About St. Peter Catholic Mission
What began in the mid-1800s, during a period of exchange between local indigenous peoples and Christian missionaries, became:
Saint Peter Mission
A Place of Shared Heritage which remains until this day.
Coming to Saint Peter Mission is at one and the same time coming to the final resting place of Chief Seattle, who is buried in the adjacent cemetery.
The tone of our liturgy at St. Peter Mission is peaceful and quiet, befitting what many experience as a place of deep soul presence. It’s restful here. Gatherings of two or three people are natural, as is a full house of one-hundred or more.
Saint Peter Mission houses some very special religious objects. Among these are a wooden carving of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and a replica of a teaching tool known as the “Catholic Ladder”. When visiting, please feel welcome to come up and take a closer look at these rare works of art.
Going forth from Saint Peter Mission takes us out through the trees and back down the old gravel roads, into what lies ahead for us. Wherever we go, we go renewed, for we have been on holy ground, and in a sacred place.
For more information about Chief Seattle and the Suquamish Tribe, please visit: www.suquamish.nsn.us/.
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I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:37-39