Here s the shortlist for the open seat on Olympia s City Council
The Olympian 12/19/2020 Brandon Block, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Dec. 19 One of seven candidates the city of Olympia announced Friday will likely fill the seat opening up on Olympia s City Council in January, when Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Bateman moves to her new position in the state House of Representatives.
The city received 29 applications, which were evaluated by a special subcommittee that met on Friday and recommended seven finalists.
If the council approves the subcommittee s shortlist, one of the seven will be appointed by council and serve until the next election in November 2021. Although Bateman s term would have lasted until 2023, state law dictates that the interim member serve only until the next general election. Several other seats are up for election next November, including those of Jim Cooper, Clark Gilman, Renata Rollins, and Lisa Parshley.
As COVID-19 surges, Catholics find new, socially distanced ways to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
‘Perhaps this year it is Our Lady who will come to our home,’ said the Very Rev. Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Illinois.
December 10, 2020
Hundreds of people hike up Mount Rubidoux, in Riverside, California, as part of a 2.5-mile pilgrimage to celebrate the Virgin Mary on Dec. 7, 2019. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina
(RNS) For many Catholics, honoring the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be a more intimate encounter this year.
This year’s pilgrimage will be “un camino hacia adentro,” an inward journey, said Petra Alexander, the Office of Hispanic Affairs director for the Diocese of San Bernardino. Instead of large public processions, she said, leaders are advising the faithful to create altars and offer roses to welcome the Virgen de Guadalupe in their homes.