HOC Updates

O'SHEA: The Challenges Facing the Catholic Church

For the first time in history the number of people in the United States who identify as belonging to a church, mosque or synagogue is...

Latin America is becoming more secular

Catholicism is in swift decline, although there are growing numbers of evangelicals

Seattle archdiocese redeveloping property into affordable housing

Greener First Hill neighborhood as the Archdiocese of Seattle and partners embark on a project to drastically reduce carbon emissions

Heal Our Church: A Conversation with James Carroll

James Carroll is the author of twelve novels. The Truth at the Heart of the Lie, which was named a Best Book of 2021 by Publishers Weekly.

HOC Supports St. Mary, Mount Virgin, and St. Patrick

The Catholic community of Seattle is learning that the Archbishop has unexpectedly announced plans to close St. Mary, Mount Virgin and...

The Tacoma News Tribune Endorses Heal Our Church

A Seattle-based Catholic reform group, called Heal our Church, has boldly called for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission; it’s based on a...

HOC Condemns Papal Ban on Blessing of Gay Unions

This is contrary to Christian notions of the innate goodness of all persons. The Catholic Church must welcome and offer spiritual...

Seattle Times Brings our Mission To The Community

Article continues below, or read it all on the Seattle Times Web Site https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-archbishop-is-sto...

‘Looking back at 2020 and moving Forward in 2021’

HEAL OUR CHURCH.org Dear Heal Our Church (HOC) Supporter: For so many reasons, all of us have been ready for 2020 to end and pray for...

Victims First: Transparency Needed

I am not a theologian, lawyer, or therapist, but as other Catholics, I have accepted the duty of reflecting on the victims of clerical...

Heal Our Church plans virtual meeting, invites Archbishop and requests agreement on Joint Statement

June 1, 2020 Archbishop Paul Etienne Archdiocese of Seattle 710 9th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Dear Archbishop Etienne: We are taking this...

Archbishop Postpones Meeting, HOC Responds

The Archbishop cancelled the May 13th meeting we scheduled nearly four months previously under the concern of coronavirus. He was...

Pacific Northwest's largest newspaper advocates for Heal Our Church effort

EDITORIAL FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES: The Catholic Church’s egregious concealment of its sexual abuse scandals compounds the pain felt by...

Our Seattle Times op-ed: For healing, Catholic Church must open sexual-abuse scandal records

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission model recently proposed for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle offers a path of healing in the afte

Straight-forward answers to Archbishop Etienne’s concerns about a Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Heartwarming, and in some cases heartbreaking, characterizes the outpouring of emails, phone calls and text messages we’ve received...

News release: Western Washington Catholics call on Archbishop to help form a Truth & Reconciliation

In wake sex abuse scandal, group develops plan to help heal church SEATTLE (Jan. 28, 2020)-- A broad-based group of Catholics in Western...