Saturday, August 15th is a Holy Day and there will be an 11:00am Mass at St. Cecilia church;

this is not a Holy Day of Obligation.

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.”

Then Jesus said to her in reply,

"O woman, great is your faith! 

Let it be done for you as you wish." 

And the woman's daughter was healed from that hour.

~Matthew 15

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

Our Diocesan Seminarians have completed their parish summer assignments and have returned to the seminary for the fall season. Keep in your prayers Anthony Nicolosi who was here at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish for 11 weeks and Joseph Mauer, a Saint Kateri parishioner who, in another year, will be ordained as a Transitional Deacon.

Registrations are now underway for our Fall Faith Formation, First Communion and Confirmation programs. Contact Anna Steele or Christine Bondi for more information on registration.

Let us enjoy these remaining days of summer!

May God bless you!

Fr. Gonyo

Congratulations and may God’s blessings be upon:

Regan Lynn Andreano

Colt Corbett Schmidt

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

Peter V. Verhagen Jr.



Saint Kateri Parish Creation

Care for People and Planet

is pleased to announce we

Have adopted a Rochester family!

Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services has connected

us with a family preparing to go back to school. There are

five children: two in high school, two in middle

school, and one in kindergarten. They also have an older

child that has graduated.

We will collect items from their school supply lists

throughout the month of August, at each Saint Kateri

Parish church. Collection boxes will be clearly marked and

placed near the Welcome Desks. 

All items must be returned by

8/30/26.

Some of the items include:

• ¨ Glue sticks (Elmer’s)
• ¨ Packages of College ruled loose-leaf notebook paper 
• ¨ Boxes of Ballpoint pens
• ¨ Boxes of No. 2 pencils
• ¨ USB flash drives
• ¨ Packages of Highlighters
• ¨ 5 Pocket folders (Various colors)
• ¨ Backpacks
•  ¨ 3-hole punched folders that fit in binders)
• ¨ 1 Project board for Science Fair
• ¨ Pink Pearl Erasers
• ¨ 1 Set of ear buds
• ¨ 12 color pack of colored pencils
• ¨ Spiral-bound or composition notebooks
• ¨ Three ring binders

For a full list of items or to donate a gift card so we can purchase items, 

Please contact Sally Quist at squist66@gmail.com or call 585-467-7822.

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