For all who are ill, and those who care for them, especially: Kateri Mauss, daughter of McKenzie and Craig Mauss; Jeff Thiesen; Maryann Schmidt; Sanjeeve Bode; and Clare Hearn. May God’s Holy Light bring them healing, strength, and hope.

For all who have died, especially: Linda Asafaylo. mother of Brent Asafaylo; Margaret Whinihan, mother of Joanne MacDonald; and Jan Perry, may God welcome them into the light of eternal life, and that they may rest in peace.

We invite you to complete our Prayer Request Form or call/email the parish office at 206-523-6776 to add names to the prayer list. Names for the petition of the sick will remain for four weeks unless otherwise specified.

So many beautiful moments were captured this past week by Michelle Linafelter and Polly Aird. Thank you to them and so many others that made this week possible. Here are just a few...We are also so happy to welcome Garrett Mize, Joshua Brown, Justin Chapman, Makaylaw Castellanos, Kirsten Evenson, Huyen Nyuyen, and Aseosa Amuneke into the full breath of the Holy Spirit at Easter Vigil.

To learn more about the Pilgrimage to Ireland, click HERE.

Unfortunately, the Altar Society Breakfast this year has been postponed. If you have questions, please contact Pam Thomas, 206-525-1394 or Margaret Stephens, 206-524-8742.

As the synodal process moves forward globally (view the recent continental working document "Enlarge the space of your tent" HERE)... What can we do here at OLL with what we have learned from the Synod process?

Our Parish has surfaced six areas that warrants further dialogue: Strengthen Our Community; The Role of Women in the Church; Religious Education and Continuing Faith Formation; Social Justice and Service; Liturgy and Prayer Life; and Youth Engagement. A Synodal Town Hall format will allow us to do that. What we want to do is to brainstorm together! 

Each series will focus on one of the six areas identified last Spring. The series this Spring will focus on Strengthening Our Community. You all know that the situation facing parish life is going to change based on the recent announcement of Partners in the Gospel. We would like to go into this period of change really knowing who the Our Lady of the Lake Community is as a parish and how we would like strengthen and grow. Please join us...

Check out this article in NW Catholic...First Communion clothing closet helps children celebrate their special day. SEATTLE — Moms Shannon Hull and Jodie Anderson found that their recent discussions about first Communion kept circling back to the cost. The traditional white dress or handsome suit, veil, gloves, stockings, dress shoes, tie — it adds up.

Did you know that during the listening stage of the current global Synod, the issue of “rethinking women’s participation” emerged as critical and urgent across nearly every report submitted to the Vatican? Join Catholics from across Western Washington on May 6 from 9-12pm for Receive Her in the Lord, a synodal thematic forum on women’s participation in the Church. At this gathering we will reflect together on the fruits of the first phase of the global synod and explore where the Holy Spirit is calling us as Catholics in Western Washington to move on the theme of women in the Church. Register online here. (P.S. This event is not just for women! Women’s participation in the life of the Church impacts all of the people of God; all are welcome at this event.)

Members of our OLL Synod Committee will be in attendance as this is also a topic we would like to cover in a future Synod Town Hall. Email ljackman@ollseattle.org if you would like to carpool.

You are invited to the next in-person meeting of OLL's Continue the Conversation for Racial Equity Committee meeting on Mon., April 17 at 7 - 8:30 pm in Jubilee Hall.

The agenda includes planning for “Going Home Like a Shooting Star - Thea Bowman’s Journey to Sainthood” movie and projects for 2023.

The report from the March meeting can be found HERE

On Sunday, April 23 from Noon to 1:30 pm in Jubilee Hall, come see this documentary about Sister Thea Bowman, the granddaughter of slaves, who became the only African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1952. She was gifted with a brilliant mind, a beautiful voice, and a dynamic personality that she devoted to serving God, teaching students, and encouraging ways to break down racial and cultural barriers. You are invited to stay after the viewing for an informal conversation about Sister Thea Bowman’s legacy.

The OLL commitment to support Tent City 3 at the University Unitarian Church is a huge success! We have just a few needs for the four remaining meals scheduled on 4/17, 5/8, 5/29 and 6/12. Register HERE to provide a portion of a meal for 50 residents. Food needs and delivery instructions are listed on the SignUp. No need for servers. To learn more about the Tent City Project and other ways to donate, click HERE.

Please consider learning more...The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is a shared space where the Church develops a bold and active response to the ecological crisis, so urgently illustrated in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform equips you to take action now, when it is “urgent and necessary.” Their website can be found here.

Partners in Gospel is a strategic pastoral planning effort taking place across the Archdiocese of Seattle to re-invigorate and renew our local Catholic Church. To learn more about Partners in the Gospel, please visit the website, HERE, where you will find links to the timeline, a Q&A section, and a spot to sign up for the newsletter.

Due to additional processing time and the parish office holiday closures there will be no collection numbers this week.