Don't forget to share the C2P with your key team members.
And encourage them sign up! Click here
God speaks to us, but do we listen?
“Be silent and know that I am your God.” Take some time during this second week of Advent for silence to listen to what God is saying to you through the gifts of Scripture, prayer and silence. Click here for this week's video reflection by Father Justin Ryan, Director of Vocations. Don’t forget to include the link to the archdiocese’s Advent page, archseattle.org/advent. Click here for the communication plan and all Advent assets.
Please take a moment to provide us with an update of youth ministry programming and activities at your parish (this includes young adult groups).
If you currently do NOT offer youth ministry programming, please fill out this brief survey. If you offer youth ministry programming or activities geared specifically toward youth or young adults, this short survey should be filled out by your parish's youth minister.
Read about the student who won our cover art contest and check out these articles in the December 2022/January 2023 issue of Northwest Catholic:
• Ministering on the margins
• Jesus, the ultimate gift
• Supporting farmworker families Click here
Hiring? Use the Northwest Catholic classifieds. Next posting date is Thursday, December 7. Ads are due by 5pm, Wednesday, December 6. Click here to submit your ad.
The gift of silence is increasingly hard to find these days. Take 15 minutes of silence with your family to rest with the Lord. Click here for this week's Scripture readings, prayers and reflections.
We encourage you to put the attached article in your bulletin and on your website to educate your parishioners on how to maximize their gifts to the Annual Catholic Appeal. Click here
Click here for tips and suggestions including one- and two-page flyers.
National/Mission collection reminder
Please note that when you send in your remittance for any one of the National and Mission collections, please cut one check per collection. The accounting team processes mission and special collection checks differently, plus it helps clarify the destination of the check.
December 10 at Sacred Heart, Bellingham
January 14 at St. John of the Woods, Tacoma
January 21 at St. Joseph, Vancouver
All sessions begin at 11am. Learn more | Promotional assets in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Swahili
High School discernment retreat for juniors and seniors
December 17–19 from 10am–5pm | Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center
Prepare your heart for Christmas. This retreat will have extended periods of silence for prayer and reflection, talks on prayer and discernment, and opportunities to connect with other high schoolers seeking to go deeper in their relationship with the Lord. Learn more and register | Promotional asset
Parishes can run this campaign anytime in December
Thank you for partnering with Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services as we “light a pathway to hope” for tens of thousands of Western Washington neighbors in need. Click here for campaign toolkit with assets in English and Spanish. Donations can be made at ccsww.org/donatenow.
The Archdiocese of Seattle was featured in a new video series called “The Chair,” celebrating cathedrals, bishops and dioceses throughout the United States. It's free to watch but does require creating a free account to access the Seattle episode and others. Go to https://thechair.vhx.tv/videos/the-chair-seattle-wa | Promotional assets
Remind parishioners if they want to make year-end stock donations, to initiate them now. It takes several business days for companies to transfer stocks and the holidays add more time.
