Partners in Gospel is the next stage of the strategic pastoral planning effort taking place across the Archdiocese of Seattle to re-invigorate and renew our local Catholic Church. It brings parishes together into a new family structure with two or more parishes. The pastor, parish leaders, and parishioners will determine how this new family will best join together to carry out the mission of the Church as one parish.

Today, we face many realities that impact parish life and make it difficult to fully live out our mission. This archdiocesan-wide renewal effort will help us better support vibrant, sustainable, mission-focused parish communities across the entire Archdiocese of Seattle.

On July 1, 2024, the 136 archdiocesan parishes became 60 parish families, with eight stand-alone parishes under the leadership of a pastor or pastoral coordinator. We are the Northwest Seattle Catholic Parish Family, comprised of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Fatima, and St. Anne. Like all the parish families across the Archdiocese, we are working together to articulate our gifts, our hopes for the future, and to set a vision and plan for how we will re-invigorate parish life while forming one new canonical parish.

This spring, our parish family is beginning Phase 3, “Who do we want to become?” Read the Quarterly Update from the PFAC here.

Visit the Partners in the Gospel page on the Archdiocese of Seattle website for more information and to sign up for the Partners Update newsletter: Partners in the Gospel – Archdiocese of Seattle. 

Read this informative Q&A that addresses frequently asked questions and concerns.

We also encourage you to read Archbishop Etienne’s Annual Letter.