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All are invited on Monday, June 9, 2025, 5:45 - 8:00 PM to learn more about Social Justice activities in our parish family. We'll meet in St. Catherine of Siena Parish Hall (814 NE 85th St.) What we will talk about: · How can we best live out the social teachings of Jesus in our parish family? Mission Statement & Organization · What’s going on currently? · What might we like to see happening in the 2025-26 year?

Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle is the newest Catholic high school in our Archdiocese, providing students from families with limited means a college-prep Catholic Jesuit education and real-world job experience through its Corporate Work Study program. Students work one day a week at local businesses, earning most of their tuition and gaining real-world career skills. We are seeking mission-aligned business leaders to hire student associates this fall. Continue reading...

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Join Catholics at St. James Cathedral in a collective cry of lament during this special Mass marking the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. We will pray and reflect together as we recommit ourselves to working for an end to the sin of racism. Father Michael G. Ryan, Pastor of St. James Cathedral, Presider

May is PREPARES Baby Drive!!! In May, we honor the Blessed Mother and celebrate Mother’s Day! Our four-parish church family is doing just that with our May Baby Drive to restock the PREPARES headquarters Baby Boutique at St. Edwards and the Christ the King baby closet. Our most needed items are: baby wipes; diapers sizes 5,6,7; clothing sizes 18 mo. To 5T. Other diaper sizes and clothing sizes are always needed as well. Also, diaper bag backpacks are appreciated by new moms. We are unable to accept car baby seats. All four parishes will have PREPARES donation sites in the parish narthex. Our wonderful PREPARES volunteers will deliver the donations to the baby closets. PREPARES in our state just celebrated 10 years of ministry! PREPARES has grown to 197 parishes assisting parents in need during pregnancy and the first five years of their children’s lives. None of this would be possible without the generous donations of parishes like ours. Please join us in May by supporting this pro-life, pro-family organization with your contributions to our baby closets. For questions about our Baby Drive or to volunteer, please contact: St. Bridget: Judy Curran, [email protected]; Mary Jo Gasparich, [email protected] Assumption: Stephanie Read, [email protected] Our Lady of the Lake: Mary Margaret Brown: [email protected] St. Catherine: Katie Fleming, [email protected]

Esperanza Fiesta May 17th, 6 PM St Catherine's Victoria Hall! Fun and fundraiser supporting the youth service trip to Tijuana this summer. Enjoy an evening celebrating Mexican culture, including food and drinks, a mariachi band, piñata for the kids, and we are excited to welcome back the Herencias Mexicanas dancers! $20 adults, $10 kids 12 and under. If you have questions, contact Katie Fleming [email protected]

Join us for a Holy Hour of Taizé Adoration at St. Catherine of Siena Church on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This meditative service features the beautiful and contemplative music of Taizé — simple, prayerful songs that invite everyone to sing together. It’s a peaceful opportunity for reflection and quiet connection with God in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome.

Social Seniors – Speaker Event in May Join us on Tuesday, May 14 at 11:00 AM at St. Bridget’s for a Social Seniors Gathering featuring two guest speakers discussing senior housing options in our community. This is a great opportunity to gather valuable information and ask questions in a relaxed setting. Come for the conversation, stay for the community! Light refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you!

Santos Sunday is SUNDAY, April 27 and we hope you can join us to lend a hand. The meal will be BBQ sandwhich themed with pulled pork, pulled chicken (for those that don't eat pork), buns, coleslaw, etc. Learn more and sign up using the link.

Dear Friends in Christ, After a process of extended discernment and consultation, I am happy to announce that the following people have agreed to serve on the new Parish Family Advisory Council (PFAC): Assumption Barrett Eastwood John Dougherty MK Rodgers St. Bridget Ilaria Hare Heiderich Emily Showman Eric Verzuh St. Catherine Cassandra Evandy Jim Hochstein Shannon Wilson OLL Judy Armstrong Chris Covey Edgar Gonzalez Thanks to the many other qualified people in our four parishes who were nominated but not selected because of limited spots available on the council. There will be other opportunities for them and others to contribute to the Partners in the Gospel Process. Role of the Parish Family Advisory Council This council is the pastor’s go-to group to consult about Partners in the Gospel, including changes that impact the parish family, shared events, collaboration across parishes, and more. Comprised of parishioners from each parish in the parish family, this council focuses on the health of the entire parish family, looking beyond the needs of each individual community. They will be the key consultative body for the creation of the strategic pastoral plan called the One Parish Plan that will be submitted to the archbishop prior to becoming one canonical parish. They will also help ensure the necessary discernment processes are in place for the completion of the strategic pastoral plan. You will regularly hear about the work of the PFAC in the months and years to come. Please pray for the success of this group as we plan to renew the life of our Catholic Community in NE Seattle. Thank you for your support! Blessings, Fr. William Heric

Luke came to Christ as we did, as our Christian neighbors did, not as an eyewitness to what Jesus said and did, but through the witness of other believers and his own experience. Luke’s stories of Gentile outsiders speak more directly to us about change and new life than the Jewish background stories in the other three gospels. Invite a neighbor or friend and come to hear more.

It takes 1,000 volunteer blood donors each day to maintain a safe and reliable blood supply for patients in the Pacific Northwest needing blood for surgeries, cancer treatments, and bleeding disorders. The need is great, yet less than 3% of eligible people donate blood. Local hospitals rely on all of us to give regularly, up to six times a year, to ensure lifesaving transfusions are available for all of the seriously ill and injured patients in our community. Giving blood is easy; in less than an hour and in one pint of blood, you’ve truly saved a life. Please make a blood donation appointment today and give at Assumption Catholic Church on April 22. To sign up, call 1-800-398-788 or visit https://www.bloodworksnw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/redirectgroup.html?s=1485 As an added bonus, all donors who give in April can enter to win a dream vacation to Maui for two. For more information, visit https://www.bloodworksnw.org/win

Annual Spring Rebuilding Together Project, Saturday, May 3 Want to give back to the community and help a neighbor in need? Our Annual Spring Rebuilding Together Project will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 8 am to 4 pm. This year’s recipient of our home repair services is a kind, elderly veteran who has lived in his Kenmore home since 1970! He is no longer able to keep up on home repairs and sure could use our help to make his house safer. Please sign up for a project task on this SignUpGenius website: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B44ACA62B0-56165356-spring Come on out for a day (or half a day) to work side by side with your fellow parishioners and help this homeowner who is already giddy about the prospect of an army of volunteers coming to his house to fix it up! It will be a good day! (Must be 14 years to help. This is a great way to learn some skills and get community service hours!) Questions? Contact Tim Lane at [email protected]

Join Catholics from throughout Seattle at the Peace and Spirituality Center at St. Mary's by the Lake (Bellevue) for a day of prayer, fun, friends, and faith-sharing in observance of the Holy Year proclaimed by Pope Francis. Presenters are Debra Ricard and Kristen Holland from the Northeast Catholic Parish community, and Chris Koehler, Director of Missions & Immigrant Affairs, Archdiocese of Seattle. Lori and Robert Fontana, Directors of Catholic Life Ministries and parishioners of Assumption will facilitate the day. Write to them to register or with any questions at [email protected] . Cost: $30 (single), $50 (couple) Scholarships available! Drinks/snacks provided. PLEASE BRING A SACK LUNCH!

Tickets for ASB's production of Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Tony Award winning musical, Into the Woods are on sale now! One of Sondheim's most joyous and beloved works, Into the Woods follows Cinderella, Jack (of beanstalk fame) Rapunzel, a powerful Witch, and the Baker and his wife as they journey into the woods to seek their "happily ever afters." Along the way, they meet a devious Wolf, handsome Princes, and two vengeful Giants--and discover what it might mean to have one's wishes come true. Click to purchase tickets.

The parish office will be closed at all locations for the Easter holiday on Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21.

For those ages 21 - 39, join our young adult ministry for bible study on Wednesday, April 9th at 6:30 PM in the Benicasa Center next to St. Catherine church. We will be exploring the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching: Life and Diginity of the Human Person, Call to Family, Community and Participation, Rights and Responsibilities, Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, The Diginity of Work and the Rights of Workers, Solidarity, and Care for God's Creation. Please email [email protected] for more details.