Newsletter | September 14, 2021 |
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Our parish is open for in-person Mass and we’re eager to see you all again. Please join us at one of the following Masses:
Saturday at 5:00pm
Sunday at 9:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
Some changes you'll see at Mass to protect ourselves, to protect our neighbors, and to protect the ability FOR ALL TO safely worship together - face masks required, ushers seat you, no singing, and no Blood of Christ. Clearly marked sections for worship are available for people seeking physical distancing.
Please continue to self-screen and stay home if you are not feeling well. Dispensation to attend Sunday Mass is still in effect. Sick, vulnerable, at-risk, and otherwise concerned persons are encouraged to celebrate Mass with us via live stream.
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If you haven't filled out our Back to Mass Survey yet, please take a moment to do so. We want to know how our SJV families are doing and what situations they are facing. Thank you! |
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Are you a long time member of St John Vianney Church? Let us record your story after Mass this weekend. Please see Laura Stanger or Susan Weaver after Mass in the Narthex. |
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WELCOME BACK SJV CELEBRATION
Sunday, September 26 from 4:00-7:00pm on the SJV Preschool Lawn
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- Food trucks available from which to purchase, or bring your own food
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Tacos El Guero, The Cheese Pit, and Kool Kidz Ice Cream
- Water and lemonade provided
- Live music from our contemporary worship team
- Play life size Battleship
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Animal Encounters petting zoo from 4:00-6:00pm
- Pick up your family's "We are a light on Finn Hill" candle with instruction for decorating. You will bring the candle back and present it at our 50th Anniversary Mass with Archbishop Etienne on November 6 at 5:00pm.
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50TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY BOOK
Pre-order Now - Only $30
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Celebrate SJV’s marvelous story with the purchase of our 50th anniversary commemorative history book. Find out why, for 50 years, SJV has truly been a light on Finn Hill.
Pre-orders can be made on our website using the button below, or pre-order in the Narthex after Mass or in the office during business hours.
Books will be distributed in conjunction with the 50 years celebration in November.
DON’T MISS OUT, LIMITED QUANTITIES ON ORDER.
The final order is due to the publisher no later than October 1st.
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SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 6 |
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We will have the St. John Vianney 50th Anniversary Mass with the Archbishop, Gala and Auction Celebration. Everything will commence at the 5:00pm Mass. Volunteers are needed to make this event happen! To volunteer for the auction committee or for questions, please contact Ann Vandewark at 425-823-0787 x101 or avandewark@sjvkirkland.org.
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RACIAL EQUITY FORMATION SERIES |
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Please join us for an exciting series on Racial Equity, beginning on-line September 29 with a workshop on Empathy and Perspective Taking facilitated by SJV’s own parishioner, Andy Parks.
Choose the day and time that works best for you for the four weekly study sessions that follow.
The series concludes with a deanery-wide day of service November 13, and an evening retreat, November 17, facilitated by a member of the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center.
Please click on the flyer above for more information or contact Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org. To register, please click on the button below.
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BASIC BIBLE STUDY - Starts Tomorrow!
Wednesdays, September 15 - October 6, from 7:00-8:30pm in the Social Hall
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Have you longed to learn more about the Bible or for more guidance in using and praying with the Bible? If so, please join us for an “Adult Basic Bible Study.” Free to all who wish to attend!
Wednesdays, September 15th through October 6th in the Parish Social Hall from 7:00-8:30pm. Bring a copy of your favorite Bible from home along with a notebook and pencil or pen to each session. We will remain socially distanced and wear masks during the class.
Register by signing up at the parish welcome table, emailing Laura Stanger at Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org, or calling the parish office.
Classes will be taught by Veronica Bernabe
Veronica is a retired schoolteacher with over 50 years of teaching experience and received the Washington State Excellence in Education Award. She is also a Community Teacher with the BLD Covenant Community, a Charismatic Prayer Group with the Archdiocese. Veronica has completed the Catechetical certification requirement with the Archdiocese of Seattle and has attended and participated in many retreats and missions. She is a parishioner at Holy Family in Kirkland. We are very blessed to have her offer her ministry to our parish.
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Membership is open to males 18 years of age or older who are practicing Catholics. Meetings are every third Thursday of the month at 7pm via Zoom. For more information contact the Mike Myette, Grand Knight at 206-510-6536. |
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CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLLECTION
September 18-19
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The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) serves the more than 40 million people in the United States who live in poverty today. Across the country, the CCHD helps to support programs that empower local communities to identify and address the unique obstacles people face as they work to lift themselves out poverty. 25% of the funds collected will remain in our diocese to fund local antipoverty projects. By supporting this collection, you are giving those on the margins a hand up, not a hand out. |
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Because of our concern about the spread of the Delta variant, we have decided to cancel our next Senior Singles gathering, which was scheduled for September 18 after the 5:00pm mass. We will evaluate the status of the pandemic on a month-by-month basis and announce whether we are holding our October gathering in the SJV Newsletter of September 21, 2021. |
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Join us as we hike at St. Edward State Park. Let's meet by the playground near the parking lot. $10 or Discover Pass required to park at 3:00pm. Please email Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org, if you plan to attend so that no one gets left behind. All are welcome!
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LITURGICAL MINISTERS TRAINING
Saturday, September 25 at 10:00am
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Are you confirmed? Please consider serving your parish as a sacristan, eucharistic minister, lector, usher/seater, or hospitality minister. Fr. Vu holds trainings every fourth Saturday of the month at 10am in the church. Sign up at the welcome table in the narthex or by contacting the parish office.
Youth who have taken First Eucharist and are at least middle school age interested in being altar servers are also welcome to sign up. Youth interested need to be able to carry the cross through the church and up the steps to the sanctuary.
Ushers/seaters have a particularly special role to play at this time. Please prayerfully consider volunteering. If you would like to help usher/seat people at our weekend Masses please contact Greg, gleptich@sjvkirkland.org.
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Prayer Intentions for General Intercessions
Are you or a loved one in need of prayers? Contact the parish office to send your prayer intention and it will be included in the Prayers of the Faithful during the weekend Masses. Prayer request slips are also available on the Welcome Table in the narthex.
Prayer Chain
For intentions you'd like to keep more private, please call the parish office to be put on the church prayer chain.
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Reconciliation is now offered on Saturdays from 3:30-4:30pm. The Reconciliation Room is located next to the Adoration Chapel. |
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Infant Baptism is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. If you would like to have your child baptized, please contact Laura, Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org, to get the online class materials and register for the Baptism session.
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Mrs. Fitz and Ms. Maria are back in the parish nursery on Sunday mornings during the 9:00am and 11:00am Masses for families with young children. You can find the nursery at the bottom of the stairs. The sound system from the church is pumped into the nursery. If you would like to stay downstairs with your child, you can still hear what is going on in the liturgy. The nursery is recommended for children 1 to 4 years old. |
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CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD
In-person during 11:00am Mass OR
Zoom on Sundays at 10:15am
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Kids are welcome to process out during the 11:00am Mass for IN-PERSON Children’s Liturgy of the Word in the Social Hall, OR join Zoom Children’s Liturgy of the Word at 10:15am on Sunday. Contact Laura for the Zoom info, Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org. |
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CATHOLIC KIDS' CATECHISM CLUB |
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We do need Volunteers! If you feel called by the Holy Spirit to join us, please let Laura know!
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High Schoolers and Middle Schoolers, mark your calendars for our kick off retreat on October 2 & 3 - Discernment & the Half Blood Prince (after the 6th book in the Harry Potter series). This will be a two day (not overnight) outdoor retreat here at SJV, Saturday from 9:00am - 9:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am-12:30pm. For more details or information about Youth Group, please contact Maybeth, mterashima@sjvkirkland.org or visit sjvkirkland.org/faith-formation/#youth.
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REFLECTIONS ON CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME
From Laudato Si
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Plastics are everywhere. Durable objects are made of plastic, and plastic is used to package both perishable and durable objects. One can argue, in fact, that plastics are one of the defining creations of our economic system. Plastics are at the center of our culture of disposability: plastic items and plastic packaging are often intended for a single use, after which they are thrown away. In fact, approximately 40% of all plastics manufactured today are intended for a single use. Plastics are also one of the enduring creations of our economic system, unfortunately in a very literal sense. Plastics do not biodegrade, nor do they degrade easily or rapidly. Many plastic products can take hundreds of years to degrade.
What is plastic pollution?
Plastic pollution refers to the harmful effects of plastic products in the natural environment. There are three major categories of plastic pollution:
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The plastic objects themselves are sources of pollution.
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Weathering, the process whereby plastic degrades by breaking into smaller microparticles and then into microfibers. Such plastic particles have been found in all parts of the ocean, including in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans.
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Decomposition, the process whereby toxins or toxic chemicals are released as plastic degrades.
Plastic pollution is most closely tied to plastic waste and the ways in which we dispose of plastic. And unfortunately, while recycling offers one means of reducing plastic pollution, it often itself is a source of plastic pollution. Much of the recycled plastics of the first world are sold to third world countries, which find themselves with more plastics than they can repurpose and recycle. This surplus of “recycled” plastics are then disposed of.
What is the United States’ contribution to plastic pollution?
A 2015 study found that the United States ranked twentieth internationally for its contribution to plastic pollution (and it would have ranked twenty-first if the countries of the European Union were considered as a single unit). However, the United States had by far the single highest per capita contribution to plastic pollution, with a rate of 2.58 kilograms per person per day.
The methodology of this study was questioned, however, because it ignored the source of original consumption and disposal of plastic waste. A 2020 study that adjusted for this bias found that the United States is the world’s leading contributor to plastic pollution both overall (with an estimated 42 million metric tons of plastic waste in 2016) and on a per capita basis (an estimated 130 kilograms per year). The countries of the EU taken collectively came in a relatively distant second.
What are the effects of plastic pollution?
Exactly how plastic pollution affects the environment depends on the exact form of pollution.
Whole plastic waste can trap or strangle wildlife or marine life. The classic example is the plastic bands used to package six-packs of beverage cans. Similarly, ghost nets – nets abandoned or lost by commercial fishing ventures – trap and strangle marine life, and especially larger marine creatures such as whales, sharks, seals, and otters.
Plastic microparticles and microfibers enter the water tables (thus affecting our water supply) and eventually end up in rivers and the oceans. In fact, they are found in abundance in such “pristine” waters as the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean. When consumed by wildlife and marine species, they can block digestive tracts or pierce organs or, by packing their stomachs with indigestible plastics, lead to death through starvation.
Finally, both microparticles and the toxins released through plastic decomposition are known to cause tissue and cell damage and to disrupt reproductive cycles and harm reproductive systems.
Note that the effects of plastic pollution work their way up the food chain, as smaller organisms are consumed by larger ones, who necessarily also consume the plastic or the toxins of the smaller organisms.
What can we do about plastic pollution?
Each of us can act to ensure that our contribution to plastic pollution is as small as possible.
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Our everyday trash is one of the major contributors to plastic pollution. Such objects as milk cartons with plastic linings, disposable water bottles, soap with small plastic beads, and other plastic products end up in the landfills. We can make sure that we put recyclable plastics in recycling rather than in the trash.
- Instead of single-use plastics, substitute durable plastics, glass, or porcelain. For example, we can:
- Drink from reusable water bottles instead of disposable ones.
- Stop using plastic straws. Instead, use either glass straws or no straw.
- Use reusable bags when grocery shopping.
- Where a choice exists (such as for laundry detergents), choose cardboard boxes rather than plastic bottles.
- When disposing of six-pack rings, cut up he rings so that there no piece is able to strangle an animal.
- Invest in a metal refillable lighter instead of plastic lighters.
- Speak to the owners of local restaurants, shops, or other businesses about environmentally friendly packaging and bagging options.
- Exert pressure on local, state, and federal officials to act to curb plastic pollution.
- outside and apart from the rampant consumerism of our culture.
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Last call to join the Goodwin Group trek and build homes in Tijuana Mexico 10/30-11/6/21. Come experience the profound sense of purpose building community with our friends at www.esperanzaint.org. Contact Kenny Goodwin - 425.466.4460 or goodwin.hp@gmail.com to be part of this transformational experience.
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WOMEN'S BOOK GROUP
October 5 at 7:00pm
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The first Tuesday of each month, our Women’s Book Group gathers with wine and chocolate to discuss a book that has been chosen by the group.
October's book is The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger.
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We have had several “chip drops” for our gardens dropped by the front entrance and we need to spread them around. They are very useful for soil enrichment while keeping weeds down - and they don't cost us anything, just the labor to spread them around. If you feel called, please contact Greg at gleptich@sjvkirkland.org.
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The USCCB has asked Archbishop Etienne to take up emergency collections as a direct response to the earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace calamities in Haiti, and the extensive damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida. To donate to this great need to aid the families, businesses and churches impacted by these disasters please visit sjvkirkland.org/donate.
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Gethsemane Cemetery (Federal Way) has an immediate opening for a Grounds Foreman. This is a regular, full-time union position, supervising grounds staff, performing burial services, operating heavy equipment, irrigation, and general cemetery tasks. Successful candidates must support the mission and ministry of Catholic cemeteries and have the following experience: five years landscape or cemetery grounds operations and supervisory experience. For a complete list of position responsibilities and qualifications and to submit your resume, email Fred Morley: fredm@mycatholiccemetery.org
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