Category: Announcements

Holy Week Schedule

In order to help you to connect to the parish liturgy, we will provide a video of Masses and liturgies during the Paschal Triduum.

The Mass videos will be available on the Together We Pray page and on our Facebook page at the times listed below. Please note that Morning Prayer will be streamed on Facebook Live where indicated.

* Times are approximate; we may experience unforeseen delays.

Holy Week and Easter Schedule

  • Palm Sunday • April 5, 2020 • 8:30 a.m.
    Follow along with the Gospel reading of the Passion
    Blessed palms will be available to the faithful at a future time.
  • Holy Thursday • April 9, 2020
    Morning Prayer (on Facebook Live) • 9:00 a.m.
    Mass of the Lord’s Supper Video • 9:00 p.m.
  • Good Friday • April 10, 2020
    Morning Prayer (on Facebook Live) • 9:00 a.m.
    Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Video • 3:00 p.m.
  • Holy Saturday •April 11, 2020
    Morning Prayer (on Facebook Live) • 9:00 a.m.
  • Easter Sunday • April 12, 2020
    The Solemn Vigil of Easter Video • 9:30 a.m.
    Easter Sunday Mass Video • 9:30 a.m.

Bishop Gainer Masses on ABC 27

GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER LITURGIES WITH BISHOP GAINER WILL BE
BROADCAST ON ABC 27

Using technology to stay connected to the faithful during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Ronald Gainer invites the faithful to join him remotely for our first-ever digital Holy Week and Easter. Good Friday and Easter liturgies will be broadcast on ABC 27. All Holy Week and Easter liturgies will also be live-streamed to the Diocesan YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/hbgdiocese

Palm Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Holy Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Good Friday at noon (also broadcast on ABC 27 at 3:00 p.m.)
Easter Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (also broadcast on ABC 27 at 1:00 p.m.)

Read Bishop Gainer’s 2020 Easter Letter

Catherine’s Cupboard Donations

During this stressful time perhaps your heart encourages you to help someone less fortunate. Catherine’s Cupboard cart will be in the parish office lobby to place any food items you may wish to contribute. Monetary and gift card donations would also be helpful. There is a brown box for envelopes marked “Catherine’s Cupboard”.

The Parish Office is operating on an abbreviated schedule and will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.

Thanks for your generosity. May God bless us all and keep us safe.

50th Wedding Anniversary Special Mass

Were you married in 1970?

In honor of your 50th wedding anniversary, there will be a special Mass and reception on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at  Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill.

Bishop Ronald W. Gainer will be the celebrant.

To receive your invitation, please contact the parish office at parish@sclhbg.org or 717.564.1321

An Act of Spiritual Communion

This act was composed by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori.

My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
Where can I read more about this?

A Special Message from Father Lease

Dear Parishioners,

Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, out of great concern for the health of the faithful and in union with the Bishops of Pennsylvania, has temporarily suspended all daily and weekend Masses in the Diocese of Harrisburg until further notice. Additionally, Bishop Gainer has suspended all public liturgies and devotions, and has asked that all churches and chapels be closed, including all perpetual adoration chapels. Further information for this time can be found at https://www.hbgdiocese.org/coronavirus/

As Pastor, I invite you to use this time of “social distancing” to go the desert with Jesus and pray. Below are a number of links for Mass, the Divine Office, and other spiritual resources. This is a great opportunity to explore liturgies, devotions, and teachings for which you might not otherwise have time. I encourage you to take advantage of this period of reduced schedules and cancelled activities by using these resources to grow spiritually as individuals and as a family.

In order to make an offering for the Sunday collection, you may mail a check (with your regular envelopes) to St. Catherine Labouré Parish, 4000 Derry Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111. Checks should be made payable to “St. Catherine Labouré”. To give electronically go to sclhbg.weshare.org or text “givescl” to 555888.

Fr. Josh, Fr. Jordan, and I will offer Mass daily for the intentions listed in the bulletin and for all of you. Please keep us in your prayers as well. I look forward to the day when we will be together at Mass in person.

Yours in Christ,

-Fr. Lease

Resources:

Sunday Prayer at Home and Spiritual Communion  (provided by the Diocese of Harrisburg)

Mass in English (from EWTN). A listing of local live-streamed Masses can be found at the Harrisburg Diocese website.

Mass in French/le messe en français (from Paris, France)

Mass in Spanish/la Misa en español: (from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico). Scroll down to bottom of page; in the recording, Mass begins about 30 min after Lauds / el video está en el fondo de la página; la Misa empieza más o menos 30 minutos después de las Laudes.

Mass in Italian (la Messa in Italiano)

Mass in Latin (extraordinary form)

Divine Office Podcast

Divine Office Texts (also available in Latin – scroll to bottom of page)

St. Catherine Labouré Parish Novena

Vatican Website

Formed (St. Catherine Labouré has a subscription; go to “Sign Up”; when you create your account, please select our parish from the list which will appear)

Breadbox Media

Catechism of the Catholic Church

US Conference of Catholic Bishops (links to the Bible, the daily readings for Mass, and all sorts of informative materials)

On Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy: Dies Domini of Pope John Paul II

Handy apps to download:

  • MyParish
  • Click to Pray
  • Laudate (Rosary, readings, and reflections)
  • Magnificat (free during this time)

Don’t Get Scammed!

Scammers are taking advantage of the concerns over COVID-19 virus, and are again posing as priests and other clergy.  As recently as today, you might receive an email or a text message that appears to be from your Pastor or another priest that you may know. The scammer asks you to help someone in need by purchasing a gift card and to provide the codes on that card.  DO NOT RESPOND! 

Here’s how to protect yourself from being scammed:

1.   Know that scammers are out there. Be suspicious of any request for funds of any type via an email message or a text message. Verify any request with a call to the person who supposedly sent it or a call to the phone number of the text that you received.
2.   Know that any email from a priest should be from a diocesan or parish email account. Messages sent from free services, such as Gmail or Yahoo, are more likely to be scammers.
3. Many clergy do not share their cell phone numbers publicly. If you receive a text message from someone not on your phone’s contact list, be suspicious.
4. Know that priests will NEVER ask for financial transactions via email or text messages.

For more information on how to protect yourself visit: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0003-phishing