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St. Catherine’s Confirmation Ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 28 during the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Bishop Joe Vásquez will be the celebrant. Please keep our 45 Confirmation candidates in your prayers. We anticipate this Mass being very full, so please arrive early or consider attending another Mass next weekend.

This year, Christmas is the day after the Fourth Sunday of Advent. So how are we called to meet our holy days of obligation? One is expected to attend a Mass that fulfills the obligation for the Fourth Sunday of Advent and one that fulfills the obligation for Christmas. A Mass can only fulfill one obligation. Therefore, to fulfill our holy days of obligation, we are to attend two Masses. Click here for details.

There will be no noon Mass celebrated on Thursday, September 28, Friday, September 29, and Monday, October 2, due to priest illness. On Monday, October 2, we will have an Eucharistic Service at Noon with Deacon Shroeder. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Because of the Church remodeling and the priests will be at the Diocese of Austin Priest Fall Convocation, there will be no Mass, Adoration, Confession or Communion Service on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 through 12. The Church building will be closed during this time.

We have begun the complete rebuilding of our Church sound system which was severely damaged by lightning in 2022. During this time, livestreaming, online homily recordings and hearing assistance in the Church sanctuary will be unavailable until further notice. We regret any inconveniences this may cause and thank the parish community for your patience.

While the priests are on retreat, the following schedule will be in place: Tuesday, May 23: Daily Mass at noon, no Reconciliation at 6:00 p.m., Eucharistic Service (No Mass) at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 25: Eucharistic Service (No Mass) at noon.

While the priests of the parish are on retreat, on Tue., May 31, daily Mass will be celebrated at Noon but there will be no Reconciliation at 6 PM and we will have a Eucharistic Service at 7 PM instead of Mass. On Wed., June 1, we will not have Daily Mass at noon, but will have a Eucharistic Service.

As we prepare for Easter, there are many activities this week at St. Catherine. On Wed., Mary's Way of the Cross will be held in the church at 1:30 p.m. Holy Thursday Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. On Good Friday, Children's Stations of the Cross will be held at 10 a.m., the Stations of the Cross will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Church. The Passion Service will take place at 7:30 p.m. On Holy Saturday, we will have the Blessing of the Easter Baskets and Food at 9:30 a.m. in the Courtyard. We will have an Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. on church grounds. The Easter Vigil Mass will be held at 8 p.m. The Parish Offices will be closed Thursday, April 14 through Monday, April 18.

The parish offices will be closed from Wed., Dec. 22 through Fri., Dec. 31. We wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Click here for the Christmas and Holiday Mass Schedules.

We have updated the schedule for our live stream Masses. As of May 23, 2021, the following Masses will be live-streamed: All Daily 12:00 p.m. Masses, the Saturday 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass, and the Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Masses. You can access these Masses from our Watch Mass live page.

During the week of Monday, April 26 thru Friday, April 30, we will be replacing all of the entry doors and glass frontage in the Church. It is possible this work might continue into the early part of the following week but we will not know for sure until the job is in process. During this time, Adoration from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., all noon Masses and the Tuesday evening Mass and Reconciliation will take place in Johnson Hall. Because we do not have cameras in Johnson Hall, these Masses will not be livestreamed during construction. We expect the Saturday Vigil and all Sunday Masses on May 1 and May 2 will take place in the Church.

As we prepare for Easter, there are many activities this week at St. Catherine. On Wed., Mary's Way of the Cross will be held in the church at 1:30 p.m. Holy Thursday Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. On Good Friday, the Stations of the Cross will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Church. The Passion Service will take place at 7:30 p.m. On Holy Saturday, we will have the Blessing of the Easter Baskets and Food at 9:30 a.m. in the Courtyard. The Easter Vigil Mass will be held at 8 p.m. The Parish Offices will be closed Thursday, April 1 through Monday, April 5.

We are trying to be flexible and creative this year in the midst of the pandemic. We realize that not all parishioners may be able to physically come to the church to pick up reflection booklets. We have purchased a license for Ann Naffziger’s Words for the Weary: Embracing the Lenten Season after a Challenging Pandemic Year to make it available to the parish. Download these reflections for Lent and take a few minutes each day to think about our lives this year and entrust ourselves to God.

This has been such a difficult week for so many of our faith family. Many have lost power for bone chilling hours and now much of the City of Austin is dealing with the loss of water. The Church campus has been without water for two days and we do not expect water to be restored in time for our weekend Masses. Consequently, we cannot open the Church for this first weekend of Lent. Instead, we will livestream Masses at 5:00 pm on Saturday and 9:30 am and 1:15 pm on Sunday. There will be no Reconciliation on Saturday. Due to these Mass changes we will not be able to dispense any ashes this year.

The Diocese of Austin has asked all parishes to resume their normal Mass schedule starting on Oct. 4th. Saturdays, we will be available for Confessions on Saturday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The Vigil Mass will be celebrated at 5:00 PM. On Sundays, we will resume Masses at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 AM and 1:15 and 5:00 PM. We will continue with our existing Pandemic protocols at all Masses.

The ONLINE version of our Liturgy of the Word with Children for the 5th Sunday of Easter is now available. Thanks so much to Monica and Matt Howeth, Jimmy Rose, Connie Maastricht and their children for making this for us to share!