Join us for the January Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 31st to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, January 4th Mass and Dinner.
This talk will explore the basics of cycle tracking and body literacy through the FEMM approach (Fertility Education & Medical Management), helping participants understand the science behind the female body, its hormones, and overall health.
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for the February Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, January 28th to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, February 1st Mass and Dinner.
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for the March Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 25th to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, March 1st Mass and Dinner.
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for the April Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 8th to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, April 12th Mass and Dinner.
Join us for the May Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 29th to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, May 3rd Mass and Dinner.
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for the June Mass & Dinner!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, June 3rd to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, June 7th Mass and Dinner.
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Come join Frassati Loves Seattle for our first clothing swap! Bring your old (clean) pants, shirts, button down shirts, suit tops, sweaters, any old clothes you’d like to remove from your closet! Stay to pick up any new items that catch your eye!
Come decorate cookies and watch a classic Christmas film!
Ugly Christmas sweaters/pjs are encouraged :)
Join us for the All-Seattle Archdiocesan Young Adult Christmas Formal!
This year's theme is Vintage Noel!
Gather for a festive and classy celebration of the Christmas season with live music, dancing, appetizers, & seasonal cocktails, and connect with Catholic young adults across the diocese and region. Invite a friend and make new ones! We can’t wait for another year of this joyful tradition.
Come join Frassati Loves Seattle for our first event! We'll be working together to make sandwiches for St. Francis House of Seattle (https://www.stfrancishouseseattle.org/). The organization cares for the working poor / homeless by a variety of activities, one of which is free sandwiches. Come ready to connect with other Frassati volunteers, give back to your community, and create yummy food! Thank you for sharing your time and talents with others!
Join us for a weekend retreat at the beautiful Lodge at Cabin Creek in Easton, WA. We’ll spend three days encountering the peace of Christ, spending time in nature and prayer.
This event has been cancelled. There will be no social at Big Time brewery either. Stay tuned for future Thomistic Institute events!
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for our annual Fall Food Drive! We’ll begin with Mas at 9am at Newman, and then head over to a local neighborhood to distribute flyers and promoting our local food bank. This event typically raises thousands of dollars for the food bank- a much needed gift for an organization that helps so many of our neighbors!
Wear comfortable walking shoes- we’ll be doing this rain or shine!
7pm, Nov. 6, Newman Center
Join us for the first November Lumen!
This talk tells the powerful story of seven Romanian Greek Catholic bishops who stood firm against communism and paid the ultimate price for their faith. Told by the nephew of one of them, Bishop Ioan Suciu, this presentation offers a personal glimpse into courage, conviction, and the quiet resistance of faith under a brutal regime.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 29th to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, November 2nd Mass and Dinner.
Frassati Loves Seattle is focused on serving the community through the corporal works of mercy. With this in mind, we'll be joining the Cemeterians on November 1st at Calvary Cemetery at 9am. Join us as we clean up the space and pray for the dead!
We'll start at 9am at Calvary Cemetery, take a break at 10:30am for Mass, and wrap it up at noon. We'll go out for brunch at a local place after.
Join us for a Halloween Party on 10/31 at 6pm at the Newman Center!
This party will feature pizza, Catholic Jeopardy, and some side-quests with prizes! Costumes are not required.
Come join us for a fun fall day at Swan Trail Farms! Plenty of festive food and activities to try- including apple cider donuts, pumpkin picking and more!
Professor Michael Foley of Baylor University will be giving a talk on “The Christian Art of Dating” on Friday, October 24th at 7pm. There will be dessert and a social after the talk! Married people are welcome at this talk as well, as long as their aim is to better date their spouse…
Please note: This event is not hosted by Frassati, and it is open to undergrads as well as young adults.
We will be hosting a Mustard Seed Kingdom Revival on Saturday, October 18th: this will include a Vigil Mass at 5pm as well as a Service for Healing at 6:30pm.
During the Healing Service, we’ll have Praise & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Prayer Teams for personal intentions, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and on top of all that, Impartation of the Holy Spirit for Healing! (Think speaking in tongues, miraculous healings, and other amazing things).
The Lord desires to heal you of any wounds you might be carrying, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual through this event. Come join us in this night of prayer, healing, and praise, and to grow in your relationship with the Holy Spirit as well!
Come join Frassati Loves Seattle for our first event! We'll be working together to make PB&J sandwiches for St. Francis House of Seattle (https://www.stfrancishouseseattle.org/) The organization cares for the working poor/homeless by a variety of activities, one of which is free sandwiches. Come ready to connect with other Frassati volunteers, give back to your community, and create yummy food! Thank you for sharing your time and talents with others!
To sign up, fill out the form here
Join us for a memorable hike and Mass at Cutthroat Pass with Fr. John Peter. Our route will go via Cutthroat Lake, covering approximately 11.4 miles round trip with around 2,300 ft of elevation gain.
Join us on Thursday Oct. 16th for guest speaker Martín Eizayaga’s presentation about indulgences. He will go in depth about what indulgences are, how they work, and why they matter!
Oct 16th at 7pm, St. Dominic Hall at the UW Newman Center
Compline and social following talk
Join us every second Saturday of the month at UW Newman for a beautiful evening of worship and fellowship!
Join us for the first Mass & Dinner of the academic year!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 1st to ensure we have sufficient food for the Sunday, October 5th Mass and Dinner.
Join us after the 10am Mass on Sunday, October 5th for a presentation about the St. Vincent de Paul organization. Donuts will be provided!
Fr. Nathaniel Maria is the host of Coffee with Aquinas, a reading group for Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae—come read Aquinas on the virtues every Friday at 9:30 AM in the Husky Union Building. If you are interested and we haven’t already spoken, email Sam Abraham at sabrah4@uw.edu.
Please note: This reading group is not hosted by Frassati, and it is open to undergrads as well as young adults.
We don’t hear much about the Trinity. Yet, as the Catechism teaches us, the mystery of the Trinity is the center of our faith. What do we mean when we say that God is one yet three persons, and how does this affect our lives? Come and see!
Presented by Fr. Nathaniel Maria Mayne OP
Thursday, October 2nd, 7pm. St. Dominic Hall at the UW Newman Center
Reading Group: we’ll be reading through Evelyn Waugh’s most famous novel, about college, grace, and what it means to be Catholic. Homemade snacks will be provided as well as free copies of the book for regular attendees. We will meet on Thursdays at 5:30 pm in the Siena Room—if interested, please email Christian at cawolf@uw.edu
Please note: This reading group is not hosted by Frassati, and it is open to undergrads as well as young adults.
Join us for Mass in honor of the patron of our Newman Center- St. John Henry Cardinal Newman!
Mass will be at 12:35pm.
Following the 5:30 PM Sunday Mass at Blessed Sacrament we will be meeting at the Blessed Sacrament Priory Backyard for a time of fellowship. This is a great opportunity to meet other young adults in the area, from young professionals to graduate students.
We will be providing bratwurst, but everyone is encouraged to bring a side dish to share, from chips, drinks, salad, desserts, ett.
ID Card Required
RSVP: https://archseattle.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/6425/responses/new
If you would like to help set up, please show up anytime after 4PM
Join us for a special votive mass in honor of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati at the University of Washington Newman Center. Following this 7PM mass is a celebration in the upstairs St. Frassati Lounge.
RSVP by September 5th: https://archseattle.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/6236/responses/new
*** Highly recommended to park in the UW parking lot N5 (5 min walk away), due to the high likely hood of being parked in by the 9PM Mass.
Join us for an amazing hike and mass at Dewey Lake with Fr. Nathaniel Maria.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/dQfYeCoG39Qz4xP89
Timing:
Please meet at the trailhead by 9:00 AM. (We'll leave from Blessed Sacrament at 6:45 AM)
Leaving from the trailhead: 9:10am
Hike: 6 miles round trip,1270 ft elevation gain
Expected hiking time(out and back): 3 hours.
Expected drive time: 2 hours.
Estimated Hike return time: 4:30 PM, later if people stop for food on the way home
Pass required: NWF pass or America the Beautiful.
Difficulty:
This is a moderate difficulty hike.
Cost: $10 to the driver
What to Wear and Bring
1. Water
2. Snack and lunch
3. Hiking shoes (optional: second pair of comfy sneakers for the drive back)
4. Layers (no cotton)
5. Waterproof jacket
6. Appropriate pants (not jeans)
7. Wool socks (optional: second pair of socks for the drive back)
8. Hat
9. Sunglasses
10. Sunscreen
11. Bug Spray
12. Trekking poles (optional)
Disclaimer
Inclement weather may affect the plan for this event. We will assess these conditions and will notify participants via email of any changes the night prior.
Frassati is going to the beach! We’ll be headed out to Olympic National Park for a two night trip, car camping the first night, then doing an overnight backpacking trip at Toleak Point.
We won’t have a priest with us on the trip, however we will have time for prayer and spiritual discussion.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/yFcwsvroLX2hxujC8
The hike to Toleak Point along Third Beach Trail is rated as moderate with 5.5 miles along a beach, and beachside cliffs. There is only about ~500 feet of elevation gain across the whole trail. While hiking we’ll get some beautiful ocean views, then set up camp at Toleak Point. Toleak Point is known for its haystacks, or rock formations that stick out like spires in the water.
General Overview
Wednesday August 20 6:45 PM
- Pre-trip meeting at UW Newman Center to go over trip plan + packing list (Adoration afterwards)
Friday August 22nd
- Leave from Blessed Sacrament parking lot at 5PM
- Camp
Saturday August 23rd
- Morning prayer
- Backpack 5.5 miles to Toleak Point
- Hang out on the beach
- Evening prayer
Sunday August 24th
- Morning prayer
- Hang out on the beach + pack up camp
- Backpack 5.5 miles back to cars
- Drive home in time to make 9PM Newman Center mass
Due to National Park regulations, our group size will be limited to 12 people. We will be closing this form at 12 signups, so sign up quick! This is an AllTrails rated moderate hike - backpacking is something that is physically and mentally challenging. Make sure you are prepared to hike 5.5 miles a day carrying 30+ pounds of weight. That being said, the goal of Frassati is to make backpacking accessible and to grow in community through challenging ourselves. We're excited for you to join whether you are a beginner or experienced backpacker.
Friendly reminder that the Solemnity of the Assumption is a Holy Day of Obligation.
We have plenty of opportunites for you to celebrate with us at Mass.
UW Newman Center | 12:35 PM, 7 PM, & 9 PM.
Blessed Sacrament Church | 5:30 PM Vigil (8/14), 7:30 AM, Noon, 5:30 PM, 7:30 PM
