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St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Rev. Joseph F. McDonald, III JCL, Pastor Deacon George Canney

Located at the Corner of First & Polk, Moscow, Idaho

April 8, 2018 Divine Mercy Sunday

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and

my God!”

—John 20:27-28

Greetings from St. Mary’s School

As a school community we want to first thank all our parishioners for their continuous and ongoing support of the school. Thank you so much for helping serve meals, read to our students, clip and send box tops for education, being present in all sorts of ways in the school, praying for us, and giving financially so that we can deliver the best education on the Palouse. We cannot do it without you; We are all members of the Body of Christ and your support in so many ways makes His presence known to us daily in the lives of our students, faculty, staff, and families. I am pleased to share some more wonderful news about students in our school. We have 7 students who were chosen by the Moscow Pleiades Club as 2018 "Stars of the Palouse": Sebastian Morrison (2nd) "Clowns", Noah Fitt (2nd) "Rain", Wil Anderson (3rd) "I like legos", Quinn Farley (3rd) "Poem Soup", Carl Stanton (6th grade) "The Ground Squirrel Prayer", Megan Marsh (7th) "One way to beat Anger", Maile Hoogsteen (7th) "My greatest show". Congratulations to these wonderful poets. See their poems in the "Stars of the Pleiades" booklet. This is just a taste of the many wonderful things happening in our school community. As we start into the school's 4th quarter we have opened the school registration from 3 year old's on. We are among the top in test scores in the Diocese of Boise, we have PE, music, and Spanish in all grades, and we have a wonderful community of learning where every child is known, valued, and loved. Please talk with your friends and family and come see "our way of life" and help a child grow as a Disciple of Christ. Call the school at 882-2121 for more information and to enroll. We look forward to another amazing year in the fall. Blessings, —Jennifer Beller, Ph.D., principal

This Week at St. Mary’s Sun. Apr 8 - 9:00 a.m.—Boy Scout Breakfast - 12:30 p.m.—Coffee Social Mon. Apr 9 - 8:00 a.m.—Communion Service - 1:00 p.m.—Seniors Gathering Tues. Apr 10 - 7:00 a.m.—Communion Service - Convent - 7:30 p.m.—Knights of Columbus Wed. Apr 11 - 9:00 a.m.—Communion Service with School - 4:30 p.m.—Women’s Faith Sharing - 7:00 p.m.—RCIA Thurs. Apr 12 - 8:00 a.m.—Communion Service - 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.—Epic Fri. Apr 13 - 8:00 a.m.—Communion Service Sat. Apr 14 - 3:30-4:30 p.m.—Reconciliation - 5:00 p.m.—Mass with Fr. Schmidt While Fr. Joe McDonald will be out of town next weekend, Fr. Joe Schmidt will be coming up to say Mass for us at all of the regular Mass times on April 14-15th. Thank you Fr. Schmidt!

Schedule of Masses Saturday—5:00 p.m.

Sunday—8:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. Genesee—9:45 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday—3:30 p.m. Or by appointment

St. Mary’s Catholic Church PO Box 9106, Moscow, ID 83843

St. Mary’s is called to be a prayerful, compassionate community centered in Jesus Christ. As witnesses to Christ’s love, we are committed to accept and value each person. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we serve one another as members of the family of God. Parish Office: 882-4813 Religious Ed Office: 882-8001 St. Mary’s School: 882-2121 St. Rose’s Preschool: 882-4014 E-mail: office@stmarysparishmoscow.org Web Page: www.stmarysparishmoscow.org Parish Pastoral Council: Susan Burns, Chair; Sr. Margaret Johnson, Eric Bennett, Buck Lytle, Adam Herrenbruck, Jillann Poxleitner, and Cynthia Castro. Pastor

Fr. Joe McDonald father@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Pastoral Ministry Tina Anderson 208-669-0089 musicministry@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Children & Youth Ministry Fr. Joe McDonald father@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Music Director Tina Anderson 208-669-0089 musicministry@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Parish Secretary Pam Freeman 882-4813 office@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Natural Family Planning Linda Geidl 835-2004

Knights of Columbus Dennis Conley, Grand Knight 816-6281

4th Degree Knights of Columbus Jeff Finken , Faithful Navigator 882-6364

Catholic Women’s League Heidi Armstrong, President 509-339-5142

St. Mary’s School Jennifer Beller, PhD, Principal 882-2121 jbeller@stmarysmoscow.com

St. Mary’s School Board Eric Busch, Chairperson 669-1745

St. Mary’s School Foundation Dave Hutton, 509-336-0323

Moscow Food Bank Linda Nickels, Director 883-3580

St. Vincent de Paul Gerard Connelly 883-3284 (Please leave a message.)

Welcome New Catholics! Congratulations to those who were baptized, confirmed and received their First Eucharist at the Easter Vigil Service: Jana Joyce, Ashley Meyer, Colin Meyer, and Cassidy Meyer. We also congratulate those already baptized, who were received into the Church through a profession of faith and confirmed as Catholics: Nancy Westerfield and Sandy Izzo. And we welcome Mason Ellison, son of Michaela and Eli Ellison, and Shawn Spellman, son of Ashley Meyer, who were baptized into our St. Mary’s family. We rejoice with all of our new Catholics and we welcome them into the community of our Catholic Church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Open Enrollment St. Mary's Parish School is now enrolling 3 years old to grade eight. We have an excellent educational environment where your child will grow in all ways. Our community of learning helps students grow and thrive. We are

committed to providing the best moral, religious, and academic environment to help our children, families, and community to become the Disciples of Christ our world so desperately needs in this day and age. We look forward to your family considering St. Mary's as an educational option for your child in all grades. Please call the school at 882-2121 for more information and a tour. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank You!—CRS Rice Bowl Thanks to your generous donations, St. Mary’s Parish, Moscow has raised $1,093.25 for Catholic Relief Services through the CRS Rice Bowl program. If you have not yet turned in your Rice Bowl, it’s not too late!

Please bring it to the basket at the back of church or the parish office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Holy Week Stewardship Holy Thursday collection for St. Vincent de Paul: $ 2,535 Good Friday collection for the Holy Land: $ 979.00 Jan 1-Apr 1 Children’s collection for the Holy Land: $ 1,343.18 Collection for the Holy Land Total: $ 2,322.18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Boy Scout Breakfast Boy Scout Troop 326 will be hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake fundraiser breakfast between the Services today, April 8th. Cost is by donation, and the menu includes pancakes, sausage, and eggs.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ K of C Breakfast The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a breakfast in the Family Center on Sunday, April 15th. This fundraiser is for the two scholarships that our K of C council offers to graduating, college-bound, Catholic high school seniors. Come and enjoy a hearty breakfast while supporting the continued education of our youth! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rummage Sale The Catholic Women’s League Spring Rummage Sale will be April 27 from 5-8pm and April 28 from 8am-noon. We invite you to donate your clean, gently used items beginning on Monday, April 23rd. Your contributions allow us to continue supporting good causes within our parish and community. If you would like to volunteer to help with setup, sales, or cleanup, please contact Sylvia at 509-338-1251. Come and see what treasures the sale holds!

Sacrificial Giving: Apr 2017 Budgeted Offertory Income: $ 29,506.73

Apr 1: $ 7,805.55 Apr 8: $ Apr 15: $ Apr 22: $ Apr 29: $

Online Giving: $ Actual Apr Offertory Income: $ 7,805.55

Online Giving

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Idaho Catholic Register Have you seen the new Idaho Catholic Register? More local profiles and conversion stories, more color pictures, and more

news from ALL around the Diocese. Subscribe or renew through the parish office by using the envelopes at the church entrances to submit your check of $17 to the collection basket. The Idaho Catholic Register seeks to “Inform, Inspire, and Teach.” It is published in 22 issues per year. Please make checks payable to St. Mary’s Church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Vincent de Paul In the Gospel today, Jesus stands in the midst of us and says: “Peace be with you!” During Mass we turn to each other and say “Peace be with you!” As you put your gift into the

St. Vincent de Paul 5th Sunday Collection baskets the weekend of April 28th you say “Peace be with you!” to those whom we serve in Latah County. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. Vincent de Paul on EWTN In this 10-week series, Vincentians volunteer across the country to bring effective, personalized help to those in poverty, and share with you their stories of Christ’s love along the way. Episode 5 (3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 15 & 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 21) Relieving Poverty and Renewing Spirits Join Society of St. Vincent de Paul members on their spiritual growth journey through service to brothers and sisters in need. In this episode, accompany Vincentians as they help a family find relief from a high-interest-predatory loan, work with young people to instill the Vincentian charism and understanding for people in poverty and provide life-saving medicines and hope in a free pharmacy. See our members put their Catholic faith into action. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ K of C Sausage for Sale The Knights of Columbus still have plenty of sausage for sale! If you enjoyed the sausage feed in November, come to the parish office or contact your favorite Knight to purchase some to take home! Didn’t attend the sausage feed? Buy a couple of pounds and see what all the hubbub is about! Cost is $5 per pound, with links and bulk sausage available. Yum! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Idaho Catholic Appeal Update St. Mary’s Moscow

Total Pledged: $ 57,789 Parish Goal: $ 51,018 Percent of Goal: 113.27% Rebate Earned: $1,669* Rebate Received: $0

St. Mary’s Genesee Total Pledged: $ 9,446 Parish Goal: $ 7,229 Percent of Goal: 130.67% Rebate Earned: $1,495* Rebate Received: $0

Thank you to all who have given to the Appeal. Any funds donated beyond 110% of the goal will be rebated back to the parish. *Rebate amount assumes all pledges will be redeemed in full. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Job Openings: St. Augustine’s is looking for a new Director of Music Ministry and a new Development Director. Contact director@vandalcatholics.com for more info.

Please pray for our sick: Eileen Hall, Sally Chase, Eileen Brady, Casen Hawkins, Geoff Beckett, Georg Schneider, Diane MacMillan, Marley Arthur, Tedd Jarrett, Annie Goff, Ara Jo Hammer, Chris Sprenke, Patsy Clark, Bryce Mobley, B.A., Ken Johnson, Letizia Tomassini, Stan Stockwell, Dan Bosse, Debbie Chavez, Michelle Spain, Christine McLean, Kevin Moen, Zak Druffel, Megan Palmer, Janet O’Connor, Krystian Schulze-Makuch, Layton Tannahill, Jeanine Walters, Kelly Green, Grayson Esser, Holly Mayer, Blazie Gilder, Cheryle Carlson.

Upcoming Youth and Children’s events: Religious Ed (PreK - 8th gr.) All sessions are 9:00-10:15am in the Family Center April 8 - ALL children and parents April 15 - children’s sessions only April 22 - all children and 1st Sacrament parents April 29 - 1st Communion at 11:30 Mass!! Middle School Youth Group (grades 6-8) April 8 - 1:30-3:15 in Family Center April 22 - 1:30-3:00 in Family Center High School (grades 9-12) April 8 - 5:30-6:45pm Theology Buzz at One World Café April 9 - 6:30am Breakfast at Breakfast Club April 15 - Youth Group 5-6:30pm in Family Center April 22 - Confirmation Prep 3:30-5pm in Family Center Questions about RE, Middle or High School Youth events? Please contact Tina Anderson at (208)669-0089 (call or text) or musicministry@stmarysparishmoscow.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Engaged Encounter Registration is open for the next Engaged Encounter Weekend which will be held April 20-22 at the Monastery of St. Gertrude. Following April, the next retreat will be September 21-23. Registration information is available from the parish office, or on the EE website: www.ceelewiston.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

IT’S ALL ABOUT US - 6TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE - April 28, 2018 – 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. You won’t want to miss this year’s presenters, Chris & Linda

Padgett, Catholic speakers, authors and entertainers. Register for this year’s event by downloading the registration form at website at www.stpiuscda.org, or emailing marriageitsallaboutus@gmail.com. Registration includes a full-day workshop and lunch (provided by The Gyro Shack), Mass and renewal of wedding vows at St. Pius X Church; followed by a wonderful Taste of Italy dinner buffet, dancing and entertainment at The Best Western Coeur d’Alene Inn. Cost is just $45 per couple, thanks to our local parishes, the Diocesan Marriage & Family Life Office and generous business and individual sponsors. Space is limited -- register today! Follow us on Facebook @marriageitsallaboutus . For more information, call 208-691-7367. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Seniors – It’s time to party again. Our next Senior Get-Together will be Monday, April 9 from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. This is our “game”day, so bring your favorite deck of cards or board

game to share. We will have coffee and tea, good conversations and great cookies. Our bus will be available for anyone who needs a ride, so please call 882-4813 to be picked up. And don’t forget to mark your calendar for Monday, April 9 at 1 pm and plan on having some ‘fun’.