Community meeting tonight! Click the link for details, including the agenda and relevant notes.

Community Meeting Tonight, Contemplative Mass Saturday

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A biting and timely editorial...

Open letter to the US Catholic bishops: It's over

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Dear brothers in Christ, shepherds, fellow pilgrims, We address you as you approach this year's national meeting in Baltimore because we know there is nowhere left to hide. It's over. All the manip...

A bold faced name of centering prayer and inspiration for many in the HW community, Thomas Keating is dead at 95.

Rev. Thomas Keating, Pioneer in Contemplative Movement, Dies at 95

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He willingly went from riches to rags, walking away from privilege to a monastic life, only to be rewarded with spiritual riches.

Roman Catholic Women Priests mourn the victims of Saturday's horrific violence at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. We offer our deepest condolences and prayers to the victims and their families, both to those who lost their lives and were injured including members of the Jewish community and first responders. We commit ourselves to working for unity among all people of the United States. We, as a nation, are better than the divisive rhetoric filling our airwaves. As Christians, we have a moral obligation to care for all, especially the most threatened.

Roman Catholic Women Priests focuses on the renewal of the Catholic Church through the inclusion of the marginalized, by ordaining women to the priesthood. RCWP-USA condemns the divisive atmosphere created by the present administration, whereby entire races and faiths are labeled as enemies. We disagree with those who suggest that armed security for schools and houses of worship forms a solution.

We call on the leaders of our nation to end speech which divides Americans and enact laws which ban assault rifles and keep all firearms out of the hands of those who would threaten the innocent.

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From Rabbi Seth in the wake of today's shooting. All are invited to a gathering tomorrow, Sunday October 28 at 1:00 p.m. in the TBH sanctuary.

Sidewalk's newsletter is out...

Walk The Walk - SideWalk's Monthly Newsletter

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If you're a public employee or retiree and you would like to help end homelessness in Thurston County, we encourage you to set up a recurring donation to SideWalk through the CFD. For just $75 a month, SideWalk can get someone off the streets and into a home of their own! Just use the charity code ...

Time to get out the vote...

Sign the Petition: Votes for Women Religious at the Synod

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From NCR...

Catholic Women Speak network calls for church reform, focus on women

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The delegates gathering today for the month-long synod of bishops will hear few, if any, women's voices inside their Vatican meeting hall. That's a situation that theologian Tina Beattie wants to reme...