Fourth Sunday of Advent

Christmas Volunteers

Here are some ways to join in the festivities–both helping to prepare beforehand or participating on the holiday itself.

• –Help decorate at Our Lady of Fatima on Sunday, December 21, directly after the 9 AM Mass until noon.
• –Help decorate at St. Anne on Tuesday, December 23, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Come for all or part of the time. We will be decorating trees, setting up wreaths, and taking breaks for hot cocoa. Sign up here.
• –Be a holiday greeter at St. Anne. Come a half hour early. Welcome church-goers and hand out worship aids upon arrival and hand out bulletins upon dismissal.
• –Join the Christmas choir at Our Lady of Fatima! ALL ages are welcome. Rehearsals are Friday, December 19, from 6:30 to 7:30pm and Wednesday, December 24, from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Mass on Christmas Eve is at 4 pm. Email Sung Lee with any questions at slee@olfatima.org. Sign up here.

January Events

EDGE Middle School Youth Program

The next meeting is Sunday, January 11, from 3 to 5pm at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Center.

Open to ALL middle school youth across the parish family. Contact parish@olfatima.org with any questions.

St. Martin Meal Program

Meal drop offs in January are on the 6th and 20th from 4:30 to 5:00 pm in the Our Lady of Fatima parking lot.

Faith & Fellowship Book Club

The discussion of Interior Freedom by Jacques Philippe will be on Saturday, January 10, from 10 to 11:30 am in the St. Anne Assembly Room. ALL are welcome! Pre-discussion questions for reflection are linked here.

Blood Drive at Our Lady of Fatima

The next blood drive at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Center will be on Monday, January 5, from 9 am to 3 pm. Appointments are required. Sign up through this link.

Outside Our Parish

Follow-up to the CCS Appeal—Did you ask about volunteering?

If you are interested in volunteering with Catholic Community Services, please head over to their volunteering web page to see all their current volunteer opportunities (Volunteer | Catholic Community Services of Western Washington) and to fill out the volunteer interest form Volunteer Application Form. To volunteer with the Queen Anne Food Bank, please email QueenAnneFoodBank@ccsww.org. If anyone is interested in group volunteering, reach out directly to the Director of Volunteer Services, Hollianne Monson, at holliannemo@ccsww.org.

Disaster Relief

Historic flooding is forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents and prompting a statewide emergency as search and rescue teams are deployed. This extraordinary flooding has impacted many Catholic parishes and schools in areas such as Burlington, Mount Vernon, Snoqualmie, Kent, and Issaquah.

In response to this disaster, the Archdiocese of Seattle opened the Emergency Relief Fund, which is designed to provide financial support for parishes and schools to address the urgent needs impacting their local communities during a disaster.

Gifts to the Emergency Relief Fund will support flood-related needs and will also be available in the future for other local emergency or disaster relief efforts.