About Saint Michael · McAdoo, Pennsylvania
St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church is a Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic parish in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, located at 17 East Blaine Street, McAdoo, PA 18237, in the heart of the coal-region communities of northeastern Pennsylvania. The parish belongs to the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, the Eastern-Catholic diocese that covers the U.S. East Coast, and worships in the Byzantine-Ruthenian rite in continuity with the Church of Rome. Weekday Divine Liturgies are celebrated Monday through Friday at 7:30 AM, and the parish is currently served by Rev. Gregory Hosler, who is supported by a parish cantor, Michelle DeBalk. McAdoo's St. Michael's is the spiritual home of Carpatho-Rusyn faithful whose ancestors brought their Greek Catholic (later renamed Byzantine Catholic) traditions from present-day Eastern Slovakia beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, preserving them today through regular liturgies, ethnic food sales (such as the annual Lenten halushki and pirohi sale), and other community outreach.
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Rector
- Reverend Gregory Hosler (Parochial Administrator)
- Diocese
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
Why belong here
St. Michael the Archangel in McAdoo is a welcoming Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic community of Carpatho-Rusyn heritage in the heart of Pennsylvania's anthracite region. Daily 7:30 AM Divine Liturgies Monday through Friday give the faithful an opportunity to begin each day in prayer, while the parish's traditional ethnic food sales and eparchial outreach keep its Carpatho-Rusyn identity, family spirit, and care for neighbors in surrounding communities alive. With a pastor (Rev. Gregory Hosler) who is known across the Eparchy of Passaic for pastoral engagement and a dedicated lay cantor leading the liturgical music, St. Michael's offers visitors a genuine encounter with the ancient Eastern Christian liturgy and a place to belong.
Mass times at Saint Michael
Weekly Mass schedule
About St. Michael the Archangel, McAdoo
St. Michael the Archangel is a Byzantine Catholic (Ruthenian-rite) parish in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, USA, at 17 East Blaine Street, McAdoo, PA 18237 (Mailing Address: 17 East Blaine St., McAdoo, PA 18237). The parish is officially listed in the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic's parish directory as administered by Reverend Gregory Hosler, with phone (570) 929-1062 and fax (570) 929-3239. According to GCatholic, the parish sits geographically within the territory of the Roman Diocese of Allentown but canonically in the Ruthenian Diocese of Passaic.
- Type: Byzantine Catholic Parish (Ruthenian Rite)
- Affiliation: Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
- Address: 17 East Blaine St., McAdoo, PA 18237
- Pastor's title: Parochial Administrator (Rev. Gregory Hosler)
- Listed in: Eparchy of Passaic parish directory (entry #75) and GCatholic (Church ID 17222)
Heritage: Byzantine Ruthenian / Carpatho-Rusyn
St. Michael's belongs to the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic tradition of the Carpatho-Rusyn people — Eastern European Christians, mostly from what is today eastern Slovakia, who settled in the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania beginning in the late 19th century. These families originally worshipped as 'Greek Catholics,' a label changed in the 1960s to 'Byzantine Catholic' to distinguish the rite from ethnically Greek Orthodox churches. The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, founded as a suffragan see of the Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, has its densest concentration of parishes here in the coal country of PA/NJ precisely because of this immigration history.
- Rite: Byzantine (Ruthenian)
- Ancestral origin: Carpatho-Rusyn families from present-day Eastern Slovakia
- Ecclesial communion: Full communion with the Bishop of Rome (Pope Francis)
- Historical alternate name in America: 'Greek Catholic' (pre-1960s)
Clergy & Staff
The parish is currently administered by Reverend Gregory Hosler as Parochial Administrator. Fr. Hosler's Byzantine-Catholic pastoral background includes an eleven-year pastorate at Nativity of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church in New Jersey (from 2005 until his November 2016 reassignment to McAdoo). St. Michael's liturgical music ministry is led by Cantor Michelle DeBalk, who is officially listed by the Metropolitan Cantor Institute (MCI) as the cantor for St. Michael the Archangel, McAdoo.
- Pastor / Parochial Administrator: Rev. Gregory Hosler
- Cantor: Michelle DeBalk (MCI directory listing)
- Parish Phone: (570) 929-1062
- Parish Fax: (570) 929-3239
Mass (Divine Liturgy) Schedule
St. Michael the Archangel publishes a published weekday Divine Liturgy schedule on the eparchy directory listing and aggregator sites (Discover Mass and Catholic Church Directory). The published weekday schedule shows 7:30 AM Divine Liturgy Monday through Friday; weekend and Holy Day times were not publicly posted at the time of research.
- Monday: 7:30 AM (Divine Liturgy)
- Tuesday: 7:30 AM (Divine Liturgy)
- Wednesday: 7:30 AM (Divine Liturgy)
- Thursday: 7:30 AM (Divine Liturgy)
- Friday: 7:30 AM (Divine Liturgy)
- Saturday Vigil / Sunday / Holy Day: Not publicly posted; call the rectory at (570) 929-1062
Parish Life & Community Outreach
St. Michael's is engaged in the life of the wider Eparchy of Passaic through parish fundraisers that double as community outreach. A March 22, 2023 Lenten food sale — featuring halushki, pirohi, fish sandwiches, and home-baked goods — was highlighted in the eparchy's official publication Eastern Catholic Life, with the editor's note that 'the food sale was a good opportunity to share the spirit of the Great Fast with their neighbors from surrounding communities. Father Gregory Hosler is the pastor of Saint Michael Parish.' This kind of Lenten food-and-hospitality event is one of the most visible expressions of parish life at McAdoo.
- Annual Lenten food sale (halushki, pirohi, fish sandwiches, baked goods)
- Mentioned in Eparchial communication (Eastern Catholic Life, May 2023 issue)
- Hospitality to neighboring coal-region communities
Contact & Visit
St. Michael the Archangel is located at 17 East Blaine Street, McAdoo, PA 18237. The mailing address and physical address are identical. Visitors are encouraged to call the rectory at (570) 929-1062 for current parish information and to introduce themselves. Email contact listed on aggregator sites is [email protected]; fax is (570) 929-3239.
- Rectory Phone: (570) 929-1062
- Rectory Fax: (570) 929-3239
- Email (listed): [email protected]
- Address: 17 East Blaine St., McAdoo, PA 18237
- Geographic note: Located within the territorial boundary of the Roman Diocese of Allentown, but canonically part of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic.
Helpful Links & Resources
Because the McAdoo parish does not maintain its own parish website at this time, parishioners and visitors are pointed to the Eparchy of Passaic's official resources and to general Byzantine Catholic directories for Mass times, sacraments, and parish life.
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic (parish directory, entry #75): https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/parishes.html?id=75&type=details
- Eparchy of Passaic main site: https://eparchyofpassaic.com
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic — parish list by state: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/parishlistbystate
- Eparchial publication — Eastern Catholic Life: https://eparchyofpassaic.com/files/ECL-5905-WEB.pdf
- GCatholic — Church of St. Michael the Archangel, McAdoo (ID 17222): https://gcatholic.org/churches/usa-03/17222
- Metropolitan Cantor Institute — Eparchy of Passaic cantors (Michelle DeBalk for McAdoo): https://mci.archpitt.org/cantors/Passaic.html