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Christmas 2024: A Message from Bishop LaBelle

Christmas 2024: A Message from Bishop LaBelle

Greetings, Diocese of Olympia. I’m here in what will become our chapel space in Diocesan House. It’s the old library here in the mansion and something that has been under construction. When I first imagined doing a Christmas video for you, I was hoping to have a nice tree set up nearby and looking all perfect in this space and yet here we are, under construction. Often we hear from our culture about how perfect Christmases can be. We get

Advent 2024: A Message from Bishop LaBelle

Advent 2024: A Message from Bishop LaBelle

Greetings, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this, of course, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for

Fear Not: Embracing the Call to Love – An Election Message from Bishop LaBelle

Fear Not: Embracing the Call to Love - An Election Message from Bishop LaBelle

Fear Not: Embracing the Call to Love – An Election Message from Bishop LaBelle Hello, beloved friends of the Diocese of Olympia. We’re just a couple of days away from our national election. And throughout this season, we’ve been fraught by a lot of divisiveness, of fear and anxiety. I hear this both on the news but also in my times out on visitations with all of you. I’ve been asked again and again, “What will happen if…” With the