Please click on the links below to read, in English or Spanish, Bishop Joseph Tyson's homilies for Holy Week, including the Chrism Mass transferred from Holy Thursday to Tuesday, March 20.  Links will be updated as we move through Holy Week to Easter.

Chrism Mass  English  Spanish     Palm Sunday  English  Spanish

Holy Thursday  English  Spanish     Good Friday  English

Easter Sunday  English  Spanish

Through CRS Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Service’s annual Lenten program of prayer, fasting, learning, and giving, U.S. Catholics fund projects that alleviate hunger and poverty around the world. 

25% of CRS Rice Bowl donations remain in Central Washington to support projects that work to alleviate hunger and poverty in our region.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima seeks applications for grants of up to $1,000 to support work in the diocese’s seven Central Washington counties that directly addresses hunger and poverty, including, but not limited to: 

• Community food banks and/or meal sites

• Community or parish gardens that grow fresh produce for low-income people

• Projects that increase access to healthy food for low-income people

To apply for a grant, follow the attached guidelines and submit your application by Tuesday, May 1. Grant recipients will be announced in June. If you have questions, please contact Leanne LaBissoniere, Parish Outreach Coordinator, at (509) 367-5291 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The Central Washington Catholic Youth Camp is scheduled for August 19 through the 24th at YMCA Camp Dudley, west of Yakima near White Pass! This is a quality weeklong summer camp for your kids or grandkids, including daily Mass and Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Reconciliation, priests and sisters, seminarians, and daily faith talks PLUS all the goofy songs and games, swimming, canoeing, rock climbing, zipline, campfire every night!

For more info and to make reservations, see our website, cwcyc.org “Like” our FB page, CWCYCclick. Why “click”? C-L-I-C-K stands for Christ Lives in Catholic Kids!

Dear Friends,

We are here in Rome on pilgrimage and are with the Holy Father, Pope Francis, at his Wednesday general audience. By happy coincidence today marks the start of the Holy Father's global campaign, "Share the Journey," where he invites us to walk with migrants refugees and – in his Spanish comments – "campesinos" – something quite particular to our Diocese of Yakima. Today's kickoff points to a Week of Prayer and Action October 7-13. For an overview of the campaign, including personal stories, click here.  For ideas and resources for Catholic leaders planning events for the week, click here.  For a parish toolkit put together by Catholic Relief Services, click here. For ideas for social media, click here. Para recursos en español, haz click aquí.

Here in the Diocese of Yakima we are uniquely positioned to share the journey as Spanish and English speakers forming a single Church witness. Let's "Share the Journey" with each other – especially the migrants and undocumented as well as those young people impacted by DACA. Many prayers.

+Bishop Joseph Tyson

Formation School of Faith For Leadership and Lay Ministry

These classes are designed for growth in knowledge of our faith, creed and doctrine of the Church.

Led by Bishop Joseph Tyson, the English-speaking Magnificat program is a formation school of faith for leadership and lay ministry.  

All classes will be offered at St Paul's Cathedral Building in Yakima,  Saint Joseph School in Wenatchee, or Holy Spirit Parish in Kennewick, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For questions please contact the diocesan office at 509-965-7117 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

“Credo ut intelligam, intelligo ut credam”

“I Believe to understand, understand to believe”

Saint Augustine of Hippo

2017 - 2018 Magnificat Schedule

Programa de Formación en la Fe y Liderazco Laico

Estas clases están diseñadas para el crecimiento en el conocimiento de nuestra fe, credo y doctrina de la Iglesia.
Dirigido por el obispo Joseph Tyson, el programa de Magnificat de habla inglesa es una escuela de formación de fe para el liderazgo y el ministerio laico.Todas las clases serán ofrecidas en el Edificio de la Catedral de San Pablo en Yakima, Escuela San José en Wenatchee, o Parroquia del Espíritu Santo en Kennewick, de 9 a.m. a 1 p.m.
Para preguntas, por favor comuníquese con la oficina diocesana al 509-965-7117 o envíe un correo electrónico a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

“Credo ut intelligam, intelligo ut credam”

“Creo para entender y entiendo para creer”

San Agustín de Hippo

2017 - 2018 Calendario de Magnificat