“And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

–Matthew 28:20

Please note that the parish offices will be closed on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.

Resources for this weekend’s services.

Mass Schedule and Intentions
St. Anne’s Worship Aid
Prayers of the Faithful

**Sunday Mass at 10 AM at Sacred Heart is supported by an ASL Interpreter.

–Eucharistic Adoration
There are opportunities to spend time in quiet prayer at all churches.
Sacred Heart of Jesus: Every first Friday of the month after noon Mass.
Our Lady of Fatima: Every Monday evening from 7 to 8:15 pm.
St. Anne: The House of Prayer is always available. Follow this link to sign up and receive instructions on how to visit.

–Summer Mass Time Change
During the summer months, the St. Anne Thursday morning Mass will move to the evening. Join us at 5:30 pm, beginning June 11th.

Here is a photo of the 1969 Our Lady of Fatima First Holy Communion Class. One of the boys is Fr. Freitag. He is the in middle row, sixth from the right.

To see the photos of the 2026 First Communion Classes, visit the photo gallery on our website. Many thanks to Steve Schimmelman for capturing this special day.

Thank you to all those who have made a gift to the 2026 Annual Catholic Appeal!
Parish progress towards our goals are as follows:

Sacred Heart of Jesus: 71% of the goal $23,381
Our Lady of Fatima: 41.9% of the goal $86,645
St. Anne: 29% of the goal $82,861

Through the Annual Catholic Appeal, our parish has been answering the call to support our shared mission – to help one another encounter Christ and put the Gospel into concrete action. Your gift is integral to bringing faith formation programs to life, inviting youth and young adults into the Church, fostering a welcoming community, and providing for the spiritual and physical needs of every person we encounter. If you have not yet made your gift, please consider filling out a pew envelope or making your gift online. All gifts above our goal will go towards parish projects that are outlined here. 

 

A lot has been happening across our three campuses to maintain and improve our facilities.

–Sacred Heart of Jesus

• When the parish office moved to the basement space, there were necessary updates and adjustments needed for our internet service.
• Working closely with the county, we took some simple steps to help reduce rodent activity in the area.
• We will be making some minor repairs to the outside lift at the Downtown school.

–Our Lady of Fatima

• Serviced the church, rectory, and parish office fire extinguishers and replaced a few extinguishers requiring hydrostatic tests.
• Bearing assemblies for the church floor heat pump and the church recirculation pump were replaced along with the air compressor that controls the Pneumatic Control Heating System in the Parish Center. We also replaced two of the original (1967) radiant heat line air bleeders in the boiler room—they were letting water escape from the “closed” radiant system.
• Replaced a Parish Center door “crash bar” mechanism and repaired a failed internal church roof drain pipe that was flooding the floor in the church.
• ·Replaced the Hot Water expansion tank at the Parish Office — the internal bladder had failed.
• Thank you for all who came to our very successful and gratifying Spring Cleanup event! We filled almost 20 large yard waste bags.
• Over the summer, we be replacing broken chairs and table tops using the proceeds from the #iGiveCatholic donations.

–St. Anne

• The new St. Francis statue has been installed in the garden and was blessed by Fr. Kitema.
• Replaced a broken switch on the Church HVAC that had stopped the bathrooms and sacristy from being heated.
• The kneelers in the House of Prayer were repadded and upholstered thanks to a generous donor.
• Right before Easter, the lock on the tabernacle broke, which means the door is stuck closed. We had a locksmith open it, but the antique mechanism is still stuck and unuseable in its current state. We are currently using a temporary tabernacle in the side chapel.
• Thank you to all who helped for our Earth Day Spring Cleanup event.
• A TV monitor has been installed in the Assembly Room for the use of ministry and small groups who use this space.
• Our part-time groundskeeper Bill Trettenero has retired. Nazario Murillo Garcia, who works most days at Sacred Heart, will be working at St Anne one day per week.
• Replaced filters in the school HVAC and also replaced a broken thermostat and switch in the kitchen allowing for proper functioning of heating.
• Also at the school, we repaired a door closer and release mechanism for the main school door.
• This summer will include the next area of the roof to be repaired.

–Altar Server Training
Where: Our Lady of Fatima
When: Wednesday, May 27th at 2:15 pm OR Sunday, May 31st at 10 am
For students in grades 3-7 this year (rising 4th graders and older) whose families are active parishioners and regularly attend Mass at Our Lady of Fatima, there is an opportunity to become an altar server. New servers need to attend one full session; current servers need to attend the beginning part of one session to learn some changes to protocol. If you have any questions, please feel free to follow up with Drew Steen, Karianne Earnest, or Betsy McCormick.

Where: St. Anne
When: Wednesday, May 20th at 2:15 pm
For students in grades 3-7 this year (rising 4th graders and older) who are interested in becoming altar servers at St. Anne, please RSVP using this link.

–Young Adult May Events
May Ferry Day; Saturday, May 30, 11:00 AM; Pier 52. Meet at Pier 52 to catch the ferry, and we’ll walk to a local brewery together once we arrive.

–Vacation Bible School 
We have a few spots left for rising 3rd and 4th graders!
VBS will be at Our Lady of Fatima, June 15-19, every day from 9am to noon. Open to all children across the parish family. Learn more and register here.
Additional volunteers are appreciated. Adult volunteers get one free child registration. Rising middle schoolers can earn volunteer hours! Sign up here.

–St. Vincent de Paul Society
Don’t Forget!–Donation Truck
The St. Vincent de Paul donation truck will be accepting your gently used donations on Sunday, May 31st from 9 am to 12 pm at Our Lady of Fatima. Refer to this site to see what is or is not accepted.

–Faith & Family Day at the Mariners Game
Enjoy a fun faith and family day at T-Mobile Park with the Archdiocese of Seattle–special group pricing, a postgame concert and player speaker series. Saturday, August 1, at 1:10 pm. Mariners vs. Twins. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

–Eucharistic Procession for Migrant Dignity
Join us on Memorial Day as Catholics and people of goodwill across Western Washington gather at St. Leo’s Church in Tacoma for Mass and a Eucharistic procession to the Northwest Detention Center, led by Archbishop Etienne and inspired by Pope Leo XIV. Part of the Season of Faithful Witness. Learn more here.
Monday, May 25th
10 am – 1pm
St. Leo Church to the NW Detention Center

Have a blessed week!