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PLEASE NOTE: COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY.  NORMAL MASS SCHEDULE RESUMES

     Monday   June 2^nd Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs

    7:00 PM   Maura Fanning r/o Bob & Joan McArdle

Tuesday      June 3^rd Charles Lwanga, martyr

8:00 AM        Larry Quinn r/o Flo & Andy Gonda

Wednesday  June 4^th 

   8:00 AM   COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

   Thursday   June 5^th Boniface, martyr

   8:00 AM   Maura Fanning r/o Steve & Helen Golaszewski

        Friday   June 6^th Norbert, bishop

   8:00 AM   Florence Altiere r/o Connie Tumulo

    Saturday   June 7^th

   8:00 AM   Peter Klesh r/o Marie Pongratz & Family

 

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday       June 7^th Vigil: Pentecost Sunday

    5:30 PM   Bette Nizalak r/o Louie, Debbie, Brian & Ray Pongratz

Sunday         June 8^th Pentecost Sunday

   8:00 AM   Michael Hubosky r/o his Family

10:00 AM   Larry Quinn r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

12:00 NOON Mae Gazi r/o Lee Palumbo

 

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Mary Pokotello, Terese King, Hudson Savarin, Anthony LoSardo, John Foxwell, Martha Malone, Raffaella Shapiro, Haley Weber, Dorothy Wolk, Yoshiaki Nakata, Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Stephen Golaszewski, Blanche Ferarro, Nancy Santora, Teresa Kunz, Josephine Sarnoski, Frank & Marilyn Baglione.

 

Let us pray…That all pro-life work may be accompanied by prayer for God’s guidance.

 

"I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.  I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one."  --Jn 17:14-15

 

 

The disciples gathered to choose a new apostle.  They proposed two, then they prayed and Matthias was chosen to become an apostle.  He was sent with the others into the world to share the good news.  Today, men and women are still being chosen to follow Jesus and to continue the work of the apostles.  Are you willing to say yes?  Are you willing to go out to the world to share the good news?  Will you do this as a priest or religious?  If so, please contact the Vocations Office at 732-562-1990 ext. 1700, or E-mail us at vocations@diometuchen.org. Or you can visit our website at www.diometuchen.org/vocations.  Allow the Lord to change your life forever!

 

Jesus is the perfect steward - watching carefully over all who had been entrusted to Him by the Father and then sending them all out into the world in service.  May I similarly protect and wisely use the gifts entrusted to me!

The Parish Church is the proper place for Parishioners to receive their Sacraments for the first time.  Beginning this fall, all students who attend Holy Family Academy will be required to receive First Communion and Confirmation here at Our Lady of Mercy.  Permission to do otherwise will not be given.

 

PARISH NEWS CONTINUED…

Many people do not wish to have their names published, so unless requested by family or friends we cannot put the name(s) into the parish bulletin or on the prayer list.  Requests should be made directly to the parish office.

 

If a family member or close friend of a deceased person wishes to speak at the Funeral Mass, he/she must have this cleared with the pastor or priest who is celebrating the Mass.  The Diocesan policy is that such talk should be no longer than three (3) minutes, & it must be submitted in writing to the priest beforehand.

 

2003-2004 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

You can begin to register your child for the upcoming religious education program via paper copy which was handed out to your child on April 27 or on-line via the following web address: http://olmsbb.org.

Completed registration forms with payment should be dropped off at the Rectory or in the collection basket in a sealed envelope addressed to the Religious Education Coordinator.

 

SOCIAL GATHERING

On June 8 after the 10:00 mass, we’ll be gathering downstairs to get to know each other.  Children enrolled in the Religious Education Program and their parents are invited.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Sessions will last approximately 1 hour.  Additional dates thus far are July 13 and August 10.  Questions can be addressed to Karen Mathews at 732-271-1750 or Nancy Sayre at 732-873-1453.

 

 

GRADUATING?

If you are graduating from Pre-k, kindergarten, middle school, 8^th grade, high school, college or vocational school this year and would like to include your name on a special bulletin cover, please submit your name and the school from which you will be graduating to the parish office-attn: Bulletin Editor.  All entries must be received by May 30^th to appear.

 

Volunteer Drivers Needed

Do you have some free time that you would like to spend productively?  The greater Somerset County Chapter of the American Red Cross has a desperate need for volunteer drivers in their transportation program.  The drivers use Red Cross vehicles to transport the elderly and disabled who rely on the Red Cross to assist them in getting to medical appointments.  If you think that you would like to become a volunteer driver, please call Connie at 908-725-2217.

 

Good New International is sponsoring its 7^th annual Celebrating Our Catholic Faith Tent Revival, on Sunday, June 22^nd thru Tuesday, Jun 24^th at St Veronica’s Church in Howell, NJ.  Each night will begin at 6:30 PM with the rosary, followed by music, preaching and lots of other great things.  For more info, call 1-800-430-0586.

 

Life Awareness weekend is June 20-22, 2003 at Carmel Retreat House in Mahwah, NJ.  For more info, please contact 732-562-1990 Ext. 1700 or e-mail: Vocations@diometuchen.org.

 

Answers allegedly found on high school science exams.

 

Q: Name the four seasons.

A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.

A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?

A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?

A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?

A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon.  All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum.  I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Q: What are steroids?

A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Q: What happens to your body as you age?

A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.

A: Premature death.

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g., abdomen.)

A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity.  The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O and U.

Q: What is the fibula?

A: A small lie.

Q: What does "varicose" mean?

A: Nearby.  (I do love this one...)

Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section"

A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome.