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Directory of Services in our Local Area

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

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

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

February 23, 2020 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one as well…

I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

that you may be children of your heavenly Father.

—Matthew 5:39b, 44-45a

40 Days for Life Pro-Life Activities on the Palouse

40 Days for Life Campaign February 26 - April 5. This year we invite you to join us in prayer and fasting for 40 days to end abortion. We need your presence and your prayers this Lent as we stand and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside the Pullman Planned Parenthood and spread the word about this important mission. Join us by praying the daily devotionals to end abortion and sign up to stand vigil outside Planned Parenthood online at 40daysforlife.com/pullman. For more info contact: Anna Green (208) 562-7815, anna.green6@hotmail.com. Kickoff Event Our 40 Days for life kickoff hour is Wednesday, February 26 at 7AM. We hope you can join us for a peaceful gathering outside the Pullman Planned Parenthood at 1525 SE King Dr, Pullman, WA 99163. The 40 Days for Life vigil outside Planned Parenthood will run from 7am to 7pm daily for the duration of the campaign. Sue Thayer—Former Planned Parenthood Director Pro-life Speaker and former Planned Parenthood Director, Sue Thayer will share her story outside Pullman’s Planned Parenthood on March 17 at 5:30 PM. We'd love to see you there! Closing Dinner Finally, we will be having a closing dinner on Day 41, Mon, April 6 to celebrate our campaign, share stories, and fund raise to offset the costs of running the 40 Days for Life campaign. Tickets are $6 at the door. Everyone is invited! -When: Day 41, Mon, April 6 6:00PM. -Where: St. Augustine's Catholic Center If you have any questions, please contact our 40 Days for Life coordinator, Anna Green anna.green6@hotmail.com or (208) 562-7815.

This Week at St. Mary’s Sun. Feb 23 - 9:00 a.m.—Coffee Social - 12:30 p.m.—Catholic Women’s League Meeting - Please see inside for RE and Youth info Mon. Feb 24 - 8:00 a.m.—Communion Service - 1:00 p.m.—Seniors Gathering - 7:00 p.m.—Adult Choir Practice Tues. Feb 25 - 7:00 a.m.—Mass - 5:30 p.m.—Jesus: the Way, the Truth, and the Life Wed. Feb 26 - 9:00 a.m.—Ash Wednesday Mass (+Pete Pfeifer) - 12:10 p.m.—Ashes and Communion Service - 4:30 p.m.—Women’s Faith Sharing - 7:00 p.m.—Ash Wednesday Mass Thurs. Feb 27 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass - 7:00 p.m.—Jesus: the Way, the Truth, and the Life Fri. Feb 28 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (+Jeremy Jones) - 12:15 p.m.—Noontime Stations of the Cross - 5:30 p.m.—Soup/Bread Supper, Stations of the Cross and Letter to a Suffering Church discussion Sat. Feb 29 - 3:30-4:30 p.m.—Reconciliation - 5:00 p.m.—Mass - Boy Scout Breakfast and Dinner—see insert

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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

Parish Office: 882-4813 Religious Ed Office: 882-8001 St. Mary’s School: 882-2121 E-mail: office@stmarysparishmoscow.org Web Page: www.stmarysparishmoscow.org Parish Pastoral Council: Jillann Poxleitner, Cynthia Castro, Eileen Brady, Clayton Forsmann, Mercedes Frausto, Earl Aston, Sean Quinlan. Pastor

Fr. Joe McDonald father@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Parish Secretary Pam Freeman 208-882-4813 office@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Pastoral Ministry Caroline Canney 208-882-8001 caroline@stmarysparishmoscow.org

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

Children’s Ministry Tina Anderson 208-669-0089 musicministry@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Middle School Youth Ministry Katharine Covill 208-596-9347 msyouth@stmarysparishmoscow.org

High School Youth Ministry Susie Johnson hsyouth@stmarysparishmoscow.org

Natural Family Planning Linda Geidl 208-835-2004

Knights of Columbus Brian Johnson, Grand Knight 208-596-0433

4th Degree Knights of Columbus Dennis Conley, Faithful Navigator 208-874-7176

Catholic Women’s League Caroline Canney, President 208-882-4813

St. Mary’s School Jennifer Beller, PhD, Principal 208-882-2121 jbeller@stmarysmoscow.com

St. Mary’s School Board Erin Linskey, Chairperson 208-874-3772

St. Mary’s School Foundation Eric Bennett, President 208-691-7324

Moscow Food Bank Linda Nickels, Director 208-883-3580

St. Vincent de Paul Gerard Connelly 208-883-3284 (Please leave a message.)

Lent Begins February 26th

Old Blessed Palms Please bring your old blessed palm branches so they can be burned and used on Ash Wednesday. Bins for palms are at the church entrances. Thank you! Ash Wednesday Services 9:00am Mass with Ashes with School Children 12:10pm Ashes & Holy Communion 6:00pm Ashes & Holy Communion in Genesee 7:00pm Mass with Ashes Penance Service April 2 at 7pm at St. Mary’s. Come and experience God’s healing grace. Seder Meal April 3 at 6pm at St. Mary’s. More info to follow. Tickets will be available soon. The Way of the Cross Join us for a meatless Soup and Bread Supper each Friday during Lent at 5:30pm followed by Stations of the Cross at 6:15. Fr. Joe will be hosting discussions on Bishop Robert Barron’s Letter to a Suffering Church following Stations. (Separately, Stations of the Cross will also be offered at 12:15pm each Friday.) Letter to a Suffering Church This booklet addresses the difficult topic of the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in a matter-of-fact, head-on way. Fr. Joe will be hosting discussions on the book during Lent following the Friday evening Stations of the Cross. We mailed these booklets along with a letter from Fr. Joe to everyone who is registered in our parish. If you are not registered in our parish and would like a copy, we have a limited number of extras available at the back of the church. Lenten Reflection Booklets As usual, Fr. Joe has sent out daily reflection booklets for the season of Lent this year. If you have not received one, there is a basket of them at the back of the church along with samples of other daily reflection booklets. Lenten Faith Sharing Groups Have you signed up for a Small Faith Sharing Group yet? Time is running out – the groups will start meeting this week. You can sign up at the family center, back of church or call the office. Why not gather together 3 or 4 friends and form your own group. Faith booklets for the 6 week sharing groups are available at the office. Don’t wait–sign up this weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Catholic Women’s League meeting today after the 11:30 Mass. This will be a Pot-luck Soup and Bread luncheon. There will be a short business meeting, looking at what the CWL has done since Christmas and look at what is ahead. All women of the parish are invited! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Volunteers Needed: Coffee Social We are in need of one family or group of friends to help in hosting Coffee Hour after the 11:30 Mass on the third Sunday of each month. Please contact the parish office or talk to Jeff Helbing if you can help!

Sacrificial Giving: Feb 2019 Budgeted Offertory Income: $ 26,692.31

Feb 2: $ 6,402.00 Feb 9: $ 4,599.12 Feb 16: $ 4,548.36 Feb 26: $

Online Giving: $ 2,084.36 Actual Feb Offertory Income: $ 17,633.84

Our Offertory Goal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 is $347,000. We have received

58.94% of this goal so far! Thank you!

Online Giving

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stmarysparishmoscow/funds

Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast and Spaghetti Dinner Please see the insert for information about the Boy Scout breakfast and dinner that will be served on Saturday, February 29th at the Family Center. Yum! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Knights of Columbus Dinner The Knights of Columbus invite you to attend a dinner on Saturday, March 7th at 6pm after the evening Mass. Proceeds from this dinner will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and cost is by donation. The menu includes meatloaf (gluten free), gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, and homemade pies. Can’t make it? You can still support this cause by using the SVdP envelopes found in the pews-just drop them in the collection! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Looking Ahead: More CWL Hosted Events March 12 -- Paint and Sip party May 15 & 16—Rummage Sale

More information about each event will be coming! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Directories Available Now If you had your picture taken for the Parish Directory, or if you pre-ordered a copy, they are available for pick up in the parish office during regular business hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women’s Spiritual Exercises will be held Friday April 3 through Palm Sunday April 5 at the Nazareth Retreat Center in Boise. This is a special retreat weekend for women focusing on the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and following the guidelines of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Save the date! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palouse Care Network Speak Up! Family Conference on March 14th, at the 1912 Center in Moscow. This conference will equip parents and teens to become unified in a healthy family culture that encourages conversations regarding sex and relationships. For more info, contact Heather at heather@palousecarenetwork.com or 208-882-2370. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raffle: Holy Land Pilgrimage Enter for a chance to win a Holy Land Pilgrimage for two! Trip is valued at $7999, and raffle tickets are $100 each. Raffle proceeds support Salt and Light Radio. Visit saltandlightradio.com to get your tickets! Drawing is March 20th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mission Doctors Association will offer the 2020 Spring Retreat / Seminar on March 27-29, 2020 for Catholic Physicians, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, and their spouses, considering Short-term mission service in Africa and Latin America. This will be held at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Information and Accreditation Statement (for the 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)) are available on the website: www. MissionDoctors.org or by calling the office for more information (213) 368-1872. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Support Group for Grieving Parents Have you lost a child? There is a support group for grieving parents that meets at the Uma Center on Tuesdays at 5:15. We offer comfort, fellowship and understanding, mixed in with tears and laughter. 414 S. Jefferson in Moscow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guardian Angel-St. Boniface School Annual Dinner and Auction Steak and wine dinner, casino, and auction to be held on March 21. Dinner from 5:30-8pm. Casino open from 6 pm to 11:30. Live auction begins at 8:30pm. Early Bird dinner tickets are $35 until Feb 28; $40 after that. Get tickets and more info at 509-229-3579 and www.gasbschool.org.

Please pray for our sick: Chuck Stoddard, Kim Squires, Denise Blevins, Bob McElligott, Denise Hammrich, Catherine Griffin, Liz Khosravi, Lorraine Klejwa, Sharon Lockie, Brian Brady, Dan Smith, Carol Kraut, Fred and Eileen Hall, Sally Chase, Eileen Brady, Casen Hawkins, Geoff Beckett, Georg Schneider, Marley Arthur, Tedd Jarrett, Chris Sprenke, Patsy Clark, Bryce Mobley, B.A., Ken Johnson, Dan Bosse, Kevin Moen, Zak Druffel, Megan Palmer, Janet O’Connor, Layton Tannahill, Jeanine Walters, Kelly Green, Grayson Esser, Holly Mayer, Blazie Gilder, Cheryle Carlson.

Upcoming Events for Children and Youth Come join the fun!

(ALL children and youth are invited!)

Religious Ed (PreK-grade 5) meets in the Family Center

Sunday mornings 9-10:15.

2/23: RE children’s session

3/1: RE children’s session, 1st Communion parent and

children sessions

3/8: RE children’s session, general parent session

3/29: RE children’s session, 1st Communion parent and

children’s sessions

Middle School Youth Group (lunch 12:30-1, program 1-2:30) 2/23 Ice Skating! Meet at Ice Rink at 1pm. $5/person High School Youth Group (lunch 12:30-1, program 1-2:30)

2/23 Ice Skating! Meet at Ice Rink at 1pm. $5/person

Youth are ALWAYS welcome to bring a friend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wise Elders (Seniors) – It’s time to party again. Our next Senior Get-Together will be Monday, February 24th 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 also be celebrating “Fat Tuesday – Mardi Gras only on Monday” in preparation for Lent which begins February 26. We will have coffee and tea, good conversations and great cookies – you could also bring a “goodie” to share. 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, February 24 at 1 pm and plan on having some ‘fun’. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Mary’s School Brief: St. Mary's School will have a palm burning ceremony on Monday, February 24th, to make ashes for Ash Wednesday Masses on the 26th. Dr. Beller just came back

from a principals' meeting in Salt Lake City. On Thursday, February 13th, we had our yearly Spelling Bee. Students went through 13 rounds. Hannon Johnson-Leung, Grade 6, won the bee with the word disastrous. Cameron Vogl, Grade 8, came in second. Hannah will be going to the regional contest in Lewiston in March. Blessings and good luck to her. Tuesday, February 25th, the school is holding a special meeting for all parents to come and learn about the school finances and the budget for the 2020-2021 school year. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the school. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is your business looking for advertising opportunities? We have several advertising spaces available on the back of the bulletin. If you advertise with us, your ad will be printed in about 275 bulletins per week, and appear on the parish website. Ads cost only $200 per year, which can be paid three, six, or twelve months at a time. Contact the parish office fore more details.