Holy Spirit Parish - Legacy Page

03/17/2026

The Holy Spirit Parish Walking Pilgrimage will live on as the Footsteps of Our Ancestors Walking Pilgrimage. Please follow the new page to see details about this year's event.

02/08/2026

Holy Spirit Parish dissolved on January 12, 2026 following the closure of St. Adalbert's Church, Glen Lyon.

St. Mary's Church in Mocanaqua is now a part of Saint Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke and St. Martha's Church in Fairmount Springs is now a part of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. Please follow our new parish pages for current information, Mass schedules, and updates on parish life.

Loving God, Alpha and Omega, you are both beginning and end. Our endings and our beginnings are rooted in your love. Send your Holy Spirit to light our way and guide us on our journey as we move forward.

01/08/2026

There's one more chance to sing with the choir for the Final Mass at St. Adalbert's Church, Glen Lyon! Please join us in the choir loft for a rehearsal this Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

01/06/2026

Bradley Banning will take the stage at Saint Faustina Kowalska Parish in Nanticoke this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free!

01/05/2026

You're invited to sing for the Final Mass at St. Adalbert's Church, Glen Lyon. Choir rehearsals will be held this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

01/04/2026

Happy eleventh day of Christmas! Here's a scene from St. Adalbert's Church in 1977. The parish had Christmas cards printed up that year with this photo and the following inscription: "May God who loved the world so much That He gave His only Son, Grant you a year of Christmas days With a blessing in each one." A beautiful sentiment then and now. Enjoy the rest of this holy season.

01/03/2026

In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.

Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.

- from the hymn "In the Bleak Midwinter," Christina Rossetti, 1872

01/02/2026

Our new Mass schedule begins this weekend. Saturday Mass at St. Mary's Church in Mocanaqua will be at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday Mass at St. Martha's Church will be at 10:30 a.m. There will be an 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Adalbert's Church in Glen Lyon on Sunday, January 4 only.

01/01/2026

Blessed among women, O Virgin who shines in the Gate of Dawn.

01/01/2026

"Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of heaven and earth for ever." (Entrance Chant for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God)

12/31/2025

Why will we be singing the Te Deum before Mass tonight and the Veni Creator Spiritus before Masses tomorrow? Read more about these opportunities to obtain a plenary indulgence.

What does the Church say about indulgences as one year ends and another begins?