Parish Time Capsule 2014-2064

See you in 2064 A.D. for the 100th Anniversary of St. Catherine's Parish!

My kids submitted something for the parish time capsule.  This is what they wrote on their own, with nine-year old John Paul taking the lead:

AMDG

A Letter to Children of 2064

 

October 12, 2014

Dear Children of 2064,

I’m John Paul.  My brother, Emmanuel Jeremiah, and my sister, Mariana Mahal, helped me make this letter.  I’m going to tell you about St. Catherine of Siena Church.

St. Catherine of Siena is a Catholic Church.  We’re celebrating 50 years of its foundation.  We are grateful, joyful, and hopeful.  We are grateful for our church, St. Catherine’s.  We are joyful that Jesus is with us.  We get to pray there a lot from 7 am until after the 7 pm Mass.  We are hopeful for people to do good.  People should stay there for the whole Mass, from the beginning, to the middle, until the end of Mass, so they will know more about Jesus Christ.

St. Catherine’s Church is holy.  It is Jesus’ church and house.   It is a big church that can hold a lot of people.

     

St. Catherine’s Church is named after St. Catherine of Siena, our patron saint.  St. Catherine of Siena was a Third Order Dominican.  She became a saint because she was kind, very holy, pure, chaste, shared and loved.   

St. Catherine’s Church is in Vallejo, California, in the United States.  It has a school that teaches kids, who are not homeschooled.  Inside the church, there is a tabernacle with Jesus’ body and blood in it.  There is a baptismal font to the right of the altar and a choir to the left of the altar.  There are pictures of popes, like St. John the 23^rd and St. John Paul II.  Outside, there is a big parking lot with people’s cars, including the priest’s car.

People go to St. Catherine’s to greet Jesus, pray to Jesus, to sacrifice, to offer Jesus.  People can also donate food and money there.  That way they can use some of that money to pay for things in the church, like light bulb replacements, and candles, and for the poor.

All kinds of people go to St. Catherine’s Church.  We go there.  There are priests and deacons.  Sometimes, there are bishops.  We see our friends sometimes. Everybody should go to a Catholic Church.  There is Mass at 8 am, 10 am, 12 pm, 5 pm, and at 7 pm on Sundays.  People should pray to God there at St. Catherine’s, so they can get graces.  Oh and we live right across the church.

                                    Love,

                                    John Paul,

                                    Emmanuel Jeremiah,                                     Mariana Mahal,                                                        and

                                    Faith Marie

                                    Purificacion

Deacon Juan Moreno holds the Letter to the Children of 2064.