Saint Brendan Catholic Church

The Funeral for Gary Blair will be Friday, August 23rd at 11:00 am.

PARISH PICNIC

PICNIC DE LA PARROQUIA

PASTOR COMMUNICATION ON RECENT THEFT

COMUNICADO DEL PADRE SOBRE EL ROBO RECIENTE

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ARCHBISHOP

Statement from the Bishops of the Archdiocese of Seattle about recent tragic shootings

Seattle, Wash. – News of the tragic shootings in California, Mississippi, Texas and Ohio has once again struck our nation to its core, as loved ones of all ages are suddenly and senselessly ripped from their families. Many others suffer life-threatening injuries, and still countless more are afraid and anxious. The violence must stop.

As disciples of Jesus, we live by the way of peace and reject all forms of violence, hate and racism. This terrible spike in senseless acts of terror brings us to our knees, as we pray for victims and their families, for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes, and for those prone for whatever reason to violent acts. May God bring peace and consolation to them all and teach us to be instruments of healing and reconciliation – not just at the present moment, but every day.

We need to find a way to enact common-sense gun regulation and seek more effective means of assisting those with mental illness. May we ourselves, with God’s grace, be people who sow and cultivate a culture of peace, goodness and kindness every day – in both word and deed. The road to peace begins with a fervent commitment on the part of each of us to respect all human life and let the Lord’s gift of peace reign over us.

O God, who have revealed that peacemakers are called your children, show us now the power of your goodness and healing as we weep for those suddenly and violently taken from us and for those who have been injured in any way. O God, merciful and strong, swiftly banish violence from our nation, wipe away all tears, and help us establish the kind of justice that ensures true and lasting peace, that we may live as your children, as brothers and sisters of one family. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

NEWS FROM MALAWI

Hello from Malawi! We have spent the last several days at Namalaka. It was a blessed and faith filled trip. For those who have visited Namalaka, the “highway” is substantially worse after the recent flooding and two of the bridges are still out. We met Fr. Fanuel who is now also at Namalaka. Our first day we met with the Pastoral Team, Parish Executive and Finance Committee. St. Joseph continues to work on their strategic plan which includes becoming self-reliant as a parish. To that end they have two projects, construction of a maize mill which is almost complete (thanks to support from St. Brendan) and raising goats. Each out church has been asked to contribute one goat for a total of 6. So far, they have 3. St. Brendan also bought a goat this trip, so it will be a total of 7! In the afternoon we had adoration at St. Joseph. Always a blessing to be with our brothers and sisters in Christ. The next day we visited Lungwena Primary School which is where the St. Brendan feeding program is. In the afternoon we visited All Saints Church- which was destroyed by the flooding earlier this year. Saturday we celebrated Fr. Fanuel’s 22nd Ordination Anniversary. We also had mass with the Catholic Women’s Organization at St. Mary’s. We also had lunch and spent some time with the women. It was awesome! Fr. Davie took us on a walking tour of the area in the afternoon. Sunday was our farewell mass and Brigette read the delegate speech in Chichewa! We then had lunch with various parish leaders and then left to return to the Bishop’s house. Today we leave for Neno which is in mountains in Southern Malawi. It is Bishop Montfort’s home village. God bless the people of Namalaka!

GOLF TOURNAMENT

2019 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL RESULTS

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL 2019 RESULTS

Our Annual Catholic Appeal goal: $146,853.00

# of households in parish: 1649

# of participating households: 461

% participation: 28

Thank you to those who have already fulfilled your Annual Catholic Appeal pledge!

It is not to late to return your pledge envelope, please fill out a pledge envelope or go online today: https://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Stewardship/ACA/Donate.aspx!

Did you know your Annual Catholic Appeal gift could be doubled? Many companies MATCH gifts! Check if your employer has a Matching Gift Program and help us maximize our

REBATE for our parish project, the Enrichment of the Sanctuary in the church. Once your gift has been paid in full, you can apply for the match per your employers instructions.

The Annual Catholic Appeal, Archdiocese of Seattle, is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tax ID # 91-0778147.

Call 800-809-4921 if you have any questions.

Mailing address: Annual Catholic Appeal, PO Box 14964, Seattle 98114

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL REBATE—PROJECT COMPLETED!
Made possible by your support to the Annual Catholic Appeal we have completed yet another project “Restoring all our Stain Glass Windows”.

ST. JOHN PAUL II & ST. FAUSTINA- FIRST CLASS RELICS

COMING TOGETHER FOR LIFE & JUSTICE CONFERENCE

2019 STEWARDSHIP UPDATE

Thank you to all our parishioners for sharing with our parish a portion of the gifts God has entrusted to you. May the joy of the Lord always be our strength. Below is a brief summary of our Stewardship of Treasure Campaign to date.

Total Households	1656
% Parishioner participation	35%
Total Pledged	$1,012,489.12

Please prayerfully discern what amount you want to give to achieve your personal goal of giving back to God and carrying out the mission of St. Brendan Parish. Pledge cards may be returned by mail, through the Sunday collection basket, or by setting up Online Giving through the link at the top of the page.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE – August 2019 (REVISED)

ALTAR SERVING

2019-2020 Registration Form – Please fill one per family and return to parish office.
Next Altar Server Training Date – September 19th – Thursday – 6:45pm – for new volunteers or those needing a refresher.

Saint Brendan Catholic Church

Welcome to St. Brendan

Masses: Saturday: 5PM Sunday: 8AM, 10AM, Noon (Spanish)

Reconciliation

Individual confession is available daily (except Tuesdays and Sundays) at 7:45am – 8:15am, and Saturdays at 3pm

Baptism, First Communion…

Visit our Sacraments section