WELCOME TO OUR NEW PRINCIPAL: DONNA RAMOS!
Fr. Jack and the Principal Search Committee are delighted to announce that Ms. Donna Ramos will be the next principal of Our Lady of Guadalupe School.

Ms. Ramos is currently principal of Immaculate Conception & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Pre-K-8 School in Everett. During her four years there, she has led the school through a challenging transition - stabilizing enrollment, carrying out deferred maintenance and strengthening academic standards - using the community-building, collaborative leadership style that OLG values so highly.

Before leading ICOLPH, she was also an associate vice principal at St. Joseph's School on Capitol Hill and the director of Seattle's Still Point Center for Spirituality. In more than 20 years as a Catholic school educator, she has taught every grade from Kindergarten through 6th grade (and enjoys talking about every one of them), as well as elementary school Spanish. Her experience reflects her love of social justice, environmental stewardship and the arts, and faithful engagement with the world.

Ms. Ramos and her husband Michael are parishioners at St. Patrick's and have two daughters.

Our teachers will be the first to meet Ms. Ramos in person, with an introduction to the whole community soon to follow. Meanwhile, she asked that the Search Committee convey how thrilled she is to have been asked to serve as Our Lady of Guadalupe's next principal. She very much looks forward to meeting the community and resonates with the values and initiatives for faith development and curriculum innovation that are at the heart of OLG's five-year plan.

Fr. Jack and the Search Committee thank you for your support during this search. Please pray for our wonderful next principal, our wonderful outgoing principal, the ICOLPH community and our own community during this time of transition.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!

“THE MYSTERY OF FAITH”: AN OVERVIEW OF CATHOLICISM
On the 50^th Anniversary of the convening of Vatican II and Pope Benedict’s designation of this year as a “Year of Faith”, you are invited to participate in a 10-week series on Sunday mornings beginning in Lent where we will explore in depth key elements of Catholic doctrine and how they shape our understanding and practice of our faith. Using Fr. Michael Himes’s [Professor of Theology at Boston, College; popular preacher and author] DVD presentations for the focus on each session, participants will have an opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and reflect upon the material presented. The series takes place on Sunday mornings through the Easter season from 9:45-10:45 AM in the Parish Life Center Reception Room. For more information click here.

OLG DAY AT SAFECO FIELD--Sunday, June 30, 1:10 pm

Mariners vs. Chicago Cubs

Tickets $18/person;  Ticket order forms are due no later than May 15th.  Ticket order form with additional information is in the document link to the left.

OUTREACH AT OLG
Be sure to check out the Outreach page for more information and events.  Content includes volunteer opportunities, educational events, updates on parish activities, and action alerts on current local, national and international issues.