We asked, and you answered! Catholics from around the Archdiocese of Seattle talk about their favorite saints.

SEATTLE – A colorful procession with images of saints beloved to 14 ethnic and cultural communities highlighted the Archdiocese of Seattle’s first Celebration of Our Saints Mass November 3.

P: ¿Por qué necesitamos una celebración aparte para “Todos los Santos”? ¿Acaso no cada santo ya tiene su fiesta particular?

Jim Puttman’s two decades of advocacy bring improvements to Enumclaw-area burial ground

Q: Why do we need a separate celebration for “All Saints”? Doesn’t each saint already have a dedicated feast day?

Giving thanks for the great gift of community

Cierta tarde hace casi 47 años, el P. Thomas me llamó a su oficina en el seminario para decirme que mi padre había fallecido ese día. Recuerdo con afecto su amable titubeo, su respeto por mi respuesta silenciosa. La tarea que recayó sobre él ese día nos uniría con el paso de los años, hasta su propia muerte varios años después. No, no solo hasta, sino más allá de su muerte. La vida me ha enseñado que la muerte no pone fin a las relaciones o a lo que de ellas podemos aprender. Lo digo porque conozco major a mi padre ahora que el día que murió.

One afternoon almost 47 years ago, Father Thomas called me into his office at the seminary to tell me my father had died earlier that day. I remember with fondness his gentle hesitation, his respect for my silent response. The task that fell to him that day would bind us together as the years went by, until his own death several years later. No, not just until — even beyond his death. Life has taught me that death does not put the final limit on relationships or on what we can learn from them; I say that because I know my father better now than I did the day he died.