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Our Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help will be held Thurs., May 14, through Fri., May 22. Please join us in this parish devotion! You may pray with us in person at Mass, via the livestream or in your own personal prayer time. Click on the title of this article to access the Novena page and download a copy of the prayer.

You can now sign up for Altar Flowers and the Sanctuary Lamp candles online. There are a few slots available for altar flowers. Donate flowers in memory of a loved one or a special occasion. You may also sign up to have a sanctuary lamp lit for a week in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. Your intentions will be included in the weekly bulletin.

Divine Mercy Sunday was established by Pope John Paul II in 2000. The feast, which falls on the Second Sunday of Easter, recognizes the abundant mercy that God offers to us. Please join us for an online Holy Hour at 3: 00 p.m. The hour will begin with the Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, followed by prayers and hymns, Adoration and reflection time, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction. Access this event from the Watch Mass Live page.

The ONLINE version of our Liturgy of the Word with Children for Divine Mercy Sunday is now available. 20. Thanks so much to Monica and Matt Howeth, Jimmy Rose, Connie Maastricht and their children for making this for us to share!

To celebrate this season of Easter, our Family Faith Formation program has invited their families to pray the fourteen Stations of Resurrection together. Visit the Family Faith formation page to read these reflections.

Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl challenged us this Easter season to share what we have with our global family. Please hold on to your rice bowls. We will collect them at a later time. Thank you for your participation in this program.

Easter Masses will be broadcast live at the following times: 7:30 a.m. (Fr. Ray Pothireddy), 9:30 a.m. (Fr. Pat Coakley), and 11:30 a.m. (Fr. Lou Brusatti). You can access them from our "Watch Mass Live" page.

Join us for a live stream of a special presentation by Fr, Ray. He will be sharing a Lenten Reflection, "My Story: Our Mission in India." The broadcast will be available from our Watch Mass Live page at 7 p.m.

Due to the Bishop’s Decree, we have cancelled the Easter Lily Memorials for this year. For those who have already contributed, we intend to purchase flowers to dress the Altar on Easter Sunday and will place the names of the loved one’s remembered with those flowers in the bulletin. Thank you.

We will be live streaming Masses from St. Catherine at the following times: Daily Mass will be live streamed daily at 12 p.m., Monday through Friday; Sunday Mass will be live streamed at 9:30 a.m. Simply click the "WATCH MASS LIVE" button on the parish home page to access.

On March 17, the Diocese of Austin released a Decree stating that all public Masses within the Diocese of Austin are suspended until Wednesday of Holy Week. St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church is assessing the situation and working on ways to reach our parish community, including streaming live Masses. We will be updating our parish website and parish Facebook page to reflect the latest news as soon as we can. Thank you for your patience. Click here to see the Decree.

In accordance with restrictions placed by local government on gatherings of more than 10 persons, St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church has suspended Masses and confessions pending additional instructions from Bishop Joe Vásquez. The parish is preparing to offer live- and on-demand streaming of daily Masses; this capacity should be in place on or before Fri., March 20. Any effect on the Sunday Mass schedule will be made known prior to each subsequent weekend; please check the parish website before attending Mass. We regret any inconvenience caused by the effects of the current outbreak, and are grateful for the patience of the parish community as we endeavor to employ best safeguards and practices while remaining obedient to our Bishop and in compliance with all government mandates. Thank you.

The Mayor of Austin has further restricted gatherings to no more than 10 persons. The 7:00 p.m. and Confessions today have been cancelled. We will provide further information regarding Mass scheduling shortly. Thank you.

We have learned that the City of Austin has restricted all gatherings to less than 250 people, including Church services. The Bishop has asked all Pastors to try to comply. Sunday's Mass schedule will still be followed. However, the number of people in the sanctuary will be limited to 250.  Additional people will be directed to the Parish Center to watch the live-feed.  The number in the Parish Center will also be limited to 250.  Our total capacity is 500. Your attentiveness to your personal health and that of our Community is of paramount importance.

Would you like to remember a loved one through a memorial gift of Easter lilies?  Your loved one's name will appear in the Easter bulletin and on the decorative donation board in the narthex to be displayed during the Easter services. A donation of $10 will help decorate the church in honor of the Resurrection of Christ. Deadline is Fri., April 3. Click here for more information.

IN RESPONSE TO A DIRECTIVE FROM BISHOP JOE VÁSQUEZ, St. Catherine of Siena Parish will be instituting measures and practices to help safeguard parishioners and visitors from the current threats of illness and disease being experienced in more and more places. These measures will begin in earnest beginning on March 2nd. We will temporarily discontinue the distribution of Communion directly on the tongue, as well as under the form of the Precious Blood. The Diocese has also asked that communities refrain from the practices of holding hands during the Our Father and of shaking hands at the Sign of Peace, and that holy water be removed from places where it is uncirculated and unfiltered. We will be in complete implementation of the Bishop’s directives during the next week, and we ask and appreciate your understanding as we seek to do all we can to prevent the spread of illness.

Masses: 6:30 am; 12:00 pm; 7:30 pm. Ash Wednesday Prayer Services with distribution of Ashes: 10:00 am; 3:30 pm; 5:00 pm; 6:15 pm Click here for more information.

This weekend the Catholic Church inaugurates the Sunday of the Word of God! In an Apostolic Letter given on September 30, 2019, Pope Francis declared that the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time be designated as the Sunday of the Word of God, to be “devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the word of God” and to the sacred scriptures.  In keeping with the pope’s instruction, St. Catherine of Siena Church celebrates and recognizes the role of God’s Word in each of our lives. Click here for more information.

On Wednesday, January 1, we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Mary is a model of holiness for us in her willingness to hear and obey God’s will. The Vigil Mass will be held Tues., Dec. 31, at 5 p.m. and the Holy Day Mass will be held Wed., Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. Parish Offices will re-open on Thurs., January 2.

The parish offices will be closed Mon., Dec. 23 through Wed., Jan. 1 and will re-open on Thurs., Jan. 2. Weekday Masses on Dec. 23, 26, 27, & 30 will be at 9:00 a.m. There will be NO noon Masses. Please click here for the Holiday Mass Schedule. Happy Holidays!