Parish News

Parish Calendar

Donna Nemshick will be doing the parish calendar going forward. If you have any meeting dates or events you would like on it please contact her by email: dnemshi@gmail.com.

Capital Campaign 

All info and donation forms were mailed last week. If you did not receive your packet, please call the Parish Center 570-929-1073. Cards regarding your contribution could be dropped into the collection basket or at the Parish Center. Reminder: that there will be 2 envelopes in your July through December, 2026 packet for you to donate if you choose to donate over the last half of the year. Please note that on the card when you return it. Thank you in advance for your contribution to help move our parish forward.

Bingo 

Our next bingo will be in Weatherly on August 16. Hope to see everyone there.

Fall Festival

In order for our fall festival to be as successful as it was last year, we are going to begin to ask for items this spring. We are going to include a gift card center that could be bid on. So, if you are shopping and could pick up one or have received gift card that you will not use, please put it into an envelope and drop it into the collection basket. Thank you in advance and mark your calendars for October 3rd which is when the festival will be held..

Religious Education News 

Just a reminder that all Prep students should continue to attend mass over the summer months and fill out a card from the back of the church to be placed into the basket at the end of mass.

It is with a sad heart that All Saints announces it will close the Little Angels Pre-school because of lack of registration. Over the past years, the pre-school has been running on a deficit and the parish has been covering the loss. This school year there were only 4 students registered and it is not feasible to make up that difference. In order for those students to find another pre-school, the decision was made at this time rather than later. Thank you to Grace Smith, Patti Ervin, and Carla Zakrewsky for all the work that was put into a wonderful program that we experienced for the past 31 years.

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

• 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.

Because We Are Catholic (BWAC)

Our last monthly report, 53 donors from our parish have donated $6803.03. 

Our parish goal is $17,780.00. We have until the end of 2026 to reach this goal. Envelopes can be found in the back of the church to make your donation marked “Because We Are Catholic” or you could go directly to the diocesan website to donate. 

Any new donor, the money will be sent back to the parish and we will receive a portion of any amount over our goal.