The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH, (St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa. St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)
-mail: sfxc@epix.net Facebook: St Brigid Parish
Rev. Andrew Amenkwaa Administrator
Deacon Ronald D. Maida dorronto@protonmail.com Deacon Paul J. Brojack
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 30—4:30PM—St. Francis: Lector—Sandy Gardner; Ministers—Joyce Barnum & Joanne Nolt; Server volunteer; Rosary Loretta Guiton; Greeter volunteer
Sunday, October 1—8:00AM—St. Francis: Lector—Rosanne Williams; Ministers—Chris & Katie Volk; Servers—volunteers; Rosary—Bob Curley
Sunday, October 1—10:30AM—St. Augustine: Lector—Johanna Higgins; Ministers—Sr. Bette Brown & Tanya Dearborn; Servers—volunteers; Rosary—volunteer; Greeter—volunteer
DECEASED
Please pray for the deceased, especially our Parishioner, Daniel Devine, husband of Rose. We also pray for Alice Walsh of Montrose and Kenneth J. Richter, Jr. of Little Meadows. May they all 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, Sam Miner, Sophie Padula, Tom Wenman, Toni Colardino, Madigan Gow, 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, Butch Rosencranz, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Emily D., Marie Donahue, Barbara Mahoney, Rusty Carmen, Adam Price, Greg Lasgowka, Terry, Cameron & Levi White, Natalie Dawn Abell, Tom Ellison, the Reed Family, Don Higgins, Raub Family, Todd Legg, Ryan Hayes, Sean McMahon, Thomas McWilliams, Marty Mosher, Chad Grindel, Cathy Ballogg, Mary Ann Casterline, Janice Jacobs, Patricia Charpinsky, Diane Holleran, Ethel Reid, Kineer Worgen, James Dughi, Peg Broadwater, Christopher Dauber, Jay Gurn, “D”, Frances Murphy, Adrian Stephens, Millie, Mike Wilcox, Sophia ILichishin, Alice Walsh, Josh Zaleski, Caleb Scepaniak, Dana Marsh, Reilly, Lori Rawlins, Mary Joan, Brendan Merritt, R.M., Mark Pasteka, Tim Fruehan, Caesar & Edith Siedlecki, John, Lori Hammerly Coleman, Brendan Kelly, Pat Walsh, Angelo Scarfalloto, Emily Graves, Cathy Albert, Robert Nemcek, Wayne Hibbard, Laura Nelson, Garrett Farr, Gloria, Mary Keenan, Everly Hausmann, Dr. Silversti, George Coleman, Sally Saunders, Dennis Byerly, Linda, Marie Cavalarro, Sully & Patty Cavallaro, Evelyn Ferro, Briana Grisdale, Gregory Diorio, Mike Coleman, Nicholas, Joyce Danielewicz, Alex, Alice, Mike & Pat Stelacio, Fr. John Victoria, Jessica Lawrence, Joseph Santora, Carol Garcia, Sophie Holgash, Nellie Manarchuck, Monica Gibson, Diane Coffee, John Waldron, Millie Chamberlain, Bill Noldy, Jr., Cathy Edsell, Patricia Hutchinson, Chris Mortensen, Clyde & Mary Tims, Louise Darrow, Aaron Fredendall, Louise Eastman, Diane, Kathy Du Duv, Michelle Weiss, Niki Rogers, Shirley Conboy, Robert Pratt, Joseph Olszewski, Wade Leach, Curtis Edwards, Matthew Gatto, Marge Murphy, Mark, Ellen Bieleski, Kylie Keenan, Becky Jenner, Sara Kelly Price, Tucker White, Liam Little, Terri Grindel, Kris Kiesly, Jerry Wells, Fred Brown, Rosa Prieto, Theo Goodrich, Madigan, Carl Whitehead, Genevieve Coleman, Ed Snee, Anita James, Shirley McWilliams, Mary (Jones) Edsell, Peter Strojny, Eileen Maruschok, Shirley Rockefeller, Tony McHugh, Val Mosier, Hunter Allen Sapp, A.J. Pass, Leonard Howell, Sue L., Bryce Histand, Ken Warner, Jay S., George Thrasher, Jay C., Norma Volk, Kathy Conklin, Gary Fisher, Joan Middendorf, Marie Mirabelli, Mike, Clint Wise, Carol Jarnigan, Kevin Pierson, Gary Davis, Deacon Tom Hartley, Anne, Jeff Kintner, R.C.M., and Madeline Barno. 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 , 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, Andrew Muscarelle, Lisa Phillips, Adam Barziloski, Quinn Gurn, Marty Conboy, Wayne M. Bennett, Joseph Elliott, Bradley J. Bryant, John Baltsley, Mara Redding, Michael Redding, James Hemmerly, Amberlynn Villanella, Jacob Balchikonis, Rip VanWinkle, Jonathan Green, Cameron, Garrett Kiehle, and all who serve with them. May they be protected & safe from harm & return home safely and soon. Amen.
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. Please also call us when those in the Armed Forces are no longer serving so their name can be removed.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 24th, 2023
I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord!
MASS
/ SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sat. Sept. 23 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MARGARET FLAHERTY & SHIRLEY KELLY by the Flaherty Family
Sun. Sept. 24 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
10:30AM St. Augustine Church - SHIRLEY KELLY by Bill & Barb Pichette
Mon. Sept. 25 12:00NN St. Francis Church - NO MASS
Tue. Sept. 26 St. Augustine Church - NO MASS
Wed. Sept. 27 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - NO MASS
Thur. Sept. 28 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - NO MASS
Fri. Sept. 29 12:00NN St. Francis Church - SPECIAL INTENTION
Sat. Sept. 30 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MARLENE HOMAN by Jim Homan
Sun. Oct. 1 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
ALICE CARR by Louise Baker
10:30AM St. Augustine Church - SAM FIKE by Nancy Fike
CONFESSION SCHEDULE
Saturday St. Francis Xavier before 4:30PM Mass 3:30 to 4:15PM
Sunday St. Francis Xavier following 8:00AM Mass 9:00 to 9:30AM
Sunday St. Augustine following 10:30AM Mass 11:30 to 12Noon
WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT
Thank you for your generosity in last weeks collection. The collection total was $ 2,557.23. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
LIFELINES
“Suicidal individuals with or without a terminal illness typically do not want to die… The patient requesting assisted suicide is often asking, ‘Does anyone want me to be alive, or care enough to talk me out of this request and support me through this difficult time?’”
~ USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, “Every Suicide is Tragic”
PRAYERS
Please continue to pray for many vocations to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Scranton.
1ST ANNUAL FR. CAS STANIS MEMORIAL GUN BINGO
The families of the St. Brigid Parish Youth Group invite you to attend on Saturday, September 30th, at Neumann Hall in Choconut. Doors open at 5PM and Bingo starts at 6PM. Tickets are $ 50.00 each. There will be 20 regular games, 50/50, special buy-in games, and food for sale. All winners must be 18 years old for long guns and 21 for hand guns and pass the PA background check and pick up prizes at Montrose Sporting Good within 30 days. (New York state residents must have hand guns shipped to NY dealer.) You must have a ticket for admittance to the event. You must be present to win all prizes. Any “No Shows” are considered a donation to the Youth Group. Pre-sale tickets & info are available at Montrose Sporting Goods (570-278-3154); St. Brigid Office (570-553-2288); from Kay at Mass and Renee Coy (570-396-6797). Helpers are needed for the Gun Bingo as well as donations of food or for food. If you can help or donate, please call or text Renee Coy (570-396-6797). We hope to sell all 200 tickets before September 30th. If you want a ticket, please don’t wait until the last minute or you may not be able to get one.
DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL
Once again, thank you to everyone for your very generous contributions to the 2022 Diocesan Annual Appeal. We received our rebate check for $ 8,636.25, which represents 75% of the amount our parish raised over our goal for 2022. This is a great benefit for St. Brigid Parish!
“Celebration Weekend” for the 2023 Diocesan Annual Appeal is THIS weekend, September 23rd and 24th. We will see the video prepared by Bishop Bambera. Gifts of any size are welcome and your participation is important to our success again this year. Pledge cards are available in your pew. You can fill it out and place it in the collection basket or scan the QR code on the pledge card to make your gift online.
Our goal for 2023 is $ 22,000.00. This is the same amount as last year. So far we have raised $ 3,800.00 (17% of our goal) and are under our goal by $ 18,200.00.
Deacon’s NOTE
In jus ce the fewer hours a person worked, the less pay he should have received but the landowner knew that what he was offering the workers was minimal and that to give a person less, the family would be le hungry. He went beyond jus ce, mo vated by compassion.
Yet Jesus points out that the reward for their long work (heaven) is fair, and the only reason that others receive this same reward is because of the generosity of the landowner (God). It is his (God’s) to do with as he pleases. So long as we have not been treated unjustly, how could we reasonably complain that God is generous to others?
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.
Are there mes when I selfishly consider myself more deserving than others?
God Bless. Deacon Ron Maida
UPDATED SCHEDULE—FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS—OCTOBER 7TH
On Saturday, October 7th, 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 dos Santos, 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 invited.
Devotions are held at Saint Augustine Church with the following UPDATED schedule:
Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 9:00am
Recitation of Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:15am
Adoration and Meditation on Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:45am-10:00am
Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10:00am-10:10am Communion Service: 10:15am
ADORATION
Please consider spending an hour with Our Lord. New volunteers (fill-ins & permanent) are needed. Many hours are available. Call Rosalynd Perlick (570-663-2212) to volunteer. Adoration is now being held in the Adoration Chapel.
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.
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.
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention. A Devotional Candle at Francis burns for a Happy Birthday for Sophie Padula offered by Theresa & Bill Noldy.
FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARS
To provide flowers for St. Francis Church, call the Rectory (570-553-2288); for St. Augustine Church, call Heidi Jaeger (570-663-2459). For both Churches, please call the Rectory with the “Intention” so it can be in the bulletin. Dates are available thru November.
~ St. Augustine Flowers are in memory of Peter Jaeger offered by Heidi Jaeger .
~ St. Francis Flowers are in memory of Margaret Flaherty & Shirley Kelly offered by Helena Flaherty.
CHURCH CLEANING
St. Augustine: September 25 to October 1 Mary Homan; October 2 to 8 Maureen Allen & Bernadette Kanna; October 9 to 15 Maureen Allen & Bernadette Kanna; October 16 to 22 Heidi Jaeger & Barbara Gurney; October 23 to 29 Heidi Jaeger & Barbara Gurney; October 30 to November 5 Michelle Aton & Linda Monahan St. Francis cleaners for the month of October are Rosanne Williams & Joyce Barnum.
PENNSYLVANIA MARCH FOR LIFE
On Monday, October 16th the annual Pennsylvania March for Life will be held at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. The Diocese of Scranton is sponsoring a bus departing from the Scranton area and is encouraging youth ministries, college students, and young families to participate. Cost is $30 per adult/student and $25 for students – that includes motor coach transportation and driver gratuity. Minors must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Participants are encouraged to pack their own lunch as food vendors will be limited in Harrisburg. Pick up will be at 7:45am from the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Scranton, with the potential for another pick up in the Wilkes-Barre area.
CARD SHOWER FOR RUTH MURPHY
Ruth Murphy’s 96th birthday is September 27th. She is lonely in the nursing home. Let’s cheer her up with some cards on her very special day. Vestal Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 105 W Sheedy Rd, Vestal, NY13850.
CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIESTS
The second collection next weekend is for the Care & Education of Priests.
HELP NEEDED
We are looking for someone or a couple of people to set up Neumann Hall for events such as funeral dinners, CCD Classes, birthday parties, wedding receptions, etc. You would be setting up the tables and chairs and some light janitorial work such as sweeping and moping the floors. This would be a good job for a teenager or someone who is retired. If you are interested, please call Kay at the Parish Office (570-5532288) or Joe and Mary Homan (570-553-2860).
“FALL FUND RAISER” RAFFLES
We are in the process of putting together our “Fall Fundraiser Raffle”. A few nice prizes have been donated already. If you have an item you would like to donate, or if you would like to donate money towards a prize, please contact Kay at the Rectory (570-553-2288) as soon as possible.
CCD NEWS
CCD Classes began last Sunday. Classes are held from 9:15 to 10:15AM at Neumann Hall in Choconut. This allows families to attend either the 8:00AM Mass at St. Francis or the 10:30AM Mass at St. Augustine. Registration forms have been emailed to families who have been attending classes in past years and are also available in the back of the Churches for new families who would like to register.
LAST ICE CREAM SOCIAL OF THE YEAR!
Join us on Saturday, September 30th at 5:30PM at the Little Meadows Fire Station for our Last Ice Cream Social of the year as we help the Little Meadows Rescue Squad Celebrate their 50th Anniversary. We start serving Ice Cream (and toppings) at 5:30pm until gone. The celebration starts at 3pm at the Fire Station with parade, games, food (Hamburger & Hot Dogs while they last), demonstrations, music, hayride, bon fire – fun for the entire family.
MOM’S HOUSE “NIGHT OF HOPE”
Mom’s House will be hosting its “Night of Hope” on Thursday, October 19 from 5pm-9pm. This event, sponsored by K C Construction, will celebrate 35 years of helping low-income, single parents complete their education. We are looking forward to this evening- highlighting our success and honoring individuals in our community who have made a difference in the lives of those Mom’s House serves. Traditions at the Glen, in Johnson City, will be the setting for this special event. Cost: $65 - Evening includes dinner, gift basket raffles, silent auction, wine pull, client speaker and more. To register–contact the office by 10/13 at 607-644-9972 or register on-line at: www.momshouseny.org and click on “Events.”
BE A CATHOLIC MAN CONFERENCE
The 8th Annual Diocese of Scranton “Be A Catholic Man Conference” will be held on Saturday, October 7th, from 8AM to 3PM, Holy Redeemer High School, 159 S. Penn. Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18701. The theme Is “Stand Fast In The Faith.” Registration begins at 7AM (coffee available). A 7:15AM Rosary will be prayed. Three outstanding Catholic Speakers have been scheduled. There will be Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions, and Mass Offered by Bishop Joseph Bambera. The fee is $40 (Early Bird $30), Students $15, Priest/Deacons FREE. Register on line: www.BeACatholicMan.com ; mail your check (payable to “Be a Catholic Man”) to: Be a Catholic Man c/o William Leandri, Treasurer 239 Hayfield Rd. Shavertown, PA 18708 Attn: Men’s Conference, also put Men’s Conference on the memo line of the check. For more information contact Mike Kilmer 570-746-0100 or michaelkilmer71@gmail.com
