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Baby item collection for Mother’s Day is being sponsored by our Social Concerns Committee. All items donated will go to Shepherd’s Maternity House in Stroudsburg. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. Items they are asking for are: boys & girls sleepers & clothing (new born or 0-3 months), easy to wipe feeding bibs, hooded towels and wash cloths, feeding spoons & bowls, receiving blankets & swaddles, baby wash lotion, pacifiers & pacifier clips. A container will be in…

Our Lady’s Guild will be hosting Bingo on the third Wednesday every month in our parish hall starting April 15th. Doors open at Noon. Games are 25¢ per card. Small snacks and refreshments will be served. Games open to all. For more information, call Antoinette at 570-466-0830.

This year we will not be sponsoring our usual bazaar. Instead, we will have three separate events: Food sale weekend, Tricky Tray Weekend sale and a Grand Raffle which this year will be a 50/50. If interested in helping out or sharing some ideas, we will meet this Tuesday, April 7th at 7:00 P.M. in the upper meting room. More information will come as plans begin to develop. Come share your thoughts and ideas.

Bishop Bambera and the Office of Parish Life wish to invite couples celebrating their 10th, 25th, 40th or 50th wedding anniversray in 2026 to a Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 28th. The event includes a 2:30 P.M. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Scranton and a light reception afterwards. To register, go to https://www.dioceseofscranton.org or contact Bridget Maille at 570-207-2213×1133.

We are now taking reservations for our Annual Seder Supper to be held in our Hall on Monday, March 30th. The Seder is the sacred meal of the Passover and the meal from which ritual elements of our Mass are taken. We will hear the story of the Passover and bless the symbolic foods. We follow the Passover ritual including serving lamb and tasting the traditional foods.  Call the Church to reserve your spot and get information about the Seder. We…

SEASON OF LENT is just around the corner. It begins with Ash Wednesday, February 18th. This forty day penitential season gives us a personal opportunity to reflect on our faith through the disciplines prayer, fasting and almsgiving. During this period, we will reflect on the temptations Jesus faced in the desert. We will pray the Stations of the Cross, reflecting on Jesus’s sacrifice for our sins. We will have special times to gather in prayer and thank God for his gracious…

Bishop Bambera has sent you a letter & pledge card: we showed the movie about the Appeal and Deacon Len gave a very informative talk on how your Appeal donations are used. Now we ask that you help us make our parish goal of $55,538.00 so that we can do our part in the Catholic Ministries Appeal and help support so many fine and necessary programs, activities, and people. Presently, we have reached 92.8% of our goal or $51,870.00 from…

Did you ever ask yourself about getting involved in the parish activities and ministries, but didn’t know how or which one? There are so many opportunities to get involved in the Church. Liturgically, we are always asking for Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers. We need musicians: organists, pianists, cantors, singers for two choirs and other musical instruments. We look for people to join our parish societies: like Our Lady’s Guild for the women and the Holy Name and Knights of…

Next weekend is the Feast of the Holy Family. At all the Masses, we will impart on our children, a special blessing, praying for their safety and good health. Bring them to Mass and when it is time to get the blessing, have them stand proud as they are the future of our Church. God Bless Them!

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE is out this weekend. It’s been a tough year for families with children and they could use a little pick me up around Christmas. The Giving Tree lists children that could use your help. Some angel tags have wishes for gifts, but it’s your choice of something to get for a young person. Take a tag today and please return your gift (unwrapped) by December 14th. God Bless You for your generosity and support of some needy little…

St. Matthew’s 50+ Club is sponsoring a Bus Trip to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see the Christmas show on Thursday, December 11th. The cost is $120 which includes transportation, lunch and show. For more information or to reserve your seat, call Judy at 570-872-6623.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. At this time, our Social Concerns Committee gives out baskets of food to needy families in our parish and community. If you know of a family that could use a little help, especially during the holidays, please call Father Rich. All names are kept confidential. Also, we will be collecting turkeys again to put in these baskets. If you’re getting a free one from the market or could help by donating one, it would be greatly…