MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKEND St. Francis—April 11th—4:30PM: Lector—Msgr. Lawrence T. O’Reilly; Ministers—Sean Kelly & Susanne Wolf; Servers—Declan & Daegan Giannone; Rosary—Loretta Guiton St. Francis—April 12th—8:00AM: Lector—Amanda Reeves; Ministers—Volunteers needed; Servers—Marty Conboy; Rosary—Mary Tims St. Augustine—April 12th—10:30AM: Lector—Barbara Pichette; Ministers—Roseanne Rouff & Volunteer needed; Servers—Kiera & Riley Short; Rosary—Ann Zalepa or a volunteer If at any time you see that a volunteer is needed for any ministry, please feel free to step forward and volunteer your services.

DECEASED

Please pray for the deceased, especially Robert “Wimpy” Vosburg, who was known to many in our Parish Community. May he rest in peace. Amen.

SANCTUARY LIGHTS, ADORATION VIGIL CANDLES & DEVOTIONAL CANDLE DONATIONS

A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for a Special Intention requested by Joe Purr. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for healing for all the sick and special intentions.

CHURCH CLEANING St. Francis cleaners for the month of April—Eileen Drab.

St. Augustine cleaners April 5 to 11—Mary Ellen Griffin & Cathy O’Reilly; April 12 to 18—Susan McNamara & Bette Brown.

PRAYER LIST Lord, hear our prayers for the sick of our Parish and Community listed below and for those who are not listed and in need of our prayers. Katelyn Andre, Michael Haefner, Bill Jones, Jr., David Zevan, Rita Powers, Debbie Jones, Kyle Stoddard, Mary Lou Gregg, Sophie Padula, Madigan Gow, John Flynn, Donald & Terry Baum, Mary Bakay, Donnie Butler, Tommy Williams, Stephen Ambrose, Mary Riley, Toni Colardino, Tom Wenman, Linda Hollenback, Tyler Fletcher, Joshua Welch, S.C.F., Anna Mae Coleman, Kathy Holt, Richard Hutchinson, Mary K. Long, Joshua Kaminski, B.F., Aleisya Abrams, Agnes Neville, Steve Hundiak, Mary Lou Fahs, Butch Rosencranz, Ruth King, Ken Roon, Brooke

Arnold, Hallie Brooks, Sarah Murnigahan, William Chaney, Mary Cadden, Nancy Lynch, Daniel Gavin, Sue Anderson, June Riley, John Bauer, Adam Kelly, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, John & Alberta Zielinski, Virginia Raftis, Fred Russell, Dorothy Catlin, Marie Donahue, Nancy, Matt & Emily, Bob Murphy, Robyn Lawson, Vicky Nelson, Rita Flynn, Elton Carr, Kaleena Dughi, Molly Getter, Sam Miner, Debbie Drewry, Bub Davis, Rusty Carmen, Ronalee Eckert, Chelsea Judson, Doug Wheaton, John Paul Jones, Valerie Newhart, Amanda Branning, Deborah Gregory, J.K., Andy Mooney, Dave Hibbard, Jeff Barnard, Mary Elizabeth Healy, Gloria Craige, T. S., Delmar O’Rourke, Walt Frystak, Lori & Michelle Parsons, Steve Burrell, Barbara Borsavage, George Kotch, Jr., Leo Guiton, Whitney Neville, Gregg Loboda, Tammy Fleming, Mark Kovach, Jerry Conboy, H. T., Brendan Kelly, Greg Lasgowka, Shirley Bowser, Mary Louise Keenan, Tiffani Allen, Theresa Noldy, Paul Kerber, Linda Bush, Dick Lewis, Anna, Ken Guiton, Debbie Newhart, James O’Mara, Pat Donnelly, Cassey Juser, Florian Pasteka, Matt Purtell, Eleanor Hastings, Sheila McMahon, and Natalie McMahon. May they regain full health. Please pray for the needs in our Parish Intention Books. 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, Christopher Reichlen, Patrick Allen, Shane Kalpokas, Ryan Gormley, Mike Griffith, Reed Shave, Matthew Kramer, Dustin Ryder, Bobby Brostoski, Ricky Trowbridge, Ryan Neville, Anthony Flynn, A. Jay Tewksbury, Jennifer Buttacavoli, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Lukas Crisman, John Matousek, David Teetsel, Lisa Phillips, Carrie Krouse, Ryan Newberry, Wayne M. Bennett, Duane Thomas, Joseph Elliott, Michael and Sean Plitt, Mark W. Gregg, Bradley J. Bryant, Kevin Lewandoski, and all who serve with them. May they all be protected and safe from harm and return home soon to their families and friends. Amen. Please call the rectory when the person you put on the Prayer List or Armed Forces List can be removed. If you know of anyone on the list who has passed away, please let us know so that their name can be removed from the list. OIL SPILL: Please continue to pray for a successful cleanup of the remainder of the spill. So far we have spent $ 85,642.44 to resolve this issue.

The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)

(St. Brigid’s Cross)

P.O. Box 75 • 17 Cottage Street • Friendsville, Pa. 18818 www.ourparishcommunity.com • Phone (570) 553-2288

E-mail: sfxc@epix.net Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT “We the faithful of the Roman Catholic Community of St. Brigid Parish, (St. Francis Xavier and St. Augustine Churches), in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, and the Diocese of Scranton, are called through baptism to share in the mission which Jesus Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We in this Faith Community, under the leadership of our Bishop and our Pastor, cooperate to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the teaching of the Church, to celebrate the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, for the salvation of all, and to witness by grace to the Kingdom of God so as to promote a culture of life, justice and peace. We especially endeavor to foster spiritual growth and evangelization in our present and future generations by drawing parish members back to active participation.”

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our weekly Parish Collections. St. Francis (4:30PM) - $ 1,636.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) - $ 1,153.75; St. Augustine (10:30AM) - $ 1,028.25.

LIFELINES

“Every child, at every age of development, brings us God’s smile and invites us to recognize that life is His gift, a gift to be welcomed with love and preserved with care always and at every moment.” -2009-10 Respect Life Program Flyer, USCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities

MASS SCHEDULE Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil

Sat. April 4 8:00PM St. Francis Church - GERALD SHAUGHNESSY by Patricia Hutchinson Easter Sunday—Celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection

Sun. April 5 8:00AM St. Francis Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - JEAN K. REILLY by Tom & Mary Lynn Milligan Mon. April 6 NO MASS Tue. April 7 NO MASS Wed. April 8 NO MASS Thur. April 9 NO MASS Fri. April 10 12:00NN St. Francis Church - 22nd Anniv. HELEN M. DAVIS by Bub & Dawn

Davis Sat. April 11 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

RITA GRIFFIN by Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin Sun. April 12 8:00AM St. Francis Church - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Anniv. CARL MILLER by Pauline Miller & Family 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS

HAPPY EASTER! ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!! Holy Week, began with Palm Sunday, and continued with the celebration of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday. We then walked with Jesus as He embraced His Passion on Good Friday, and we reflected on Christ crucified. One of the most comforting thoughts that we can reflect on is that if we have died with Christ, we shall also rise with Him and pass from death to life. This is the keynote of the Easter mystery that all of us need to embrace as we now live fifty days of Easter Celebration as one “great Sunday”. We embrace this Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday with joy in our hearts! Alleluia, alleluia… “Happy Easter!” Share the Good News with someone who does not know, and help make a profound change in his or her life. Blessings, Fr. Cas

SECOND COLLECTION TODAY

Today’s second collection is for the Care & Education of Priests. SPECIAL THANKS

A special thank you goes out to everyone who helped with Holy Week and Easter Services. Thank you especially to Fr. Gerald Buckley for saying Easter Sunday Mass at St. Augustine. Thank you to our Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, Choir, Church cleaners, decorators, and anyone who helped in any way to make our Services so beautiful.

PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS

Drawings for our Lottery Calendars have begun! (F.Y.I. the drawing we base our winners on is now the Evening Drawing called “Pick 3”.) Calendars sold after April 1st are still winners!!! To date only 750 calendar returns have been made. Please remember—it is now time to make your returns with stubs included! There are a few Calendars left in the back of the Churches. If you can help us by selling them, please sign them out today. If you have taken Calendars that you are unable to sell, please return them to the Rectory AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so that they can be sold. Thank you to everyone for helping make this very important fund raiser a success once again!

ALTAR & ROSARY MEETING

The Altar & Rosary Society will have a meeting THIS Wednesday, April 8th, at 6:30PM in the Rectory. All ladies are invited to attend.

ALTAR & ROSARY BANQUET The Altar & Rosary Banquet will be held Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30PM at the Montrose Bible Conference. Anyone in the Parish (men, women, or friends) is welcome to attend. We need to guarantee 30 people in attendance. Sign up sheets are in the back of the Churches. Cost is $ 18.00 per person. The menu is: fruit cup, spinach salad with hot bacon dressing, roast pork with apple stuffing, roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli medley, apple pie alamode, tea, coffee and lemonade. All money needs to be in by May 3rd. Please put money in a marked envelope in the collection or give to an Altar & Rosary Society member. Our guest speaker this year will be Fr. Gregory Reichlen.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP BULLETINS Children’s Worship Bulletin’s are available in the back of the Churches.

PARISH PRAYER CHAIN If you would like to help respond to prayer requests (for anyone in need), please contact Rosalynd Perlick-Spencer (570-663-2212), Susie Reichlen (570-553-2618), or Mary Keenan (570-553-2431). If you have actual prayer requests, please call anyone on the list and many prayers will be offered for your particular intention.

MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKEND St. Francis—April 11th—4:30PM: Lector—Msgr. Lawrence T. O’Reilly; Ministers—Sean Kelly & Susanne Wolf; Servers—Declan & Daegan Giannone; Rosary—Loretta Guiton St. Francis—April 12th—8:00AM: Lector—Amanda Reeves; Ministers—Volunteers needed; Servers—Marty Conboy; Rosary—Mary Tims St. Augustine—April 12th—10:30AM: Lector—Barbara Pichette; Ministers—Roseanne Rouff & Volunteer needed; Servers—Kiera & Riley Short; Rosary—Ann Zalepa or a volunteer If at any time you see that a volunteer is needed for any ministry, please feel free to step forward and volunteer your services.

DECEASED

Please pray for the deceased, especially Robert “Wimpy” Vosburg, who was known to many in our Parish Community. May he rest in peace. Amen.

SANCTUARY LIGHTS, ADORATION VIGIL CANDLES & DEVOTIONAL CANDLE DONATIONS

A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for a Special Intention requested by Joe Purr. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for healing for all the sick and special intentions.

CHURCH CLEANING St. Francis cleaners for the month of April—Eileen Drab.

St. Augustine cleaners April 5 to 11—Mary Ellen Griffin & Cathy O’Reilly; April 12 to 18—Susan McNamara & Bette Brown.

PRAYER LIST Lord, hear our prayers for the sick of our Parish and Community listed below and for those who are not listed and in need of our prayers. Katelyn Andre, Michael Haefner, Bill Jones, Jr., David Zevan, Rita Powers, Debbie Jones, Kyle Stoddard, Mary Lou Gregg, Sophie Padula, Madigan Gow, John Flynn, Donald & Terry Baum, Mary Bakay, Donnie Butler, Tommy Williams, Stephen Ambrose, Mary Riley, Toni Colardino, Tom Wenman, Linda Hollenback, Tyler Fletcher, Joshua Welch, S.C.F., Anna Mae Coleman, Kathy Holt, Richard Hutchinson, Mary K. Long, Joshua Kaminski, B.F., Aleisya Abrams, Agnes Neville, Steve Hundiak, Mary Lou Fahs, Butch Rosencranz, Ruth King, Ken Roon, Brooke

Arnold, Hallie Brooks, Sarah Murnigahan, William Chaney, Mary Cadden, Nancy Lynch, Daniel Gavin, Sue Anderson, June Riley, John Bauer, Adam Kelly, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, John & Alberta Zielinski, Virginia Raftis, Fred Russell, Dorothy Catlin, Marie Donahue, Nancy, Matt & Emily, Bob Murphy, Robyn Lawson, Vicky Nelson, Rita Flynn, Elton Carr, Kaleena Dughi, Molly Getter, Sam Miner, Debbie Drewry, Bub Davis, Rusty Carmen, Ronalee Eckert, Chelsea Judson, Doug Wheaton, John Paul Jones, Valerie Newhart, Amanda Branning, Deborah Gregory, J.K., Andy Mooney, Dave Hibbard, Jeff Barnard, Mary Elizabeth Healy, Gloria Craige, T. S., Delmar O’Rourke, Walt Frystak, Lori & Michelle Parsons, Steve Burrell, Barbara Borsavage, George Kotch, Jr., Leo Guiton, Whitney Neville, Gregg Loboda, Tammy Fleming, Mark Kovach, Jerry Conboy, H. T., Brendan Kelly, Greg Lasgowka, Shirley Bowser, Mary Louise Keenan, Tiffani Allen, Theresa Noldy, Paul Kerber, Linda Bush, Dick Lewis, Anna, Ken Guiton, Debbie Newhart, James O’Mara, Pat Donnelly, Cassey Juser, Florian Pasteka, Matt Purtell, Eleanor Hastings, Sheila McMahon, and Natalie McMahon. May they regain full health. Please pray for the needs in our Parish Intention Books. 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, Christopher Reichlen, Patrick Allen, Shane Kalpokas, Ryan Gormley, Mike Griffith, Reed Shave, Matthew Kramer, Dustin Ryder, Bobby Brostoski, Ricky Trowbridge, Ryan Neville, Anthony Flynn, A. Jay Tewksbury, Jennifer Buttacavoli, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Lukas Crisman, John Matousek, David Teetsel, Lisa Phillips, Carrie Krouse, Ryan Newberry, Wayne M. Bennett, Duane Thomas, Joseph Elliott, Michael and Sean Plitt, Mark W. Gregg, Bradley J. Bryant, Kevin Lewandoski, and all who serve with them. May they all be protected and safe from harm and return home soon to their families and friends. Amen. Please call the rectory when the person you put on the Prayer List or Armed Forces List can be removed. If you know of anyone on the list who has passed away, please let us know so that their name can be removed from the list. OIL SPILL: Please continue to pray for a successful cleanup of the remainder of the spill. So far we have spent $ 85,642.44 to resolve this issue.

The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)

(St. Brigid’s Cross)

P.O. Box 75 • 17 Cottage Street • Friendsville, Pa. 18818 www.ourparishcommunity.com • Phone (570) 553-2288

E-mail: sfxc@epix.net Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT “We the faithful of the Roman Catholic Community of St. Brigid Parish, (St. Francis Xavier and St. Augustine Churches), in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, and the Diocese of Scranton, are called through baptism to share in the mission which Jesus Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We in this Faith Community, under the leadership of our Bishop and our Pastor, cooperate to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the teaching of the Church, to celebrate the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, for the salvation of all, and to witness by grace to the Kingdom of God so as to promote a culture of life, justice and peace. We especially endeavor to foster spiritual growth and evangelization in our present and future generations by drawing parish members back to active participation.”

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our weekly Parish Collections. St. Francis (4:30PM) - $ 1,636.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) - $ 1,153.75; St. Augustine (10:30AM) - $ 1,028.25.

LIFELINES

“Every child, at every age of development, brings us God’s smile and invites us to recognize that life is His gift, a gift to be welcomed with love and preserved with care always and at every moment.” -2009-10 Respect Life Program Flyer, USCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities

MASS SCHEDULE Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil

Sat. April 4 8:00PM St. Francis Church - GERALD SHAUGHNESSY by Patricia Hutchinson Easter Sunday—Celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection

Sun. April 5 8:00AM St. Francis Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - JEAN K. REILLY by Tom & Mary Lynn Milligan Mon. April 6 NO MASS Tue. April 7 NO MASS Wed. April 8 NO MASS Thur. April 9 NO MASS Fri. April 10 12:00NN St. Francis Church - 22nd Anniv. HELEN M. DAVIS by Bub & Dawn

Davis Sat. April 11 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

RITA GRIFFIN by Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin Sun. April 12 8:00AM St. Francis Church - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Anniv. CARL MILLER by Pauline Miller & Family 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS

HAPPY EASTER! ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!! Holy Week, began with Palm Sunday, and continued with the celebration of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday. We then walked with Jesus as He embraced His Passion on Good Friday, and we reflected on Christ crucified. One of the most comforting thoughts that we can reflect on is that if we have died with Christ, we shall also rise with Him and pass from death to life. This is the keynote of the Easter mystery that all of us need to embrace as we now live fifty days of Easter Celebration as one “great Sunday”. We embrace this Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday with joy in our hearts! Alleluia, alleluia… “Happy Easter!” Share the Good News with someone who does not know, and help make a profound change in his or her life. Blessings, Fr. Cas

SECOND COLLECTION TODAY

Today’s second collection is for the Care & Education of Priests. SPECIAL THANKS

A special thank you goes out to everyone who helped with Holy Week and Easter Services. Thank you especially to Fr. Gerald Buckley for saying Easter Sunday Mass at St. Augustine. Thank you to our Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, Choir, Church cleaners, decorators, and anyone who helped in any way to make our Services so beautiful.

PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS

Drawings for our Lottery Calendars have begun! (F.Y.I. the drawing we base our winners on is now the Evening Drawing called “Pick 3”.) Calendars sold after April 1st are still winners!!! To date only 750 calendar returns have been made. Please remember—it is now time to make your returns with stubs included! There are a few Calendars left in the back of the Churches. If you can help us by selling them, please sign them out today. If you have taken Calendars that you are unable to sell, please return them to the Rectory AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so that they can be sold. Thank you to everyone for helping make this very important fund raiser a success once again!

ALTAR & ROSARY MEETING

The Altar & Rosary Society will have a meeting THIS Wednesday, April 8th, at 6:30PM in the Rectory. All ladies are invited to attend.

ALTAR & ROSARY BANQUET The Altar & Rosary Banquet will be held Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30PM at the Montrose Bible Conference. Anyone in the Parish (men, women, or friends) is welcome to attend. We need to guarantee 30 people in attendance. Sign up sheets are in the back of the Churches. Cost is $ 18.00 per person. The menu is: fruit cup, spinach salad with hot bacon dressing, roast pork with apple stuffing, roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli medley, apple pie alamode, tea, coffee and lemonade. All money needs to be in by May 3rd. Please put money in a marked envelope in the collection or give to an Altar & Rosary Society member. Our guest speaker this year will be Fr. Gregory Reichlen.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP BULLETINS Children’s Worship Bulletin’s are available in the back of the Churches.

PARISH PRAYER CHAIN If you would like to help respond to prayer requests (for anyone in need), please contact Rosalynd Perlick-Spencer (570-663-2212), Susie Reichlen (570-553-2618), or Mary Keenan (570-553-2431). If you have actual prayer requests, please call anyone on the list and many prayers will be offered for your particular intention.

EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS

Requested by: In Memory/Honor of: Joe & Judy Adams - Mary Beth Adams M/M Bob Allen - Gerard Mahoney; Jean & Elaine Allen; M/M Jeremiah Mahoney; M/M Ralph Baker Gary & Helena Arbosheski - Ralph & Marie Gesford; Daniel & Lena Kane; Betty & Peter Arbosheski; Frank Lippe Louise Baker - Mom & Dad Greg & Sandra Balchikonis - Rossanna Balchikonis and Walter J. Balchikonis Joyce Barnum - Barnum & Shaughnessy Families M. & M. Beyer - Beyer & Corcoran Families David Bolton - Kevin J. Boyle - John L. Boyle and Rosemary Boyle Fred & Bette Brown - Frank & Helen Burns - M/M Francis H. Burns, Sr.; M/M Joseph McGowan; Joseph Mann; Walter Mann Martha Caganek - Joseph Caganek David & Rosemary Calabretta - The Calabretta, Caufield, and Murphy Families M/M Elton Carr - Agnes Jones & Margaret Coolbaugh Frank Conboy - The Conboy Family Shirley Conboy - Ed. Conboy James Curley - Bub & Dawn Davis - Helen M. Davis; A. M. Davis; Andy Condon; and Bill Phalen John R. Demaree - Deceased Members of the Demaree & Bader Families Dan & Rose Devine - Michael & Barbara Dovin - Henry & Martha Chesnick; Michael & Theresa Dovin; Jim & Elaine Chesnick; Msgr. Stanley Piorkowski Ed & Patti Dudock - Helena Flaherty - Margaret Flaherty - James E. Flaherty; Julia Flaherty; Mary Ellen Flaherty Griffin; and Martin & Catherine Flaherty Thomas Flaherty - Joseph & Cecilia Degnan; Larry Flaherty; James J. Flaherty; and Jimmy Ed. Flaherty Brian Gardner - Dennis & Debra Garges - Deana Garges; Ralph Warner; Byron & Francis Jacobs; and Catherine Hutchinson Tom Golden - Tom, Nora, Larry & Jim Golden; Catherine Golden Hundiak Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin - Joseph & Helen Griffin; Richard & Rita O’Reilly Donald J. Griffin - Claire & Bernie Griffin - Winnie & Gerald Griffin; Ed & Geraldine Griffin; Germaine & Loreza Croteau; Larry Croteau; and Pauline VerValin Terri & Dave Grindel - M/M Gerald Guiton - M/M Francis Guiton; M/M Lawrence Smith; Walt Guiton; Ray Guiton Leo & Loretta Guiton - Anna & Francis Guiton & Family; Elsie & Eldred Tewksbury & Family Anne Hawley - The Kucera Family Patricia Hutchinson - Roy Hutchinson; M/M Vincent Riley; and Catherine Hutchinson Mrs. Peter Jaeger - Schulz Family; Korbel Family; Jaeger Family; and Kuhn Family Shirley Kelly - Leo & Peg Kelly Katherine Keenan - Jim Keenan; Anna Mae Keenan; Jerome Ryan; Friends & Relatives Tom, Kylie, & Abigail Keenan - James Keenan Ron Kocak - Charles Kotch - Irene & George Kotch; Barbara Kotch; the McWilliams & Goul Family Members Jack & Vicky Kozic - Edward & Florence Kozic; Helen Harcarik; Alice Reed; Hazel Hall Nancy Lamberty - Lamberty-Rosado Family Lawrence Family - Philip Lawrence; Katherine Davis Jo Leavenworth - Leavenworth Family & Ukasiak Family Joan Lee - Thomas & Nora Lee; Matthias Lee; Louis Lee; and Mary McManus Randy & Mary Long - Deceased Members of the Guiton & Long Families Foster & Nancy Lynch - Frank & Cecilia Lynch; Frank & Mildred Russell Dick & Mary K. Manjerovic - The Manjerovic, Blashill, and Parkinson Families Bill & Mary Lou Martin - The Martin & Purtell Families Pauline Miller - Carl Miller; Mildred Condon; George & Mary Miller; and Carol Jones Gerald Murphy - Mary Ann Murphy Ruth Murphy - Walter Murphy; Michele Murphy; Elizabeth Fessenden; and Francis & Josephine Murphy Theresa & Bill Noldy - John & Sophie Glenn; Rudolph & Berenice Noldy; John & Patricia Glenn; Frank Padula Cathy O’Reilly - Lawrence O’Reilly Family - O’Reilly, Grausgruber, Giannone & Evans Families Anthony & Mary Palombaro - Carl Palombaro; Jimmy & Michael Mason Dora & Frank Pawlowski - Julie Perlick - Frank Perlick Rosalynd Perlick - Frank Perlick & Carl Spencer Bill & Barb Pichette - Albert Pichette; Margaret Pichette; Charles Borsavage; Julia Borsavage Andy Potocek - Joe Purr - Deceased Family/Deceased Friends Jerry & Karen Purtell - The Brion & Waldrep Families Hedi Randall - Charles & Jonathan Randall Margaret B. Reed - Bob & Susie Reichlen - Mary Shaughnessy - Jim & Peg Shaughnessy; Deceased of Buckley Family; Deceased of Shaughnessy Family; Chip Barnum M/M William Stewart - Keron & Marie Cavanaugh; Dolores Hickey Strojny - Ruth & Leo Harris Tims Family - Deceased of the Butler & Tims Family Art & Maryann Trecoske - Ceil Reinfurt; Tony Trecoske; Bobby Hawley; Martha Trecoske Mary Warner - Warner & Jacobs Family Rosanne & Jeff Williams - Joan Williams & Mary Ellen Griffin Ann Zalepa - Anna Phillips

OPERATION RICE BOWL—HUNGERING FOR CELEBRATION! We prayed, fasted and gave alms—and now we celebrate! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends in our own hearts, where Jesus reigns forever. Let us rejoice in our Risen Lord—and in the lives we’ve changed this Lent in Tanzania, Niger, Nicaragua, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and all over the world! Don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl Donations. Any donations that you have can be placed in the regular Sunday Collection.

GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION Christians around the world are united in a special way during Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Our hearts, minds and prayers are also especially aware of the Holy Land. Our Parish, once a year on Good Friday, is called on to support Christians in the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection for their lives As a pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday Collection offers a direct link for Parishioners to be witnesses of peace to help protect the Holy Places. When you donate to the Good Friday Collection, you are supporting Christians in the Holy Land. Franciscans and others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the poor, providing religious formation and education, maintaining shrines and parishes, and conducting pastoral ministry. For more information, visit MyFranciscan.org/good-Friday. The Good Friday Collection is requested by the Holy Father. Please be as generous as your abundance allows. Any donations that you have can be place in the regular Sunday Collection.

EASTER FLOWER ENVELOPES Thank you all for your generosity in helping to make our Churches beautiful for Easter! Our contributions totaled $ 1,056.00. The flowers were beautiful, once again!

EASTER READING MATERIALS In the back of our Churches are copies of the “Catholic Digest”, “The Word Among Us”, and the “Little White Books” for Easter. Please feel free to take a copy home with you and use them as part of your daily Easter meditations.

FOOD CARDS & FOOD PANTRY Thank you to everyone who contributed so generously to the Easter Food Cards and Food Pantry. Your generosity has helped us feed many families thru the Food Pantry and 15 families thru the $ 1,400.00 collected for Food Cards. Thank you for sharing so generously with others. May God bless you a hundredfold. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL UPDATE If you did not already make a pledge, envelopes are available in the back of the Churches for your pledge. Each gift truly matters. Thank you to everyone for your generosity. Completed pledges may be placed in the collection basket or mailed to the Rectory. St. Brigid Parish goal is $ 24,000.00. Currently we have (135) pledges for a total of $ 22,925.00. We are only under our goal by $ 1,075.00. Anyone who is able, is asked to please help us to reach our goal. Any small amount will help in reaching our overall goal. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN The Scranton Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold a “Women’s Gathering” on Saturday, April 11, at The Oblates of St. Joseph’s, 1880 Highway 315, Pittston, PA. Father John Albosta will conduct the Mass at 10:00AM. Installation of officers will be held after the Mass. Catherine Butel, Diocesan Secretary for Parish Life, will be the featured guest speaker. The topic is “Women of Faith, Families of Faith.” A luncheon will follow. All Catholic women are invited to attend. There is no fee for the luncheon. Contact Mary Lloyd at 570-578-6720 or Nancy Addley at 570-357-1790 if additional information is required.

BE A MAN! - BECOMING THE MAN GOD CREATED YOU TO BE Please join us for the Diocese of Scranton’s First Annual Catholic Men’s Conference which will be held on Saturday, April 25th, from 8:00AM to 3:00PM, at King’s College, Scandlon Physical Education Center, 149 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. The conference will feature nationally known speakers and opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, Mass, and Prayer. Adoration and Rosary will be at 6:00AM; welcome is at 8:00AM; departure is at 3:00PM. Registration fee is $ 35.00. (Early Bird $ 30.00 until March 31st.) Students cost is $ 15.00. For complete schedule and registration, please visit: http://www.dioceseofscranton.org (from the top menu choose “Parish Life and Mass Times” and then “Catholic Men’s Conference”) A group will be going from St. Brigid Parish, if you are interested in attending, please contact Bob Reichlen (570-553-2618).

BUS TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA TO SEE POPE FRANCIS Please mark your calendars for Sunday, September 27th, 2015. We are planning to make a bus trip to Philadelphia for Mass with Pope Francis. Please call the Rectory (570-553-2288) A.S.A.P., if you would like to go. Your seat on the bus will be reserved when you call. Further details will follow as they become available. So far we have had 32 seats reserved. Please keep the calls coming!!!

CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS Catholic Schools of Broome County: Admissions for the 2015-2016 School Year is now open - Early Childhood Education through 12th Grade. 100% graduation rate. Class of 2014: 100% moving onto higher education. Tuition assistance available. Busing from Pennsylvania available. Contact the Office of Admissions at 607-748-7423 x3 for more information or to schedule a tour. Apply Now. Consider the possibilities waiting for your children. www.broomecatholicschools.org & www.setoncchs.com

FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION VIA THE WEINBERG FOOD BANK This free food distribution for those in need is for SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY. Any resident of Susquehanna County who needs food is welcome. Distribution will be held TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST, 12Noon to 2:00PM & 5-7PM at the Little Meadows United Methodist Church. This is for Susquehanna County residents, with need only, please.