About Us
Welcome to the web home of Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church of Ashland, Pennsylvania. We are a parish of the Catholic Diocese of Allentown. Our parish serves the residents of Ashland, Girardville, and the surrounding communities as well as friends, visiting relatives, guests and travelers. Our parishioners strive to maintain the strong Catholic identity and cultural traditions established in our churches, while continuing to build a vibrant and spiritual community for the 21st century and beyond.
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Visitors to our churches, Catholics from other parishes or those of other religions, are welcome to attend Holy Mass at any of our churches (we ask that only Catholics who are prepared to do so, receive Holy Communion). Anyone interested in joining our parish is welcome to contact the parish office for more information.
Rev. Giuseppe C. Esposito
Pastor
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Fr. Esposito was raised in the McAdoo area and graduated from Marian Catholic High School in 2000. He attended Leigh Carbon Community College and graduated DeSales University with a BS in Nursing. With the completion of his studies at St. Charles Seminary, he was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Schlert on June 1, 2019. Fr. Esposito was assigned to St. Anne Parish in June 2019. Fr. Esposito also serves as Chaplain to Lehigh University Newman Center. In June 2022, He was assigned to St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Frackville, where he currently serves as our pastor.
Deacon John Sutter
Permanent Deacon
Shannon Butler
Business Manager - St. Charles Borromeo, Ashland & St. Patrick Church, Pottsville
Shannon has been with St. Charles since March 2017. She attended McCann School of Business and obtained an Associates Degreee in Paralegal. She then went on to Alvernia University where she obtained her Bachelor's in Business Administration. Shannon is married and has 5 children that keep her very busy.
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Janet Paulukonis
Parish Secretary
Jan is married and has a daughter. She is a member of St. Charles Borromeo and is also a Lector and a Eucharistic Minister.