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Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Mother of Perpetual Help, your very name inspires confidence. We come before your holy picture in praise and thanksgiving to God, seeking your intercession with Jesus, your son, for all the needs of our lives today. We celebrate your holy motherhood as we proclaim Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer. You answered when called to be mother of our Lord. Obtain for us the grace to be alive to our baptismal call and especially to embrace the Gospel of life and to respect all life on earth. You wondered as your Son grew in wisdom, knowledge, and grace. Intercede for us so that we may welcome the Word of God in our lives and be bearers of the good news to everyone. You delighted as your Son healed the sick. Intercede for our sick that they may receive good health and that they in their turn may be healers to others. You enjoyed peace as your Son comforted the afflicted. Intercede for all who suffer so that they may know that we carry their burdens with them and in this way we keep the law of Christ. You rejoiced as your Son forgave sins. Obtain for us the forgiveness of our sins and lead us to unbind others and set them free. You suffered at the wounds your Son endured for our salvation. Help us to bind up the broken-hearted and to give hope to the downtrodden. You exulted in your Son’s resurrection. Obtain for us the grace to persevere in His way all the days of our life and be granted a place in heaven. You are the first of all the disciples and saints. We trust in your motherly love and care. Obtain for us all the graces we need to fulfill God’s plan each day in our lives. Amen.

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Mission Statement

We bring together a new parish family
to worship God, to evangelize the
community, to encourage participation
of youth and young adults in parish life,
to pass on our faith to the next
generation, to respect life,
and be good stewards of God’s gifts.

  HISTORY OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH.

The actual founding of St. Mary’s Parish began in 1950 when Fr. McCabe was appointed administrator of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Stowell with a mission at St. Francis Church in Cummiskey. He was commissioned by Bishop Hafey to form a mission parish in Wyalusing with the name of the new parish being St. Mary of the Assumption, in honor of the dogma newly proclaimed by Pope Pius XI1 in Rome. Prior to 1950 Catholic families were served by a priest coming to Wyalusing where Mass was celebrated in private homes.

Sunday Mass was first celebrated in the Wyalusing Theater. The James Andrew’s home on Route 6 was purchased as a new base for the parish community. Mass was offered in the parlor of the home which also served as a residence for the pastor. St. Anthony of Padua in Stowell was made a mission with St. Mary of the Assumption. St. Francis Church in Cummiskey then became a mission with St. Basil’s in Dushore. At this time, the rectory would be moved to Wyalusing. Mass was held in the parlor of the Route 6 home for the next 3 years. An addition was built onto the rectory to accommodate a larger congregation. In 1953 a hall was acquired from St. Francis Church in Cummiskey. It was cut in sections and brought to Wyalusing. Parishioners and local contractors put up the hall. All parish functions were held in the hall.

St. Luke’s Church in Warren Center was a mission church that had been closed and Father McCabe was granted permission by Bishop to dismantle the church and move it to Wyalusing. A group of parishioners and local contractors moved the church to Wyalusing and it was rebuilt at the Route 6 site. The first Mass celebrated at St. Mary of the Assumption was the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1953.

An addition of 33 feet was added to St. Mary’s Church and finished in 1981. This was necessary due to the increase in the number of Catholics to our area.

In March 2000, when oil was being delivered to the rectory, the oil tank ruptured and 300 plus gallons ran into the unfinished basement and the fuel oil seeped into the ground. Due to the strong fumes from the fuel oil the rectory was considered unhealthy for the pastor to live in, therefore, was deemed uninhabitable. It became necessary to rent an apartment on Front Street for the pastor to live in. In 2005 St. Mary’s purchased the McCarty home for a new rectory. In 2006 the necessary renovations were made to the McCarty home and the pastor moved to the new rectory. With the six years from the time of the oil spill the fumes had diminished; the process that the recovery crew used with the pipes and pumping the spilled oil from under the old basement was successful; therefore, the old rectory was considered habitable again and it was remodeled and the old rectory became the parish office.

In 2008, due to the shortage of priests and also decline in Mass attendance in the Scranton Diocese, many parishes were joined with one another. In 2008 the Diocese decided to begin the process of joining St. Mary of the Assumption with St. Joachim’s parish in Meshoppen and this became official July 19, 2009. St. Anthony of Padua in Stowell and St. Bonaventure’s in Auburn, mission churches, were officially closed in July, 2009.

In 2022, St. Joachim’s Church was transferred to Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tunkhannock, and St. Mary’s was linked to SS Peter & Paul in Towanda.  While remaining a separate parish, the two churches share a common priest. 

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Lenten schedule

Fridays during Lent 11:00 AM – Rosary 11:30 AM – Stations of the Cross 12:00 Noon – Mass Penance services March 10: 4:00 PM – SS Peter & Paul, Towanda March 24: 2:00 PM – St Basil’s, Dushore Holy Week March 24 11:00 AM – Palm Sunday – including procession with palms from the hall …

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Giving Trees

The Giving Trees will be up next weekend. We will be helping three local families this year. If you are able to help this year, please take a tag from the tree, buy and wrap the gift and return it to the church by December 10th. Also, we will again be supporting the Endless Mountains …

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Christmas Bazaar

The Christmas Bazaar is scheduled for Sunday, November 5th from 10 am to 3 pm in the hall. A light lunch will be available as well as craft tables for your shopping pleasure, bake sale table, and raffle table. Please support the bazaar by donating lottery ticket donations for the lottery wreath.  Please drop them …

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