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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

May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except

through me. If you know me, then you will also know

my Father.

—John 14:6-7

Happy Mother’s Day Here are some prayers for mothers

A Prayer for All Mothers

All-loving God, we give you thanks and praise for mothers young and old. We pray for young mothers, who give life and count toes and tend to our every need; May they be blessed with patience and tenderness to care for their families and themselves with great joy. We pray for our own mothers who have nurtured and cared for us; May they continue to guide us in strong and gentle ways. We remember mothers who are separated from their children because of war, poverty, or conflict; May they feel the loving embrace of our God who wipes every tear away. We pray for women who are not mothers but still love and shape us with motherly care and compassion. We remember mothers. grandmothers, and great-grandmothers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love. Amen. http://lordcalls.com/prayers-for-different-people/a-prayer-for-mothers

For My Mother A Child's Prayer

Dear Blessed Mother Mary, help my mom to be a good mother. Give her peace and wisdom, strength and courage, grace and happiness. Be nearby when she needs help. Keep her close to your Son, Jesus. Help me to always show my mom how very much I love her. Amen. from Loyola Kids Book of Everyday Prayers

This Week at St. Mary’s Sun. May 10 - 8:30 a.m.—Mass at St. Mary’s School Gym - 11:00 a.m.—Mass at St. Mary’s School Gym Mon. May 11 - No Mass today Tues. May 12 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (+Mary Kennedy) Wed. May 13 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (+Eugene Herrmann) Thurs. May 14 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (+Eddie Moreno) Fri. May 15 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (+Bud Huss) Sat. May 16 - 8:00-9:00 a.m.—Reconciliation - 5:00 p.m.—Mass at St. Mary’s School Gym When attending Mass, please wear a mask and be mindful of practicing good social distancing. The Parish Office is open! Pam is back in the office Monday through Friday. We are not yet resuming parish activities aside from Mass, but we will notify the parish through Flocknote when we do. Sign up for Flocknote notifications at smpm.flocknote.com.

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Schedule of Masses Saturday—5:00 p.m.

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

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday—8:00 a.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.)

A Letter from Bishop Peter Christensen

May 10, 2020 Dear Faithful gathered here today, I take this opportunity to thank you and your pastors, and parish leadership, for your response to our Masses being opened for public worship throughout our great Diocese. This past week I have spoken to our representative Deans, who have reported on the experience of the parishes in their deaneries as they begin services. By all accounts, the liturgies were handled extremely well by our priests, as well as those in attendance—each of you. The Governor’s guidelines were followed, especially those details having to do with social distancing and caring for the cleanliness of our worship spaces before each and every Mass. This past week I also spoke with our Governor Brad Little by phone. I expressed my personal gratitude to him as he has given us all direction during these trying times. For all who have cared for our public safety, we offer our thanks, as well as our prayers for continued wisdom in the days ahead. And now, I encourage all people of good will and faith to be people of hope, and not a people ruled by paralyzing fear. I believe if we take the precautions asked of us, with charity in our hearts that motivates us in caring for the well-being of others, then we will be blessed with good resolve to navigate all that is asked of us in upcoming days. Thank you for giving witness to your lived faith by your presence here today. And thank you for the many ways you live your faith by the care you offer others. I conclude with the encouraging words of the Psalmist taken from our Sacred Scriptures: Psalm 16:8-11:

I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand, I shall not be disturbed. Therefore, my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. You will show me the path to life, the delights at your right hand forever.

Bishop Peter

Sacrificial Giving: May 2019 Budgeted Offertory Income: $ 33,365.38

May 3: $ 4,877.00 May 10: $ May 17: $ May 24: $ May 31: $

Online Giving: $ 2,163.75 Actual May Offertory Income: $ 7,040.75

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

77.49% of this goal so far! Thank you!

Online Giving

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stmarysparishmoscow/funds

Temporary Modified Mass Schedule and Location Change

As we resume holding Mass, all public liturgies must follow all CDC and State of Idaho social distancing guidelines. In order to accommodate parishioners during the weekend we are making some changes to the location and schedule of our Masses. Weekend Masses will be at the St. Mary's SCHOOL Gym.

• Saturday 5pm

• Sunday 8:30am

• Sunday 11:00am

• Please note the time changes on Sunday Daily Masses will be held at the church in Moscow at 8am Tuesday-Friday. Reconciliation will be available at the church in Moscow from 8am to 9am on Saturdays. Genesee Due to space limitations, we are not yet able to resume holding Mass in Genesee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you come to Mass, please wear a mask! The Bishop's general dispensation is still in effect, and anyone who is over 60 years old, immunocompromised, or who feels uncomfortable attending Mass at this time is NOT obligated to attend. If you do choose to attend, please wear a mask, be mindful of maintaining a distance of six feet from others, and do not shake hands or hug your fellow parishioners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Vincent de Paul In the Gospel today, Jesus says “…whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. Through your

almsgiving you are performing a good work; far greater than you think. The donations placed in the St. Vincent de Paul 5th Sunday Collection baskets bring Christ love and compassion to the poor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2020 Idaho Catholic Appeal

St. Mary’s Moscow Total Pledged: $ 55,595 Parish Goal: $ 51,384 Percent of Goal: 108.19% Rebate Earned: $ 4,211* Rebate Received: $ 0

St. Mary’s Genesee Total Pledged: $ 10,161 Parish Goal: $ 7,405 Percent of Goal: 137.22% Rebate Earned: $ 2,756* Rebate Received: $ 2,516

Thank you to all who have given to the Appeal. Any funds donated beyond 100% of the goal will be rebated back to the parish. *Rebate amount assumes all pledges will be redeemed in full. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to get started with Online Giving? Online Giving makes it possible to support your parish even if you aren’t able to attend Mass. Both one-time and recurring donation options are available. The parish website has an Online Giving button that links to our Online Giving portal. You can also go straight to the Online Giving portal by visiting https://osvhub.com/stmarysparishmoscow or by scanning the Online Giving QR code on the left-hand page of the bulletin with your smart phone.

Please pray for our sick: Carmella Helbling, Chuck Stoddard, Kim Squires, 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, Kevin Moen, Megan Palmer, Janet O’Connor, Layton Tannahill, Jeanine Walters, Kelly Green, Grayson Esser, Holly Mayer, Blazie Gilder, Cheryle Carlson.

Parish Notifications from Flocknote Did you know you can receive this bulletin electronically? Flocknote is a service that allows our parish to communicate with our parishioners through email and text. If you join us on Flocknote and join the “Bulletin” group, you can also receive the Sunday bulletin right in your inbox! To get started, visit smpm.flocknote.com, or click the blue sheep on our website! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CRS Rice Bowl Since we were not able to do so during Holy Week, the Parish is now collecting CRS Rice Bowls. You can turn your rice bowl in to the baskets at the entrances of the School gym before each weekend Mass, or drop them by the Parish office. Catholic Relief Services is a charity organization that provides humanitarian aid to those who are suffering around the world. The services they provide include health services, creating water security, agricultural programs, creating educational opportunities, disaster response, and much, much more. Your donations to CRS will benefit people in need both at home and abroad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you completed the Census? The information gathered in the US Census is used to determine everything from how many Representatives each state gets in Congress to the distribution of funds to schools, hospitals, roads, public works, and many other programs. For the first time ever, you can complete the Census online. Do so today at my2020census.gov. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Attention Catholic High School Seniors! Scholarship Opportunity! The Knights of Columbus will be awarding two scholarships for $750 to one male and one female

Catholic, college-bound high school seniors. Please contact the Parish Office to apply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Special Prayer Request for the Easter Season Last September, Mary Beth Wells, her son Sam, and Jerry Bright began their journey toward joining our Catholic Church at the 2020 Easter Vigil, when they would receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist. The pandemic virus, however, disrupted our time frame, but not our commitment to helping them enter fully into our Catholic community. As we eagerly await the day of their initiation, please continue to journey with us by keeping them, their sponsors, and the RCIA team in your prayers. We will keep you informed as the time draws closer so that we may all celebrate together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. Mary's School Brief St. Mary's School is remaining in "soft-closure" while social-distancing guidelines are in place, which may extend to the end of the school year. The teachers are doing an outstanding job of continuing to provide an education to our students using a wide range of online tools and materials that are sent home. If you need to contact the School for any reason, call 208-882-2121 or email office@stmarysmoscow.com.