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Dear Parishioners of South Stevens County....

Mass will not be available for our parishes on youtube this week; Fr. Mike is working on ways to keep that up. However, our Pastor Fr. Kenny St. Hilaire livestreams his masses in Colville each weekend on Youtube that everyone is welcome to watch at www.myparishfamily.org/corona. The Cathedral and other parishes also provide options for Mass at home as well at www.dioceseofspokane.org/mass-at-home https://www.myparishfamily.org/corona

Dear Parishioners, I’m glad to be here to serve you in Stevens County. I grew up in Honolulu, HI and I’ve been a priest for 14 years for the Diocese of Spokane and have lived in Washington State for over 20 years. I worked as a Registered Nurse in Honolulu and Seattle prior to entering the seminary for Spokane and being ordained in 2006. I look forward to what I hope will be a good and fruitful stay with all of you. ~Fr. Mike Ishida

Effective July 3rd, Mass will only be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays of the month at at 6:00 pm. This schedule change is being made to minimize priest burnout as Fr. Ishida and Fr. St. Hilaire assume the responsibility for 9 churches in Stevens and Ferry counties.

Fr. Booth is celebrating his final weekend masses as our pastor, June 27 and 28. He wrote a nice farewell to our parishes. Click here to read it.

Find all updates here on the precautions our churches are taking to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Bishop Thomas Daly, Bishop of Spokane, announced on Monday that the new Pastor for the parishes of South Stevens County will be Fr. Kenny St. Hilaire assisted by Parochial Vicar, Fr. Michael Ishida. Due to the sudden retirement of two priests, the parishes of Stevens County and Ferry County have been combined into one cluster of 9 churches. Fr. St. Hilaire will continue as pastor-in-residence at Immaculate Conception Parish in Colville and Fr. Ishida will be the priest-in-residence at St. Mary of the Rosary, Chewelah. Fr. Ishida will reside at St. Mary’s Rectory in Chewelah. They will begin their ministry in our parishes on July 1st.

With over 70% of Washingtonians choosing cremation, the Parish and Fund Councils of St. Mary of the Rosary decided to install a Columbarium at St. Mary's Cemetery last fall. This past Friday morning (May 8), the Wilbert Company from Spokane installed our new 48 niche Columbarium at St. Mary's Cemetery...

COVID-19 takes toll on Maryknoll religious community in New York.

The Catholic Parishes of South Stevens County has a new parish logo! Click for more information.

Visit http://www.usccb.org/about/communications/usccb-president-reflection-and-prayer-during-coronavirus.cfm for more resource from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Visit https://dioceseofspokane.org/coronavirus for current information on the restrictions the Diocese has placed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Earl Ross, a long-time and dedicated St. Mary of the Rosary parishioner, passed away Saturday night. His funeral mass will be celebrated Thursday, Oct. 31st at 11 am at St. Mary of the Rosary with luncheon to follow in the parish hall. There will also be a visitation on Wednesday, Oct. 30th from 2-5 pm at Danekas Funeral Chapel in Chewelah. (Daily mass and Eucharistic Adoration is canceled Oct. 31st)

Bell rings for the first time in more than 50 years. Click here for the full article.

St. Mary’s Preschool enrollment packets are now available in the office for the 2019-2020 School Year. All 3-5 year olds are eligible—they do not have to be a member of our church. Please share with anyone you know that might be interested. Thank you!

Families, Schools of Human Growth: That families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly "schools of true human growth."

Congratulations to parishioners Bud and Diane Evans for being named the 2018 Honored Citizens of Chewelah. See their story in The Independent newspaper. Visit: https://chewelahindependent.com/bud-and-diane-evans-named-honored-citizens/

Seminarian Jef Lant will be staying in Chewelah for the month of July assisting Fr. Booth. Click the title to read more about Jef.

See the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press office, pictures and biography of Pope Francis, and other Vatican news at www.vatican.va

Food for the Poor wishes to thank you for the welcome you extended to Fr. Vernon Arseneau on our recent visit to your parish. On behalf of our brothers and sisters throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, we thank you for your compassion and care. We are all blessed by and grateful for your generosity.