Parish News

Parish Calendar/Bulletin Deadline

Any group who would like to put their activities on the website calendar is asked to reach out to Donna Nemshick at 570-956-1859 or email dnemshi@gmail.com.

All items to be published in the bulletin must be emailed to churchofallsaints@ptd.net no later than 10 AM the Monday before publication. Any items submitted after 10 AM will be published in the following weeks bulletin.

Capital Campaign 

THANK YOU for your continued support. 

Fall Festival

See everyone this weekend!

PREVIEW OF BASKETS AND PRIZES will be Saturday, October 3rd with the Festival on Sunday October 4th. Preview on Saturday will be from 5PM until 7PM with a special menu. On Sunday the day of the auction, food sales will begin at 12 noon and this year there will be tables set up for eating in. There will be a full menu of piroghi, haluski, stuffed cabbage, sausage and pepper hoagies, and a bake sale and more. There will be take-out and/or eat-in. The ticket pull will begin at 2PM. We look forward to you staying to see if you win any prizes.

Pre-orders for stuffed cabbage, pierogies and haluski are being taken for our Fall Festival food sale on October 4. Please call either Donna Pieracini at 570-929-3751 or Mary Ann Bielen at 570-479- 1064 with orders by Wednesday, September 30.

Religious Education News 

Reminder that anyone who would like to participate in the Living Rosary in Weatherly on October 11 at 6PM is asked to call Mrs. Smith at 570-582-8706. Next PREP class will be on Tuesday, October 6th for grades 1-7.

Parish Feast Day Celebration 

Plans are being made for the Parish Feast Day on Sunday, November 1st, the Feast of All Saints. On that day, mass will be celebrated at 3PM at All Saints. This mass will fulfill your weekly obligation. Immediately afterwards we will go over to the IHM hall for hors d’oeuvres and then dinner will be at 5PM. Following dinner, there will be music and dancing. We would like to have our annual Wine Pull. So if you could donate a good bottle of wine for the occasion it would be greatly appreciated. Tickets will be on sale after masses soon. The cost for the evening will be $25. So mark your calendars to save the date. Tickets will be on sale next weekend after masses.

October Schedule of Events

October 3 & 4 – Fall Festival

October 4 – Weatherly Breakfast

October 5 -- PAG Meeting at 4PM in the Parish Center. All are welcome!

October 6 – PREP class

October 11 – Living Rosary

October 12 -- Parish Center Closed Columbus Day Holiday

October 13 – Finance Council Meeting

October 20 – Parish Pastoral Council Meeting – McAdoo

October 25 – Activity Planning Meeting Weatherly - Tentative

October 25 – Family Faith Session

Important Notice

Please make any checks for our parish made payable to All Saints Parish. Although we have two worship sites, we are ONE Parish. The bank returns any checks made payable to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Special Thanks

• We appreciate the work of Mark and Michael Grega in refinishing and refreshing the woodwork on the outside of the rectory at Our Lady of Lourdes. We also appreciate the work of Bruce Douglas and those who assisted in erection of the permanent sign at Our Lady of Lourdes. Work well done!

• IHM Hall – A new hot water system has been installed and ready for use. Thank you: Dale, Andy, and John.

• Presentation on the Mass – Thank you Ron, Jerome, and Rebecca for a beautiful presentation on the MASS. It will make us all think differently as we enter the church for mass in the future.

• The Taize`Prayer Service was a memorable experience for all those who attended Sunday evening. A heartfelt thank you to Monsignor Zemanik, Father Thomas, plus the amazing All Saints and St Ambrose Choir led by Ron made the evening, for Lent, perfect to honor our Lord. After the service there were light refreshments including, homemade desserts, for those who attended provided by the talented parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes. Many thanks to those who donated and made the evening special.

• The Weatherly Ecumenical Ministerium Service, hosted in Weatherly, at Our Lady of Lourdes, was another special evening with all dominations coming together to worship our Lord during this Lenten season. A heartfelt thanks goes to those who participated in any way including, Deacon John Matulevich, Ron and his very talented choir. Everyone had an enjoyable evening ending with The Knights of Columbus hosting the Social Hour with refreshments and delicious baked goods. Thank you to the ladies of the parish for their fantastic baked goods and all the help from the parishioners for their help before and after the service.

• A Special Thank You to John and Michelle Caravella and her family for graciously donating many cases of bottled water to our church for all of our activities.

• A heartfelt thank you goes out to the Grega Family for hosting the first Sunday in February Social Hour at OLOL, which was enjoyed by everyone. Many thanks to those who donated the delicious food and baked goods as well as those who helped before and after the event. This would not be possible without our parish family's help and volunteering. May God Bless You!

• We would like to thank the FCSLA – the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association for their donation of $600.

• Thank you to Gerard Grega for facilitating the acquisition of a pizza oven for Church of all Saints. 

• Thank you to McAdoo Machine Shop for making and donating the bracket for the cross at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Tresckow.

• The Green Chasuble for All Saints was donated by Tommy & Carol Pellock In Memory of John & Elizabeth Pellock.

• Thank you to John and Michelle Caravella for the generous, continued donation of water for Parish functions held at OLOL.

• Thank you to Rick Hoffman of R H Construction of Weatherly Rick and his employees have been doing maintenance of the St Joseph Parish Cemetery in Laurytown at no cost to the Parish. We appreciate his time and services in maintaining this sacred resting place of our earliest parishioners.

• All Saints Parish would like to offer a very heartfelt Thank You to the Thomas and Stritz Families. The money received from their estates will help the parish make many needed improvements. There will be a mass offered in Thanksgiving for their generous donations early next year.