Welcome, Jessica Harris!
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.
Jessica comes to Parish Family 14 from Parish Family 16 (Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Fatima, and St. Anne) and will be serving our 3 parishes as the Director of Pastoral Ministry.
As the oldest of 7 children, she grew up in northern California and Colorado in a Catholic family. She completed her undergraduate degree in history at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, and then continued on to get her Masters in Theology from the International Theological Institute in Austria.
After a few years as a 3rd grade teacher for a Classical School, she began serving the Church in ministry at St. John XXIII in Fort Collins, CO. There Jessica ran ministries, faith formation, OCIA, children's ministry, bible studies, mentorship and spiritual accompaniment, giving talks and retreats, and developing programs for people in all walks of life, with a special focus on the college students of Colorado State University. After more than a decade, she transitioned to a role as a leadership and organizational health coach at Amazing Parish, a non-profit that works with pastors across the United States become more effective leaders and ministers. It was after this role that God's plan called her to Seattle to work at St. Anne Catholic Church as it began the transition of Partners in the Gospel, where she has worked since 2023.
In her leisure time, Jessica enjoys exploring Seattle's coffee shops (she's still searching for the "best cup" the PNW has to offer), needle crafts, board games, reading, and building Minecraft worlds with her young nieces.
