PLEASE NOTE—TIME CHANGE FOR MASS ON MONDAY TO 9:00 AM.  COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

     Monday   July 11th Benedict, abbot

   9:00 AM   Louis Bocchino r/o Nazarah

    Tuesday   July 12th

   8:00 AM   Joe Puchalek r/o Wife & Family

Wednesday July 13th

    8:00AM   COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

Thursday   July 14th Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

   8:00 AM   Martin Yazgier r/o Yazgier Family

       Friday   July 15th Bonaventure, doctor

   8:00 AM   Salvatore Costa r/o Mathews & King Families

  Saturday   July 16th Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

   8:00 AM   Mary Rini r/o William Dominico

  Saturday   July 16th Vigil: 16th Ordinary Sunday

    5:30 PM   Toby Gaddis r/o Sherry Gaddis

 

SUNDAY MASSES

     Sunday   July 17th 16th Ordinary Sunday

   8:00 AM   Sara Jimenez r/o Her Family

10:00 AM   Gloria South r/o Catherine & Family

12 NOON    Marta & Donato Calogero r/o Children

 

July 10th Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pss III Seasonal prop

Prop Gl Cr Sun Pf I-VIII

103: Is 55:10-11 Ps 65:10-14

Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9

The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest”.  May the soil of our hearts be receptive to the Word and carry it out through the presence of the Spirit.

   

        

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Mary Pokotello, Roberta (Bobbi) Zabita, John Foxwell, Haley Weber, Blanche Ferarro, Gladys Quinlan, Adam Platukis, Beverly Torok, Josephine & Henry Sarnoski, Marie Quinata, Andy Gonda, Joyce Porto, Nick Barber, Roseanne Scaletti, Diane Manley, Bryant Connelly (Betty’s son).

 

SUNDAY COLLECTION

July 3, 2005     Not Available

Sunday July 10, 2005

Counters Team # 3 Auerbach/Boyle

Bingo Team #1

 

             

PLEASE WELCOME

THROUGH THE WATERS OF BAPTISM

 

Alexa Nicole Carrozzo

 

35th Annual Pilgrimage to Canada

the Antonette Patullo-Zajaczkowski Memorial Pilgrimage

August 14 – 20th 6 nights, 7 days

St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec

Our Lady of the Cape, Trois Rivers

St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal

$645 per person.  Includes all accommodations, 10 meals and 14 side trips of the popular sites of Canada.  Small groups, children, individuals & pilgrims needing special considerations are welcome.  All proceeds are donated to the Canadian Shrines.  Bus departs from Our Lady of Victories-Baptistown, Church of the Blessed Sacrament-Martinsville & The Consolata Missions in Somerset. For more information, call Bonnie 908-625-1622

 

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.

 

A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down.

 

Is priesthood or religious life a possibility for you?

If so, consider joining our bi-monthly discernment group, open to men ages 18-45 who wish to discern God’s will and find out more about priesthood and religious life.  For more information, or to sign up, please contact the Office of Vocations at 732-562-2457 or email Vocations@diometuchen.org.

 

Prayer: Dear Lord, stay close when I'm being tested -- spiritually or physically.

 

 

MOUNT ST. MARY HOUSE OF PRAYER

1651 U.S. Highway 22

Watchung, NJ 07069-6587

(908) 753-2091  msmhope@att.net

Mount St. Mary House of Prayer, Watchung, will offer the following programs. To register, call 908-753-2091 or e-mail: msmhope@att.net.

CENTERING PRAYER

Come together and pray this ancient form of prayer and breathe in God’s peace.  Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina.  Tues-July 5, 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Donation)

SACRED TIME – SACRED SPACE

Personal private day to enjoy God’s presence; begins with communal prayer Tues-July 5, 9:30-3:00 p.m. (Donation)

DIRECTED RETREAT WEEKEND

Adaptable to the needs and desires of each individual.  An experience  of personal prayer based on Scripture.  Daily spiritual direction.  Atmosphere of prayerful quiet. August 19-21 ($90) Begins 7 p.m. on opening day; concludes at 2 p.m.

 

The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the astronavigators who used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side you put in on at the port. This was so that they didn't knock off the starboard!

 

The Japanese word "Arigato" meaning thank you is derived from the Portuguese word "Obrigado". Portugal once had a thriving trade with Japan.

 

The bubbles in Guinness Beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top like all other beers. No one knows why.

 

Jupiter's core is in fact made of a non-metal, but due to the immense pressure inside Jupiter the core has become a metal. This metal is hydrogen.

 

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

 

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.

 

When opossums are playing opossum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

 

                      

As Christians we are challenged to stop, to reflect, to pray, to reconnect with that which is holy. There are signs of a blessed resurgence of spirituality as our connectedness with what is sacred reawakens interest in angels, near-death experience, and the end of life

RENEW provides a way to help meet this growing longing in people's hearts for the holy and for an experience of community in a world that is often filled with competition and isolation.

RENEW comes to Our Lady of Mercy in the fall. Keep watching this space for updated

details.

 

Every male over the 18 is considered part of the Arizona Militia according to state constitution.

 

The word "karate" means, "empty hand."

 

Four people played Darth Vader: David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face and a fourth person did the breathing.

 

A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.

 

49.6% of US residents live in Eastern time zone, 29.3% live in the Central time zone, 5.3% live in the Mountain time zone, 15.0% live in the Pacific time zone and .8% live in any other time zone.

 

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

 

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

 

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

 

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

 

The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off, could throw a pickup truck over a mile.