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WELCOME SUMMER VISITORS! St. James Cathedral is proud to welcome visitors from near and far throughout the summer months. Each week a drawing for a Cathedral gift will be made from among all the visitor envelopes used. Please write your address on the visitor envelope provided in the pew and drop it with your offering into the collection basket. Thank you for adding to the power of our prayer by your presence in our midst today. Last Sunday, we had visitors from Fountain Valley, CA; Abingdon, VA; and San Juan Capistrano, CA. The winner of our drawing was from Edmond, OK. COVER ART. Icon of Christ Pantocrator. Joan Brand- Landkamer, Cathedral Iconographer. FLOWERS AT THE ALTAR are offered in loving memory of Linda and Kirsten Reichert, from Chuck Reichert. If you would like to donate flowers this summer, contact Jane Mueller, 206-654-4650. CAMINO SEATTLE WALK TODAY: HISTORIC FIRST HILL. Meet at 11:15am on the front steps of the Cathedral, in front of the Ceremonial Doors. This short (about 2 mile) walk in our First Hill neighborhood will highlight some of the city’s oldest civic buildings, hospitals, and schools. Find out why First Hill has been called “Profanity Hill” and “Pill Hill!” ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL. A huge thank you to the 851 Cathedral households have donated an extraordinary $529,259 to the Annual Catholic Appeal. Thanks to several new gifts this past week, we are now just $27,399 short of our combined parish and Archdiocesan goal of $556,658. If you have not yet made your donation, please consider doing so! www.seattlearchdiocese.org/aca. Information, Maria Laughlin, 206-382-4284. THE CATHEDRAL BOOKSTORE is open following each Mass. Visitors and regulars alike are invited to stop in to browse a wide selection of reading material for both children and adults, as well as Cathedral music CDs, Cathedral postcards, magnets, and mugs, medals and crosses, and much more. There is also a Camino Seattle corner where you collect your stamps each week. COFFEE HOUR SERVERS NEEDED. Help build community! Coffee Hour Ministry is currently looking for people to help serve and clean, especially after the 10:00am Mass. Information, Tom Frasene, tfrasene@stjames-cathedral.org, 206-382-4235.
INVITATION FROM ST VINCENT DE PAUL. Looking for spiritual growth? Feel called to help the poor? Enjoy meeting people and listening as they tell you about their joys and burdens? Able to make home visits 1-3 times per month (afternoons or evenings, about 2-3 hours each time) and attend 1-2 Tuesday evening meetings per month (90 minutes each)? If this sounds right for you, please consider joining the Society of St Vincent de Paul at St James Cathedral – we need you! Information, Barb Schmidt, 206-938-8696. PROCLAIMING THE WORD. Serving as a reader at weekend Masses is a great way to serve the parish community while deepening your love for the Scriptures and the liturgy. We are currently in need of more experienced readers at the Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 8:00am and Sunday 5:30pm Masses. All training is provided. Information, John Marquez, 206-654-4646. THE ART OF FAITH: A ONE-WEEK SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH AGES 13-19. This year’s theme is Icons. Explore the Cathedral’s icons, visit an Orthodox church, pray with icons, make a copy of one of the Cathedral’s icons, display your work in the Cathedral Chapel. July 20—24, 9:00am—1:00pm. Cost: $80, scholarships available. Information, Brenda or Theresa at faithformation@stjames-cathedral.org. SCHOLA CANTORUM CHOIR CAMP 2015. August 10-14 and Sunday, August 16. We welcome young singers from throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle to join us in this week-long camp, led by our talented Youth Music Program faculty. Students will learn about liturgy and music, as well as share in service activities and fun summer activities. For information and registration visit our website or email us.
ST. JAMES KNITTERS GROUP meets Monday, July 13 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm in the Fireside Room, Pastoral Outreach Center. We make hats and scarves for the homeless, and we also knit and crochet blocks for patchwork-style shawls. We chat, cast-on, fix droppedstitches, knit in the round, crochet on looms, figure out patterns, and more. If you've never knitted, we can teach you how. Everybody is welcome. Please join us. Information, Connie, 206-518-1623. 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 St. Benedict in Seattle, St. Mary Magdalene in Everett, and the Carmelite Nuns of St. Joseph Carmelite Monastery in Shoreline.
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