On March 8, people across the world celebrate International Women’s Day. In the United States, March is designated as National Women’s History Month and honors the contributions of women to the nation’s history and culture. Each year, the U.S. President issues a proclamation calling on all citizens to observe March as National Women’s [...]
As we enter the second week of Lent we hear the story of Jesus’ glorious transfiguration. It comes not long after Jesus has been telling the disciples that He is going to suffer and die, and that those who wish to be His disciples must let go of their own needs, take up their cross [...]
If in Christ we have been tempted, in him we overcome the devil. Do you think only of Christ’s temptations and fail to think of his victory? See yourself as tempted in him, and see yourself as victorious in him. He could have kept the devil from himself; but if we were not [...]
Today Jesus goes into the desert, but just before this St. Luke has given us an account of His baptism. Jesus goes into the desert to confront the temptations that Israel had faced. At the beginning of His public life He must defeat the forces that will test Him at the end of His life [...]
PALM SUNDAY, March 28th
11:00AM – The Liturgy starts
Before Mass – Blessing and procession with Palms
HOLY TUESDAY, March 30th
10:00AM – Clergy Conference of the Central Diocese in Scranton, PA and Holy Mass of Chrism (4:00pm)
MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 1st
6:00PM – Holy Thursday Mass in Shenandoah.
7:30PM – Holy Thursday Mass in Frackville.
GOOD FRIDAY, April 2nd
2:00PM – The Liturgy [...]
Sunday, February 21st – Stations of the Cross after Holy Mass
Sunday, February 28th – Bitter Lamentations (Part 1), after Holy Mass
Sunday, March 7th – Stations of the Cross after Holy Mass
Sunday, March 14th – Solemnity – Institution of the PNCC – before the Mass – the oath of the Parish Committee and Officers of [...]
Fr. Robert attended the Plymouth Seniorate Pastors meeting held on Monday, February 15, 2010 at St. John the Baptist PNCC in Hazleton, PA. Also in attendance were Fr. Pawel Filip, Fr. Czeslaw Kuliczkowski, Fr. Boguslaw Janiec, and Fr. Senior Thaddeus Dymkowski.
Please continue to pray for the Parishes, people, and priests of our [...]
On first reading today’s Gospel, it might appear that Jesus was suggesting that poverty and all its consequences – hunger, sickness, infant mortality – could make people happy. Jesus was talking to people who had come to Him to be delivered from that type of wretchedness. They came because they wanted change in their world. [...]
The three readings in our liturgy today focus on three different people who come to believe. But before they come to faith, they all respond with fear, with hesitation, or with a deep sense of their own unworthiness. Yet they become convinced of the reality of the presence of God, and it’s a presence to [...]
