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Jubilarian sisters of 2018

These religious sisters are celebrating significant anniversaries this year

Congratulations, class of 2018!

Parishioner traces ministry of the archdiocese's early missionary priests

St. Anthony's celebrates five years of supporting Haiti sister parish, school

Understanding the sacrament of Confirmation

Jubilarian sisters of 2018

Northwest Catholic is proud to honor religious sisters celebrating significant anniversaries in 2018 and thanks them for their service to the people of Western Washington.

Congratulations, class of 2018!
Western Washington’s 11 Catholic high schools are sending 1,446 graduates into the world this spring. On behalf of the entire Archdiocese of Seattle, Northwest Catholic is proud to honor the members of the class of 2018.
New pastoral appointments announced
Here are the latest pastoral appointments in the Archdiocese of Seattle, as announced by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.

I grew up Catholic without ever hearing about the Divine Mercy devotion, which the church celebrates annually on the Sunday after Easter. Even after I had learned about it, I didn’t understand it. A few sisters in my community placed great confidence in the Divine Mercy image and chaplet, but it never really appealed to...

Sister Constance Veit

Celibacy revisited
Writing in the first person is always a risk, but the subject matter of this column is best done, I feel, through personal testimony. In a world where chastity and celibacy are seen as naive and to be pitied and where there’s a general skepticism that anyone is actually living them out, personal testimony is perhaps the most effective protest.
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Erica Tighe was 26 when she made the leap: She would set out on her own to be a calligrapher. Full time. In order to pay her $800 rent and cellphone bill and $1,000 college-loan payment and also hopefully afford some food.