Knights of Columbus continues to collect aluminum cans and deposit soda bottles after all weekend Masses. Please help us in the fundraising effort.

Saint Catherine of Siena (March 17, 1347-April 29, 1380) was made a Patron Saint of Italy (along with St. Francis of Assisi) by Pope Pius XII in 1940. She was the first woman to be given the title of Doctor of the Church in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. She remains as one of only three women to be given this title. In 1999 Pope John Paul II also made her one of Europe's patron saints. The Jubilee Committee welcomes your help and ideas for celebrating our anniversary year. Let the parish office know of your interest.

The object of our clothes closet at the Pastoral Center is to help people to keep warm during the winter months. Therefore, our closet will have winter coats only.  If other clothes are needed, there are two PSA resales in November and April (advertised in the bulletin).  The Catholic Charities Center also has clothes at a low cost. Their address and phone number are 1320 E. 2nd Street, Wilmington DE 19802; 302-764-2717.

Put faith into action with the Delaware Catholic Advocacy Network.  Been hearing recently about health care reform, abortion, immigration, marriage, and Catholic schools?  Join the Delaware Catholic Advocacy Network.  This is an email network that keeps you informed on public policy issues and puts you in direct contact with lawmakers to share your views.  Visit www.cdow.org for more information.

We are in need of new members to our prayer chain! This is not very time consuming and requires no meetings but has a profound impact on others! If you add your name to the chain, you will occasionally receive a telephone call with a prayer request. You will simply call the next person on the list which will be provided, and then pray for the requested intention. Many people rely on our prayers. Please consider helping others in this way. If you are interested, please call Francine Bugada, 234-7730.

Our church’s interior was designed very carefully, in 1990-92, in response to the statement formulated by a hard-working committee of parishioners.  You sense intimacy with and welcome from the community and God.  The ambience is plain, even stark, in keeping with the post-Vatican II insight of focusing all attention on the Eucharistic liturgy.  We have discovered from our Mexican experience the importance of devotional focus also.  Thus, after twelve years the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe has a permanent place in the sanctuary.  It fits!  We hope to adapt other enrichments to the décor as time goes on, to heighten the sacred dimension.  To help plan our parish golden jubilee celebration, contact Randy Vogel at 994-1055.

JUBILEE "MINUTE"

Saint Catherine of Siena is sometimes pictured carrying a ship.  As those outside of Noah’s Ark were destroyed, the ship became a perfect early symbol of the Church.  In the same vein, the main part of a church’s interior, the place where the people worship, is called a "nave," from the Latin "navis’ — ship.  The ship symbolizes St. Catherine’s devotion to the Church.  The Jubilee Committee welcomes your help and ideas for celebrating our anniversary year.  Let the parish office know of your interest.

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With the increased demand for use of our facilities for meetings at St. Catherine’s, all requests must be submitted in writing to be scheduled on our parish calendar.  We ask that all chairpersons, coaches, ministers, etc. who need to use any area here to complete a ‘Request for Space Form’ and return completed form to Parish Office.

We also ask anyone who uses our buildings to be vigilant in putting lights out, closing and locking doors and windows, turning off heating or air-conditioning units, cleaning tables and chairs.  We need and appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain our parish properties.  Thank you.

As part of the year-long 50th Jubilee Celebration that begins next fall, we will be planning alumni events and class get-togethers.  We are starting now to compile a database of class members from the school's inception through to the present. Please share your contact information with us if you are interested in hearing more. Call Sharon Cordrey at 547-4406 or email us at SCSJubilee@gmail.com. We have class lists from way back, but as you know, many last names and addresses have changed.  Please let us know the year you graduated from 8th grade, your maiden and married name, address, phone and email.  Also note whether you would like to be an organizer for your class.

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