Newsletter | March 12, 2024 | |
JOIN US FOR MASS THIS WEEKEND | |
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Saturday at 5:00pm
Sunday at 9:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
READINGS FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT - SCRUTINY YEAR A
PRACTICE OF CHARITY
By raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus reveals the new life he brings.
- Each day this week, pray for those who have died. Remember especially those who died with no one to mourn them.
- Jesus gave up his own life out of a deep love for Lazarus and all people. Others followed in his footsteps. Learn more about a Christian martyr. How did this person also reveal and participate in God's love?
- When we die, our loved ones will mourn. Relieve some of their burden by preparing your will. Is there anything else you should put in place in the event of your death? If you wish to pre plan your funeral, download the SJV Funeral Planning Booklet and contact the parish office.
We are doing our best to continue to provide a safe space to worship for everyone. Click here to see current COVID safety measures.
Live Stream Mass is now during the Sunday 9:00am Mass.
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ALL PARISH LENTEN RETREAT
This Saturday, March 16 at 9:00am
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During the Season of Lent, The Church invites you to enter more fully into the Mystery of Christ. Everyone, please join us as Fr. Vu leads us in reflecting on the history and mystery of the miraculous Catholic relic, the Veil of Manoppello, which is a piece of linen cloth depicting the face of Jesus in a church in Manoppello, Italy.
The Veil has been associated with miracles from the beginning of its story. The greatest miracle of all takes place in 33 AD in Jesus' tomb after his crucifixion. When the disciples go to the tomb to pray, they find the stone at the entrance rolled away and Jesus' body gone. Only his burial cloths and this veil remain. Seeing this, they are convinced that Jesus has risen from the dead.
Come face-to-face with the face of Jesus at his resurrection. Our faith is alive because Jesus is alive!
We will begin with Mass at 9:00am, and end with lunch at 12:00pm.
Please sign up at the welcome table or contact the parish office if you plan to attend so we know how much food to prepare.
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ALL LITURGICAL MINISTERS
Liturgical ministers are requested to stay after the retreat lunch for a short meeting about ParishStaq. You will be the first group to start using our new Parishioner Relationship System.
As soon as possible, please log into the system by either using the QR code or by going to pushpay.com. The app will first show up as Community Church Builder with the Archdiocese of Seattle. Download it and then you will search for St. John Mary Vianney Catholic Church, Kirkland. From there, just follow the prompts. You should recognize the church logos used on our site as well as our parish pictures. Please see if you are showing the correct group membership (i.e. SJV Eucharistic Minister if you are one.) You are welcome to update your profile as well with correct email and cell phone information. We will be using this app for ministry scheduling, and it will be demonstrated after the retreat on March 16.
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LENT - HOLY WEEK - EASTER SCHEDULE | |
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Stations of the Cross & Soup Suppers
Every Friday during Lent at 6:00pm
Donations to Soup Suppers support Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl
Good Friday at 3:00pm (No Soup Supper)
Las Estaciones del Via Crucis en Espanol
Todos los Lunes durante la Cuaresma a las 6:00pm
Communal Reconciliation Service
Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00pm
Parish Lenten Retreat
Saturday, March 16 at 9:00am
Palm Sunday Masses
Saturday, March 23 at 5:00pm
Sunday, March 24 at 9:00am and 11:00am
Holy Thursday Mass
Thursday, March 28 at 7:00pm
(No Morning Adoration & Mass)
Good Friday Mass of the Presanctified
Friday, March 29 at 7:00pm
(No Morning Adoration & Mass)
Eastern European Easter Basket Blessing
Saturday, March 30 at 12:00pm
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil Mass Saturday, March 30 at 8:00pm
(No 3:30pm Reconciliation and No 5:00pm Mass)
Easter Sunday Masses
Sunday, March 31 at 9:00am & 11:00am
Easter Egg Hunt following both Masses
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS & SOUP SUPPERS
Fridays During Lent at 6:00pm
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Please join us every Friday of Lent for the Stations of the Cross in the church, to commemorate Jesus’ journey to Calvary. Afterwards, come into the social hall for a simple Soup Supper and a chance to connect with other parishioners. Soup Supper monetary donations will go to Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl to support programs that prevent hunger and poverty around the world.
Thanks to the Senior Dinner Group for hosting last Friday!
Our hosts for this year’s remaining Stations of the Cross & Soup Suppers are:
- March 15 - Music Ministry
- March 22 - Catholic Kids' Catechism Club
- March 29, Good Friday - Stations of the Cross then Divine Mercy Chaplet, no Soup Supper
The hosts for the evening will lead Stations of the Cross and bring soup. You are invited to bring a large pot of meatless soup or bread to share as well.
We offer Stations of the Cross in Spanish on Mondays during Lent at 6:00pm in the Church.
Los invitamos a que nos acompanen cada lunes durante la Cuaresma a las 6:00pm para hacer el las estaciones del Via Crucis en Español.
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.
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CATHOLIC KIDS' CATECHISM CLUB MICROLOAN BUSINESSES
After the Weekend Masses During Lent
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Many businesses have been popping up in the Social Hall. Our club houses have received their microloans and are using their money to start businesses to help the poor through Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl during the season of Lent.
SCHEDULE OF BUSINESSES COMING UP:
5th weekend of Lent
- Chocolate Chip Muffins by our 1st Graders. FREE paper airplane with purchase.
Palm Sunday weekend
- Candles by our Sunday 2nd Graders
- Pretzels by our Monday 1st Graders
- Holy Cupcakes by our Monday 5th Graders
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If you would like to make an offering of Easter flowers to honor, or in memory of a loved one, please bring in the Easter Flower Envelope from your monthly envelope pack or send a check to the office marked “Easter Flower Offering” and include the names of those you’d like to honor/memorialize by Tuesday, March 26. | |
LENTEN ALMS THROUGH CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES RICE BOWL | Reflect on your Lenten journey thus far: What have you learned from our global family members in Uganda, El Salvador and Indonesia? How does the Eucharist unite us with our sisters and brothers around the world? Consider how Christ is present in Adolf and Florence, Sandra and Santos, and Evita. Visit crsricebowl.org to read this week’s Story of Hope. | |
Thank you for joining us for Family Movie Night! With your support the Youth raised $142 for CRS Rice Bowl. | |
The funeral Mass for former parishioner, Stephen Holland will be Friday, March 15 at 11:00am - St. Mark, Shoreline. | |
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EASTERN EUROPEAN EASTER BASKET BLESSING
Holy Saturday, March 30 at 12:00pm
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Watch this video from the Kaulius family in 2020, explaining what they put in their Easter basket to get blessed. Thanks Kaulius family!
All families are invited to bring Easter baskets to church on Holy Saturday at noon for a blessing.
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).
The food items in the Easter basket, as well as at the Easter Sunday breakfast when the blessed food is eaten, have special significance. Each family may have its own traditions, but there are some practices that are universal.
Basket Decorations
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.
In rural Poland, the size and contents of a woman's basket (some used wooden bowls and even dresser drawers) was a matter of pride and standing in the community.
Symbolic Foods
A typical Eastern European Easter basket would include a variety of symbolic foods, although families can personalize to their liking. There is a special blessing for meat, egg, cake, and bread, so baskets will most likely include these ingredients.
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Bacon (boczek/słonina, BOH-chek/swoh-NEE-nah) is a symbol of the abundance of God's mercy.
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Bread (chleb, hlehb) is usually a braided chałka, representing the staff of life given by God.
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Easter bread (babka, BAHB-kah) is a round cake of rich, eggy yeast dough with raisins that is reminiscent of the risen Lord.
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Butter (masło, MAHS-woh) is one of the dairy products included to celebrate the end of Lent and the richness of our salvation. The butter is often shaped into a lamb, which is symbolic of the Paschal Lamb, and is known as a baranek. Sometimes the baranek is made of dough, wood, or even plastic. It can also be made of sugar, when it is known as baranek cukrowy wielkanocny.
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Candles (swieca, SHVIEH-tsa) symbolize Jesus, the "light of the world," and can be lit when the priest blesses the baskets of food.
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Cheese (ser, SEHRR) is a symbol to remind Christians of moderation.
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Colored eggs (pisanki, pee-SAHN-kee), as well as uncolored hard-cooked eggs, indicate hope, new life, and Christ rising from his tomb.
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Ham (szynka, SHIN-kah), as well as other meats, symbolizes great joy and abundance in celebration of Christ's resurrection.
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Sausage links (kiełbasa, kyehw-BAH-sah) are symbolic of the chains of death that were broken when Jesus rose from the dead, as well as of God's generosity.
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Horseradish (chrzan, HZAHN) is a reminder of the bitterness and harshness of the Passion of Jesus, and the vinegar it is mixed with symbolizes the sour wine given to Jesus on the cross.
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Salt (sól, SOOL) is present to add zest to life and preserve us from corruption.
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Sweets (słodycze, swoh-DIH-cheh) suggest the promise of eternal life or good things to come.
Family Traditions
Although every family might have its own traditions when it comes to the Easter baskets, many make sure to include enough food so every family member can have a bite of all the blessed foods after Mass on Easter Sunday.
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.
In many families when the children are old enough, they are given the honor of taking the basket to church to be blessed. There is no risk of the basket being picked over since it is a time of fasting, and the children are sure to be admonished that they do not touch one morsel of food. With the aromas so intoxicating, it takes tremendous willpower not to sample.
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.
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Come plan the next Gala and Auction. We take young or not, experienced party planners or not, enthusiastic or not. Come enjoy some community, and help plan for a fun event. Coming to these planning sessions doesn’t mean that you are volunteering for anything. We will have two meetings in March where we will be debriefing the Vineyard Gala from November and then looking forward to coming up with a theme, name, and ideas. Everyone is welcome! Light refreshments are always served.
- Wednesday, March 13 at 5:30pm in the Social Hall, before the Reconciliation Service
- Wednesday, March 27 at 5:30pm in the Social Hall
We hope to see you there!
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COMMUNAL RECONCILIATION SERVICE
Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00pm
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During Lent we offer a Communal Reconciliation Service which includes the Liturgy of the Word, and individual confession. Several priests will be available. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a celebration of God’s love and mercy. Every sinner has a future full of hope and this sacrament guides us in that direction.
Reconciliation is also available every Saturday from 3:30-4:30pm (excluding Holy Saturday). The Reconciliation Room is next to our Adoration Chapel.
🙏 Please keep our 26 young First Reconciliation Candidates in your prayers as they will be receiving their First Reconciliation in the coming weeks. Children will be attending either our Parish Reconciliation Service on Wednesday, March 13, or our Saturday 3:30pm Reconciliation time.
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YOUNG ADULTS LENTEN FAITH & BREW
Fridays during Lent
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During Lent, we attend Friday Stations of the Cross at 6:00pm and gather for Soup and Reflection after. We reserve a Young Adult table in the back of the Social Hall. | |
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Thursday, March 21 at 7:00pm
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Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to males 18 years of age or older who are practicing Catholics. Meetings are every third Thursday of the month at 7:00pm For more information contact the Grand Knight: Brad Lund or click here. | |
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SPRING GROUNDS CLEANUP
Saturday, March 23 at 9:00am
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Spring is just around the corner! Our celebrated Annual Spring Cleanup has been scheduled for Saturday, March 23. 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. 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 know if you are willing to help: 206.940.4072 or gleptich@sjvkirkland.org). | |
This information was presented in past newsletters. | |
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SANCTUARY FLOWERS
We are looking for people with an interest or background in floral design for a committee whose members would rotate on a schedule to create arrangements for the sanctuary. Email sec@sjvkirkland.org if interested.
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SJV CALENDARS
If you have not received a parish calendar, please stop by the parish office to get one. Thank you to our generous sponsors for allowing us to bring the calendar of SJV to life.
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CONFIRMATION
Our next session is this Saturday, March 16 from 2:30-4:45pm, then Mass together.
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CATHOLIC KIDS' CATECHISM CLUB
Microloan businesses are popping up in the Social Hall throughout Lent to help the poor through Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. New members and volunteers are welcome to CKCC any time. Learn more
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YOUTH GROUP
Join us this Sunday, March 17 from 5:00-6:30pm for Joan night. We will be in the Youth Room (12), watch Joan, eat popcorn, and tie it to the Gospel. New youth are always welcome! Learn more
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ADULT MISSION TREK
All adults are welcome to join us, May 18-25, 2024 as we journey to Tijuana to build houses in community with our brothers and sisters across the border. Sign-up by April 1. Please contact Susan for more information.
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BOWLING TOURNAMENT
Saturday, April 13 at Kenmore Lanes. $50 tournament fee includes pizza and a drink. Altar servers are free as a thank you for their service. Learn more and sign up
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STYROFOAM RECYCLING FOR EARTH DAY
Save your Styrofoam for recycling at SJV on Sunday, April 28 from 10:00am - 2:00pm. All material must be clean, dry, free from any tape or labels, and have the #6 or EPS inside the recycle symbol. Contact Susan for more information.
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DEL & DARLEENE BROWN COMMEMORATIVE GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday, May 31 at Legion Memorial Golf Course in Everett. Get your “foresome” together! Sign up
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WOMENS BOOK GROUP
We meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm with wine and chocolate to discuss a book that has been chosen by the group. The book for the month of April is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Future books
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GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
Open to all who are struggling with the loss of a loved one. Please join us the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm. Please contact Dana for more information.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
“Never tire of working for a more just world.” – Pope Francis. All are welcome to join us at our next meeting, Wednesday, April 10, 7:00pm via Zoom. Please contact Susan for the link. Learn more
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SJV VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
How can you best use your gifts?
Learn more
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On its 8th successful year, our over 80+ cast and crew are working hard to prepare and give you an inspiring evening!
This once-a-year event can be considered a spiritual learning experience for all at any point in their walk with Christ. The Passion of Christ Play re-enacts many special moments in Jesus' life in His last few days on Earth - from the Beatitudes to the Crucifixion and His Resurrection. Via Crucis will be performed around the audience with Jesus carrying his cross, helped by Simon of Cyrene, met by Veronica and Ladies of Jerusalem, and falling 3 times - very touching and moving scenes.
FREE ADMISSION
Friday, March 24, from 8:00 - 10:00pm
Saturday, March 25, from 8:00 - 10:00pm.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Bothell
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