SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MASS INTENTIONS

PLEASE NOTE: indicates an intention for the deceased

Mon. July 27 8:40 AM – Enrique Palacian Tues. July 28 8:40 AM – David Strecket Wed. July 29 8:40 AM – Special Intention Thurs. July 30 8:40 AM – Chinch Cao & Mary Cao Fri. July 31 8:40 AM – William Fletcher Sat. Aug. 1 5:00 PM – Aurora Grace B. Sears Sun. Aug. 2 8:30 AM – Dr. & Mrs. Sauvage 10:30 AM – Missa Pro Populo 12:30 PM – Francisco Arreola

For all Youth Ministry questions & inquiries, please contact Lindsey Barry, lbarry@ckseattle.org or 206-859-5107.

Christ the King Parish July 26, 2015

Women’s Book and Faith Sharing Group:

Our next meeting will be on Monday, August 3rd at 6:30pm in the Brannan House. For more information contact Marti mlundberg@ckseattle.org or206-859-5105.

‘Ite Missa Est’ Men Group

The group meets weekly on Thursday mornings at 6:45am in the Church to pray the rosary followed by a discussion of the Gospel for the coming Sunday and a light breakfast.

F a i t h F o r m a t i o n Dear Friends:

Summer continues around the parish and with it, there is a different kind of busy. The improvement projects are still in process and general maintenance is being done. While there are fewer students on campus each day, our Day Camp Program and Caritas Childcare Center keep the joy of children’s activity and laughter present.

Much of our focus this time of year, for both the parish and the school, is on planning. There are some open positions that require careful attention including application review and interviews. There are the simple but important tasks like ordering books for the sacramental preparation programs in the fall and missals for the new liturgical year. July is when we traditionally order our Pascal candle for the following Easter to get a discount! And there is the ongoing discussions and calendar meetings about what programs will be offered in the coming year and who will be responsible for them.

You may be thinking, “interesting but not relevant.” But it is relevant to both our parish life and our personal lives of faith. Planning is important. (Ask anyone who knows me, I’m a big fan of plans.) Sometimes, however, we can become so focused on the details and the process of planning that we forget to consider the bigger picture, the people and the goal. And sometimes, we plan as if we are able to control every detail and as if success or failure depends solely on us. We forget that God is the author of our lives, and that the best plans are made in consultation with Him, recognizing that we do our best, but that all we have was a gift from God in the first place.

In the gospel today, I’m always struck by a single line that seems almost an afterthought, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” Jesus took the humble offering of a small boy, and fed a crowd—and still there was more left over. And the leftovers are also important—every scrap has value. This is what God can do with our efforts. He can make the results bigger and more significant than we can even imagine! But first, we have to offer our efforts to him.

Let’s continue to pray for one another,

Marti Lundberg

Christ the King Catholic School News School is Out for Summer!

CKS is still enrolling for the 2015-2016 school year. If you are looking for a small school community, excellent academics and enriching after school programs, please

contact Michelle at mcoolidge@ckseattle.org. Save the Dates!

Monday, August 24th: We welcome our new families to attend a New Family Orientation on August 24th at 7pm in the Fitzgerald Room. We will go over lots of important information for our new families. Be sure to attend! Tuesday, August 25th: For our Preschoolers and Kindergarteners, we are hosting a Meet and Greet from 10am – 11am. Come tour your classroom and meet your teachers for next year!

High School: Our High

School youth are back

from Alaska!!! What an

INCREDIBLE RETREAT!!!

Thank you for all of your

prayers and support! I can hardly begin to describe it

all. We hiked a mountain, kayaked on a lake, rafted

down a river surrounded by bald eagles, woke up to a

gorgeous glacier every morning, made amazing

friends but most importantly we grew in faith. Every

day, surrounded by His beautiful creation, we

journeyed deeper into our relationship with Christ.

Some days it was hard to hear how easily we could be

lead astray from Him by temptation and lures in our

daily life. HOWEVER it was beyond comforting to

hear that Christ is ALWAYS there, his mercy is

ALWAYS accessible and his love for us is

UNSHAKEABLE and we have the choice to follow him

EVERYDAY. I look forward to seeing the blessings of

this retreat unfold over this next year as we prepare

for our next Alaskan adventure!

Quote of the Week:

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good but that God will make us good because he loves us - C.S. Lewis

PARISH STEWARDSHIP - FISCAL YEAR 2015 July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 Total Collection Budget - $572,500

Collections Budget Variance June $ 38,567 $ 46,025 $ (7,458)

Year-To-Date $ 564,880 $ 572,500 $ (7,620)

Includes amounts from all Masses.

2015-16 PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

DISCERNMENT PROCESS

The selection process is participatory and prayerful. It is important that we discern leaders who are able to invest their time and energy with full commitment to the important work of planning for the future of our parish. If you know of people who may be well-suited for this ministry, please

use the Identification Form available in the parish office or email Marti Lundberg at

mlundberg@ckseattle.org.

Annual Catholic Appeal We are so close to our goal!

Help us reach our Parish Goal of $64,940

With 244 donors, we are at 99% of our goal with $64,102 in pledges and one-time gifts to support the needs of our Church in Western Washington. If 2 donors gave $1 per day, we would be at our goal! Can you give $365 to help us reach our goal? THANK YOU for your consideration.

Intentional Service!

Jesuit Volunteer EnCorps, an ecumenical program of

JVC Northwest, facilitates transformative opportunities

for value-centered service, community and spiritual

formation for older adults committed to social and

ecological justice. During their ten months of part-time

volunteer service, participants ages 50 and older meet

together regularly in community, deepen their spiritu-

ality, and explore the values of simple living and social

& ecological justice. For more information, call

206.305.8911 or visit http://jvencorps.org to apply.

Readings for Mon., July 27, - Sun., August 2

Mon. Ex 32:15-24,30-34 Ps 106:19-23 Mt 13:31-35

Tues. Ex 33:7-11;34:5b-9,28 Ps 103:6-13 Mt 13:36-43 Mt 12:46-50

Memorial of Saint Martha Wed. Ex 34:29-35 Ps 99:5-9 Jn 11:19-27

Thurs. Ex 40:16-21,34-38 Ps 84:3-6ac8a,11 Mt 13:47-53

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Fri. Lv 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34b-37 Ps 81:3-6,10-11ab Mt 13:54-58

Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Sat. Lv 25:1,8-17 Ps 67:2-3,5,7-8 Mt 14:1-12

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sun. Ex 16:2-4,12-15 Ps 78:3-4,23-25,54 Eph 4:17,20-24 Jn 6:24-35

Welcome Reception THIS WEEKEND AFTER ALL MASSES

Fr. Lyle Konen, C.Ss.R and Fr. Bill Cleary, C.Ss.R. will be together for all Masses this weekend, July 25th and 26th. A simple welcome reception in the

Fitzgerald Room will follow. Please plan to attend to meet our priests and welcome them to our parish community.

The Bite of Broadview 2015

SAVE the DATE

September 25, 26, and 27

Funeral Mass for long time parish member,

Jim Wells

Will be Thursday, July 30th at 11am

A reception will follow in the Fitzgerald Room.