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Celebrating a Wonderful Way to be Catholic
Tag: ECC
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First Sunday of Advent
November 30, 2025 We are getting close to Advent which begins on November 30th this year. This is the perfect time to start coming to church or to return to church, for it is the beginning of a new church year. We will also start reading from cycle A of the three-year cycle of the
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Overview of the Liturgy of the Mass
October 24, 2025 We finished our faith formation series on the liturgy of the mass at Emmaus ECC. Below are the YouTube videos of each session. Each session was given before mass and kept as short as possible so as to not add too much time to our Sunday gathering. There is so much more
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Diocesan Retreat May 31st
We will be joining the diocesan retreat at Gwinwood Retreat Center on Saturday, May 31st, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The theme is “Exploring Your Path with the Saints: Holding Hands Along the Way.” It has been a while since we’ve had a retreat and we are looking forward to spending time with others
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Celebrating Triduum — Holy Week
Triduum is the three-day feast (April 17 – 20) that we as Catholics celebrate each year. This one great feast begins in the evening on Holy Thursday. We will be celebrating Holy Thursday in the home of Fr. John Tanner and his wife Jai this year. Our celebration will begin at 5:30 pm Pacific time.
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Congratulations to Holy Questions ECC
Our mission community of Holy Questions ECC in Seattle has spun off to become its own ECC parish in the ECC Diocese of the Pacific Northwest! To celebrate, the Emmaus ECC community will be joining them on Pentecost for a joint liturgy. Holy Questions ECC is located in Seattle at 6532 Phinney Ave. N in
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On Being Catholic
Reflection by Bishop Kedda on the occasion of the ECC 20th Anniversary At the heart of what it means to be in the Ecumenical Catholic Communion is that we are Catholic. From our earliest days we have been Catholic. Our ecclesiology is Catholic. Our founders were alienated former Roman Catholics who could no longer remain
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