Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish at 2011 State Route 29, Hunlock Creek, PA 18621-4303 US - Home

 VBS is Back!!!!

OLMC Vacation Bible School is scheduled for August 6th-10th from 9AM-12 Noon. 
This year’s theme is Shake-It-Up Café .  All children up to and including 6th grade are welcome.

Festival Flea Market

Drop off dates for donated items will be May 22nd from 6-8PM and June 5th from 6-8PM.  Check your homes for unwanted or unused items and bring them in.  We are accepting all household items including furniture, knick knacks, books, kitchenware, toys, antiques, bicycles, small exercise equipment such as weights and most other kinds of items.  Sorry, no shoes, clothing, TV's , exercise bikes or treadmills.

Male volunteers are needed for the drop off dates listed above to help remove large or heavy items from vehicles.

Festival Pierogi & Piggie Making

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 26th at 9 am for pierogies, June 9th from 9AM to 3PM to come out and help make piggies and June 23rd at 9 am for final pierogi making session for the festival. The more you can help, the quicker we finish up & have some lunch!!  Thank you in advance for your continued support at OLMC....

Festival Raffle Baskets

We are asking for volunteers to donate baskets for our Festival Raffle this year.  Suggested themes are coffee/tea, relaxation, candles, chocolate, cooking, car care, games, gardening, reading, movies, fun at the beach, and any other fun activity for summer. 
Please sign up for a basket at the bulletin board in the church or hall & specify the theme of the basket so I can know what to expect.  I will also call local businesses to ask for contributions for our baskets. 
If you know of or are aware of anyone who can contribute to a basket, please call me at 696-4927 and I would be happy to contact them.  Baskets will be collected June 23/24 and July 7/8 after masses in the hall.  Please feel free to call me with any questions:  Ellen Wilson.

 Banns of Matrimony

Third Call:  Andrew G. Shaffer and Alexandria Lee Lucas

 LOOKING AHEAD & OUTSIDE OUR PARISH

FOR THE YOUTH:

Catholic Rock Band Tour Dates

All Masses are on Sundays:

May 20th at 10:30AM—Our Lady of Victory, Harveys Lake

May 27th at 7:00PM—Gate of Heaven, Dallas

Come see the band play.

The Back Mt. Catholic Junior High Youth Group will sponsor a Car Wash from 9AM to 12PM in the parking lot of St. Therese’s Church.  Cost is your donation and all proceeds will apply towards the youth group’s team goal for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Camp St. Andrew

Camp St. Andrew, a resident camp for boys and girls will hold the following sessions for 2012…

Girls Basketball (grades 5-10) ... July 8th-13th

Girls Basketball (grades 5-10) ... July 15th-20th

Girls Traditional Camp (grades 3-10) ... July 8th-13th

Girls Traditional Camp (grades 3-10)...July 15th-20th

Father/Son Weekend (sons age 6-13)...July 20th-22nd

Boys Basketball (grades 4-9)...July 22nd-26th

Visit:  www.dioceseofscranton.org click on Camp St. Andrew under Social Services or visit their facebook page at www.facebook.com/campstandrew for more information and registration.  Phone: (570) 226-4606.

  The Bishop's Pilgrimage to Washington, DC 

On Saturday, September 15,  2012 The Most Reverend Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, D.D.,J.C.L. Bishop of Scranton will lead his first pilgrimage as Diocesan Bishop to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC.  The day will include opportunities for public as well as private prayer, confession, touring the National Shrine as well as the Campus of the Catholic University of America concluding with Mass. Bus fare is $40.00 per person made payable to OLMC with buses leaving from either our parish or our deanery.  To assure bus transportation it is requested by the bus company to hold strictly to a deadline of July 10th for reservations.  To make your reservation please contact OLMC Parish office @ 477-5040.

Catholic Home Missions

Thank you for your generous support to help strengthen the Church at home.  Your help will provide training for priests and lay persons in parishes that desperately need help attending to the unique needs of their faith communities.  Your contribution helps ensure that parishioners in mission dioceses will continue to worship well here at home.  To learn more about Home Missions funding and who the Appeal helps, please visit www.usccb.org/ationalcollections.

 In The Kitchen With Cheryl

You and your friends are invited to share a fun filled cooking presentation to be held on May 25th at 6PM at Immaculate Conception Church Hall, 605 Luzerne Ave. in West Pittston.  During this evening, you and your friends will be amazed as Cheryl Sempa Radkiewicz prepares and serves a delicious meal highlighted by Bourbon Glazed Pork Tenderloin, Creamy Mashed Potatoes, Honey Buttered Carrots, Vanilla Ice Cream with Brandy Walnut Sauce and White Chocolate Cheesecake Fingers.  Limited seating and adults only (21 years of age or older).  Reserve your tickets now by calling Teresa @ 357-3985 or Jacqueline @760-7082.  Ticket price is $25.

 Diocese of Scranton Vocations Golf Classic 2012

Monday, July 30th, Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, Mountaintop. 11:00AM Lunch, 12:00PM Shotgun Start, Reception & Awards Dinner after golf.   For reservations & sponsorships, call 207-2250.

 Attention: Blue Ridge Cable Subscribers 

If you are a Blue Ridge Cable subscriber & would like to start receiving CTV (Catholic Television  of the Diocese of Scranton), please call the marketing department at 836-5422.  The more people who call, the quicker we can begin to enjoy.