March 20, 2024

Palm Sunday

This weekend we mark the beginning of Holy Week with

Palm Sunday Masses:

5pm - Saturday, March 23

8:30am - Sunday, March 24

10:30am - Sunday, March 24

For the 10:30am Mass you are welcome to meet in the courtyard

and process into the church with us.

The 8^th Grade Class to Help at Our Final Friday Night Soup Supper on March 22!

Mark your calendars for the FINAL Soup Supper! The parish will be hosting, and the 8^th Grade will be helping at the Soup Supper on Friday, March 22^nd at 6:30pm in Egan Hall. (Stations of the Cross will be in the Church at 6pm, so plan to come over after that!)

Our first Soup Supper included 25-30 people who came together to share a meal with lots of different and delicious soups (including mac & cheese!!) and conversation. Please join us for this opportunity to experience Lent together as a community.

If you have questions, would like to help with this event or provide soup or bread, please contact Teresa Gillett at 206-782-2810 x355, or email tgillett@stjohnsea.org.

The Camino de Seattle is Back

March 23, beginning at St. John at 1:15pm

Join us as we walk and pray between the Parishes

in our new Parish Family.

Click here for the flyer with the full schedule.

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

Parents Night Out for PreK-5th

Saturday, March 23 (5-8:30pm)

Parents - Take a night off on the Faith Formation team. Join us on Saturday, March 23rd for a family-focused Mass at 5pm. Then, drop your kiddos in the Quigley building and head out on a date night. We will show a movie and have pizza and beverages. Please pick up the kids by 8:30pm.

Please RSVP for your child(ren) or volunteer at the event here.

Contribute to the cost of these events via Venmo @stjohntheevangelist-seattle

with PNO in the memo line.

Easter Reception Redux! 

Plan a stop into our Admin Building after both morning masses on Easter Sunday. We will be hosting a reception like last year's to celebrate the risen Christ, with lots to eat and drink, and activities for the youngsters. See you there!

Holy Thursday

Father would like to wash your feet! As part of the Holy Thursday mass, Father washes the feet of twelve people. If you are interested in being one of the twelve, please contact the parish office to volunteer. The mass begins at 7pm on March 28th, and you would be asked to arrive 20 minutes early for instructions. 

Easter Mass Volunteers!

Father Crispin invites children to help with our Easter Sunday 10:30am liturgy!  Roles include readers, gift bearers, and ushers. We also need a few adults to assist and guide the children! Please sign up here.

Questions? Contact Julia Rudden at jrudden@stjohnsea.org 

Holy Thursday

7pm Mass

Good Friday

11am Shadow Stations of the Cross with the School Community

6pm Stations of the Cross

7pm Liturgy

Holy Saturday

7:30pm Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday

8:30am Mass with Brass

10:30am Mass

Holy Land Good Friday Collection

Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Through the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you stand in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land as a witness of peace, supporting Catholics there in parishes and schools, maintaining Christian shrines and caring for refugees in the Holy Land. Please be generous!

For more information visit:

www.myfranciscan.org or www.custodia.org

North Deanery Community Dinners

The next volunteer opportunity is March 27 Please join us in serving community members in need. Children 12 and over are welcome if accompanied by their parents and this activity counts toward volunteer hour credits. We meet at the Bitter Lake Community Center Parking Lot from 4:45-5:30pm. Please use the Sign Up Genius to volunteer. Or email Joyce Farrell at joycefarrell08@gmail.com 

LENT AT ST. JOHN

Stations of the Cross

Fridays at 6pm in the Church.

You can also join our School Community:

3/22 - 2:30 pm | 3/29 - 11:00am

MAKE ALTAR SERVING A PART OF YOUR LENTEN JOURNEY!

During Lent we will have trainings for children in grades 4 and up every weekend until March 25.

If you are interested in serving this ministry, please attend one of the trainings offered Saturdays at 4:15 PM or Sundays after 10:30 Mass in the church.

March 23rd at 4:15 PM and March 24th at 11:30 AM.

Questions? Please contact Laura Root rootpelfrey@live.com

The 2024 Rice Bowl Grants Have Been Awarded

The 2024 Rice Bowl Grants were just awarded! We are happy to report that we received funds for all three of our grant submissions. Better yet, we received double the money for the grants for which we applied! In the letter we received from the Archdiocese, they wrote: “Due to the incredible generosity of parishioners throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle, we were able to double the amount of each grant and award your ministry $1,000!”

Grants were awarded for the following:

North Deanery Community Dinners: $1,000

St. Martin de Porres Men’s Shelter: $1,000

WestSide Baby: $1,000

Thank you to the St. John Community for your continued support

of the Rice Bowl Program each year.

Rice Bowl Collection

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. As we walk with Jesus this week, we remember the countless women, children and men who carry heavy crosses even today: crosses of hunger, of vulnerability to climate change, or of a lack of resources. How—like Simon of Cyrene—can you help to carry the crosses of our sisters and brothers in your local community and around the world?

Visit crsricebowl.org/holy-week to learn more.

CYO Track and Field

Track registration is open. Practices start after the Easter Holidays, April 9, at Nathan Hale High School (Tuesday and Friday, 7-8:30pm) and Whitman (Thursday, 6:30-8pm). Friday practices are optional. Track does overlap with volleyball but volleyball players are welcome to join track as soon as their season wraps up.  

We are looking for a Volunteer Coordinator.

This person will help coordinate the volunteers for our 4 track meets.

We are looking for a Field Coach (throwing and jumping) for next year.

If someone is interested, we are happy to provide training.

CYO Track is looking for a Track Meet Announcer.

This person will be the announcer during Track Meets.

If interested contact Track Coordinator: Eric Souder, esouder@hotmail.com.

Summer 2024 service project dates - Agape!​

As part of our annual outreach programs with Assumption Parish in Bellingham - please join the St. John community for volunteer events with Agape Service Project.

Click here for more information.

Baptism Dates

Looking to have your child Baptized?

Our next baptism dates are April 20 & 21 (with Fr. Daniel Syverstad) and

June 1 & 2 at all masses.

Families wanting to baptize on those dates should reach out to

Julia Rudden at jrudden@stjohnsea.org. 

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS

Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, often said that critics only measured success in worldly terms, by pounds of bread, or vast numbers of people reached. The Society, on the other hand, measures success by the tears we dry, the hands we hold, and the hearts we touch with the love of God. We imitate Christ in celebrating each home visit like the shepherd who leaves his entire flock for the sake of a single lost sheep.

If you would like to help our parish conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul help others, you can make donations by:

• Putting cash or checks in the St. Vincent de Paul envelopes in your packet of envelopes or the envelopes you find in the pews at Mass; or
• Donating online. The parish will process and record your contributions and forward them to us. Click here to donate now.

We appreciate every contribution we receive, and so do the people we help.