St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Community is a welcoming and active, Roman Catholic parish serving the community of Mill Creek / Bothell, Washington. Our parish is served by the Religious Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit under the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. We are a diverse community of believers, guided by the Holy Spirit and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a community that welcomes all people, inviting them into our spiritual home as we deepen our relationship with God. We are one faith family, united by our Lord and Savior,  Jesus Christ. Welcome to our faith community. I invite you to join us for liturgy and fellowship. 

St. Elizabeth is looking to hire a Parish Secretary. 
The Ideal Candidate:

• Is a fully initiated Catholic Christian in good standing with the Church;
• demonstrates a living faith within the Church;
• has knowledge of the Catholic Christian Tradition of doctrine and worship;
• Has pleasant and friendly personality;
• Is able to work in a team and independently;
• Has good communication skills, verbal and written;
• Is able to multitaks and work with interrumptions;
• Has knowledge of office equipment and related computer software;
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred.

Contact Shannon Everist for an application or more information.

Due to the inclement weather, this weekend we are kicking off our spiritual adoption program via email.

Our spiritual adoption program is a nine-month activity in which you are asked to adopt a baby in danger of being aborted. You name the baby and say a small prayer for the baby and his/her parents everyday starting today, February 9 until October 12th.

Please sign up for this event by emailing the link below, you will receive a welcome email and information about the baby you spiritually adopted.

Click here to sign up, tell us if you are adopting a boy or girl, and his or her name. 
 

The Ministry Fair provides an opportunity for our faith family to learn about the ministries available at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.  It also allows the ministries to share the good news that is happening at our parish and beyond.  Join us in the 2019 Ministry Fair.

“Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life…”
  -Pope Benedict XVI

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"Lent summons us, and enables us, to come back to the Lord wholeheartedly and in every aspect of our life." - Pope Francis

As a testament to the myriad traditions within our parish, on Feb 2nd, we celebrated TWO liturgical celebrations: the Filipino devotion to the Santo Niño or Holy Child Jesus, AND the Hispanic Dia de la Candelaria, or Candlemas, held on the day the Child Jesus is presented to the temple.Pope Francis once said that the Holy Spirit continues to give us different gifts and calls for us to share those gifts with each other in a community marked by unity in diversity.  Our celebration last Saturday shows that in our parish, we are indeed unified in diversity.

PICTURES OF THE EVENT MAY BE SEEN BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK.

A VIDEO OF THE LITURGICAL DANCE MAY BE SEEN BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK.

Dear brothers and sisters, the readings this Sunday prompt us to trust and hope in the Lord. Let us ask ourselves… what does it mean to trust in the Lord? Modern dictionaries define “trust” as having a firm belief in someone else’s honesty, the expressions we use are trust in someone, expect, be trustful in the other’s intentions. To trust somebody is to believe in them, have faith in them and hope in them.

Once again, what does it mean to trust the Lord? In order to make this meaning clearer, I’ll use the example of a small child. A small child trust completely in his parents to fulfill all his/her needs while a child. Doesn’t he/she trust that their parents will give them love, shelter, clothing, education, food, medicine, religious formation, values, security and everything else they need? Any other basic needs that ensure the child’s full growth in the physical and spiritual life? Does the child perhaps say “I’ll find myself my own place”, or “I’ll find my food someplace else”? No! A child accepts joyfully and gratefully everything his/her parents give him/her. Trusting is the Lord is just the same. It means that we, adults that we are, must accept with joy and thanksgiving everything that God provides for our material and spiritual needs, according to the call we’ve received in this life. It means acknowledge full of joy that the needs of a priest or a religious sister are different than those of a married couple. It means acknowledge with joy and gratefulness everything the Lord Our God has provided for each of us, depending on our basic needs.

Why must we trust in God? Since God loved us fist… He has trusted us first! Everything we have comes from God! He trusted us with the care of nature, the environment, all of his creation. He has trusted parents with the souls of their children. At the sacrament of baptism, he trusted us with a new heart and a new spirit. He trusted us to be the dwelling of the Holy Spirit. He has trusted us with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. As members of the Body of Christ, He has trusted us.

My brothers and sisters, the Lords has trusted us with a lot. It’s like the Parable of the Talents. The Lord has given us a lot, and he expects us to earn much more than what he placed in our trust. If we taka what the Lord has given us and abuse it, we’ll end with nothing. If we take what we have received and in trust we invest it in our spiritual growth, in love for others, care of those entrusted to us, we will receive much more. This is the spiritual law of Divine Justice.
 


Walking together as brothers and sisters

We are St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish.  A diverse Catholic family guided by the Holy Spirit, committed to serve others and deepen our relationship with the Heart of Jesus. 

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church is served by the Religious Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit from
Christ the Priest Province under the
Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle.

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