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Entries for November 2018
In the event of a school delay or cancellation, due to inclement weather, the 8 AM Mass will be moved to 12 NOON.
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It is that time of year when we are removing old flowers, pots, etc. from the graves at the cemetery to get ready for the winter and upcoming Christmas holiday. All flags were removed from our veterans graves and will be replaced on Memorial Day weekend. Please remember to take your trash with you because there is no garbage pickup in the cemetery.
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Invite you to learn to make a cord or beaded rosary to distribute to the missions or local people who wish to learn to say the rosary. Join us at Immaculate Conception Church in McGinley Hall on Thursday, November 15 from 7-8 PM. Please call Mary if you need more information @ 570-269-2162.
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DIOCESAN DISABILITY INCLUSION AWARENESS SUNDAY: is being celebrated on Sunday, November 11. This is one way to focus on how well we are welcoming parishioners with disabilities in our parishes. The Office for Ministry with Persons with Disabilities encourages every parish to recognize the gifts of people with disabilities. We want to heighten awareness of the gifts they have to offer and to encourage their inclusion into parish life and ministries. Our parish advocate is Theresa Kattner. Please feel free to call her at 570-325-2658 or the parish office at 570-325-3731 if we can help in anyway with wanting to participate in...
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Sunday, December 2 - This year we will be doing a brand new cantata - “The Greatest Story Ever Told” consisting of a wonderful mix of contemporary and traditional songs. It includes “For Unto Us a Child is Born/Open the Eyes of My Heart”, “Heaven Sings Glory”, “Angels from the Realms of Glory”, “One King”, “A Strange Way to Save the World” and more. The narration if simply beautiful. Invite your friends to join in the singing. No experience is necessary! Practice CDs are available.
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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Allentown is hosting Project 177 - A Holy Hour and full concert on Friday, November 16 at 6:30 PM. It will include top Catholic recording artists in the country, Marie Miller who sang for the Pope in Philadelphia, Ben Wagner whose first album just came out, with well-known local priests leading the Holy Hour. Project 177, a group of Catholics in the entertainment industry, Adoration Artists, is sponsoring a similar event in every Diocese in the United States all aimed at bringing people to the Lord. Call 610-432-0034 for FREE tickets.
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In the midst of the season of earthly harvest the church invites us to reflect upon the harvest of souls especially during the month of November when the liturgical year draws to a close. As has been our tradition in the past, we will honor our deceased loved ones by inviting you to bring photos of deceased family members and friends which we have placed upon our purgatorial altar (altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary). The Book of the Dead is in front of the altar so that you may enter the names of the departed which we will pray for at every Mass in November. Please make use of the All Souls envelope in your contribution box...
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