Saint Kathryn

We are pleased to announce that our Fifth Annual Ceremony of Lessons and Carols will take place on Thursday, December 27th, at 7:00 p.m. in the church. (Holy Mass on this day will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m.) Join us for this spectacular evening of Scripture readings, Christmas carols and anthems presided over by Deacon Ray, our gifted parish lectors, and superb choir, schola, instrumentalists, and soloists. Hear the ancient prophecies announcing the birth of Christ, join with us at the manger and hear the choirs of angels sing, and rejoice in the text, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Join with us in singing carols like, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Joy to the World,” and “What Child is This?” Hear anthems old and new such as “Christmas Day,” “The Beautiful Mother,” and “O Holy Night.” What a delightful way to bask in the glory of the Christmas season in our beautiful church!

Our Commemorative Jubilee Photo Directory will be our biggest and best parish directory to date! We ask all of our registered members to sign up for a free photo session with LifeTouch Studios to receive a free 8x10 portrait and free hardbound directory. There is no purchase necessary. Imagine if our entire parish family were pictured in the directory! What a priceless keepsake of our 50th Jubilee.

Saint Andrew was the first of the apostles to hear Jesus’ call to follow him. We would like to invite men in our diocese who are considering a vocation to the priesthood or would simply like some help hearing the Lord’s call for their life, to an evening of prayer, conversation with the Vocations Team, and dinner. These evenings will take place for different age groups on Fridays from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Joseph House (279 Cartier Street) in Manchester. Please RSVP to Becky Vinson at rvinson@rcbm.org or 603.663.0153 if you would like to attend. November 2: Age 25 and over; January 4: college students and other men of the diocese (at Saint Patrick's in Pelham); February 8: Age 14-18; February 15: Age 19-24; February 22: Age 25 and over.

In 2019, our diocese, following many other dioceses around the country, will be starting our transition to moving the Confirmation age before First Communion, thus restoring the original order of Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist as it was in the early church up until 1910.