The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH, (St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.
St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)
(St. Brigid’s Cross)
-mail: sfxc@epix.net Facebook: St Brigid Parish
Rev. Augustine Thomas Administrator
Father Augustine 1 (570) 909-7819
Deacon Paul J. Brojack
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Saturday, Aug. 10—4:30PM—St. Francis:
Sunday, Aug. 11—8:00AM—St. Francis: Lector Matt Oleniacz; Ministers Joyce Barnum & Katie Volk; Servers Jacob & Carson Oleniacz; Rosary Debbie Purtell; Greeter volunteer Sunday, Aug. 11—10:30AM—St. Augustine: Lector Jerry Guinane; Ministers Bob Allen & volunteer; Servers volunteer needed; Rosary volunteer needed; Greeter volunteer
DECEASED
Please pray for the deceased, especially Margaret Mary Santora, mother of Susanne Wolf. May she 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 drug dependency. Kaitlyn Andre, Michael Haefner, Bill Jones, Jr., Ruth King, Kyle Stoddard, “D”, 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, Robyn Lawson, Ned Offner, Ethel Reid, Butch Rosencranz, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Marie Donahue, Barbara Mahoney, Rusty Carmen, Adam Price, Greg Lasgowka, Jay Gurn, 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, Diane Holleran, Kineer Worgen, James Dughi, Peg Broadwater, 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, Brendan Kelly, Jay C., Pat Walsh, Angelo Scarfalloto, Emily Graves, Cathy Albert, Robert Nemcek, Wayne Hibbard, Laura Nelson, Garrett Farr, R.C.M., Carl, Everly Hausmann, George Coleman, Sally Saunders, Dennis Byerly, Marie Cavallaro, Sully & Patty Cavallaro, Evelyn Ferro, Alice, Briana Grisdale, Gregory Diorio, Mike Coleman, Nicholas, Alex, Mike & Pat Stelacio, Fr. John Victoria, Joseph Santora, Carol Garcia, Jay S., Cathy Edsell, Jessica Lawrence, Nellie Manarchuck, Monica Gibson, Diane Coffee, Bill Noldy, Jr., 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, Matthew Gatto, Madigan, 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, Leonard Howell, Shirley Rockefeller, A.J. Pass, Tony McHugh, Val Mosier, Hunter Allen Sapp, Bryce Histand, Dcn. Tom Hartley, Nancy, Ken Warner, George Thrasher, Norma Volk, Gerry, Kathy Conklin, Gary Fisher, Tom Walz, Joan Middendorf, Carol Jarnigan, Kevin Pierson, Anne, Megan Hale, Ben Naylor, Kathleen, Tammy Volk Jennings, Rosemary Stewart, Margaret Zernone, Bucky Russell, Delores Sinchak, Carolyn Doolittle, Leah Walters, Jane Borelli, Jake Warner, Chuck Bullock, Jim Griffin, Tom Krupinski, Eileen Drab, Susanne Wolf, Doug Packer, Ellen Bieleski, Larry Black, Joyce Danielewicz, Dorothy Angel, Jackie Foster, Ed Bartkus, Mary Ann Severage, Jeanette Williams, Michael Stone, Theresa Jones, Grady White, Gail Lutz, Jan Harmon, John Mulrooney, Joan Golis, Margaret Connolly, Miriam Van Winkle, Elizabeth Fancher, and Sally McGlynn. 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, Jay Tewksbury, Lukas Crisman, Ryan Newberry, Mark W. Gregg, Lisa Phillips, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Marty Conboy, Wayne M. Bennett, Joseph Elliott, Bradley J. Bryant, John Baltsley, Mara Redding, Michael Redding, James Hemmerly, Cameron, Amberlynn 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.
18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 4th, 2024
Give peace, O God, to those who wait for You!
MASS SCHEDULE
Sat. Aug. 3 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME VIRGINIA RAFTIS by Jim Raftis
Sun. Aug. 4 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS
Mon.Aug. 5 11:00AM St. Augustine ChurchTue. Aug. 6 12:00NN St. Francis Church - DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE GRIFFIN FAMILY by Mike Griffin
Wed.Aug. 7 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - MILDRED REICH by Claire & Rick Woidt
Thur Aug. 8 NO MASS
Fri. Aug. 9 12:00NN St. Francis Church -
Sat. Aug. 10 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME STEPHEN VAN WINKLE by Loretta Guiton and Greg & Janet Guiton
Sun. Aug. 11 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JOHN, HELENE, FRAN AND DAVID GUITON by the Long and Mack Families 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS
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 $ 3,592.25. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
LIFELINES
“We thank you, heroic mothers, for your invincible love! We thank you for your intrepid trust in God and in his love. We thank you for the sacrifice of your life” (EV 86).
~ Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium vitae © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Dear Friends!
Today all the readings call us for a total Spiritual Renewal. Saint Paul, exhorts that they are to be renewed in the spirit of their minds. The first and the second readings portray our inner struggle, between our body, mind, and spirit, hence it brings before us a murmuring and discontented crowd. The people of Israel are pulled by their bodily instinct, ‘we sat by the meat pots and ate the bread to the full.’ They also presumed in their minds that God had brought them out into the wilderness to kill them with hunger. They had soon forgotten the freedom they enjoyed after crossing Egypt. Their body was in the wilderness, and their mind was still a slave in Egypt. In the gospel reading people who were fed by Jesus through the multiplication of loaves come in search of him that He might satiate their hunger again. Bus Jesus exhorts them to work for the food that never perishes. The second reading proposes two criteria with which we can measure whether our minds are renewed and restored. (a) Justice or righteousness, and (b) holiness. How do we obtain spiritual renewal? A) By setting our minds in the present. B) By reviewing our attitude. C) By letting off the things that perish.
~ Father Augustine
ADORATION HELP IS NEEDED—THERE (2) OPEN HOURS TO FILL!!!
We are looking for substitutes. Can you help out once a month? Can you help every once in a while? Please let Rosalynd know. This way you aren’t scheduled every week—you are only scheduled when you are available.
Wednesday 12-1PM
ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC & BASKET RAFFLE—NEXT SUNDAY
DINNERS ARE BEING SOLD AFTER MASS TODAY!!! Get your dinners ordered today!! Someone will be outside of the Churches selling dinners. Get your order in and support this very important fund raiser—the 200th Annual Picnic!!!
Picnic Committee Meeting The next meeting is THIS Wednesday at 6:00PM at Neumann Hall Pavilion. Anyone interested in helping is welcome to attend. Further details are in the bulletin insert.
Basket Raffle—If anyone still has a basket to donate for the Basket Raffle, please call Cathy O’Reilly (570-396-2840).
50/50 Tickets—Tickets are available today as you are leaving Mass.
ALTAR SERVERS
Father Augustine is holding a special training session as a refresher course for all Altar Servers. If you are not currently an Altar Server, this would be a great time for you to attend training and get started. Father is looking forward to seeing you and getting to know you better.
Thursday, August 8th 6:00PM St. Augustine Church
COLLECTION FOR CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIESTS
Todays second collection is for the Care & Education of Priests.
ALTAR & ROSARY MEETING
The Altar & Rosary Society will hold a short meeting THIS Wednesday at the Neumann Hall Pavilion immediately following the Picnic meeting. (Approximately 6:30PM). All are welcome.
ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC—NEXT SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH
DINNER TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD AFTER MASS TODAY. Get your order in and support this very important fund raiser—the 200th Annual Picnic!!!
Picnic Committee Meeting The Picnic Committee will meet THIS Wednesday at 6:00PM at the Neumann Hall Pavilion to finalize preparation for the Picnic. Anyone who would like to help is welcome to attend.
DINNERS ARE 100% PRE-ORDER AND PRE-PAY and will be ready for pick-up from 11:30AM to 2:00PM and will be TAKE-OUT ONLY. TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ORDER! All orders need to be pre-paid and will not be placed until your payment has been received. Do not wait to order and do not plan to come on Picnic Day and get any “extra” chicken. There will be NO extra chicken. Dinners include 1/2 BBQ chicken, potato salad, baked beans, cabbage salad, rolls, and a brownie or cookie for dessert. Tickets are $ 14.00 for adults; $ 5.00 children under 12; pre-school children are free. To order dinners, please call Joyce Barnum (570-623-4377); Meg Egitto (607-727-1065); Matt Oleniacz (570-930-0118); Sr. Bette Brown (570-553-2108); Helena Arbosheski (570-553-2315); Mary Butler (Lake Timberline customers site # 149) (570-767-1199).
Basket Raffle If you have a basket to donate, please call Cathy O’Reilly (570-396-2840). Tickets are $ 1.00 per chance. You can view the Baskets and buy chances in the pavilion on Picnic Day.
Raffle tickets If you didn’t receive your tickets in the mail, please let us know. You can pick up a packet after Mass. They are available from Barb Pichette at St. Augustine or Kay Keenan at St. Francis.
Prizes this year are: $ 500.00; Gas Grill; Fire Pit; Tall Pines Gift Certificate for 4 Greens Fees for 18 Holes. We also have chances on “An Evening at the Lake” (for 4 people) and “Winners Choice of ONE Adirondack Bar Chair OR Folding Adirondack Chair” from Mountainside Fruit Market. Finally we have a Quilt Raffle with a beautiful 40” x 40” handmade wall hanging quilt donated by Mary K Manjerovic with the Quilt Rack to hang it made by Dick Manjerovic. These tickets are $ 5.00 each. All tickets can be purchased at the Pavilion on Picnic Day.
50/50 Raffle tickets In addition to the regular raffle, $ 20.00 tickets are being sold. Tickets are available after Masses today. Tickets are going fast—get yours before they are gone!!! Workers we need lots of help. Workers are needed for the BBQ pit, kitchen to assemble food, outside to distribute dinners, or help with baskets, please volunteer. (Helpers are also needed for set up and take down.) Help is needed Saturday, August 10th from 9:00AM to 12Noon and Sunday, Picnic Day, from 10:00AM to the end. To volunteer for inside work, please call Mary Homan (570-553-2860). To volunteer for outside work, please call Dan Egitto (607-727-1065).
Desserts each family is asked to make (2) of your delicious home-made desserts, either brownies or cookies. Please do not make anything with nuts or peanut butter. PLEASE DO NOT CUT YOUR BROWNIES THIS YEAR!
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS
SEPTEMBER 7TH
Saturday, September 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, shepherd visionary of Fatima.
Please consider participating as we seek to fulfill our Savior's and Blessed Mother's request for prayer and penance in reparation to her most Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. All are welcome.
The schedule for these Devotions at Saint Augustine Church is:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by confessions: 8:30AM-9:00AM
Recitation of Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:00AM-9:30AM
Adoration and Meditation on Mysteries of the Rosary: 9:30AM-9:45AM
Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 9:45AM-9:55AM Mass: 10:00AM-10:45AM
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, Israel, and the Middle East.
~ A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for the return to health of all the sick in our Parish and Community offered by St. Brigid Altar and Rosary Society.
SPECIAL PRAYERS
Please continue to pray for vocations to the Priesthood in our Diocese.
PARISH PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like to respond to prayer requests, or if you have a prayer request, please call Rosalynd Perlick (570-663-2212) or Maureen Allen (570-663-2256). 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.
FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARS
To provide flowers for St. Francis Church, call the Rectory (570-553-2288); for St. Augustine Church, please sign up on the calendar in the back of the Church or call Heidi Jaeger (570-663-2459). For both Churches, please call or email (sfxc@epix.net) the Rectory with the “Intention” so it can be put in the bulletin. Dates are available at both Churches thru November.
~ St. Augustine Flowers are offered by the Withers Family for Special Intentions.
~ St. Francis Flowers are in Memory of Bernard Julius Zalewski offered by Bill & Dawn Zalewski
CHURCH CLEANING
St. Augustine: August 5 to 11 volunteer needed; August 12 to 18 volunteer needed; August 19 to 25 volunteer needed; August 26 to September 1 volunteer needed; September 2 to 8 Cott DeMaree; September 9 to 15 Cott DeMaree; September 16 to 22 Mary Homan; September 23 to 29 Mary Homan; September 30 to October 6 Maureen Allen & Bernadette Kanna
(Please remember Adoration is now being held in the Church for the summer so you will need to clean on Saturday. If you are not able to clean on Saturday, please call Rosalynd Perlick 570-6632212 and she will make arrangements so that you can clean at a more convenient time.)
St. Francis cleaners for the month of August and September are Dawn & Bub Davis & Eileen Drab. NEW VOLUNTEERS are always welcome to help clean our Churches. There are several openings at St. Augustine. To volunteer, please call or email Kay (570)553-2288 or sfxc@epix.net
RETURN TO VISIT FAMILY
Father Augustine will soon be returning to India to visit his family and friends as well as his beloved dog. Father will be leaving Friendsville on September 16th and turning to Friendsville on October 18th. Donations to help cover his airfare would be greatly appreciated. Please give donations directly to Father Augustine or put in a marked envelope in the collection basket.
THANK YOU ICE CREAM SOCIAL
"I would like to thank Amanda Reeves and her family for the St. Brigid ice cream social on July 27th. I’m sure I speak for all those in attendance that it was great to talk and get to know fellow parishioners more than the 20 to 30 seconds before or after Mass. Once again, a great big thank you for the ice cream social." (from Dick Manjerovic)
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
We will have another Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 18th following the 10:30AM Mass. Bring your family and friends and enjoy some ice cream and good company! All are invited and welcome to attend.
ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH SCRANTON AND THE STM PLAYERS PRESENT:
Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. Youth from the greater Scranton area have been working hard this summer to produce this timeless play for our community. Performances are Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:30pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, available at the door. Join us at St. Thomas More Parish at 116 Theodore St in Scranton to support local Catholic youth theater.
SAVE THE DATE: 9TH ANNUAL BE A CATHOLIC MAN CONFERENCE
The 9th Annual Be A Catholic Man Conference will be held Saturday, October 5th, at Holy Redeemer High School, 159 South Pennsylvania Ave. Wilkes Barre, PA 18701. This year’s theme is “Come Follow Me”.