Mass Schedule: St. Veronica s: Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM Confessions: Saturday: 4:00 PM to 4:15 PM Sunday: 9:30 AM to 9:45 AM

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1 314 Chestnut Ave. Hawley, PA Mass Schedule: Queen Of Peace: Daily (M-F):9:00 AM Sat.: 9:00 AM Liturgy of the Word with Communion Saturday: Sunday: First Fridays: Saturday: 5:30 PM 8:30 AM & 11:30 AM 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM Confessions: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Mass Schedule: St. Veronica s: Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM Confessions: Saturday: 4:00 PM to 4:15 PM Sunday: 9:30 AM to 9:45 AM 122 Shiny Mtn. Rd. Greentown, PA Rev. Richard W. Beck, Pastor Passionist Priests of St. Ann s Basilica Deacon Matt Lorent Parish Staff: William Ferraro, Business Manager Frances Peters, Parish Secretary Kevin Palan, Director of Music Mary Kennedy, Youth Faith Formation Director Finance Council Maureen Beilman, Chairperson Pastoral Council Mary Ann Olver, Chairperson Catholic Outreach Erik Manassy, Coordinator Rectory Office Phone: Fax: Business Manager: qofpeace1@gmail.com Parish Secretary: qpparishsec@gmail.com Mon-Thurs: 9:00 AM - Noon & 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM - Noon Saturday/Sunday: Closed web page: Youth Faith Formation Office Phone: or Fax: Program Director: qpfaithkids@gmail.com Mon, Tues, Thurs: 9:00AM - 4:30PM Sunday: 9:00am 12:30pm Facebook: Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Peace Welcome The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace & St. Veronica Parish Families Welcome all of you who have come to worship with us today. We would like to encourage you to participate fully in the spiritual, ministerial and social life of our parish community. Please contact our office to register if needed. Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms will be on Saturdays at 12:00PM. Parents must be registered parishioners of Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace & St. Veronica Parish or another Catholic Parish. All parents are required to attend a Pre-baptismal Seminar which are held bi-monthly. Please contact the Parish rectory to make arrangements for this seminar.

2 Readings for February 25, 2018 First Reading: Genesis 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18(26B) Second Reading: Romans 8:31b-34 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 Marian Movement of Priests Prayer Cenacle at Queen of Peace Church. Meet Sunday evening at 7:00PM The Intercessory Prayer Group- Mondays after the 9:00AM Mass Charismatic Prayer Group - Wednesdays 7:00PM in Tink Wig. For more information please call The Flame of Love Devotion- Thursdays after the 9:00AM Mass Praying the Rosary for Peace Tuesday Evenings at 6.30 pm During Lent We pray the Rosary, accompanied by scripture readings, music [psalms & songs] and Decade prayers. We pray for: World peace, Peace within our country and communities, Peace of mind and heart, and for good health of all. Everyone is welcome to attend and join in. Rosaries and booklets will be available for use and to take home for our homebound friends and family. The Rosary for Peace is done in honor of Father Healey. The Rosary for Peace prayer service was started by Reverend William Healey in 2002 at Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace Church on Tuesdays during Lent and has continued each year since. This years will begin on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Monday, February 19 & 26, 2018 Monday, March 5, 12,19, & 26, 2018 The season of Lent is a special time of grace, inviting and enabling all of us to deepen our relationship with Jesus and to embrace a life of meaning and purpose. To assist us, in addition to our normal Saturday afternoon confession time, Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace and most Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Scranton will be open on Lenten Mondays from 5:30-7:00pm. Please participate in this opportunity to make a good Lenten confession, and please also reach out to the Catholics you know who have been away from the regular practice of the faith and invite them to participate in this chance to begin again. Lenten Youth Mass Sunday, March 11th at 11:30 We invite our parish family to join us for a special Lenten presentation. I am asking all our parishioners to take the following precautions to help mitigate the effects of the influenza (flu). Parishioners are asked not to shake hands with the Priest, Deacons, Altar Servers and Eucharistic before/after Mass. Parishioners are asked to share the Sign of Peace with fellow parishioners without touching hands or kissing. This can be done with meaningful eye contact, smiles, and a bow of the head in reverence to one another or the Holy Wave. Thank you, Father Beck

3 Stations of the Cross 6:30PM at Queen of Peace 10:00AM at St. Veronica Friday, February 23, 2018 Friday, March 2, 2018 Friday, March 9, 2018 Friday, March 16, 2018 Friday, March 23, 2018 EASTER FLOWERS Every year we celebrate the eternal lives of our past family members with Easter flowers on the Altar in our Churches. If you would like to remember a loved one, please place your name, your contribution and the name(s) of your loved one(s) on the Easter Flower Offering envelope that can be found at the entrances of the churches. The Memorial list will be included with the bulletin the weekend of April 1, Please place your envelope in the collection basket by March 11, 2018 *Altaration 2018* Would you like to move from the faith of your childhood to a new understanding of Catholicism? Would you like to fall in love with the Church again? Join us this Lent for a short, yet powerful program that will speak to your heart! And, yes, we will even have coffee and donuts! Sundays, February 25 and March 4, 11, & 18. Parish Hall 10:00 to 11:15 am. Please call or qpfaithkids@gmail.com to register. DONT GIVE UP CHOCOLATE FOR LENT! HAVE THE BEST LENT EVER WITH MATTHEW KELLY DON T GIVE UP CHOCOLATE FOR LENT! INSTEAD, TAKE A 40 DAY JOURNEY TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF. Lent is the perfect time to form new life-giving habits and abandon old self-destructive habits. But most of us just give up chocolate. Then, when Easter arrives, we realize we really haven t grown spiritually since the beginning of Lent. Giving things up can help us to have a meaningful Lent, but that s not what Lent is really all about. Lent is about doing something something bold to become a better husband or wife, father or mother, son or daughter, friend, neighbor, etc. What if this year you did more than just give up something during Lent? Do something life-changing, from the privacy and comfort of your own home. Sign up for Best Lent Ever, a FREE, video-based program featuring internationally acclaimed speaker and New York Times bestselling author Matthew Kelly. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, Matthew will help you identify what stands between you and happiness... and what to do about it. Are you ready for your best Lent ever. Sign up at BestLentEver.com for this free .

4 DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION A Brief History On February 22, 1931, a young Polish nun, Sr. Faustina Kowalska, saw a vision of Jesus with rays of mercy streaming from the area of His Heart. He told her to have an image painted to represent this vision and to sign it, Jesus, I Trust in You! Calling her the Apostle and Secretary of His mercy, He ordered her to begin writing a diary so others would learn to trust in Him. In a series of revelations, He taught her that His mercy is unlimited and available even to the greatest sinners, and He revealed special ways for people to respond to His mercy. By the time of Sr. Faustina s death in 1938, devotion to the Divine Mercy had already begun to spread throughout Eastern Europe. In July, 1940, Fr. Joseph Jarzebowski, a Polish Marian priest fleeing from war-torn Poland, prayed to the merciful Savior to help him escape, vowing to spend his life spreading the Divine Mercy message. He arrived safely on American soil in May, 1941, and the Marians in Detroit and Washington, D.C. were soon distributing Mercy of God leaflets, prayer cards, and other materials. The process for beatification of Sr. Faustina was begun in On March 7, 1992, Sr. Faustina was declared Venerable, on December 21, 1992, a healing through her intersession was declared a miracle, and on the Sunday after Easter, April 18, 1993 (Mercy Sunday), she was solemnly beatified in Rome by Pope John Paul II. St. Faustina became a saint April Marian Helpers The Novena of Divine Mercy will begin on Good Friday, March 30. Brochures describing the Divine Mercy Devotion are available at the doors of our churches. MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, :00 PM PARISH HALL This training is in keeping with Pennsylvania State Law and the Diocese of Scranton guidelines. All Adult volunteers must take this course. There are two ways to do this. Either online or in a class setting. We will be hosting more classes in the future, if needed. The link for the online training is as follows: There is a certificate to print that you need to bring to the Rectory Office when class is completed. For those of you that have already taken class, ie: teachers, school workers, social workers, please bring the Certificate of Completion to the Rectory Office. This is different than the Virtus training Protecting God s Children. To register, for any questions or concerns please call MONTHLY ACTIVITIES/MEETINGS Altar & Rosary Society meet the 2nd Sunday of each month after the 11:30AM Mass in the Parish Hall Bam Program 1st full weekend of each month. After all Masses. The Knights of Columbus monthly meeting is the 3rd Wednesday of the 6:30PM in the Parish Hall Franciscan Secular Order meet the 4th Sunday of each month at 1:00PM in the Parish Center. First Saturday Marian Devotions takes place the 1st Saturday of the month after the 9:00AM Liturgy of the Word with Communion

5 Keep in your Prayers Larry Blatz Gina Castrianni Father Brice Lou J. June Utegg Nicole Pancaro Regina Stephens Anna French Kathy Rezykowiski Bob Kaub Kathy Harding Eddie McArdle Matthew Eisele Janice Walsh JR Bea Jim Hamill Sarah David Nichols Helen Nolan Eileen Martinell Matthew & Family John Serena & Family Sue Delling Madlyn Borelli Anna & Rich Glazier Brenna Marie Kelly Father Paul Mullen Damian Stephens Mary Sincoskie Thomas Millinamow Michael McLaughlin Colleen Steuhl Griffin Ashley Demchuk Eileen Bonaccorso Macey Hessling Carol & Bob Krenzel Jean Martin Joanna Horn Vincent Kelleher Christian Kennedy Frances Cahill Seth Kelly David & Jeanne Thomas Jane Cole Billy Flynn Mickey Foster Steve Krouse Gilbert Clancy Danny Krouse Frances Clancy Joan Para Sheila Ierubino Hope Allen Sean Sweeney Nellie Nichols Charlemagne Asekhauno Brooklynn Reese Bill Pfeiffer Walter Galuska Lisa Kopich William Flederbach Kathy Fern Greta Flederbach Carl Zanetti Barbara Flederbach Conrad Deutsch Eleanor Parra Joanne Parra Roberta Sefchick Brian Chris Bevando Helen Campion Bonnie Matthews To Everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven A Time to Be Born: Marriage: Welcome: Time to Die: Cathy Kiessling Dorothy Molta Sylvia Parlatore Anne Pacitti Joseph Lizzio Caroline N. Sekula William Lonergan Lord, hold our military troops, police and fire fighters in your loving hands, protect and bless them and their families as they protect us. FEBRUAY 19-25, 2018 Monday 9:00 AM QP Sally Kohler - Joe & Diana Seeman Tuesday 9:00 AM QP Caleb Regenski - Pop Wednesday 9:00 AM QP Robert Nadratowski - The Hochreither & Lukan Family Thursday 9:00 AM QP Gertrude Feeney - Paul & Una Fitzpatrick Friday 9:00 AM QP Rev. William B. Healey - Anita Kretchik Saturday 9:00 AM QP Liturgy of The Word with Communion 4:30 PM SV Those of Our Parish Family 5:30 PM QP Leroy Gibbons - Jeffrey Bea Sunday 8:30 AM QP Dolores Cronin - her friends 11:30 AM QP Joan Frisella - Georgette & Chris Miller 10:00 AM SV Kevin Leibet - Family FEBRUARY 24/25, 2018 Saturday Lector Ann Marie Reap 4:30 PM SV Minister Kathy Jerge 5:30 PM QP Lector Sunday 8:30 AM QP Ray Narvaez Connie Hawkins Jana Kilfduff Deacon Matt Altar Servers Morgan Augustine Lector 11:30 AM QP Lector 10:00 AM SV Lector Minister Mark Graziadio Ann Monaghan Mary White Jean Ann Ferraro Altar Servers Brianna Gori Liz Rotar Marianne Vassallo Teresa Ammendola Deacon Matt Altar Servers Kally Kietrys Marina Bandirma Deacon John The Blessed Mother candle burns This week in loving memory of Rev. William B. Healey From: The Kennedy Family The Tabernacle candle burns This week in loving memory of Rosie Marie Connelly From: Family