Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

     One would think that after the glorious days of Easter things would slow down a bit.  Not at all! Coming up on the 25th of April, His Excellency Bishop Bambera will be here to Confirm our young parishioners, including those from St. Mary’s , Waymart and St. Thomas, Lake Ariel Please keep them in your prayers as they make their final preparations.  On Saturday May 18th we will celebrate First Holy Communion which is always such a beautiful day for God’s little lambs who receive Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.  Then, something that has never happened before and we are so privileged in Honesdale to once again welcome Bishop Bambera to ordain to the Holy Priesthood, Deacon William Asinari.  Because he is the only one being ordained this year our Bishop deemed it advantageous to have this unique celebration in Deacon’s home parish so that parishioners would be able to witness and participate in an Ordination Mass.  Because this is such a rare occurrence we hope that many of you will plan on being present for the Ordination on Saturday, June 29th at 10:00 AM and on the following day, Fr. Asinari’s First Mass at 10:30.

     During the summer months we have several weddings scheduled and then in the Fall we have the 100th anniversary of St. Bernard in Beach Lake.  That will take place on Sunday, September 29th at 10:30 AM.  Again our Bishop will be with us to offer the Mass and following we will have a celebratory dinner at Lukan’s.  Tickets will be available soon.  There are only 150 places so please make your reservations as soon as possible.

     Kindly mark your social calendars now and further information will be made available as we draw closer to those dates.

     In the closing words from our Lord in today’s Gospel, he reminds us that we are witnesses to all of this.  There is much to witness to in the days ahead may we be worthy disciples in doing so.

Christ is Risen, Indeed He is Risen, Alleluia.

Father Langan