Swim lessons to resume
ELYSBURG - Knoebels Crystal Pool will resume and complete the learn-to-swim program from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Friday. Parents are encouraged to bring their swim suits to swim with their children.
Bishop attending St. Anne novena
ASHLAND - The annual St. Anne Novena began Monday at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 1100 Walnut St., and will continue to the feast of SS Joachim and Anne July 26. Novena prayers will be said after all daily and weekend Masses. The Rev. John W. Bambrick, pastor, will conduct the novena.
On Saturday, the Most Rev. John O. Barres, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, will hear confessions at 3 p.m. in St. Anne's Chapel (in basement of St. Joseph Church), celebrate the 4 p.m. Mass and pray the novena prayers.
St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus, is the patron saint of coal miners. The novena has been prayed at the church since 1930, started by then-pastor Rev. Francis P.K. Hoey, who had a lifelong devotion to St. Anne, crediting her intercession in saving his brother's life from a childhood illness.
Kingdom Kids at Restoration Ministries
SHAMOKIN - Restoration Ministries Church will host Kingdom Kid Puppet Ministries at 525 Chestnut St. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday as part of its vacation Bible school and the 10:30 a.m. worship service Sunday.