Parish Community of St. Katharine Drexel

Today we remember and pray for the souls lost on this day 23 years ago, as well as in all actions that followed in response to the attack on 9/11. We also remember and pray for all our first responders who daily put themselves in danger for the good of others. All who serve others are channels of God’s love for us. As 9/11 victim Fr. Mychal Judge prayed let us follow where God wishes us to go and try not to get in God’s way.

Come to St Katharine Drexel
Tuesday Sept 17 at 6pm at the rectory
For our first Alpha conversation
and ice cream sundaes 🍨
and bring a friend!💞

We are having a great time with our community garden at St.Katharine Drexel ! Gardening reminds us that plants grow in spring , flower in summer and die in winter !!

All creation praises the Lord!

Let us become… join us for Alpha
Sept 17th at 6 pm at the rectory:
Simple dinner, short video, conversation 🙏🏽

Check out Alpha at St. Katharine Drexel starting Sept 17.

Dustin Bliss, a parishioner of St. Joseph in Holland, shared his insights on the challenges the faithful may face when trying to share their faith with others and how Alpha helped him and his parish community overcome these struggles:

"No where in our history of the Catholic Church in the United States has there ever been a revival where we actually went out into the community and spread the faith and brought people that had no connection with Christ or the Church into the pews. That is really why Alpha is so instrumental. My evangelization efforts at our parish... Catholics don’t even feel comfortable asking their own children to come to Mass and if you can’t ask your own child to come to Mass how are you going to ask a stranger to do it? That’s what’s so great about Alpha, because you basically have this great framework already created and all you have to do is get someone to come and let someone like myself to do the Evangelization."

I am pleased to report that productive meetings with families of parishes, which began more than two weeks ago, realized 52 family counter proposals made to a diocesan review committee. Following the counter proposal meetings, our diocesan review panel reviewed those counter proposals and then recommendations were presented for consultation with the Presbyteral Council which is an advisory body to me. The Diocese is now evaluating changes to our initial recommendation of mergers and closures in 26 of our 36 families of parishes.

Additional time is needed to work through these changes and final announcements will not be made on September 1, but will be coming later next week, or early the following week.

I appreciate the patience of our faithful as we work diligently to decide on the future number of parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo. As always, you remain in my prayers, and I ask for your prayers as well.

-Bishop Michael W. Fisher

10.24.24

Care for Creation Committee invites you to this important event at Blessed Sacrament Church 🙏🏽💚💙🙏🏽

Let us unite and focus in prayer for cease fire, release of hostages and a permanent solution for peace 🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏼

Happy Birthday to our Claire Ferrucci ❤️ thank you for all you do to for our community🧡 sending love and wishes for all good things 💛

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to our John and Sue Foley ❣️ Thank you for being a beautiful example of love in this world 💖 We wish you peace, joy and continued commitment to love and happiness 💞

Happy Birthday to our Kelly Ann Kowalski ❣️ We appreciate and thank you for your leadership, Kelly Ann… you do it all with a smile, good food 😉, wisdom, vision, common sense, inclusion, humor and always L❤️VE…
The Book Club, Care for Creation… vegetable garden, LOVE🌈 garden , composting, East Side Garden Walk, IFTAR dinner, IN REACH/OUT REACH Pillar, Parish Council…. Your honesty, kindness and care is always evident and you are so loved❣️
Wishing you every good thing 🙏🏽💗🙏🏽

Feast of the Assumption 🙏🏽🩵🙏🏽

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Happy Birthday to our Dikk Shrader❣️ with gratitude for all you do to help lead our parish community… always there to lead us in gracious prayer, represent us on pillar committees, offer wisdom on parish council, share your life’s story …and bake your delicious pies and cookies ! Wishing you health and every good thing 🙏🏽🩵💙🩵🙏🏽

Remembering “Mr. Gene” with gratitude and love 🙏🏽