Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Christmas Eve!
Saturday, December 14, 2019. Our annual celebration
of the Simbang Gabi commissioning Mass packed the Cathedral with
colorful star lanterns or parols.
Friday, December 13, 2019. Our annual Advent
Readings and Carols Service helped us prepare our hearts for
Christmas.
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Saturday, December 7, 2019. Our annual celebration
of Madre de las Americas filled the Cathedral with color, sound, and
roses in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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video.
Sunday, November 10, 2019. On this Sacrificial
Giving Sunday, parishioner Anna Horton shared why she sees
ministering and giving as the heart of her practice of her faith.
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talk.
Sunday, November 10, 2019. We said "Godspeed" to
Sister Anne Herkenrath, who is retiring to Oregon after some 40
years in the Cathedral parish.
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Father Ryan's bulletin letter and to listen to the blessing at the
conclusion of Mass.
Thursday, November 7, 2019. At the conclusion of
the annual Mass for the Deceased Homeless, we gather in the
Cathedral Courtyard as the names of the 169 homeless men and women
who died in the past year are read aloud.
Friday, November 1, 2019. Father Ryan presided at
the solemn Mass of All Souls with Mozart's Requiem.
Saturday, October 26, 2019. Hundreds of
representatives of communities from around the world gathered for a
festive celebration of all our saints.
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album.
Sunday, September 29, 2019. Four wonderful people
were received into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church at the
10:00am Mass.
Friday, September 27, 2019. It was a privilege to
host a special Contemplative Prayer with special guests Brother John
and Brother Emile from the ecumenical community of Taize in France.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019. We welcomed O'Dea
High School back to school during the annual Mass of the Holy
Spirit.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Pope Francis accepted
Archbishop Sartain's resignation, and our coadjutor Archbishop Paul
D. Etienne automatically succeeded as 10th Bishop, 6th Archbishop of
Seattle. Ad multos annos, Archbishop Etienne!
Sunday, September 1, 2019. A moment in history for the Archdiocese
of Seattle: we gathered with Archbishop Sartain at today's Noon Mass
to wish him well as he prepares for retirement.
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including audio and video!
August 5-11, 2019. Our annual Schola Cantorum Choir
Camp gathered 50+ kids for a week of prayer, service, and music!
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each day of an eventful week.
Sunday, July 21, 2019. We celebrated our patronal
feast of St. James the Greater with a special procession at the end
of Masses, followed by our annual parish picnic out on Terry Avenue.
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Sunday, July 14, 2019. At the end of Masses today,
we offered a special prayer for migrants and refugees, especially
those on our own southern border.
Saturday, June 29, 2019. Archbishop Etienne
commissioned as Lay Ecclesial Ministers Manon Cypher and Paulina
Alvarado, who participated in the Christifideles program.
Saturday, June 29, 2019. It was a treat to
celebrate the Feast of SS Peter and Paul with our Archbishops Peter
and Paul!
Sunday, June 23, 2019. We celebrated the great
feast of Corpus Christi--the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
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album.
Saturday, June 22, 2019. We celebrated the
Ordination to the Priesthood of three young men for service in the
Archdiocese of Seattle.
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album.
Friday, June 7, 2019. We celebrated a joyful Mass
of Reception for our new coadjutor Archbishop Paul D. Etienne.
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album.
Sunday, May 19, 2019. Father Ryan received nine
people into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church.
Sunday, May 12, 2019. We celebrated First Holy
Communion with twenty-two wonderful children!
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the album.
Thursday, May 9, 2019. We celebrated the Sacrament
of Confirmation with twenty wonderful adults and teenagers.
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album.
Monday, April 29, 2019. Pope Francis appointed
Archbishop Paul D. Etienne coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle.
Sunday, April 20, 2019. Father Ryan baptized nine
beautiful children at the 10:00am Mass.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019. A special Mass was
offered for those killed on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.
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album.
Saturday, April 20, 2019. The Great Easter Vigil.
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of photos of the Sacred Triduum and Easter.
Sunday, April 14, 2019. Palm Sunday of the Lord's
Passion: Holy Week has begun!
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album.
Thursday, April 11, 2019. We gathered with the
Archbishop and priests of the Archdiocese of Seattle for the annual
Chrism Mass. Click here
for the album.
Saturday, March 30, 2019. Father Ryan celebrated
the Sacrament of Reconciliation with children preparing to make the
First Communion in May.
Sunday, March 24, 2019. We celebrated the first of
three Scrutiny Rites with our Elect, those preparing for baptism at
the Easter Vigil.
Saturday, March 23, 2019. We celebrated a special
Mass with Archbishop Sartain and the Inclusion Ministry of the
Archdiocese of Seattle. A joy-filled celebration!
Thursday, March 7, 2019. We celebrated the Rite of
Election with our catechumens and candidates. Here a young
catechumen enrolls her name in the Book of the Elect.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Ash Wednesday marked the
beginning of the holy season of Lent.
Thursday, February 14, 2019. A beautiful granite
tombstone was placed on the grave of Archbishop Raymond G.
Hunthausen, who was interred in the Cathedral crypt in August. On
the right can be seen the tomb of Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy, who
died in June 1997.
February, 2019. For ten days, Seattle was in
the grip of a winter storm which saw record-breaking snowfall.
Sunday, January 20, 2019. Children carry flowers in
the entrance procession to honor the holy child Jesus, the Santo
Nino.
Sunday, January 6, 2019. We celebrated the great
feast of the Epiphany!
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