Saint John Vianney

Parish Family 36

The first Masses on Vashon were celebrated at Dockton starting in 1921 as a mission of Saint Nicholas in Gig Harbor. The Church of Saint Patrick was built there and dedicated on June 23, 1923. Nine years later, Bishop O’Dea gave care of the Mission to the Jesuit Fathers of Bellarmine in Tacoma. It was then that regular Sunday Mass was offered on the island. 

The original fifteen families grew to thirty-three by 1940, when the Mission was canonically attached to Holy Family Parish in West Seattle.

In September 1961, planning for a new church began to take shape, as the community was now one hundred-eighty families and had outgrown the old church. On September 19, 1962, St. John Mary Vianney was dedicated as the name of the new church. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 7, 1963 and the new building was completed on May 1, 1964. The first Mass celebrated on the feast of the Ascension, May 7, 1964. The Parish seat was officially transferred from St. Patrick’s, Dockton to St. John Vianney, Vashon on June 12, 1964.

Liturgies

All Masses celebrated in the Ordinary use of the Roman Rite in English.

Mass

Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:00 PM
Sunday: 9:30 AM
Wednesday: Noon
Thursday: Noon
Friday: Noon

Confession

Thirty minutes before all daily Masses.
Saturday: 3:30 PM

Eucharistic Adoration

First Friday: beginning with Benedictine Vespers at 6 PM, followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 6:30