MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKEND St. Francis—Feb. 8th—4:30PM: Lector—Thomas O’Reilly; Servers—Loretta Guiton; Rosary—Loretta Guiton St. Francis—Feb. 9th—8:00AM: Lector—Bill Dovin; Servers—Patrick & Marty Conboy; Rosary—Debbie Purtell St. Augustine—Feb. 9th—10:30AM: Lector—Barbara Pichette; Servers—Kiera & Riley Short; Rosary—Ann Zalepa (new volunteers are welcome & needed) If at any time you see that a volunteer is needed for any ministry, please feel free to step forward and volunteer your services.

DECEASED Please pray for the deceased, especially Chip Barnum, husband of Jessica Barnum; son of Joyce & Chuck Barnum; and nephew of Mary Shaughnessy. We also pray for Elizabeth “Betty” Kass, Louise McGavin, Judy Peifer, and Mary Ann Place, who were known to many in our Community. May they rest in peace. Amen. SANCTUARY LIGHTS, ADORATION VIGIL CANDLES & DEVOTIONAL CANDLE DONATIONS

A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention requested by Joe Purr. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention.

CHURCH CLEANING St. Francis cleaner for the month of February is Laura Legg.

St. Augustine cleaners Feb. 2 to 8—Anne & Sally Hawley; Feb. 9 to 15—Anne & Sally Hawley. Volunteers are needed to clean St. Augustine Church. If you can help, call the rectory.

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, Rita Powers, Debbie Jones, Julia Zangara, Kyle Stoddard, Mary Lou Gregg, Sophie Padula, Madigan Gow, John Flynn, Christine Rothwell, Donald & Theresa Baum, Mary Bakay, Donnie Butler, Tommy Williams, Stephen Ambrose, Toni Colardino, Evelyn Palulis, Mary Riley, Tom Wenman, Linda Hollenback, Jennifer Lynn, Jerry Lynch, Tyler Fletcher, Anna Mae Coleman, Joshua Welch, Jean Ryan, Richard Hutchinson, Joshua Kaminski, Kathy Holt, Aleisya Abrams, Agnes Neville, Steve Hundiak, Christopher Polk, Mary K. Long, Mary Lou Fahs, Molly Penderf, Butch Rosencranz, Ruth King, George Kotch, Brooke Arnold, Peg Taylor, Hallie Brooks, Ken Roon, Rosemary Boyle, Sarah Murnigahan, Candy Coney, Walter O’Rourke, William Chaney, Mary Cadden, Frank & Sandy Szabo, Nancy Lynch, Daniel Gavin, Sue Anderson, June Riley, John Bauer, Adam Kelly, Francis Zernone, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Roman Drab, Doddie Mondi, Pauline VerValen, John & Alberta Zielinski, Bob Fedroff, Virginia Raftis, Fred Russell, Dorothy Catlin, Marie Donahue, Nancy, Matt & Emily, Bob Murphy, R. C., Robyn Lawson, Vicky Nelson, Marie Chillemi, Robert Peifer, Kevin Phalen, Rita Flynn, Mike Rafferty, Elton Carr, Peter Purtell, Kaleena Dughi, George Moore, Molly Getter, Sam Miner, Debbie Drewry, Helen Taylor, Bill Sheredy, Dewey Newhart, Bub Davis, Tom Fitzgerald, Rusty Carmen, J. K., Ronalee Eckert, and Theresa Noldy. May they regain full health. Please pray for the needs in our Parish Intention Books. 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, Cortney Allen, Christopher Reichlen, Patrick Allen, Shane Kalpokas, Ryan Gormley, Mike Griffith, Daniel Hogan, Matthew Kramer, Dustin Ryder, Ricky Trowbridge, Bobby Brostoski, Ryan Neville, Anthony Flynn, Jason Raymond, A. Jay Tewksbury, Jennifer Buttacavoli, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Reed Shave, John Matousek, David Teetsel, Lisa Phillips, Carrie Krouse, Ryan Newberry, Wayne M. Bennett, Lukas Crisman, Duane Thomas, Joseph Elliott, Michael and Sean Plitt, Mark W. Gregg, Bradley J. Bryant, Taylor Cain, and all who serve with them. May they all be protected and safe from harm and 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. OIL SPILL: Please continue to pray for a successful cleanup of the remainder of the spill.

The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

and St. Augustine Church,

Silver Lake, Pa.)

(St. Brigid’s Cross)

P.O. Box 75 • 17 Cottage Street • Friendsville, Pa. 18818 www.ourparishcommunity.com • Phone (570) 553-2288

E-mail: sfxc@epix.net Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT “We the faithful of the Roman Catholic Community of St. Brigid Parish, (St. Francis Xavier and St. Augustine Churches), in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, and the Diocese of Scranton, are called through baptism to share in the mission which Jesus Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We in this Faith Community, under the leadership of our Bishop and our Pastor, cooperate to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the teaching of the Church, to celebrate the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, for the salvation of all, and to witness by grace to the Kingdom of God so as to promote a culture of life, justice and peace. We especially endeavor to foster spiritual growth and evangelization in our present and future generations by drawing parish members back to active participation.”

CONFESSION SCHEDULE

Saturday - 4:30PM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions - 4:00 to 4:20PM Sunday - 8:00AM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions immediately following Mass

Sunday - 10:30AM Mass - St. Augustine Church - Confessions - immediately following Mass Or any convenient time upon request. WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our Parish collections: St. Francis (4:30PM) $ 686.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) $ 640.00; St. Augustine (10:30AM) $ 1,084.00.

LIFELINES “Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognized as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.” ~Pope Francis, Letter to Brazilian families for National Family Week, August 6, 2013 “Give us the grace - When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.” ~Pope John Paul II, Homily, October 7, 1979

HOLY COMMUNION UNDER ONE ELEMENT AND SHAKING HANDS

As the winter cold & flu season is upon us already, we are suspending shaking hands at the sign of peace. Please acknowledge those around you with a wave or nod of the head. We will also have Holy Communion under one species; the Precious Blood will not be offered until further notice.

MASS SCHEDULE Sat. Feb. 1 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS Sun. Feb. 2 8:00AM St. Francis Church - THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

CARL MILLER by Pauline Miller and Family 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - Anniv. MARY BETH ADAMS by Mom & Dad

Mon. Feb. 3 12:00NN St. Francis Church - JIM KEENAN by the Pichette Family Tue. Feb. 4 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - MARY ANN VON WOLFERSDORF by Bill & Barb Pichette Wed. Feb. 5 8:30AM St. Francis Church - MARY BAHAN by the Estate Thur. Feb. 6 8:30AM St. Francis Church - JULIA FLAHERTY by Tom & Margaret Flaherty Fri. Feb. 7 12:00NN St. Francis Church - 1st Anniv. MICHELE D. MURPHY by Marge Murphy Sat. Feb. 8 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JOSEPH & HELEN GRIFFIN by Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin Sun. Feb. 9 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

3rd Anniv. RALPH WARNER by Mary Warner 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS

SECOND COLLECTION TODAY The Second Collection today is for the Care & Education of Priests.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ~ THANK YOU Thank you for your generous contributions to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development! Your gifts will help CCHD end poverty in the United States through better education, improved housing, and economic development. Through CCHD and its beneficiaries, we help keep Catholic social teaching alive and carry out Jesus’ mission to “bring glad tidings to the poor...to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free” (Lk 4:18). Our collection total was $ 425.00.

PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING—RESCHEDULED The Pastoral Council Meeting has been rescheduled to THIS Wednesday, February 5th, at 6:00PM in the Rectory. All members are invited and encouraged to attend.

BLESSING OF THROATS This Monday, February 3rd is the Feast of St. Blaise. Blessing of Throats in honor of his Feast will take place at all Masses this weekend.

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK Tuesday, February 11th is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick. Anyone wishing to receive the Sacrament of the Sick will be anointed following weekend Masses on February 8th and 9th. (If you would like to be anointed but can’t attend Mass, please call the office 570-553-2288 to arrange anointing.) Please pray for all the sick in our Parishes, Community and World. There are two inserts in the weeks bulletin concerning World Day of the Sick. Please look them over.

BLESSED CANDLES Blessed Candles are available in the back of Church. A small box is next to them for donations.

NEW VOLUNTEERS NEEDED New volunteers for the Ministries of Lector, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, Altar Server, and Rosary Leader are always needed and welcomed. At St. Augustine we are most in need of Rosary Leaders (one person leads the Rosary almost every Sunday) and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (it would be helpful to have one more). At St. Francis we are most in need of Lectors for the 8:00AM Sunday Masses. (There are only three people who Lector for this Mass; one of them is away for the entire winter; one of them goes away for part of the winter. This leaves one person to Lector every weekend.) A huge thank you to Amanda Reeves who volunteered to Lector at the 8:00AM Mass. At St. Francis it would be helpful to have additional Altar Servers for the 4:30PM Mass. (There are currently only (2).)

ALTAR & ROSARY KNIFE RADA SALE St. Brigid Altar & Rosary Society is selling Rada knives as an on-going fund raiser. Orders can be placed with a member of the Altar & Rosary or can be placed on-line by going online to www.helpourfundraiser.com and use customer number 504671. The password is mrsa01pw. Do not use capital letters in the password.

PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS Parish Lottery Calendars are available in the back of the Churches. Calendars are $ 20.00 each. They run from April 1st thru December 31st, 2014. Each family in our Parish is asked to take at least (5) calendars to sell. There are both 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. Please help to make this very important fund raiser a success again this year!

CONFESSION SCHEDULE

Saturday - 4:30PM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions - 4:00 to 4:20PM Sunday - 8:00AM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions immediately following Mass

Sunday - 10:30AM Mass - St. Augustine Church - Confessions - immediately following Mass Or any convenient time upon request. WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our Parish collections: St. Francis (4:30PM) $ 686.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) $ 640.00; St. Augustine (10:30AM) $ 1,084.00.

LIFELINES “Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognized as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.” ~Pope Francis, Letter to Brazilian families for National Family Week, August 6, 2013 “Give us the grace - When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.” ~Pope John Paul II, Homily, October 7, 1979

HOLY COMMUNION UNDER ONE ELEMENT AND SHAKING HANDS

As the winter cold & flu season is upon us already, we are suspending shaking hands at the sign of peace. Please acknowledge those around you with a wave or nod of the head. We will also have Holy Communion under one species; the Precious Blood will not be offered until further notice.

MASS SCHEDULE Sat. Feb. 1 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS Sun. Feb. 2 8:00AM St. Francis Church - THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

CARL MILLER by Pauline Miller and Family 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - Anniv. MARY BETH ADAMS by Mom & Dad

Mon. Feb. 3 12:00NN St. Francis Church - JIM KEENAN by the Pichette Family Tue. Feb. 4 8:30AM St. Augustine Church - MARY ANN VON WOLFERSDORF by Bill & Barb Pichette Wed. Feb. 5 8:30AM St. Francis Church - MARY BAHAN by the Estate Thur. Feb. 6 8:30AM St. Francis Church - JULIA FLAHERTY by Tom & Margaret Flaherty Fri. Feb. 7 12:00NN St. Francis Church - 1st Anniv. MICHELE D. MURPHY by Marge Murphy Sat. Feb. 8 4:30PM St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JOSEPH & HELEN GRIFFIN by Mike & Mary Ellen Griffin Sun. Feb. 9 8:00AM St. Francis Church - 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

3rd Anniv. RALPH WARNER by Mary Warner 10:30AM St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS

SECOND COLLECTION TODAY The Second Collection today is for the Care & Education of Priests.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ~ THANK YOU Thank you for your generous contributions to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development! Your gifts will help CCHD end poverty in the United States through better education, improved housing, and economic development. Through CCHD and its beneficiaries, we help keep Catholic social teaching alive and carry out Jesus’ mission to “bring glad tidings to the poor...to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free” (Lk 4:18). Our collection total was $ 425.00.

PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING—RESCHEDULED The Pastoral Council Meeting has been rescheduled to THIS Wednesday, February 5th, at 6:00PM in the Rectory. All members are invited and encouraged to attend.

BLESSING OF THROATS This Monday, February 3rd is the Feast of St. Blaise. Blessing of Throats in honor of his Feast will take place at all Masses this weekend.

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK Tuesday, February 11th is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick. Anyone wishing to receive the Sacrament of the Sick will be anointed following weekend Masses on February 8th and 9th. (If you would like to be anointed but can’t attend Mass, please call the office 570-553-2288 to arrange anointing.) Please pray for all the sick in our Parishes, Community and World. There are two inserts in the weeks bulletin concerning World Day of the Sick. Please look them over.

BLESSED CANDLES Blessed Candles are available in the back of Church. A small box is next to them for donations.

NEW VOLUNTEERS NEEDED New volunteers for the Ministries of Lector, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, Altar Server, and Rosary Leader are always needed and welcomed. At St. Augustine we are most in need of Rosary Leaders (one person leads the Rosary almost every Sunday) and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (it would be helpful to have one more). At St. Francis we are most in need of Lectors for the 8:00AM Sunday Masses. (There are only three people who Lector for this Mass; one of them is away for the entire winter; one of them goes away for part of the winter. This leaves one person to Lector every weekend.) A huge thank you to Amanda Reeves who volunteered to Lector at the 8:00AM Mass. At St. Francis it would be helpful to have additional Altar Servers for the 4:30PM Mass. (There are currently only (2).)

ALTAR & ROSARY KNIFE RADA SALE St. Brigid Altar & Rosary Society is selling Rada knives as an on-going fund raiser. Orders can be placed with a member of the Altar & Rosary or can be placed on-line by going online to www.helpourfundraiser.com and use customer number 504671. The password is mrsa01pw. Do not use capital letters in the password.

PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS Parish Lottery Calendars are available in the back of the Churches. Calendars are $ 20.00 each. They run from April 1st thru December 31st, 2014. Each family in our Parish is asked to take at least (5) calendars to sell. There are both 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. Please help to make this very important fund raiser a success again this year!

MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKEND St. Francis—Feb. 8th—4:30PM: Lector—Thomas O’Reilly; Servers—Loretta Guiton; Rosary—Loretta Guiton St. Francis—Feb. 9th—8:00AM: Lector—Bill Dovin; Servers—Patrick & Marty Conboy; Rosary—Debbie Purtell St. Augustine—Feb. 9th—10:30AM: Lector—Barbara Pichette; Servers—Kiera & Riley Short; Rosary—Ann Zalepa (new volunteers are welcome & needed) If at any time you see that a volunteer is needed for any ministry, please feel free to step forward and volunteer your services.

DECEASED Please pray for the deceased, especially Chip Barnum, husband of Jessica Barnum; son of Joyce & Chuck Barnum; and nephew of Mary Shaughnessy. We also pray for Elizabeth “Betty” Kass, Louise McGavin, Judy Peifer, and Mary Ann Place, who were known to many in our Community. May they rest in peace. Amen. SANCTUARY LIGHTS, ADORATION VIGIL CANDLES & DEVOTIONAL CANDLE DONATIONS

A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention requested by Joe Purr. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention. A Devotional Candle at St. Francis burns for a Special Intention.

CHURCH CLEANING St. Francis cleaner for the month of February is Laura Legg.

St. Augustine cleaners Feb. 2 to 8—Anne & Sally Hawley; Feb. 9 to 15—Anne & Sally Hawley. Volunteers are needed to clean St. Augustine Church. If you can help, call the rectory.

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, Rita Powers, Debbie Jones, Julia Zangara, Kyle Stoddard, Mary Lou Gregg, Sophie Padula, Madigan Gow, John Flynn, Christine Rothwell, Donald & Theresa Baum, Mary Bakay, Donnie Butler, Tommy Williams, Stephen Ambrose, Toni Colardino, Evelyn Palulis, Mary Riley, Tom Wenman, Linda Hollenback, Jennifer Lynn, Jerry Lynch, Tyler Fletcher, Anna Mae Coleman, Joshua Welch, Jean Ryan, Richard Hutchinson, Joshua Kaminski, Kathy Holt, Aleisya Abrams, Agnes Neville, Steve Hundiak, Christopher Polk, Mary K. Long, Mary Lou Fahs, Molly Penderf, Butch Rosencranz, Ruth King, George Kotch, Brooke Arnold, Peg Taylor, Hallie Brooks, Ken Roon, Rosemary Boyle, Sarah Murnigahan, Candy Coney, Walter O’Rourke, William Chaney, Mary Cadden, Frank & Sandy Szabo, Nancy Lynch, Daniel Gavin, Sue Anderson, June Riley, John Bauer, Adam Kelly, Francis Zernone, Shawn Burns, Quinn Seymour, Roman Drab, Doddie Mondi, Pauline VerValen, John & Alberta Zielinski, Bob Fedroff, Virginia Raftis, Fred Russell, Dorothy Catlin, Marie Donahue, Nancy, Matt & Emily, Bob Murphy, R. C., Robyn Lawson, Vicky Nelson, Marie Chillemi, Robert Peifer, Kevin Phalen, Rita Flynn, Mike Rafferty, Elton Carr, Peter Purtell, Kaleena Dughi, George Moore, Molly Getter, Sam Miner, Debbie Drewry, Helen Taylor, Bill Sheredy, Dewey Newhart, Bub Davis, Tom Fitzgerald, Rusty Carmen, J. K., Ronalee Eckert, and Theresa Noldy. May they regain full health. Please pray for the needs in our Parish Intention Books. 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, Cortney Allen, Christopher Reichlen, Patrick Allen, Shane Kalpokas, Ryan Gormley, Mike Griffith, Daniel Hogan, Matthew Kramer, Dustin Ryder, Ricky Trowbridge, Bobby Brostoski, Ryan Neville, Anthony Flynn, Jason Raymond, A. Jay Tewksbury, Jennifer Buttacavoli, Andrew Muscarelle, Adam Barziloski, Reed Shave, John Matousek, David Teetsel, Lisa Phillips, Carrie Krouse, Ryan Newberry, Wayne M. Bennett, Lukas Crisman, Duane Thomas, Joseph Elliott, Michael and Sean Plitt, Mark W. Gregg, Bradley J. Bryant, Taylor Cain, and all who serve with them. May they all be protected and safe from harm and 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. OIL SPILL: Please continue to pray for a successful cleanup of the remainder of the spill.

The Roman Catholic Community of ST. BRIGID PARISH,

(St. Francis Xavier Church, Friendsville, Pa.

and St. Augustine Church,

Silver Lake, Pa.)

(St. Brigid’s Cross)

P.O. Box 75 • 17 Cottage Street • Friendsville, Pa. 18818 www.ourparishcommunity.com • Phone (570) 553-2288

E-mail: sfxc@epix.net Father Casimir (Cas) Stanis, Pastor

Kenneth S. Brennan, Deacon

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT “We the faithful of the Roman Catholic Community of St. Brigid Parish, (St. Francis Xavier and St. Augustine Churches), in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, and the Diocese of Scranton, are called through baptism to share in the mission which Jesus Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We in this Faith Community, under the leadership of our Bishop and our Pastor, cooperate to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the teaching of the Church, to celebrate the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, for the salvation of all, and to witness by grace to the Kingdom of God so as to promote a culture of life, justice and peace. We especially endeavor to foster spiritual growth and evangelization in our present and future generations by drawing parish members back to active participation.”

Thank you to those who have already made the commitment to “Serve with Love.” If you did not already make a pledge, envelopes are available in the back of the Churches for your pledge. Completed pledges may be placed in the collection basket or mailed to the Rectory. St. Brigid Parish Appeal goal is $ 23,750.00, the same as last year. Currently we have (138) pledges

for a total of $ 20,235.00. We are ONLY under our goal by $ 3,515.00. Thank you to everyone for your generosity.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton, and the Office for Parish Life wish to invite couples celebrating their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary in 2014 to a Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 22nd. The event includes a 2:30PM Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral followed by a reception. Requests for an invitation, with a mailing address, should be made through St. Brigid Parish Office by February 10th.

IS YOUR MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE? Are you considering divorce? Retrouvaille is a program designed to provide help and support to married couples who are undergoing difficulties in their relationship. It is also for couples who are separated or divorced and want to try again. If you are experiencing loneliness, hurt and brokenness in your relationship, let Retrouvaille help you. It is not too late to register for the February 14-16 at Fatima Renewal Center in Dalton, Pa. call: 1-800-470-2230 or visit: www.HelpOurMarriage.com .

SPECIAL PROGRAM ON CTV: BISHOP-ELECT JOSEPH R. KOPACZ CTV: Catholic Television has produced a special program on Bishop-elect Joseph R. Kopacz, who will be ordained and installed as the 11th Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi on February 6th. The program can be viewed on the Diocesan website at http://www.dioceseofscranton.org/media/pope-francis-appoints-father-joseph-r-kopacz-ph-d-diocese-of-scranton-priest-as-bishop-of-jackson-mississippi/

ADORATION OF OUR LORD

He dwells in our Church day and night until the end of time. O come let us adore Him, Christ our Lord. Visit our Newborn King in Eucharistic Adoration at St. Augustine’s Chapel. For a permanent hour or to substitute call Andrea Chen at 607-669-4875.

THANK YOU FROM LITTLE MEADOWS FIRE COMPANY Thank you to everyone who attended the Breakfast last Sunday. Your generous support is greatly appreciated.

SHEETS & BLANKETS NEEDED Old/used sheets and 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).

NEUMANN CENTER BOTTLE & CAN DRIVE

The CYO basketball teams are sponsoring a bottle & can drive to replace the scoreboard control box. You can drop donations at Neumann Hall Tuesday nights between 6 & 9PM or anytime at the Vestal Center Redemption Center, Route 26 next to the Car Wash and VanDervort’s Mini Mart. (Just mention your donations are to benefit St. Brigid Parish/CYO.) Thank you for your support.

CYO VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL SENIOR NIGHT

All Parishioners and friends are invited to attend St. Brigid’s team’s final home game of the season. The game will be held on Sunday, February 9th, at 6:00PM at Neumann Hall. Please come out to support our team and say good bye to seniors. There will be a pre-game ceremony for seniors and their families. Please come out and pack the house in support of our home town team!!! Thank you for your support—the Coaches