Saint Mary – Saint Catherine of Siena Parish

A great assortment of books, DVDs, and CDs (books include Children and Adult fiction and nonfiction; English and Spanish) will be on sale at our Fall Fundraiser and Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Join us outside St. Mary’s on the Soley Street side! Volunteers are still needed for this event! If you can help, please call (617) 242-4664 before next Friday!

Items for donation can still be brought to the Parish Center, M-F from 9-5pm. We appreciate your donations to help us support our religious community in purchasing new Religious Education Books and Materials for our expanding program.  – The Religious Education Parent Advisory Committee

The celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is the center point of the life of any Catholic community.

Our own Parish Mission Statement highlights the Eucharist as that which nourishes everything in our Parish. Always we are striving to celebrate Sunday Mass as best as possible and to do that, we need lots of help. In addition to maintaining our beautiful worship space, we need people to assist in the various ministries at Mass: greeters, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, and altar servers. I invite you to ponder whether you can assist us in one of these ministries.

Sometimes when I speak with a parishioner about being a minister – a natural reaction is:   “ME – I could never do that!”

We are inclined to think that serving in ministry is more for someone else and we are not worthy to do that. Well, no one IS worthy! However many are able to lend a hand and with preparation and support, carry out a much needed and important ministry at the Parish.

Please read below and pray, wonder and talk with us – if you feel so called.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are adult Catholics in good standing who have a love for the Eucharist and wish to serve their fellow parishioners. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are ordinary Christians who model Christian living in faith and conduct in their ministry and in their daily lives. A formal training program for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion is provided.

Ministers of the Word (Lectors)

Lectors are adult Catholics in good standing who have a love for the Word of God and wish to serve their fellow parishioners as a Minister of the Word.  The Liturgy of the Word is an essential component of the Eucharistic Liturgy. The Ministry of Lector is to proclaim the Word of God in the assembly of the people. We offer a formal training program for Lectors and provide them with books that contain all the readings for the church year and may be studied at home.

Greeters and Ushers

Greeters and ushers are a group of dedicated men and women of all ages.  Greeters faithfully welcome our parishioners and visitors as they arrive for Mass.  Ushers are responsible for taking up the collection during the liturgy.

For more information, please contact Sister Nancy at 617-242-4664 or ncitro@stmarystcatherine.org.