News - January 2022

Last week, we welcomed a new guest to our Safe Parking program. Thank you for your support of this program. Please pray for our guest, that our campus may be a place of safety and respite as they continue on their path to housing.

Join the Soldiers’ Angels “Cards Plus Team” to support deployed service members, veterans, and their families with encouraging or celebratory cards and notes. If you know of a Veteran that is celebrating a birthday, has never been told “Thank You” or given any type of acknowledgement for their service, or might need some encouragement, you can sign them up to receive cards as well. Click above to learn more!

Our 9th Day of Service will be on Saturday, April 2, and we need help from our parish crafters! Are you ready to clear out your supply stash for the New Year? We need your unwanted supplies for our Gym "Crafting for a Cause" Projects. Needed items include: scrapbook paper, paper punches, stickers, rubber stamps, polar fleece, beads (all kinds), and ribbon. Please remember that items will be used to make gifts for those in need and should be new or gently used. If you would like to donate items or help plan the event, contact Jennifer at jibach@olgseattle.org. Thank you for your generosity!

Title 42 continues to deny the dignity of migrants and their legal right to seek asylum. As Catholics, we are called to love our neighbor, accompany the vulnerable, and welcome the sojourner. Urge the Biden Administration to end this policy and restore asylum protections. Click above to learn more.

St. Therese Church in Madrona invites all to a Zoom panel discussion and Q&A with three Seattle public health experts Paul Houston Blankenship, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Hoock, MD, MPH, and K. Killian Noe on Tuesday, January 18 from 7-8:30pm.  People experience homelessness for a variety of reasons and sometimes mental health plays a role.  Join for an in-depth exploration of mental health and homelessness, the current state of public mental health resources, and actions we can take to help drive needed improvements.  Click above for registration details.

This past fall, the Duwamish Longhouse opened a new exhibit called “Spirit Returns 2.0”.  The exhibit is a testimony that shares the living lifeways of the Duwamish people.  It celebrates two decades of growth and progress and explores the authentic stories of the complex relationships of trade, managed and natural resources, social hierarchy, and the growing relationship between the Duwamish and the settlers who arrived in the 1850’s and together melded and transitioned into the Seattle we know today. Click above to learn more about visiting this free exhibit.

What if conversations had the power to transform society? Justice Rising, a new bi-monthly podcast created by the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, is setting out to do just that! Each episode will highlight people and organizations doing justice work, exploring the central question: How can we bring about healing, liberation, and transformation in our church, our world, ourselves, and our communities? Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Podbean (Search: Justice Rising Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center).

"The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin.” ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2241 A home, food, drinking water, clothes... it's easy to take these for granted, but for refugees and migrants who left so much behind, none of this is a given. Your generosity provides aid to people on the move. Click above to learn more.