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:
10:30am – 11:30am;

December 23
3:30-5:00pm

December 24
10:30am – 12:30pm

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
December 2, 9, 16 & 23
6-7 pm

Wednesday, December 18

8:30-9:30 am
Noon – 1 pm
6-7 pm

Every Saturday
3-3:30 pm

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
Weston

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,
6 PM

Saint Benedict

Clarks Summit

Saturday, Dec 17 at 3pm

St. Mary of the Lake

Lake Winola

Our Lady of the Abingtons, Dalton December 17,
6 PM

St. Patrick

Nicholson

Our Lady of the Abingtons Dalton December 17,
6 PM

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
5:30 pm—7:00 pm

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.