2024 Christmas liturgy schedule: 6:30 p.m. Christmas Eve in St. Thomas Hall 9:00 a.m. Christmas in St. Thomas church
NEW PARISHIONERS ARE MOST WELCOME! If you are moving, or returning, please let us know so we can maintain accurate records. Please call the Rectory 814-623-5526. Baptized Catholics who have not been practicing their faith are encouraged to return to the Church.
22 Years Old? You Need to Register: Children of parishioners are reminded that they are removed from their parents’ registration upon their 22nd birthday and must register as an adult member of the Parish. Please call the Rectory 814-623-5526.
Mass Schedule - Check the Church Bulletin for schedule changes. All Weekend Masses are in the Church. SATURDAY: 5:00pm First Saturday: 8:00am followed by Confessions SUNDAY: 7:00am & 9:30am Fr. Rich also has a noon Mass at his mission parish, Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin in Beans Cove, PA.
Weekday Masses are typically on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 8am.
CONFESSIONS are from 3:45-4:45 on Saturday, after the 3 pm Holy Hour on Friday, or anytime upon request.
ADORATION: Every First Friday - after the 8am Mass until 9:30am and every Monday morning after the 8:00am Mass until 9:00am.
HOLY HOUR: 3:00 Wednesday - Our Lady Guardian of the Faith Holy Hour 3:00 Friday - Divine Mercy Holy Hour
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Every Friday during Lent at 6:30pm in the church with the exception of Good Friday.
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Parish Office Hours Mon. 8am to Noon & Thurs. 8am to 11:30am
All ordinary parish business should be conducted at this time. Please call to make personal appointments with the Father Rich at 623-5526 ext. 3.
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God Grants Amazing Graces to those who Honor Mary ** PRAY THE ROSARY** The Rosary is recited 1/2 hour before each Mass followed by the Divine Mercy Devotion. ________________________
A message from Pope John Paul II "Many problems darken the horizon of our time. We need but think of the urgent need to work for peace, to base relationships between peoples on solid premises of justice and solidarity, and to defend human life from conception to its natural end.
And what should we say of the thousand inconsistencies of a ‘globalized’ world where the weakest, the most powerless and the poorest appear to have so little hope!
It is in this world that Christian hope must shine forth! For this reason too, the Lord wished to remain with us in the Eucharist, making his presence in meal and sacrifice, the promise of a humanity renewed by his love."
Prayer for All Souls
It is a Catholic practice to pray for our deceased brothers and sisters, especially during November so that their time in purgatory will be shortened and their arrival in the Kingdom of God will be hastened. Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son Jesus in union with all the Masses said throughout the world today; for the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, in my home and in my family. Amen.
It is recommended we pray this after every decade of the Rosary. Our Lady also imparted to Hungarian visionary Mrs. Elizabeth Szanto Erzebet, (mother of six who died in 1985), the following message on October 13, 1962 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the last apparition at Fatima.
Proclaiming herself as "The Flame of Love", Our Lady said: "My Daughter, your compassion for suffering souls moved my Motherly heart so much that I will grant the grace that if anyone anywhere will say Three Hail Mary's in reference to my Flame of Love, then on each occasion a soul will be freed from Purgatory.
Furthermore, "In the month of the Holy Souls (November) TEN SOULS WILL BE FREED FROM PURGATORY FOR EACH HAIL MARY...Suffering souls will also feel the effect of the grace coming from my Motherly Flame of Love."
This is our opportunity to storm Heaven with our Rosaries during this month. Think of the number of souls you will all be able to deliver from Purgatory into the Glory of Heaven through your Hail Mary's. They won't forget you!!!
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