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.”

Thus says the LORD:

All you who are thirsty,

come to the water!

You who have no money,

come, receive grain and eat;

Come, without paying and without cost,

drink wine and milk!

~Isaiah 55

Greetings!

The reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans in todays liturgy is a favorite of mine. Jesus loves us and to prove it, He became man and entered into everything we would experience. Not only did Jesus experience immense joys, but He also experienced immense suffering in the flesh. Additionally, He did not just experience joy and suffering in the past, but continues to experience it through us. 

The church is His body, and He has forever united Himself to her. This is why Jesus says that “as you did it to the least of my brethren, you did it to me”. In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul confidently proclaims that nothing can separate us from the love of God. 

Have you or anyone you know ever felt isolated from God? Has anyone or anything ever caused you so much hurt that you asked, “Where was God while this was happening to me?” I pose that St. Paul gives us a truly remarkable answer here. When that thing was happening to you, God was not ignoring you or absent, He was there. The bad thing that was happening to you He was allowing to happen to Him as well. When you fall victim, He makes Himself a victim alongside you. There is no separation in God’s love for us. None of us suffers alone. God is all-powerful; if He wills that nothing separates you from His love, then nothing will. St. Paul is very clear; no human or spiritual power can tear the bond between you and Jesus. 

While Jesus never claimed that He came to end suffering, He did come to redeem it. God can bring good out of any evil, and the greatest good He can bring out of our suffering is allowing us to share in His divine life, making us like Jesus. It is in these dark moments of our lives where it is most difficult, if not impossible, to see God present. 

Our Gospel today presents us with the feeding of the five thousand. This was a sign that revealed Christ’s divinity. However, the sign that most fully revealed the depths of God’s love is the cross. Take time to stare at a crucifix and ponder the depths of God’s love. Jesus is willing to go to the end for you and with you. 

I invite you to abandon yourself into the hands of God more fully this week. God is with you at all times, in the good and the bad. Trust in His radical love and mercy that He deeply desires to shed upon you.

God bless, 

Anthony Nicolosi

Congratulations and may God’s blessings be upon:



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

Coming in September!

For more information contact:

mark.keller@dor.org

544-8880 ext. 104

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

Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

OCIA is a process of spiritual formation which prepares adults for full initiation into the faith.

At Saint Kateri Parish, we meet as a small group to explore and discuss the foundations of our Catholic faith and help each other to grow in our relationship with the Lord.

OCIA is for:

• Anyone who is curious about the Catholic Church
• Anyone who is interested in becoming Catholic
• Adult Catholics who have not completed the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, First Communion, or Confirmation).

Parishioners are welcome to join any of our sessions.

Continuous enrollment and year-round sessions

Wednesdays

6:30 PM

In the

Large Conference Room at Christ the King (Room 130)

Sessions begin September 9^th

For more information contact

Mark Keller

Mark.keller@dor.org

(585) 544-8880