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Olympic Catholic Town Hall Meetings
Fr. Maurer will be hosting a monthly parish family Town Hall Meeting, which will rotate locations between parishes. This is an opportunity for any parishioner from any of our family of parishes to come and ask questions about the Partners in the Gospel process and to give feedback about changes or ask questions and get solid answers.
The audio from these Q&A sessions will be posted on our YouTube channel. The most recent four are below; older sessions archived here.
Town Hall - Queen of Angels - Feb. 28, 2025
Highlights from this session:
- Father Ed’s health issues & contingency plans while he is away
- Partners in the Gospel updates from Jason Stolberg, chancery liaison
— Meet our chancery liaisons
— Seattle Archdiocese Partners in the Gospel page - Are all the parishes in the archdiocese in families?
- What news about a Queen of Angels 5 pm vigil Mass choir? Does the choir need to be in the choir loft?
- Why aren’t children invited to come forward for a blessing at communion? More details here.
- Starting new things in general within our communities; groups, social gatherings.
- Are there funds to assist youth & young adults to go to college? For vocations to the priesthood & religious life? For married couples?
- What is going on with the family formation group (at Queen of Angels)?
- Guest priests and retreats
- Coffee hour / social hours after Sunday Mass; balancing the load
- New pictoral directory for our parish or parish family?
- Is the long-term of the archdiocese to have one church on the Olympic Peninsula? Discerning closures, funding bigger buildings, and other future dreams
- Catholic cemeteries on the Olympic Peninsula
Click here to read more on Fr. Maurer’s blog.
Town Hall - St. Anne - Jan. 24, 2025
Highlights from this session:
- Updates on the parish family to date
- Differences between councils and committees
- Clarifications on Saint Anne’s Apostolic Action committee (past history, current disposition, and future plans)
- Are our parishes going to be sanctuaries for those in fear of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)? What will our involvement be on this issue?
- USCCB statement
- Archbishop Etienne’s letter
- Practicalities of what we might do locally
- Avoiding the spirit of bitterness & anger
- Gratitude for Father Ed’s stability and presence
- Father Gali visiting the west region? (Saint Anne and Saint Thomas)
- ‘Santo Nino’ devotion and celebration of it at St. Mary Star of the Sea this year
- Contingency plans when we’re down one (or more) priests
- More homebound ministers from each church needed
- Faith formation at Saint Thomas the Apostle mission?
- What’s up with Jason (our archdiocesan liaison)?
- Parish Councils
Click here to read more on Fr. Maurer’s blog.
Town Hall - St. Mary Star of the Sea - Nov. 22, 2024
Highlights from this session (bilingual):
- Updates about the parish family
- Changes to the Saturday vigil Mass & confession schedules
- Changes to the monthly priest rotation schedule
- Big celebrations in December
- Updates on the roof work at Saint Mary Star of the Sea
- Could arrangements be made for a kneeler section in front of the sanctuary during communion?
- For confessions at Saint Mary Star of the Sea, could we invite other priests who might speak Spanish more fluently?
- Is my confession valid if the priest doesn’t understand?
- Will you be meeting with parents to talk through the possibility of moving faith formation away from Sundays?
- Could we use Latin to bring our different language-speaking communities together?
- Would it be possible to invite Spanish-speaking priests for much-needed catechetical instruction?
- Why do Catholics not celebrate Halloween?
Click here to read more on Fr. Maurer’s blog, complete with links to deeper explanations, magisterial documents, and more.
Town Hall - St. Joseph - Oct. 25, 2024
Highlights from this session:
- General parish family updates
- When are we supposed to stand at the “Orate, fratres” (“Pray, brethren”) at Mass?
- Are there any plans about ramps or elevators at Saint Joseph parish?
- Update on the timeline of the kitchen remodel at Saint Joseph parish
- Which relic do we have here at St. Joseph parish? A brief overview of the consecration of altars and of bells
- Priests are often together for the school Mass; would the pastor consider spreading priests out to maximize First Friday Mass availability?
- Why can’t we have the sign of peace at daily Mass?
- What is the response of the priest when people come up with their arms crossed at communion? And would it be better for people who are not receiving communion to remain in the pew?
- Will we still have a Christmas Eve, midnight, and Christmas day Masses?
- Liturgical calendars are coming to our parish family website – but they are currently available in beta form at Father Maurer’s website.
- Why does the tabernacle have a cover over it?
- When are the Divine Praises supposed to be prayed at Benediction at the end of adoration?I
- s there a reason we don’t have an adoration chapel at Saint Joseph parish?
- It was nice, recently, to have the homily offered in both English & Spanish – could this be done in the future?
Click here to read more on Fr. Maurer’s blog, complete with links to deeper explanations, magisterial documents, and more.