Saints Peter and Paul Church

Announcements

• Sep 20 Vigil Mass on youtube from SS Peter & Paul Church, Towanda

  https://youtu.be/KSw1NP26x8E

   

   

   

• CCD Registration begins

  Join the discussion!   

   

               Providing our kids with religious formation is always a challenge.  Having a pandemic makes it even more so!  Please join the discussion!

               We need your input as we decide what form CCD will take when school resumes:  please send us your opinions, thoughts and concerns.  You may contact the church office at 265-2113 or email  to  stppp@yahoo.com; or contact Marie Seibert at 570-637-1062 (call or text) or to her email at seibertspace2@comcast.net.

   

  Register your student:

   

  Please be aware that CCD is designed for all students who are not enrolled in St. Agnes.  Classes are for Kindergarten through 12th grade, and we need to know how many students we have at each grade level.  Registration forms are available in the back of the church; forms are being emailed as a separate attachment along with the bulletin and can be printed, filled out, and left in the donation box, mailed to parish office, or email it to Marie Seibert  as above.

   

• Masses online or televised

  Saturday Vigil Mass at SS Peter & Paul Church, Towanda, is now on youtube to view on Sunday: new link each week posted above.

  Daily 8 AM, Noon, and 7 PM on EWTN television station

  Sunday 8 AM and Noon on EWTN television station

  Weekdays 12:10, 3:30 and 7 PM on CTW; also streamed on website www.dioceseofscranton.org; and on Diocesan facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube

  Saturday Vigil 4 pm on CTW and streamed on Diocesan website www.dioceseofscranton.org and Diocesan facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube

  Sunday 10 am on CTW and streamed onDiocesan websiter www.dioceseofscranton.org and Diocesan facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube

  Weekdays 9 AM livestream at TheDivineMercy.org facebook page

  Weekdays 7 pm in Spanish at LaDivinaMisericordia (Official) facebook page

   

   

   

• Diocesan Mass Televised Schedule and online access

  A pivate Mass will be celebrated daily in the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Scranton, and made available on CTV: Catholic Television of the Diocese of Scranton.

  On weekdays, the Mass will be broadcast at 12:10 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

  On weekends, the Saturday Vigil Mass will be broadcast at 4:00 p.m. and rebroadcast on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.

  The Masses will also be streamed on the Diocese of Scranton’s website (www.dioceseofscranton.org), made available on the Diocese of Scranton’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and will be accessible on the Diocese of Scranton’s YouTube channel.  

• EWTN Mass Schedule

  Daily Mass is available on EWTN (Comcast channel 63). 

  The schedule is 12:00 a.m. (midnight), 8:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. (noon), and 7:00 p.m.

  Sunday Mass is on EWTN at 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (noon).

• July 6: Regular Weekday Masses Resume

  8:30 AM on Mon./Tues./Wed./ Fri ; no Mass on Thursday.

   

  Face masks, designated seating, social distancing, hand sanitizing are required. Reservations not needed.

• Sunday Masses by Reservation only

  
  Saturday Vigil 5 PM;  Sunday 8 & 11 AM  BY  RESERVATION  ONLY:

  Make a reservation at 

  http://tableagent.com/scranton/sts-peter-and-paul/

  and select day/time for your reservation and number in your group.

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  OR  you may call Kathleen ONLY between 12-3 PM on Thursday or Saturday at 570-364-5996 with day,time, & number coming.

  Masks must be worn; assigned seating; social distancing shall be maintained at all times inside and around the church.

• Sep 13: CCD Classes Begin

  9:15-10:30 am in the St. Agnes School

• Sep 20: High School CCD Classes begin this Sunday

  High School Students "Theology of the Body" Classes for Religious Education

  Sundays, 9:15-10:30 am at @ St. Agnes School, beginning September 20

• Sept. 24: Pro-Life Town Hall Tour

  American Legion – 912 South Main Street Towanda will be held on Thursday September 24, 2020 at 7 pm.  See posted flyer.  All are welcome! No advance registration required.  Tour topics will include: LIFE in a Pandemic, LIFE at the Capital, LIFE on the Line, LIFE in the Culture, and LIFE without Roe

  Presented by Bradford County Pennsylvanians for Human

• Oct 2: First Friday Mass 8:30 am

  Eucharistic Adoration after Mass until 9 pm.

  Sign up for a specific hour; or drop in a your convenience to spend time before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament; be sure to sanitize all surfaces you have touched before leaving the church   Face masks and social distancing are still necessary.

• Oct. 3: First Saturday 8:30 am Mass

• Oct. 4: Life Chain

  Sunday October 4, 2020 from 2-3:30 pm.  Life-Chain is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of Pro-Life Americans who pray for our nation and an end to abortion.

   

• Oct. 10 Public Square Rosary

  PUBLIC SQUARE ROSAY

   

  All are invited to join the 2020 Public Square Rosary in honor of Our Blessed Mother in front of the Towanda Courthouse on October 10, at 12 noon. This rosary is in honor of Fatima and will be one of over 20,000 rosary rallies that will take place across the United States on that day. Please join us in offering reparation for the sins and offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to fervently pray for the conversion of the United States. This year we have a lot to pray to Mary for including the end to the pandemic and a good outcome for the election. Please join us on that very important day.”Public prayer is far more powerful than private prayer. “ Saint Louis de Montfort.

• Do You Miss Holy Communion?

  Spiritual Communion Prayer

  SPIRITUAL  COMMUNION  PRAYER

  My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

  I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.

  Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

  I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you.

  Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

   

• Difficult to Get to Confession? * * *

  Act of Perfect Contrition

  first is to pray an act of contrition "out of love for God," Father Pietrzyk said. Being sorry out of love for God has often been described as having a desire to be reunited to God because of who he is-- because of God's perfect love for us, and because of sorrow for having offended God by sin. It means wanting to live in unity with God, and to put aside the sins that stand in the way. There is no set formula for making an act of contrition, but a common one reads as follows: “My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against You, whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.”

   

  Second, a Catholic must make a firm commitment to go to confession when that becomes possible.

  59745678. Pietrzyk explained that an act of perfect contrition is not a replacement for the sacrament of penance— far from it. “Even perfect contrition is never separated from the sacrament, at least in intention...if one makes a perfect act of contrition, it's not 'Oh, I don't have to go to confession any more.' Quite the opposite," Pietrzyk said. "The person who says: 'I have perfect contrition, but I'm not going to the sacrament' does not in fact have perfect contrition," he said.

  The sacrament of penance remains the sole, ordinary means for the forgiveness of mortal sins after baptism, Father Pietrzyk said. Contrition is about conversion, he said, which means turning away from attachment to sin, and turning toward the sacraments.

  ~ Johan McKeown quoting Father Pius Pietrzyk, OP; Catholic News Agency.com, Mar. 27, 2020, © CNA.com

   

  ***A Private Confession may be arranged by calling Father Ed at

  570-265-2113.

   

   

• March 10, 2020: Continuing Restricted Visitation to Health Facilities

  Religious services and communion calls have been restricted effective immediately until further notice, by the relevant health care providers, including the Bradford County Manor, Towanda Personal Care Home, Towanda Skilled Nursing.  Emergency calls for the sacraments by the priest will be allowed.

• "FORMED" on-Line Resources - easy access

  Registering for FORMED is easier than ever:

  1. Go to formed.org/signup
  2. Select your parish (search zipcode or parish name)
  3. Register with your name and email address
  4. Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED

  Enjoy DVD's, CDs, Programs,  books and more, for a variety of ages and interests.

• 2019 Jan. 22: Diocese Launches Independent Survivors Compensation Program

  Dear Friends,

  As you may be aware, today the Diocese of Scranton launched its Independent Survivors Compensation Program to compensate survivors of child sexual abuse.

  This Program comes on the heels of the Grand Jury report, and is the latest step the Diocese has taken as we work to support survivors of abuse and eradicate abuse from the Church altogether. As you likely know, our Victim Assistance Coordinator helps to provide emotional, psychological and pastoral care to survivors of abuse, and survivors will now have the option to file a claim for compensation. We adhere to a strict zero tolerance policy on abuse, and have a number of prevention initiatives including extensive training and background checks. As we continue to improve our policies, launching this Program was a natural next step.

  Today Bishop Bambera shares a video address with the faithful of our church. I encourage you to view this video via the link noted below and also on our website. I hope this video answers your questions about the Program launch. However, I welcome you to reach out to me should you have any further questions. I would be happy to speak with you.

  Thank you for your continued support of the Diocese of Scranton.

  https://www.dropbox.com/s/d31hibyaxpzw0ne/Compensation%20Program.mp4?dl=0