St Brendan Catholic Church

Good Morning St. Brendan! The parish phones and voice mail are down this morning. Also the internet is down for some of our employees. Please be patient as we resolve the issue. THANKS!

Good afternoon St. Brendan. Please see the schedule for the next 10 days.

Saturday, June 20
No Morning Mass or Confession
2:30pm Confessions
5:00pm Vigil Mass
Sunday, June 21
Normal Mass Schedule
Monday, June 22 - Thursday, June 25
No Morning Mass or Confessions at STB
Tuesday, June 23 - Thursday, June 25
Mass at STOC at 9:00am
Wednesday, June 24
Parish Office Closed
Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27
Normal Mass and Confession Schedule
Saturday, June 27
Mass of Thanksgiving with Fr. Simon Stehr
5:00pm Vigil Mass, Reception to follow
Sunday, June 28
Normal Mass Schedule

Have a great week all- Enjoy the sunshine!

Sixteen years ago today our Pastor became a priest! St. Brendan and St. Teresa are blessed to have you as our Pastor. We are grateful for you as our shepherd! Continued prayers for you in your ministry. What a year it has been! If you see Fr. Wichert today say thank you! We love you! And as you say to all of us "Keep your eyes on the prize." See less

From Chris Stefanick's Facebook post today!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E9PTRDxLx/

Evangelization in 3 words.

I was honored to speak at one of the largest gatherings of Catholics in the Pacific Northwest in over a century—a Eucharistic Congress in the greater Seattle area. For those who know the area well, there are some great things happening in the Church, but the broader culture is one of the least Church-friendly in the country. I’ve met many Catholic parents from there who did their best to raise their children in the Faith, only to have the culture, and their kids’ peers, not only turn them into “non-Catholics,” but virulent “anti-Catholics.” Of course that’s not always the case…but it’s far too common to ignore the trend.

During the congress there was a Eucharistic procession. We brought Jesus into the streets, followed by over 3,000 of his closest friends. :) Incense and songs rose to heaven in the midst of a modern, VERY secularized space. Thankfully, for the most part, people we passed looked dumbstruck, a little confused, and reverent, all at the same time. They didn’t know what they were seeing, but they knew it was holy. It was beautiful…but I really wasn’t sure it would be!

And it struck me: a Eucharistic procession sums up all of evangelization in the most tangible terms, doesn’t it? We’re all just part of the crowd that’s been walking behind Him for 2,000 years, and even when we might encounter hostility from a culture that doesn’t want Him…we keep walking…and our response is simply, “I’m with Him.”

When I love and serve, I want the world to know it’s because “I’m with Him.”

When I’m faithful to my Church and family even when it’s hard, it’s because “I’m with Him.”

And when I find myself in a culture that’s forgotten God…and I’m pressured to compromise, or find myself canceled, “I’m still with him.”

Remembering how he puts himself out there gives me courage to do the same.

…Lord Jesus, we’re with you…

Photo: Omar Camacho Photography and team, official photographers of ASCEND