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Pastor's Page 2022-12-11
Posted by Paul Turner on 12/09/22
Dear Parishioners:---We have begun the Virtual Pilgrimage … and DON’T FORGET TO SUBMITYOUR “Physical and Spiritual Miles” on every Friday. The goal is to travel from ourHome Mother Church of Cathedral of St. James, Seattle to the Basilica, Shrine of theImmaculate Conception in Washington D.C., beginning on the First ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-12-04
Posted by Paul Turner on 12/09/22
Dear Parishioners:--Next Thursday, December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of The BlessedVirgin Mary (Patronal Feast day of the United States of America).Masses at 10:00 AM – English and 7:00 PM - Spanish.---How is your “Virtual Pilgrimage” … The goal is to travel from our Home MotherChurch of ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-11-27
Posted by Paul Turner on 12/03/22
Dear Parishioners:
… … Happy Advent Season … …
---We begin the Virtual Pilgrimage TODAY … The goal is to travel from our HomeMother Church of Cathedral of St. James, Seattle to the Basilica, Shrine of theImmaculate Conception in Washington D.C., beginning on the First Sunday of AdventNovember 27, ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-11-20
Posted by Paul Turner on 11/18/22
Dear Parishioners:
… Happy Thanksgiving Day 2022…
---Looking back in this Liturgical Year and the effects which it had in our lives, there isso much for us to give “Thanks to God” for the many blessings that we have received.There will be a “Thanksgiving Day Mass” – Thursday, November ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-11-13
Posted by Paul Turner on 11/11/22
Dear Parishioners:
---Get Ready for Prince of Peace/St. Gabriel Virtual Pilgrimage 2023… Our ParishCommunity is, once again, welcome and appreciative of Maria Murphree who willinitiate this Virtual Pilgrimage 2023 as a way to keep us engaged in our everydayChristian living, both, physically and spiritually. The goal is to travel ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-11-06
Posted by Paul Turner on 11/03/22
Dear Parishioners:
---Happy Veteran Day – Friday, November 11. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” onNovember 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed aresolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holidaybeginning in 1938. Veterans Day pays ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-10-30
Posted by Paul Turner on 10/28/22
Dear Parishioners:---If you visit the Holy Land and especially the oldest city on earth, Jericho, from theGospel story, the locals will take delight in pointing out the ruins of the walls that Joshua(led the Israelites into the Promised Land) brought down in one of the Old Testament’smighty battles that ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-10-23
Posted by Frank Matanane on 10/19/22
Dear Parishioners:---As a result of Hurricane Ian’s havoc – first across Cuba and the Dominican Republicand then the southeast U.S. starting in Florida – lives have been lost and many Churchproperties, along with homes and businesses, have been severely damaged or destroyed.Catholic Relief Services and its local partners are ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-10-16
Posted by Frank Matanane on 10/19/22
Dear Parishioners:
TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY. We celebrate thisday by remembering our baptismal call –to bring the Gospel to all! The collection todayfor the Society for the Propagation of the Faith supports the work and witness of theMission Church, as it provides for priests, religious and lay leaders ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2022-10-02
Posted by Frank Matanane on 10/19/22
Dear Parishioners:
---October is the month of Respect for Life, as a people of faith, we value the “gift of Life – from conception to natural death” and we continue joining with our Church to pray for this gift of Life and the “Freedom to choose Life” and ... Read More »