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 31, 2020 Pentecost Sunday

Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive

are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain

are retained.

—John 20:22-23

A word from your pastor Dear Friends and Parishioners, At this point in time it may seem like things are leveling out and becoming "normal." One look around and… you might see your favorite restaurant opening up, meet friends downtown or take an easy stroll at the arboretum. However, when you go to Mass, it is at the school gym, everyone is requested to social distance and asked to wear a mask. For our parishioners at St. Mary's in Genesee the question becomes: "When are we going to be able to open and use our church?" There is no doubt that the coronavirus and pandemic are changing the way we look at things. Many changes will be necessary when it comes to gathering at church in Moscow and Genesee. We don't know exactly what those changes are but I believe we will be able to figure it out together. The disciples were given the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and that wisdom still belongs to us today. This is our time for a new Pentecost! Next week on June 4, 2020 the entire staff will be gathering for our first "post-Covid-19" meeting. We still don't know if it will be a Zoom meeting, face-to-face in the park or "social distanced" in the Family Center. It is our first attempt to grapple with what St. Mary's Genesee and St. Mary's Moscow will look like in the coming months. Everything from worship space to music to religious education is on the agenda. This will be the first of many meetings, and I will try and keep everyone in the loop. Please remember to keep our parishes in prayer on June 4th at 3:00. Peace! Fr. Joe

This Week at St. Mary’s Sun. May 31 - 8:30 a.m.—Mass at St. Mary’s School Gym - 11:00 a.m.—Mass at St. Mary’s School Gym Mon. June 1 - No Mass today Tues. June 2 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (†Carmella Helbling) Wed. June 3 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (†Denise Blevins) Thurs. June 4 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (†Bill Roessler) Fri. June 5 - 8:00 a.m.—Mass (†Fr. John Koelsch) Sat. June 6 - 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 and Lauren are 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.

Stained glass window at St. Peter’s Basilica

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.)

Please Welcome the Newest Members of our Church! This weekend at the Saturday Mass, we celebrated the Baptism of Mary Elizabeth Wells and Gerald Bright. They also received Confirmation along with Samuel Wells, and all three received Eucharist. These three individuals began their journey towards joining the Catholic Church in September. Because of the pandemic our Easter Vigil celebration had to be postponed until Pentecost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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 Today as we celebrate Pentecost, Jesus says to his disciples: “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” The Society of St. Vincent de Paul brings the love and care of

Jesus to the poor by paying utility bills, rent, etc. We could not perform our works without your generous assistance. Thank You! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the change that you wish to see in the world. —Gandhi

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

May 3: $ 4,877.00 May 10: $ 2,779.00 May 17: $ 3,617.15 May 24: $ 4,233.00 May 31: $

Online Giving: $ 8,680.76 Actual May Offertory Income: $ 24,186.91

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

82.43% of this goal so far! Thank you!

Online Giving

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https://osvhub.com/

stmarysparishmoscow/funds

Congratulations to the 109th Graduating 8th Grade Class of St. Mary’s School!

Cali Bieker

Madi Garrity Adrien Reineke-Quinlan

Carl Stanton Jason Swam

Cameron Vogl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Congratulations to our Catholic Graduates of the High School Class of 2020

Bryson Armstrong

Tyler Beller-Shilling Wesley Carpenter Brayden Decker Mark Johnson

Arturo Bieghler-Lamadrid Bennett Marsh Luke McGreevy

Elizabeth Niehenke Leah O’Connor

Samuel Plummer Dylan Pollard

Julien Reineke-Quinlan Logan Shears Anna Steffens Jordyn Sullivan

Hayden Thompson Mikayla Uhlenkott

Courtney Volk Haley Windsor

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. Applications are due June 3rd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Mary’s School “A Way of Life” 412 N Monroe

Experience the Difference • Small Class Sizes • Cohesive Education • Community • Amazing Music Program • Strong Academic Curriculum (very high test scores) • Catholic Religious Curriculum • PE several days/week

Now Enrolling Pre-school (ages 3+) through 8th grade!!!!

For additional information contact the school at 208-882-2121

Visit the school website at www.stmarysmoscow.com

Please pray for our sick: Nancy Johansen, 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, 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2020 Idaho Catholic Appeal

St. Mary’s Moscow Total Pledged: $ 57,632 Parish Goal: $ 51,384 Percent of Goal: 112.16% Rebate Earned: $ $6,248* Rebate Received: $ 0

St. Mary’s Genesee Total Pledged: $ $10,691 Parish Goal: $ 7,405 Percent of Goal: 144.38% Rebate Earned: $3,286* Rebate Received: $3,076

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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Parish Email Prayer Tree Do you or a loved one need some extra prayer? Submit your intention to Lauren at office@stmarysparishmoscow.org and it will be sent out to our parish email prayer tree. If you would like to join the prayer tree and offer prayers for your fellow parishioners in need, contact Pam to be added to the list.

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