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.
Next issue will be sent Tuesday, Sept. 5, since Monday, Sept. 4, is Labor Day.
Calling all high school students for this year's Catholic Youth Convention
This year’s Catholic Youth Convention will be a one-day event on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at St. Michael Church, Olympia. Please encourage all high schoolers to participate. Learn more | Digital assets
Update your parish community about the Synod in Rome this October
Resources are available to help your parish community learn more about the Synod. Archbishop Etienne is one of only 20 U.S. participants. Click here for bulletin insert, Synod prayer, intercessions and other assets in English and Spanish. Learn more at archseattle.org/synod.
A Monthly Intercessions Resource for the Archdiocese of Seattle
We have a lot to pray for! At the local level, we are preparing to implement Partners in the Gospel. The Church is in the midst of the Synod 2021-24. And there are many other needs as well. This resource includes prayer intentions which you may wish to incorporate into the Prayers of the Faithful at Sunday and/or weekday Mass in the coming month. September intercessions inEnglishandSpanish
In preparation for Partners in the Gospel and the implementation of parish families, we will be moving to one pay cycle. Starting Oct. 1, 2023, we will begin to convert all pay cycle 1 locations to pay cycle 2 using a phased approach with the goal of completing all the locations by May 2024. Learn more
Annual parish safety training will be held at five locations around the archdiocese in late September and early October. This is a required training for all maintenance, custodial and facility personnel. Please register here!
Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants available
A portion of the annual CCHD collection is used by the archdiocese to provide grants to local groups that support the efforts of people with low incomes to change the social, political and economic conditions which cause and perpetuate poverty in Western Washington. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Learn more
Fall Catechetical Certification Program (CCP) cohorts
This year, the Faith Formation team is pleased to offer four cohorts of the English-language Catechetical Certification Program in accessible locations within the archdiocese: Bellingham, Federal Way, Vancouver and online. This program for adult learners and catechists includes live sessions and videos, and provides the foundation for knowing, living and passing on our Catholic faith. Register | Learn more | Flyer
Next week Vancouver and Port Orchard training!
Click here to register for one of the sessions below.
Wed., Sept. 6 (10:30 a.m.-noon) at Our Lady of Lourdes, Vancouver
Thur., Sept. 7 (10:30 a.m.-noon) at St. Gabriel, Port Orchard
Tues., Sept. 12 (10:30 a.m.-noon) at St. Patrick, Seattle
Wed., Sept. 13 (1:30-3 p.m.) at St. Charles, Burlington
Thurs., Sept. 14 (10:30 a.m.-noon) at Pope St. John XXIII, Tacoma
Fri., Sept. 15 (10:30 a.m.-noon) at Our Lady of Hope, Everett (Hoyt Ave.)
Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. | Seattle University
Join fellow Catholics as we listen, learn and celebrate ways to be a place of refuge for our brothers and sisters fleeing war, persecution, climate change and violence. Learn more | Digital assets
Review and update your parish listing in directory
Please review your parish information in the Archdiocese of Seattle's online parish directory, including your staff and liturgy times. We want to ensure all information is up to date. Click here to review your listing and, if needed, click here for the online directory change form. You can always find the link to this form at the top of the For Parishes page of the archdiocese website.
Submit your event to the archdiocese event calendar
Click here to submit your event to the archdiocese event calendar. Please note: Events must align with Church teaching and be open beyond your parish audience. For events with speakers from outside the archdiocese, please submit this speaker request form. (No parish fundraisers, please.)
Coming soon: Stewardship of Talent and Treasure campaigns on ParishStaq!
Parishes will have the opportunity to run their Talent and/or Treasure campaigns from ParishStaq! Campaign procedures and instruction packets will soon be available through Campus Admins Group on ParishStaq. Newsletter | Website
Payroll and Benefits offices have chosen a new name and email address to simplify communications. Please send correspondence to Integrated Payroll and Benefits Office at IPBS@seattlearch.org, and discontinue using PayrollServices@seattlearch.org and BenefitsServices@seattlearch.org.
Annual insurance invoices will be delayed, most likely to September. We can't calculate the invoices until our broker provides the finalized premiums and associated allocation data. They have filed for an extension to the end of August, but even if they are able to beat that timeline, we will still need time to process the invoices internally and deliver them.
The Liturgy Office will begin hosting a regular support group in the form of a liturgy webinar and Q&A, featuring topics in connection with Partners in the Gospel. These liturgy webinars will be a time for liturgical leadership and ministers to ask questions and share thoughts and ideas with one another. Flyer
A description of resources to help get your new parish finance council members up to speed. (If you haven't recruited new members yet this year, now is the time.) Learn more
