News from Maryknoll Northwest
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Greetings!
This past weekend, I accompanied Fr. Tom McCormick to St. Charles Parish in Burlingon, WA, which has a substantial population of Hispanic parishioners. After the Saturday evening Spanish Mass, I was discussing my need to improve my (extremely) limited Spanish-speaking abilities with Fr. Tom, who has served as a missioner in Mexico and Columbia. He shared something that a Peace Corps language instructor told him when he started learning the language, "You have a thousand mistakes in your pocket, and if you don't use them you won't learn anything."
As we near the end of summer and gear up for the fall, I can think of no better motivational slogan for a missionary people. On the one hand, we recognize that we need to move past our fear of making mistakes in order to live out the call to mission. On the other hand, we must accept that mistakes will be made, and that we cannot truly serve the Lord without acknowledging and learning from them.
With that in mind, I hope that we all can find the courage to answer the call to mission in our daily lives. Be it stepping outside ourselves to address the Crisis in East Africa, learning more about the projects serving migrant workers in the Skagit Valley, attending a Maryknoll Affiliate meeting, or simply spending some time each week volunteering - often, the biggest hurdle is our own fear of embarassment, of making mistakes. But, as that Peace Corps instructor pointed out, those mistakes are actually gifts to those of us hoping to learn and grow.
Please enjoy the news below with an open mind and heart. As always, if you have news that you think might interest us here at Maryknoll, send us a message! Have a happy end of summer.
Peace,
Kevin Foy and the Maryknoll Team
kfoy@maryknoll.org
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Crisis in East Africa
Maryknoll recently led a mission immersion trip out of the San Francisco Bay Area to Kenya and Tanzania. Among other things, it further highlighted for us the devastation of the continued famine in the Horn of Africa. Click the links below for background information and ways that you can help.
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St. Charles Parish, Burlington, WA
Many thanks to the pastoral staff and parishioners at St. Charles Parish for hosting us last weekend.
St. Charles Parish, as well as the other Skagit Valley Parishes, is pastored by Rev. Martin Bourke, a former Columban priest from Ireland with 15 years of mission experience in Korea.
St. Charles also runs a tri-parish food bank and mission for migrant workers. This mission is associated with the Youth Migrant Project run through St. James Cathedral.
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Maryknoll Centennial Celebration
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of Maryknoll and to thank all of our friends and supporters, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers invite you to joins us at a celebratory Mass and reception.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Noon Mass
Followed by Reception
St. James Cathedral
804 Ninth Avenue, Seattle WA 98104
Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain, D.D., S.T.L.
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle, Presider
Please RSVP by September 16th to Kevin Foy at seattle@maryknoll.org. |
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Maryknoll Affiliates are a group of people that identify with the Maryknoll family of Fathers and Brothers, Sisters, and Lay Missioners, and their vision, spirit and charism, while remaining active in their work at home and their own communities.
Seattle Affiliate meetings begin again in September. For information on joining an Affiliate chapter, or even starting one in your area, please visit MaryknollAffiliates.org. |
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 Stay Connected
Stay connected and informed about issues surrounding mission, global solidarity, and Maryknoll through the following websites:
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Maryknoll Priest Visits to Parishes
Below you will find a list of upcoming weekends in which Maryknoll priests will be celebrating Mass and preaching on mission in local parishes. You may want to attend a nearby parish when a Maryknoller will speak to his mission experiences and the work of Maryknoll.
Weekend of August 14th
- Holy Cross Parish, Tacoma WA - Fr. John Soltis
- St. John the Evangelist Parish, Vancouver WA - Fr. Pete Byrne
- St. Joseph/Sacred Heart/St. Francis Xavier, Chehalis/Winlock/Toledo WA - Fr. Tom Marti
- St. Mary/St. Joseph, Centralia/Chehalis WA - Fr. Richard Smith
Weekend of August 21st
- Holy Redeemer Parish, Vancouver WA - Fr. Scott Harris
- Holy Rosary Parish, Edmonds WA - Fr. John Soltis
- St. John Bosco Parish and Immaculate Conception Mission, Lakewood WA - Fr. Tom Marti
- St. Joseph Parish, Vancouver WA - Fr. Pete Byrne
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Puyallup WA - Fr. Richard Smith
Weekend of August 28th
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Seattle WA - Fr. Scott Harris
- Holy Trinity Parish, Bremerton WA - Fr. Pete Byrne
- Sacred Heart Parish, Lacey WA - Fr. Tom Marti
Weekend of September 4th
- St. Benedict Parish, Seattle WA - Fr. Richard Smith
- St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Veneta OR - Fr. Tom Marti
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Visit Us!
Remember, you are welcome to come by and visit the Mission House, take a tour, peruse and check books out from our library, or simply stop by and chat. To make sure that someone would be available to visit with you and show you around, please call or email first.
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Maryknoll Mission House
958 16th Avenue E
Seattle, WA 98112
P: (206) 322-8831
F: (206) 324-6909
E: seattle@maryknoll.org
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Reflection
Who Is Mission?
"What is most important is that the church live in a way that is open to and responsible for the world around it, whether that 'world' in the United States is shared with those who are homeless in its neighborhood, or the wider world that is suffering from a lack of respect for the environment, or a 'world' of another parish in Guatemala or the Philippines that is struggling to educate its children or to put in a new water system in the village. Today, it is probably more important to think not where is mission, but who is mission."
-Steven Bevans
Who do you see as mission in your life? If Jesus was in your community right now, to whom would he be ministering?
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Mission Education & Promotion
Western Region
Seattle/Northwest
958 16th Ave E
Seattle, WA 98112
Regional Center
16642 Ashland Ave.
San Lorenzo, California 94580
General Hours
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