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The Catholic Northwest Progress

ACC Turns 90:  Charitable group has changed names but maintained its purpose over the decades

Karen Pasqualetto:  Bellevue educator, 37, who helped found parish elementary school dies after battle with cancer

A well-lived life still well worth living 
John Peyton gets a drink from his wife, Patricia
John Peyton gets a drink from his wife, Patricia.  Peyton, paralyed and dying from Lou Gehrig's disease has given several interviews opposing Initiative 1000, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. 

Parish hopes for amnesty for family facing deportation
BY ARMANDO MACHADO
An undocumented immigrant family facing deportation to Mexico despite support from St. Francis Parish has another ten months to try to work matters out.

Youth take mission trip in their own backyard
After years of youth mission trips to Yakima, Tijuana and even Portland, Ore. Sacred Heart Parish in Battle Ground in 1999 began collaborating with other local youth ministers to create Backyard Ministries. 

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Food programs feel bite of rising costs 
St. Chalres Borromeo food bank volunteers
St. Chalres Borromeo food bank volunteers (from left) Daisy Tei, Marcia McClaughlin and Mary Alice Kane.

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