Last year I was invited to join the Bishops Advisory Committee for the International Catholic Stewardship Council. For years they have sponsored an annual conference on Catholic stewardship, which has enjoyed a stellar reputation. I returned from this year’s conference in New Orleans last night and can confirm, this is Read more
Congratulations to St. Mary Catholic School in Aberdeen on this 100th anniversary! I’m told the school actually dates back even further as it started under a different name. I told the congregation that soon after I arrived as the archbishop of Seattle in 2019 I started hearing about this school Read more
Yesterday found me at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Vancouver for the installation of Fr. Jose Alvarez, the new pastor of this parish family, which includes Sacred Heart in Battle Ground, St. Joseph the Worker in Yacolt, St. Philip in Woodland and St. Mary of Guadalupe in Ridgefield. Approximately Read more
The faith has been present in the San Juan Islands for generations. We can look back to our indigenous brothers and sisters in the faith, who welcomed the French-Canadian Missionaries from Quebec to the people of this region in the early 1800’s. On what is now the American side of Read more
“Christ Lives in Us” To speak of the Resurrection is no small thing. It would help, of course, if one could first visit heaven—or if one could sit down, face to face, with the Risen Lord himself. But that is not how God chose to reveal this mystery. Instead, the Read more
After receiving a beautiful invitation from the Pastor, Sisters and parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Parish on the San Juan Islands, I spent the 4th weekend of Lent with them earlier in March. I arrived at St. Marys in Anacortes on a Saturday morning to visit with the two priests Read more
On Tuesday I had the enjoyable opportunity to visit the Microsoft Campus in Redmond to visit with one of their Vice Presidents. While the meeting was primarily a meet and greet, we also enjoyed a fascinating conversation about the work of Microsoft in the field of Artificial Intelligence and the Read more
“Invite Mary into your home” (Matthew 1:20) are the words spoken by an angel to Joseph when he learned that Mary was with child. Similarly Jesus spoke to John from the cross when he entrusted Mary to him as his mother. “From that hour, the disciple took her (Mary) into Read more
Homily on Care for Creation: St. James Cathedral, September 6, 2025 Archbishop Paul D. Etienne, DD, STL God as Creator 1,700 years ago, at The First Council of Nicaea (325 AD) the council Fathers affirmed God as Creator. This doctrine is enshrined in the Nicene Creed: ‘We believe in one Read more
Today’s Gospel from Matthew (16:24-28) has a stark clarity when visiting the sight of the 26 Japanese Martyrs. (1597) Jesus instructed his disciples: Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but Read more