PLEASE NOTE—THERE IS
A MASS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
Monday July 19th
7:00 PM Anthony LoSardo r/o CCD Class
Tuesday July
20th Apollinarius, martyr
8:00 AM Sylvia Hoffman r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews
Wednesday July
21st Lawrence of Brindisi, priest
8:00 AM Sylvia Hoffman r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews
Thursday July
22nd Mary Magdalene
8:00 AM Margaret Mary Hill r/o Elizabeth Connelly
Friday July
23rd Bridget of Sweden, religious
8:00 AM Sophie Pongratz 10th Anniversary
r/o Family
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday July
24th Vigil: 17th Ordinary Sunday
5:30 PM Jean Miller r/o Miller Family
Sunday July 25th 17th Ordinary
Sunday
8:00 AM George Johnson r/o Helen & Family
10:00 AM Anne Page r/o Barry, Dayle & Holy Family Basketball Team
12 NOON Ida & Antonia Mignella r/o The Mignella Family
Pss IV Seasonal Prop
Prop Gl Cr Sun Pf I-VIII
108: Gn 18:1-10a Ps 15:2-5
Abraham, the just and upright man, graciously hosts three visitors. As Mary and Martha host Jesus, he speaks of only one thing as necessary for us who follow him: being open to receive the message and person of Jesus, and being receptive to the “mystery of Christ” as he comes to us through one another.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Consuelo Healy, Bill Fioravant, John Pongratz, Joseph Ballotta, Mary Ann Manley, Mary Pokotello, Hudson Savarin, Albert Schraeder, Rose Campanero, Patrick Puppo, John & Eileen Foxwell, Sr. Elinor Foxwell, F.M.M., Haley Weber, Cole Nesmith, James Murray (uncle of Karen Mathews), Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Blanche Ferarro, David Alliprandine, Ralph Ley, Teresa Kunz, Josephine Sarnoski, and Joseph Morando.
Let Us Pray…That we may come to see each and every unborn child as a messenger of God’s love.
The Sacrament of
Confirmation will be administered here at Our Lady of Mercy on Saturday,
October 9th at the 5:30 PM
July
11th 2004 $Not Available
Sunday July 18, 2004
Counters Team # 4
Scaletti
Bingo Team #3
Golden & Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebrations will take place on October 10 or October 24, 2004 at 4:00 PM. Arrangements can be made by contacting your parish office at 732-356-1037. Application forms are available and will be accepted by the Family Life Office until Friday, September 3, 2004. A confirmation letter will be sent once your application has been processed.
Sacred
Tue-Fri: 6-10 PM Sat: 5-10 PM
Wheels-games-rides-delicious Polish foods!
For info & directions, call
908-725-0072
Someone is Waiting for You!
How very fortunate we are to have the
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 8:30 AM until 12
noon. We are able to visit with Jesus,
one on one, and to tell Him all of our troubles and worries and receive His
Loving Peace and Comfort while in His Presence.
Won’t you come and visit Him? It could be for 15 minutes, ½ hour or 1 hour. His Blessings are there for you. Let’s not miss this beautiful Spiritual Opportunity.
REQUEST
FOR ACTION-The Catholic healthcare ministry has served the people of NJ since
the founding of the state’s first hospitals during the 1800s. The 15 Catholic hospitals of NJ provide 23 %
of the documented charity care ($178,797,837) to uninsured New Jerseyans and
29% of all Medicaid services ($118,575,083) to patients in need of health
care. This commitment to treating the
poor and uninsured is now challenging our State hospitals’ financial and
operational well being. They need
adequate reimbursement for charity care and other valued services in this
year’s State budget. Names and address
of your local legislators are available at www.njleg.state.nj.us. Please take the time to write, call or email
them today. Ask them to support
increased funding for charity care For
further information contact The Catholic HealthCare Partnership of NJ
(609)936-2213 or chcpnj.org.
“13th Annual
August 13-15,2004
$95.00 per person
Deposit $40.00 to confirm reservation.
This summer take a break
with God and others to enjoy this tried and true weekend of fresh air, nature,
and simple pleasures. This is the 13th
anniversary of a trip that lets you pray, play and experience the peace that
God and
The Ancient Order of Hibernians annual picnic and mini Irish
festival will be held on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004 from 12 noon to 6 pm at the
Eagles Aerie Picnic Grove and Pavilion on
SAYINGS FROM THE PAST…
"Fender skirts!" What a great blast from the past! I hadn't thought about fender skirts in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress. Thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice. Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. You kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point “parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore . . . "store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term "worldwide" for granted. This floors me.
On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I came across the other day . . . "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
Here's a word I miss . . . "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.
Food for thought . . . was there a telethon that wiped out
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore.
Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers
threatening their kids with castor oil anymore