News Announcements from 2026

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…