Holy Rosary Catholic Church Seattle, Washington WELCOME BACK! PLEASE NOTE NEW HOURS! Holy Rosary Masses Resume! 12-2pm Saturdays 12pm-4pm Mondays and Wednesdays Mass Times in Church for Visitors must be symptom-free of July 11/12 any illness and not in the greater-risk categories. Saturday at 5:00 PM Maximum of 10 people. Sunday at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM For regular updates visit our website at Click here to sign up or call 206-937-1488 www.holyrosaryseattle.org ext. 200 for phone-in registration. You must be registered to attend. Please register at least 48 hours in advance. Mass will be livestreamed on our Fr. Oakland has resumed open hours for Facebook page and Vimeo*. drop in Confessions on Saturdays from Watch posted videos at anytime! 12pm-1pm. No appointment necessary! (No Confessions on July 25 or August 1) *Vimeo livestreams more stable. July 12, 2020 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 The Journey of Faith with Abbot Marion Nguyen and the Benedictines by Fr. Oakland This week St. Martin's Abbey in Lacey announced When COVID-19 the election of it's new abbot. This was of interest began and things to me not just because of the local connection to my closed, many couples/ family home, but also because I know the new families realized how abbott. Abbot Marion Nguyen was ordained a much time they spent priest for the Archdiocese of Seattle in 2004, before going in different leaving parish ministry and joining the monastery. directions. Community Please pray for him as he begins his ministry. first. Family first (after God). As things begin St. Benedict is the founder of western monasticism, again, choose well what and wrote a Rule of Life to guide their life you want your life to together—and it still does today for St. Martins and look like. Put God/ other Benedictine monasteries. Given the quasi- family first. monastic experience of COVID-19 life under stay home orders, I thought I would share some helpful Chapter 50 (On Travel): lessons from the monastery for us all. Brothers who work so far away that they cannot return to the oratory at the proper time...are to perform the Work of Chapter 48 (On Manual Labor): Idleness is the enemy of God where they are, and kneel out of reverence for God. the soul. Therefore, the brothers should have specified So too, those who have been sent on a journey are not to periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading. omit the prescribed hours but to observe them as best they can, not neglecting their measure of service. The motto of the Benedictines is “Ora et Labora,” “Work and Prayer.” These must exist in balance. A week from now I will be taking two weeks of Labor is good as a way to participate in the ongoing blessed vacation. But vacations refer to leave from work of the Creator. But work is not our identity, work, not leave from the walk of faith and being who we are. Rest is important. So too is prayer. disciples of Jesus Christ. And so the brothers who So too is reflection and reading for spiritual growth. were on a journey still had to carry out the Work of I freely admit that I have not had balance in my life God—their daily prayer, their service of the Lord throughout COVID-19, and I freely admit that is and for God’s people. Should you find yourself not a good thing. But St. Benedict reminds us of taking some vacation—don’t forget that prayer and the necessity. Set times help provide boundaries the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (in person or which are necessary to guide us in this. livestreamed) are still necessary. We never take vacation from God! At work, at home or at rest, we Chapter 35 (On Kitchen Work): The brothers should should dedicate time to the Lord. No matter where serve one another. Consequently, no one will be excused we are—we should always be journeying with the from kitchen service unless he is sick or engaged in some Lord and intentionally turning to Him. important business of the monastery, for such service increases reward and fosters love. Chapter 22 (On Sleeping Arrangements): On arising for the Work of God, they will quietly encourage each other, Household chores. Everyone pitches in, and they for the sleepy like to make excuses. do so for the work itself—out of love for one another. No one was excused, from the abbot with This one makes me laugh because I rarely greet the his many responsibilities leading the community, to day with joy. The only to “quietly encourage” me the newest member to the youngest boy entrusted to is the Lord. Encouragement is important, their care, except the sick, or those unable too especially in families. It is too easy to tear one because they were engaged in something else that another down or sew seeds of division. Building was important to the monastery (not just something one another up takes more time and effort and else, or something for themselves). The community intention—and love—but it makes a world of always comes first. difference. St. Benedict, pray for us. 2 4139 42nd Ave SW ◆ Seattle, WA 98116 ◆ 206-935-8353 ◆ www.holyrosaryseattle.org Open Registration for Sacraments RCIA For Children And Adults 2020 - 2021 Youth Confirmation Is Your Child Interested in Becoming Catholic Updates and is older than Age 7? Are you interested in learning about becoming Catholic? EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! Holy Rosary Church welcomes all children no Are you a baptized Catholic in the 7th - 12th grade matter their age to a life with Christ. The Church and have not yet been confirmed? Then the Holy prepares older children (age 7-18) and adults for Rosary Youth Confirmation Program invites you to all three sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the year of Confirmation, and Eucharist through the Rite of 2020 - 2021. Registration fee increases from the discounted price of $90 to $120 after today. Register Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Those today at holyrosaryseattle.org/youth-confirmation children who have never been baptized will participate in the RCIA process adapted for Registration closes August 9. children and celebrate their sacraments at the Adult Volunteers Needed! Easter Vigil. Do you desire to come closer to God and His RCIA is a special journey for children ages 7-18 Church? Do you want to give back to your parish along with their families to prepare for Initiation community? Then God might be calling you to serve into the Catholic community. For more in the 2020 - 2021 Holy Rosary Youth Confirmation information or questions about RCIA for program. Visit the Holy Rosary website for more Children, please contact Sr. Stella. For more details about adult volunteer opportunities. information and questions regarding Adult Contact Person: Bridget Bicek, Youth Minister programs, please contact Robert King and for [email protected] Baptism for children from birth up to age 7, please contact Deyette Swegle. Click the links below for more information. Baptism for Children under age 7 Email: Deyette Swegle Children’s Sunday Faith Formation at [email protected] RCIA for Children (ages 7-18) Like any relationship, our relationship with Jesus Email: Sr. Stella at [email protected] grows and changes throughout our lives. We RCIA for Adults encounter the Bible, the Sacraments, prayer, even our service of our neighbors in different ways as Email: Robert King children, as teens, and as adults. Here at Holy at [email protected] Rosary, we offer opportunities to develop your faith at every age. The Sunday Faith Formation school year is September 13, 2020 - June 13, 2021 2020-2021 Sacramental II Preparation To register for our program please click here. Registration Deadline Extended! Required Open House: September 13, 2020 at 9:30 AM in the Parish Center. Please note date is If you have not registered yet but would like to, subject to change. please contact Sr. Stella at 206-937-1488 ext. 252 or [email protected] or click here. 3 Opportunities for Spiritual Growth Outdoor Vigil at By the River: A Summer Ignatian Retreat in Everyday Life, Online via ZOOM Immaculate Conception A 4-day guided personal retreat based on a 820 18th Ave. East, Seattle modified version of the spiritual exercises July 19, 2020 of St. Ignatius 1:30 PM 7:00-8:30 PM, July 27- July 30 FR. MATT HOLLAND, S.J., ROSS ———————— HAYS, & JOANN LOPEZ, PRESENTERS Join Archbishop Etienne and This online real-time retreat is based on a modified Immaculate version of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Mon- Wed 7:00-8:30 pm you will be led in prayer, absorb Conception as we the wisdom of three experienced presenters stand together in reflecting on the movements of the Exercises, and be a vigil of prayer, part of small group spiritual conversation about the lament, and previous day’s prayer experience. Handouts for reflection will be- e mailed ahead of time, so that you remembrance. can pray after each presentation on your own time. The Central District’s Immaculate Or, if you prefer, the following mornings (Tuesday - Conception Church invites all from the Thursday 8:30-9:00 am PDT), there will be optional Morning Prayer using various Ignatian prayer South Seattle Deanery to a vigil at 1:30 practices to help you reflect on the previous p.m. on Sunday, July 19, to remember evening’s talks.