St. John Weekly Newsletter
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.” - CS Lewis
August 25, 2021
St John Mass Schedule
Weekday Mass:
Call the Parish office for the weekday Mass and Adoration schedule while Father Crispin is away from August 14 to September 18.
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil, 5pm
Sunday, 8:30am and 10:30am
Reconciliation: Saturdays at 4:30pm or by appointment

The Saturday, Vigil Mass will be live-streamed on our Facebook page.
Building a Racially Just Parish
Saturday, August 28, 9am-noon 
Our Lady of the Lake Jubilee Hall or on Zoom
Join with fellow parishioners and others to learn about and discuss the evil of racism, and identify concrete ways we can build racial justice in our community life and in the society around us. 
 
Featuring Pax Christi USA National Council Chair, Isaac Chandler. 
 
Sign up HERE for this Saturday morning event on August 28th, from 9 a.m. until noon. The event will be held on ZOOM as well as in person in our OLL Jubilee Hall. This is an event co-sponsored by Pax Christi Northwest and the OLL Justice and Peace Committee.

For specific questions about the event, please contact Barbara McGrath at barbararmcgrath@gmail.com, or Deacon Denny at 206-548-6292. For questions about registration details, contact OLL Director of Faith Formation Kendra Baker at kbaker@ollseattle.org or 206-523-6776.
Family Rosary Group

There will be a zoom meeting rosary this Saturday, August 28 at 7:00 pm.


Meeting ID: 783 2032 3994
Passcode: 2WgKFE
We will have special collection envelopes in the pews and the Parish Office the next couple of weeks or you can click on the picture above to donate electronically now.
In-home Vaccines Available
Seattle & King County Public Health is offering in-home vaccinations to those who are unable to leave their homes. To schedule an appointment, call the King County COVID-19 Call Center at 206-477-3977 between 8am and 7pm, any day.
Language interpretation is available.
Click here for more information.
Help Us Meet Our ACA Goal by the End of August!
GOAL: $91,896

Your donation will allow us to build a better future for the Church while addressing the present needs of those in our communities, which no one parish or parishioner can do alone.

I am the Church, you are the Church, we are the Church, together!

Thank you to the families who have pledged to the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal so far. 
If you have not yet donated, please help us meet our goal by the end of this month! 

 
The easiest way is to give is online here or call the ACA office at 1-800-809-4921. 
Our St. John the Evangelist Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank those of you who, together, have donated almost $20,000 this year to help us help others. So far this year, in spite of the pandemic, we have helped 215 people with things like rent, utilities, clothing and food. When we meet with people in need, we take them food you have donated to our pantry and also provide them with information about other resources they can contact for help.  

As the rent moratorium ends, we expect there will be even more people in need of assistance. Please continue your generous support.  
“Ladies, do you desire to live in greater freedom? Are you longing for an authentic encounter with your true feminine identity? Register for the Undone Women’s Conference where you will experience a time of truth, beauty, and transformation, as the knots of Eve’s disobedience are “undone” through Mary’s model of radical receptivity.

Bring yourself, your mother, your sister, your adult daughters, and friends. This is a conference you won’t want to miss!

Undone: Freedom for the Feminine Heart will be held at Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish, WA September 9-11, 2021 (2 evenings and all day Saturday). This event is being offered in person OR virtually via livestream! Register online for either experience at www.jpiihealingcenter.org. Scholarships, student and missionary discounts available. Contact JPIIRetreatSammWA@gmail.com for more information.”
We ran across a St. John’s Mothers' Club cookbook from 1965-66 in our archives. We thought it might be fun to share a little bit of culinary history with you each week in our newsletter. Enjoy!
Laudato Si
in Action
Look to the Past for a Path to a Better Future
Many will tell you that we can't possibly stop using oil, gas and plastic. We can't possibly stop spending on throwaway stuff because that is what our society thrives on. We can't possibly adopt regenerative farming practices and stop clearcutting and burning forests because that is how civilization works in the twenty-first century.

Not true; all we need to do to move forward on climate action is to look to our past. Read more...
Saint of the Month
Saint Nicodemus
Feast day: August 31