Saint Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, Scranton, PA, is a local parish of the

Melkite Eparchy of Newton.

CELEBRATING 129 YEARS IN SCRANTON in 2026. We are one of the three oldest churches in our Eparchy .

Founded by Lebanese immigrants in the late 1890s, we are a faith community that has withstood many trials and tribulations. Today we continue to witness to the Gospel of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania: concentrated in the Lackawanna Valley. Our faithful parishioners and friends hail from Albany to Philadelphia and areas surrounding. Patriarchate of Antioch. Catholic but not Roman, Byzantine in Tradition, brothers and sisters of the Orthodox East.

Visit the Eparchy of Newton website at www.Melkite.org for more information!

Church address: 130 N. St. Frances Cabrini Ave., Scranton, PA 18504 570-343-6092

stjosephscranton@gmail.com (publicity) melkite.scranton@gmail.com facebook @melkitescranton

Sacramental emergencies please contact Fr. Kenneth Sherman 570-977-6342

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Be sure to visit our bulletin page for weekly readings, calendar, memorials and additional scriptural readings and information (BULLETINS ARE PAUSED UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSITION OUR MICROSOFT PUBLISHER PROGRAM)

Liturgy Schedule Saturday & Sunday as posted.

Saturday Mystery of Holy Confession 3:45 p.m. Divine Liturgy at 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. confessions 15 minutes prior

Sunday Nov 15 following the Divine Liturgy we will have a meeting to initiate establishment of building, finance and food festival committees moving forward. Please bring a dish to share.

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Thank you for attending or donating toward our Women’s Society Annual Pasta Dinner. It was a great success. We look forward to our St.Joseph Day Breakfast in March 2027

Winners were drawn for our Festival 50/50 tickets from August until the Pasta Dinner.

1st Karen K 2nd Frank B 3rd Jean P It was a great success. Thank you to all ticket purchasers. Winners have been contacted.

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Our Melkite Appeal has begun. Please send back your forms to the Diocese of Newton. Additional information, envelopes and brochure are available in the rear of the church should you not have received one by mail. Please let us know so we can update our mailing list.

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Please Pray for our Melkite and Christian brothers and sisters experiencing threats to their lives in the Palestinian conflict.

Also, pray for our Ukrainian brethren and their families in the local Scranton area churches who have relatives fighting the war and others displaced.

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VISIT our new DONATE page through paypal.

See our facebook.com/melkitescranton page for photos & current events

For current events contact church email address at stjosephscranton@gmail.com

See our “ABOUT” tab for: The First 100 years of St. Joseph Church used for our Centennial Celebration Oct. 1997.