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
The “Cemetery Care” envelope appears each May in our packs. This month was chosen to correspond with Memorial Day. All money collected in this envelope will be deposited in our cemetery account and will be used solely for the upkeep of our venerable parish cemeteries in Dupont, Avoca and Moosic. Please be generous in your financial support of the burial places of our spiritual forefathers, especially if you have relatives or ancestors buried there. Please take time in May to put your envelope in the collection basket. **Queen of the Apostles parishioners may wish to indicate on their Cemetery Care envelope if they would like their donation to be deposited in either St. Mary’s Cemetery Account or Ss. Peter & Paul Cemetery Account.
SAVE THE DATE! Join us for the celebration of the parish feast day of Queen of the Apostles Parish on Sunday, August 23, at the Mercatilli-Segilia picnic pavilion in Moosic! An outdoor rosary will be prayed at 12:30 p.m., followed by a potluck picnic lunch in the pavilion. This is an event open to parishioners from both our parishes and is sponsored by the SM Altar & Rosary Society.
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Events Calendar
New altar servers are needed: Are you a young person who attends Mass every Sunday and Holy Day in our parishes? Are you interested in growing in the Church’s spiritual and liturgical life? Why not become an acolyte (altar server)? Fr. Petro needs new acolytes to serve Mass. Please contact either Parish Office or Fr. Petro if you are interested in learning how to serve. Training will be held in June after First Holy Communion.
Live out your faith. Our two parishes have been invited by Fr.
Petro and the Diocesan Office for Parish Life to participate in the
Genesis Mission, an evangelization initiative that equips ordinary
Catholics with the confidence and skills to share their faith by
promoting simple, natural ways of talking about God with
others. Through seven short sessions, participants will deepen their
relationship with Jesus, grow in faith, and discover how everyday
encounters can become opportunities to bring others closer to
Christ. Summer sessions are now forming and will meet
Wednesdays from June 17 through July 29 from 2:30-4pm or 7
8:30pm. Discover how ordinary moments can become sacred
encounters. To learn more, contact Regina Wright at (570) 207
2213 or rwright@dioceseofscranton.org
We are now Linked with Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Dupont.
Click the link below to visit their website
Parish Life In Pictures
