Letter from the Pastor 

February 9, 2024

Dear Families

Some of you have seen me around lately and were asking how I was doing. It prompted me to do a little health update so that you’d know how I was doing. As most of you know, I had abdominal surgery a few weeks ago. Although it was a long surgery (six and a half hours!), it went really well and my recovery has been much better than any of us expected. I started back on chemo this past Tuesday. It's a bridge treatment for a month. Hopefully I'll be approved to get back on the Stem Cell Transplant surgery as early as mid to late March. I have my first transplant meeting with the Gold Team at Fred Hutch on February 25th!

My surgeon from three weeks ago has given me the "okay" to proceed and it looks like we might Finally be a go. As you know I've had set backs and delays before so I'm keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that this time it might actually happen. But as you well know it could hit another snag. I'm actually feeling very well and am back in the office and celebrating masses most days. Thanks for all your prayers and support!

Yours in Christ,

Fr. K Scott Connolly,

Pastor