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NEWSLETTER | September 30, 2026

Have You Shared Your Thoughts Yet?

Help us hear from at least 300 Parish Family households! We’ve received 79 survey responses so far, and we’d love to hear from you. What opportunities and challenges do you see as we plan our future together?

Take the survey here, or pick up a paper copy in the vestibule. You can also enter our weekly drawing for a thank-you gift!

Congratulations to Alison Payne, this week’s winner! If you already submitted the survey without your name and contact information, email info@parishfamily14.org to enter the drawing.



Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

BOOK GROUP

October 1, 7 PM |St. Benedict Book Group at St. Mary Room (upper level of Parish Center); In September, we are reading Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, a memoir by Trevor Noah, which we will discuss at our October meeting. Our October selection is The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. To join, please contact Brenda at bjandmes@msn.com.

October 25, 7 PM | St. John Parish Admin Bldg.

St. John Book Group is reading The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.  This is a story of the Church and the Mexican Revolution. It has a dark undercurrent of political violence, but it is not graphic. If you have questions, contact Diana at diana.grusczynski@outlook.com.

BACK TO SCHOOL BINGO NIGHT

Hosted by St. Alphonsus Parish School

October 2 | 6:30 PM |St. Alphonsus School Gymnasium

Join us for a fun-filled evening for the whole community! Reconnect with friends, win great prizes, and kick off the new school year with a little friendly competition. Click here for more details.

CREATE YOUR OWN ROSARY

October 3 | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM |St. Alphonsus Wilson Room

Join the Crafting for a Cause group for a hands-on rosary-making class led by parishioner Philip Orquia!

You will learn how to create cord rosaries, chain rosaries, or rosary bracelets. All materials will be provided!

Come create something beautiful to enrich your prayer life or give as a heartfelt gift!

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

Begins October 4—right after St. Benedict’s 11:00 AM Mass, head over to the St. Benedict Parish Center.

You don’t have to grieve alone. Join our Grief Support Group, a safe and compassionate space to share, listen, and find hope alongside others who understand. Click here for more info.

SEASON OF CREATION

Blessing of the Pets

October 4 | 12-12:30 PM | St. John Courtyard

For everyone's safety, dogs must be leashed or in a secure carrier. All other animals must be in a secure carrier.

Click here for the whole Season of Creation schedule.

Click here for ways to care for creation.

NEED A RIDE? HAVE AN EXTRA SEAT?

We’re organizing a new Carpooling Ministry to help everyone stay connected to parish life; especially older parishioners and others who are unable to drive.

If you can offer a ride or need transportation, please sign up!

Carpools can help parishioners attend weekday and weekend Masses, parish events, and other activities while building friendships and caring for one another along the way.

Sharing an extra seat may be a simple gesture, but it can make a meaningful difference in someone’s life!

FAMILY ADORATION

October 8, Thursday

St. Benedict Church - 2:15 - 3:15 PM

St. John Chapel - 3 - 4 PM (after school)

What is Adoration?

Visit: bit.ly/PF14FamilyAdoration.

YOUTH CONFIRMATION

• All baptized Catholic youth in 7th grade and above are invited to join.
• Classes start on October 25.
• Classes are Sundays after the 11am mass at St. Benedict School auditorium (unless otherwise noted).

Register now!

More information.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Daniel Pelfrey at dpelfrey@parishfamily14.org.

ST. AL/JOHN BASKETBALL REGISTRATION

Games start in early November and run through January!

More information on the St. John CYO website.

Register now!

SEE. LOVE. VOTE. CHECKLIST

How can our faith guide us as we prepare to vote? The See.Love.Vote. checklist offers questions to consider when learning about candidates, with a focus on caring for our neighbors and the common good.

View the checklist here.

ADVENT WEEKENDS 
Special Mass Schedule

First Weekend: November 28 & 29

Regular Mass Times at Three Churches

Second Weekend: December 5 & 6

Mass Times: Saturday - 5 PM;

Sunday - 8 AM & 10 AM

Location: St. John Church

Third Weekend: December 12 & 13

Mass Times: Saturday - 5 PM;

Sunday - 8 AM & 10 AM

Location: St. Alphonsus Church

Fourth Weekend: December 19 & 20

Mass Times: Saturday - 5 PM (Simbang Gabi)

Sunday - 8 AM & 10 AM

Location: St. Benedict Church

Need a ride to Mass?

Have an extra seat to share? Sign up and help one another get to church!

JOIN THE WSCC CATHOLIC ADVOCACY NETWORK

Pope Leo recently noted our shared responsibility to build peace through dialogue. In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, he reminds us that "All of us, at every level, can contribute to building the foundation of peace, which is justice." Washington Catholics, one of the key areas in which we can build justice is in our political community. The Washington State Catholic Conference’s Catholic Advocacy Bulletin provides updates on important moral and political issues, and regular opportunities for each of us to choose to advocate for human life, social justice, education, and religious freedom, and as Pope Leo said, "to build the civilization of love" by bringing our teaching to the public square. On behalf of the bishops in Washington who lead the WSCC, I ask you to review the information on registering for the Catholic Advocacy bulletins through the links below and join the WSCC in advocacy.

Click here for English.

Click here for Spanish.

EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ARCHDIOCESE

Click here for events happening throughout the Archdiocese.