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St. John
Byzantine Catholic Church
Pottstown, PA

School of Religion/ECF First Day of Class
The students of the ECF/School of Religion
program at St. John Church held their first day
of class on Sunday, September 8, 2024 which
included a group picture. The GCU Parish
Social Grant supplied special treats (donuts and
water) for the students, Catechists and parents.
There are 25 students and 14 Catechists in the
ECF/SOR program. Rev. Nicholas de Prospero
is pastor at St. John and thanked all for their
participation. Fran Petro and Alex Riebe are
ECF/SOR co-coordinators and GCU members.

Alex Riebe | Byzantine Parish Coordinator

St. Mary Assumption
Byzantine Catholic Church
new sALeM, PA

Blessing of Fruit
For the feast of the
Transfiguration, as a
tradition, Father Ragan
blessed fruit at St. Mary
Assumption Church. At
the end of the Liturgy
Parishioners with the beautiful blessed flowers.
on Tuesday, August 6,
parishioners were given
Blessing of Flowers small bags of blessed
For the patronal feast day grapes to be enjoyed at
of the Assumption, small home. Thank you GCU
individual bouquets of a Social Grant Program for
variety of flowers were funding both of these
blessed by Father Ragan, beautiful traditions.
assisted by altar server
Rich Kormanik on Thursday, Bernadette Karoffa | Byzantine
August 15. The parishioners Parish Coordinator
were then given the blessed
flowers to take home.

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