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FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR
December 18, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ,
Please Help Catholic Community Services help those in need
This week, we take up the Catholic Community Services collection for the poor. CCS is the main outreach of our church to those in need throughout Western Washington. As you might imagine in these times your support is needed more than ever to help those who are out of work, flooded out, on the streets, or in crisis. You can also pick up an envelope in Church or go online to https://ccsww.org/donate/. Please remember them this Christmas but more importantly remember the people they serve. They are making room for Christ to have a home.
Christmas is this coming this coming Thursday!
I wish all of you very blessed and joy filled celebrations of Christ’s birth! What a joy it is to welcome him. Please see this bulletin or website for the Christmas schedule. A reminder to all our ministers, we need your help at all the Christmas Masses. Please sign up to serve – we have many spots to fill. Here are a few suggestions for Christmas Mass this year…
1. Please come to a Mass other than early Christmas Eve. Traditionally, these Masses have been the most crowded—so please, please consider coming to a different Mass this year. The real date of the feast is Christmas Day. Jesus didn’t come at a convenient day, time or hour for Mary. Likely he came during the night. Have some fun and change up the routine and come to the late-night Mass or on Christmas Day. Everyone will have a better experience of the Mass and more comfortable if we change up our routines and spread out among the Masses.
2. Please come early. Please also remember to come early. We have many guests and people new to the Church at Christmas. We want to be sure to make them feel at home and welcome them as Christ. Let us make room for them. There is no better time to evangelize, with our friendliness, our welcome, our joy at the Savior’s birth and our desire to invite all to a deeper relationship with Jesus
3. Please extend the hospitality of Christ. Christmas is an important opportunity to welcome visitors, people new to our parish, Catholics who may have been away from the church for a while, or those simply searching for faith. We want to be sure all feel at home and welcome them as Christ. Let us make room. There is no better time to evangelize, with our friendliness, our welcome, our joy at the Savior’s birth and our desire to invite all to a deeper relationship with Jesus
Many thanks to all who are working to prepare our Christmas celebrations and to all our ministers who serve so well! May God bless you and your families as you prepare for Christmas! He is coming! He is coming soon!
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Johnson
