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Holy Family Radio will be holding
an Online Auction this Spring.
DATES: May 16,17,18
This event will be online only.
All of the proceeds will support WHYF. It is easy and fun to do. We will share the link to the event soon.
Here is how you can help now:
We need new donated items for the auction.
Here are some examples of what we are looking for:
Gift certificates (restaurants, spas, stores)
Events tickets (concerts, sports, theater)
Unique experiences (vacation packages, tours, classes)
Autographed memorabilia
We will need all of the donated auction items by May 1.
Please contact us if you can help!
phone: 717-525-8110
email: contact@720WHYF.com
Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Middletown will hold its Annual Fish Fry, drive-thru only, beginning Friday, March 7, and continuing weekly through April 11, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The menu includes fish & chips, baked haddock, fried shrimp, pierogies, mac and cheese, fish sandwich, coleslaw, and veggies. Four desserts will be available: chocolate cake with peanut butter icing, triple chocolate cake, lemon berry mascarpone cake, and carrot cake. New this year: hot soup by the 1/2 quart!
For more than twenty-five years, the parish has been serving hungry patrons who come from throughout south-central Pennsylvania to enjoy the meatless meals. In 2019, more than 5,000 pounds of haddock, 700 crab cakes, and 180 pounds of mac and cheese were served to more than 7,300 guests by at least 100 volunteers each week.
The fish fry is located at Seven Sorrow School at 360 E. Water St. in Middletown (17057). Service begins at 5:00 p.m. (The school campus lot will only be accessible after 4:15 p.m.) No call-in orders may be placed. All orders are first-come, first-serve in the manner of a fast-food drive-thru. Cash, check, MasterCard, Visa, and Discover cards are accepted.
Delicious 2.4-ounce chocolate eggs will also be available in peanut butter, coconut, and butter cream hand-dipped in either milk or dark chocolate. Each egg is $2.00.
The Fish Fry, held March 7, 14, 21, and 28 and April 4 and 11, is sponsored by Seven Sorrows Parish. For more information, including the full menu (subject to change), visit https://www.ssbvm.org/fish-fry24cc6bab.
EASTER EGGS ARE COMING!
Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Middletown is again selling melt-in-your-mouth candy eggs through Easter (or as long as supplies last). The delicious eggs are available in peanut butter, coconut, or butter cream coated in either milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Each 2.4-ounce hand-dipped egg sells for $2.00.
The EGG Store opens Monday, February 10, 2025. Hours of operation are as follows:
Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Saturday: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The EGG store is located at 280 N. Race Street; Middletown, PA 17057. Please park in the church parking lot and look for our EGG Store sign. (Please enter via Race Street for the safety of our school children). Our eggs may also be found in several local businesses.
Store hours are weather permitting and while supplies last.
Eggs will also be available at our annual Fish Fry. Please note that eggs will not be sold out of either the parish or school office.
The delectable eggs were listed by Penn LIVE as part of its Top 65 Best Food Choice (July 2014), featured in Central PA Magazine's Top 52 Local Bites (Jan/Feb 2015), and voted #1 peanut butter egg in a PennLive poll (March 2018).
Last year, 50,000 eggs were sold through businesses, direct orders, and at Seven Sorrows Parish. Roughly 5,000 pounds of peanut butter, 600 pounds of butter/margarine, and 3,000 pounds of chocolate were used. This year, over 100 volunteers will be called on to prepare and distribute the eggs!
All eggs are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis while quantities last. Visit https://www.ssbvm.org/eggs for details and contact information.
FISH DINNERS RETURN
St Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus in Hershey is having Lenten Fish Fry Dinners in their parish social hall. Meals will be served from 4:30pm to 7:30pm on March 14th, 28th and April 11th! There will be baked and fried fish, homemade mac-n-cheese, hand cut french fries, perogies and more!
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Perohi & Fish Wednesdays
On Wednesdays in Lent at St. Ann Byzantine Catholic Parish, 5408 Locust Lane, Hbg, will be hosting hot fish dinners and frozen perohi and kielbasa for sale. The baked fish dinners, hosted by the Knights of Columbus, will be available from 4 to 6:00 p.m. for eat in or take out and cost $13.
The perohi will be sold frozen by the package for $7 and have fillings available of potato & cheese, cabbage, sauerkraut, prune and farmer cheese. The smoked kielbasa will be available in rings for $8 each. The perohi and kielbasa will also be sold during Lent on Saturdays from 10 am to noon.
Cash, personal checks and credit/debit cards will be accepted. The dinners will be on Wednesdays during Lent on March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2 and 9. For more information: www.stannbyz.org or 717-652-1415.
Abortions are up in Pennsylvania. Statistics from the PA Dept. of Health show that 34,838 abortions occurred in Pennsylvania in 2022, the latest year for which statistics are available. The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation has an ambitious plan to stop the abortion crisis in our Commonwealth. Please join us in our efforts by visiting our new website: www.PAPROLIFE.ORG
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Please contact our Community Relations Coordinator Russ Fry at Rfry@720whyf.com.
Did you know that the Diocese of Harrisburg has hermits?
For more information, use the link below.
www.flowerofcarmelhermitage.org
Speical Event at St. Joseph Church
Tenebrae, known as a service of darkness, is a unique and special time of prayer in the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The service contains seven readings, with musical reflections and hymns provided after each reading. Following each hymn or song, a candle is extinguished, and a set of lights in the church is turned off. At the end of the final reading, the Paschal candle is removed from our midst, signifying the burial of our Lord in the tomb. The darkness provides a "stark visual that Our Lord is slowly but surely left alone in the darkness of the world, fraught with sin." (Brent Klaske, Angelus Press) And we grieve. Please join us for Tenebrae at Saint Joseph Church on Wednesday, April 16 at 7 PM. Saint Joseph Church is located at 400 E. Simpson Street in Mechanicsburg.
PRAYER LINE
Are you in need of prayer? Are you lonely or overwhelmed? The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton has a Prayer Line available with staff who will speak with and pray with you. Your prayer intentions may be placed on the tomb of Mother Seton. Call them toll-free at 1-866-202-4934, Monday – Friday, 10 am – 5 pm. They are here for you.
Holy Family Radio is a proud Media Partner with the Susquehanna Chorale. The Susquehanna Chorale is a premier choral ensemble in South Central Pennsylvania. They enjoy a national presence through live performance, recordings, and its educational choirs and programs, with a focus on choral beauty and artistic interpretation of the highest caliber.
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Shanthi Dham (Abode of Peace) is a Fransalian (Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales) initiative in Mysuru, Karnataka, South India, inspired by the life of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who found Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor and served Him in the poorest of the poor, the unwanted, homeless, orphans, lepers, neglected and unloved people.
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