February 1, 2023

First Saturday Mass

February 4 at 9am we will celebrate Mass with Father Chrysostom from Blessed Sacrament.

What a beautiful way to start your weekend, and your month, spending time in prayer and receiving the Eucharist before the busy weekend.

This Mass celebrates our Mother Mary with the beautiful Marian Missal. 

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.

Wine and cheese after 5:00 mass!

After 5:00 mass on Saturday, join Father Crispin and other parishioners for social time with snacks. Bring any questions you may have about the faith -- difficult questions, cultural questions, anything you would like to discuss!

We are doing this on a trial basis, so if you are at all interested, please come. 

The NORTHWEST CATHOLIC Collection is happening this weekend. Through NORTHWEST CATHOLIC magazine, NWCatholic.org and social media, the Church is able to enter every home with stories to inspire, teach and help us continue our personal faith journeys. Your generosity allows Northwest Catholic magazine to be sent free of charge to all Catholics in Western Washington. Thank you for your past and continued support sharing the Word with others through this annual collection.

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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.

Fat Tuesday Fish Fry

What a better way to celebrate  Mardi Gras than with a little bit of lagniappe – free dinner!

Please join St. John’s Knights of Columbus for their Fifth Annual Fat Tuesday Fish Fry at

Egan Hall - 123 N 79th St. Seattle, WA 98103 on February 21st, 2023.

Click here for more information.

The Knights will be distributing dinners in half-hour blocks of time starting at 5:00pm.

Click here to sign up.

The Chosen

continues on Tuesday evenings, 7pm in the portables:

Feb 7 - Season2 Episode2

Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day, ❤️

Feb 21 - S2E3, Pro tip: Sign up for the 6:00 pm dinner slot at the Knight’s Fish Fry, then come over to The Chosen at 7.

Supporting St John Girl Scout Troops

(COOKIES!)

Cookie season is here, and we have St. John Girl Scout Troops ready to fill all of your cookie needs! If you do not personally know a Girl Scout, ordering from a Troop website is a great option. In the spirit of kindness, each Troop plans to donate proceeds to non-profit organizations. Thank you for supporting Girl Scouts!

• Girl Scout Brownie Troop 46032 – 3rd Grade

• Girl Scout Cadette Troop 40860 -- 6th Grade

Parents Night Out

Calling all parents of children age 3-10: Enjoy a night out after going to Mass with your kids! On Saturday, February 11th, drop your kids in Quigley (XDC) after the 5pm Mass to be cared for by parents and Bishop Blanchet volunteers while you have a night out in the neighborhood.

Mass will be kid-focused, so seat your family up towards the front so they can see and hear.

We will have pizza for dinner and are accepting free will donations at the door or by VENMO @StJohntheEvangelist-Seattle. Please use memo “PNO Feb” in Venmo.

There is limited capacity, so click here soon to sign your kids up for this event and include children’s names, ages and your contact number for the night of the event. Pick-up time is 8:30pm.

Click here to volunteer for this event. If you have a high school student collecting volunteer hours there are 6 slots available for students.

North Seattle “Community Church Dinner” Catholic Ministry

Each Wednesday, one of the five parishes in the North Deanery takes the lead in this program to serve dinner in the Bitter Lake neighborhood to our unhoused and low income neighbors. St. John hosts the dinner the last Wednesday of the month.

Want to get involved? Volunteer your time? We meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the volunteer site at Bitter Lake Community Center, 4:30 - 6:00 pm. If you can volunteer your time, please contact Kim Burkhardt at kburkhardt@stjohnsea.org. 

We invite you to Shake Your Shamrock at the 38th Annual St. John School Auction on

Friday, March 17 at Fremont Studios. Enjoy a fun evening out as we celebrate 100 years of Faith, Academics and Community.  

Auction Tickets

Tickets to the live event will be available for purchase beginning this Friday, February 3 at 8:00am. Ticket price increases on March 1, so be sure to get yours early! Visit the tickets page on Greater Giving to purchase.

Liturgical Life of the Parish

The Gospel of Matthew

Chances are you know Matthew’s Gospel better than you know the other three. It contains the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer. It highlights the ministry of Peter. In it, Jesus urges the disciple to works of mercy because “just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” (Matthew 25:41). Read more...

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