigned each of us a vocation. A vocation is none other than what God has chosen for you and me in order to live out the redemption He has won for us, and to spread the Gospel in our own lives. We give thanks to Fr. David Cataline for being attentive to the Lord’s call and wish him many blessings in his ministry for years to come!

Holy Orders, especially the priesthood, is a very noble and courageous vocation to accept from God. What does it really mean to be a priest? First, a priest is an Alter Christus, or “another Christ”. Taking Jesus as the model, the work and life of a priest closely follows that of Jesus. Secondly, a priest is a man of sacrifice. Jesus demonstrates perfect love on the cross, and the priest is called to imitate Him. In our Gospel today, Jesus says, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Venerable Fulton Sheen famously said that a priest is not his own. A priest is one on the front lines and takes the responsibility of shepherding souls seriously. A priest must leave behind his comforts and own priorities and do all he can to spread the Gospel to win souls for Christ. 

Jesus has bound the strong man and liberated us from the powers of sin and death. Our sharing in His victory comes to us through the Holy Spirit which we receive through the Church Jesus instituted. By virtue of the priestly office, the sacraments are handed down to us, and we receive grace so that we can truly share in the divine life. Jesus did not just come to rescue us from sin and death, but also to raise up our humanity to what it was designed for since the beginning of time to make us divine. Humanity is the pinnacle of God’s creation and while Jesus is the divine Son by nature, we become adopted sons and daughters of God by grace in baptism. The ministry of the priest makes this realization possible through the sacraments.

We are all called to respond to Christ’s gift in our respective vocations. This day, may we reflect on the immense gift we have received through our baptism and give thanks for our priests who daily provide us with the Blessed Eucharist on our journey towards heaven.

God bless, 

Anthony Nicolosi

Congratulations and may God’s blessings be upon:



Please remember in prayer our Beloved who have recently passed away:

Grazia Nicolosi

Coming Soon!

Keep an eye on this space for details as they become available.

Saint Kateri Parish offers a variety of

Faith Formation &

Sacramental Preparation

programs for your family

Faith Formation:

(Religious Education for children enrolled in Public School)

*For children in Pre-K through Grade 7, this program is offered during the school year, September - May. We partner with parents and guardians in supporting and continuing their child’s faith journey. This program consists of monthly meetings and extra faith-filled activities.

Contact Anna Steele Anna.Steele@dor.org.

First Reconciliation & First Holy Communion:

For children in Grade 2 and over, to help them prepare to receive the sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. Celebration of First Reconciliation is in

the fall and First Holy Communion is celebrated

parish-wide in May.

Contact Anna Steele: Anna.Steele@dor.org.

Confirmation: A two-year journey for those in Grade 8 and older to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Contact Christine Bondi Christine.Bondi@dor.org.



OCIA: This process is for anyone over the age of 16 that wants to become fully initiated into the faith of the Catholic Church through the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation or any combination of the three. Contact Mark Keller mark.keller@dor.org

Are You an Adult who missed receiving Confirmation?

OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults):



This process is for anyone over the age of 16 that wants to become fully initiated into the faith of the Catholic Church through the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation or any of the three. Contact Mark Keller mark.keller@dor.org