Announced as a ground-breaking project, this is an amazing virtual tour. First, you might want to read a couple articles about how this project came about.
Read an article on the Catholic News Service blog
Read an article by TheCatholicSpirit.com
Or go right to the virtual tour posted by the Vatican. You’ll be amazed!
Am 7: 12-15; Eph 1: 3-14; Mk 6: 7-13
One of my favorite movies is a survival film made in the year 2000 titled, Castaway, starring Tom Hanks. In this movie, the FedEx airplane Tom travels on crashes into the South Pacific Ocean during a thunder storm and Tom finds himself on a small, uninhabited island [...]
168 Dt 8: 2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Cor 10: 16-17; Jn 6:51-58
When I was a child, and even as a young adulthood, my favorite breakfast meal was pancakes. I loved to see butter melt on top of pancakes hot off the grill and then watch my mother pour warmed-up Vermont maple syrup over a stack of [...]
Did you know that the Church is currently celebrating the Year for Priests? We are just at the beginning of this year-long celebration, but already the Holy Father has spoken on the topic of the priesthood quite a bit.
The following information was published today by the Vatican Information Service:
THE ROLE OF PRIESTS IS IRREPLACEABLE
VATICAN CITY, 17 [...]
We are providing this newsletter in preparation of the upcoming Community Planning Event on September 27th. We want to provide you with more background information on the nature of the community development process favored by the Archdiocese and used successfully by many church communities around the Archdiocese of Seattle. You will find below the comments [...]
Deut 4: 32-34; Rom 8: 14-17; Mt5 28: 16-20
At a confirmation ceremony, a bishop asked one of the high school students to give a definition of the Trinity. A girl, who was somewhat soft spoken, said, “The Holy Trinity is three divine persons in one God.” Slightly hard of hearing, the bishop said, “I’m sorry, [...]
Recently, St. Luke’s Parish hosted Seattle author Gary Graf for a book signing event after the weekend’s masses. A friend of Father Bob’s, and a soon to be three-time guest on Father’s radio show, Gary has written three entertaining books that explore the surprising connections that Scripture and sports share.
And God Said, “Play Ball!” takes [...]
Yasuko, my wife who is Japanese, and I, an American, are always asked: “how did you two meet?” After 34 years we never tire of saying, “It was meant to be.”
It was 1972 and my company had just moved me back to Hong Kong after living and working 4 years in Bangkok, Thailand. A friend [...]
Not many of us seemed to have it on our calendars but, sure enough, today (May 24th) is World Communications Day for the Church. The Vatican’s theme is “New Technologies, New Relationships: Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship.“
This past Monday, the Vatican announced the launch a new web site: pope2you.net. It [...]
A brand new blog to serve our parish community. Still under construction, but up and running very soon! Welcome!
