News - May 2020

The 4th Annual Catholic Immigration Summit, originally scheduled for this weekend, is moving online! Visit Seattle U’s Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture’s website for resources to help our community learn more about the challenges facing immigrant communities.  Explore topics such as advocacy, DACA, spiritual practice & resilience, mental health, legal assistance and more.  Co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Seattle and St. James Immigrant Assistance. Click above for more details.

Catholic Community Services is in urgent need of thousands of masks for their front line workers.  They are also trying to equip farm workers with masks as the harvesting seasons begin. OLG's Immigrant Ministry is supporting this drive. Please drop off homemade or store-bought masks at the OLG Pastoral Center. Help the essential workers who labor to provide shelter and food for our community. Click above for sewing instructions and a tutorial.

Thanks to generous gifts from the parish community and beyond, our St. Vincent de Paul Conference was able to deliver approximately $23,000 in Goods and Services to 320 individuals in April alone – a new Conference high by far!  Our Conference is seeing twice as many calls as usual during these difficult times and many are requesting assistance with large rent payments.  Thank you for your generosity.  Please continue to support our Vincentians in their good work as you are able. Click above for more information.

Contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to urge the ethical development of a COVID-19 vaccine that is not tied to abortion. Some researchers use cell lines developed from the cells of aborted babies for vaccine research.  This is not necessary. Click above for more information and to take action.