January 11, 2023

Lectio Divina

Join us for Lectio Divina in the church for a few minutes on Sunday mornings following the 8:30 mass. Lectio Divina is a reflective approach to prayerfully entering into scripture readings. An experienced parishioner will lead our Lectio Divina.

Middle School Mass & a Movie!!

Saturday, January 14

All kids in grades 5 - 8, please join us on Saturday, January 14 for Mass at 5pm followed by pizza and a movie in Egan Hall. Parents do not need to stay with kids. 

We will be showing Pirates of the Caribbean. Please sign up for the movie night here and email rachaelgroark@gmail.com with questions.

Free will donations can be made with cash or through Venmo at @StJohntheEvangelist-Seattle

Social Justice Meeting Rescheduled to Sunday, February 12 in Egan Hall Mezzanine from 9:30 -10:30 to discuss the YouTube video: Thea Bowman Documentary (Faith Journey of an African American Catholic Franciscan Nun) Click here to watch the video.

Social time and snacks after 5 PM mass!

For four consecutive weeks starting on Saturday, January 21 after the 5pm Mass, join Fr. Crispin and other parishioners for social time, discussion, and wine and cheese in the Admin Building. Everyone welcome!

Stewardship 2023 Rollover

We will continue to use the Rollover Method for Stewardship 2023 (parishioners who are not making any changes to their pledge amount do not have to return anything; their pledge from 2022 will be rolled over to 2023). Once rollover is completed, we will send out pledge confirmation letters; please let us know if there are any changes that need to be made. Asante Sana for your continued support of St. John Parish!

Coming Soon: End of the Year Tax Statements

Thank you to all who supported St. John Parish during the past year. Your continued generosity has helped us to sustain our Parish financially and to serve our ministries and those in the wider community.

As we do each year, we will be mailing a Tax Statement to all those who donated to St. John Parish between 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Look for them in your mailbox in the next week or so. 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Teresa Gillett, Director of Parish Development,

at 206-782-2810, or tgillett@stjohnsea.org with any questions you may have. Asante Sana.

Save the Date!

A Walk Through Time

Celebrating 100 years of Faith, Academics & Community

Alumni and community members are invited to enjoy 100 years of St. John School memorabilia, campus tours, refreshments, and more! We hope to see you there!

Sunday, January 29, 2023

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church & Egan Hall

8:30 AM: Alumni Mass & Blessing

10:30 AM: Student Mass & Blessing

Campus tours & A Walk Through Time Event following all masses.

Full event information can be found at:

bit.ly/StJohnWalkThroughTime or st-johnschool.org

Postcard artwork by St. John students Molly O. (grade 5), Holland P. (grade 5) & Fritzi W. (grade 7).

Annual Italian Dinner to Support Boy Scout Troop 121

St. John Parish – Egan Hall

Sunday, February 5, 2023, 5pm - 8pm

Join Boy Scout Troop 121 for an evening of fun and great food. We’ll start with antipasto followed by a fabulous Italian dinner cooked by the Knights of Columbus.

Your involvement will help continue a longstanding tradition of supporting St. John’s Boy Scout Troop 121, where Scouts thrive as they learn leadership and life skills.

If you aren’t able to attend, please consider making a DONATION! For donations, click here. Or send checks to: BSA Troop 121 c/o Maureen Rimkus 543 N 83rd St

Seattle, WA 98103

Click here for more information and registration information.

2023 CYO Volleyball Fun Coming Soon!! 

4th-8th Grade Teams: Registration open now. Click here to register. Practices start after basketball ends - first matches start in February. Focus is always on fun, learning, and teamwork.

Parents: We need volleyball coaches/volunteers for all grades - please contact John Fletcher (below) to help out. Coach training provided - spend quality time with your child! Bump it Up! players especially encouraged.

Any questions, please contact John Fletcher (Volleyball Coordinator) at fletchjp@aol.com

Safe Environment Program Facilitator Needed

Protecting God’s Children is an initial, in-person class for volunteers and employees throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle who work with children or vulnerable adults. We are in need of a volunteer facilitator to lead these classes in our parish, and we invite you to prayerfully consider joining the efforts to keep our children and vulnerable adult parishioners safe!

Requirements:

• Any parishioner may apply.
• Commitment to protecting children.
• Endorsement from appointed pastoral leader (Pastor, Priest Administrator, Pastoral Coordinator, Principal).
• Completion of entire New Facilitator Webinar (online).

Upon the completion of the training session, you will be certified to host and facilitate the Protecting God's Children for Adults course for St. John. Please contact Cathy Wiswell, Safe Environment Coordinator at 206.382.4285 or sep@seattlearch.org for an application and/or further information. Or contact Sheila Marty at smarty@stjohnsea.org if you have questions.

Laudato Si in Action

Introducing the Laudato Si Action Platform

As I have written about before, in May of 2015 Pope Francis released his Laudato Si encyclical (tinyurl.com/ReadLaudatoSi). The encyclical addresses climate change, climate injustice, and the care for creation. In the encyclical, Our Holy Father implores us to listen to "both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor" and to act to save our common home, but the encyclical provides no action plan.

The Vatican's Laudato Si Action Platform (LSAP), released in the Fall of 2021, provides an action plan. Quoting from the LSAP website (laudatosiactionplatform.org), the platform offers:

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Liturgical Life of the Parish

First Corinthians 

On Sundays between Christmas Time and Lent, the Second Reading at Mass is taken from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. On Ordinary Time Sundays throughout the year, the Second Reading gives us several excerpts from the same New Testament letter for several consecutive weeks. Usually we hear from a given letter for one series of weeks every three years. However, Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians is an exception. It is a long, important letter, so the lectionary divides it up into three parts. We hear from it every year as Ordinary Time first gets underway. Read more...

2023 Auction - Sponsors Needed

St. John School's 38th annual auction will be held on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Fremont Studios.

Sponsors are needed for our 2023 auction! Sponsoring the auction is a fantastic way to support the school, while also providing your business with an opportunity for visibility in weekly auction emails, NewsViews, social media, at the live event, and more! Visit https://sjess.ejoinme.org/2023sponsor for more information on sponsor levels and benefits or email fundraising@st-johnschool.org.