Teams of Our Lady (TEAMS)
TEAMS is an international lay movement in the Catholic Church, designed to enrich marriage spirituality and make good marriages better. A team is comprised of five to seven couples whose marriage is recognized in the eyes of the Catholic Church. (Some teams have a spiritual counselor or Priest Spiritual Counselor as part of their team.) The team meets once a month sharing a simple meal, prayer, and a study topic. Couples from all stages of life (newly married, child rearing, and empty nesters) make up a team. TEAMS is not parish based, but it is advisable for couples to live in the same geographic vicinity. Please visit teamsofourlady.org for more information.
Contact: Susan & Tamarack Andrews at susantamarack@gmail.com
Catholic Daughters
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas. They donate to charities, administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.” Their motto is “Unity and Charity.” Catholic Daughters was formed over 100 years ago and today numbers 66,000 dues-paying members in 1,150 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Kenya, and Peru.
Catholic Daughter women enjoy each other’s company at meetings and work hard for their parishes and communities.
Catholic Daughters meet the 3rd Saturday of each month at 10am, at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Center. Check the bulletin for meeting times, or contact below.
Contact: Val Ordway (oils2healyou@gmail.com) or 208-771-1355
North Idaho Catholic Youth Camp
The mission of the North Idaho Catholic Youth Camp (NICYC) is to encourage the Catholic youth of our area to grow closer to Christ, to personally learn more about our Catholic faith, and to grow in fellowship and love with other Catholic youth. We offer a week long camp steeped in Roman Catholic Tradtion and learning how to live it in today's world.
Visit their website by clicking HERE.
Contact: Tammy Loe, 208-771-1915
Serra Club
The Serra Club is a group of lay men and women devoted to promoting and fostering vocations to the ministerial priesthood in the Catholic Church; and encouraging and affirming vocations to consecrated religious life. Learn more about the Serra Club by attending one of their monthly board meetings, open to all. Monthly board meetings are held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church at noon the first Thursday of each month. Join the "31 Prayer Club" by visiting the Vocations bulletin board in the narthex to pray for our seminarians. Learn more about the Adopt-a-Seminarian" program to help support one of our Diocesan seminarians.
Contact: Pete Obligato, 208-699-3020
Retrouvaille
Retrouvaille is designed to help troubled marriages regain their health. Retrouvaille is for any couple who would like to rediscover their marriage and improve communications.
Contact: Joan Fister (dnjfister@gmail.com) or 208-659-6562
Columbarium Trust Committee
This committee was formed in 2010 to design, build and maintain a peaceful and respectful facility for the inurnment and remembrance of family members in the St. Pius X community. Since that time, with the addition of a Veterans' Memorial and memorial to unborn children, it has blossomed into one of the most beautiful and holy aspects of the parish. For more information, click HERE.
Contact: Carol Fairhurst (acarich@roadrunner.com) or Eric Christensen (chriscardi2013@gmail.com)
Birthright
Birthright provides confidential, non-judgmental support to any woman who is pregnant or thinks she might be pregnant, no matter her age, race, circumstances, religion, marital status or financial situation. Birthright relies on the dedication, time and talents of volunteers and the generosity of donations to ensure it can persevere in supporting pregnant women.
Contact: Dorothy Benoit (grammad606@yahoo.com) or 208-765-4516
St. Michael the Archangel Home School Co-op
Contact: Keely Lowman, 509-869-5506