The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH, (St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.
St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)
(St. Brigid’s Cross)
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
-mail: sfxc@epix.net Facebook: St Brigid Parish
Rev. Augustine Thomas Administrator
Father Augustine 1 (570) 909-7819
Deacon Paul J. Brojack
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 20th—4:30PM—St. Francis: Lectors Cott DeMaree; Ministers Joyce Barnum & Joanne Nolt
Sunday, April 21st—8:00AM—St. Francis: Lector Dick Manjerovic; Ministers Chris & Katie Volk; Servers—volunteer; Rosary—Debbie Purtell; Greeter—volunteer
Sunday, April 21st—10:30AM—St. Augustine: Lector—Julie Perlick; Ministers—Bob Allen & volunteer; Servers—volunteer; Rosary—volunteer; Greeter—volunteer
DECEASED
Please pray for the deceased, especially Steve Benjamin of Choconut and David M. Lake of Friendsville who were known to many in our Community. May they rest in peace. Amen.
PRAYER LIST
Lord, hear our prayers for the sick of our Parish & Community listed below and for those who are not listed and in need of our prayers, especially all suffering from cancer, Lyme disease, or Covid-19. Kaitlyn Andre, Michael Haefner, Bill Jones, Jr., Ruth King, Kyle Stoddard, “D”, Sophie Padula, Tom Wenman, Toni Colardino, Madigan Gow, Emily D., Amanda Branning, Daniel Gavin, Tommy Williams, Kathy Holt, Linda Hollenback, Don Zaleski, MaryLou Fahs, Elton Carr, Jim Raftis, Bub Davis, Tyler Fletcher, William Chaney, Joe Grindel, Chelsea Judson, Trisha, Mary Guido, Hallie Brooks, Mark Kovach, Brooke Arnold, Robyn Lawson, Ned Offner, Ethel Reid, Butch Rosencranz, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Marie Donahue, Barbara Mahoney, Rusty Carmen, Adam Price, Greg Lasgowka, Jay Gurn, Terry, Cameron & Levi White, Natalie Dawn Abell, Tom Ellison, the Reed Family, Don Higgins, Raub Family, Todd Legg, Ryan Hayes, Thomas McWilliams, Marty Mosher, Chad Grindel, Cathy Ballogg, Mary Ann Casterline, Janice Jacobs, Patricia Charpinsky, Diane Holleran, Kineer Worgen, James Dughi, Peg Broadwater, Adrian Stephens, Christopher Dauber, Millie, John, Reilly, Sophia ILichishin, Josh Zaleski, Caleb Scepaniak, Dana Marsh, Mary Joan, Lori Rawlins, Brendan Merritt, Mark Pasteka, Tim Fruehan, Linda, Gloria, Lori Hammerly Coleman, Angelo Scarfalloto, Emily Graves, Cathy Albert, Robert Nemcek, Wink, Wayne Hibbard, Laura Nelson, Garrett Farr, R.C.M., Everly Hausmann, George Coleman, Sally Saunders, Dennis Byerly, Marie Cavallaro, Sully & Patty Cavallaro, Evelyn Ferro, Alice, Briana Grisdale, Gregory Diorio, Mike Coleman, Nicholas, Alex, Mike & Pat Stelacio, Fr. John Victoria, Joseph Santora, Carol Garcia, Jay S., Carl, Jessica Lawrence, Nellie Manarchuck, Monica Gibson, Diane Coffee, Bill Noldy, Jr., Cathy Edsell, Patricia Hutchinson, Sue L., Mark, Chris Mortensen, Clyde & Mary Tims, Louise Darrow, Diane, Aaron Fredendall, Louise Eastman, Niki Rogers, Wade Leach, Shirley Conboy, Joseph Olszewski, Matthew Gatto, Madigan, Marge Murphy, Kris Kiesly, Kylie Keenan, Sara Kelly Price, Tucker White, Mike, Terri Grindel, Jerry Wells, Fred Brown, Rosa Prieto, Carl Whitehead, Ed Snee, Cliff & Anita James, Pete Strojny, Mary (Jones) Edsell, Eileen Maruschok, Leonard Howell, Shirley Rockefeller, A.J. Pass, Tony McHugh, Val Mosier, Hunter Allen Sapp, Evan Small, Bryce Histand, Deacon Tom Hartley, Ken Warner, George Thrasher, Norma Volk, Nancy, Gerry, Kathy Conklin, Gary Fisher, Joan Middendorf, Marie Mirabelli, Carol Jarnigan, Kevin Pierson, Anne, Madeline Barno, Megan Hale, Ben Naylor, Tammy Volk Jennings, Rosemary Stewart, Margaret Zernone, Owen, Bucky Russell, Kathleen, Delores Sinchak, Carolyn Doolittle, Leah Walters, Jane Borelli, Jake Warner, Chuck Bullock, Tom Krupinski, Susie Reichlen, Eileen Drab, Tom Walz, Susanne Wolf, Beth Carlton, Doug Packer, Jim Griffin, Ellen Bieleski, Larry Black, Joyce Danielewicz, Nancy Iacovozzi, Dorothy Angel, and Jackie Foster. Please pray for all the needs in our Parish and Community. Our Lady of Good Health, pray for us. Amen.
ARMED FORCES LIST
Please pray for those in our Armed Forces, especially those from our Parish & Community, Ryan Gormley, Christopher Reichlen, Mike Griffith, Matthew Kramer, Ryan Neville, Shane Kalpokas, Dustin Ryder, Steven Shelp, Ricky Trowbridge, A.Jay Tewksbury, Lukas Crisman, Ryan Newberry, Mark W. Gregg, Lisa Phillips, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Marty Conboy, Wayne M. Bennett, Joseph Elliott, Bradley
B. Villanella, Jacob Balchikonis, Rip VanWinkle, Jonathan Green, Garrett Kiehle, and all who serve with them. May they be protected & safe from harm & return home safely and soon. Amen.
Third Sunday of Easter
April 14th, 2024
O, sing to the glory of His name!
MASS SCHEDULE
Sat. April 13 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER PATRICK DALY by Ted Zielinski
Sun. April 14 8:00AM St. Francis Church - THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mon. April 15
STEPHEN VAN WINKLE by Kay Keenan
10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS
NO MASS
Tue. April 16 12:00NN St. Francis Church -DANIEL BRACHE by Angie Brache
Wed. April 17 8:30AM St. Augustine Church -
Thur. April 18 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - JOYCE PICHETTE by Bill & Barb Pichette
Fri. April 19 12:00NN St. Francis Church - HAROLD CURLEY by Chris & Fran Shadduck
Sat. April 20 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sun. April 21 8:00AM St. Francis Church - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS
10:30AM St. Augustine Church -
CONFESSION SCHEDULE—(BEFORE ALL WEEKEND MASSES)
Saturday St. Francis Xavier before 4:30PM Mass 3:30 to 4:15PM
Sunday St. Francis Xavier before 8:00AM Mass 7:30 to 7:50AM
Sunday St. Augustine before 10:30AM Mass 10:00 to 10:20AM
STEWARDSHIP REPORT
Our weekend collection total was $ 5,211.00. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
LIFELINES
“Like us, Christ entered the world through the womb of a woman. He willingly experienced the fullness of human suffering. He breathed his last on the Cross at Calvary in order that He might save us. Therefore, ‘God is the foundation of hope: not any god, but the God who has a human face and who has loved us to the end’ (Spe salvi 31).”
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION
Father Augustine’s 30th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood is on April 27th. A party to celebrate this milestone event will be held at Neumann Hall on Sunday, April 28th following the 10:30AM Mass. Sign up sheets are in the back of the Churches. This will be a catered meal so if you or your family plans to attend, please sign up AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so that we know how much food to order. Deadline to sign up is THIS Sunday, April 21st.
PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS
There are still Lottery Calendars are available in the back of Church. They are $ 20.00 each and run thru December 31st. Each family is asked to take at least (5) calendars to sell. There are packages of (5) calendars and single calendars. Please sign them out on the sheet provided. Only 685 Calendars have been returned. Drawing has begun! Please help make this fund raiser a sell out again this year! There are about 130 calendars left in the back of the Churches.
CCD NEWS
The next Children’s Mass will be Sunday, April 28th, 10:30AM, St. Augustine
First Penance/First Holy Communion Retreat—Saturday, April 27th at Neumann Hall. First Holy Communion will be held Sunday, May 5th.
April newsletter
https://www.smore.com/n/3en1k
ADORATION
HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED! (6) OPEN HOURS TO FILL!!!
OPEN HOURS FOR PERMANENT AND/OR SUBSTITUTES
Thursday 6:00 to 7:00AM; 10:00 to 11:00AM; 4:00 to 5:00PM
Friday—9:00 to 10:00AM; 1:00 to 2:00PM; 2:00 to 3:00PM
Please consider spending an hour with Our Lord. Call Rosalynd Perlick @ (570-663-2212). Thank you to everyone who has already stepped forward and volunteered for Adoration hours!!
ST. AUGUSTINE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MEETING
St. Augustine Cemetery Association will hold their annual meeting on Sunday, April 28th, following the 10:30AM Mass.
ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY—CLEAN–UP TIME
With spring upon us and the grass beginning to grow you are asked to please help get the cemetery cleaned up by removing all old flower pots and old decorations from your family graves. When you clean up, please take your debris with you. Do not throw it along the side or back of the cemetery for someone else to attend to.
HELPFUL FOR ALL CEMETERIES
Now is a good time for anyone who puts flower pots or decorations on any family graves in any cemetery to help do their part by cleaning up and removing all old flower pots and decorations from your family graves. When you clean up, please take your debris with you. Do not throw it along the side or back of the cemetery for someone else to attend to. Cleaning up is very helpful to those who mow the cemeteries (their job is, after all, only to mow and weed eat) and your efforts help keep things looking nice for all visitors to enjoy.
EASTER READING MATERIALS
There are copies of the “Little White Books” for Easter and the Easter Edition of “The Word Among Us” available in the back of the Churches. Please feel free to take a copy home with you and use as part of your daily Easter meditations.
LITTLE MEADOWS FIRE COMPANY
Little Meadows Fire Company will hold a Chicken BBQ Sunday, April 21st at the Fire Station. Dinner is $ 13.00 (includes chicken, potato salad, beans, a roll & dessert). Chicken only is $ 8.00. Available 11:00AM until all is gone. Benefits the Little Meadows Fire Company.
Deacon’s NOTE
In our rela onship with Jesus, we too are tempted to think of him as a ghost. But, as he tells the disciples, he has flesh and blood as we do. He knows of what we are made. He shares everything we experience and offers us a share in everything he experiences, including his resurrec on.
His resurrec on breaks down all barriers, removes all divisions within us, between us and others, between us and God. His true disciples are ambassadors of reconcilia on in every age.
Who do I need to be reconciled with? Am I a source of unity or division for others? Do others encounter the power of his resurrec on through me?
Deacon Ron Maida—dorronto@protonmail.com
SANCTUARY & DEVOTIONAL CANDLES
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention offered by Joe Purr.
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for peace in Ukraine, Israel, and the Middle East.
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Augustine burns for the return to health of all the sick in our Parish and Community offered by St. Brigid Altar and Rosary Society.
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for the Return to Health of Joyce Danielewicz offered by Theresa and Bill Noldy
~ The Sanctuary Candle at St. Francis burns for the Special Intentions of Eileen Drab offered by her family.
SPECIAL PRAYERS
Please continue to pray for vocations to the Priesthood in our Diocese.
PARISH PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like to respond to prayer requests, or if you have a prayer request, please contact Rosalynd Perlick (570-663-2212) or Susie Reichlen (570-553-2618). Many prayers will be offered for your intentions. Please call when the person you put on this Prayer List can be removed, either because of their return to health or because they have passed away.
CHURCH CLEANING
St. Augustine: April 15 to 21 Barbara & Mike Merritt; April 22 to 28 Helen Gardella; April 29 to May 5 Helen Gardella; May 6 to 12 Mary Homan; May 13 to 19 Mary Homan; May 20 to 26 Kristen Olson; May 27 to June 2 Tanya Dearborn & Paulette Guyette; June 3 to 9 Tanya Dearborn & Paulette Guyette; June 10 to 16 volunteer needed; June 17 to 23 Kim Fruehan; June 24 to 30 Kim Fruehan
St. Francis cleaner for the month of April Ann Marie Volz.
NEW VOLUNTEERS are always needed to help clean our Churches. There are openings throughout the year at St. Augustine. To volunteer, please call Kay (570)553-2288.
CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIEST
Thank you for your generous donations to last weekends collection for the Care & Education of Priests. The collection total was $ 663.50. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS MAY 4TH
Saturday, May 4th, we observe the Fatima First Saturday Devotions in reparation for offenses against the Immaculate Heart of Mary as our Lord and Lady requested of Sister Lucia, one of the three shepherd visionaries of Fatima.
Please consider participating as we seek to fulfill our Savior's & Blessed Mother's request for prayer and penance in reparation to her most Sorrowful & Immaculate Heart. All are welcome.
Devotions are held at Saint Augustine Church with the following schedule:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by confessions: 8:30AM-9:00AM
Recitation of Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:00AM-9:30AM
Adoration and Meditation on Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:30AM-9:45AM
Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 9:45AM-9:55AM
Mass: 10:00AM-10:45AM
MOM’S HOUSE FLOWER SALE
Order forms are available in the back of the Church for the Mom’s House Flower Sale. Deadline to order is April 26th. Flower pick up at Mom’s House is May 8th from 11am – 4pm or call (607-644-9972) to schedule another time. Visit www.momshouseny.org and click on “Events” to download an order form.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS
Bishop Joseph C. Bambera and the Office for Parish Life invite couples celebrating their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary in 2024 to a diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 23rd. Mass is at 2:30PM at the Cathedral of Saint Peter followed by a reception. Registration deadline is May 26th. To register, go to www.dioceseofscranton.org or contact Bridget Guarnieri (570-2072213 x 1133) or familylife@dioceseofscranton.org
