Stewardship of Treasure

Living a stewardship lifestyle, being grateful and generous with our gifts serves a twofold purpose: One, it helps build God’s kingdom here on earth. Two, it helps us strengthen each other’s relationship with Christ. We ask that all our parishioners partake of that joy and submit their Stewardship of Treasure 2025 commitment pledge.

This can be done in two ways:

• Either fill out a Sacrificial Giving Renewal Card and return it in the collection or to the parish office. (These cards are available in the church pews.)
• Or complete the Sacrificial Giving Renewal Form online. Click here to access the online form.
• Once you've made your pledge, you can click here to make an online contribution towards you Sacrificial Giving Commitment.

Please prayerfully consider one of the thoughts below:

• If you are not currently giving would you consider making a weekly donation of one hour's pay or at least $5.00 a week?
• I pledged last year and will increase that amount by 5% or 10%.
• I will pledge a percent of my annual income:
• 1% (if my income is less than $50,000)
• 2% (if my income is $50,000 to $100,000)
• 3% (if my income is $100,000 to $200,000) 
  

Stewardship of Talent

There are many ways God calls us to do His good works. One of those ways is to use our God-given talents to advance the mission of the Church. When we talk about good stewardship, we must also consider how we are using our talents to serve others and help build up His Kingdom on earth. Stewardship is a way of responding to God’s call in every aspect of our lives. We want to invite you to consider sharing your talents through one of the many ministries here at St. Monica Parish. Click here to complete our 2024-2025 Stewardship of Talent Ministry Interest Form.

• The first page of the form lists our parish ministries. For each ministry you can specify that you are interested in joining the ministry, note that you are currently serving in a ministry and plan on continuing to do so, or indicate that while you have been part of a ministry in the past, that you are ready to retire from this role. (If a ministry is not relevant to you, you can select N/A or just leave that ministry option empty.)
• On the second page of the form, you are able to select check-boxes to let us know about particular talents/gifts/hobbies which you have, that you may be willing to share from time to time to benefit our community. When we have a need in that area, we will give you a call.
  

Your talent is God’s gift to you. How will you use it for Him to carry out the mission of the Church? Please prayerfully consider a ministry that engages your passion and some of the gifts, skills, and hobbies that you would be willing to share with our parish in the future. We encourage you to take this next step in your faith journey.

Collection for National Disaster Relief

Archbishop Etienne has asked parishes to offer parishioners the opportunity to support National Disaster Relief. In light of the recent devastation from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, we will take up a second collection, at Masses this weekend, for the Catholic Charities USA Disaster Relief Fund. Catholic Charities USA provides critical assistance to Catholic Charities agencies and the communities they serve — through deployment of disaster experts, technical assistance and direct support; execution of disaster response plans; coordination of in-kind donations; and distribution of basic necessities. If you are writing a check, please make it out to “CCAS” (The Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle) with “National Disaster Relief” on the memo line. You can also make a contribution to Catholic Charities USA via their website catholiccharitiesusa.org. Their website also provides a page with updates on their response efforts in the wake of Helene and Milton.

Sock It To Homelessness

Nightwatch has a goal of collecting 30,000 pairs of socks in the next six months. Will you help? Socks are critical to the comfort and well-being of homeless people. Imagine what it must be like to have the same pair of nasty, wet socks on your feet, 24-hours a day. Not good. Socks won't solve our community's homeless crisis. But socks can keep homeless people hopeful, knowing there are neighbors like you, who care.

There will be a Sock It to Homelessness Open House on Sunday, November 24, 2024, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm at our Shelter Dispatch Center (302 14th Ave S. Seattle). Stop by, drop off the new men’s socks you collected, and hang out if you can. Enjoy coffee, cocoa, and snacks and take a tour of Nightwatch. This is a kid-friendly event. Help is also needed to handle the socks as they come in!

For more information, please call 206-323-4359, email info@seattlenightwatch.org, or visit www.seattlenightwatch.org/sock-it.

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

We've put together a page of our upcoming events and other Catholic events from around the Archdiocese of Seattle. Click here to check out what's going on in our community and discover new ways to engage in parish life!

Scam Email Warning

The parish staff wants to warn parishioners that someone has been sending emails pretending to be Father Nagel, parish staff members, and our former pastor, Father Freitag. Scam emails typically say that Father is "in need of help" ask if "you are available for an errand" or just asks the recipient to "please respond concerning a sensitive matter". These emails (or texts) are a scam and should be deleted whenever they are received. Legitimate emails from parish staff members will always be sent from an email address ending with "@stmonicami.org". If you have any questions, feel free to contact the parish office directly at parishoffice@stmonicami.org

Northwest Catholic: Your local source for all things Catholic

Northwest Catholic provides daily and weekly updates in addition to the bimonthly magazine. We invite you to "stay in the know" by subscribing to the Northwest Catholic newsletter. Click here to learn more.

Recap of the Eucharistic Congress

Two weekends ago, all levels of representatives from the Archdiocese of Seattle showed up to celebrate the Eucharist. The National Eucharistic Congress was held in Indianapolis and was a historic and pivotal moment for the Church. The Local Eucharistic Congress was held in Tacoma and was the first major celebration since the formation of our new parish families. View some of the beautiful moments captured on Northwest Catholic: Local | National

New WSCC statement: Faithful and Civil Political Engagement

On May 27, the Washington State Catholic Conference (WSCC) released a letter which starts: “As the 2024 election season begins, we encourage all Catholics to serve as ambassadors of civility and to exercise our right and responsibility of political engagement prayerfully, thoughtfully and in accordance with our faith-beliefs to promote the common good and the dignity and sanctity of every life.” We encourage you to read the full letter by clicking here. The letter includes links to resources on forming our individual consciences to make well-reasoned decisions grounded in our faith.

Sunday Homily Video Recordings

Did you have trouble hearing father's homily at Mass? Or maybe you'd just like to listen to it again? For convenience, we re-upload our Sunday Mass homilies as videos. Each Sunday's homily is typically uploaded by the Wednesday following the weekend Masses. All homily videos are uploaded to youtube, and on our website’s homily page. Looking for a past homily? Our homily page also features an index of our previous Sunday Homilies.

What about weekday Masses? While we don't process separate videos for our daily Mass homilies, they can be watched within the full recordings of our daily Mass livestreams. Browse past livestreams on our Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@stmonicami/streams.

Mass Livestreams? St. Monica livestreams one Mass each day of the week. It can be beneficial to watch weekday Masses via livestream when your schedule does not allow you attend in person. Sunday Mass livestreams are a great resource for parishioners who’s health prevents them from attending Mass. We also recommend watching the livestream if you are unable to attend Mass due to illness. For more information about Mass livestreams, visit our livestream page.

Please note that the general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays (or Saturday Vigil Mass) and Holy Days of Obligation was reinstated (CIC, can. 1247), as of December 8, 2021.

Official Appointments Announced

On Monday, April 8, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne and the Priest Personnel Board released the Official Appointments including pastors, parochial vicars and other assignments. This was after several months of consultation with priests, deacons, staff and parishioners from around the archdiocese. New assignments will go into effect on July 1, 2024. Parish Family #26 (Consisting of Sacred Heart Parish in Bellevue and St. Monica Parish on Mercer Island) will retain Rev. Kurt W. Nagel as pastor and Rev. Joseph L. Akor as Parochial Vicar.

Click here to see the full list of official appointments.

Click here to read the letter from Archbishop Etienne.

Click here to learn more about the Partners in the Gospel inititative.