On Doing With Faith

Happy Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ!

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said,
"Dismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms
and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here."
He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."
— The Gospel According to St. Luke, 9:12-13

After a long day of teaching and healing, it’s dinner time. The disciples have no food for such a crowd, and so they go to Jesus with the obvious solution: tell the crowd to go home. But Jesus sees a teachable moment and tells the disciples to have the crowd sit in groups, blesses then distributes the five loaves and two fish, and low and behold, that is more than enough!

We have been tasked with spreading the Gospel to rebuild our Church in secular Seattle. Let us keep faith, keep being nourished by the Eucharist, and our efforts will be more than enough!

WELCOME ST. MARY’S!
I hold hope that you will find a new spirit-filled home here at St. Therese. We look forward to hearing your story and to working together to make our new community bigger and stronger than we were apart.

Support the Annual Catholic Appeal!
Our goal:                         $45,349
Contributions-to-date: $23,853

The Appeal is the main funding sources of the Church of Western Washington, accounting for almost half its revenue. Parishes benefit directly from Archdiocesan services in terms of the management of staff payroll and services and consultation on facilities, personnel matters, religious education, liturgy and loans for facilities. The ACA also helps fund the training of seminarians, the CYO camps and athletics, the marriage tribunal and much more. The largest single use of funds goes to the Catholic Schools Department, which oversees 72 schools serving almost 20,000 students.

As Fr. Woody has said last week, paying the Appeal is really not an option for any parish. If we can’t pay the Appeal by our donations, the Archdiocese will bill the Parish for the shortfall, and we really don’t have the financial flexibility to do that. In addition, any funds that come in after the appeal goal is met come back to us and is being used to defray the cost of the new hearing loop system.

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Ministry Opportunities
This week Nicole makes an appeal for greeters, altar setters and Eucharistic ministers If you see a ministry you would like to participate in, email Nicole at nicoles@st-therese.cc.