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Entries for September 2024
Join us on Sunday, October 6 from 4-6 p.m. at the St. John Neumann Regional Academy High School for a youth cornhole tournament. This event welomes students in grades 6-12. Register online now! https://www.osvhub.com/st-boniface-williamsport/forms/oct-6-corn-hole
Sponsored by area Catholic churches
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Join the Vocations Committee in a prayer drive supporting our priests and fostering new vocations. We'll be praying for all clergy, with special intentions for our pastor, Fr. Glenn McCreary. Sign up after Mass on September 28-29 at the back of either church to participate in this important initiative. Your prayers can make a difference in strengthening our spiritual community and inspiring future priests.
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests; for your unfaithful and tepid priests; for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields...
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Are you Interested in starting a Rosary Crusade at our parishes?
A Rosary Crusade is a way to increase devotion to Mary in the Catholic experience of discipleship, with the Rosary as a powerful tool for healing, renewing and strengthening families. Fr. Peyton (www.fatherpeyton.org) believed that restoring the Rosary and family prayer would help people express their deepest yearnings for God, which would also strengthen families in overcoming the social pressures that are eroding family unity.
Our Parishes can participate in a variety of ways:
Pray the Rosa...
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2024 Catholic Ministries Appeal (Diocesan Annual Appeal)
By supporting the Catholic Ministries Appeal, you help provide funding for essential ministries throughout the eleven-county area of the Diocese of Scranton. Through our unity and stewardship, we are able to attend to the physical and spiritual needs of our friends and neighbors throughout Northeastern and North Central Pennsylvania.
St. Boniface & St Lawrence GOAL—$75,000.00
The funds raised will support vital Catholic ministries:
•Catholic Social Services •Catholic Education
•Ca...
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We’re always interested in names. Think about the conversations expectant parents happen over the options—Who in the family wants a namesake? Which names are in fashion these days—and do we opt in or avoid? We listen to hear the confirmation name a young person has chosen. At a wedding we want to know: Name change or not? Hyphenated for her? Or for both? And, of course, as our parishes move to a closer union, we know the name questions in the air.
But, that’s not the name I’m talking about today. It’s the Appeal—what used to be t...
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Everyone is encouraged to experience the spiritual beauty of Eucharistic Adoration which is open to all on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The greatest gift God gives us is himself, and Adoration is another way for us to recognize that gift outside of receiving the Eucharist at Mass. Come pray in silence in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. No signup or reservation is needed.
“The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make y...
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Do you have any questions about the upcoming parish consolidation? Want to learn more about why and how this process is taking place? You are encouraged to attend an information session on Tuesday, September 24 at St. Lawrence Parish Hall at 6:30 p.m. In addition, take a few minutes to review the "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Saint Boniface & Saint Lawrence Consolidation" at https://bit.ly/3znxDGJ.
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Think about the last words Jesus spoke before he left this earth. Think about what he didn’t say. And think about what he did say. He didn’t say: “You’re my Church. Be glad that you’ve heard the good news. Hang on to it, it’ll get you into heaven.” No, Jesus said: “Go, proclaim the good news to all the nations.” Our faith isn’t a treasure we’re to cling to, it’s meant to be shared—boldly and lovingly. Let’s think about what this means to us:
Live a vibrant Christian life. The philosopher ...
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Mondays with The Chosen is back by popular demand! Episodes of The Chosen series will be shown once a month beginning Monday, September 16 at 7 p.m. in the St. Boniface Rectory Basement (RAC). Watch Season 2, Episode #3, and enjoy refreshments and community. Feel free to bring a friend! You can catch up & watch Season 1 at https://watch.formed.org/the-chosen.
A new adult series is coming in October: Covenants in the Old Testament, a two-week scripture study, presented by Brian Haas at St. Lawrence Hall.
October 1 & 8 at 2:p.m.
October 2 &am...
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Why feed the hungry? When you are hungry but there isn't food on the shelves or in the refrigerator and money needs to go to rent, heat, and electricity, what do you do? We offer a way to help families through this with our food collection boxes at St. Boniface and St. Lawrence. We can help Sojourner Truth provide daily lunches and Salvation Army Food Pantry provides food for their 160-plus families. Please be part of this ministry by donating unexpired food into the collection boxes. We all can help make a difference. Needed items include pasta/sauce, mac & cheese,...
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Some of you have asked about what progress we’ve made with the pipe organ. I haven’t said much about it since informing you of the various problems Tropical Storm Debby brought. I haven’t done much up until now because I haven’t had answers to give you. An organ is a complicated instrument. Repairing one that’s damaged requires a number of steps—and decisions.
First of all, as you can see, we’ve removed the console from the church. That allowed us to have mold remediation done promptly. We’ve removed the carpet that was, ra...
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Thank you to all who helped to make our Carnival thrive! Please come to assist with the clean up at 10am Sunday September 8 in the parking lot.
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CONCERT FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON...at St. Boniface Church Sunday, September 15 at 2 pm, with Virtuoso Cellist Andrew Rammon with Gary Boerckel, pianist. The program ranges from popular favorites The Swan from Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals and the Rachmaninov Vocalise to classic sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn and Henry Eccles.
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Bishop Bambera has announced the consolidation of Saint Boniface and Saint Lawrence Parishes effective November 3, 2024. Despite their unique histories, both parishes have been collaborating for a decade and share the mission of living the Gospel and serving God. This merger reflects their existing cooperation and unified purpose. In order to answer any questions that you have, Father McCreary is holding an information session for our two parishes that will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Saint Lawrence Church Hall, 800 W. Central Avenue, So...
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Get the latest parish updates, events, and announcements. Our newest bulletin for the week of September 1 is now available! bit.ly/3XdCjqu
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In his final homily a few weeks ago, Deacon McCarroll asked the question: “Was it worth it?” He pointed that question in more than one direction, but it was rooted in the Eucharistic Revival, an American project that tried to counter indifference to the Eucharist and a time for conferences and talks, processions and days of adoration, a renewed focus on how we offer and receive this Sacrament. Of course, we’ve had the added blessings of a summer when we reflect on Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse from John’s gospel. And now all that&rsq...
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