St. Kateri Tekakwitha Roman Catholic Church

06/07/2026

"I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth."
-Genesis 9:13

06/07/2026

Weekly Announcements - June 7, 2026

FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION FOR ALL FAMILIES has begun. Register soon to secure your preferred day. New families must be registered as parishioners first. This can be done at the Parish Office. To register for faith formation classes, please bring baptismal certificate and any prior faith formation records to the Faith Formation Office. Please call the Faith Formation office if you have any questions, 845-227-1710 x 3.

2027 MASS BOOK will open for Masses on Tuesday, June 23rd, starting at 10:00am. At this time Masses from January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027 only will be reserved. This will allow us to have available Masses later in the year. For the opening on June 23rd, each household will be able to reserve 4 Masses - 2 Sunday (or holy day) and 2 weekday. After the week of June 23rd you may reserve more Masses during the January to June time period. FROM JUNE 23 TO JUNE 26 REQUESTS MUST BE MADE IN-PERSON, DONE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. NO REQUESTS WILL BE GIVEN OUT OVER THE PHONE.

FATHER'S DAY CARDS - Father’s Day cards are available on the tables in the narthex. These cards have a card to give to someone and an envelope to write names of men to be remembered in a novena of Masses beginning on Father's Day. For those fathers you wish to be remembered in a novena of Masses, write their names on the outer envelope and return it by Thursday, June 18th either by dropping it into the collection basket or buy bringing it to the office. These envelopes will be placed on the altar for the nine Masses. If you receive the parish envelopes you may use those envelopes you receive in your packet.

06/06/2026

Located inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Altar of the Sacred Heart features a stunning mosaic depicting Christ revealing his burning heart to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. In 1673, Margaret experienced Christ’s presence in a way she never had while praying. She heard Jesus tell her that he wanted to show his love for people by encouraging a special devotion to his Sacred Heart.

06/03/2026

In his prayer intention for June, the month dedicated the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope Leo XIV encourages us,
“Let us pray together that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from His Heart, learn to have compassion on the world." As we begin this Novena to the Sacred Heart, we join the Holy Father in that prayer.
𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥, 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧.

06/03/2026

On June 11th the bishops of the United States will consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in commemoration of our 250th anniversary of independence. Below are two links to pray a novena in honor of the Sacred Heart for our country. The novena will start on June 3rd and end on June 11th. The final day of the novena has a special consecration prayer. The first link describes the novena. Each day is divided into a prayer, a teaching, and an act.
https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus
The feast day of the Sacred Heart is celebrated this year on Friday, June 12th.

Here is also a litany of the Sacred Heart: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/litany-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-270

Join Catholics across the United States in praying the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus from June 3–11 as we prepare for the historic consecration of our nation to the Sacred Heart on June 11.
May these days of prayer renew our trust in Christ and deepen our commitment to bringing His love to our communities and our country.
Find the novena, learn more about the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and discover how Catholics have helped shape our nation's history for more than 250 years at archny.org/america-250.⁠

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

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05/31/2026

Weekly Announcements - May 31, 2026

FR. JOSEPH HAAS, a newly ordained priest assigned to St. Kateri, will begin here full time on June 15th. We are excited to have him and look forward to his fruitful ministry among us.

FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION FOR ALL FAMILIES begins on Monday, June 1st. Register soon to secure your preferred day. Families must be registered with the Parish Office. Please bring baptismal certificate and any prior faith formation records to the Faith Formation Office; these are needed to begin class registration. Please call the Faith Formation office if you have any questions, 845-227-1710 x 3.

BLOOD DRIVE - Wednesday, June 3rd, in the Church Meeting Room from 3:00pm to 7:30pm. There is always a great need for blood so please consider donating.

HEALING MASS will be held this Tuesday, June 2nd with praise and worship music at 7:00pm and Holy Mass at 7:30pm.

CORPUS CHRISTI, JUNE 7th - The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ will be celebrated next Sunday. As in years past, following the 10:30am Mass, we will have an outdoor procession (if rain, then inside the church) to three portable altars with benediction at each.

2027 MASS BOOK will open for Masses on Tuesday, June 23rd, starting at 10:00am. At this time Masses from January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027 only will be reserved. This will allow us to have available Masses later in the year. For the opening week of June 23rd, each household will be able to reserve 4 Masses - 2 Sunday (or holy day) and 2 weekday. More will be allowed following that first week. More information on this will follow.

FATHER'S DAY CARDS - Father’s Day cards are available for Father's Day, June 21st, on the tables in the narthex. Sign and give the enclosed card to your intended. Write the names of the men you wish to be remembered on the outer envelope and return it by Thursday, June 18th either by dropping it into the collection basket or buy bringing it to the office. These envelopes will be placed on the altar for a novena of Holy Masses for our fathers, living and deceased.