News/Press Releases

 Bishop Bambera Celebrating 12:10 p.m. Mass February 22 at Cathedral Lenten Services at Cathedral Include Sunday Evening Prayer Series Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012, will mark the start of the solemn 40-day season of Lent. Parishes throughout the 11-county Diocese of Scranton will distribute ashes to remind individuals of their mortality and need for daily …

All faithful of the Diocese of Scranton are reminded of Diocesan Statute No. 41, which addresses the penitential aspect of Lent:  “The season of Lent is penitential in nature and during Lent penance should be not only internal and individual, but also external and social (Sacrosanctum Concilium, No. 5, 109). Pastors are obliged to avoid …

Upon learning of President Obama’s decision to revisit its U.S. Health and Human Service Administration’s (HHSA) final rule that forced all employers, including Catholic employers, to offer their employees health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception, the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton, acknowledged the efforts of those who have worked …

His Excellency, Bishop Joseph C. Bambera announces the following appointments, effective February 7, 2012, or as otherwise noted:  EPISCOPAL VICAR  Reverend Richard J. Polmounter, V.E., to Episcopal Vicar for the Northern Pastoral Region of the Diocese of Scranton. Father Polmounter will continue to serve as Pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Tunkhannock, and …

February 12  Consecrated Life Sunday Mass, Saint Peter’s Cathedral, 10:00 AM                    50TH Anniversary Mass, Diocese of Allentown, Cathedral of Saint                    Catharine of Siena, Allentown, 3:00 PM February 13  Vespers, Saint Gregory’s Academy, Elmhurst, 6:00 PM   February 14-15  Mass & Visit with Seminarians, Saint Mark’s Seminary, Erie   February 17  Mass, Saint Mary’s …

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, under the sponsorship of the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers, is hosting a conference for healthcare workers and medical professionals on Saturday, Feb. 11, at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook. Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council, will give the keynote address at 11 a.m., offering reflections on the …

The annual World Day for Consecrated Life will be celebrated in the Diocese of Scranton on Sunday, Feb. 12, with a 10 a.m. Pontifical Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton. Bishop Joseph C. Bambera will serve as principal celebrant and homilist for the Eucharistic liturgy. All women and men Religious and members of various forms …

Dear Friends, I write to you concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States and in the Diocese of Scranton. This matter strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith. The federal government, which claims to be “of, by, and for the …