Newsletter | May 30, 2023 |
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JOIN US FOR MASS THIS WEEKEND |
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Saturday at 5:00pm
Sunday at 9:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
PRACTICE OF CHARITY
God is relationship: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit united in love and manifesting that love to humanity eternally. Made in the likeness of God, we also live in relationship, with God and with each other. We maintain rightly ordered relationships by strengthening our likeness to God. This Sunday, reflect on the attributes of the Father, Son, and Spirit. How can you imitate God the Creator by doing something to honor his creation? How might you restore justice in your community, even in a small way, like God the Son? How are you being called to teach and enlighten, like God the Spirit?
Please continue to self-screen. Stay home if you are not feeling well and celebrate Mass with us via livestream. We are doing our best to continue to provide a safe space to worship for everyone. Click here to see current COVID safety measures.
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FIRST EUCHARIST
Saturday, June 3 at 5:00pm Mass
& Sunday, June 4 at 11:00am Mass
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Lord, bless the children receiving Holy Communion for the first time this weekend. May this day be the step toward a life-long love of the Eucharist. Give them a hunger for this sacred food so that they turn to you for comfort, guidance, and wisdom as they grow into full discipleship.
Rehearsal is scheduled for this Friday, June 2 at 7:00pm. Kids will need to wear their first communion outfits to the rehearsal so we can get a group picture while everyone is together.
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ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL 2023 |
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"Give and it will be given to you.” – Luke 6:38
If you received Archbishop Etienne’s letter this past week, please prayerfully consider your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal. In addition to the many ministries that support those in need, your gift also supports the staff of St. John Vianney Fr. Vu, on a regular basis with a range of centralized services such as seminarian support, continuing education for our priests, deacons, and lay leaders and much more. Thank you to the many of you who have chosen to make your best gift by pledging over several months. Make your pledge by going to archseattle.org/GiveACA, or the pew envelope which may be mailed or included in the collection.
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ADOPT-A-GARDEN BED
May Bed of the Month
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Rita McMahon and Ellen Dashiell
This bed is a bit out of the way and you might not readily notice it. It is along the north fence just to the east (to the right) of the Mary statue. On a nice warm Sunday morning or Saturday evening after Mass why not wander the grounds a bit and enjoy these beds that have been so wonderfully taken care of by their adopters. Much diligent work has been done by many to make our grounds look so beautiful. We THANK YOU Rita and Ellen for your work you have done to make your bed so nice to look at, and to all of the other adopters who have spent time and effort on the gardens here at SJV, we say THANK YOU too.
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FR. VU'S 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION
June 12
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May the Lord's holy presence fill your heart, and may God continue to bless you with His joy and goodness. Congratulations on your Anniversary of Ordination Fr. Vu! |
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Summer hours begin today. The church will be open Monday to Friday from 8:30am - 3:30pm until Labor Day.
Friday, June 9, there will be a Word & Communion Service at 9:00am in the Chapel, instead of Adoration & Mass. Fr. Vu will be at the SJV Golf Tournament.
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
June 26-29 from 9:30am - 12:30pm
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Kids 5 years old through 5th grade, get ready to Shine Jesus’ Light on Finn Hill! Learn more
Youth going into Middle and High School are encouraged to volunteer. Join Ms. Laura for a planning meeting on Saturday, June 10 from 10:00am – 12:00 noon in Room 6 downstairs.
The adult volunteer planning meeting will be Thursday, June 26 at 7:00pm. Adults volunteering to work with kids, you will need to complete a criminal background check and the online safe environment class at www.virtus.org.
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SENIOR DINNER (55+)
Saturday, June 24 after the 5:00pm Mass
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Calling all seniors, couples included! Usually, we meet on the third Saturday of each month after the 5:00pm Mass for dinner and the Left, Center, Right dice game. This month, we will meet on the fourth Saturday, June 24. The price of dinner is $10/person (cash only please). Sign up in the parish office by Tuesday, June 20. Remember to bring 4 quarters for the game. Last month’s winner was Bob Waiblinger!
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REFLECTIONS ON CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME |
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“Have we forgotten how to weep?” Pope Francis asked that question in his July 2013 visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a major port of entry for migrants and asylum seekers from North Africa and the Mideast, to commemorate those who perished when crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Unfortunately, as if to emphasize the difficulty of changing human hearts, only three months later, in October 2013, two more shipwrecks near Lampedusa claimed more than 394 lives.
Jesus is often described as feeling compassion (or pity), as he does for the crowds who came to hear him preach or experience his healing and deliverance ministry (see Matthew 9:36, 14:14, 15:32; Mark 6:34, 8:2) or for the widow of Nain who had lost her son (Luke 7:13). He also speaks of the Samaritan and the father of the prodigal son as having compassion. Typically, we are told that Jesus’ having compassion is evidence of his humanity. Although this observation is true, it is also misleading and trivial.
In the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us that those who mourn are blessed (Matthew 5:4). In his interpretation of the Beatitudes, St. Gregory of Nyssa argues that, although Jesus lists eight (or nine, depending on whether persecution is counted once or twice) beatitudes, there is but a single beatitude: God himself. The beatitudes pronounced by Jesus are all attributes of God or of Christ; we are blessed when we reflect the attributes of God, thereby becoming an image of Christ in the world.
Why, then, are those who mourn blessed? Because God is intimately connected to each part of his creation, and because God mourns. God mourns when our sin separates us from Him. God mourns when we his children sin against, damage, injure, or murder one another. God mourns when animals suffer. God mourns when a species that He has created becomes extinct. God mourns when people suffer, He mourns when they are lonely and isolated, He mourns when He sees the marginalized, the abandoned, the poor, the victims of exploitation and trafficking. He mourns for those who are oppressed as well as for those who are oppressors. In short, God mourns. And because God mourns, we are called to be a people who mourn. And we mourn because we have compassion.
In today’s world, compassion, like many other words, has undergone a change in meaning. Roughly synonymous terms for compassion are pity and sympathy. But neither of those are compassion; instead, the compassion of which the Gospels speak is a sharing in suffering, a connecting with the “other” through experiencing the pain they suffer. Consider the compassion of the Samaritan. A man hated by Israelites and considered to occupy the lowest rung of human existence, he has experienced marginalization firsthand. When he sees another human being (who is almost certainly an Israelite) abandoned and left to die, he does everything possible to rescue him and bring healing to him. He does this out of compassion – an understanding of and sharing in suffering that breaks down the walls that separate him from those who would marginalize him. The Samaritan is able to mourn.
So let us return to the Holy Father’s question. Do we weep when consider our own sinfulness, or do we rest confident in our assurance of salvation? Do we weep when we witness wholesale environmental degradation? Do we weep when we see abused, neglected, and abandoned animals? Do we weep when we see those lacking food and shelter? Do we weep at senseless deaths from gun violence? Do we weep when migrants seeking a better life are demonized, imprisoned, and separated from their families? Do we weep and mourn along with God, or do we choose to respond with an arrogant avoidance or indifference that reveals the chasm that separates us from God?
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LUNCH MAKING FOR THE HOMELESS
This Thursday, June 1 at 10:00am in the Social Hall
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We meet every first Thursday of the month. The sack lunches we make are taken to a homeless shelter. All ages are welcome! This is a fun, easy, and fulfilling service opportunity for families.
If you would like to donate fruit cups, we will add those to the lunches! Just drop them by the office!
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!
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You are invited to join us for the Funeral Mass of parishioner Jim Boyce, husband of Doris Boyce, this Saturday, June 3 at 11:00am.
For years, Jim baked cookies for Lunch Making for the Homeless. Bring a batch of your favorite cookie to share at his funeral reception. If you aren't a cookie person, a salad would also be appreciated. Thank you!
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WOMEN'S BOOK GROUP
Tuesday, June 6 at 7:00pm in the Parish Office
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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. You do not need to read the book to come to the book group. The June book is Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. The July book is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
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DEL & DARLEENE BROWN COMMEMORATIVE GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 9 at Legion Memorial Golf Course, Everett
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If you want to be part of the action, but you didn’t register by May 24, please talk to Ann V. to see if we can add you to the roster, avandewark@sjvkirkland.org or (425) 823-0787.
We are still in need of sponsors, so if you own a business or have some influence with one, please reach out – we would love to advertise for you!
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YOUNG ADULTS
Friday, June 9 at 7:00pm in the Social Hall
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We have monthly meetings here at SJV. Bring a friend and join us on June 9 for pizza, salad, beer, and The Catholic Trivia Game. RSVP to mterashima@sjvkirkland.org by noon that day so there will be enough food.
Being a young adult is a challenging time. There is so much unknown, transitions and change. It can be a tumultuous time—doubts can creep in: faith shaken, made low priority, or worse, fallen away from. What we aim to be for our fellow peers is a faith-led and faith-loved group that provides fellowship during these transitory moments.
In our current group, we’ve supported and prayed for each other through many of life’s recent challenges: professional setbacks, relationship heartaches, moving, becoming new parents, caregiving of ill family members, just to name a few. Through the gift of each other’s light, made possible through the Holy Spirit within each of us, we remind each other that because of Him, we are never alone.
In addition to these monthly meetings, we’ve had dinners at Father Vu’s, gone out to eat, celebrated each other’s birthdays, enjoyed movies and the theater, learned some salsa dancing, and visited the beautiful flowers at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. And we have more festivities planned, praising His name always, for bringing us together.
Young adulthood is a time of assuming many new responsibilities, and we know that one of them should be fostering the growth of the Church. We want to lift each other up through Him and be active witnesses to the love of Jesus Christ. We want to bring a contagious energy and a zeal for our faith, and show by example, that being Catholic is cool, for each other and for anyone who needs to see it. We won’t have all the answers, and that’s okay, because we know Who does.
So if you are 21 and older, or know someone who might like to join our group, email our wonderful leader, Maybeth (mterashima@sjvkirkland.org).
Lastly, even though it’s a “young adults” group, we also welcome the young at heart. But just know: you’ll still have to salsa dance with us.
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BACCALAUREATE BLESSING
June 10-11 During All of the Weekend Masses
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All graduates (elementary school, middle school, high school, college, etc...) for the Class of 2023, come for a special blessing at the end of Mass. |
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CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION
Sunday, July 11 at 10:15am
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The Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ was traditionally celebrated with a eucharistic procession, in which the Sacred Host was carried throughout the town, accompanied by hymns and litanies. The faithful would venerate the Body of Christ as the procession passed by. In recent years, this practice has almost disappeared, though some parishes still hold a brief procession around the outside of the church. Please join us as we walk with our Lord in a procession around the church on Sunday, June 11 at 10:15am.
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KIDS! Please join us in leading the procession waving ribbon wands and ringing bells to let everyone know Jesus is coming! Our First Communion kids are invited to wear their first communion outfits from the previous weekend to wave their ribbons and ring their bells as well! Please arrive by 10:00am in the narthex and look for Ms. Laura! |
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FR. KEVIN DUGGAN'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION
Tuesday, June 13 at 7:00pm - St. John Vianney, Kirkland
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You are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass celebrating our former parish priest, Fr. Kevin's 25th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Catholic Priesthood. Dessert reception to follow. Please no gifts other than your presence.
Fr. Kevin would like to take up a collection at his anniversary mass. Half of the collection will go to Water Access Now and the other will go to Catholic Community Services.
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GALA DINNER & AUCTION PLANNING |
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In keeping with our winery/vineyard theme, we are looking for donations of corks and wine crates/boxes (the wooden ones you sometimes get when picking up your wine club orders). We will have a container on the Welcome Table in the Narthex for your donations. Thank you!
Next auction planning meeting will be Wednesday, June 14 at 6:00pm – all are welcome!
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This information was presented in past newsletters. |
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HIKING GROUP
Next hike on Saturday, June 17 at 9:00am – St. Edward State Park
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NEWCOMER HAPPY HOUR & TRIVIA NIGHT
Saturday, June 17 after the 5:00pm Mass in the Social Hall. If you started attending SJV within the past couple years, please come! RSVP to Lstanger@sjvkirkland.org.
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WE'RE HIRING
We are seeking a part-time full charge bookkeeper, and a part-time pastoral assistant for music. Apply here.
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MEN'S RETREAT
July 14-16 at St. Andrew's House, Union
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WOMEN'S RETREAT
CLIMBING YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN: July 21-23 at St. Andrew's House, Union
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PILGRIMAGE TO SACRED PLACES IN OREGON
August 21-22, a charter bus will take you to Our Lady of Peace Retreat House, Mount Angel Abbey, and The Grotto in Portland. The cost is $300 per person. Learn more
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SJV VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
You are the church!
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WALK FOR MENTAL HEALTH
This Saturday, June 3 from 8:00-11:00am at Marina Park, Kirkland
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The Archdiocese of Seattle’s Mental Health Ministry has formed a NAMI Walks team in order to bring people together across the Archdiocese to raise awareness and support for people with mental illness and their families. Please consider joining our team and walking with us so we can spread the message of “Mental Health for All!” (No monetary donation is required.)
Questions? Please contact: Anisa Ralls, MA, LMHC, Mental Health Ministry Committee Chairperson at (206) 382-4269 or aralls@stjames-cathedral.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness – (NAMI) operates support, education, and advocacy programs to help people and their families access treatment and develop connections during a critical time in their lives.
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