"To know, love and serve the Lord and one another, in imitation of Mary"

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In the early 1850’s, holy Mass was celebrated in private homes in Tunkhannock with as few as 15 people. As the attendance grew, a more permanent place of worship was needed and in September of 1884, a church building was acquired from the Baptists and dedicated as a mission of St. Bonaventure’s, Auburn.

Nativity became a mission of St. Patrick’s, Nicholson in 1888 and in January of 1931 received its first resident pastor. Later that year, the residence of Attorney Joseph Piatt was purchased to serve as the parish residence. This residence had been erected in 1884 by Lydia Marcy Stark.

Rev. Joseph J. Nallin came to Tunkhannock in 1948, building a tremendous spiritual and physical presence in the Catholic community. During his pastorate here, the present Nativity Church was erected in 1955, and in 1956, St. Mary of the Lake was erected to serve the residents of Lake Winola. The Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Lake Carey was built in 1959. Later in 1968, Nativity Hall was completed with classrooms and all facilities to function as a Catholic School. The name was later changed to Father Nallin Hall in his honor.

As time went on, changes to our Catholic community kept occurring. The Chapel at Lake Carey closed and was sold and St. Mary of the Lake and Nativity BVM churches became linked parishes served by one Pastor, an assistant Pastor and a Deacon. As availability of priests continued to drop, we lost our assistant Pastor.

With the shortage of priests in our Diocese, it has become more necessary for our parishioners to take on a more active role in the Church, thus the formation of Parish Pastoral Councils. This is consistent with what Bishop Bambera has directed all parishes in the Diocese to do.
As attendance at Mass continues to decrease, the Parish Pastoral Council, Father Pat and Deacon Ray are looking closely at what might be lacking in meeting the spiritual needs of our parishioners, particularly with our post-Confirmation children, our young adults and the elderly. These are areas of need identified in the recently completed Nativity Parish survey.

Details about the information gathered from the survey will be forthcoming as well as the progress of the development of the Parish Pastoral Council.

Paul & Cindy Brown
Parish Pastoral Council members

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