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Holy Week sees priest island-hop through San Juan County to celebrate Masses

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Holy Week sees priest island-hop through San Juan County to celebrate Masses

SAN JUAN COUNTY – A pair of priests have a unique challenge during Holy Week — bringing the sacred liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter to Catholics on four islands in the Salish Sea.

CCS ‘Bus Buddy’ program helps people in Thurston County get around
OLYMPIA – People in Thurston County are traveling a little easier, through the Bus Buddy program managed by Catholic Community Services of Western Washington.
Archbishop Sartain releases Holy Week video message
SEATTLE – Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has released a Holy Week video message. “Holy Week is its own kind of pilgrimage, the most important of the year,” the archbishop says in the video. “If you’ve never participated in Holy Week in your parish, or if it’s been many years, I encourage you to make the…

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