For all who are ill, and those who care for them, especially: Kateri Mauss, daughter of McKenzie and Craig Mauss; Jeff Thiesen; Maryann Schmidt; Sanjeeve Bode; and Clare Hearn. May God’s Holy Light bring them healing, strength, and hope.

For all who have died, especially: Shirley Nyberg, sister-in-law of Bill Nyberg; may God welcome them into the light of eternal life, and that they may rest in peace.

We invite you to complete our Prayer Request Form or call/email the parish office at 206-523-6776 to add names to the prayer list. Names for the petition of the sick will remain for four weeks unless otherwise specified.

“Give, and it will be given to you.” Luke 6:23 is the theme of this year’s Annual Catholic Appeal, and this weekend kicks off the 2023 Campaign. The Annual Catholic Appeal funds ministries and services for your local Catholic community across Western Washington. This combined effort of parishes and missions ensures the availability of outreach ministries, education, faith formation, administration services for parishes and much more! You should have received Archbishop Etienne’s in-depth letter this week highlighting the ministries that support our communities.

This year, our parish has set a goal of $77,000. All gifts received over our goal will be returned to the parish for our parish project which is a new upper parking lot. The cost of the removal and repaving is $30,000.  Please prayerfully consider how you can participate in helping our parish be a light to others.

It’s easy to give to the ACA:

Online at archseattle.org/GiveACA or Scan the QR Code

As the synodal process moves forward globally (view the recent continental working document "Enlarge the space of your tent" HERE)... What can we do here at OLL with what we have learned from the Synod process?

Our Parish has surfaced six areas that warrants further dialogue: Strengthen Our Community; The Role of Women in the Church; Religious Education and Continuing Faith Formation; Social Justice and Service; Liturgy and Prayer Life; and Youth Engagement. A Synodal Town Hall format will allow us to do that. What we want to do is to brainstorm together! 

Each series will focus on one of the six areas identified last Spring. The series this Spring will focus on Strengthening Our Community. You all know that the situation facing parish life is going to change based on the recent announcement of Partners in the Gospel. We would like to go into this period of change really knowing who the Our Lady of the Lake Community is as a parish and how we would like strengthen and grow. Please join us...

Happy Easter to you and your family!! May God bless you all at Our Lady of the Lady. Thanks to your support we could provide help to 20 people in Yalí. People at the parish worked together to make sure the packages of food and supplies were ready to distribute. The Holy Week activities were done inside the parish as Catholics can´t go out in the streets to have the traditional processions we were accustomed to. The church was full. You can find videos taken on the Parish's Facebook. Many Nicaraguans still pray so that soon we see a change. Hope you have a wonderful week. -Keyla

Listed below are the new households who joined our parish in March. Let's give them a warm OLL welcome!

You are invited to the next in-person meeting of OLL's Continue the Conversation for Racial Equity Committee meeting on Mon., April 17 at 7 - 8:30 pm in Jubilee Hall.

The agenda includes planning for “Going Home Like a Shooting Star - Thea Bowman’s Journey to Sainthood” movie and projects for 2023.

The report from the March meeting can be found HERE

This Sunday, from Noon to 1:30 pm in Jubilee Hall, come see this documentary about Sister Thea Bowman, the granddaughter of slaves, who became the only African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1952. She was gifted with a brilliant mind, a beautiful voice, and a dynamic personality that she devoted to serving God, teaching students, and encouraging ways to break down racial and cultural barriers. You are invited to stay after the viewing for an informal conversation about Sister Thea Bowman’s legacy.

St. Louise de Marillac, one of the French Vincentian founders, lived in the 1600s, an unsettling time in which untold numbers of people suffered from poverty. Her charism was to creatively and tangibly love them as they struggled to survive.

As we emulate her practice, we are so grateful for your generous partnership in this ministry. Incredibly, last month we made more than 100 visits to distribute more than $10,000 worth of food, clothing, rent and utility payments, and gasoline.

We especially welcome your financial support and donations of peanut

butter and laundry detergent.

He Is Risen! OLL St. Vincent de Paul

Did you know that during the listening stage of the current global Synod, the issue of “rethinking women’s participation” emerged as critical and urgent across nearly every report submitted to the Vatican? Join Catholics from across Western Washington on May 6 from 9-12pm for Receive Her in the Lord, a synodal thematic forum on women’s participation in the Church. At this gathering we will reflect together on the fruits of the first phase of the global synod and explore where the Holy Spirit is calling us as Catholics in Western Washington to move on the theme of women in the Church. Register online here. (P.S. This event is not just for women! Women’s participation in the life of the Church impacts all of the people of God; all are welcome at this event.)

Members of our OLL Synod Committee will be in attendance as this is also a topic we would like to cover in a future Synod Town Hall. Email ljackman@ollseattle.org if you would like to carpool.

Partners in Gospel is a strategic pastoral planning effort taking place across the Archdiocese of Seattle to re-invigorate and renew our local Catholic Church. To learn more about Partners in the Gospel, please visit the website, HERE, where you will find links to the timeline, a Q&A section, and a spot to sign up for the newsletter.

Laudato Si’ tells us that “as life and the world are dynamic realities, so our care for the world must also be flexible and dynamic.” (LS 144) The events below, all offered by a diverse community of partners, provide up-to-date information about Laudato Si’ issues for regions around the world. These webinars, gatherings and discussions will offer information about new developments, hands-on guidance from leading experts, and opportunities to pray and to reflect on your journey with Laudato Si’. Find our more HERE

Some parishioners have received emails pretending to be from Father Tim Clark requesting gift cards or money for third parties. Please know that Our Lady of the Lake policy requires that all contributions go through the parish office. Neither Father Tim or the staff will ever reach out to you directly and request that you send money or buy gift cards for third parties.  

Please do not reply to these emails. Father Tim's actual email is frtim@ollseattle.org. If an email looks suspicious, please forward to Torrie Smith

Due to additional processing time there will be no collection numbers this week. Easter numbers will be reported next week.