Message from your Pastor
Be Nice or Stay Home

During this pandemic, we are able to have Mass under strict protocols. This includes seating people in a certain order, increasing airflow, and dismissing people in a certain order.    Such protocols have required many volunteers. We just lost a valuable volunteer because this person does not want to put up with the rudeness of a few people who do lot like following these protocols. If we lose our volunteers, we will not be able to have the two Masses currently scheduled on Sunday.  We are not able to add an additional Mass because of the required number of volunteers it requires.

If you do not like being told where to sit or when to leave, please stay home.  There are other parishioners who would gladly have the opportunity to participate physically at Mass.  Please do not take your frustrations out on our volunteers.  Rather, please express your gratitude for their service that makes it possible for us to gather for Mass.  The vast majority of our parishioners do.  But it only takes a few to discourage those who are only trying to help.

Maybe those few rude individuals were from a different parish.  It does not sound like your typical St. Vincent de Paul parishioner.
-Fr. Bill
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Solemnity of the
Assumption of Mary
August 15th is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, when we celebrate Mary being taken up to heaven. Because it falls on a Saturday this year,  it is not a holy day of obligation.  There is no Mass at St. Vincent’s for the solemnity. Consider watching Mass live streamed from the archdiocese or another location. You may also like to pray the rosary on this day.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish Live Streams Mass Sundays at 10:30
The Parish Office opens August 17th.
Our new office hours will be Monday thru Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm.
Cleaners after Mass
We need 5 volunteers after each Mass to help sanitize the church.

With 5 or more people this should take no more than 20 minutes.

Please contact Katie Goodson at kgoodson@stvincentparish.org or 253.839.2320 x 205 if you would like to volunteer.
St. Vincent's
Prayer Initiative
Is God calling you?
If you are an adult who has never been baptized or, an adult who has been baptized in another Christian tradition, you are invited to participate in the RCIA, a process of initiation into the Catholic Church. You can learn more by contacting John Simpson, 253-839-2320, ext. 209 or jsimpson@stvincentparish.org.
Reconciliation Schedule

The sacrament of Reconciliation is now scheduled for Friday and Saturday afternoons.   A reservation process will help limit the amount of time one needs to wait and therefor provide a safer environment.  You can make a reservation at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4DADAC29A46-reconciliation.  To offer anonymity, you do not need to use your real name in making the reservation.

Reconciliation will be celebrated in the Holy Family Chapel at the west end of the South Narthex. Wait outside the South Narthex. Face Covering is mandatory.  Confession will take place at a screen. There are no face to face confessions at this time.

Anyone with any symptoms of Covid-19 must stay home. Call the parish office to arrange for the sacraments if you are sick.

For resources to prepare for this sacraments go to our parish web page https://www.stvincentparish.org/147.
Please Prayerfully Give
We would like to wrap up our 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal Campaign but we can't until we reach our goal, we are still $37,000 away. Any shortfall the parish has will come out of the Parish's general budget. Please help us make our goal. If you have not yet made your 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal donation please click the link below.
Please continue to give:
Like you and your families, the church still has fiscal responsibilities, and your Sunday Contributions make up 90% of our parish income. If your household income has been affected by circumstances due to the corona virus we ask you to please offer up prayers for our church as your Sunday Giving.

Ways to give:
  • Online - signup to give onetime, weekly or monthly, click the link on the below to sign up.
  • Mail - you can mail us your contribution to 30525 8th Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003.
For more information, or for assistance, please contact Diana at dcarasa@stvincentparish.org
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Parish School
253.839.3532

Parishioners can purchase scrip gift cards on Wednesdays. Call the office on Wednesday morning to place the order. When you arrive at school, call the school office and they will take the order out to your car.