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106 N 79th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 782-2810
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St John the Evangelist Parish
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New mailing address
for donations to St John!
Our new address is:
106 N 79th St Seattle, WA 98103!
Please change the address on your payments that are mailed automatically from your bank to the above address.
The Post Office will greatly appreciate it!
(and so will we!)
Thank you very much!
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Questions About the Catholic Faith?
Seeking Answers About the Church?
Our Door is Open!
Here at St John, we meet once a month, on the second Wednesday, with those interested in learning more about Catholicism, about our church, and about our faith. The meetings are casual, with plenty of time for questions and discussion, and are open to all!
The next meeting is TONIGHT! Wednesday, October 10th at 7pm
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We will meet in the new Admin Building (former Rectory).
Check out our website for more information about
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
bit.ly/BecomeCatholic
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Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross is a 30 minute devotion that
offers witness to Jesus' passion and death.
At each station we use our senses and our imagination to reflect
prayerfully upon Jesus' suffering, death, and resurr
ection, and to simply experience the visual images to reflect on Christ's love for us.
(adapted from www.loyolapress.com)
St John will pray the Stations
Wednesday, October 10 at 7pm in the church.
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Safe Environment Training at St John
Thursday, October 11th from 6:30pm - 9:00 in Egan Hall
(Child Care available)
You need this training if you volunteer on campus or in the classroom, coach, chaperone or drive for field trips, volunteer at the shelter, participate in the ministries of the church such as ushers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, sacristans, CLOW, etc.
The Archdiocese of Seattle requires all Church Personnel (defined as all clergy, all employees, and all volunteers who have ongoing, unsupervised contact with minors and vulnerable adults) to take part in our Safe Environment Program in three ways. They must:
- Successfully undergo a criminal background check every three years
- Complete the Protecting God's Children course within 90 days of beginning service
- Read and sign the Archdiocesan policies of conduct
You may complete these requirements by accessing the
Virtus database, our Catholic Risk Retention Group focused on the prevention of abuse. New church personnel will need to create a
Virtus profile (
http://www.virtus.org/virtus/index.cfm) under the "Registration" tab.
If you have already taken the initial training, you will only need to update every three years. Sign in at the volunteer computer in the school office to find out if you are up to date.
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Job Posting for St John
XDC
St. John Extended Daycare Program is seeking a lead teacher to join our team. One who is caring, energetic and loves to work with children.
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Money Counters Needed
If you are looking for a great volunteer opportunity, this one is for you! Every Monday at 9:00 am a group of men and women come together to count the collection from the weekend Masses. It only takes about 2 hours and we even provide free coffee. No experience necessary. If you are interested, call the Parish office at 206-782-2810.
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YOUTH GROUP for middle schoolers and high schoolers meets every Sunday evening at St. Catherine's for fellowship and a meal.
- Middle schoolers meet from 5:00 to 7:00.
- High schoolers have two options: Sundays at St. Catherine's at 7:00 pm, or Thursdays at Christ the King at 7:00.
YOUNG ADULTS: A retreat just for you is this weekend at the Palisades retreat center! See more on their website.
THANK YOU to everyone who provided feedback on our "faith-building" survey! We'll give it one more week for people to respond then publish results. Stay tuned! If you missed the survey click here to print one and turn it in to the parish office or put it in the collection basket at Mass.
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The Queen Has Spoken...
And respectfully requests your presence
at her retirement festivities.
Please join us in thanking Evie for all of her years of service to St John Parish and help her to celebrate her retirement!
Golden Fellowship Celebration:
Thursday October 25th at 11:30 pm in the new Admin Building Lunch will be provided so come hungry.
Parish and School:
Sunday, October 28th after 10:30 Mass at Coffee and Donuts
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Garden Work Party
for Pat King, Saturday, October 27!
Many of you know Ms. Pat King, who, until her recent move to Mount St. Vincent in West Seattle was a wonderful parishioner and neighbor to
St. John Parish.
In addition to attending daily Mass regularly, she gave 24 years of service at the King County Jail in conjunction with the archdiocesan Criminal Detention Prison Ministry. In honor of her many years as a St. John Parishioner
and proud 1949 graduate of St. John School, and in coordination with her neighbors and the new owner of her house, we are going to
transplant many of her beautiful flowers and bushes to our Parish grounds. The new house owner will be doing extensive remodeling, and the plants will likely be killed in the process if we don't save them. Everyone who knows Pat knows how much time and love she put into her gardens and her roses, so we hope to make her proud!
We really need your help during the transplanting process! It will be a lot of digging, shoveling, and hauling.
Middle School and High School students needing service hours are welcome, too! Please come help this garden work party - stay for an hour or stay all day. Bring your gloves, trimmers, shovels! We'll be in front of the new Admin Building (old Rectory) from
9am to 2pm, Saturday, October 27.
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CYO Basketball - Register Now!
Registration is open for CYO Basketball for coaches and players, until Oct. 29, 2018.
Don't wait! If you do not register your child by this date, we cannot guarantee that they will be able to participate in CYO basketball this
year.
Review of skills for teams will take place beginning the week of October 30 (unless your child's team is in Soccer Playoffs that week). Fourth and Fifth Grade teams will be separated by gender, and the teams will split up as evenly as possible. For Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade there are Varsity and Junior Varsity teams for both boys and girls. Independent reviewers will evaluate students to separate the teams fairly, according to CYO rules. Practices will start the week after teams are assigned.
Your child's specific practice and game schedule will be communicated by your child's coach following the assignment of teams.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Matt Deines via email at
[email protected] or by phone at 206-300-0741.
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Honors All Souls Day
Friday, November 2
All Souls Day
Mass for All Souls Day is being celebrated at the following cemeteries. All are invited to attend.
Calvary Cemetery:
English - 10:30 a.m. - Archbishop J. Peter Sartain presiding
Gethsemane Cemetery:
Korean - 9:00 a.m.
English - 10:30 a.m. - Bishop Eusebio Elizondo presiding
Vietnamese - 10:00 a.m. Sat. November 3rd.
Holyrood Cemetery:
North American Martyrs - Latin Mass - 7:00 a.m.
English - 10:30 a.m. - Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg presiding
Korean - 1:00 p.m.
Vietnamese - 1:00 p.m. Sat. November 3rd.
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The St. John's Book Club will be commemorating the upcoming canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador from 1977-1980, martyr to the faith, and a tireless defender of the poor of El Salvador.
We are reading
Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Oscar Romero
by Michael E. Lee. The book draws upon Romero's homilies to consider how the Archbishop "re-imagines a robust Christian spirituality that is at once a mystical encounter with God and a prophetic engagement in the struggle for justice".
The book club will meet on
November 4 at 6:45 PM at Nancy Busch Allen's home 6526 1st Ave NW to watch
Romero, the 1989 film with Raul Julia. Please join us.
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The sacrament of Confirmation for North Seattle Deanery Youth will be celebrated in 2019 at St. Mark's Parish and St. Catherine's Parish in early May. Date will be determined this Fall. ALL St John teens who will be 16 by May 2019 are invited to join!
We will host a Family Information Night on
November 13th at 7pm in Egan Hall.
Preparation classes will start in January and be hosted at two parishes. Confirmation candidates will have their choice of class time & location:
Option 1: St. Mark's Parish, Tuesdays at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Option 2: Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Saturday mornings (exact time TBA).
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Hi Bill,
I was blessed with a couple of prayers earlier this year, and I've been meaning to share with you. They were printed in the worship aid at a reconciliation service at St. Benedict's this past lent, and they were very meaningful to me.
Here's one:
The house of my soul is too small for you to enter: make it more spacious by your coming. It lies in ruins: rebuild it. Some things are to be found there which will offend your gaze; I confess this to be so and know it well. But who will clean my house? To whom but yourself can I cry, "Cleanse me of my hidden sins, O Lord, and for those incurred through others, pardon your servant"? I believe, and so I will speak. You know everything, Lord. Have I not laid my own transgressions bare before you to my own condemnation, my God, and have not you forgiven the wickedness of my heart? I do not argue my case against you, for you are truth itself; nor do I wish to deceive myself, lest my iniquity be caught in its own lies. No, I do not argue the case with you, because if you, Lord, keep score of our iniquities, then who, Lord, can bear it:"
--St. Augustine, Confessions
And I edited it to so it comes more authentically from my own heart:
The house of my soul is too small for you to enter, Lord: make it more spacious by your coming. It lies in ruins: will you rebuild it? Some things are to be found there which will offend your gaze; I know it well. But who else will clean my house? To whom but yourself can I cry, "Cleanse me of my hidden sins, O Lord, and pardon your servant"? I do not argue my case before you, for you know me through and through; nor do I wish to deceive myself. If you, Lord, keep score of our iniquities, then who, my God, could bear it? You know everything, Father, and still you have forgiven the wickedness of my heart through your son. Thank you God. Praise you Jesus.
I'll share the other prayer another time.
Blessings, Kate Ahern
[Thanks, Kate.]
If you have prayer nuggets you'd like to share, email Bill Marty, [email protected]. Thanks!
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Saint of the Month
Saint Albert the Great
(1206-November 15, 1280)
Feast: November 15th
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