We have achieved our goal of raising over $113,000 for the Catholic Church in Western Washington! Thank you, thank you every one! Any amount you send over and above the goal will now be sent back to us to fund our lavatory project. The Annual Catholic Appeal reaches out to individual Catholics in all parishes to ask for their support for the ministries of the Archdiocese. Ministries that are Archdiocesan-wide include jail ministry, ministry to seafarers, mental health ministry, and grief ministry. In this 9 minute video, Joe Cotton and Erica Cohen-Moore talk a bit more about those ministries.
Welcome Father Bill McKee!
Prayer During Time of Transition
Loving God,
Your wisdom is beyond our understanding, and your goodness to us is more than we can imagine.
Surround and fill us with the light of your truth and love during our time of transition.
Let us view this moment of change and renewal
as an invitation to build upon the foundation that your creative power has begun in us.
As we offer our thanks for all we have experienced together as a parish community,
help us to look forward with trust to the future you have planned for us.
Empower us to be your Church at all times:
a people united in faith, where all are welcomed and connected by your love.
Give us the courage to carry the torch forward,
being open to new possibilities and embracing the new life to come.
As our Good Shepherd, guide us through this transition to become more fully the community of disciples you call us to be.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Priest: St. John the Baptist All: Pray for us!
Sign this Letter to Prioritize Care for Creation
Recently, a number of Catholic churches and institutions in western Washington have started working together as the Creation Care Network.
The Creation Care Network is at a point where they want to appeal for Archbishop Etienne to prioritize Care for Creation. They have composed a letter to him and are now inviting all Catholics in the Archdiocese to join by signing the letter.
To mark Earth Day this year (April 22, 2021), the Creation Care Network of Catholic parishes and institutions welcomes you to join in asking Archbishop Etienne to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis.
Please read the Creation Care Network’s letter to Archbishop Etienne and indicate your support for these proposals for personal and community-based actions to care for our common home.
To read the letter and sign on to support it, go to: https://forms.gle/EPtuTJrTJewKfViEA.
All signatures are due by April 19, 2021.
March 28, 2021
No other Sunday in the liturgical year reflects such dramatic contrast as today – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. What begins with songs of triumph quickly shifts into remembrance of the Lord’s passion. We enter into Holy Week which marks the apex of the liturgical year. The Triduum (the Latin word for three days) is celebrated as one liturgy over a three day period. On Holy Thursday we celebrate the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (7 pm). Because of COVID-19 we will not have the foot washing in the church but invite you to do this as a family afterwards in your home. The altar of repose this year will be set up near the Lady of Guadalupe shrine in the corner of the sanctuary. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place until 10 pm. On Good Friday we celebrate the Passion of the Lord (7 pm). The Veneration of the Cross will take place at the end of the service. On Holy Saturday the Easter Vigil will take place at 8 pm and lasts for about three hours. We will live stream all our Triduum and Easter services. I will speak about Easter next weekend. I hope that all of you may enter into these days with the mind of Jesus who emptied himself so that he might be filled with the powerful love of the Resurrection. Have a blessed Holy Week!
Holy Thursday and Good Friday Collections
As a show of support and solidarity for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, our Holy Thursday collection will be going to Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS). ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities – including immigrants, refugees, and American-born – by developing, providing and advocating for innovative, effective and efficient community-based multilingual and multicultural services. These include Aging Services for Older Adults, Behavioral Health & Wellness, Child & Youth Development, Employment & Training Services, Citizenship & Immigration Assistance, and Recovery Services. You can learn more about this organization by visiting ACRS.org.
From the Franciscan website: "Every year on Good Friday, a collection is taken up in Catholic Churches to support the work of the Franciscans working in the Holy Land. Christians there rely heavily on the help that comes to them from this worldwide collection.
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is part of a world-wide network of Commissariats of the Holy Land which function as bridges between the Holy Land and Christians all over the world. The Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C., coordinates this vital support for the work of the Franciscans who work in the Holy Land.
The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have the unique responsibility to care for the Holy Places as well for the “Living Stones,” the Christians living there. It is vital that we support Christians living in the Holy Land, in order to maintain a Christian presence in the very land made holy by the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus."
Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Week 2
As we continue our journey through Lent, Fr. Jim is hoping you are finding a few moments each week to reflect on our parish anniversary gift, Our One Great Act of Fidelity.
This week Fr. Jim discusses the many dimensions of Eucharist and how our faith is also “both/and” as we consider life and social justice issues.
How is Lent encouraging you to be a good steward of your time, in particular, how are you deepening your prayer life?
WEEK 2 LENT REFLECTION GUIDE
- Read the Table of Contents and Chapters 3 & 4 of Our One Great Act of Fidelity
- Watch Part Two of Fr. Jim’s video, which is 6 minutes long https://vimeo.com/511333965
- Prayerfully reflect on the following questions:
- How do you find Eucharist to be like a diamond with multiple levels of meaning, often paradoxical (cf. page 28)?
- How do the “both/and” aspects of our Catholic faith inform your understanding of issues such as life and social justice?
- In what ways is Eucharist the summit of worship and faith for you?
- How has the pandemic influenced your appreciation for Eucharist?
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