St. John Weekly Newsletter
"To increase your happiness... randomly wish for somebody else to be happy." Chade-Ming Tan
March 31, 2021
St. John Live-stream Mass Schedule

Holy Thursday at 7pm
Good Friday at 7pm
Easter Vigil at 8:30pm
Easter Sunday at 8:30am
(with our Brass and Choir)

Masses will be live streamed on our Facebook page.
Visit our website for the worship aids.

CRS Rice Bowl
Time to turn in your Rice Bowls and CRS Rice Bowl donations. You can bring them to the parish office or:

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We are looking for you…….
Are you looking for an opportunity to help grow in your own faith while helping to bring it to life for our faith sharing groups, bible study events and those just going through the process of joining the church - RCIA? Just to name a few opportunities available. Interested in some or all - we are looking for you! We are looking to add a part time paid position to help bring the faith alive to others.
If you may be interested please email Julia Rudden or Dani D’Amelio for more information. We look forward to talking to you soon!

Julia Rudden
Director of Sacramental Preparation

Dani D’Amelio
Pastoral Assistant for Administration
Please welcome Fr. Quinlan, who will be visiting our parish April 10th and 11th. He comes to us from Cross Catholic Outreach and will share some touching stories about the amazing work Catholic missions are accomplishing worldwide. Since Cross Catholic Outreach empowers existing Catholic missions, its program are extremely cost-effective, and the majority of the resources it collects go into program services that help the poorest of the poor around the world.

To learn more about Cross Catholic Outreach, please go to CrossCatholic.org/outreach or text BLESSINGS to 474747.
Look for Your 1st Quarter Statements after Easter 

First and foremost, thank you for your financial support of St. John Parish. We know that Stewardship is an important and personal decision that is not taken lightly.

Each quarter we provide giving statements to you. This way, you are able to check for accuracy and make sure we have the proper contact information. As we have been doing for the past year, we will be emailing the statements to those we have an email for, and mailing them to those we do not.

Please contact Teresa Gillett, St. John Parish Development Director, at tgillett@stjohnsea.org to let us know if you would NOT like to receive your statement via email (if you have not done so already) and include any new or different contact information if applicable. We will continue to mail the yearly tax statements.
Middle School Musical
Tickets for the live-stream Middle School Musical, The Little Mermaid, Jr., are now on sale! 
Available through April 4th!
Purchase tickets here.
**Notes regarding this virtual performance: Scheduled Content streams only play at the specified event date and time. This is not an On-Demand event and cannot be viewed at any other time.
Just in time for Spring!
Boy Scout Troop 121 is fundraising with Organic Cedar Grove products
  • Place your order by April 7th for bags of Compost and Landscape mulch.
  • Pick up is Saturday, April 17th, from 8-2.

Click here for more information and to download the order form.
Year of the Family
Pope Francis established the Year of the Family on March 19, 2021, on the Solemnity of St. Joseph. This marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of his Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, which means "The joy of love" and explores the beauty and joy found in family life. Click here for more information and resources.
Laudato Si
in Action
Are you Idling on Climate Action?
How often do you idle your car's engine? That is, sit in your car before departing and run the engine to warm the car up in the winter, or perhaps to cool down the car in the summer. Or perhaps you sit in your car after you've arrived and take a few minutes to catch up on all your social media and email while running your car's engine. Is your idling really necessary? Have you considered your idling's impact on local air pollution and your personal carbon footprint?
Parish Earth Day Cleanup
Please join the Saint Francis of Assisi ministry in celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 24 and helping to clean up our neighborhood. We will meet in the school parking lot near the North school entrance at 9am. We will leave at about 9:15 am and walk up to 85th street.

Please wear a mask and maintain social distancing recommendations. All are welcome including children (but you will need to supervise them). Feel free to bring friends and family. The clean up will go from about 9am to 11am but you can quit early (or stay later). 
Letter to Archbishop Etienne
To mark Earth Day this year (April 22, 2021), our Saint Francis of Assisi Ministry along with the Creation Care Network of Catholic parishes and institutions in Western Washington welcomes you to join us in asking Archbishop Etienne to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis. Please read the Creation Care Network’s letter to Archbishop Etienne and indicate your support for our proposals for personal and community-based actions to care for our common home. To read the letter and sign on to support it, go to: https://tinyurl.com/supportcareforcreation. All signatures are due by April 19, 2021. Thank you!
Saint of the Month
Blessed Juliana
of Mont Cornillon

Feast day: April 5
Beatitude of the Month
Love with mercy…
“Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.”