ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH September 11, 2016—24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ALL ARE WELCOMED TO OUR PARISH! We are so pleased that you chose to celebrate with us this weekend. We warmly invite you to active participation in our liturgical celebration. Please feel free to approach one of our Ministers of Hospitality if you are in need of any assistance. No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church, your current family or marital situation, your past or present religious affiliation; no matter what your personal history, age, background, sexual orientation, gender, race, or color; no matter what your self-image or self-esteem: YOU are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved, and respected at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Ithaca, New York.

The mission of St. Catherine of Siena Parish is to inspire, engage, and nurture our community through

worship, witness, and service.

La misión de la parroquia de Sta. Catalina es

inspirar, cuidar y motivar la participación de nuestra comunidad a través del culto, testimonio y servicio.

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

St. Catherine of Siena Church is a Tompkins County Living Wage Employer

INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 16–18

Our sixth annual International Peace Festival is almost here! Our family-friendly festival will be held on Friday, September 16, from 6:30-10 p.m.; Saturday, September 17, from 3–10 p.m., and Sunday, September 18, from 11 a.m–3 p.m. We hope you will join us for great entertainment, food, activities, and fun! Admission is $10 with a festival wristband ($25 for a family, and $5 for Sunday-only admission). Some highlights of the weekend include:

Masses for peace: Please join us in celebrating our diverse community and pray for peace and justice throughout the world. Masses will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m.

Wonderful performances: Entertainers this year include Five2, Cayuga's Waiters, the Gunpoets, the Burns Sisters, the Sim Redmond Band, Wassa Pan Africa Dance Ensemble, Cornell Bhangra, the Island Hoppers Steel Band, and One Love, as well as Nate the Great , GIAC Jumpers, and the Armstrong Dancers.

International food: This year we will feature French seafood bisque; Korean bowls; Dominican chicken and rice; empanadas; homemade Italian food; and German bratwurst, as well as pizza and grilled cuisine. The Dos Amigos food truck and Wings Over Ithaca will join us on Friday night. We will also have a great selection of local craft beer and wine.

Local craft vendors: Come browse (and buy!) items from Diane Duthie Photography; Adriana’s Crochet Creations; Tom Roach Pottery; Fiber Art and Wood; Lansing Youth Mission; Feed My Starving Children MobilePack; United Way Day of Caring; One World Free Trade; and Amnesty International.

Kids’ activities: We have an area specially designed for the 12-and-under crowd, with a bounce house, photo booth, fire truck rides with the Cayuga Heights Fire Department, field games, face painting, and an indoor evening movie.

Silent auction: Our silent auction will feature themed baskets as well as amazing and unique donations from parishioners and local businesses. Items will be on display Saturday from 4–8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. New this year is a Children’s Silent Auction for our young guests!

Raffle: Parishioners have received an envelope with five raffle tickets in the mail. Please consider returning these tickets as a donation toward the parish’s ongoing peace-related work. First prize is $1,000 cash!

How you can help: We need over 200 volunteers to make this festival happen! Please contact Amanda Shaw at afs6@cornell.edu to sign up. You can also help by sharing us on Facebook: Facebook/Ithaca Peace Fest. Spread the word and keep the excitement going--we can’t wait to see you at the festival!

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MINISTRY TEAM Pastor Rev. Joseph Marcoux, fmarcoux@dor.org

Pastoral Associate Ann Marie Eckert, ameckert@dor.org

Director of Liturgical Music Sherry Scanza, sherry.scanza@gmail.com

Coordinator of Faith Formation Ashley Blank, ablank@dor.org

Coordinator of Volunteer Ministry Patricia Sipple, psipple@dor.org

Communications Coordinator Jane Bonassar, jbonassar@dor.org

Director of Finance & Administration Lawrence Wasser, lwasser@dor.org

Bookkeeper Susan Dean, sdean@dor.org

Organist Dr. Mary Holzhauer

Administrative Assistant June Haynor, istcathe@dor.org

Maintenance Technician Craig Murray

Housekeeper Diane Tordel

TRUSTEES Bob Pochily, Kristin Campagnolo

COUNCIL CHAIRS Pastoral Council: Joseph Babcock Finance Council: Joe Kiely

NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome to our parish community! Registration packets are available at all Church entrances and at the office.

STEWARDSHIP Our Sister Parish We enjoy an ongoing exchange of people and prayer with St. Anthony’s in the Dominican Republic. Donations to the “loose change bowls” located at each Church entrance provide meals and education for over 200 children at the parish daycare center.

Almsgiving 10% or more of all donations we receive go to the poor and needy.

Clothing for the Needy Clean used clothing in good condition accepted 24/7 at the shed adjacent to the parking lot.

MASS SCHEDULE Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 5 p.m. Sunday: 9 & 11:30 a.m. Mass in Spanish: 4th Sunday of the month, 5:30 p.m.

Daily Mass Schedule Monday: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. Brookdale Senior Living: 4th Tuesday of the month, 10:15 a.m.

Accommodations: Gluten-reduced hosts are available; notify a staff member. Personal listening receivers are available from the Sacristy.

SACRAMENTS Reconciliation Saturday at 4 p.m. or by appointment

Infant Baptisms We’re so happy about the new addition to your family. Parents participate in a preparation program prior to baptism. Please contact the office three months prior to the baptism.

Marriage Congratulations on your engagement! As with the other sacraments, prior preparation is necessary. Please contact the office at least six months before the wedding.

Anointing of the Sick/Visitation Please contact the office for arrangements for individual anointing or for a visitation to someone who is sick or homebound. For emergencies after hours, please call Fr. Joe at 585-747-3649. Families should alert the Parish Office when family members are in the hospital. Hospitals are no longer able to provide parishes with this information. If you would like to have someone prayed for at Mass and/or added to the Prayer Corner in the bulletin, we invite you to call the Parish Office at 257-2493.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (R.C.I.A.) For information on becoming Catholic, or questions about the Catholic faith, contact Ann Marie Eckert.

Holy Orders For information about vocations, contact Carol Dady with the Diocesan Office of Vocation Awareness at 585-461-2890 or vocations@dor.org.

PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays at 7 p.m. & Fridays at 9:30 a.m. in the Church

Rosary Fridays at 5 p.m. in the Church

Prayer Groups Centering Prayer and Ignatian Prayer Groups meet throughout the month. Small Christian Communities also meet weekly. For more information, call Ann Marie Eckert.

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Office Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.– 4 p.m. (closed for lunch at 1 p.m.)

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A vibrant Catholic Community where all are welcomed, challenged, and supported in their life’s journey.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church September 11, 2016

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Today Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32

Next Sunday Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13

“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” (1 Tm 1:15)

Friday, September 16 9:00 a.m. MASS: Our Parishioners 9:30 a.m. Strength Training 9:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration 10:30 a.m. Benediction 5:00 p.m. Praying the Rosary 6:00 p.m. International Peace Festival Saturday, September 17 9:00 a.m. AA 4:00 p.m. International Peace Festival 5:00 p.m. MASS: Peg Moy by Ed Moy & Family Sunday, September 18 10:00 a.m. MASS: Mary Rathbun by Barbara & Jim Ivers 11:00 p.m. International Peace Festival

WHAT’S HAPPENING—SEPTEMBER 12–18

Monday, September 12 5:30 p.m. MASS: Ken Barbee by the Bonassar Family 5:30 p.m. Girl Scout Leaders’ Meeting 6:30 p.m. Volunteer Orientation and CASE Training Tuesday, September 13 9:00 a.m. MASS: Our Parishioners 4:00 p.m. Youth Choir 5:30 p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00 p.m. Pastoral Council 7:00 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry 7:00 p.m. Confirmation Parent Meeting Wednesday, September 14 9:00 a.m. MASS: Harry Walsh by Robert Young 6:00 p.m. International Festival Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration Thursday, September 15 9:30 a.m. Meeting Christ in Prayer 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

OFFERTORY INCOME, September 4, 2016

Collection: $6,374

EFT Donations: $3,562

Mailed-in Donations: $690

TOTAL: $10,626

WEEKLY BUDGET: $10,577

VARIANCE: + $49

MONTHLY SUPPORT FOR THE PORTAL DE BELÉN, AUGUST:

Checks to the Portal de Belén Foundation: $225

Online Giving: $30

Dominican Republic Bowls: $622

TOTAL: $877

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MONTHLY BUDGET: $1,000

VARIANCE: - ($123)

PRAYER CORNER

Please hold in prayer those who are sick: Roberta Hagin, Art Shanahan, Phyllis Hyatt, Garrison H. Davidson Jr., Frances Reppert, Jerome Klumb Sr., Ruthye Lewis, Silas Martinez, Craig Trowbridge, Bob Orrange, Camille Taranto, Nick Jennison, Lidia Roper, Carter Nagel, Mike Billing, Barbara Houman, Marilyn Pollutro, Margy Dillon, Colin Hayward-Toland, David Hyatt, and Gail Cooney.

Please hold in prayer those who have died in the peace of Christ:

Adam Heck and Anthony Nazaire Wedding Banns:

Patricia Miller and Christopher Buzzelli

May God bless your marriage!

Parish-Wide Opportunities NEW PARISH DIRECTORY We are well overdue for a new parish picture directory, so we have contracted with Lifetouch to provide our new directory and we want and need your involvement! Each household is invited to have your picture taken during any of the scheduled dates spread out across the next three months (September 25–28, October 19–22, and November 25–26). Your household will receive a free 8x10 photo and have the opportunity to purchase additional copies if you want them for Christmas cards or other purposes. We have times available after school, on Saturday and Sunday, and over Thanksgiving weekend for families with children away at school. Please go to the link on the front page of our website to sign up!

CAREGIVERS LUNCHEON St. Catherine’s cordially invites family members who are caring for a loved one to a Caregivers Luncheon on Wednesday, October 5, from 12–1:30 p.m. A short program will include speakers from the Office of the Aging and Hospice, and Fr. Joe will speak about the sacrament of anointing. There will also be time for sharing. There is no cost, but your RSVP by October 1 is greatly appreciated. Please contact Tanny Quigley at 272-1536 or joetannyq@aol.com to RSVP or for more information.

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION AND CASE TRAINING On Monday, September 12, we will have an orientation for our volunteers from 6:30–7:15 p.m., followed by CASE Training from 7:30–9 p.m. in the Church. We hope you will come!

FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN The Ithaca MobilePack for Feed My Starving Children will be held Thursday–Saturday, September 22–24, at the First Congregational Church. Donations can be made through www.ithacamobilepack.org or can be made out to “Ithaca MobilePack” and dropped off at the Parish Office. There are still some packing opportunities available. Volunteers must be at least 5 years old, and there are jobs for people of all abilities. For more information, please contact Patricia Sipple at 257-2493 or psipple@dor.org.

NEWLY BAPTIZED We welcome with joy those newly baptized in August: Angelina Monserrat Beltrán, daughter of Juan Beltrán & Rosa Rivas; and Arienne Louise Beck, granddaughter of Cindee Rotunda.

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St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church September 11, 2016

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

We are often asked, why do we hold the International Peace Festival? It’s a lot of work and coordination, right? Yes, it is. Is it worth it? We believe it is. As a community, we are so blessed, and this is an opportunity to both pay it forward and to give back. Each year, the festival reminds us that there are tremendous unmet needs. There are issues of poverty, war, violence and conflict, homelessness, food insecurity, cultural clashes, etc., here in Ithaca and around the world.

We believe we have an obligation to make the world a better place every day, with small personal actions and in community-wide advocacy efforts and work. Lofty goals? Maybe. Can we do it alone? Absolutely not. That is why as a community it is important to support the work that is done all year long on peace and justice–related issues and to take time to reflect on ongoing needs, create greater awareness, and celebrate when we make a difference. The festival encourages individuals to reach out and connect to each other in meaningful ways and to learn about how together we can address the many challenging issues facing us today. As resources continue to shrink, we hope that the financial contributions help support peace-related efforts.

We hope the festival is three days that inspire you to take positive actions to promote peace, to build relationships within the local community, and to p r o v i d e f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t t o organizations with local connections that are supporting peace-related activities locally and around the world.

Is one weekend enough? No. As a community, as organizations, as committees, as families, and as individuals, we need to challenge ourselves to do more and to both find our voice to help create awareness of the many needs and to commit to do more. Join us next Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday. We’ll talk, learn, play, laugh, sing, eat, dance, and pray. But most important, we hope you will connect with others and be inspired to pay it forward and to give back. Together, we can make a difference!

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NEW PARISHIONERS Please join us in welcoming our new parishioners, who have registered recently: Paul Moon Sub & Joung Hwa Choi and their children, Daniel and Ha Gene; Ben Boynton, Jr.; Dennis & Rebecca Charsky and their children, Miley, Quinn, and Kole; Charlotte Klumb; Sarah Powell; Alexandra Amaro; and Melissa Santana & Mark Millspaugh.

JOIN THE MUSIC MINISTRY! St. Catherine’s Music Ministry is a vibrant part of our parish! If you’ve been thinking about joining the music ministry, we encourage you to check out the opportunities for involvement. Parishioners of all ages and experience levels are welcome to join us: Adult choir, youth choir, or teen

ensemble Vocal or instrumental ensembles Instrumental accompanying (any instruments!) Adult and youth cantor programs Special seasonal choirs (Christmas, Easter, spring

concert) Peace Choir (funerals)

Rehearsals: Our adult choir rehearses every Thursday from 7:30–9 p.m. Our youth choir rehearses every Tuesday from 4–5 p.m. Our seasonal choir rehearsals begin approximately four weeks before Christmas or Easter.

If you don’t have time to participate on a regular basis, we still would like to know of your interest. To find out more, please contact Sherry Scanza at the Parish Center, 257-2493, or email sherry.scanza@gmail.com, or talk to anyone involved in the music ministry.

Adult Faith Opportunities

FALL SCRIPTURE STUDY: PANORAMA OF THE OLD TESTAMENT The Old Testament includes history, stories, poems, prophetic writings, and collections of wisdom writings, written over a period of almost a thousand years. It is God’s revelation of himself to the people of Israel and the story of how they came to trust in God in the midst of tough times and in spite of their own failings. Get an overview of the books of the Hebrew Scriptures in a six-session course this fall, including a bird’s-eye view of the history of ancient Israel. We will meet Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish Center, beginning September 12.

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St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church September 11, 2016

CATHOLIC CHARITIES DINNER Mark your calendars for Friday, September 30, and join us for a fundraising dinner for Catholic Charities of Tompkins County. Fr. Joe will be preparing the sauce and serving up a great (and simple) dinner while you get the chance to hear about the good work Catholic Charities does in our area. More information about the dinner will be coming soon. If you would like to help with the dinner, please contact Ann Marie at 257-2493 or ameckert@dor.org.

NEW TO TOWN OR THE PARISH? A warm welcome to all who are new to our parish community! There are Parish Registration booklets at all the doors of the Church, and a Hospitality Minister can help you find them. We will also be hosting a luncheon just for you on Sunday, September 25, at 1 p.m. Your RSVP to June Haynor, our parish secretary, is greatly appreciated at 257-2493 or jhaynor@dor.org. If there is anything we can do to make you feel more at home, please contact the parish office or Ann Marie or Fr. Joe after Mass.

THINKING ABOUT BECOMING CATHOLIC? The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (R.C.I.A.) is the process by which individuals who are thinking about joining the Catholic Church learn about the Catholic faith and discern where God is calling them. Our program is beginning on September 21. If you are interested in joining this process, please contact Ann Marie at 257-2493 or ameckert@dor.org to set up an appointment. R.C.I.A. can prepare you for Baptism, First Communion, and/or Confirmation.

UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING St. Catherine’s is joining with United Way of Tompkins County in support of the annual Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring on September 15 to collect food and personal care items for distribution to food pantries around the county. For the first two weekends in September (September 3–4 and 10–11), you are invited to donate nonperishable food items; personal care, household, and pet items; and school supplies, and bring them to the Church. There will be white collection boxes located at each entrance to the Church. Watch for updates with a list of specific food and personal care items desired.

You can also bring your donation to the International Peace Festival on Saturday, September 17. Look for the booth hosted by St. Catherine’s and United Way. For more information, please contact Jeannie Barnaba at emb6@cornell.edu or 257-0064.

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From the Book of Ann Marie

Dear Parish Family,

Fr. Joe sent me an interesting article from the New York Times called “What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?” In it, the author Nicholas Kristof quotes from Brian D. McLaren’s book The Great Spiritual Migration in asking this question: “What would it mean for Christians to rediscover their faith not as a problematic system of beliefs but as a just and generous way of

life, rooted in contemplation and expressed in compassion?” The article expresses the belief that we are more inspired by the religious person running the soup kitchen than we are by doctrine, beautiful churches, or ritual, and I think there is some truth to that. I happen to believe that doctrine and ritual, and sometimes churches, also reveal God to us, but in my own life, my experiences with holy, just, and generous people have most formed my understanding of God and religion.

I was thinking about this today because if you are on our parish’s email list, you have surely gotten invitations to volunteer in different ways, and I am not sure if you experience them as an invitation to live out your faith as a “loving way of life” (to continue to quote from McLaren) or as a desperate plea for help. I hope it is the former!

The article notes that “religious Americans donate far more to charity and volunteer more than secular Americans do,” and if you believe that to be a good thing, then it is one more good reason to belong to a religion. But as Fr. Joe talked about in his homily a few weeks ago, we should be volunteering not because of the “brownie points we earn for heaven,” but because our relationship with God, the example of Jesus, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit propel us to see the world differently and therefore we almost can’t help ourselves from wanting to make life easier for others. We do that because we have experienced God’s love for us and we see in the other a “child of God,” equally and differently loved. Someone once described it this way to me—our cup is overflowing with the love of God, and we can’t help but ending up splashing others with it as well.

So, in the weeks ahead, you can volunteer at our International Peace Festival next weekend, and help us create a space for peace in our community and help our own parish and many other organizations do good in this world. You can volunteer to pack food for those most hungry in the world through the Ithaca MobilePack for Feed My Starving Children (September 22–24). We will soon be asking for help with baking, setup, and serving for the Catholic Charities fundraising dinner on September 30. Or perhaps you might be able to help serve lunch to members of our community who are providing care to family members (October 5). And if you can’t donate time but have some money you could give, the Ithaca MobilePack, Catholic Charities, the Portal de Belén, and the Louisiana flood victims are all in need of your generosity.

My own reflection on all of this is pretty simple. Jesus came to reveal his loving Father to us—to help us know how to love God, ourselves, and our neighbor. I think that when we do these three things, we are living most faithfully, and when we do only a little of any of this, or only one or two parts of this directive, we fall short in our discipleship. So, to be a disciple, I need to know and love God, and I do that through private and communal prayer and through learning about God and my religion. Second, I need to love myself, which means discovering and using the gifts that God has given me and taking care of myself. Third, I need to love my neighbors, and I can do that in a million ways—but it has to extend beyond the people I like and those who can give something back to me, because usually that is just friendship being lived out. This commandment to love others is why St. Catherine’s works really hard to provide opportunities for you to participate in living the Gospel. It is why our youth went on mission trips this summer and will be going to the Dominican Republic in February. It is why the Children’s Faith Formation and Youth Ministry programs are going to be doing a lot of service this year. It is why we are really involved in the Ithaca MobilePack, and have a 16-year relationship with the Portal de Belén. We can’t be a Catholic church that Jesus would recognize if we aren’t trying to follow his example, and above all else, Jesus served others.

Peace,

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St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church September 11, 2016

PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE WITHOUT EXCEPTION 40 Days for Life Ithaca is hosting Carol Crossed, a well-known peace activist, founder of Democrats for Life of New York and cofounder of Feminists for Non-Violent Choices, on Tuesday, September 20, from 7:30–9 p.m. at St. Catherine’s. The Year of Mercy affords a perfect opportunity to address mercy within a context of justice, and so Carol Crossed will be using examples from oppressed groups, particularly the unborn, to help us learn how charity and justice are different, and the role that witnessing and legislative advocacy can play in our Christian response to justice issues. All are welcome.

MOVIE NIGHT – SAVE THE DATE We were planning on having our next Movie Night on Monday, September 26, but since this is also the night of the first presidential debate, we thought it best to postpone. Our next Move Night will be Monday, October 17, to see He Named Me Malala.

Youth Faith Formation

WELCOME BACK! We are very excited to welcome all of our children and youth to the 2016–17 year of Faith Formation! We have 106 children (CLOW through sixth grade) and 50 youth (middle school and high school) registered this year. We would also like to begin the year by thanking all of our leaders, catechists, and youth assistants who will be serving our children and youth this year and all the parents who will be helping assist in their child(ren)’s sessions. Thank you for volunteering your time to lead our children and youth in the discovery of their faith! If you have not yet had a chance to register your child(ren) and/or youth, it is not too late! Registration forms are available at the Parish Center. You can also contact Ashley Blank at ablank@dor.org or 257-2493 with any questions.

NO YFF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 None of our faith formation classes will be meeting on Sunday, September 18, due to the International Peace Festival. We encourage all families to attend the festival! All sessions (CLOW, CFF, MSYM, and HSYM) will resume on Sunday, September 25.

“IN THE LOOP” WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY We are thrilled to be welcoming our ninth graders to High School Youth Ministry! On September 11, the high schoolers will be gathering for a session titled, “Opening Night: What to Expect in Youth Ministry.” The high schoolers will be given the opportunity to build community with new and returning members, see what the year will unfold, and enjoy each other’s company. We are asking that each of the youth bring a snack or appetizer for 5–10 people. The following Sunday, September 18, High School Youth Ministry will not gather due to the International Peace Festival. We will resume on September 25.

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Our Middle School Youth Ministry program now includes Confirmation preparation with specific topics of catechesis throughout the year. For our first session this weekend, the middle schoolers are going to get to know each other as they learn about youth ministry and the activities they will participate in during the coming year. We are asking that each of the youth bring a snack or appetizer for 5–10 people. The following Sunday, September 18, Middle School Youth Ministry will not gather due to the International Peace Festival. We will resume on September 25.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation has begun in middle school! This sacrament is recommended for anyone who is seventh grade and older and is a two-and-a-half-year process. To register your child, please contact Ashley Blank at 257-2493 or ablank@dor.org with any questions or to register. Registration forms can be found in the Parish Office.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Sept. 12 Volunteer Orientation and CASE Training Sept. 15 United Way Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring Sept. 16-18 International Peace Festival Sept. 22-24 Feed My Starving Children MobilePack Sept. 25 New Parishioner Welcome Sept. 30 Catholic Charities Pasta Dinner

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320 W. Buffalo St. Ithaca, NY 14850

(607) 273-2707 icdcs@dor.org

LUCENTE HOMES & APARTMENTS

607-257-0717

www.lucentehomes.com

103 Salem Drive

Ithaca, New York

ELLEN MORRIS-KNOWER Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

710 Hancock St., Ithaca, NY 14850 607.220.5421 607.257.0800 x421

EMKIthaca@gmail.com www.EMKIthaca.com

Member of St. Catherine’s Parish since 1997.

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