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Entries for November 2025
Williamsport Deanery-Women's Retreat
Saturday December 13th 11AM through to 5PM Mass at St Joseph the Worker, Williamsport
The day will include opportunities for Confession, Eucharistic Adoration, Education & Fellowship. Lunch will be served.
Keynote Speaker: Melanie Owens, Nationally Known Co-Founder of Joyful Ever After with talks focusing on Leisure & Self-Care.
Register at tinyurl.com/womens-advent-retreat
$40 Adults
$20 Studeents
Free for Women Religious
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You are invited to take a Salvation Army Angel Tree tag from any of the three church locations and purchase the suggested age-appropriate gift for a family in need this Christmas. Kindly leave gifts unwrapped; wrapping paper may be donated separately in a bag with the gift. All tagged gifts must be returned to the churches by December 14.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SERVE THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY!
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Fr. Andrew T. McCarroll, who previously served St. Boniface Parish as both a seminarian and a deacon, was ordained to the priesthood on June 28, 2025. He celebrated his first Mass of Thanksgiving at his home parish, Saint Aloysius in Wilkes-Barre, and now serves as the assistant pastor of Our Lady of the Snows and Saint Gregory Parishes.
Fr. McCarroll will return to St. Boniface on Wednesday, November 26th, at 6:30 PM to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Boniface Church. All are welcome to join in this special celebration.
Please keep Fr. McCarroll in your praye...
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I want to tell you about a change.
It’s not a big one. But it means something. It means something about Mass, and that makes the small change an important one.
Recently, I heard a priest quote a line from the Missal. The quote came from the section that describes the importance of silence at Mass. Here’s the quote: “Even before the celebration itself, it is a praiseworthy practice for silence to be observed in the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room, and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacre...
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Come One, Come All! Join us for the best deal in town—our Annual Turkey Raffle on Friday, November 21. Doors open at 7 p.m.
For just $1, you’ll enjoy:
Entry into the St. Boniface school gym
A chance to win one of 30 raffles for Tony’s gift cards
Free food and beverages throughout the evening
Bring your friends and enjoy a fun night of socializing and community spirit! Tickets to buy or sell are available in the back of the church.
Interested in helping out? Please contact:
Lenny at 570-772-0722
Sharon at 570-220-4611
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Beginning Sunday, November 30 (the First Sunday of Advent), the parishes of Saint Ann and Saint Boniface will start publishing a single, combined bulletin.
To submit content, please use the Communications Request Form (preferred) or contact Becky Goonan at media.stannrcc@gmail.com.
All submissions must be received by 10:00 AM on the Tuesday preceding the publication of the bulletin.
For example, items for the December 7 bulletin are due by 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 2.
Thank you for helping us streamline joint parish communications!
Communications Request Fo...
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At next weekend’s 5:30 p.m. Mass, the linkage between St. Ann and St. Boniface Parishes takes another step. At that Mass, I’ll be installed as pastor of St. Ann Parish. It’s an extremely simple ritual: a few words spoken, two pieces of paper signed. We can do it in any number of ways—an office visit with the Bishop or his Vicar for Clergy, a ritual moment within the community’s normal celebration of Mass.
If we imagine this is principally about the priest, we’d be wrong.
Listen to what I’m asked to say...
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Join us this Sunday at St Lawrence Church for our Fall Pancake Breakfast.
Delicious Fluffy Pancakes, Sausage, Eggs, Scrapple, Applesauce, Variety of Tasty Treats and Coffee & OJ.
Bring the whole family on Sunday November 16th 8:00AM-12:30PM at the St Lawrence Church Hall.
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Mass intentions for 2026 will open on Monday, November 10. Each household may request one weekend Mass and two weekday Mass intentions through January 1, 2026. The offering is $10 per Mass intention.
St. Boniface Candles for 2026 will also be available starting Monday, November 10. The offering is $10 per week.
Please call 570-326-1544 or visit the parish office to schedule your 2026 Mass intentions or candle requests.
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A week and a half ago, I walked into St. Boniface Church. Technically, the building was closed. The organ workers needed the space to dismantle the pipes. But I had a key. I needed to get into the church to pick up a vestment from the sacristan. And I was curious about what this project would look like.
I’m glad I popped in. Enormous organ pipes were carefully placed over the pews—protected by soft pieces of cloth. Every pipe was lying in its appropriate place—next to its neighboring pipes. Wooden crates were sitting around, all carefully sized and mark...
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Were you wondering why the church was closed for an entire week in October? The dismantling was a long process. Enormous organ pipes were carefully place over the pews—protected by soft pieces of cloth. Every pipe was laying in its appropriate place—next to its neighboring pipes. Wooden crates were sitting around, all carefully sized and marked to contain the pipes.
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The other day I walked into a store. There I discovered that the display of Halloween lawn creatures—skeletons and witches, werewolves and vampires—was just starting to be crowded out by a giant collection of figures from Rudolph—the Abominable and the elf/dentist, the gold prospector and the poor misfit deer. Yes, with the beginning of November, we’re already on the rush towards Christmas (with Thanksgiving getting little more than a polite nod)!
That means it’s finally time to talk about the Christmas schedule at our churches.
Let me ju...
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