Newsletter | October 26, 2021 |
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Our parish is open for in-person Mass and we’re eager to see you all again. Please join us at one of the following Masses:
Saturday at 5:00pm
Sunday at 9:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
Some changes you'll see at Mass to protect ourselves, to protect our neighbors, and to protect the ability FOR ALL TO safely worship together - face masks required, ushers seat you, no Holy Water, no singing, and no Blood of Christ. Clearly marked sections for worship are available for people seeking physical distancing.
We will be keeping the back doors of the church open during Mass, so please remember to dress warmly and bring a coat every time you come to Mass.
Please continue to self-screen and stay home if you are not feeling well. Dispensation to attend Sunday Mass is still in effect. Sick, vulnerable, at-risk, and otherwise concerned persons are encouraged to celebrate Mass with us via live stream.
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We are beginning our yearly focus on Parish Stewardship. We invite you to reflect on how God has blessed you in your lives, and in the coming weeks we will ask you to consider returning a proper portion of those blessings to your parish as we continue the mission set before us by Jesus Christ. We will be hearing from one of our parishioners about how God has blessed them, and how and why they chose to share their blessings. |
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Each fiscal year St. John Vianney prepares an annual report, made publicly available, where we reflect on our growth as a light on Finn Hill. Please view it here.
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Thank you to everyone that came and spent their Saturday morning helping spruce up our SJV grounds. There was a lot of hard work by many. What a difference all your work makes around here!
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HS ESPERANZA MISSION TREK BAKE SALE
Thank You!
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Thank you for your generosity! We hope you enjoyed the treats! |
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Calling all moms, especially moms with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school-aged children! Take some time for yourself and meet up with other moms on the same journey. Join the "SJV Moms Meetup" Facebook group for updates about our monthly meetups. Hope to see you at Stoup!
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The funeral for Kathleen Leingang will be on Friday, October 29 at 11:00am.
There will be no morning adoration and Mass that day. Please join us for the funeral.
The funeral for Ron BIllinghurst will be on Saturday, October 30 at 10:00am.
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ALL SAINTS' DAY FAMILY TREASURE HUNT
October 31 anytime between Noon-3:00pm
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Families will be given a map of the parish grounds to find some very important items that our Saints have lost!
- Help St. Denis find his head!
- St. Rose of Lima must have her Roses!
- St. Florian needs his water jug!
After helping our Saints find their lost items in the right order, you will find a part of the code for the padlock on St. Anthony’s treasure chest! Open the chest with the code you put together and you will gain your prize bag full of treats and Saintly stuff! All outdoors and everyone is welcome!
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ALL SAINTS' DAY MASSES (Holy Day of Obligation)
Monday, November 1 at 9:00am (livestream available) and 7:00pm
ALL SOULS' DAY MASS
Tuesday, November 2 at 7:00pm (livestream available)
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During our All Souls' Day Mass the names of our loved ones who have died in the last year will be read, and a candle will be lit in their honor. We will be following COVID guidelines for Mass to ensure the safety of all, so please join us in person.
REMEMBERING OUR DEARLY DEPARTED
We will also be remembering our departed loved ones with a slideshow of their pictures. If you would like to participate, please send a picture and her/his name to Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org by Friday, October 29th.
You may also bring a photo of your loved one to the parish office to be placed on a table by the baptismal font for the month of November. Please make sure the name of the person pictured, your name and phone number are on the back of the picture so we can get the photo back to you at the end of the month.
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50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Saturday, November 6
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Please consider coming to the 5:00pm Mass on Saturday, November 6 and staying for our celebration dinner and auction. This year will have a different feel to it, but we have a lot to celebrate and honor.
You can purchase a seat for the dinner on our website, in the church office, or after the weekend Masses in the narthex. Dinner choices consist of Chef Greg’s Beef Wellington or Chef Bing’s Wild Salmon and are a real deal at $75/person.
There are many other ways to be part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration...
RAFFLE You could win $3000, a surprise night on the town, or a prime parking spot in front of the church for a year! Raffle tickets are available for $50 after the weekend Masses.
ADVERTISE Last call to advertise your business in the auction catalogue! Artwork and payment must be submitted today to avandewark@sjvkirkland.org. Payment can be made on our website using the auction payment button on our homepage, or by calling the parish office.
$300 Business Card Ad
$500 ¼ Page Ad
$750 ½ Page Ad
$1000 Full Page Ad
$3000 Back of Bidder Card Ad
PROCURE ITEMS We are currently accepting items for the auction. If there is something you would bid on, then others would too. If there are establishments that you frequent, please ask if they would be willing to donate. Let them know it is a special anniversary for us at SJV.
- Live Auction Team
- Cleanup Crew
- Saturday starting at 7:00pm
- Sunday at 9:00am (youth welcome as well)
- Raffle Ticket Sales
Thank you! We can’t wait to celebrate together!
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YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD |
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If you don't have a candle and decorating instructions yet, please be sure to pick one up after the weekend Masses or in the parish office during the week. Even if you can't be at our 50th Anniversary Mass, we want your light shining in our church!
It is time to let your light shine and come together.
We are a light on Finn Hill. A light for the world!
Decorated candles will be lit at our special 50th Anniversary Mass with Archbishop Etienne on Saturday, November 6 at 5:00pm.
Let your light shine!
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50TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY BOOK
Pre-order Now - Only $30
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Celebrate SJV’s marvelous story with the purchase of our 50th anniversary commemorative history book. Find out why, for 50 years, SJV has truly been a light on Finn Hill.
Pre-orders can be made on our website using the button below, or pre-order in the Narthex after Mass or in the office during business hours.
Books will be distributed in conjunction with the 50 years celebration in November.
DON’T MISS OUT, LIMITED QUANTITIES ON ORDER.
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Are you a long time member of St. John Vianney Church? Let us record your story after Mass this weekend. Please see Laura Stanger or Susan Weaver after Mass in the Narthex. |
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOOD DRIVE FOR CHRISTMAS BASKETS 2021 |
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The SJV St. Vincent de Paul society will be assembling and distributing food baskets again this year for families in great need. Last year we helped approximately 70 families, over 280 people! Of course, we would not be able to do this without your help. Over the next several months, we will be collecting non-perishable food items. When you do your own shopping, please consider purchasing some of the items on the food drive schedule for our pantry. Checks (payable to SJV St. Vincent de Paul) or cash donations are always welcome and may be dropped off in the parish office. Gift cards will be given out to each family to purchase the perishable items they need. Thank you for making stewardship a way of life.
Oct 30-31 Peanut Butter, Jam/Jelly, Breakfast Cereals, Tuna Fish, Canned Salmon, Chili, Canned Fruit, Mayonnaise, Bisquick, Brownie Mixes, Canned Soups, Salt.
Nov 6-7 Canned Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, Pasta, Mac & Cheese, Top Ramen, Canned Fruit Juice, Cooking Oil, Coffee (Instant & Bean), Tea Bags.
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Mrs. Fitz and Ms. Maria are back in the parish nursery on Sunday mornings during the 9:00am and 11:00am Masses for families with young children. You can find the nursery at the bottom of the stairs. The sound system from the church is pumped into the nursery. If you would like to stay downstairs with your child, you can still hear what is going on in the liturgy. The nursery is recommended for children 1 to 4 years old. |
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CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD |
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Kids can join us for in-person Children's Liturgy of the Word during the 11:00am Sunday Mass in Room 6 downstairs! |
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CATHOLIC KIDS' CATECHISM CLUB |
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Come “Discover” what is happening with Catholic Kids’ Catechism Club for children 3 years old through 5th grade. Watch the video above to see how much fun we have while learning about our faith. You can still register to come in person, and there are also online and homeschool options available. For more information or to register, please contact Laura, Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org or visit sjvkirkland.org/faith-formation/#catechism-club.
We do need volunteers! If you feel called by the Holy Spirit to join us, please let Laura know!
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No Youth Group this Sunday. Happy Halloween!
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HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TREK TO TIJUANA
June 19 - July 2, 2022
Applications Available Now!
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High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, please join us!
Upcoming Dates:
- Sunday, November 14, 3:30-5:00pm: Christmas Tree Sales Orientation in the Tree Shed Lot
- Sunday, November 21 - Wednesday, December 22: Christmas Tree Sales
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SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
Monday, November 8 at 6:00pm
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The Archdiocese of Seattle has had a long commitment to the protection of children, youth and vulnerable adults. For more than 25 years, the Archdiocese has taken steps to assure the safety of those who serve in our parishes, schools, and agencies. Sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and sexual harassment are abusive and harmful actions that have no place in the Church community or in society. The Archdiocese of Seattle deeply cherishes the bond of sacred trust between its members.
The Archdiocese of Seattle requires all Church and School Personnel and Volunteers to take part in our Safe Environment Program.
Everyone must complete the following:
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Set up a profile on the Virtus website. (http://www.virtus.org/virtus/index.cfm)
- Successfully undergo a criminal background check every three years, completed electronically on the Virtus website
- Complete the Protecting God’s Children course (a one-time class), and online video refresher courses every three years in conjunction with background check renewal.
- Read and sign the Archdiocesan Polices of Conduct, completed electronically on the Virtus website.
Laura Stanger will be conducting an in-person class here at the parish on Monday, November 8 at 6:00pm. Please email Laura if you want to come at Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org.
Volunteers and employees will not be eligible to work or volunteer in any capacity until these requirements have been satisfied.
Please call the office with any questions.
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LITURGICAL MINISTER TRAININGS |
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Due to schedule conflicts, our monthly trainings will be postponed until 2022. If you are interested in becoming a Liturgical Minister, please contact Fr. Vu and he will schedule a time to train you. |
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RECONCILIATION
Saturdays from 3:30-4:30pm
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Reconciliation is available every Saturday from 3:30-4:30pm. The Reconciliation Room is next to our Adoration Chapel.
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RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS |
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If you know of someone who is interested, or has a spark within them, an inkling of becoming Catholic, and joining the Catholic Faith Community, please contact Fr. Vu or Laura, Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org.
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REFLECTIONS ON CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME
From Laudato Si
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A common argument that Christians advance to refute climate change is either that it is a politically fashionable dogma that remains unproven, or that climate change is real but unrelated to human activity. In any case, the argument goes, as Christians we believe in the word of God, and in Genesis, God promised to “never again curse the ground because of man.” (Genesis 8:21). God’s promise is that “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22), and that God will never again bring a flood to destroy the earth (Genesis 9:11).
This message has clearly resonated with many who profess to be disciples of Christ. A 2015 Pew Research Center study found that while 64% of the unchurched believed that climate change is due to human activity, the proportions for white evangelicals and Catholics were 28% and 45% respectively. (The study was conducted shortly before the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si.)
This argument in rejecting the dangers of climate change is itself inconsistent. If climate change is not real and therefore does not pose a dire threat to humanity, there’s no need to invoke God’s promise. After all, God’s promises are irrelevant in the face of something that isn’t really happening. But just in case, sort of as an insurance policy, it seems wise to throw God and the Word of God into the mix.
The evidence that human activity is leading to the destruction of our common home, however, is incontrovertible. Given that, invoking Genesis and God’s promise to not destroy the earth poses numerous theological problems.
The Israelites understood God’s gift of the land as a conditional one: while the Israelites were allowed to live in the land, God retained ownership. We must interpret God’s gift of dominion (Genesis 1:26,28) in the same light: it grants us not an absolute right of ownership and control, but rather places us in the role of steward or caretaker. To put it another way, despoiling our common home whose stewardship God has entrusted to us is a sin not to be taken lightly.
But the reasons that we are allowing our common home to die make this this sin even more serious. Much of the crisis facing our common home is caused by rampant consumerism: by an economic system that encourages ceaseless acquisition and views the products of human labor as disposable. When we participate in this culture of conspicuous consumption, convenience, and disposability, we dishonor God’s gift of stewardship at the same time as we devalue of the labor of those who produce the commodities we take so lightly. Although we may say, “Blessed be the Lord. I have become rich” (Zechariah 11:5), it is our possessions that we value; God is merely the first cause for our gratification. This is a form of idolatry, a still more serious sin.
And although our common home and all of its life is threatened by climate change, its primary impact is on the world’s poor. In other words, by denying and refusing to respond to the crisis facing our common home, we are contributing to the oppression of the world’s poor. This completely violates the Biblical mandate to love our neighbor and particularly to “seek justice and correct oppression” (Isaiah 1:17).
Denying climate change then involves serious sin, including contributing to the oppression of our brothers and sisters, casting God in the role of servant and devaluing God’s provision to us, and engaging in idolatry by living for our material possessions. How, then, is God likely to respond to such serious sin? Will God choose to overlook it and “recall” his promise to not destroy the earth?
For Catholics, there is a clear answer to this question: God will not save us from the consequences of our own sin. Many evangelical fundamentalists take the opposite view: our profession of faith in Jesus Christ “covers” our sins, so that when God looks at us, he sees only an image of His sinless son, and not us in our sinfulness. In Catholicism, however, our faith in Jesus Christ, as it interacts with God’s grace and our own good works, should result in greater holiness and righteousness. The sins we are describing – covetousness, oppression of the poor, and idolatry – are certainly not expressions of holiness.
In other words, God is not our security blanket. God will not save us from the consequences of our own sinful actions. God will not save us from ourselves. We must pray that God give us the grace both to recognize the ways in which we participate in this culture of consumption and to repent so that we can act in meaningful ways to save our common home.
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PREPARES
Pregnancy & Parenting Support
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PREPARES is a nurturing response of the Catholic community, open to all, to provide meaningful, local and sustainable support to vulnerable Washington mothers, fathers, and families as they nurture their children through pregnancy and early childhood. Our vision is that a vulnerable mom or family can come to any Catholic parish in the state and be served.
EVERY LIFE CHERISHED, CHOSEN AND SENT
In response to Right to Life Month, this October our Parish is kicking off our “Prepares Ministry Program.” If you feel called, please take a blue bag from the rack next to the St. Vincent de Paul bin. Each bag has a target age and check list on it. At this time we are in most need of items for 4 to 5-year-olds. Please put one or two of the items from each section in the bag to help support a family in need who have CHOSEN LIFE! Check off the items you have placed in the bag and return the bag to the St. Vincent de Paul bin when it is completed. The bags will be distributed to families in our neighborhood who call in need of financial support with rent, utilities or food through our St. Vincent de Paul society. If they have a child from pregnancy through 5 years old, we will give them one of the Prepares bags as an additional sign of love, gratitude and hope for their child or children.
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Do you need a little 'sunshine' in your life? If so, Sonshine Ministry prepares and delivers no contact meals on a short-term basis for those who are ill, recovering from surgery, elderly, or with a new baby. If you need to catch a ray of the 'SON’ or would like to prepare an occasional meal for a fellow parishioner, please contact the parish office. |
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We are taking a break through the upcoming holidays. Watch for information about our next hike in the new year. |
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CORNERSTONE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (VIRTUAL)
Saturday, October 30
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Ignite your faith. Be inspired by faith-filled leaders. Grow as a disciple of Jesus Christ. It's FREE to participate. |
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