Sunday Mass

We meet every Sunday.  Our doors open at 9:30 am and mass begins at 10:30 am.   We are located in the Sacred Space at First Christian Church in Olympia. (701 Franklin Street Southeast, Olympia, WA 98501). Parking is available on the streets around the Church, and also check out parking at the Library. Note that First Christian also holds its services at 10:30 am.

We are proud to announce that Connie Hanser is in formation for ordination as a permanent deacon in the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Pray for Connie as she embarks on this journey of formation.  

Join us and experience a wonderful way of being Catholic! Celebrating God's wonderful diversity.  

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 Our Community

We share leadership for the celebration of our Eucharistic Liturgies, and have community participation in these liturgies.  Our priest-pastor is Mother Kedda Keough. Community members participate in many ways in the liturgy.

After our Eucharistic Liturgy we like to hang around together and catch up with each other.

Every fourth Sunday we have a potluck followed by adult faith fomation.  Right now we are deciding what to study together starting in September.

 Business Meetings

Community Meetings:  As for business, we like to take care of that on Sundays, too.  We usually meet right after celebrating liturgy on the third Sundays of the month.  Our leadership style is collaborative, as we believe in shared leadership.  All members may participate in the decision-making process, and in fact are encouraged to share their wisdom with each other.  For ECC having the full participation of lay members in decision making is essential.  See Quaker Decision-Making Process  This process is very good for those truly important decisions.

Visioning Committee:  We are forming a new Visioning Committee for our community.  This small group of members will be the ones who look ahead over the whole liturgical year and make suggestions and come up with ideas for our community.  They will help prepare the agenda for our community meetings.

Administration:  We have a Treasurer and a Secretary, and a few of us take care of the little things that come up between meetings, and will consult with other members by email or phone when necessary.  We are now forming a Finance Committee. If you are a regular member of Emmaus ECC and would like to participate on this committee talk to Christine.

 Other

Feast Days.  To the best of our ability we celebrate all the major feast days of the Church.  It is best to check here to see what is coming up next.  

Retreats, etc.  We usually alternate our retreats with the National ECC Synod.  Our next regional retreat will be in the fall of 2019.

The ECC Synod. September 2018 in Tempe AZ