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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents are required to register and a end a preparatory workshop before Bap sm. Please call Deacon Jack Quirk at 570-622-1802, extension 7, to register. Workshops are held bi-monthly. Parents wishing Bap sm for their children must be prac cing Catholics; meaning regular a endance at Mass, and suppor ng the Parish by the use of envelopes. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Couples planning to be married must contact a parish priest at least six months prior to the desired date of the marriage.

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St. Patrick’s Preschool ... 570-622-0106 at Assump on BVM Director: Mrs. Sharon Rossi

Assump on BVM .......... 570-622-0106 Elementary School Principal: Mrs. Teresa Kea ng

Na vity BVM ................ 570-622-8110 High School Principal: Mrs. Lynn Sabol

St. Joseph’s Center ....... 570-622-4638 for Special Learning Program Director: Mr. Robert Giba

Local Safe Environment Coordinator Lisa Arant, 570-622-5566

Vic m Assistance Coordinator Wendy Krisak, MA, NCC, LPC DIRECT LINE: 800-791-9209

Diocesan Safe Environment Coord. Sr. Meg Cole, SSJ, MS, LMFT 610-332-0442 (x2019)

Pastor........................................................ Rev. Msgr. Edward J. O'Connor

Parochial Vicar/Hospital Chaplain ....................... Rev. Barnabas Shayo, A.J.

Permanent Deacons ........................................................ Mr. John E. Quirk Mr. Lawrence J. Lonergan

DIVINE MERCY PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL AT ST. PATRICK RECTORY: Please call Aleece at 570-449-7678 for more informa on.

ROSARY AND NOVENA: 7:00 pm - Wednesdays in Our Lady's Chapel

COMMUNION CALLS are made monthly. Please contact the Parish Office if you would like to be put on the Communion Call list, or would like to receive the Anoin ng of the Sick.

HOSPITAL/NURSING HOME VISITS: The pa ent or a member of the immediate family must no fy the Parish Office of a pa ent's admission so a visit can be made. This is in compliance with the Federal HIPAA Law.

RCIA: Rite of Chris an Ini a on of Adults is the process in which adults join the Catholic Church. Please call the Parish Office if interested.

ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE: Cer ficates to act as a sponsor for Bap sm or Confirma on are available at the Parish Office. You must be a prac cing Catholic, meaning regular a endance at Mass, and suppor ng the Parish by the use of envelopes.

ST. PATRICK POTTSVILLE AREA KITCHEN: Please call Terry Alexander at 570-617-2957 for hours and dona ons.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturday ................................. 4:15 pm Sunday ............. 7:30, 9:30 & 11:00 am

WEEKDAY MASSES Weekdays ......... 6:30 and 8:00 am Saturdays ........................ 8:00 am

CONFESSIONS Saturday ..................... 3:00 to 4:00 pm Wednesday ......... 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Phone ........ 570-622-1802 Email .......... dwalker.stpats@gmail.com

Fax ............. 570-622-2593 Web ........... www.stpatrickpo sville.org Business Manager..................................................................Lisa Arant Office Administrator .....................................................Debbie Walker

Office Hours .......................... 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Friday

Bulle n Deadline .................................................... 9:00 am, Mondays

Monthly Parish Events Calendar Deadline ....... First day of prior month

SAINT PATRICK Check out our Facebook page - Church of St. Patrick

Membership/Registra on All parishioners should be registered in our files. New parishioners are asked to register as soon as possible. When moving from the parish, no fy the office. Please also report any address change.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (PREP): Grades 1 - 8 • September thru May Please follow schedule on calendar. When classes are held, please report a er the 9:30 am Mass from 10:45 am to Noon Director .......................................................... Sr. Mary Jane Dunleavy, S.S.J. Phone ................... 570-544-2464 Email ................ smjaned@outlook.com

Diocesan Policies on the Protec on of Youth can be found at: h p://www.allentowndiocese.org/youth-protec on

St. Patrick Parish offers Online Giving as an electronic tool for contribu ons so you can contribute via the Internet. Online Giving helps you maintain your giving even if you cannot be here at Mass. Please go to our Parish website at www.stpatrickpo sville.org to get started.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT March 8, 2020

Monday, March 9 – St. Frances of Rome, Religious 6:30 am Joseph McGuire (Evelyn) 8:00 am Joseph Hess (Est) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 10 6:30 am Paul & Stella Huber (Est) 8:00 am Frederick Weiss & Family and John Hudak & Family (Est) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, March 11 6:30 am Andrew Heckman (Est) 8:00 am Deceased of Will E. Lecher Family (Est) 12:05 pm James D. Muldowney (Mary Ann & Dave Donlin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, March 12 6:30 am David Guzick (Mom & Dad) 8:00 am Kathleen Somers (Family) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, March 13 6:30 am Keelan & Hughes Family (Est) 8:00 am Frank & Mary Reilly (Babcock Family) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, March 14 8:00 am Harold, Louise, & Mary Louise Kingsbury (Est)

Third Sunday of Lent (Masses of Obligation) Saturday, March 14 4:15 pm Mary & Joseph Canfield (Family)

Sunday, March 15 7:30 am Edward & Veronica Sullivan (Family) 9:30 am Paul & Elizabeth Babcock (Babcock Family)

11:00 am People of the Parish

READINGS FOR TODAY: Gn 12:1-4/2 Tim 1:8-10/ Mt 17:1-9

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY: Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: - the sick of the parish - our many Benefactors - those recently deceased –

CANDLE INTENTIONS March 8 to March 14

Sanctuary – IMO Pat Pacenta (Diane Fiorillo) Sacred Heart – IMO Alice & Thomas Murphy (Alice Henry) Pieta - IMO William, Rita, Frederick Sep & Marguerite Sep Troy (Betty Ann) Pope St. John Paul II – IMO Ann O’Reilly Wolfe (Diane Fiorillo) St. Patrick – In Honor of Msgr. O’Connor and for his intentions (Bill & Melody Montag) Our Lady’s Chapel - Sanctuary - Our Lady’s Chapel – Blessed Virgin Mary – IMO Caroline Bergan Demko (Loving Mother, Caroline Barone)

Priest Mass Schedule for March 14-15 4:15 pm – Fr. Barnabas 9:30 am – Msgr. O’Connor 7:30 am – Msgr. O’Connor 11:00 am – Fr. Barnabas

reception for Msgr. O’Connor on Saturday, June 15, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in the Parish

Center. All are welcome to come and wish Msgr. well!

If you are a visitor to the Church of St. Patrick, we want you to know that you are most welcome, whether

you come from another State or from another Parish. Please feel comfortable in our beautiful house of the

Father. Thank you for worshipping with us!

St. Patrick Parish Upcoming Events!! *March 8 - PREP!! Parents & Students meet after the 9:30 am Mass (10:45 am-Noon) *March 8 - LORICA Meeting - 5:30 pm (PC) All Teens Welcome – Pizza and Parish Easter Egg Hunt Prep!! *March 11 – Stations of the Cross at 11:15 am; Extra Mass for Lent at 12:05 pm *March 11 – Confessions – 6:30-7:30 pm; Rosary – 7 pm *March 12 – Deadline for St. Joseph Bread orders *March 12 – Contemporary Choir Practice – 7 pm *March 13 – From Ashes to Easter – Week 3 – ALL are welcome! Theme: “Prayer”. Simple Supper included – 6 pm *March 13 – Stations of the Cross and Benediction – 7 pm *March 14 – Lay Carmelites Meeting – 8:30 am *March 14 – First Penance Retreat – 10 am to Noon *March 14 – Confessions – 3-4 pm *March 15 – Assoc. of the Holy Family Meeting – 1:30 pm *March 16-20 – Easter Candy Making – 12:30 pm to 3 pm and 6 pm to 9 pm *March 17 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! *March 17 – Traditional Choir Practice – 7-8 pm *March 18 - Stations of the Cross at 11:15 am; Extra Mass for Lent at 12:05 pm *March 18 – Confessions – 6:30-7:30 pm; Rosary – 7 pm *March 19 – St. Joseph’s Day Bread Blessing – 8 am Mass; Pick up following Mass (Preorders only!)

Save the Dates!!! Keep Reading the bulletin for more details about these events!

The Parish Office will be closed on April 9, 10, and 13 for the Easter Holiday!

YOUTH PROTECTION at st. patrick *Protecting God’s Children Workshop – March 24 - 5:30 pm

To register for this training, please call 610-435-1541, ext. 341

PARISH STEWARDSHIP

Fiscal Year 2019-2020 March 1, 2020 (Week 34)

Budgeted Weekly Sunday Offering

Last Sunday’s Offering/% of Budget

$10,609

$10,453 99%

Sunday Offerings To Date

Deficit to Date

$286,039

($74,675) -26%

463 Envelopes used out of a possible 900

Thank You for your generosity to Your Parish!

The next second collection will be held March 21-22 for Parish Maintenance. Please be generous! LORICA is sponsoring our Lenten program again this year called “From Ashes to Easter”! Join us for a wonderful family experience as we get closer to Jesus this Lent! The next program will be held on Friday, March 13, at 6 pm in the Parish Center. The program includes a simple supper and Stations of the Cross at 7 pm. A freewill offering will be accepted. If you were NOT able to make the past two sessions, please join us now! Please register by calling the Parish Office. This week’s theme: “Prayer”. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!!

Please Note: Due to Vandalism, our Church Restrooms will remain locked until Further Notice!

If you need to use the facilities, please see a Sacristan for the key!

Commercial: *St. John’s Fish Dinners – Fridays during Lent – 4-7 pm. Call 570-622-5470. $15-$18 per platter.

LOTTERY CALENDAR – RECENT OUTCOMES

We’re taking a break for Lent!! There will be NO First Fridays at Dunkin’ with Monsignor and Fr. Barnabas until May 1! In the meantime, please join us every

Friday in Lent for our “From Ashes to Easter” program starting at 6 pm, followed by Stations of the Cross!

SAVE THE DATES!! **Children’s Easter Egg Hunt – April 11**

**Spring Golf Tournament – May 2** **M & J Big Band Swing Dance – June 20**

Commercials: *Luck of the Irish Bingo at Nativity BVM – March 8 – Doors open at 11:30 am. Bingo starts at 1 pm. Call Diane at 570-622-8110.

*St. Joseph Center for Special Learning Golf Classic Tournament – May 15. Call 570-622-4638

Tues., February 25 #953 Rob & Tina G. ($50) Wed., February 26 #775 No Winner Thurs., February 27 #651 Alice H. ($50) Fri., February 28 #849 No Winner Sat., February 29 #992 No Winner Sun., March 1 #275 Patty L. ($150) Mon., March 2 #221 No Winner

Our monthly lottery calendars are a great fundraiser for our Parish! They make great gifts! Please consider being a seller, or buying one in the back of Church or at the Parish Office! We appreciate all you sell and buy our lotto calendars!

The next Baptismal Workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 14, at 7 pm, in the Rectory Conference Room. Please call Deacon Jack Quirk at 570-622-1802, ext. 7, to register. Parents are required to register and attend a preparatory workshop before Baptism.

MUSIC MINISTRY – CHOIRS We are very blessed to have two choirs at St. Patrick Parish. It is often said "He who sings, prays twice" (St. Augustine of Hippo) Come and make music for the Lord, and join a choir! The Traditional Choir - Our traditional choir leads the liturgical music at the 9:30 am Mass on Sundays (every other week). Practices are held on Tuesdays (non-Summer months) at 7 pm. Please contact Kathy Hampford at 570-622-6730 for more information. The Non-Traditional (Contemporary) Choir - Our contemporary choir leads the liturgical music at the 9:30 am Mass on Sundays (every other week). Practices are held on Wednesdays or Thursdays (non-Summer months) at 7 pm. Please contact John Sutter at 570-691-7217 for more information. P.S.: You must audition for the Music Ministry Choirs!

In memory of Catherine Barton by: Alicia Poslosky

DONATIONS TO THE ST. PATRICK MEMORIAL FUND

The Divine Mercy Perpetual Adoration Chapel at St. Patrick Rectory

Open Holy Hours - SUNDAY 12am, 4am; WEDNESDAY 10am; THURSDAY 3am, 4am, 10pm; SATURDAY 12am, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am - Please call or text Aleece @ 570-449-7678 for information.

Knights Korner COUNCIL #431 Don’t forget that the Knights have pizza and sub tickets for sale at the Parish Office. Please buy a pizza ticket from us redeemable at Charlie’s Sub Shop (14th West Market Street). This is a great non-meat option for Lent! This fundraiser helps to support our Knights Organization.

Thank you to our March Sponsor for Volunteers, A Friend! The next volunteer drawing will be held on April 1. Congratulations to Theresa Pellish, who was the February Volunteer of the Month! Theresa won a gift card to Cracker Barrel donated by Prayers for Lucy by her Friends. If you would like to be a Business Sponsor or would like to highlight an upcoming event or memorable occasion, please contact the Parish Office for more information. All you would have to do is provide a gift for our Volunteer of the Month of at least $25 (gift card, cash, or prize), & then your business/event would be highlighted in our bulletin for the whole month & on our Parish Events calendar! Are you thinking of ways to make your Lent Holy this year? Now is the time to reflect and begin! Here is what is offered at St. Patrick Church: EXTRA MASS DURING LENT - Wednesdays at 12:05 pm. Join us at lunch time for Mass. This is a great Lenten sacrifice. Note: There will NOT be a Wednesday Noon Mass on April 8 (that is the Chrism Mass that all Priests are invited to attend to celebrate their priesthood with their Brothers). STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN LENT - Every Wednesday at 11:15 am, and every Friday at 7 pm (with Exposition and Benediction). MORNING PRAYER IN LENT - Every morning, Monday through Friday, at 7:40 am. CONFESSIONS IN LENT - Saturday: 3 pm-4 pm, & Wednesday: 6:30 pm-7:30 pm ASHES TO EASTER FAMILY LENTEN PROGRAM - Fridays from February 28 to March 27 at 6 pm. Simple supper included. There is an adult track and a child/teen track. All are welcome! AND REMINDER…. No Meat during Fridays in Lent! Yes…It’s still A thing!! Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not to equal a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. (Taken from USCCB.org)

RELIGIOUS ITEMS SALE!! St. Patrick Parish, in collaboration with Abundant Graces, a Catholic bookstore located in Bethlehem, PA, will be selling religious items in the Lower Chapel Meeting Room after all of the weekend Masses, the weekends of March 14-15 and March 21-22. Purchases can also be made after the 8 am Masses on Saturdays, March 14 and March 21.

Congratulations to Ann Rightus who won the 50/50 at the

March Spaghetti Dinner - $30!!

LORICA TEEN NEWS! Our next LORICA Teen Group meeting will be held TODAY, Sunday, March 8, at 5:30 pm. We will prepare for our Parish Easter Egg Hunt and have pizza to celebrate the great job that LORICA did with setting up, cleaning up, and keeping our Ministry Fair running! Please contact the Parish Office if you know of a teen who would like to be a part of LORICA!

St. Patrick Parish will once again celebrate St. Joseph Day on March 19 at 8 am, with a St. Joseph Table. In cooperation with “Bake Shop VI”, Pottsville’s Specialty Bread Bakery and Restaurant, we will sell loaves of bread, designed by Baker – Brian Setlock. The loaves of bread will be made in the shape of a Cross and St. Joseph’s Staff. The cost for a loaf of bread is $8 for the staff (16 oz.) and $10 for the cross (20 oz.). It is a soft Challah bread, and will be blessed on March 19. Deadline and payment for orders is March 12 at Noon to the Parish Office.

CARDS FOR FR. SEIFERT!! Please take a few minutes to send a Thinking of You card to Fr. Seifert. He was the Assistant at St. Patrick

Parish a few years back. Father’s address is: Rev. William Seifert Holy Family Manor

1200 Spring Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Commercial: *A Night with the Irish – March 20 – Delano. Call Patty at 570-573-3987. Advance tickets: $20.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

From a Friend

Lucy and Ethel’s Candy Factory is back In Business!!

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!! 1. Ask family, friends, and co-workers to consider ordering candy along with you. We appreciate the sales! Orders are due in the Parish Office on Tuesday, March 24, at 4:30 pm! 2. Help is needed with making the candy. It’s mostly sit-down work – rolling the candy filling into little egg shapes. But there are dozens and dozens to do, so any and all help is most appreciated. Please consider coming to help lend a hand. Call Charlie Taronis 570-628- 5297, if you can help at all, and/or inquire about the work schedule.

Our schedule for making Easter Eggs in the Parish Center is as follows: Monday, March 16 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Tuesday, March 17 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Wednesday, March 18 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Thursday, March 19 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Monday, March 23 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Tuesday, March 24 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Wednesday, March 25 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm Thursday, March 26 12:30-3pm; 6 to 9pm

Afternoons will generally be rolling/trimming the eggs; evenings will be coating and boxing them up for sale.

3. Once time gets closer, consider making a baked good for the bake sale that will accompany the Easter Candy pick-up and sale. More information to come! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOMEMADE EASTER CANDY Butter Cream, Coconut Cream or Peanut Butter Eggs - $10 per box Proceeds Benefit St. Patrick Parish – All orders are due by March 24 at 4:30 pm Please fill out the form below and send to the Parish Office (via collection basket or mail) or call the office 570-622-1802, ext. 1, Monday through Thursday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, or Friday - 8:30 am to Noon, to place an order.

Candy may be picked up in our Parish Center during the Palm Sunday Weekend Bake Sale

Saturday, April 4 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm Sunday, April 5 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm

Although there might be extra candy available at the bake sale, please consider placing an order to ensure your preference.

*** Sorry, No Mixed Boxes! *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTER CANDY ORDER FORM Name: _____________________________________ Phone Number: ____________________ (# of boxes) ______ Butter Cream ______ Coconut Cream _______ Peanut Butter

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