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NATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISH
Rev. Andrew R. Sinnott, Pastor
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127 Stephenson Street, Duryea, PA, 18642
Tel: 570-457-3502 Fax: 570-451-3341 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nativityduryea.org
Pentecost Sunday – May 24, 2015
Masses: Daily, M-F – 7:00 am ● Saturday (Vigil)- 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm ● Sunday- 8:00 am, 9:30 am and 11:00am
Confession: Daily, M-F-6:40-6:55 am ● Saturday- 3:15-3:45 pm, and anytime upon request.
 Education Information 
Religious Education (CCD)
and Sacramental Formation
Judy Lambert, Coordinator
For information concerning Religious
Education of students not enrolled in a Catholic
School, for information about Sacramental
Preparation for all children or adults, or for
religious formation opportunities, please call
Judy at: Cell (570) 881-4974
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Holy Rosary School, PK-8
Holy Redeemer High School
Candice Lee, Principal
125 Stephenson Street
Duryea, PA 18642
Tel: (570) 457-2553
Fax (570-457-3537)
E-mail:[email protected]
Anita M. Sirak, Principal
159 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Tel: (570) 829-2424
Fax: (570) 829-4411
Web: www.holyredeemerhs.org
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Nativity of Our Lord Parish Bulletin  May 25-31, 2015
LITURGICAL CALENDAR AND INTENTIONS
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 25-31, 2015
ACTIVITIES/EVENTS THIS WEEK:
Mon
Tue
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7:00am Dec’d members of the Donovan & Lentowski Families
(by Jean Donovan)
Wed
27
7:00am Joseph Arbacheski (30-Day—by Family)
Thu
28
7:00am Special Intention
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7:00am Theresa Orkwis (by Parents)
Sun.
Sat
9:00am Deceased Veterans
Fri
Tuesday
7:00 pm ~ Picnic Meeting (Sacred Heart Hall)
25
Wednesday
10:00 am ~ Steam Cabbage for Piggies (SHH)
6:30 ~ Choir Rehearsal
Thursday
9:00 am ~ Make Piggies (SHH)
6:30 pm ~ Yoga Class (HR Hall))
4:00pm Stanley & Helen Nazarchuk and Connie [Nazarchuk] Thompson
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(by Stanley S. Nazarchuk)
5:30pm For the Intentions
8:00am George and Lottie Matrone (by Kevin Collier)
31 9:30am John and Jennie Wzontek (by The Petro and Alba Families)
11:00am Michael Pope, Jr. (by The Tagliaterra Family)
VOTIVE CANDLE OFFERINGS
Sunday (May 31)
6:00 pm ~ Confirmation Rehearsal with
Sponsors; Robes Distributed
Sacred Heart of Jesus Tina Nitowski (by Peter Olsheski)
Blessed Virgin Mary Dec’d members of the Nazarchuk, Echan and Roslewicz Families
(by Stanley S. Nazarchuk)
Saint Joseph
Special Intention (by Marty and Lois Hanczyc)
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS for the weekend of May 16-17, 2015
$3999.00 Sunday Offertory; $811.00 Ascension; $604.00 Loose; $2951.00 Secondary Envelopes
Thank you very much for your kind and generous support of your Parish.
Your sacrifice is deeply appreciated! May the Risen Savior bless you and your families in every way!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
 GENERAL PICNIC MEETING
There will be a PICNIC MEETING
on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in Sacred Heart Hall. New ideas,
volunteers, always welcome and appreciated. We hope
to see you there.
 FOOD PREP - On Wednesday, we will be steaming
cabbage at 10:00 a.m. and making piggies on Thursday at
9:00 a.m. – all at Sacred Heart Hall. Much help is needed.
FLEA MARKET – With Spring upon us, many of you will be
cleaning and passing on your unwanted items. You can bring
pre-owned items in GOOD condition to the basement of
Sacred Heart Church between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Monday thru Friday and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. Please, NO computers, electronics equipment, stuffed
animals, clothing or shoes!!!
THANK YOU to all who have been able to donate using the
yellow picnic envelope found in your envelope sets.
VARIETY STAND – Helen Negvesky is once
again appealing to parishioners to help her
stock the Variety Stand with NEW items for
men, women and children. Since she needs only a few more
items, you can make a monetary donation and Helen will
purchase items. Please call Helen Tuesday through Friday at
570-457-3502 (rectory) or 570-347-8106 (home). Thanks to
those who have already donated.
BEAUTIFUL BASKETS - Please call Carol Schultz at 570-8839814 with questions or to arrange a pick-up. Our baskets are
always a big attraction, thank you to donors in advance.
REMEMBER
July 10th, 11th, and 12th
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
Pentecost Sunday
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MEMORIAL DAY
May we all have a safe and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend! Mass on Memorial Day will be celebrated at
9:00 a.m. followed by blessings of Holy Rosary Cemetery and St. Joseph’s and St. John’s Cemeteries. You
are invited to join our area veterans in cemetery ceremonies at the approximate times listed in our local
newspapers.
As we gather to honor those who served in the armed forces of our country in wars and times of peace and now rest, in
our prayers, may we thank them for their service and offer prayers for peace in the world. May we, too, remember all of
our beloved dead in our visits to cemeteries pausing to remember that we are on our own journey back to God. May the
promise of Christ in His Resurrection from the dead increase our own faith, hope and love. If we are faithful to Christ in
this life, we will live with Him forever!
WITH PARISH SYMPATHY
Our prayers are requested for John Grudzinski
whose Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on
Saturday, May 25th. May the angels lead him into
paradise, and may Christ grant His comfort and
consolation to John’s family and friends. We offer
our parish sympathy to them in their loss.
CONFIRMATION NEWS
Bishop Joseph Bambera will be here on June 3rd
for Confirmation. There will be a rehearsal –
with sponsors - next Sunday, May 31, at 6:00
p.m. Robes will be distributed at this time.
COMMUNION PICTURES are available for
pick-up at the rectory during regular office
hours, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Please note that as of this printing, we
have not received the DVDs.
HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL GIFT CERTIFICATES
The gift certificates that support Holy Rosary School and our
other Diocesan high schools may be purchased on Thursday
from 8:00-10:00 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church Hall. What a nice
way to do your spring shopping!
CHAIR YOGA--Women’s Society-sponsored Yoga this
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for their Chair Yoga Class. All are
invited to attend – men or women, no membership or
registration is necessary.
FIRST FRIDAY
The First Friday of the month occurs this week. Holy
Communion will be brought to your homes according to the
usual schedule. Telephone calls will be made to set up
convenient times for the home visits. Anyone who is unable
to attend Mass because of age or illness is invited to call for a
pastoral visit.
CONGRATULATIONS - John R. DeBoard, Jr., has recently
earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank advancement
in Boy Scouting, with Troop 311 from Exeter, Pa. John and
his brothers volunteer in our parish, and we wish him well as
he continues using his gifts for the betterment of the world
around him.
LOAVES AND FISHES PROGRAM: June - Jelly
IHM EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT INSTITUTE
IHM Educational Enrichment Institute, located in the IHM
Center, 2300 Adams Avenue in Scranton, is offering an
individualized tutoring program from June 15-July 26. The
program is staffed by the IHM Sisters. For further
information, contact Sister Rose Marie Mozzachio, IHM,
Director, at 570-346-5429.
GRIEF SUPPORT MINISTRY TRAINING
Offered by the Office for Parish Life on Tuesday, June 2, from
6:30-8:30 p.m., Sister Jane Connolly, IHM, Pastoral Associate
at St. Rose and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carbondale, will
conduct a workshop for those who wish to become grief
support ministers as well as those who would like to develop
further their abilities to walk with the grieving. Topics will
include the grief process, common emotions in grieving,
complications and grief history, and listening skills. The
Workshop will take place at St. Monica Parish, 363 W. Eighth
Street in West Wyoming. To register, please call 570-207-2213.
This would be a wonderful addition to our Parish’s
ministries.
ANNUAL MISSIONARY APPEAL
Weekend of May 30th - 31st
Please join us next week in welcoming Fr. Randy
Gonzales, CICM, a Missionhurst missionary who will
be visiting and speaking at next week’s Masses,
presenting a mission appeal. Founded in 1862 for the
conversion of China, Missionhurst –CICM serves in
some of the most remore places of Mongolia,
Indonesia, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Missionhurst-CICM missionaries go to places long
term, sharing in the daily lives of the people, and their
privations. They respond to the most urgent needs,
starting farming projects, building schools or chapels,
or laying clean water supply lines. The Second
Collection next week will be for the missions – thank
you in advance for your generosity!!!
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This Bulletin is printed in Loving Memory of
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John A., Theresa and
John Adamiak Jr.
and Roche Family
Judith Akulonis
Frank and Helen Amantea
Jean Marie Ambrosavage and
Mary Louise Bomber
John & Anna Barton
Family and
Brecelnik Family
Peter and Victoria Biga
Thomas and Stella Blasco
Paul, Frank & Lena
and Gene Branas
Edward and Margaret
Brostoski
Chilek and Hoover Families
Coyne and Wieczorek
Families
Irene DeAngelo
Rev. Andrew J. Marcinko
M/M Andrew Marcinko
Carmen and Idena DeBiasi
Deceased members of the
Louis and Dorothy Doxbeck
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
Leo Glodzik, Sr.
and Lea Glodzik
Gregorczyk and Negvesky
Families
Martin K. Hastie, Jr.
Jasienski, Bozinko &
Lewandowski Families
Judge and Antal Families
Eleanor and Joe Kojtek
Marie Kudey
Kundrat and Simko Families
Eugene Madrak
Lottie and George Matrone
Victoria, Stella and
William Maziarz
Thomas J. and Cecelia A.
McAndrew
Henry B. McHale
John and Mary Mikovitch
John, Michaline and
Joseph Milus
Moskaitis Family
Mary Ann Namatka
Peter & Elizabeth Namatka
William & Josephine Sowa
Sophia & Walter Nestorick
and Peter Pocholonis, Jr.
Bernard Olcheski,
Eileen Macuga and
William & Helen Dalton
Zigmont, Lottie &
David Olszewski and
Anna Skowronski
Frank & Florence Orlowski
Bernard J. Ostrosky
Our Deceased Priests
Teresa Ramiza Pace and
Michael T. Haluschak
Charles & Julia Pernot and
Martin & Anna Dunay
and Family
Ruth Pernot
Samuel T. Perrins, Sr.
Eugene P. Perrins
Michael Pope, Jr.
Stanley & Stella Rava
and Family
Rincavage and Billick
Families
Michael and Irene Rostkowski
Jess L. & Beatrice Rutkoski
Victor L., Anna and
Victor J. Salidas
Edward and Dorothy
Piorkowski
John & Helen Polanchik and
John & Helen Martin
Thomas & Florence
Skowronski and
Wascavage Family
Joseph and Mary Solarchik
Dolores Acquadro Stallo and
Matthew “Max” Stallo
Margaret Stanavage and
Son, Ronnie
Carl Joseph Tucker, Butler
and Long Families
Walter Urban
Ross A. and Anna Vender
Jacob J. Vitek
Pauline M. Vitek
Theresa M. Vitek
Earl & Marion Vrabel and
Michael Larronde
Grant Larronde
Mike Wasko
Vincent & Mary Waszczak
and Marion Waszczak Bryk
Margaret Yauk
Emily Yerke
Amelia & Joseph Nycz
Zujkowski, Pribula and Klink
Families
Helen and Adam Zuro
Anna and Joseph Nametka
Alice and John Puscavage
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