Pend Oreille County Parishes Pastor: Fr. Victor M. Blazovich

pocopastor@gmail.com (509) 447-4231

Please view our parish website at

pocoparishes.org

for weekly Mass schedule, current events,

parish bulletins and more or email us at

pocoparishes@gmail.com

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St. Anthony

PO Box C

612 W. First St.

Newport, WA 99156

Mass: Sunday, 11 am

St. Jude

PO Box 385

111 River Rd. Usk, WA

99180

Mass: Saturday 4:00pm

Weekday Mass: Tuesday & Friday, 10 am

Confessions: 1st. Saturday, 9 - 10 am, 9:30—10am

Tuesday and Friday’s before the 10am Mass

Parish Office: 447-2685,

Hrs: Tuesday & Friday, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

Secretary: Shelley Luiz

For the following individuals, please leave a

message at 447-2685)

Ladies Ministry: Pres. Kathy Busskohl

Bulletin: Jill Zupich

Choir: Dir., Bev Schloss

Eucharistic Ministers/Greeters: Jill Zupich

Finance Council: Chair., Ed Zupich

Funeral Arrangements: Nellie Graham

Grounds and Bldg Maint: Tom Stephens

Hospitality: Please sign up downstairs

Knights of Columbus: GK, Jim Hines

Lectors: Christina Wagar

Parish Council: Chair., Christina Wagar

Prayer Chain: Gail Davaz

Prepares Program: Shelley Luiz

Religious Education: Sasha Tefft

Our Lady of Sorrows

PO Box 39

1981 LeClerc Creek Rd.

Cusick, WA 99119

Mass: Sunday, 5:30 pm

(first two Sundays of

each month)

Adoration: Thursdays, 3-5 pm

Confessions: Saturday, 3:30—4pm before Mass

Secretary/Maintenance: Gene Stone

Music: Diane Stone

Finance Council: Gene Stone, Gene Gosse, &

Tom Garrett

Adoration: Gene Gosse

Lectors: Tom Garrett

Contact: Stan Bluff

Finance Council: Steve Kiss

Religious Ed Coordinator: Erin Kinney

St. Bernard

PO Box 731

302 N. 8th. Ave.

Ione, WA 99139

Mass: Sunday, 8 am

(2nd. & 4th.)

Finance Council: John Redinger

Choir: Erin Kinney

St. Joseph

PO Box 417

406 Park St.

Metaline Falls, WA

99153

Mass: Sunday, 8 am

(1st, 3rd & 5th)

Prayers for the Ill To better facilitate this list it will be

completely deleted on April 5 unless you contact the office at

447-2685 and ask for your loved one to remain.

Izabella Ann Gladys Bishop Mary Boisen Gary Brooks Carl Burrell Michelle Craven Johnnee Curtis Gail Davaz Don Deerwester Clifford Doty Tom Fascko Matt Finnegan Warren Foersch Dave Floyd Patricia Geaudreau Michael Hunter

Jim Hines Gavin Ivie Lon Lee Neil McBratney Isaac McG Charles Nelson Hannah Rheigans Yesenia Sandoval Nancy Sanger Rich Scredon Michele Springsteen Christina Tefft Roman Vasquez Rosie Yepez Tony Yepez

PRAYER CHAIN CONTACT

Gail Davaz @ 509-292-2601

Nellie Graham @ 509-951-1020

PRAYERS FOR THE ILL Please contact the office at

509-447-2685 when someone may be taken off of the listing.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD; Difficult moments, SEEK GOD, Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD; Every moment, THANK GOD.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER… to check out our Website at www.pocoparishes.org for weekly Mass schedule, current events, parish

bulletins and more. See the front of this bulletin for all other information. Due to Governor Inslee’s recent proclamation, St. Anthony’s Church will NOT be open for the

next 2 (two) week period beginning today March 24th thru April 6th.

March 22, 2020

Third Sunday of Lent

March Birthdays Kathleen Pasquale...…..…..3/01 Peter Freeman……....…...3/02 Paisley McArthur..………..3/03 Paul Waterman.….….........3/06 Kerry Engbarth…...…..…..3/08 Joanne Cushman.……..…..3/09 Jerry Tefft….. .....…..........3/10 Michael Hunter...……….....3/11 Ray Springsteen…...……...3/14 Matthew Willyard….……..3/17 Patricia Geaudreau.….……3/19 Julie Luettgen...….…….…3/19 Judy Cagianut……..….…..3/20 Sherry Loveridge..….....….3/22 Spenser Flint….…....…....3/22

If you do not see your birthday

listed, please let us know.

NEW ADDRESS FOR PAT GEAUDREAU Pat Geaudreau

120 West San Jose Ave. Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 541-5887 She would love to hear from us all at St. Anthony’s

IMMACULATE HEART RETREAT CENTER PRESENTS SILENT DAY OF PRAYER ON OVERCOMING CANCER “SUPERNATURAL ONCOLOGY” The Specialty of

St. Peregrine Laziosi with Fr. Darrin Connall on Friday, May 1, 2020 at 9am—3pm. The Silent Day of Prayer includes the Mass, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, two conferences, lunch and concludes with the Stations of the Cross. $40 per person, ($50 with use of a private room for the day). This Day of Prayer is silent.

PRAYER TO ST. RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL FOR HEALING AND HEALTH

St. Raphael, the Archangel, defend us from all sickness. Be our defense against illness and infirmity,

we humbly pray. And do thou, oh prince of heavenly healing, by the power of God, cast all diseases,

epidemics, disorders, and malignancies from us that endanger us bodily, emotionally, and spiritually, so

that we may use our good health to do God’s will, in Jesus name. Amen

Pend Oreille County Parishes

Dear Padre

LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS ARE SUSPENDED THIS WEEK AND

THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

A Day of Reflection and Planning: Our Spiritual and Corporal Needs

The Diocese of Spokane is collaborating with the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Washington and Holy Cross Funeral and Cemetery Services to

host a Day of Reflection and Planning. The event will be on April 4th from 8:00am – 1:30pm at the Immaculate

Heart of Mary Retreat Center, Spokane. There is no charge and breakfast pastries and lunch will be provided.

Topics: Preparing for eternity, Catholic health directives, last will and estate planning, leaving a legacy, What do we do when our loved ones die?, grieving the loss of loved ones, and finding God’s mercy in death. Guest speakers: Fr. Darrin Connall, Fr. Kyle Ratuiste, Kelly Durgan, Deacon John Ruscheinsky, Pete Moye, Chris Kreslins, Greg Finch, Rick McLean To register: please contact Lindsey Klemmer at the Catholic Diocese of Spokane at 509-358-7343 or by email lklemmer@dioceseofspokane.org.

Immaculate Heart Retreat Center Presents Women’s and Men’s Holy Week Retreats “The Death of the Messiah in the Gospels” with Fr. Leslie Hoppe, OFM, Ph.D.

Women’s Retreat April 6-8, 2020 4:30 pm check in 1:00 pm depart Men’s Retreat April 9-11, 2020 4:30 pm check in 1:00 pm depart Please register in advance: (509) 448-1224 or visit www.ihrc.net $240 (includes meals and lodging) $155 commuters (meals only).

Since Bishop Daly has suspended all Masses, the information on the

Brown Scapular will be offered at a later date.

Why does the Church honor St. Joseph?

Saint Joseph was chosen by the Lord to be the spouse of Mary and a guardian of the Word Incarnate, Jesus

Christ. The little we know about Joseph is taken from the Gospels. In the Book of Matthew, we learn that Mary

is betrothed to Joseph, “a righteous man” (Matthew 1:19). When Joseph learns that Mary is already with child, he

decides to dismiss her quietly so as not to disgrace her publicly. But an angel of the Lord appears to him in a

dream and tells him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife and informs him that she will bear

the child of the Holy Spirit, the one who will come to save people from their sins. Joseph obeys

the angel without question. Joseph heeds God’s call once again when instructed by an angel of

the Lord to flee Bethlehem to escape the murderous Herod. Matthew tells us: “Joseph rose and

took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt” (Matthew 2:14). It is this

faithfulness, this steadfast and complete trust in God, that makes Joseph such a wonderful

example for us, and for this, the Church honors him. —Fr. Paul Coury, CSsR