View the Reconciliation Schedule below for Christmas/Advent at parishes across the Diocese of Scranton.
Parish |
Location |
Reconciliation Schedule |
Saint Michael |
Scranton |
Regular Confession Schedule: Sunday: 7:15 am and 9:30 am; Monday-Thursday: 7:10 – 7:25 am; Friday: 5:10 pm – 5:40 pm; Saturday: 8:10 am – 8:40 am |
Good Shepherd
|
Drums |
Monday morning 7am and Wednesday 6pm to 6:50pm |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Carbondale |
Mondays from 5:30pm-7pm at OLMC |
Saint Elizabeth |
Bear Creek |
1/2 hour before each Mass |
Immaculate Conception
|
Scranton |
Monday Evenings 5:30-7 pm Followed by Benediction |
Saint Patrick |
White Haven |
Half an hour before each Mass |
Saint John |
East Stroudsburg |
Every Monday of Advent, The Light is On, 6-7pm |
Saint Luke |
Stroudsburg |
Every Monday from 5:30 – 6:20 p.m. during Advent (except for Dec. 23rd |
Saint Michael |
Scranton |
Confessions are available before every mass. |
Saint Jude |
Mountain Top |
Monday nights 5:30 to 7PM |
Saint Robert Bellarmine |
Wilkes-Barre |
3pm until Mass at 4pm every Saturday |
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Freeland |
Every Monday evening at 6pm and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 5:45am to 6:45am |
Our Lady of the Rosary |
Carbondale |
Mondays from 5:30pm-7pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Saint Luke |
Stroudsburg |
Saturdays 3 pm – 3:45 pm, Mondays 12/4, 12/11, & 12/18 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm |
Most Precious Blood |
Hazleton |
Saturdays 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Dunmore |
Saturdays 3:15 pm |
Queen of Heaven |
Hazleton |
Saturdays 1 to 1:45 pm |
Saint Rita |
Gouldsboro |
Every Saturday by appointment between 3:30pm and 4:00pm |
Cathedral of Saint Peter |
Scranton |
Saturdays during Advent: December 23 December 24 |
Saint Luke |
Stroudsburg |
Saturdays 3 pm – 3:45 pm Mondays 12/4, 12/11, & 12/18 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm |
Most Holy Trinity |
Susquehanna |
Monday, December 2 @ SM 8:30-9:30 AM Monday, December 9 @ SM following 8 AM Holy Day Mass @ SJ following Noon Holy Day Mass @ SL 3:00-4:00 PM before Holy Day Mass Monday, December 15 & 22 @ St Martin, Jackson 8:30-9:30 AM @ St John, Susquehanna 12-1 PM @ St Lawrence, Great Bend 3:30-4:30 PM |
Immaculate Heart of Mary |
Dushore |
Saturdays at 3:15 to 3:45 or by appointment |
Saint Patrick |
White Haven |
Saturday, 4 to 4:45 PM Sunday, 9 to 9:45 AM |
Saint Maria Goretti |
Laflin |
Saturdays; 3:30-4:15, Sundays 8:15-8:45 Monday Dec. 2nd & 23rd 5:30-6:30 |
Saint John Bosco |
Conyngham |
All Mondays of Advent Wednesday, December 18 8:30-9:30 am Every Saturday Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Sundays from 8:15-8:45 pm Thursday, December 19 from 6-7 pm |
Saint Brigid |
Friendsville |
Confessions will be heard before all weekend Masses. Saturday—St. Francis Xavier—before 4:30PM Mass—3:30PM; Sunday—St. Francis Xavier—before 8:00AM Mass—7:30; Sunday—St. Augustine—before 10:30AM Mass—9:45AM |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
Wyalusing |
30 minutes before mass begins or request Father Jose right after mass. |
Our Lady of Lourdes |
Montoursville |
Mondays 6:10-6:45 p.m., Fridays after 9 a.m. Mass & 5 p.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays 3:00-3:30 p.m. |
Resurrection |
Muncy |
Saturday 4:00pm-4:45pm |
Saint Lawrence |
South Williamsport |
5:30PM-7:00PM Mondays at St Boniface 326 Washington Blvd, Williamsport |
Saint Frances X Cabrini |
Carverton |
Saturdays 3:20-3:50pm Back Mtn. Penance Service Dec 10 at Gate of Heaven Church Dallas |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Peckville |
Saturdays during Advent at 3:00pm and a Penance Service on Dec. 17 at 6:30pm both at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church |
Queen of the Apostles |
Avoca |
Confessions are every Wednesday in December from 6-7pm, Saturday, 12/21 from 2-4pm, Sunday 12/22 at 6:00pm |
Saint Gregory |
Clarks Green |
Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30 PM – Saint Gregory Saturday, December 17 at 4:00 PM – Saint Gregory |
Saints Cyril and Methodius Parish |
Hazleton |
Saturdays, Dec. 9, 16, 23, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, 4 – 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 6 – 7 p.m. Saturday, December 23, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Saints Peter & Paul |
Towanda |
Dec. 8 – St. Michaels’s Canton 2:00 PM & SS. Peter & Paul 4:00 PM Dec. 15 -St. Basil’s, Dushore 2:00 PM & Epiphany, Sayre 4:30 PM |
Saints Peter & Paul |
Plains |
Mondays of Advent December 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 5-7pm |
Saint Katharine Drexel |
Pleasant Mount |
St. Joseph: Saturday, December 14th 3:15–3:50 PM and 4:45–5:30 PM St. James: Sunday, December 15th 11:45 AM-12:30 PM St. James: Wednesday, December 18th 5:00 – 6:00 PM St. Joseph: Thursday, December 19th 5:00 – 6:00 PM |
Ascension |
Forest City |
St. Joseph: Saturday, December 14th, 3:15–3:50 PM and 4:45–5:30 PM St. James: Sunday, December 15th 11:45 AM-12:30 PM St. James: Wednesday, December 18th 5:00 – 6:00 PM St. Joseph: Thursday, December 19th 5:00 – 6:00 PM |
Saint Benedict |
Clarks Summit |
Saturday, Dec 17 at 3pm |
Saint Faustina Kowalska Parish
|
Nanticoke |
Advent Penance Service Tuesday, December 17 6:00-8:00 PM |
Our Lady Help of Christians |
Dorrance |
December 17, 6:00-7:30PM |
Saint Nicholas-Saint Mary Parish |
Wilkes-Barre |
Monday, December 18th, At 5:00 pm, at St. Nicholas Church |
Saint Vincent de Paul |
Milford |
Monday Dec 18th @ 4pm & 7pm Tuesday Dec 19th @ 7pm |
Queen of Angels |
Jessup |
Thursday, December 19th-6:00 P.M. Queen of Angels Parish…320 1st Avenue in Jessup |
Cathedral of Saint Peter |
Scranton |
Saturdays during Advent: 10:30am – 11:30am; December 21 3:30-5:00pm December 24 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Divine Mercy Parish |
Scranton |
Monday – Friday: 11:30 a.m. Saturdays: 3:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
Saint Gregory |
Clarks Green |
Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30 PM – Saint Gregory, Saturday, December 17 at 4:00 PM Saint Gregory |
Saint Paul |
Scranton |
Saturday, December 14 and 21 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
Nativity of Our Lord |
Duryea |
Christmas Confessions Sunday 12/15 5:30pm-6:30pm. Thursday 12/19 from 3:30pm- 5:30pm. There are no Confessions on Christmas Eve. |
Our Lady of the Eucharist |
Pittston |
Pittston Deanery Penance Service, Monday, December 16 at 6:30PM at St. John the Evangelist. Also every Saturday at 3:15PM and by appointment. |
Saint Nicholas – Saint Mary |
Wilkes-Barre |
Mon. Dec. 16 at 5:00 p.m. |
Our Lady of the Abingtons |
Dalton |
December 16, |
Saint Benedict |
Clarks Summit |
Saturday, Dec 17 at 3pm |
St. Mary of the Lake |
Lake Winola |
Our Lady of the Abingtons, Dalton December 17, |
St. Patrick |
Nicholson |
Our Lady of the Abingtons Dalton December 17, |
St. Eulalia |
Roaring Brook Township |
December 17 at 5:30pm, St. Eulalia Parish |
Saint Catherine of Siena |
Moscow |
5:30-6:30 December 17th at St. Eulalia’s Church |
Christ the King |
Archbald |
Deanery Penance Service: Dec. 17 at 6:30pm at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Peckville Parish Penance and Adoration: Monday, December 23 (6:30pm) at St. Mary of Czestochowa (Eynon) |
Saint Brigid |
Friendsville |
St. Augustine Church, Tuesday, December 17th at 6:00PM; St. Francis Xavier Church, Wednesday, December 18 at 6:00PM |
Visitation of the BVM |
Dickson City |
Wednesday, December 18 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM |
Holy Cross |
Olyphant |
“The Light is on For You:” Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
St. John Vianney |
Scott Township |
Parish Advent Penance: Thursday, December 19 at 7:00p.m., Corpus Christi, Montdale |
Mary Mother of God Parish |
Scranton |
Reconciliation is available on December 18 & 19 at 6 p.m. |
Nativity of the BVM |
Tunkhannock |
Dec. 19 at 6pm |
Blessed Sacrament |
Throop |
“The Light is on For You”: Thursday, December 19, 2024 5:30 pm—7:00 pm |
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church |
Dupont |
Confessions will be heard in Sacred Heart Church on the day before Christmas Eve, Monday, December 23, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |