OLYMPIA – From the importance of more resources for the homeless and mentally ill to parental notification for abortions, Catholics from around the archdiocese lobbied their legislators for fair and just policies February 7.
OLYMPIA – The Catholic bishops of Washington state submitted testimony Tuesday in support of Senate Bill 5339, which seeks to repeal the death penalty and require that life imprisonment without the possibility of parole become the sentence for aggravated first degree murder convictions.
Below is the text of the homily Archbishop J. Peter Sartain delivered at the Mass for Life January 22 at St. Michael Church in Olympia:
Following a seven-day spiritual retreat near Chicago with the bishops of the United States, Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain shared his reflections on the week in an email to Northwest Catholic:
SEATTLE – Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has released two Christmas video greetings, in English and Spanish. “Christmas reminds us that God himself has come to earth,” the archbishop says in the videos. “May you have the joy of knowing that the Savior has been born for you.”
Era un caluroso día de julio hace 32 años cuando mi familia posó por última vez para un retrato formal. Ahí estamos mi madre y sus cinco hijos (mi padre había muerto en 1972), esposos y nietos, de pie o sentados con atención en la sala, con nuestros trajes de domingo, zapatos bien boleados y cabello bien peinado, sonriendo como si no hubiera preocupaciones en el mundo.
SEATTLE – The Archdiocese of Seattle has agreed to pay $2.05 million to settle five cases involving allegations of sexual abuse by Edward Courtney, who was a member of the Christian Brothers religious order; one of the cases involved allegations of sexual abuse by Gerard Kealy, who was also a member of the Christian Brothers. The alleged abuse occurred between the late 1970s and the early 1980s.