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WELCOME! If you are a visitor to the Cathedral, we want you to know how welcome you are – whether you have come from another part of the country, from across the world, or simply from another parish here in the Archdiocese. Thanks, in part, to the generosity of visitors like you, we are able to celebrate the Church’s liturgy here in a fitting and beautiful way. We are also able to offer a wide range of services to needy people living in the central district of our city. For more information about the parish, to register, or to ask a question, visit our Sunday Help Desk at Coffee Hour. A Cathedral staff person will be on hand to assist you. COVER ART Icon of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. Joan Brand-Landkamer, Cathedral iconographer. CHILDREN’S PENTECOST PROCESSION at the beginning of the Noon Mass. Meet in the West Vestibule at 11:50am. Parents, please accompany very young children. JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT SACRISTAN. St. James Cathedral has an opening for a part time (30-35 hours/week) Assistant Sacristan. To receive a job description and details, interested applicants should download the Seattle Archdiocesan Job Application at: http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Archdiocese/HR/Documents/EmploymentApplication.pdf and send it with a resume, via e-mail, to Corinna Laughlin . YEAR OF MERCY. We welcome all pilgrims to St. James Cathedral during this Year of Mercy. Whether you are a visitor or a regular at St. James, you can walk through the Holy Doors of Mercy, the four bronze doors at the Cathedral’s west entrance. The center doors are opened before and after each Mass. A self-guided pilgrimage of prayer, The Way of Mercy, is available as well—pick up a flyer just inside the Holy Doors. CATHEDRAL MOTHERS GROUP. Becoming a parent brings big changes to every facet of a woman’s life. Marriage, work, sleep, emotional and physical well -being are all affected. This is a time when women need the support of the whole community, yet many young mothers live far away from their extended families and wise elders. Our new Cathedral Mothers Group, facilitated by child and family counselor, Ansebe Bicof-Smit, MA, LMHCA, meets every Monday from 10:30 to Noon in the Mother Cabrini Room of the Pastoral Outreach Center. Bring your young children and check it out. Information, Suzanne Lee, 206-654-4640. CONFRONTING PORNOGRAPHY SUPPORT GROUP. St. James holds an anonymous support group to overcome habits of porn use on Tuesdays, 8-10 pm in Cathedral Place (803 Terry Ave). All are welcome. Information, Tom Frasene. NEW! A VISUAL ARTS DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH ENTERING GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. As a participant in the Art of Faith camp you will: learn about the history, science and making of stained glass; study the stained glass of the Cathedral; visit several stained glass installations; and make your own small stained glass piece. Information, Brenda Bellamy, 206-274-3108. YOUTH MUSIC CHOIR CAMP. August 8-14, St. James Cathedral presents its annual youth music choir camp where children have opportunities to sing, laugh, and play in a beautiful and welcoming environment. Each day, choristers will learn music both ancient and modern, pray together in Morning Prayer, serve the community alongside other campers, and have fun. Information, www.stjames-cathedral.org/music. SENIOR TEA. On Thursday, June 2, at 4:00pm, Father Ryan and the Cathedral staff will host a tea for our senior parishioners. Invitations have gone out to all our parishioners who are in their eighties and nineties. If you would like to come, but did not receive an invitation, you are still most welcome! RSVP to Maria Laughlin, 206-382-4284. IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES GATHERING. Join us on Wednesday evening, May 25 to discuss examples of what to say when you encounter anti-immigrant rhetoric. Open to anyone interested in supporting justice for immigrants and refugees at home and abroad. No need to RSVP. Bring a friend or two. We will be meeting in the Pastoral Outreach Center from 6:30–7:30pm (note time change!). Information, Chris Koehler, 206-382-4511. REPORT FROM ST VINCENT DE PAUL. Your SVdP donations allowed our Cathedral Vincentians to make 225 home visits during the first four months of 2016 and help 306 low (or no) income residents of St James Parish who struggle to pay for life's necessities, such as rent, electricity, beds, food, clothes and basic hygiene products. That's an average of 56 home visits and 77 people helped per month. Even more parish residents seek our assistance, but we need more volunteers and more money to help them. Please help us, if you can—thank you! Information, Christine Henderson, 253-973-1441. HOST A STUDENT FROM NPH THIS FALL! Bring NPH to your home – and welcome one of our youth leaders into your family! The NPH International Seattle Institute, which works to prepare our Pequeños for lives of service leadership, is seeking host families for the 2016-17 academic year (September 2016 –June 2017). Each fall we welcome 6 young leaders from NPH to Seattle for a year of English study and leadership development. Students enroll in a full time immersion program at Seattle Central Community College and participate in other activities including seminars, retreats, mentoring relationships, and service opportunities. If you live in or around Seattle and are interested in hosting one of our students (ages 21-28) or would like to learn more, please contact Kara King.
CONTEMPLATIVE ECUMENICAL PRAYER WITH MUSIC FROM TAIZÉ. Our next ecumenical prayer with music from Taizé will be Friday, June 3 at 6:30pm in the Cathedral. This prayer now takes place on the first Friday of each month, rather than weekly. Please mark your calendar and come share in this beautiful ecumenical evening prayer. POPE FRANCIS’ AMORIS LAETITIA NOW AVAILABLE. Pope Francis’ recent Apostolic Exhortation on the family is available in the Cathedral Bookstore. Stop by to purchase a copy in order to read and study this important document. “No family drops down from heaven perfectly formed; families need constantly to grow and mature in the ability to love.”
PARISH REMEMBRANCE: Throughout the year, because we are the Cathedral Church, we remember in prayer at Mass and Vespers each of the parishes and missions of the Archdiocese of Seattle on a Sunday near their feast day. This week we remember in prayer the parish of Holy Spirit in Kent and St. Brendan in Bothell.
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