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ADVENT Beginning the Church’s liturgical year, Advent (from, “ad-venire” in Latin or “to come to, arrive”) is the season encompassing the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord at Christmas. The Advent Season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24 focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of Our Lord. Advent devotions including the Advent wreath, daily devotionals, Lessons and Carols, or services based on the Seven O Antiphons remind us of the meaning of the season.

5th ANNUAL DURYEA CHRISTMAS STROLL Join us once again for our 5th Annual Christmas Stroll down Main Street! Help us kick off the season with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and our local businesses and institutions, all on Main Street. An evening of fun is promised with shopping, kids’ activities, and plenty of Christmas treats! There will be live animals, horse-drawn carriage rides, prizes, baskets, and much more! Nativity of Our Lord Senior Choir will be singing on the Main Street, with Holy Rosary School providing a living nativity, and members of our Word Team will be handing out treats and things, all in a space provided through the kindness of Joanne and Karen Orlowski. Come join in the Christmas fun and support our local community.

SATURDAY TRAFFIC CHANGES NEXT WEEK – Attention 4:00 pm Mass attendees: On Saturday, December 7, Main Street Duryea will be closed from Swetland Street to Lackawanna Avenue, and Stephenson Street will be closed from the tracks to approximately the Community Park, from after 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm in conjunction with the Christmas Stroll, for the safety of all involved.

First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2019

NATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISH, DURYEA 127 Stephenson Street Tel: 570-457-3502 Fax: 570-451-3341 Office Hours: M-F, 8:30-4:30 unless otherwise noted in bulletin

E-mail: rectory@nativityduryea.org Web: www.nativityduryea.org / Nativity of Our Lord Duryea

Rev. John V. Polednak, V.E., Pastor Deacon André Kabacinski, Parish Deacon

Masses: Daily, M-F – 7:00 am ● Saturday (Vigil)- 4:00 pm ● Sunday- 8:00 am, 11:00 am and 7:00 pm

Confession: Daily, M-F~6:40-6:55 am ● Saturday- 3:15-3:45 pm, and anytime upon request.

Questions for personal reflection based on this Sunday’s readings…

Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.

Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." ~Matthew 24:42-44

What am I doing that I would not want seen in the light of day, or at an hour I do not expect?

What do I need to do to change this?

Our annual TREE OF HOPE outreach is under way. Coordinated by our parish Women’s Society, this program helps those who for whatever reason might find nothing under their tree or in their stocking. At times you will see a gift card requested, as quite a few recipients use these cards to pay for pharmacy bills or groceries. Simply take a tag, and as you do your Christmas shopping, return the item wrapped with the tag attached and place in the totes in the vestibule of the church, or drop off at the rectory – Please have Items in by December 15. .

L A S T C A L L - ORDERS ARE DUE BY MONDAY DECEMBER 9

CHRISTMAS PIEROGI 2019 Order Form

Name: _____________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________

Email Address: _____________________________________________

# of Pierogi: 1 Dozen, 2 Dozen, or 3 Dozen

Please make checks payable to Nativity of Our Lord Parish.

Office use… Order # _____ LB: ______ Paid: _________ CASH or CHECK #_____

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DEVOTIONS AND INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 2, 2019

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2 7:00am William Krah, Jr. (by Joan and Jim Gnall)

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3 7:00am 1:00pm

Mrs. Regis Duszak (by the Family)

HRS Advent Prayer Service

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4 7:00am Dec’d Members of the Palumbo and Rogalla Families (by Bill & Debbie Orner)

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5 7:00am Patricia Eleanor DeBiasi (by Crossin Towers)

Fri

6 7:00am 9:00am

David Yuhas (by George O’Hop) Edmund M. Gromelski (by Dolores Traglia)

Sa

t 7 1:00pm 4:00pm

Wedding: Josh Norton and Samantha Kelly William Bernard (by Wife, Regina, Daughter, Pat, Carla and Christa)

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8:00am 11:00am 7:00pm

For the Intentions of Our Parishioners Thomas Rasimas (by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sheriden) Capt. USN Ret. Francis Hantz (by Joan Hynoski and the Oliveri Family)

VOTIVE CANDLE OFFERINGS

Sacred Heart of Jesus Michael Dziak (by the Women’s Society)

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary Yonki (by Richard and Dolores Klink)

St. Joseph Mrs. Regis Duszak (by Frank Duszak)

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DECEMBER 1 Sunday -No CCD/Rel. Ed. Classes -Confirmation Commitment Mass, 7:00pm 2 Monday – Office Closed 4 Wednesday -Choir, 6:30pm in church 5 Thursday -Gift Certificates, 8:00-10:00 am, HRCH 7 Saturday Duryea Borough Christmas Stroll, 5:00pm 8 Sunday -Men’s Breakfast, 8:30am-12:30pm

10 Tuesday -Pierogi Pick-Up, 2:00-6:00 pm, SHH 12 Thursday -Pierogi Pick-Up, 2:00-6:00 pm, SHH -Women’s Society Meeting, 6:30 pm, Rectory 14-15 Saturday-Sunday -Cookie Sale 15 Sunday -CCD, 9:45-10:45 am, HRS

~ FINANCES AND ONGOING STEWARDSHIP ~ for the weekend November 23-24, 2019 TOTAL $7,726.75 Sunday $4,569.50 ($310 Online); Loose $336;

Secondary $1,995.00 ($127 Online); Furnace Fund $500.00; Catholic Campaign for Human Development $326.25 ($127.25 Second Loose)

DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL: Goal-$42,000.00; Current- $28,140.00 TO GO: $13,860.00 Loaves and Fishes: December: Non-Dairy Creamer

Week of December 2, 2019 ~ First Week of Advent

RELIGIOUS ED NEWS AND NOTES There are NO CCD classes today (Sunday). CCD classes for grades K-7 will resume next Sunday at 9:45 am with grade 8 meeting at 5:15 pm.

The FIRST FRIDAY of the month occurs this week. Home visits with Holy Communion will be made as the schedule allows. Telephone calls will be made to set up times for the visit.

HOLY HOUR IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR PARISH FEAST DAY

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 17, at 6:30 pm when our parish will gather for a Taizé inspired service on the Seven O Antiphons of Advent, verses that focus our attention on the Glory of Christ, who is born to us at Christmas. Most parishes celebrate their feast day, but few overlap with the great festival of Christmas. Take an hour off from your Christmas rush to reflect on all that we are given through this feast, and through the Savior it honors.

PARISH CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE before and after all the Masses on Saturday, December 14, and Sunday, December 15, in the RECTORY. Homemade cookies of all varieties will be available for purchase right in time for the Christmas holidays. We ask the bakers of our parish to contribute by baking some of their favorite cookies and sharing them with us. If you are able and willing to do this, please contact Lois Hanczyc at 570-457-2482 or 570-313-8188.

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST NEXT WEEK - Our parish Men’s Society invites you to their 5th Annual Christmas Breakfast on Sunday, December 8th, 8:30AM to 12:30PM at Sacred Heart Hall, Featuring: scrambled eggs, pancakes, keilbasa, ham, homefries, juice, coffee & danish. Adults: $9—Children 5 to 12: $5 Children 4 and under – FREE. For pre-orders, or if delivery is needed, please return form below by Monday, December 2nd. Tickets will also be available at the door.

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST PRE-ORDER/DELIVERY

Name:______________________________________________

Phone #: ___________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________

Number of Breakfasts:

Adults ($9): _______Children 5 yrs to 12 yrs ($5): _______

Children 4 & under (free):_______

Total Amount Enclosed $_______ (Checks payable to NOOL Men’s Society)

CEMETERY NOTES We kindly ask that no permanent winter decorations be left at the graves of your loved ones for safety reasons. Christmas decorations may be in placed from now and left until January 15 to accommodate the Epiphany, and those following Eastern calendars. After that, decorations will slowly be removed and discarded as weather permits, according to cemetery regulations. Spikes, wire stems from flowers, etc., can be dangerous if dislodged by weather conditions, particularly when the need for digging a grave under a blanket of heavy snow arises. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

MEMORIAL TREE Remember your loved ones in a most special way this year by offering an ornament in their name. Our tree will be displayed near the Mission Crucifix shrine, in order to allow family members an opportunity to privately view their treasured ornaments and offer a special prayer.

Nativity of Our Lord Parish Memorial Christmas Tree

Red $15.00 ____ Green $25.00 _____ Blue $50.00 ______

Silver $75.00 ____ Gold $100.00 ______

In Loving Memory of:

_____________________________

Requested by:

___________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________

Phone #:__________________________________ Please return form by December 7th

IN THE COMMUNITY GIVING TUESDAY This year for the first time, Catholic Social Services is participating in Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving, having accepted a challenge from AllOne Foundation & Charities in Wilkes-Barre. Because CSS received grant funding from AllOne this year, the organization has been invited to join its Giving Tuesday leaderboard of worthy causes. We’ll be raising small and large donations from the day before Thanksgiving until the day after Giving Tuesday, so from Wednesday, November 27, until Wednesday, December 4. We’re not only trying to raise $1,000 but trying to raise the most money and the most individual donors so we can receive additional funds from All One for the important work of CSS. This year’s cause is local hunger, and the beneficiaries of all funds raised will be the St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen and all CSS food pantries. Our hope is that enough money will be raised so that pantry shelves will never be empty again, as they were earlier this year for a brief period. As part of the “fun-raising”/fundraising, we’re trying a TacoGivingTuesday theme and selling socially conscious taco T-shirts to raise money for the campaign now. The more shirts we sell before Giving Tuesday closes, the more matched funding we’ll get from AllOne.

A COOKIE WALK will be held at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 215 Lackawanna Avenue in Dupont, on Saturday, December 7, from 3:30-5:30 pm and on Sunday, December 8, from 9:00 am-12:00 pm in the church hall. This is a great way to add some delicious homemade goodies to your Christmas table. A large variety of homemade cookies, candies and fudge will be available at a cost of $8 per pound.

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This Bulletin is printed in Loving Memory of. . .

John A., Theresa and

John Adamiak Jr.

Alfred & Judith Akulonis, Sr. Frank and Helen Amantea Peter and Victoria Biga

Mary Soltysiak Thomas and Stella Blasco Edward and Margaret

Brostoski

Frank Callis

Zielinski and Callis Families

Alan J. Celusniak

John and Mary Celusniak Richard A. Champi, Sr.

Eugene and Maryann

Chromey

Louis Robert Cremard

Catherine and Louis Cremard

Irene DeAngelo

Rev. Andrew J. Marcinko

M/M Andrew Marcinko

Carmen and Idena DeBiasi

Deceased members of the

Louis and Dorothy Doxbeck

Family

Deceased members of the

Dolan and Roche Family Chester Draus Dulny and Kapish Families

Jack Fischer and

Zaladonis Family

Helen S. Mattei Freas John T. Freas

and Mary Matt

Fumanti and Rafferty

Families

Dominick “Beaver” Gigliello

and

Anthony & Mary Naida

Margaret & Leo Glodzik, Sr.

and Lea Glodzik

Gregorczyk and Negvesky

Families

Capt. Francis A. Hantz

U.S.N. Ret.

Mary & Frank Hantz

Robert Hynoski

Martin K. Hastie, Jr. Jasienski, Bozinko &

Lewandowski Families Edward A. Jones Judge and Antal Families Gus and Vera Kulas

Kundrat and Simko Families

John & Helen Lukus

Tom & Mary McAndrew

Paczkowski Family

Eugene Madrak Lottie and George Matrone Victoria, Stella and William

Maziarz

Thomas J. and Cecelia A.

McAndrew

Henry B. McHale John and Mary Mikovitch

Gerald Mikovitch Moskaitis Family

Mary Ann Namatka

Peter & Elizabeth Namatka

William & Josephine Sowa

Sophia & Walter Nestorick

and Peter Pocholonis, Jr.

Deceased members of the

Stanley & Josephine

Nowakowski Family

Bernard Olcheski,

Eileen Macuga and

William & Helen Dalton

Agnes and Peter Olsheski

Olszewski, Grudzinski and

Madrak Families

Zigmont, Lottie &

David Olszewski and

Anna Skowronski

Frank & Florence Orlowski Bernard J. Ostrosky Teresa Ramiza Pace and

Michael T. Haluschak

Charles & Julia Pernot and

Martin & Anna Dunay

and Family

Ruth Pernot Samuel & Genevieve Perrins

Eugene P. Perrins

Edward and Dorothy

Piorkowski

Mrs. Helen Rava

Sharon Rava Imbrogno

Stanley & Stella Rava

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Rincavage, Billick and

Galinas Families

Anthony and Helen Rincavage

and Anthony Singer Michael and Irene Rostkowski Jess L. & Beatrice Rutkoski

Victor L., Anna and

Victor J. Salidas

Thomas & Florence

Skowronski and

Wascavage Family

Joseph and Mary Solarchik Margaret Stanavage and

Son, Ronnie

Carl Joseph Tucker, Butler

and Long Families

Louis L. Vender

Mary T. Vender

Ross A., Anna and Raymond

Vender

Jacob J. Vitek

Pauline M. Vitek

Theresa M. Vitek

Earl & Marion Vrabel and

Michael Larronde

Grant Larronde

Michael and Jean Wasko Vincent & Mary Waszczak

Marion and Cathy Bryk

Margaret Yauk

and Romayne Solarchik

Zujkowski, Pribula, Klink

and Nasiatka Families Helen and Adam Zuro