HOMILYWedding Anniversary Mass – June 4, 2023Trinity Sunday Somebody once said, “all marriages are happy. It’s the living together afterwards that causes all the trouble.” A few weeks ago, Broadway Theatre of Scranton hosted performances of Fiddler on the Roof. Maybe some of you attended the show. There’s a wonderful scene from Fiddler when Tevye and his wife …
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SCRANTON – Just two days after the funeral Mass of Bishop Emeritus James C. Timlin, the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton, confronted the pain and grief felt by many survivors of child sexual abuse. Bishop Bambera presided at an April 20 Mass for survivors of abuse suffered at the hands of Church …
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(OSV News) – At least 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria just for being Christian, a new report published April 10 revealed. The report, titled “Martyred Christians in Nigeria” and published by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), which is headquartered in Eastern Nigeria, …
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ARCHBALD – For nearly 100 years, the Little Sisters of Saint Francis have spread joy, hope, happiness and a love of the Gospel wherever they have gone. As the religious congregation prepares to celebrate the centenary of its founding in 2023, many of the Catholic sisters who minister to the poor and marginalized in the …
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Reverend Edward Michelini said his final morning Mass at Peter and Paul Church in Towanda, Pennsylvania on July 27th, 2022. Faithful members of his daily congregation gathered after the Mass for a photo with their devoted pastor who will be dearly missed.
HOMILY Priests’ Anniversary of Ordination Mass – June 9, 2022 Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time I Kings 18:41-46; Matthew 5:20-26 Often during my homilies for the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, I like to reflect with those to be confirmed on one component of the definition of the sacrament: its …
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CRESCO – As parishioner Cheryl Lynott handed over the keys of the new Most Holy Trinity Church to the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton, she acknowledged the significance of the moment. “Although our road has been long and our journey rout with obstacles, we come today realizing our dream. We began …
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PECKVILLE – The COVID-19 pandemic may have delayed the party but there was no way it was going to cancel the celebration. On April 23, 2022, one year after it was originally scheduled to take place, hundreds of people gathered at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Peckville to celebrate the parish’s 75th anniversary. The …
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HOMILY Chrism Mass – April 12, 2022 It has been a long time since we’ve had the opportunity to gather for this Chrism Mass as we do today, with all of us – priests, deacons, those in consecrated life and lay faithful – offering a powerful witness to our world of the abiding presence …
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HOMILY All Souls’ Day Mass – November 2, 2021 Wisdom 3:1-9; Romans 6:3-9; Matthew 11:25-30 Years ago, I attended the funeral of a young man in his 40’s. He had died following a struggle with cancer. He was the son of a widow whom I had gotten to know pretty well from one of …
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