Fr. Tom McMichael
Pastor, St. Charles, Burlington, WA
and neighboring Skagit Valley Catholic Churches
Our 2025 Annual Catholic Appeal theme is “Together in Faith. We are the Catholic Church in Western Washington.” As members of the body of Christ, we fulfill this evangelizing mission every day through the ways we live our faith - by accompanying each other and sharing the joy of the Gospel. From hospital and prison ministries to multi-cultural ministries to programs for young adult, your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal allows us to do together what one parish cannot do alone.
Joy and Blessings for New Pope Leo XIV A statement from Archbishop Paul D. Etienne SEATTLE, May 8, 2025 –
We share the joy of people around the world as we welcome Pope Leo XIV as our new Holy Father. Let us pray the Lord fills him with the peace and consolation of the Holy Spirit in these first and early days of his pontificate. Since the Lord has chosen him as the Universal Shepherd of the whole People of God, may we now support him with our prayers and unity.
Pope Leo XIV is an amazing choice as the next successor of Peter. The name chosen tells us he will put the social teachings of the Church at the heart of this pontificate. I have found this man in my brief encounters to be humble, affable, confident and competent in carrying out his responsibilities. We have hopeful and bright days ahead!
We are also immensely grateful to the cardinals who so prayerfully entered the conclave process – a process that is both divine and human - to select the successor of St. Peter. By listening to the movement of the Holy Spirit and their own prayer and discernment, they elected Cardinal Robert Prevost and demonstrated for all of us how we are to live our baptismal calling, in the presence of God.
Loving Christ,Loving Others
We are a welcoming Catholic community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. Our parish mission is:
To proclaim the Gospel of Christ to our local community in word, deed, and truth.
Dear friends,
Welcome to the website of St. Charles Catholic Church in Burlington, Washington. St. Charles is a diverse parish with a long history of witness and service in the Burlington, Bow-Edison, Samish Island, Bay View, and Alger communities. We are partners in the ministry of Immaculate Conception Regional School in Mount Vernon and host to the Tri-Parish Food Bank and the Youth Migrant Project.
Whether living here or just passing through, we invite you to join us as we seek to joyfully and faithfully celebrate the Sacraments and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
With my prayers and every good wish,
Mass Times
Saturday Vigil:
5:00pm
7:00pm (Español)
Sunday:
7:45am (Español)
11:15am
Daily Mass:
Monday: 10:30am
Wednesday: 6:00pm Bilingual
Confession (English and Spanish):
Monday 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday 5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
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And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."
Matthew 28: 18-20 (RSV-CE)
