MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 6th—4:30PM—St. Francis: Lectors Betty Ellen Hardy; Ministers Joanne
Sunday, April 7th 8:00AM St. Francis: Lector Christina Long; Ministers Joyce Barnum & Karen Glowa; Servers volunteer; Rosary Bob Curley; Greeter volunteer
Sunday, April 7th—10:30AM—St. Augustine: Lector Johanna Higgins; Ministers Sr. Bette & volunteer; Servers volunteer; Rosary volunteer; Greeter Barb Pichette
DECEASED
Please pray for the deceased, especially Casey Fitzgerald, Tim Reardon, Marge Rockefeller, and Phyllis Cosler 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, 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, “D”, Robyn Lawson, Ned Offner, Ethel Reid, Butch Rosencranz, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, 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, Thomas McWilliams, Marty Mosher, Chad Grindel, Cathy Ballogg, Mary Ann Casterline, Janice Jacobs, Patricia Charpinsky, Jay Gurn, Diane Holleran, Kineer Worgen, James Dughi, Peg Broadwater, Christopher Dauber, Adrian Stephens, 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 Cavalarro, Sully & Patty Cavallaro, Evelyn Ferro, Briana Grisdale, Gregory Diorio, Mike Coleman, Nicholas, Alex, Alice, Mike & Pat Stelacio, Fr. John Victoria, Joseph Santora, Carol Garcia, Jay S., Carl, Jessica Lawrence, Sophie Holgash, 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, Curtis Edwards, 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, Shirley Rockefeller, A.J. Pass, Tony McHugh, Val Mosier, Hunter Allen Sapp, Leonard Howell, 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, Evan Small, 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, Ann Marie Gilhool, Jim Griffin, Steve B., 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
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.
The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH, (St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.
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Deacon Paul J. Brojack
EASTER SUNDAY THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
March 31st, 2024
The Lord is truly risen, Alleluia!
MASS SCHEDULE
HOLY SATURDAY—Easter Vigil
Sat. Mar. 30 8:00PM St. Francis Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS EASTER SUNDAY—Celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection
Sun. Mar. 31 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 30 Day—MARY LOUISE KEENAN by Tom, Kylie, Abigail and Kay 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - DELORES STABULIS by Bill & Barb Pichette
Mon. April 1 NO MASS
Tue. April 2 12:00NN St. Francis Church -2nd Anniv. DICK CURLEY by Mary L. Keenan
Wed. April 3 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - FR. CAS STANIS by Sr. Bette Brown
Thur. April 4 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - BISHOP TIMLIN by Rosalynd Perlick
Fri. April 5 12:00NN St. Francis Church - RITA GRIFFIN by Mike Griffin
Sat. April 6 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Sun. April 7 8:00AM St. Francis Church - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS
10:30AM St. Augustine Church - JOE & MARY BETH ADAMS by Judy Adams
PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS
There are still Lottery Calendars are available in the back of Church. They are $ 20.00 each and run April 1st 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 do not break up the packages.) Please sign them out on the sheet provided. Only 542 Calendars have been returned. Drawings start THIS Monday! Please helps make this fund raiser a sell out again this year! There are still over 180 calendars left in the back of the Churches.
FOOD CARDS/FOOD PANTRY
Thank you all for your very generous donations to the Food Cards and Food Pantry. Your very generous donations have helped many families to have a bountiful Easter meal.
EASTER PAGEANT
Thank you to our CCD Students for putting on a great Easter Pageant for us last Sunday. The kids did a great job! Thank you to our teachers and parents for helping to make the Pageant possible. Thank you to everyone who brought food to share and all those who attended.
CCD NEWS
CHANGE 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.
SPECIAL THANK YOU—FUNERAL DINNERS
Thank you to all the ladies of St. Brigid Parish, both members of the Altar & Rosary Society and those aren’t members but help by making their special homemade dishes for funeral dinners. Thank you also to all those who give of their time before, during and after dinners to set up, clean up, do dishes, and donate money or various other essential items. Thank you to the Choconut Children’s Center Day Care for donating food to the dinners and for vacating the gym so that we can use it for the dinners. These dinners and your wonderful food is so appreciated by grieving families. They are surprised by the variety of dishes and how delicious all the food is. You are doing a great service for them and our Parish!
MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU ALL!!!
(A gentle reminder please put your names on your dishes to make it easier to return them to you. One way you can do this by simply put a mailing label on the dish.)
THANK YOU—RECTORY, SET, COOK!
Thank you to everyone who voted in Rectory, Set Cook. Your voting dollars went directly to support Catholic Social Services’ food kitchens, food pantries and other anti-hunger efforts and our Parish!!
Fr. Augustine ended in 13th place out of 30 with $ 3,244.79 from 63 donors. Total Diocesan donations were an incredible $ 216,840.66 from 2576 donors. This is a new record for total donations.
COLLECTION FOR THE CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIESTS
The second collection next weekend is for the Care & Education of Priests.
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 $ 3,550.00. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
LIFELINES
“With great openness and courage, we need to question how widespread is the culture of life today among individual Christians, families, groups and communities in our Dioceses. With equal clarity and determination we must identify the steps we are called to take in order to serve life in all its truth” (The Gospel of Life 95).
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL YOUR HELP MAKING HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES TRULY REVERENT, BLESSED AND BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU TO FATHER AUGUSTINE, DEACON PAUL, OUR ALTAR SERVERS, ORGANIST, CHOIR, LECTORS, MINISTERS, THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FOOT WASHING ON HOLY THURSDAY, THOSE WHO DONATED FOR EASTER FLOWERS, AND THOSE WHO DECORATED THE CHURCHES. EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB!!! THE CHURCHES LOOK BEAUTIFUL!!! A HUGE THANK RUSSELL FARMS WHERE WE GET OUR EASTER FLOWERS. THE FLOWERS THIS YEAR ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL! THANK YOU TO ANGELINE’S FLORIST IN ENDICOTT FOR THEIR DONATION OF (8) EASTER LILIES TO ST. AUGUSTINE.
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.
ADORATION HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED! ONLY (5) OPEN HOURS LEFT TO FILL!!!
Adoration is in need of substitutes due to illness.
OPEN HOURS FOR PERMANENT OR SUBSTITUTES
Thursday 10:00 to 11:00AM
Friday 9:00 to 10:00AM; 1:00 to 2:00PM; 2:00 to 3:00PM
Starting Thursday, April 4th 7:00 to 8:00PM
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!!
ALTAR & ROSARY MEETING
The next Altar & Rosary Meeting will be held THIS Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:00PM in the Rectory. All Members are encouraged to attend. New members are always welcome.
CHICKEN BBQ
The Rush Volunteer Fire Dept. is having a pre-sale Chicken BBQ on Sunday, April 14th. This will be drive-thru pickup at the fire station in Lawton from 11:00AM to 1:00PM. Dinners are $ 12.00 and halves are $ 8.00. Please call Tammy Darling (570-934-2612) by April 5th to place your order.
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.
