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"As our country enters the 2020 presidential campaign year, we want to share with you some thoughts about practicing civility for the common good. 'For all Catholics, including those seeking public office, our participation in political parties or other groups to which we may belong should be influenced by our faith, not the other way around' (2019 introduction to Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship). We also want to encourage you to engage respectfully with others to improve civil dialogue and our entire political system." . . .

"The recent past has been immensely challenging for our church. The abuse crisis looms over us despite our efforts to be transparent. We face a future shortage of pastors and the painful reality that many young Catholics are not in the pews. This region continues to boom, but we are not seeing an increase in registered Catholics. While we cannot ignore these challenges, we also cannot let them define us. Instead, we must retrain our focus and renew our commitment to the mission of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. . . . Today I am eager to announce two important initiatives: a new pastoral planning effort to enable greater mission effectiveness and a strategic planning effort to ensure wise stewardship as we answer Christ’s ongoing call to rebuild his church." . . .

Review our 2018-2019 Annual Report to see how our parish is doing - both financially and through our ministries.

The annual Parish Stewardship renewal has officially started! Look for pledge cards in the pew to renew your commitment to our parish or it's easier than ever - just fill out the pledge form online TODAY!

Save the Date - 6 Dates for Catholic Couples will begin in January: January 11, January 25, February 8, February 22, March 7, and March 21. More info coming soon!

The Peaceful Crafters are collecting items for the Boxes of Joy that are delivered to the less fortunate during Christmas. Items needed: toothpaste, postage stamps, small religious items, individually wrapped coffee, tea or hot cocoa, Kleenex and leftover Halloween candy.

We will be collecting for our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive at the November 3rd Masses. We provide 75 meals for Patrick's Place and 10 family meals to those being served by the St. Vincent de Paul. Please give if you can!

Both the RCIA and Sacramental Prep programs are open for enrollment! Classes begin September 8th - so register now and save the date!

We took a challenge to meet our archdiocesan ACA goal in 6 weeks and WE MADE IT! We had a target of $63,516 and we exceeded that goal and raised $64,188. We still have a church goal to reach $73,000 to fund our parish project, so any funds we continue to raise will come directly back to us to fund our project. Thank you to everyone who pledged and donated!

Archbishop J. Peter Sartain welcomed the appointment of Archbishop Paul D. Etienne as coadjutor archbishop of Seattle on April 29, 2019.

Event takes place April 5-6th at Holy Family Parish in Kirkland, WA; led by Bart Schuchts of the John Paul II Healing Center. Training is tailored towards learning the foundations of abiding in Christ, hearing His voice and becoming empowered to pray for others. Register now!

Dive deeper into Lent by joining us every Wednesday evening for a special activity involving prayer, reflection, adoration and more. Activities will start following the 6:30PM Mass (approximately 7PM).

All Masses will continue at their regularly scheduled times tomorrow, Feb. 10th. Please use your best judgement for walking/driving in the snow. If it is not safe for you to get to Mass, please stay home and stay safe.

The parish office will be closed on Tuesday. We expect to reopen on Wednesday, February 6th at 8am. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thursday, January 24th, at 11am. Rose Anne has been a parishioner at St. Benedict Parish for 50 years! Join us for her Mass of Christian Burial this Thursday morning. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Listen to the homily here!

Listen to the homily here!

Listen to the homily here!

Listen to the homily here!

Between now and Dec. 31, 2018, all donations to the Capital Campaign will be matched, up to $25,000. $15,187.50 has been pledged and donated so far - bringing us to a total of $30,375 of the possible $50,000. Help us reach our goal today! Read more