This Week's News Bulletin
Thank You to Donors
THANK YOU TO ALL!
Our parish is thankful for the leadership of Betsy Parker and her team in orchestrating our first-ever online Silent Auction fundraiser on August 31 - September 9, 2020. We are grateful to all of our donors who provided the unique prizes for our parishioners’ bidding. We are grateful to all who jumped into the fray and participated in the bidding. Please join us in expressing our thanks to all of our donors when you see them or when you frequent their businesses!
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Thank You to our Parish
Dear St. Catherine and St. Agnes Parish,
On behalf of the Order of Malta, New Covenant Center and Catholic Charities we would like to extend our sincere thanks to Father Bill Platt, ChM and the parishioners of St Catherine and St. Agnes for your extraordinary generosity in supporting the New Covenant Center and Blessed Sacrament Food Pantry Food Drive on Saturday September 12th. Many thanks to the Social Justice Committee who partnered with us and organized the event as well as the many volunteers who helped remove food from cars. St Catherine and St. Agnes parishioners were so generous that we filled more than 6 SUVs with food donations! These donations will provide much needed food resources to very many struggling families and individuals in Stamford and Bridgeport.
Demand for food at New Covenant Center has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 crisis began. We are now consistently serving 500 - 600 meals most days up from 150 per day at this time last year. Some of these meals we are delivering to clients of other Stamford non-profits, including homeless shelters who don’t have food resources. Our guests and clients are hourly workers who have recently lost jobs, immigrants, homeless, or mentally ill individuals struggling to make ends meet. Please know how grateful we are for your help and support! Thank you for helping us treat every human being, especially those who are most vulnerable, with the love and respect they deserve! If you missed the event and would like to make a financial donation or partner with us in the work we are doing visit the links below:
www.ccfairfield.org www.newcovenantcenter.org
With love and gratitude,
Mike Donoghue, Executive Director of Catholic Charities
John Gutman, Director of New Covenant Center
Cece Donoghue, Area Co-Chair, The Members of the Connecticut Area of the Order of Malta, American Association
Food & Essentials Drive Continues: While the need is still great!
Food & Essentials Drive for Neighbor to Neighbor Continues!
Summer months are hardest for those in need. . .
Due to the huge and growing need, the Social Justice Committee of the Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes is continuing to help Neighbor to Neighbor by collecting food and other living essentials in a no contact format. Until further notice, there will be a car or SUV with an open trunk in the parking lot across from St. Catherine’s church on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. Please drop your bagged grocery donations in the trunk, and we will take them to Neighbor to Neighbor. Donations can also be dropped at the Sign-in table at Saturday, Sunday or Daily Mass at St. Agnes.
Food Items Needed:
Peanut Butter and Jelly, Oatmeal
Canned Meats (Chicken, Chili, Vienna Sausages, Chef Boyardi Ravioli)
Tuna Canned Fruit Black or red kidney beans (dried or canned), Cereal. Rice. Soup
Non-Food Items Needed (which cannot be purchased with food stamps):
Brown paper grocery bags, toilet paper, paper towels,sanitary products, cleaning products, etc.
We are also asking for donations towards food gift cards to Stop-N-Shop or Shop Rite. Please only mail donation checks to the Parish Office made out to “The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes” with “Food Gift Cards” in the Memo line.
Thanks to all who continue to contribute generously. The need is much greater than ever!
Worship Offerings: Mass Schedule and Attendance Sign-up
Our Mass Schedule, Attendance Guidelines / Directions and SignUpGenius link are posted here on the top right of the Home Page of our website (www.stc-sta.org).
Please note: Per guidelines from Bishop Caggiano, everyone must sign-up to attend Mass in person.
A Note from our LIVESTREAM Mass Provider, LocalLive:
In order to view Masses appropriately, we recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox as your Internet Browser. Using Safari is hit or miss and Internet Explorer almost never works with our player. We will keep you updated on any changes on our Browser availability.
"Quarantine" Choir & Flute Virtual Recording
Click Here to enjoy our Traditional "Quarantine" Choir & Flute Virtual Recording:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, J. S. Bach
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