We are happy to announce that St. Mary of the Rosary Parish’s Restoring Beauty Project is proceeding nicely. Thanks to the generosity of our parishioners, including several substantial donations and the invaluable contribution of Whit Baker's carpentry expertise and labor, 73% of the estimated costs for Phase 1 are now covered by your current pledges.

Dear Parishioners, We kneel before the manger in adoration, let our first Christmas word be: thank you. Thank you, Gift of the Father, for coming to save us from our sins. Without you we do not even know how to be human, how to live our life in this world, how to live for love and live for heaven. (Click to continue...)

Make the Rosary your New Year’s Resolution! In 2025, St. Mary of the Rosary Parish is committing to more emphasis on the rosary by creating more opportunities to learn and pray. We are starting with our parish commitment to the Rosary in a Year, a 365-day daily podcast you can listen to for free from Ascension Press starting Jan. 1. Here’s the info: If you've ever struggled to build a habit of prayer, this podcast is for you. (Click for more)

The Renaissance artist Michelangelo is famously quoted as saying, “In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” This thought is repeated in his other statements when he said, “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it,” and also, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”

Dear Parishioners, today begins Advent, that beautiful season when we prepare our hearts to receive our Lord at his birth. One of my favorite hymns of Advent is “O Come; O Come Emmanuel”. Emmanuel is a good word for Advent and Christmas; it is a Hebrew word that shows up in the Prophet Isaiah which means “God is with us” and God will save and protect the House of David. The Messiah will come from the House of David. (Click for more....)

By Alexis Peters, Fundraising Committee Chair Advent is one of my favorite seasons of the year - the anticipation of meeting our Lord in his most humble form at Christmas, the music, the colors. If you’re like me, you put more emphasis on meeting the Lord in extra prayer amidst the hustle and bustle of our everyday life. As a parish, we too are waiting in anticipation for the completion of the Restoring Beauty Project. Click for more...

Dear Parishioners, This Thursday we celebrate our great national feast of gratitude, Thanksgiving. Gratitude is a good and beautiful virtue, and its rooted in humility which is the queen of all virtues. Gratitude and grace go together and share the same root. Gratitude recognizes the gift and really everything is a gift because all has been given. Taking, possessing, controlling and entitlement are the opposite of gratitude and grace. Gratitude recognizes the gift and opens the heart to receive more. Click for more...

By Shirley Baker, Pastoral Council Chair. As the days shorten, life in our parish grows richer. The autumn holidays bring a busy season of reconnecting with family and friends, offering a time to thank God for His grace in our lives. My brother and sister-in-law travel from Olympia every Thanksgiving to spend it with us, a cherished tradition. Just before Easter, my sister-in-law received a diagnosis of incurable brain cancer. We continue to pray for her healing, and I also pray to be a conduit of God’s love during her hardship. I am profoundly grateful for the support of our parish community, especially the Prayer Chain, which has strengthened my sense of fellowship and deepened my commitment to prayer..(Click to continue..)

Dear Parishioners, I consider it one of the great blessings of my priesthood to have been assigned to me a priest from Malawi, Africa when I served as pastor in Edmonds, WA. His name was Fr. Dominic and we lived in the same Rectory and ministered together for three years. (click for more)

Dear Parishioners, The leaves are almost off the trees and the first snow will be here soon, November begins this week. As nature goes to sleep we have two dates in November in which we mark those who have passed from this earth: Nov. 1, All Saints Day and Nov. 2, All Souls Day. (click for more)

This weekend we are officially introducing our new parish as St. Mary of the Rosary Parish, as decreed by Bishop Thomas Daly of the Diocese of Spokane. The new decree outlines the reorganization of the parishes of: Holy Rosary Parish, Chewelah (St. Mary of the Rosary’s original name), Sacred Heart Parish, Springdale, Holy Ghost Parish, Valley, and The Church at Jump off Joe (St. Joseph’s). (click for more)

Dear Parishioners, About a week ago we received word from Bishop Thomas Daly of his decision to close Sacred Heart Church in Springdale within the next six months. As this summer season was coming to a close, I made the initial request to the bishop in August to consider how Sacred Heart hasn’t seen growth in attendance or activity in at least two years, averaging about 8-12 people each Sunday. That is just not enough to justify keeping this church location open nor is it sustainable. This was following a question I proposed one year ago to all our parishes, after outlining our current demographics, that stated, “Should we or can we keep all our locations open?”

Dear Parishioners, We are approaching the month of October, the Month of the Rosary, and our Parish Feast Day (Our Lady of the Rosary - Oct. 7). The Rosary is as a gift from Mary, the Mother of God. The Rosary is a summary of the Gospel and has been a way for Christians to configure their lives to Christ for centuries. The 20 mysteries of the Rosary