SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL, PRAY FOR US! Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday: 9 am to 3 pm

Mass Schedule

Vigil Mass

(Saturday) 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass

8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Mass

M,T,W,F 8:30 a.m.

Confessions before daily

Mass; Saturday 4:15 p.m.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

SS. Peter & Paul Parish, a community of faith called by God to deepen

our relationship with Jesus Christ, serves the Lord by sharing our time,

talent and treasure. As disciples of Christ, we are called to bring Jesus

Christ to ourselves and others: our children, the sick, the poor, the fallen

away Catholics and those who need to hear God’s message of uncondi-

tional love and forgiveness. SS. Peter & Paul Parish is a beacon of light

rooted in Jesus Christ, passed on to his successor, our Holy Father the

Pope, and is guided by our local bishop to build the Kingdom of God on

Earth. It is our mission to shine the light of Jesus Christ in our world and

to spiritually enrich the individual members of the parish as well as the

larger community through word, worship, sacrament and service.

The Parish in the heart of the Endless Mountains Serving Bradford County since 1841

SACRAMENTS

The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated Sundays after the 11:00 a.m.

Mass. First time parents are asked to attend a welcoming session prior to

baptism. Godparents are asked to present a sponsor card. Please call the

parish office as soon as possible after your child’s birth to plan his or her

baptism.

The Sacrament of Marriage—engaged couples should notify the pastor

at least six months prior to their proposed date. Couples participate in a

preparation program.

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick—please call the parish of-

fice for visitation of the sick at home, in the hospital, or health care facili-

ty.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is the official process used

by the Church to bring adults into the Catholic faith.

SPIRITUAL DEVOTIONS

The Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary

and the Divine Mercy Chaplet are prayed

in common before weekday Masses.

The Perpetual Novena of the Miracu-

lous Medal is prayed in common every

Monday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration is held from 9:00

a.m. on the Thursday preceding First Fri-

day until 2:00 p.m. on Friday in Grotto

Hall and the church.

Sacred Heart Devotions are prayed in

common after First Friday Masses.

Devotions to the Immaculate Heart of

Mary are prayed in common after the

First Saturday Masses.

Parish Prayer Line requests

Call Annette at 570-265-9691.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time † September 6, 2015

Pastor: Rev. Edward L. Michelini

They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

. . . Say to those whose hearts are frightened:

Be strong, fear not!

Here is your God, he comes with vindication;

with divine recompense he comes to save you.

Isaiah 35: 2b,4

Parish Dates To Remember

Sep 7: Labor Day Mass 9 am instead of 8:30 am Sep 9: Regional Liturgical Ministry meeting 6:30 pm Grotto Sep 10: Youth Ministry meeting 7-8:30 pm Sep 10: (Thurs.) 9:00 am Breakfast @ Limongelli Sep 12-13: ARISE Sign-up Weekend Sep 13: Social activities planning meeting after 11 am Mass Sep 13: Homeless Benefit: Kayaking for Grace Connection Sep 14: Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Sep 15: ARISE meeting 5:30 pm Sep 16: 175th Committee Sep 17: Youth Ministry meeting 7-8:30 pm Sep 19: Sat. lunch in Athens @Victory Pizza** Reservations by 9/14** Sep 21-25: No weekday Masses Sep 24: ARISE Small Group Leaders 6:30 pm Sep 27: Parish bus to Pope Francis’ Mass in Philadelphia+ Sep 30: Regional Diocesan Annual Appeal Committee in Montrose 6:30 pm Oct. 1: Deadline to sponsor 175th Historical Book Oct 1: Youth Ministry 7 pm Oct. 1-4: Women’s Cursillo Oct 3: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Day of Ecumenism Call 570-344-2214 for more

**reservations/info call Nancy 570-721-1062

+ For a seat on the Papal Mass bus call Wendi at 607-427-4916 or Parish Office 570-265-2113.

CCD

Every Sunday between Masses

Sept. 6: No classes for Labor Day Weekend

Sept. 13: Classes resume 9:15 am at St. Agnes School

Cursillo News

The next Diocesan Cursillo is the Women’s 67th scheduled

for Oct. 1-4, 2015: Women’s 68th for April 14-17, 2016, and

the 69th on Oct. 6-9, 2016. The next Men’s Cursillo is

scheduled for February 25-28, 2016. Each Cursillo is held at

St. Gabriel’s Monastery in Clarke’s Green, PA. Talk with

someone who has made a Cursillo and consider making a

Cursillo yourself—it will be well worth it. Printed inform-

ation is available in the rear of the church. For testimonial

information, contact: John Demangone 570-265-5990;

Barbara Krauss 570-265-8590; Helen Barrett 570-265-5974.

Cemetery Grass Cutting Many thanks to the families who have volunteered to cut the

grass at the Ireland Cemetery:

May: Michelini and Vega

June: Sullivan and Barry Families

July: Walter Burrowes & Jim Burrowes Families

August: Jurnack and Vega Families

September: Chuck Dewing and Bob Herda October: Don Martin and Fr. Michelini

175th Anniversary

Sponsorships, Patrons and Memorials to be published in the

parish 175th Anniversary Commemorative History Book

must be submitted by October 1, 2015. Feel free to email

SSPeterandPaul175@yahoo.com, or call the parish office 570

-265-2113 for more information about becoming a sponsor, a

patron, or a listing in memory or honor of someone.

For All Liturgical Ministry Coordinators:

Altar Servers, Art & Environment, Eucharistic Ministers,

Hospitality (Usher/Greeter), Lectors, Musicians

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 6:30 pm in Grotto Hall The Diocesan Office for Parish Life offers this training series

for coordinators of liturgical ministries. A new diocesan re-

source for training volunteers in various ministries will be

presented; it will be a useful tool for offering ongoing

formation and spiritual renewal for these ministries. To

register, call the Office for Parish Life at 570-207-2213.

St. Agnes School

The faculty, staff, administration and students of St. Agnes

School wish to gratefully acknowledge the following dona-

tions:

In memory of Rinaldo "Ray Ray" DePaola, by: Mr.

& Mrs. Hillary Krill, Ms. Sandra Kasenga, Mrs. Kathleen

DeWan, Ms. Beatrice Elliott, Ms. Suzanne Urban, Mr. &

Mrs. Robert Hugo, Dr. Barbara Yanak, Mr. & Mrs. John L.

Schoonover III, Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Tama, Mr. & Mrs.

Warren Knapp, and Mr. & Mrs. Edward Branish;

In memory of Veronica Hollenback, by:

Ms. Sandra Kasenga, Mr. & Mrs. Hillary Krill, American

Legion Auxiliary Unit 42, Mrs. Sylvia Hilfiger, Ms. Christine

Bedford, Mrs. Kathleen DeWan, Mr. & Mrs. James Haight,

Mr. Richard Farley, Ms. Marilyn Markish,

Ms. Margaret Miller, Ms. Sandra Hollenback, Mr. & Mrs.

Lawrence Nicholson, the Wildwood Women's Golf Assoc.,

and Ms. Eleanor Dunfee;

In memory of John Griffin, by: Mr. & Mrs. Hillary

Krill, Mrs. Kathleen DeWan, Ms. Sandra Kasenga, Mr. &

Mrs. Edward Branish, and Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Tama.

You may have noticed! For the past several months on the first weekend of the month

there has been a bulletin insert, Growing in FAITH. The insert

offers information and insight for both young and old. The

brief articles and art are interesting, reflective and inspiring.

Try it, you might really like it.

Counseling Services Available

Catholic Social Services of The Diocese of Scranton offers

compassionate counseling in a safe, comfortable environment

where your privacy is always respected. Counseling is about

self-discovery and can be used for personal growth or when

distressing conditions exist and you need a bit of extra sup-

port… help is available. Anyone who struggles with anxiety,

depression, grief and loss, life transitions or a variety of emo-

tional or psychological conditions is welcome. For more in-

formation or to make an appointment, call 570-207-2283.

Grace Connection Announcing a Fundraiser toward a homeless shelter:

Kayaking for the Community on Sept. 13, 2015; See posters

on church bulletin board; call Raymond @ 570-867-1906.

September request

Church-going gentleman is seeking parish help to locate a housemate to share expenses on Third St., Towanda. See Fr. Ed.

Liturgical Ministers Sept. 12 - 13 Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharistic Sat. Vigil 5 pm: Marilyn Miller, Bob & Jackie Pyznar Sun. 8 am: Barbara Grimes, Rose Powers, Sonia Huff 11 am: Donna Brown, Barbara Krauss, Mary T. Jurnack Lectors Sat. Vigil 5 pm: Mary Alice Demangone Sunday 8 am: Teresa Sparrow 11 am: Mary Pfeffer Altar Servers Sat. Vigil 5 pm: Tyler & Logan Lambert Sun. 8 am: Enzo & Dante Ottaviani, Max Vega 11 am: Mason Hartmann, Warner Dorman Musicians Sat. Vigil 5 pm: Joel Christian Sunday 8:00: am: Gloria Nilsson, Teresa Ondrey 11:00 am: Joe Dorsey, Jim Hoffmann Hospital & Personal Care Home: Sonia Huff Bradford County Manor: Donna Brown

Altar Care 9/12 Gloria Nilsson

Jeannette Kinney, Sonia Huff

Collection Counters Tuesday 9/8 Team B

Mass Intentions Sept. 6 - 13 -

Sat. Vigil 5:00 pm: Robert & Rita Fairchild (P.J. Fairchild)

Sunday 8:00 am: Veronica Hollenback (Pat McGovern)

11:00 am: Atty. John Griffin (Lee Ann Wolfe)

Mon. 9:00 am: Our Parishioners

Tues. 8:30 am: For the Intentions of Jean Farley,

in honor of her 90th Birthday

Wed. 8:30 am: Rose Lenox (Edna Lewis)

Thurs: No Mass

Fri. 8:30 am: Helen Carman (Charles Driscoll)

Sat. Vigil 5:00 pm: John F. Grenell, II

(Joan & Alice Grenell)

Sunday 8:00 am: Our Parishioners

11:00 am: Mabel Nolte (Mabel Kot & Auston Muller)

Offertory August 23, 2015

Sunday Offering $ 3,536.00

Special Envelopes $ 26.00

Thank you for your generosity!

Second Collection.

This weekend is the monthly Diocesan collection for the

Care & Education of Priests. Next week will be the month-

ly parish Aid to Education Collection.

ARISE Together in Christ

Commissioning Ceremony for Small Group Leaders

ARISE Together in Christ is essentially a spiritual process.

We believe it is the work of God, guided by the Holy Spir-

it. For this reason, there will be a brief ceremony during

all Masses this weekend for those who are serving our par-

ish community as ARISE Small Group Leaders (SGL) and

the ARISE Parish Team (APT). Please keep in your pray-

ers: (SGL) Helen Barrett, Sue Christian, Brandon Dicker-

son, Rob Grimes, Mary Ann Harris & Mary Kay Ward,

Kathy Joyce, Al Ondrey, Karyn Paulish, Bob Pyznar, Jude

Rabago & Luis Vega, Marie Seibert, and Heidi & Matt

Tavani , (APT) Mike Boyek, Kathie DeWan, Christina

Fleury and Sharon Kaminsky.

Looking Ahead

In September, Fr. Ed will be on retreat in Boston from

Monday through Friday, September 21-25, 2015. There

will be no morning Masses on those dates.

Third Banns of Marriage

Michael Mauer, Jr., and Elizabeth Borel are to be married

in October, 2015. If anyone is aware of an impediment to

this marriage, please contact Fr. Ed at the parish office 570-

265-2113.

ARISE Together in Christ

An Opportunity . . .

Gathering together to learn from their Teacher, the Apostles

also nourished each other by sharing their stories. They

supported each other, laughed and cried together, ate and

prayed together, and in the process their faith grew and

their lives were enriched. Do you feel something tugging at

your heart? Is it leading you to consider new ways of nour-

ishing your faith? Do you feel the demands of life prevent

you from connecting with others? If so, ARISE might be

what your spirit is searching for . . . take this opportunity to

learn from our Teacher, Jesus Christ. Small faith-sharing

groups will be forming the weekend of September 12th and

13th to start the week of October 4th. Visit the website

www.ARISETowanda.weebly.com, or

Www.facebook/arise.towanda.com

Baptism

Congratulations to the Hoff and Jurnack families (Ian and

Katie J. Hoff) upon the Baptism of their daughter Evelyn

Neulah Hoff this Sunday. May God continue to bless yur

family especially little Evelyn, in the years ahead.

Annual Appeal Rebate Check

This past week the parish received a rebate check of Seven

Hundred Seventy Dollars ($770) from the Diocese of

Scranton Annual Appeal Office for exceeding our goal

during the 2014 Annual Appeal. For those parishes ex-

ceeding their Appeal goal, a rebate check in the amount of

75% of the amount exceeding the goal is returned to the

parish – this is the third consecutive year that the parish

has exceeded our Annual Appeal goal.

Our parish goal in 2014 was Thirty-three Thousand Dollars

($33,000).

Thank you for your support to the Diocesan Annu-

al Appeal and your support to so many in our local and

diocesan community that need assistance on a temporary

or long-term basis to cope with various challenges in their

life and family. May God continue to our parish and our

Diocese.

Labor Day Weekend

Monday, September 7, is Labor Day, and Mass will be at

9 am instead of 8:30 am. Monday morning.

The Parish Office will be closed Monday for the holiday.

RICHARD M. FARLEY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

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Branish; Edith Brennan; Julia Brown; David Brubaker; Patricia Coleman; Robert Coles; Joan

Cowles; Sue Daly; John Thomas Demangone; Patricia Dibble; Richard J. Finnegan; Mike Gambal;

Sally Groff; Ann Thompson Haglich; Billy Hollenback; Linda Hollenback; Betty Johnson; Adam

Kelly; Martha Kielty; Joyce Kuykendal; Timothy Leo Lenox; Connie Leone; Frank Lindsey; Sharon Mahaffey; Mary

Ellen Marshall; Marie McCauley; Joe Miksis; Mary Miksis; Steven (Nate) Miller; Mary Lou Muchichko; Jim

Nalisnick; Gloria Nilsson; Mary Paquette; Joe Perechinsky; Bev Place; Matt Pritchard; Alex Rabago; Delia Rabago;

Kathleen Lenox Reider; Yolanda Rossi; Rita Sasso; Richard Schmieg; Ed Slocum, Jr.; Jerry Smith; Joanne Smith;

Marie Smith; Robert Spaulding; Paula Stover; Ed & Barbara Ulatowski; C. Michael Vaughn; Kathleen Woods; Ruth

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