Lambs of God

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world ”.
                      John 1:29

Happy Second Week in Ordinary Time!

Last month we received a donation in memory of Archbishop Hunthausen. I think the Archbishop was a lamb of God for his holiness, his gentleness, the way his lived The Way and for his treatment by the Vatican. The donors wrote the following memorial:

GIFT HONORING ARCHBISHOP HUNTHAUSEN
We are grateful to one of our parish families who have made a special gift to the parish honoring the legacy of Archbishop Hunthausen with the following Dedication:

Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen served as archbishop of Seattle from February 1975 until his retirement in August 1991.  As the newly appointed bishop of Helena, MT, in 1962, he attended all 4 sessions of Vatican Council 2. That experience shaped his vision of the Church and his ministry. Shortly after his arrival in Seattle and long before the current Synodal process, he convened parish, subdeanery, and deanery listening sessions with laity and priests to discern the direction of the local Church. He worked to provide education of laity to assume positions of leadership at the parish and archdiocesan level and collaborated with Seattle University to establish the Master of Divinity Program at the Hunthausen School of Theology and Ministry there. He appointed the first lay pastoral coordinators to lead parishes, including Patty Repikoff who provided vibrant leadership for St. Therese Parish from 1990- 1998, including a major remodeling of the church.

Archbishop Hunthausen was kind and pastoral in his treatment of priests who exited priestly ministry and a champion for Peace, warning of the danger of nuclear weapons and often participating in protests at the Trident Missile Base on Hood Canal. Like Pope Francis, Archbishop Hunthausen was a humble servant of the People of God living in simple quarters and motoring around the Archdiocese in his Volkswagen Jetta.  He relished interacting with his priests and parish families rather than desk duties at the Chancery. He remains a treasured icon of a true pastor to all who experienced his ministry and his vision of a genuine Vatican II Church.

St. Therese has a special Hunthausen connection in that our current pastor, Father Woody ter , was the last priest ordained by Archbishop Hunthausen before his retirement. McCallisFather Woody has continued Archbishop Hunthausen's "servant leader" model for priestly ministry
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Monday is our annual holiday for another lamb of God, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Mass at St. Ignatius Chapel at Seattle University is at 11:00 a.m. hosted by the Archdiocese of Seattle Black Catholics Advisory Circle.  Malcolm Nelson, Principal of St. Therese Catholic Academy, will be the keynote speaker. Details pg.6.

The 40 th annual march will start in the Garfield High School parking lot at 12:30pm.