The Parish of
ST. BONIFACE & ST. LAWRENCE
P: 570.326.1544 | stboniface@comcast.net | Father Bill: frbillc@comcast.net | F: 570.326.6746
ST. BONIFACE CHURCH
326 Washington Blvd.
Williamsport, PA 17701 stbonifacecatholic.com stbonifacecatholic.com
MASS SCHEDULE
Wednesday & Friday ... 8:00am Saturday Vigil...4:00pm Sunday, ...9:30am
Sunday, Ǥ...10:30am
Holy Days...as announced
CONFESSIONS
Saturday ...3:15 to 3:45pm
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
Choir Director... Dr. Gary Boerckel Contemporary Music... Don & Kristin Fisher Organist...Yvonne Mitchell Ushers ... Bob Engel Arts & Environment ...
MASS SCHEDULE
Monday & Tuesday... 7:00am Saturday Vigil...5:30pm Sunday ... 8:00am Holy Days...as announced
CONFESSIONS
First Saturday of the Month... 9:00am
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
Commentators/Lectors...Joni Keller Eucharistic Ministers ...Jim Noviello Parish Accompanist ...Rebecca Pritchard Bereavement ...
Arts & Environment ... Dianne Fisher Family Promise ...Margy Foran
ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH
800 West Central Ave.
South Williamsport, PA 17702 stlawrencecatholic.com
PARISH OFFICE
326 Washington Blvd.
Williamsport, PA 17701
OFFICE HOURS
Mon. - Fri. 8:30am - 4:30pm DMPTFE)PMZ%BZT)PMJEBZT
PASTORAL STAFF
Rev. William Corcoran, Pastor 3FW3PCFSU"OUPOFMMJ4FOJPS1SJFTU
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Christine Dell, Parish Secretary Ricci Sampsell, Financial Secretary
ELEMENTARY CAMPUS - PreK - 5TH - 710 FRANKLIN STREET, WILLIAMSPORT - 570.326.3738 JR. SR. HIGH SCHOOL - 6TH-12TH - 901 PENN STREET, WILLIAMSPORT - 570.323.9953 TTTn
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St. John Neumann Regional Academy Elementary...9:15am-10:15am Director of Religious Education...Karen Balestino RCIA Coordinator...Brian Haas Adult Education...Fr. Bill
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Week of: March 20, 2022
Do you want to fast this Lent?
In the words of Pope Francis
Fast from hurting words and say kind words.
Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.
Fast from anger and be filled with patience.
Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.
Fast from worries and rust in God.
Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity.
Fast from pressures and be prayerful.
Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others.
Fast from grudges and be reconciled.
Fast from words and be silent so you can listen.
Heavenly Father,
As I enter another week of my Lenten journey, guide me to the path that leads to
you. Fill my heart with gratitude, patience, strength, and peace as I strive to become
the-best-version-of-myself, honestly admitting my shortcomings and sins.
As I renew my resolve each day to become a better person, let me hear your voice in the deepest reaches of my heart. Give me
rest in you. Help me to accept others, showing them your great love instead of casting judgment. Stay with me through the busy days this week and remind me
that when I need comfort, solitude, wisdom, or guidance, I can always turn to
you. Help me develop discipline and generosity through fasting and almsgiving, and come closer to you through prayer this
Lent. In your name I pray, Amen.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PREP?
LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Friday, March 25-5:30 St Lawrence Church Students in Grades 6 & 7 will be bringing the Stations to life with visual representations and meditations for today’s followers of Jesus. Come join us and bring a friend.
PREP LENTEN SERVICE PROJECT
PREP students are practicing the three pillars of the Lenten journey: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving through a service project to benefit Shepherd of the Streets. This ministry, located on Park Ave, in the Costellano Center, assists the uninsured and underinsured with prescriptions, medical supplies, eye exams, glasses and travel to medical appointments. They also provide hygiene items and have a food pantry. During Lent, our students will be collecting hygiene items such as shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap and lotion as well as monetary donations to support the work of Shepherd of the Streets. We are asking students to take part in this project by making some sacrifices and/or “earning” money to contribute to this important ministry and by praying for the families that are being served.
WE NEED ADULTS TO HELP WITH VBS Vacation Bible School—June 20-24
9:00 AM-Noon for Grades PRE-K 4-Grade 5 St Boniface & St Lawrence are partnering with St Ann and St Joseph the Worker Parishes to offer a summer faith experience for children in Grades Pre K-4 thru Grade 5. Can you help us? Attend one of the Volunteer Interest Meetings @ St Joseph the Worker’s Fleming Center
Sunday, March 27th, 3 PM Tuesday, March 29th, 6:30 PM
Contact Karen Balestino if you are interested.
FORMED Lenten Video Series
March 20, 27 9:15-10:05 AM in the RAC Metanoia: A Journey with Christ into Conversion Get a cup of coffee, be inspired by a 30-minute video, and take time for some fellowship with other adults while children are in PREP class. Open to all parishioners.
MARCH 27 10:30 MASS
Assisted by PREP Grades K, 1 & 5
Karen Balestino, Director of Religious Education sbslprep@comcast.net (570) 419-8679
In Our Parish
Our prayers are with the family of:
Lillian Stopper, who passed away March 11, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St.
Boniface on Saturday March 19th.
FINANCIAL UPDATE
With so many things that are uncertain in our Church and world, I thought this may be a time for a little re-assurance.
From July thru February our numbers are:
NET INCOME St Boniface: $20,585 St Lawrence: $22,325
Neither parish has any unpaid bills. All of our assessments to the Diocese are current. No repairs are outstanding.
COLLECTIONS
St B: $ 323k VS $ 308k budgeted YTD St L: $ 139k VS $ 134k budgeted YTD Congratulations to both parishes! Considering that attendance remains about 25% lower than pre-covid times, people are being very responsible financially.
Still these numbers are not predictive about the future of a parish. Chancery is examining a larger mix that also includes attendance, numbers of baptisms versus funerals, vibrancy of ministries and the numbers of priests across the diocese.
So, for now feel proud and focus your faith on Jesus Christ. (Fr Bill)
LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Friday, March 255:30pm St Lawrence Church
Students in PREP Grades 6 & 7 will be bringing the Stations to life with visual representations and meditations for today’s followers of Jesus.
Come join us and bring a friend.
Vacation Bible School Volunteers
We need adults who are interested in helping prepare materials and adults who can assist with VBS during the week ofJune 20-24th 9AM-Noon.Please attend one of the Volunteer Interest Meetings @ St Joseph the Worker’s Fleming Center Sunday, March 27th 3 PM or Tuesday, March 29th, 6:30 PM
Contact Karen Balestino if you are attending.
sbslprep@comcast.net (570) 419-8679
Weekly Collections
St. Boniface
Church Collections: $5,481.22 Online Giving: $ 3,590.00
Total: $ 9,071.22 St. Lawrence
Church Collections: $3,916.00 Online Giving: $ 1,205.00
Total: $ 5,121.00
March
20th Third Sunday of Lent 20th Children’s Liturgy of the Word 21st The Light is on for You 5:30p – SB 25th The Annunciation of the Lord
25th “Living” Stations of the Cross 5:30p – SL 30th Reconciliation Service 7pm – St. Boniface 31st SJNRA Reconciliation Service 1pm–St. Boniface
Parish Council
Next Parish Council meeting will be held March 21st 6:30pm in the RAC
February council minutes are on our website.
Coffee & Donuts After Mass
St. Boniface on March 27th after 10:30am Mass, with hosts
St. Lawrence on April 3rd after 8am Mass in the St. Lawrence Hall. (1st Sunday of the month)
St. Boniface Lenten Reconciliation Service St. Boniface will host a Lenten reconciliation service on Wednesday March 30
th7pm for Lycoming County. Several area priests will be available for confessions.
St. Boniface Church is open daily 8am-4:30pm Monday–Friday for private prayer.
Please use the door closest to the Rectory.
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$10 Caden Holt $10 Charles Lackey $10 Max Davies $10 Joe Beiter $10 Carolyn Buehler $10 Sam Engel
A super big thank you to everyone for supporting the St. Lawrence Fish Fry Day Dinner held Friday March 18th. We sold all tickets the weekend before at the Saturday Mass at both parishes. Thank you to all that helped planning, attending meetings, helping to pay for items, and preparing. Thank you to the volunteers that stepped forward and offered to help with this first-time fundraiser and thank you to Janey and Mike Karney for planning and coordinating this event. Watch for details of our next fundraiser. If you have questions please contact Dianne Fisher 570-322-3278 or Judy Campion 570-323-6202
(Use this prayer-form 5-10 minutes daily.
All you do is to give Christ the time. He’ll do the rest! Your Lent will be graced.)
x Find a quiet place.
x Relax; close your eyes if possible.
x Take a few deep breaths.
x Ask Christ to touch the center of your being.
x Slowly repeat a word/phrase to help keep focused on Christ within you.
x To end your quiet time, speak a prayer-form to Him from your heart and ask His blessing.
x Then, go forth with Him (and Mary) to share His radiant love in your world!
~Sister Angelita Fenker 1930-2013 Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation
at St. Boniface
Every Monday during Lent 5:30-6:30pm (or longer, as needed)
Fridays 5:30pm March 25th–St. Lawrence
April 1st–St. Boniface April 8th–St. Boniface
Walking during homily
You may be just arriving or returning from the bathroom with a child...but if it's during the homily...please wait before going to your seat.
It's incredibly distracting for the priest if you are walking toward him as he is speaking. So, just hold off for a few minutes. That will help him and the people who are hoping for a decent message.
Walking with Purpose Mini Series Join the 6-week Walking with Purpose Women’s Bible Study Mini Series Wednesdays in the St.
Ann’s Parish Hall on April 20th & 27th, and May 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th.
Registration is $50 per person. For more information or to sign up, please contact Danita Evans jesusrocks4danita@gmail.com.
Lycoming College Choir Spring Choral Concert Thursday March 31
st7pm
at St. Joseph the Worker Parish, 702 W. Fourth St, Williamsport.
Free concert and open to the public
Visit www.dioceseofscranton.org and click on the Rectory, Set, Cook! logo
Pro-Life Prayer Breakfast
The Susquehanna Valley Chapter, Pennsylvanians for Human Life will host a PRO- LIFE PRAYER BREAKFAST on Saturday, April 9th 9:30 a.m., at Holiday Inn Express, 90 Pine St, Williamsport. A breakfast buffet will be served.
The price is $20 Adult • $7 Child 2-10 yr. • Under 2 Free. RSVP by March 25, 2022 to Doris 570.745.3502 or Tammy 570.745.3328.
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Family Promise (FP)
x Our next hosting week will be May 29th – June 4th. If you are interested in helping with
preparing a meal during that time, please
contact parishioner Pam Fink @ 570-916-0883 or if you have any other questions about FP, please contact parishioner Margy Foran @ 570-360- 1292.
March Food Bank - The following are needed:
x Salvation Army, Family Promise and Shephard of the Street
Easy Meals, Hamburg Helper, Pasta & Sauce, Mac & Cheese, Stuffing, Box Mashed Potatoes, Package Snacks, Microwave Meals
x Sojourner Truth
Sugar, Brown Sugar, Coffee and Creamer (powdered)
Sojourner Truth Ministry (STM)
x STM has openings for volunteers to help serve lunches at STM on Fridays 11am – 1pm If you are interested, please contact parishioner Karen Fry @ 570-916-1565.
GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION
Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines.
The pandemic hit particularly hard the Christians in the Holy Land. Most of them depend on pilgrimages to work. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection is also necessary to meet the basic needs of the People of God still living in this Land where the Church was born.
When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.
PLEASE BE GENEROUS!
For more information about Christians in the Holy Land, visit www.myfranciscan.org/good- friday
Week of March 21
st– 26
thMonday 3/21
SL—7:00 a.m.
In Memory of Leo and Jennie Samar by Family
5:30pm - SB – The Light is on for you Tuesday 3/22
SL—7:00 a.m.
In Memory of Beverly Bower by Anna Lechniak
Wednesday 3/23 SB—8:00 a.m.
In Memory of Martha Hodrick by Bob and Laurie Hodrick SJNRA – 10 a.m.
Thursday 3/24 No Mass
Friday 3/25 Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord SB—8:00 a.m.
In Memory of John “Plug” Stopper by Ruth S. Bower
Rosary – 8:30 a.m. following Mass
5:30pm – SL – “Live” Stations of the Cross Saturday 3/26
SB—4:00 p.m.
In Memory of Walter Lechniak by Family
SL—5:30 p.m.
In Memory of Joseph S. Balawajder by Family
Sunday 3/27 SL—8:00 a.m.
In Memory of Raymond and Vida Lyons By Patricia Lyons
SB—10:30 a.m.
For the Intentions of those of our parish
St. Boniface Sanctuary Candle burns March 20
th– 26
thIn Memory of Margaret Holland
by Sally Grieco
Eucharistic Ministers
SB 4:00 p.m. – Bill Hakes, Sally Dandini, Mike Lechniak
SL 5:30 p.m. – Kelly Wrightson, Marti Bryant SL 8:00 a.m. – Scott Lorson, Bruce Loner SB 10:30 a.m. – Cindy Furey, Sue Lingg, Jen Dincher
Commentator / Lector
SB 4:00 p.m. – Pat Lechniak SL 5:30 p.m. – Alfred Moore SL 8:00 a.m. – Pat Kaczmarek SB 10:30 a.m. – PREP StudentsBereavement Ministry
Team 1 - Week of March 20
th– 26
thPat Jacobs, Anne Kawa, Irene Coolidge, Connie Thomke, Cindi Leber, JoAnn Wagner, Sue Lingg, Sue and Butch McCusker, Doris Rishel, Pat Kaczmarek
Gregg E Fischer, Rick Livermore, Deb Noviello, Kathy Richardson, Caleb Leone, Carol Bower, Christina Falck-Armstrong, Dorothy Kriesher, Denise Dersham, Sr. Rita Naughton, Judith Waldman, Harold Shollenberger, Emily McDonald, Marge Connors, Canavan
Family, Hapeman Family, Charlene Efird, Kurt Hetrick, Larry Sauers, Kay McGonnell, Sandee Jacopetti, Shirley Smith, Maureen Struncis, Steve Zillow, Bromwyn Keener, Jackie Gailit, Gladys Engel, Hilda Delaney, Annette Caschera-Krauser, Glenn Liddington, Donna Dincher, Elsie & Dan Tess, Benjamin Aderhold, Carl & Lisa Edkin, Denyse Miele, Ailani Myers, Jennifer Frace, Ray Walters, Nancy Grzenda, Dave Shuman, Joyce Fitting, Michael Bower, Nora Olguin, Ken Englert, Eleanor Westphal, Larry Haefner,
Braylon Karney, Kelly DeAngelo, Kenneth & Annette Entz, Drew Coffman, Maria Missigman, Mary Patricia Schnars, Judy Saar, Joan Gerrity, Paul Batkowski, Bill Eisley, Deborah Ann LeFeber,
Karen Balestino, Tom & Sue Byrne, Diane Morrison, Kendra Garrison, Joe Smith, Bonnie Maurer, Jessica Springman, Christopher Mortensen, Judy Saar, Caryl Snyder, Molly Timko, Ed DeBrody, Jane Baker, Edith Eiswerth, Marcia Hess, Carol Long
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