{"id":137259,"date":"2026-03-13T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/137259\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:15:14","slug":"cathedral-of-saint-peter-to-host-saint-patricks-parade-day-mass-saturday-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/137259\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral of Saint Peter to host Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade Day Mass Saturday \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/St.-Patrick-Parade-Day-Mass-2026-Graphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON \u2013 The annual Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade Day Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The liturgy is traditionally held in conjunction with the city of Scranton\u2019s annual Saint Patrick\u2019s Day Parade. Following the Mass, the Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade is expected to take to the streets of the Electric City beginning at 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton, will serve as principal celebrant for the Mass. Various priests from the Diocese of Scranton are expected to concelebrate.<\/p>\n<p>The Mass will be broadcast live on CTV: Catholic Television of the Diocese of Scranton due to the generosity of the Society of Irish Women.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be livestream on the Diocese of Scranton YouTube channel and website. Links to view the Mass will also be shared on all of the Diocese of Scranton social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The Mass will be rebroadcast several times the following week, including Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18. <\/p>\n<p>Among the other local organizations that participate in the annual Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade Day Mass are the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, Irish American Men\u2019s Association, Irish Cultural Society, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade Association of Lackawanna County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 SCRANTON \u2013 The annual Saint Patrick\u2019s Parade Day Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-137259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}