Be sure all staff members are receiving the C2P
and please share relevant information with your volunteer leaders. Click here to sign up. Click here for archived C2Ps.
Planning and Mission Effectiveness October Mass Counts are underway! October Mass Counts began last weekend. Please be sure to count every person who is at each Mass during the weekends in October. Please record your count for each weekend Mass on the forms below, which are also located on the FOR PARISH page of the website. If you have questions, email jhopselyn.singleton@seattlearch.org.
CCAS will be paying the second half of 2023 property taxes for parishes, schools, cemeteries, camps, etc. Each entity will be bille from CCAS (not their county).
Partners in the Gospel
Key updates
This is the last week for parish input sessions. Please continue to send the input session forms to partners@seattlearch.org. Read Father Gary's Oct. 5 letter – here. Also, the in-person November trainings have been changed to virtual sessions at the following times. (Online links will be sent soon.)
Please take a moment to update your email addresses in Paycom. This update is crucial to ensure that all employees receive important information, especially during the transition for pay groups and other critical updates. To learn how to update your email, click here.
Transition to Pay Group 2
We have completed the testing for the transition to Pay Group 2. Thank you to St. Hubert for this smooth and successful test. To see when your parish will be transitioned, please review this Excel workbook. The new calendar for the pay period for each wave will be coming soon.
Please send us digital photos of your parish's creche/Nativity scene, and it may appear in Archbishop Etienne's Christmas video message and on Archdiocese of Seattle's social media! We'll credit your parish on the photo. Closeups of the Holy Family are ideal. Email to commsoffice@seattlearch.org by Nov. 15.
View this month's newsletter and learn more about the Catholic Youth Convention, the National Eucharistic Congress and other youth group news and events. If you are not currently receiving youth ministry announcements by email, please contact Lisa at lisa.hillyard@seattlearch.org to be added to the list.
CYO Camp Appeal is raising funds for the Camp Hamilton campfire circle. Encourage your parishioners to donate here. Digital assets here. Learn more about CYO Camp.
The WSCC supports Initiative 2081 (I-2081). A bulletin insert and a graphic for social media or your bulletin are available for use here. Parishes may collect petition signatures at churches with a pastor's approval. More information is available at wacatholics.org.
safeTALK: A Suicide Prevention Workshop
– for parish and school staffs
Oct. 17 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center,
4700 S.W. Dash Point Road, Federal Way
This suicide alertness training helps people recognize a person with thoughts of suicide and connects them with resources to help them. There will be opportunities to practice workshop skills, including how to talk about this subject with others. For a flyer, click here. To register, contact Joe Cotton at joe.cotton@seattlearch.org.
We invite you to join us online in November 2023 as we gather to share a progress update, answer your questions and prepare for Advent. We are offering three sessions to accommodate schedules, and online links will be in upcoming C2P newsletters:
Nov. 9 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Isaac Orr Conference Room, 910 Marion, Seattle
This workshop for all Chancery, parish staff and key parish leadership will guide us in our discovery of how faith and identity are embodied in culture, and how we can build greater unity among diverse cultural families. It is an important underpinning of all our work. Sign up here.
Visit the Archdiocese of Seattle's Synod web page for a resource guide for parishes on praying for the Synod, which includes sample intercessions, a prayer for the Synod, and a novena of prayer, Q&A and other resources in both English and Spanish.
Applications for the Deacon Formation Program open through Dec. 8
Applications to the permanent diaconate are open until Dec. 8, 2023. Encourage people who may be called to the permanent diaconate to apply now. The applicants will need time to prepare the materials for application. Learn more on the Deacon Formation web page.
