Thanksgiving Meals
November 4, 2026
Let’s extend our hearts to those in need!
Your generous donations will help provide nourishing meals and festive treats, ensuring everyone can celebrate this season of gratitude.
One Shared Annual Report, 2025-26 For the first time, our 2025–26 Parish Family Annual Report brings together St. Alphonsus, St. Benedict, and St. John in one report. Each parish’s finances are presented individually and side by side for transparency. Our pastoral report, including sacraments and ministries, is consolidated, reflecting how our Faith Formation Team and entire parish staff now work together as one Parish Family. Explore a year of faith, service, and growth made possible by your generosity and participation. Printed copies are also available in the vestibules of all three churches.
Please join us in welcoming Jessica Harris, our Parish Family’s new Director of Pastoral Ministry! Jessica will lead the parish’s faith formation, evangelization, liturgical, and social justice initiatives under the direction of the Pastor. Basically, she will help organize and facilitate these events and programs.
We’d love your help at the Faith Formation Office front desk, located at the St. Benedict Parish Center. We currently have a volunteer opportunity available on Thursdays. School families are welcome to volunteer and earn service hours! Interested? Email us at info@parishfamily14.org!
Thank you to everyone who has completed the survey! We’ve reached 150 responses! If you haven’t participated yet, please share the opportunities and challenges you see and help shape the future of our Parish Family. Take the survey today!
More than 60 people joined our first Alpha gathering for a wonderful conversation last Wednesday, September 23. To learn more about Alpha, click here . It’s not too late - you are also welcome to join us. Alpha meets Wednesdays, 6:30–8:30 PM, at the St. Alphonsus Family Center.
Our OCIA classes began on September 10 and meet every Thursday at 7:00 PM in the lower level of the St. Benedict Parish Center . OCIA is a journey of learning, prayer, and discernment for adults interested in becoming Catholic or learning more about the Catholic faith. It’s not too late to join us! Visit pf14.org/becoming-catholic for more information.
You are all invited to Family Adoration! Kids, parents and caregivers are encouraged to visit Jesus for 5 minutes or more! All are welcome! What is Adoration? Adoration is spending quiet, personal time with Jesus, who is truly present in the Eucharist (the Blessed Sacrament) displayed in a special golden stand called a monstrance. What can you do at Adoration? Adoration is just like visiting your best friend. Greet Jesus, by genuflecting, then sit or kneel. You can pray silently, read the bible or prayer book, pray the rosary with the group or “just be” with Jesus. Why should kids come to Adoration? Builds a Personal Relationship: It helps children realize that Jesus is real and present, transforming Him from a figure in a storybook to a friend they can visit. Fosters Belief in the Real Presence: Regular adoration helps children understand that the host is truly Jesus, strengthening their faith in the Eucharist. Learn to Pray in Silence: It offers a rare, quiet space for children to listen to God and develop a personal prayer life. Model Reverence: Children learn how to act in church—kneeling, bowing, and sitting in quiet, respectful adoration. Welcoming God's Love: Jesus welcomes children just as they are—wiggles, noises, and all—offering them a place to feel His love, joy, and peace.
Happy 60th wedding anniversary to Jim and Patty Fisher! They were married at St. Alphonsus Church 60 years ago and recently returned to remember their wedding day and celebrate this milestone. The photos show Jim and Patty then and now. St. Alphonsus witnessed the beginning of their marriage and had the joy of welcoming them back six decades later. May God continue to bless Jim and Patty with love and many more happy years together!
Our young adults enjoyed an end-of-summer hike at Snow Lake in Snoqualmie on Saturday, September 12. It was a beautiful day, and they completed the approximately seven-mile round-trip hike to the lake. Everyone had a wonderful time enjoying the outdoors and one another’s company! Young adults (21-35) in our Parish Family, please watch for more fun gatherings and activities. We would love for you to join us!
This Advent, we will spend three weekends worshiping together! On the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weekends of Advent, we will celebrate ALL Sunday Masses at one location only . This is a radical idea, yes, but one that emerged through prayer and discernment by the Pastoral Leadership Council and Parish Family staff. Why are we doing this? For these three weekends, we want to gather everyone together for two reasons: to help parishioners become more familiar with one another, and to give everyone the experience of worshiping together as one Parish Family! An Important Note: THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONSOLIDATING LOCATIONS. It is simply about coming together as one community. This arrangement will not be permanent. How will it work? Each weekend, we will celebrate three Masses at one location. We will use different Sunday Mass times so as not to favor any particular parish. Parish staff and volunteers will help coordinate carpools for parishioners who need transportation.
