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PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO MASS SCHEDULE REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE RESUMES.  COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY

Monday      January 6^th

7:00 PM        Louis Dzieglewicz r/o Jack & Theresa Mahoney & Family

Tuesday      January 7^th Raymond of Penyafort, priest

   8:00 AM    Albert Bozzay r/o His Family

Wednesday  January 8^th

   8:00 AM   COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

   Thursday      January 9^th

   8:00 AM   Catherine Juronics r/o Helen Johnson & Family

Friday           January 10^th

   8:00 AM   Catherine Juronics r/o Marie Pongratz

Saturday       January 11^th

   8:00 AM   Intentions of the Parishioner

 

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday       January 11^th Vigil: Baptism of the Lord

    5:30 PM   Marie Nizalak, Anniversary r/o Sister-in-law, Helen Bohay

Sunday         January 12^th Baptism of the Lord

   8:00 AM   Louis Dzieglewicz r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

10:00 AM   Virginia Stopkowicz r/o Theresa Plude

12 NOON     Barbara Weber r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

 

NEXT WEEKEND, PLEASE WELCOME Rev. Msgr. Michael P.A. Flanagan, who comes to us on behalf of Cross International Catholic Outreach, a Catholic ministry established to help the poor in the developing world.  GOD has clearly asked us to respond to the poor with love, come and hear how we can make a difference in the lives of our least brothers and sisters in the Third World.

 

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes and especially for Terese King, Joe Andruzzi, Bette Nizalak, Florence Altiere, Raffaella Shapiro, Haley Weber, Yoshiaki Nakata, Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Stephen Golaszewski, Nancy Santora, Teresa Kunz and Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen.

 

Let us pray…That GOD will open the eyes of those trapped in darkness so they may see the truth that abortion takes a human life.

After their audience with the king they set out.  And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.  --Mt 2:9

 

COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?” You are invited to come to spend time with Jesus.  Every Thursday from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon there is Exposition of

the Blessed Sacrament in our Church. Stop in for just a minute or two. You will find it is time well spent.

 

As we near the end of the Christmas season, we need to ask ourselves: is it possible for one to accept the Christmas message, and then to turn the other way when human life is despised and destroyed?  If we are not part of the solution, we are part of the problem.

 

National Vocations Awareness Week is January 12-17, 2003

 

 

PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS The next Baptism Class will be held on Feb 3, 2003.  Please call the Rectory to make arrangements

Rise up in splendor Diocese of Metuchen!  Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.  Could this light be leading you to serve God’s people as a priest, sister or brother?  If so, please contact the Vocations Office @732-562-1990 Ext. 1700 or e-mail us at vocations@diometuchen.org.  Or you can visit our website at www.diometuchen.ord/vocations.

 

Free Traditional Irish Ceili Dance Classes in Bridgewater

The Somerset county ancient Order of Hibernians sponsor free Irish ceili dance classes for adults.  Classes start at the beginner level and will be held each Thursday from January 16, 2003 – March 27, 2003 from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM at the PeopleCare Center, 120 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ. For more info, call 908-236-7067, 908-534-4155 or 908-218-9654.

 

THEN & NOW

On Saturday, January 18, 2003 from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Old Bridge will hold an interactive workshop with two preeminent theologians, Rev. Joseph Komonchak of The Catholic University of America (“Then”) and Dr. Diana Hayes of Georgetown University (“Now”).  Cost is $25/person.  Group rates available. Lunch is included.  Call 732-251-1660 to register.

 

Beginning Experience weekend: January 31-February 2, 2003 at Stella Maris Retreat House in Elberon, NJ.  This program is designed to help the widowed, separated and divorced person make a new beginning in life through a powerful and positive experience of hope.  Although the program was designed by and for Catholics, it is open to persons of all faiths.  For information, please contact:

Mary Ann 732-607-9053  Chuck 732-364-9934 or Vivian 732-571-4321.

 

The next Retrouvaille program for troubled marriages will be held on the weekend of February 28-March 2, 2003 in the Clarion Hotel & Towers, Edison, NJ.  Please call 732-562-1990 Ext. 1624 or Rich & Annette Colasuonno 732-679-8256.

 

2002 YEAR-END CHARITABLE GIFT GIVING

As you consider your year-end tax planning, we hope that you will consider making good use of the income tax charitable deduction.

Your 2002 year-end gift to the DIOCESE OF METUCHEN can significantly reduce your income taxes while providing meaningful support to the numerous ministries that are vital to the physical, spiritual, and emotional health of our Church.  Thanks for your past and continued generosity.

 

JOIN US for Bingo in the Church Hall.  BINGO IS PLAYED AT 7 PM ON SUNDAY EVENINGS IN OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH HALL.  14 Games…$1,000…plus TWO 50/50 games.  Light refreshments are available.  Please spread the word among family, friends and co-workers that we are playing BINGO at Our Lady of Mercy!  Anyone interested in volunteering his or her time 1 Sunday a month, please contact the rectory.  732-356-1037

 

Useless Facts

What is billed as the world's largest weather vane sits on the shores of White Lake in Montague, Michigan. It's 48 feet tall with a 26-foot wind arrow and adorned with a 14-foot replica of a 19th-century Great Lakes schooner.

The world's largest coffee pot is located in Davidson, Saskatchewan. It measures 24 Feet (7.3 Meters) tall, is made of sheet metal and could hold 150,000 8-ounce cups of coffee.

The Tokyo World Lanes Bowling Center is the largest bowling establishment in the world. It has 252 lanes and one very tired pinsetter.

The World's Largest Catsup Bottle stands proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois. This unique 170 ft. tall water tower was built in 1949 by W.E. Caldwell Company for the G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant. In 1995, due to the efforts of the Catsup Bottle Preservation Group, this piece of local history was saved from demolition and beautifully restored to its original appearance.

The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, that's 70 straight days!  The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub was 99 hours long. 

The highest wind velocity ever recorded in the United States was 231 miles per hour, on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, in 1934.

Howard Kinsey and Mrs. R. Roark, during a game of tennis, batted the ball back and forth 2001 consecutive times. 

The World's Largest yo-yo resides in the National Yo-Yo Museum in Chico, California. Named "Big Yo," the 256-pound yo-yo is an exact scale replica of a Tom Kuhn "No Jive 3 in 1 Yo-Yo." Fifty inches tall and 31.5 inches wide, the yo-yo is made of California sugar pine, Baltic birch from the former USSR, and hardrock maple. It was first launched in San Francisco on October 13, 1979.

Victor Hugo's Les Miserables contains one of the longest sentences in the French language-823 words without a period.

The largest web-footed bird is the albatross.

On July 31, 1994, Simon Sang Sung of Singapore turned a single piece of dough into 8,192 noodles in 59.29 seconds!

Toronto, Ontario was home to the biggest swimming pool in the world in 1925. It held 2000 swimmers, and was 300ft x 75ft. It is still in operation.