WE WISH ALL THOSE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL A BLESSED, SAFE, AND HEALTHY SCHOOL YEAR!

ATTENTION WIDOWs/WIDOWERS
We invite you to a gathering of widows and widowers to enjoy each others company while sharing conversation and refreshments.
ALL are welcome!
The get together will be on
Thursday, September 11th
1:00 pm
St. Mary’s Parish Hall.
WIDOW/WIDOWER GET TOGETHER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
1:00 PM
PARISH HALL ST. MARY’S, KIRKWOOD
WE WELCOME
REV. PETER T. AMAYS-AKPALA
Dear Parishioners,
Last month we welcomed Fr. Peter to the Catholic Communities of Eastern Broome and as a chaplain at UHS hospitals.
I know that you will welcome Fr. Peter and warmly embrace him as a member of our parish communities. We are greatly blessed by his priestly ministry and look forward to working with him in meeting the pastoral needs of our parishioners. His ministry ensures our continuity as Eucharistic Communities.
May we continue to pray for each other, our communities, our nation and our world.
Drivers needed
As we welcome Fr. Peter, we need drivers to help with transportation until
he is able to get his driver’s license. Fr. Peter will be living at St. Cyril’s Parish
in Binghamton.
If you are available to help, please contact Barbara Kane at the office.
Blessings,
Barbara Kane
Parish Life Director
COMING SOON!!!
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF EASTERN BROOME
PCA PICNIC
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
1 pm - 4 pm
OLOL PAVILION
**Faith Formation Sign-ups and Children’s Games including; egg relay races, kickball, Bible Bingo, and “Chalk the Walk” will be available**
Our Knights will provide the hot dogs and hamburgers. You are invited to bring a dish to share!
50/50 drawing to benefit the mission work of the Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
Need not be present to win (But, we hope you are!)
Tickets are on sale in all parishes THIS WEEKEND, Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5.
To help us prepare for the picnic, sign-up sheets are available in all parishes.

Please sign up if you are planning to attend.
We hope to see you there!
ST. JOSEPH'S DEPOSIT
ADORATION
Come join us at St. Joseph’s on Wednesday’s.
The church will be open for silent time with God on Wednesdays from Noon—1 pm. ALL ARE WELCOME!
WEDNESDAYS
OPEN ADORATION
NOON—1 PM
ATTENTION ALL SUNDAY MASS VOLUNTEERS AND FAITH FORMATION PARENTS
Necessity of Safe Environment Training
All Liturgical Ministers and parent volunteers, are required to attend Safe Environment TraininG. Participants can register for the following session online at safeenvironment@syrdio.org
· Tuesday, September 9, 2025: 10:00 am at St. Francis of Assisi, Binghamton
· Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 9 am at St. Patrick’s, Binghamton
· Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10 am at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Endicott
If you have any questions, please call the parish office at 607-775-0086.
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF EASTERN BROOME
SOCIAL SATURDAYS Caregiver respite
St. Mary’s is part of the SOCIAL SATURDAYS RESPITE PROGRAMS hosted monthly by area church communities.
Social Saturdays is a group respite program providing small group social engagement for care recipients while providing a break for their caregivers. Participants engage in discussions, light chair exercises, arts and craft activities, games, a light lunch and so much more!
There is no cost to attend and guests do not need to be a member of the parish to participate.
St. Mary’s Respite Program is the third Saturday of each month.
The next Social Saturday Respite Program is:
3rd Saturday of the month
Next Session
September 20, 2025—11:00 am – 2:00 pm
St. Mary’s Parish Hall, Kirkwood
There is no cost. All are welcome! Registration is required.
If you would like more information, or to register, contact Barbara Kane at 607-775-0086 or bkanepld@gmail.com.
The Catholic Communities of Eastern Broome
In 2009, the Catholic Communities of Eastern Broome County were linked together as a Parish Cluster. Consisting of the four parishes of Our Lady of Lourdes in Windsor, St. Joseph's in Deposit, St. Joseph's in Sanitaria Springs and St. Mary's in Kirkwood. The parishes operate under the leadership of a Parish Life Director with sacramental needs provided by retired priests.
For more information please call the parish office at 607-775-0086.
Faith Formation News/Schedule
**SIGN-UPS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR
WILL BE AVAILABLE AT OUR PCA PICNIC ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th!
PLEASE COME JOIN US FOR FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, FUN AND GAMES!**
SUMMER is just about over and Faith Formation will soon be starting!
Please mark your calendar for Sunday, September 14th.
We will be having Faith Formation sign-ups at our PCA Picnic along with Children’s Games.
Thank you to those families that volunteered to help.
If you have any questions, please call the parish office at 607-775-0086.
A NOTE ABOUT MASS INTENTIONS
Our church has the beautiful practice of accepting mass intentions. An individual may request a mass to be offered for a certain intention: or example, in thanksgiving, for the intentions of another person (such as a birthday or anniversary), or, as is most common, for the repose of the soul of someone who has died. One must never forget the great spiritual benefit andinfinite graces that flow from the Sacrifice of the Mass. It is a wonderful spiritual gift.
If you would like to request an intention for a mass, simply call the parish office and we will help you schedule a date and time good for you.
The donation is $15.00, but if need be, we can discuss that when you call the office at 775-0086.
Please join us in praying for the sick of our parish communities
Gerri McErlean, Jeff Briggs, Barbara Hagan, Julie Steele, Diane Yonchuk,
The Grogan Family, Carolyn Depaolo, Mary Ann Cline, George Whiting,
Alana Neer, Kevin Kane, Tom Williams, Janet Brunswick, Beverly Akulis,
Joan Puccio, Kevin Kane, Robert Acquisto, Wanda Chisarick, Jane Daley, Bev Gorman, Lori Decker, Jessica Griffiths, Caesar Siedlecke, Ray Vitiello, Karen Krasowsky, Bill Bennett, Giovanni Depolfi, Jean Aswad, Mary Kramer, Joe Hauptfleisch, Shirley Dennison, Tony Russell, JoAnne Meyer, Joan Covert, Corky Mott, Sarah Henry, Leo & Jan Grippen, Stephanie Davis, Kendra Decker, Jeannie Hurlburt, John & Arlene Dubay, Juliana Widmer,
Celia Santalucia, Ralph Blodgett, Connie Cotter,
Mary Joan Bayer, Anna Drankowski
Mass Times
St. Joseph Church Sanitaria Springs:
Sunday: 8:30 AM
Our Lady of Lourdes Church Windsor:
Sunday: 9:00 AM
St. Mary's Church Kirkwood:
Saturday: 4:00 PM | Sunday: 10:15 AM
St Joseph Church Deposit:
Sunday: 11:00 AM
