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St. Benedict is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced person to serve as Pastoral Assistant for Administration (PAA). This position directs several administrative and operational functions for the parish, which include financial systems and reporting, human resources, facilities, and technology. CLICK TITLE OF THIS POST FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION.

We are pleased to announce that Lorrie Conway will be the new Director of Clergy Formation. She will start her new role on June 13, 2022,and will be reporting to the Chief of Staff, Nick Schoen. In this new role, she will be responsible for all Clergy Continuing Formation, Deacon candidate program and Deacon services and oversight of the Newly Ordained Priest programming, among other activities to support the Office of the Vicar for Clergy. . . .

The Annual Catholic Appeal supports the ministries of the Archdiocese of Seattle like youth and young adult activities, faith formation for all ages, pastoral care in hospitals and prisons, and many more. Your ACA gift also directly supports more than 170 parishes and missions with services like liturgy guidance, human resources, financial services, administration and more. CLICK TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE TO DONATE. Thank you for helping us spread our Catholic faith and support our brothers and sisters in Western Washington!

St. Catherine of Siena Parish is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced person to serve as Pastoral Assistant for Administration (PAA). This position directs several administrative and operational functions for the parish, which include financial systems and reporting, human resources, facilities, and technology. CLICK TITLE OF THIS POST FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION.

As I reflect on the last year, I find myself incredibly grateful for the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has guided us through challenging times and presents us with the wonderful opportunity to be still, to listen, and to renew our relationship with Jesus and our dedication to his mission. It is through our Risen Savior that we have the strength, the patience, the love and the wisdom to move forward as one Body of Christ. . . .

Pope Francis’ encyclical letter Laudato Si’ was released in June 2015. Five years later, in 2020, Pope Francis invited all Catholics and people of good will to celebrate its fifth anniversary by protecting families and future generations through action to care for our common home. Here are themes that Pope Francis highlighted in Laudato Si’ which require our urgent response today. . . .

Happy New Year, and welcome to the 2022 state legislative session! The session began on January 10 and will run for 60 days. There will be opportunities for you to sign in pro/con for legislation and to contact your legislators at critical moments as bills are being considered. Reading this Catholic Advocacy Bulletin is the best way to be informed about how to advocate alongside the Washington State Catholic Conference (WSCC). The bulletin will be published every Friday during the session. Thank you for joining the Washington bishops in advocating for the common good.

A career tugboat captain guiding vessels in Alaskan waters, Dan Hannan’s demeanor matches his job: straightforward, cheerful, with a persistent get-it-done attitude. When he retired two years ago, for the first time in decades he found himself staring down time instead of water. . . .

From an apartment in Maple Leaf, Audrey Reuter steals an hour in the quiet of her newborn’s nap. Fresh faced and sacrificial tired, she sits in front of a window with a leafless winter tree behind, rosy cheeks a telltale sign of a household kept warm, the way you do when you have an infant. Today is a stop-shutter moment filled with love and a great sense of duty, vulnerability even. . . .

This past year, nurses, who day-in-day-out tread quietly at patients’ bedsides somewhat unnoticed, find themselves suddenly very visible during the pandemic. Typically, because we want them to be unobtrusively present in our illness, they are at their unassuming best when delivering critical care that, in some other years, may have gone unnoticed. Ross Dawson is one of those nurses. . . .

Gary dos Santos carries himself like a good-natured little league coach. Comfortably in his forties with a career in biotechnology, house in Ballard, and a family (his grey zip-up hoodie with logo that reads “St. Benedict School” is a dead giveaway). He stuffs his hands deep into his pockets to ward off the chill morning air because Dads are known to bravely underdress for the weather. . . .

Pope Francis formally launched the two-year global consultation process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality on Sunday with a call to “look others in the eye and listen to what they have to say.” . . .

The birth of Jesus brings life and hope to a world dwelling in the shadow of death. He is the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness shall never overcome it. . . .

. . . As such, the general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation (including the Saturday/vigil Mass) is to be reinstated (CIC, can. 1247) during Advent on December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Advent is a wonderful time to draw near to Christ. It is time to renew our faith through personal reception of the sacraments and rebuild the relationships and community life of our parishes.

The Archdiocese of Seattle signed the Healthy Planet, Healthy People Petition, which calls political leaders to set meaningful targets to protect creation and affirm the Paris Agreement at the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) and UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). . . .

"Some people have recently associated my actions in relation to the COVID pandemic with those of the state. While the state’s guidance and declarations do have direct implications for us as Church and as an employer, I want to be clear — my actions are to protect life as a shepherd and pastor in the face of a worldwide pandemic that continues to take human life at an astonishing pace. . . ."

Provides a landing page that houses all information related to the pandemic in Washington State, including King County.

Provides a landing page that houses all the CDC information related to the pandemic.

SEATTLE, July 30, 2021 – Today the Archdiocese of Seattle announced final settlements totaling $165,000 for two separate cases involving allegations of sexual abuse by Sister Dolores Crosby in the 1980s. Crosby, who died in 2007, was a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. . . .

Seattle, August 11, 2021 — Today the Archdiocese of Seattle’s Ministerial Covenant Task Force publicized its recommendations to address the ministerial covenant signed by teachers, presidents and principals employed at archdiocesan Catholic schools. These recommendations were developed over the past year by the 10-member volunteer task force, which was led by Father Ronald Nuzzi, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. . . .