Holy Thursday Mass (No weekday morning Adoration & Mass)

Good Friday*† Stations of the Cross and Chaplet of the Divine Mercy (No Soup Supper)

Good Friday*† Mass (No weekday morning Adoration & Mass)

Saturday, April 8th at 12:00pm

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Mass (No 3:30pm Reconciliation and No 5:00pm Mass)

*Every person 14 years or older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.

†Every person between the age of 18 and 59 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal.

You are also invited to pray the Stations of the Cross on your own, either in the church during open hours or using our outdoor stations on the front lawn during daylight hours. Stations of the Cross Worship Aids are available here.

Join our faith community—and nearly 13,000 Catholic communities across the United States— in a transformative Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl. Pick up your family’s CRS Rice Bowl in the narthex. During the 40 days of Lent, we will reflect on the impact of global hunger and climate change on vulnerable communities around the word, and we will pray, fast and give alms to help our sisters and brothers in need. Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more.

We are sad to share the passing of our beloved parishioner Jim Boyce. He left this earth on March 20. His Funeral Mass will be on June 3. More details closer to.

“I phoned Doris early Monday afternoon (March 20). She was out, but I talked to Jim. He was very upbeat, a little short of breath. He asked me to tell all at SJV how thankful he was for the kindness – food, phone calls, and prayers – the Light on the Hill, and Fr. Vu. He could not say enough about the parish and his love for it.”

We happily announce that on Friday, March 24, Mitch Fanning and Jasmine Schwartz were married at St. John Vianney. Heavenly Father, please bless this new marriage. Teach them to love purely and faithfully with a love like Yours.

Sunday, April 16 - 2:00pm at St. Edward State Park, Kenmore

We will be returning to the trails! Open to all interested parishioners looking to take advantage of our beautiful local trails and fellowship with other SJV hiking enthusiasts. We will meet at the upper parking lot near the restrooms and playground. A Discover Pass or $10 is required to park. Please email Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org, if you would like to carpool from SJV or plan to join us so we know who to wait for. 

Volunteers needed! Please contact Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org to help or for more information.

Please consider filling a gift bag for a mom in a homeless shelter. Two Men and a Truck have once again asked us to fill the box in the narthex with gifts that will be distributed to mothers in local homeless shelters this Mother's Day.

Suggested Items: chocolate, personal care items, lotions, make up and makeup cases, fuzzy socks, journals, pens, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, tissues, paper towels, laundry pods, toilet paper, small handbags, individually wrapped snacks, small items that are easily transportable.

Calling all middle and high schoolers and parents – join us for a day trip to the Tri Parish Food Bank to help with their weekly food distribution. We’ll meet at SJV at 7:45am and return by 5pm. Please bring diapers and wipes to donate. Contact Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org to sign up.

Friday, June 9 at Legion Memorial Golf Course, Everett

Get your friends and/or family and/or coworkers together and create a golf foursome. SJV will be holding its Annual Golf Tournament and Luncheon, this year commemorating Del & Darleene Brown. There will be golf, prizes, and fun! Fr. Vu will be there – are you up to golfing with him? To register or to be a sponsor click here.

Andy Parks, SJV Parishioner, Kuolt Professor of Business and DEI Faculty Fellow at Central Washington University, will lead us in a workshop to better understand our emotional triggers, listen to our emotions, take the perspective of others, and manage and control our emotional hijacks. Please contact Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org, for the link to join us. 

Spring is here and the summer months are coming up. Our celebrated Annual Spring Cleanup has been scheduled for Saturday, April 1. No fooling! We have always had a great turnout for the Spring Cleanup, and we hope to see everyone that can make it. The hours are from 9:00am -12:00pm but we are very flexible. The Facilities Team will have someone here from 8:00am - 4:00pm. We always have people that come up on their own time as well, whatever day of the week. You are welcome to pop in for even just a short work visit. We always have things to do around this 8-acre parcel of beautiful grounds. Please let Greg Leptich (cell 206.940.4072 or gleptich@sjvkirkland.org) know if you are willing to help.

We are excited to announce that we have a theme for this year’s auction – “In the Vineyard” – we are looking for a good tag line to go with it such as: “He is the Vine, We are the Branches” or……If you have an idea for a tag line, or are interested in joining in the planning, or would like to sign up to help on the night of the auction (November 4), please email Ann V. avandewark@sjvkirkland.org or attend our next planning meeting on Wednesday, April 5 at 6:00pm in the Social Hall.

Can you bake homemade cookies? We would love to have 100 homemade cookies for each of our lunch making days to put 2 cookies in each of the 50 lunches we make. Let Laura know if you want to make some, Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org. Thanks!

There will be no 9:00am weekday Adoration & Mass during the Triduum, April 6 and 7. Please join us for the Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies, both at 7:00pm.

There will be no 3:30pm Reconciliation and 5:00pm Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday, April 8. Please join for the Communal Reconciliation Service this Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00pm. Celebrate Easter Vigil with us on Holy Saturday, April 8 at 8:00pm.

The church will be closed on Easter Monday, April 10. There will be no Word & Communion Service this day.

There will no 9:00am weekday Adoration & Mass during the Octave of Easter, April 12-14. Please join us for Word & Communion Services that week, April 11-14 at 9:00am.

This Pontifical collection is for the support of the Holy Places, but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational, and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and of the local communities. Learn more.

In many Eastern European countries, it is a tradition to have a basket of food blessed on Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday. In Poland, for example, the blessing of the baskets is known as święcenie pokarmow wiełkanocnych, a practice dating to the 15th century or earlier, and one which is still maintained by most families in Poland (and to some extent in other countries).

A lot of thought, time, and care are put not only into the foods that will go into the basket but also to how the basket is assembled. The basket is lined with an embroidered cloth or traditional folk fabric. Once the basket is filled, it is covered with a white linen cloth (some have a colorfully crocheted edging or embroidered design) representing the shroud of Christ. The basket can then be decorated with sprigs of boxwood (bukszpan) or Polish "palms " made from dried flowers and colorful paper.

The basket may hold a little bird's nest cake made with leftover batter from the lamb cake and hard-cooked eggs studded with cloves representing the nails of the cross, as well as kiełbasa, ham, salt, and pepper. Also common are ćwikła or chrzan, a butter lamb, or butter stuffed into a shot glass studded with a clove, and a small, round bakery rye bread topped with a paper decal in the shape of a purple cross. While in some families, greens, vegetables, and fruit are never included, other families make them a part of the basket.

Traditions include both feasting on the blessed foods on Easter morning as well as using the contents of the święconka basket to make a delicious soup known as white barszcz.

Calling all seniors, couples included! If you are 55 or older, we would like to invite you to our monthly dinners held the third Saturday of every month. Our goal in joining together as a group is to become better integrated in our faith community and grow in our faith - to develop deeper relationships with each other as well as with our Lord and Savior. And it's a great night out of fun and fellowship! After dinner we will play the Left, Right, Center dice game, so remember to bring four quarters. Last month's winner was Carmen Collins!

In April we'll be having a ham dinner. Price is $10/person (cash only please). Stop in or call the parish office to sign up by Tuesday, April 11 so we know how much food to prepare. Friends are welcome!

If you wish to preplan your funeral or wish to have a funeral for a loved one, please download our Funeral Planning Booklet, and contact the parish office.

Saturday, April 1 class from 2:20-4:45pm, 5:00pm Mass together, then dinner and fireside chat until 8:00pm. Learn more

We offer sessions for 3-year-olds through grade 5. Learn more about CKCC.

Join us for Prayer Night on Sunday, April 2 from 5:00-6:30pm. Email mterashima@sjvkirkland.org to get What's Up updates. Learn more

We are seeking a part-time full charge bookkeeper, a part-time afternoon receptionist, and a part-time pastoral assistant for music. Apply here.

May 20-27, journey to Tijuana to build houses with our brothers and sisters across the border. Contact Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org, for more information.

June 26-2! Registration forms will be out the week before Easter. If you are interested in helping or planning, email Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org.

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