PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

-mail: sfxc@epix.net

Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon

The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

St. Augustine Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)

(St. Brigid’s Cross)

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our Parish Collections. St. Francis (4:30PM)-$ 1,452.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) - $ 883.00; St. Augustine (10:30AM) - $ 1,167.00.

LIFELINES

Our relationships on earth are meant to help us and others grow in perfect love. We are meant to depend on one anoth-er, serve each other in humility, and walk together in times of suffering. 2015-2016 Respect Life Program Flyer, USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activites

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP BULLETINS .

GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY LAND

Through the Good Friday Collection, you joined with Catholics around the world to stand in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. You became an instrument of peace in a troubled land. Christians, along with all the clergy and religious who serve in the Holy Land, deeply appreciate your prayers and financial help! If you haven’t yet made your donation to the Good Friday Holy Land Collection, please do so as soon as possible.

OPERATION RICE BOWL—HUNGERING FOR CELEBRATION

We prayed, fasted and gave alms—and now we celebrate! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends in our own hearts, where Jesus reigns forever. Let us rejoice in our risen Lord—and in the lives we’ve changed this Lent all over the world! Don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl donations as soon as possible!

MASS SCHEDULE

Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil

Saturday March 26 8:00PM St. Francis Church - EDWARD & FLORENCE KOZIC by Jack & Vicky Kozic

Easter Sunday—Celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection

Sunday March 27 8:00AM St. Francis Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - DOROTHY MORITZ by Rosalynd Perlick

Monday March 28 St. Francis Church- NO MASS

Tuesday March 29 St. Augustine Church - NO MASS

Wednesday March 30 St. Francis Church - NO MASS

Thursday March 31 St. Francis Church - NO MASS

Friday April 1 St. Francis Church - NO MASS

Saturday April 2 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

DECEASED OF THE MURPHY FAMILY by David and Rosemary Calabretta

Sunday April 3 8:00AM St. Francis Church - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

9th Anniv. ED. CONBOY by Shirley Conboy & Family 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!! It was only a few weeks ago that we began our Lenten Journey / Season and by the time you read this Easter Message we will have celebrated the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday and the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday as well.

You may have wondered what happens to the Sacred Oils since we receive new Sacred Oils that have been blessed by the Bishop at the Chrism Mass on Tuesday of Holy Week. There are two options. The first is that the oils can be put in an oil lamp and burned. This can be accomplished by putting them into the lamp (Sanctuary Light) that burns before the reserved Blessed Sacrament. The second is that the Oils can be buried in the ground.

The Holy Water is also removed from all fonts before the Celebration of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The fonts are then refilled with the water blessed at the Easter Vigil. An old practice within the Church was to substitute sand for the Holy Water during the time between Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil.

During the time period from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, Funeral Masses are not celebrated.

I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS A VERY HAPPY AND CHRIST FILLED EASTER THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. GOD BLESS YOU!!!

COLLECTION FOR THE CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIESTS

Next weekend’s second collection is for the Care & Education of Priests.

PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS

Parish Lottery Calendars are available in the back of the Churches. Calendars are $ 20.00 each and run from April 1st thru December 31st, 2016. Each family in our Parish is asked to take at least (5) calendars to sell. There are packages of (5) calendars and loose (single) calendars available. (Please do not break up the packages.) You are asked to please sign the calendars out on the sign out sheet provided. With less than (1) week until April 1st, there are approximately 50 calendars left at each of our Churches, for a total of 100 Calendars remaining unsold. To date only 552 calendar returns have been made. Please remember—it is time to make your returns with stubs included! Please help to make this very important fund raiser a success again this year!

THANK YOU ~ FOOD CARDS/FOOD PANTRY

Thank you to everyone who donated so generously to the Easer Food Cards and Food Pantry. The Food Pantry was able to supply 34 families / 208 people with very nice “Easter Food Baskets”. The Food Cards (a total of $ 1,450.00 was donated) were given to 15 families / 37 people. Thank you for sharing with others. May God bless you a hundredfold.

SPECIAL THANK YOU

A special thank you to everyone who helped with Holy Week and Easter Services. Thank you to our Lectors, Can-tors, Choir, Altar Servers, Church cleaners, decorators, and anyone who helped in any way to make our Services so beautiful.

EASTER READING MATERIALS

In the back of our Churches are copies of the “Catholic Digest”, “The Word Among Us”, and the “Little White Books” for Easter. Please feel free to take a copy home with you and use them as part of your daily Easter meditations.

EASTER FLOWERS Thank you all for your very generous donations for Easter Flowers. Our flower collection total was $ 1,314.00.

CHOIR / CANTOR PRACTICE Choir/Cantor practice is held Tuesday evening at 6PM in St. Francis Church. New members are always welcome.

A few more Cantors are still needed. If you are interested in leading the congregation in song, please contact Marilee Beyer (570-934-0976) for more information and training.

MASS INTENTIONS AVAILABLE

Would you like to remember your loved one, relatives, or friends in a special way during the coming year??? Why not do so through a Mass said in their memory/honor. What a beautiful way to remem-ber their memory and an incentive to attend Mass that day. It has been several years since you have had this opportuni-ty. Don’t let this golden opportunity pass you by without taking advantage this new year.

2016 CATHOLIC MEN’S CONFERENCE

The 2016 Second Annual Catholic Men’s Conference, “Be A Man: Jesus Christ, The Face of True Manhood”, will be held Saturday, April 23, at King’s College, Scandlon Physical Education Center, 149 North Main St, Wilkes-

Barre, PA. The day begins with Eucharistic Adoration & Rosary at 6:00AM. Registration & Continental Breakfast is at 7:00AM; Conference is from 8:00AM to 3:00PM. Register online at: www.BeAManConference.com or mail com-pleted conference brochure application with your check to Attn: Men’s Conference, Office for Parish Life, 330 Wyoming Ave, Scranton, PA 18503. (Mark “Men’s Conference” on the memo line of your check.) Fliers with registration sheet are available in the back of our Churches.

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 2nd—4:30PM—St. Francis Church: Lectors—Larry O’Reilly; Cantor—Marilee Beyer

Sunday, April 3rd—8:00AM—St. Francis Church: Lector—Andy Potocek; Server—Marty Conboy; Rosary—Dave Curley; Cantor—Mary Shaughnessy

Sunday, April 3rd—10:30AM—St. Augustine Church: Lector—Barbara Pichette; Servers—Emma, Hallie, Linsey & Norah Milligan; Rosary—Ann Zalepa or a volunteer; Cantor—Serena Gardner

SANCTUARY LIGHTS, ADORATION VIGIL CANDLES & DEVOTIONAL CANDLE DONATIONS

A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for a Special Intention requested by Joe Purr. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis b u r n s for healing for all the sick and special intentions.

requested by St. Brigid Altar & Rosary Society. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns in Memory of John & Sophie Glenn, John & Pat Glenn, & Frank Padula

requested by Bill & Theresa Noldy. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for the Return to Health of Sophie Padula requested by Bill & Theresa Noldy. The Sanctuary Light at St. Francis burns in Memory of Rudolph & Berenice Noldy requested by Bill & Theresa Noldy. The Sanctuary Light at St. Augustine burns for a Special Intention requested by Debbie Garges.

CHURCH CLEANING

St. Francis cleaners for the month of March—Eileen & Alexis Drab.

PARISH PRAYER CHAIN

If you would like to help respond to prayer requests (for anyone in need), please contact Rosalynd Perlick (570-663-2212), Susie Reichlen (570-553-2618), or Mary Keenan (570-553-2431). If you have prayer requests, please call anyone on the list and many prayers will be offered for your particular intention.

ADORATION HOURS OPEN

Interested in an hour of adoration alone with our Lord? The following hours are open: Wednesday—

5-6PM; Thursday—10-11AM; Thursday—6-7PM. We do close when the weather is bad, so don’t let that keep you from trying an hour. “The best time you spend on earth is time spent with Jesus.” Call or email Andrea Chen (cathmomofsix@gmail.com or 607-669-4875) if you would like an hour.

PRAYER LIST

Lord, hear our prayers for the sick of our Parish and Community listed below and for those who are not listed and in need of our prayers. Katelyn Andre, Michael Haefner, Bill Jones, Jr., David Zevan, Kyle Stoddard, Mary Lou Gregg, Sophie Padula, Madigan Gow, John Flynn, Donald & Terry Baum, Mary Bakay, Donnie Butler, Tommy Williams, Stephen Ambrose, Mary Riley, Toni Colardino, Tom Wenman, Kathy Holt, Linda Hollenback, T.S., Tyler Fletcher, Anna Mae Coleman, Mary Lou Fahs, Steve Hundiak, Richard Hutchinson, Mary K. Long, John Bauer, Joshua Kaminski, Aleisya Abrams, Butch Rosencranz, Ruth King, Brooke Arnold, Adam Kelly, Nancy Lynch, Hallie Brooks, June Riley, Sarah Murnigahan, William Chaney, Daniel Gavin, Sue Anderson, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Sam Miner, Alberta Zielinski, Virginia Raftis, Marie Donahue, Nancy, Matt & Emily, Bob Murphy, Robyn Lawson, Rita Flynn, Elton Carr, Kaleena Dughi, Molly Getter, Debbie Drewry, Bub Davis, Rusty Carmen, Ronalee Eckert, Chelsea Judson, Brenda, Walt Frystak, Amanda Branning, J.K., H.T., Andy Mooney, Dave Hibbard, Jeff Barnard, Phoebe Burrell, Amy, Ken Guiton, Mary Elizabeth Healy, George Kotch, Jr., Delmar O’Rourke, Lori & Michelle Parsons, Steve Burrell, Tammy Fleming, Barbara Borsavage, Gregg Loboda, Mark Kovach, Jerry Conboy, Brendan Kelly, Greg Lasgowka, Shirley Bowser, Paul Kerber, Linda

Bush, Dick Lewis, James O’Mara, Joe Redmond, Pat Donnelly, Florian Pasteka, Matt Purtell, Grove Doty, Eleanor Hastings, Bob Keenan, Karen Purtell, Victoria Hegedty, Terry White, Richard Guido, John & Doris Daly, Victoria Grisdale, Alida Priestner, Ann Rounds, Fr. Cas, Julie McMahon, Chris Conboy, Brittany Villanella, Clover Lynn Villanella, Annette Glasgow, Marilyn Quick, Amanda Imsenik, Marcus Chubbuck, Lanny & Patsy Puzo, Lillian Degnan, Carol Hardic, Billy, and Debbie. May they regain full health. Please pray for the needs in our Parish Intention Book. Our Lady of Good Health, pray for us. Amen.

ARMED FORCES LIST

Please pray for those in our Armed Forces, especially those from our Parish and Community, Christopher Reichlen, Patrick Allen, Shane Kalpokas, Ryan Gormley, Mike Griffith, Matthew Kramer, Dustin Ryder, Bobby Brostoski, Ricky Trowbridge, Ryan Neville, Anthony Flynn, A. Jay Tewksbury, Jennifer Buttacavoli, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Lukas Crisman, John Matousek, Daniel Daly, Lisa Phillips, Carrie Krouse, Ryan Newberry, Wayne M. Bennett, Duane Thomas, Joseph Elliott, Mark W. Gregg, Bradley J. Bryant, Kevin Lewandoski, Amberlynn Villanella, Steven Shelp, Rip VanWinkle and all who serve with them. May they all be protected & safe from harm & return home soon to their families and friends. Amen.

Please call the rectory when the person you put on the Prayer List or Armed Forces List can be removed. If you know of anyone on the list who has passed away, please let us know so that their name can be removed from the list.

EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS

Requested by: In Memory/Honor of:

Gary & Helena Arbosheski - Ralph & Marie Gesford; Daniel & Lena Kane; Frank Lippe; Peter & Betty ArbosheskiLouise Baker - Mom & Dad

Joyce Barnum - Barnum & Shaughnessy Families

Marty & Marilee Beyer - Deceased Members of the Beyer & Corcoran Families Kevin J. Boyle - John L. Boyle; Rosemary Boyle; John F. Boyle; and Nellie Boyle

Bette & Fred Brown -

M/M Kenneth Brown - Saverio & Genoveffa Pietrosanti and Ken & Frances Brown

Frank & Helen Burns - John & Mary Butler - Joe Buttacavoli - M/M Joseph Buttacavoli Martha Caganek - Joseph Caganek

David & Rosemary Calabretta - Caufield, Murphy, Calabretta & Alexander Families

Elton & Alice Carr - Agnes Jones; Leon Williams; and Margaret Coolbaugh

Kay Caspersen - Betty G. Freres

Joanne Cerretani - Joseph & Elva Pompeii Denny Coleman - Dad; Bill Coleman; Mary Ellen Conboy; Leo Curley

Genevieve Coleman - Chris Coleman & Bill Coleman

Frank Conboy - Conboy Family

Tom Curley - M/M Francis Curley

Bub & Dawn Davis - Helen M. Davis; A.M. Davis; Grace Adamson; and Andy Condon

Scott & Tanya Dearborn - Bernice Kmiotek; Paul Kmiotek; Florance Hala; and Elvira Anthorp M/M John Demaree - All Deceased who have no one to pray for them

Dan & Rose Devine - A & L Lentz

M/M Frank Doyle - Our Family

The Drab Family - The Drab & Szparagowski Families Ed & Patti L. Dudock - Bill & Rosemary Dudock and Leo & Nona El Nichols

Patt & Thom Fitzhugh - Helena Flaherty - Margaret Flaherty - James & Julia Flaherty; Lawrence Flaherty; Martin & Catherine Flaherty; Thomas & Bridget Flaherty

Tom Flaherty - Anne Gardner - Marie & Leonard DellaPenta

Dennis & Debra Garges Deanna Garges; Ralph Warner; Catherine Hutchinson; and Byron and Francis JacobsKaren Glowa

Tom Golden - Tom & Nora Golden; Jim & Larry Golden; and Catherine Golden Hundiak

Barbara Gow - Deceased Family Members

Donald Griffin - Jim Griffin - Gerald & Winifred Griffin Family

Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin - Deceased Members of the Griffin & O’Reilly Families

Terri & Dave Grindel - M/M Joseph J. Grindel, Sr. and M/M Stanley Nowlinske M/M Gerald Guiton

Leo & Loretta Guiton - M/M Francis Guiton & Family and M/M Eldred Tewksbury & Family

Betty Ellen & Gary Hardy - Deceased of the Golden & Hardy Families & Jerome Ryan

Anne Hawley - The Hawley Family Diane & Matthew Holleran - Robert Holleran; John Lannon & Elihu Payne

Patricia Hutchinson - Heidi Jaeger - Jaeger Family; Korbel Family; Schulz Family; and Kuhn Family

Katherine Keenan - Jim Keenan, Jerome Ryan, and all Deceased Family and Friends

Tom, Kylie & Abigail Keenan - Jim Keenan

Shirley Kelly - Leo & Peg Kelly

Pat & Wally Knepper - Ron Kocak - Charles Kotch -

Jack & Vicky Kozic - Edward & Florence Kozic; Mildred & Frank Russell; John Russell; Betty Harrington; and Sandy Thompson

Len & Ginger Laky - The Laky & Zangara Families The Laurence Family - Katherine Davis & Philip Laurence Dick & Jo Leavenworth - The Leavenworth & Ukasiak Families

The Long Family - Helen Guiton; Clinton & Alice Long; Fran Guiton; and Leo Curley

Gail M. Lutz - The Vrabel & Lutz Families Les & Ann Major - Sandra Rapano; Ann Rapano; Ruth LaMarca; and Linda Brenneis

Bill & Mary Lou Martin - Deceased Members of the Purtell & Martin Families

Phyllis McNamara - John M. McNamara and Cecilia Hensch

Pauline Miller - Carl Miller; Mildred Condon; Mary & George Miller; Carol Jones

Theresa & Bill Noldy - John & Sophie Glenn; Rudolph & Berenice Noldy; John & Patricia Glenn

Cathy O’Reilly - Richard & Rita O’Reilly and Richard M. O’Reilly

Larry & Tina O’Reilly - O’Reilly, Grausgruber, Giannone & Evans Families

Dora & Frank Pawlowski - Albert Coles; Eleanor Coles; Frank Pawlowski, Sr.; and Mary Pawlowski Rosalynd Perlick - Frank Perlick

Bill & Barbara Pichett - Andy Potocek - Joe Purr - Deceased Family and Friends

Deb Purtell - Rose Conboy

Hedi Randall - Charles Randall and Jonathan Randall Greg & Jenn Rebello - Jean Rebello; Clem & Abel Rebello; and John & Kate McMahon

Margaret Reed - Bob & Susie Reichlen - Mary Shaughnessy - Deceased of the Shaughnessy & Buckley Families and Chip Barnum

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Stewart - Keron & Marie Cavanaugh; Dolores Hickey; and Anne Gober Peter & Martha Strojny - Harry Harris

The Tims Family - Tami Velie Esling & Kyle Schaffar Art & Maryann Trecoske - Martha Trecoske; Anthony Trecoske; Ceil Reinfurt; and Frank Reinfurt Christine & Katelin Volk - Jack & Louise Curley and Leo Curley

Mary Warner - Ralph Warner Jeff Williams - Joan Williams

Ann Zalepa - Anna Phillips

Don & Patricia Zaleski - Our Parents

Bill & Dawn Zalewski - Bernard Julius Zalewski; Bernard Joseph Zalewski; and Victoria Zalewski

BIBLE STUDY Bible Study is held Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:00AM at Neumann Hall. New members are welcome.

SHEETS/BLANKETS/NECK TIES NEEDED

Old/used sheets & blankets are needed to make sleeping bags for the homeless. If you are cleaning out your closet, please consider donating them for this worthy cause. Donations can be left in the back of the Churches or dropped off at the Rectory, (if no one is there, please leave donations on the porch by the driveway). All donations are most welcome. Also needed are old, used neckties (not clip-on).

ANNUAL SAMARITAN HOUSE SPRING SALE

The Annual Samaritan House Spring Sale will be held on Saturday, April 2nd, from 9AM to 4PM and Sunday, April 3rd, from 9AM to 2PM, at St. Thomas Aquinas School Gym, Highland Avenue, Binghamton. A variety of antiques, jewelry, dishes, glassware, furniture, collectibles, books, paintings and housewares will be fore sale. All proceeds benefit Samaritan House of Binghamton.

SPRING BASEBALL CAMP Baseball Camp for Grades 3-8 is being held Saturday, April 2nd from 10AM to 12 Noon & Sunday, April 3rd from 12 Noon to 2:00PM, at Holy Cross High School Gym, Dunmore, Pa. Objectives are to give each player the opportunity to learn and apply the basic fundamentals & provide individual instruction and game situations for all players. Camp will focus on pitching, fielding, hitting, base running, throwing, and sliding, providing a well rounded experience for all players. Players will be grouped according to age and skill level. Players will be using our indoor batting cage, hitting nets and pitching machines. A Pizza party and camp tee shirts will be given out the last day of the camp.) Day of Camp Walk – Ins Welcome. Fliers are available in the back of our Churches with more information and registration forms.

RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE

The Little Meadows United Methodist Church will hold a Rummage & Bake Sale on Saturday, April 9th, from 9:00AM to 2:00PM. Lunch will be available. Bag sale begins at 1:00PM. All are welcome to attend.

LEGION OF MARY

The Legion of Mary, Binghamton Curia, will have their annual Curia Acies ceremony on Sunday, April 10th, at 2:00PM at St. Cyril’s Church, 148 Clinton St., Binghamton. An invitation is extended to all auxiliaries and former active members to attend and renew their consecration to Mary.

MOM’S HOUSE FLOWER SALE

Order forms are available in the back of the Churches for the Mom’s House Flower Sale. You can order your flowers in time for Mother’s Day! The order deadline is April 22nd. Flowers must be picked up at Mom’s House, 770 Harry L. Drive, Johnson City, on Wednesday, May 4th from Noon to 6:00PM or Thursday, May 5th from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Order forms are also available at Mom’s House or online at momshouseny.org . If you have questions, please call 607-644-9972.

EASTER AND THE VICTORY OF LIFE

Easter celebrates the victory of LIFE. Christians do not come to Church on Easter simply to congratulate Jesus for rising from the dead. They come in order to touch their own victory over death. In rising, Christ destroyed not only His own death, but ours! He overturned the entire kingdom of death. Death has no more power over Him; nor does it have ultimate power over those who live in Him. The influence of the Church on the world, therefore, is the influence of a community which already participates in victory over death. That influence moves the choices of society away from death and destruction, and toward the affirmation, in word and deed, of the precious gift of LIFE. The victory of LIFE has already been won, but has not yet fully unfolded. We therefore rejoice and struggle at the same time. We have unshakeable confidence that the power of LIFE is greater than the forces of death. Yet we must not relax our efforts to protect God's gift of LIFE from the culture of death which surrounds us.

Easter Pro-life Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, we praise your Resurrection! We celebrate your triumph over the Kingdom of death! May we, your Church, proclaim, celebrate, and serve the victory of LIFE in our world. May we respond to the needs of those who are tempted to destroy the LIFE within them by abortion, and may we help to build a world which rejects every form of violence and in particular, the violence of abortion. You live and reign forever and ever. Amen.

The Roman Catholic

Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

St. Augus$ne Church, Silver Lake, Pa.)

-mail: sfxc@epix.net

Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon