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Friday Newsletter: April 3, 2020

* Please remember information regarding Coronovirus precautions changes daily. We will update you with any changes as soon as we can. Thank you.

St. Mary's School Sold

Last week, Fr. Booth signed the final paperwork and received a check for $202,000 for the old St. Mary's School. Thanks to all of you who helped clean out the school TWICE to get it ready for sale. We look forward to Greg and Jana McCunn's progress as they renovate the school into dining and retail space.

Also a message of thanks from Fr. Booth:

Bottomless thanks to the small but hearty crew who showed up early Saturday, March 21 morning to do the final clean-out of the old School: Jerry & Connie Ross, Jolene McGee, Guy Burnell, Dean Proszek, Pat and Cathey Priddy

They were able to get everything cleaned out and loaded for a trip to the dump in just one hour! Great teamwork! And everyone got rewarded with a home-baked slice of tasty cake courtesy of Cathey Priddy. Blessings on you all!

All Parishes Temporarily Closed

In response to Gov. Inslee's new "stay-at-home" order, all public and private social, spiritual and recreational gatherings are now banned. The Diocese of Spokane has suspended all public masses, parish activities, confessions, parishes and church offices hours. Our parishes will be closed at least through Holy Week and Easter, April 12th.

Connect with Us

Contact the office staff by email:

Fr. Booth - sbooth@dioceseofspokane.org

Secretary Kellie Trudeau - ktrudeau@dioceseofspokane.org

Visit our Website at www.chewelahcatholic.org

Please be smart, stay safe, and stay healthy to help our nation and our world stop the spread of COVID-19.

St. Mary's Religious Education at Home

If you are looking for ways to keep your kids engaged in the Sunday mass and continue learning their faith, you can find a home lesson plan for Sunday Religious Ed online (plans put together by Religious Ed Coordinator/Secretary Kellie Trudeau). The lesson includes videos to watch, information for discussions, links to the Sunday Readings and Gospel for kids, and craft ideas.

This week we also included ideas for Stations of the Cross at home with free coloring pages too.

For more information, email Kellie at ktrudeau@dioceseofspokane.org. You can also join our Religious Education group on Flocknote for more regular updates. All plans will be posted on our website each week at https://www.chewelahcatholic.org/k-6-religious-ed

Religious Ed Lesson - Palm Sunday

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Everything Helps!

Although all masses have been suspended and the church is temporarily closed, please consider mailing in your offering envelopes, and helping our parishes during this difficult time. Everything helps!

Mailing Address: St. Mary of the Rosary, PO Box 26, Chewelah, WA 99109.

Thank you so much for supporting our tri-parish community!

Fr. Steve's Homily for Palm Sunday - April 5, 2020

Homily for April 5

Watch Local Masses at Home

The Cathedral and Parishes throughout the Diocese of Spokane are live-streaming mass and even Adoration. Here is link to those offering online mass:

Spokane Diocese Masses Online