SAINT MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

(Queen of the Apostles Parish)

715 Hawthorne Street, Avoca. Pennsylvania 18641

Mass Schedule:

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil at 5:30 PM, Sunday at 8:00 AM

Holy Day Masses: 5:30 PM on the day

Weekday Masses: 9:00 AM Tuesday, Thursday

Cash Bingo in Avoca! You are invited to a Cash Bingo Fundraiser
on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Queen of the Apostles Parish Hall.
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Bingo begins at 1 p.m. Players must be 18
years of age or older. Cash prizes range from $50–$200 per game.
Admission: $25 in advance. $30 at the door. Food and non-alcoholic
beverages will be available for purchase. Individual game sponsors,
donations of baskets for a basket raffle, and volunteers to help work
the event are now being sought. For more information, to volunteer,
or to purchase tickets, please contact John Labrosky, 570-881-3959.

Easter Food Basket donations for the needy are now being sought. The SM St. Vincent de Paul Society is in the process of creating food baskets that will be blessed and distributed on Holy Saturday in Queen of the Apostles Hall. Monetary donations are requested so that food can be purchased for the baskets. Please place your monetary gift in an envelope marked “Easter Food Baskets” and either drop it in the collection baskets or mail it to the parish office. If you or someone you know needs food for their Easter Sunday meal, please contact the SM parish office as soon as possible. The baskets will be arranged in the SM hall in preparation for the 1 p.m. blessing, after which they will be distributed

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SAVE THE DATE! Join us for the Diocesan Celebration of the
250th Anniversary of the USA on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 12, here at Sacred Heart of Jesus
Church, Dupont! A Solemn Pontifical Mass with Bishop Bambera
will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m., followed by a catered/potluck social
in the picnic grove. This is an event not to be missed!