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121 N 80th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 782-2810
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St John the Evangelist Parish
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More Parish Directory Photo Appointments Available!
We would like more families to be a part of our Parish Directory. To make this happen we will be holding more photography sessions the weekend of February 9-11. There is no obligation to buy and you get a free 8 x 10 photo!
Click here to sign up.
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CYO Volleyball for All Students
Grades 4 through 8, sign up today!
Let's go, St. Al/John!
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Auction Wine Tasting-
January 19, 2018
Tickets are now available for the St. John Auction Wine Tasting on Friday, January 19th at 7 pm in Egan Hall. We will have over 25 amazing wines to sample and cast your vote for your favorite wine to be offered at the Gala Dinner in April. If you liked what you tasted, you may purchase a bottle or two to bring home! We will have savory and sweet bites, beer and non-alcoholic beverages to enjoy. All guests will be entered into a drawing to win a selected Magnum of wine. Grab a friend and join the fun! Tickets are $35 per person.
We will need some volunteers to share their time and talent with us to help set up, serve, clean up and donate food - visit our sign-up genius to volunteer! All proceeds will go to the school's operating budget.
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The Basic Right to food and Water -
Considering Human Dignity
Saturday, January 20, 2018 - 10:00 am
Holy Family Kirkland
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SUNDAY GATHERINGS STARTING AGAIN ON
JANUARY 21!
Sunday Gatherings Series 2 Topic:
STRESSED
&
Blessed
Putting Jesus in the Center of Your Overwhelming Life
Sundays: Jan. 21 to Feb. 11 at St Catherine Parish 814 NE 85th St
Middle School: 5:00 pm
Fellowship Meal: 6:15 pm
High School: 7:00 pm
CONFIRMATION 2018 - REGISTRATION DEADLINE JANUARY 21:
Confirmation Prep Sessions start the week of January 21:
St. Mark's on Tuesday, January 23 at 7:00 pm
St. John's on Saturday, January 27 at 10:00 am
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Washington State Capitol
416 Sid Snyder Ave SW
Olympia, Washington 98504
Start Date: Jan. 22nd, 2018
Mass for Life: 9:30am @ St. Martins University, Lacey
Start Time for March: 12:00pm - End Time: 3:00pm
We will be gathering at the state capitol in
Olympia at Noon
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as we have for the last 40 years!
We remember the past as we
COMMEMORATE the anniversary of
Roe vs. Wade, January 22, 1973. We FOCUS on what we can do right now to help women and babies in crisis.
And, we look with HOPE to the future
when abortion will be unthinkable for all!
Ms. Katie Franklin will be driving the St John bus to the March for Life and anyone who wishes to ride should feel free to contact her and coordinate. The bus holds 14 (including driver).
If anyone else would like to participate and wants to car/van pool to Lacey and Olympia, they should please contact either:
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Our next Golden Fellowship Luncheon will be
Thursday, January 25th at noon in Quigley 13. Bring a potluck dish to share or just come for the fellowship.
(Golden Fellowship is a group of of senior parishioners from St John Parish who gather to enjoy community.)
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Northwest Catholic Collection
January 27-28, 2018
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Fourteenth Annual Italian Dinner
Sunday, January 28th, 2018 -
5:00pm
St. John the Evangelist Church - Egan Hall
Join the Knights of Columbus and Boy Scout Troop 121 for an evening of fun and great food. We'll start with antipasto followed by a great Italian dinner cooked by the Knights. Click here for a reservation form, send it in and save your spot! We look forward to seeing you. |
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Come & See: Wondering where God is calling you? Learn more about a vocation to the priesthood with Fr. Bryan Dolejsi, discover tips on prayer, and discern where God might be calling you! Join us for an Archdiocese of Seattle Come & See event on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 at St. Benedict Parish in Seattle. Mass at 6:30pm, followed by refreshments, small group discussion, and prayer in the rectory. Open to men ages 15-40. RSVP to Fr. Bryan at [email protected] and find more information at seattlevocations.com. |
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Faith Formation
Contemplative Eldering
Please join us after the Golden Fellowship luncheon on
January 25 at 1pm in Quigley for a meeting concerning transitions from home to retirement community information.
Bible Study Begins
There will be two opportunities to go deeper into the Gospel of John. Sheila Connolly will lead the discussion on
Wednesday, January 31st at 7pm and Thursday, February 1st at 1pm in Quigley.
Book Club
The St. John book club will be reading selected short stories of Flannery O'Connor - "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Everything that Rises Must Converge", and "A Temple of the Holy Ghost". We hope that you will decide to read a few more of her short stories and join us for a lively discussion on
February 22nd at 7:00 PM. We will be meeting at Diana Grusczynski's home just a block from St. John at 510 North 80th Street.
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The St. John book club will be reading selected short stories of Flannery O'Connor - "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Everything that Rises Must Converge", and "A Temple of the Holy Ghost". We hope that you will decide to read a few more of her short stories and join us for a lively discussion on February 22nd at 7:00 PM. We will be meeting at Diana Grusczynski's home just a block from St. John at 510 North 80th Street.
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Living Every Day
With Passion & Purpose
Matthew Kelly
April 14, 2018, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Holy Rosary
630 7th Ave N
Edmonds, WA 98020
Click here for tickets.
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While praying recently, I had a thought. It felt like a good thought, like an insight. A few weeks have gone by, and it still feels like an insight, so I think I'll share it with you. I was praying and thinking about forgiveness. I've had enough experience of forgiveness to recognize that it's basically a get-out-of-jail-free card, for both the forgiver and the forgivee. That's true here and now. Anger and grudges are prisons. We think we're hurting the other person with our anger, but we're mainly hurting ourselves, and forgiveness unlocks the prison door. That get-out-of-jail-free card thing is also true in eternity. "If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you." - Matthew 6:14.
But it's not always easy, right? When we've been hurt, it can take a while for the pain to ease. It can take time, and perhaps prayer, for our minds to clear enough that we're ready to forgive. I've noticed in my own life that the time between injury and readiness to forgive is getting shorter. I'm making progress. So the thought occurred to me, if I keep making progress, that time will get shorter and shorter. If I make enough progress, the "forgiveness delay" will shrink to zero. I'll be able to forgive as the other person is hurting me, like Jesus on the cross. "Forgive them Father, they know not what they do." I think we have a name for the action of forgiving with no delay: turning the other cheek.
If you have prayer nuggets you'd like to share with the parish, email Bill Marty,
[email protected]
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(1902-1975)
Feast: June 26
Each month a portrait of the Saint of the Month is displayed in the church in one of the south side shrines. You are welcome to spend some time reflecting on the life of the Saint and praying for their intercessions.
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