PLEASE
NOTE – Changes in Monday Mass
Monday Jan
1st The
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
The Solemnity of Mary, is
normally a Holy Day of Obligation. Because this feast day falls on a Monday,
attending Mass is not needed to fulfill your obligation. Offertory envelopes
for this Holy Day can be put in Sunday, the 31st baskets.
9:00 AM Departed Members of the Santini & Bozzay
Families r/o Family
Tuesday Jan
2nd Basil
the Great
8:00 AM Pat
Puppo r/o Stephen & Florence Kemper
Wednesday Jan
3rd Holy
Name of Jesus
No Mass on Wednesdays
Thursday Jan
4th Elizabeth
Ann Seton, Religious
8:00 AM Pat Puppo r/o Stephen & Florence Kemper
Friday Jan
5th John
Neumann, Bishop
8:00 AM Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary r/o JWFM
Saturday Jan 6th Bl. Andre Bessette, Religious
8:00
AM Pat Puppo r/o Stephen & Florence Kemper
5:30
PM Edward
Mosko r/o Mathews/King Families
SUNDAY
MASSES
Sunday Jan 7th Epiphany of
the Lord
8:00 AM Anne
Milesnick r/o Rose Larangeira
10:00 AM Marie T. Bufano r/o Getlick Family
12 NOON Victoria Pearson r/o M/M Thomas Black
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS,
MARY AND
JOSEPH
Seasonal prop Common of BVM MP: prop
Ant pss Sun I
DP: pss Sun I EP 1 of
Mary, Mother of God: Seasonal prop
Common of BVM NP: Sun I
Prop Gl Cr Pf
of Christ I-III
17: Sir
3:2-6, 12-14 Ps 128: 1-5
or
3:12-17 Lk 2:41-52 or, in Year C:
1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28
Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10
1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24
Lk 2:41-52
Stewardship
The
first reading today provides a challenging blueprint for the good stewardship
of our family relationships. How do I measure up?
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who
are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for John
Vanderhoff, Tony Gangitano, David King, Mary Pokotello, John & Peter
Foxwell, Haley Weber, Frank Stashak, Blanche Ferarro, Josephine Sarnoski, and
Elizabeth Connelly, Kippy Hale,
Loretta Girard, Tim Johnson
Collections
Sunday,
December 24th $3650.00
Christmas
December 24th & 25th
$13,098.00
December
31st, 2006
Counters
Team #4
Bingo
Team #4
There WILL BE BINGO Sunday, December 31st
DIOCESAN
NEWS
** Vocations Awareness Week * January 8-12 **
From the desk of Rev. Randy J. Vashon, Director of Vocations
I pray
that all parishes will be willing to celebrate this week so that all
parishioners will be made more aware of their responsibility to pray for and
encourage vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It is important that
we all work together to promote and encourage vocations.
Jan. 5th,
we invite men who are interested in the possibility of priesthood or have a
vocation to the priesthood to an informal dinner with Bishop Bootkoski. This
will be held at
Virtual
Learning Community of Faith Formation
Jan 7–Feb 10, $40 per
course. The Office of Religious Education in patnership with
Catholic
Charites Appeal
11,200 Children in
Youth Ministry
Events
For More Info, Go to
www.yandyam.com
Jan 21-22 March for Life/Youth Rally,
Feb 11 Quarterly Diocesan Youth Mass, Pizza &
Activity 5-8:30 PM, St. Laurence Church,
Upcoming
Diocesan Events
To
register, call Mary or Pat (732) 562-1900 x1309 or 1310
Jan 9th, 6:45
pm Is our parish Catholic? Fr. Tom Serafin
Jan 19th, 10
am
God
is Love. Fr. Greg Uhrig
Feb 10th, 8:30 am The Great Adventure Bible Timeline Seminar.
$45.00 includes seminar materials and lunch. Contact Office of Evangelization
(732) 562-1990 x2469
Mount
Watchung , NJ 07069-6587
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@att.net
Please, register for all events
Gathering for Men
Tues-Jan 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Donation) What is holding you back from
experiencing the abundant life Jesus offers you? Gain support and inspiration by focusing on spirituality and
integration with daily life. Group discussion, reflection and prayer.
Grief Recovery
Sun- Jan 14, 1:00- 5:30p.m. ($45) Learning
a process to deal with grief. Gentle experiential process for resolving the grief
caused by loss
Mystery Dinner Theater at
January
14, at 6:00 A night for grownups
to put on their thinking caps and figure out “Who Dun it?” $42 per person
Appetizers, buffet dinner (catered by Rosina’s), dessert and GREAT
ENTERTAINMENT! An evening of lies, deceit, lots of suspicion and sidesplitting
comedy! Team up with your fellow guests to try to solve the mystery.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Available in person after January
2 during school hours at
HFA and tickets will be held at the door for you the night of the
performance.
Health News
With
the flu season upon us it’s important to recall Bishop Bootkoski’s previous
instruction about liturgical practices and the risk of contagion at Mass:
If you
are sick (and this holds true at all times, not just flu season) you should
refrain from drinking the Precious Blood from the chalice, receiving the Body
of Christ on the tongue and exchanging the Sign of Peace by shaking hands. It
is the responsibility of the individual to make this judgment. Of course, the
wisest course of action, out of consideration for our fellow parishioners, is
to stay home when we are sick.
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Two
British scientists from
These
impressive breakthroughs have not gotten the publicity they deserve because so
much attention has been focused on embryo-killing stem cell research, which has
yet to provide any developments actually usable for human medical treatments.
Charismatic Healing Mass
January 10
7:30
p.m.A Charismatic Healing Mass will be held on at St. Bernadette
Church, corner of
OUR LADY OF MERCY NEWS
End of Year
Financial Report for Taxes
Anyone wishing to obtain a
statement of contributions for the past year – 2006, should either drop a note
in the collection basket with name, address & phone no. or call the rectory
during business hours.
**Together
in Charity Collection**
Jan 6/7 2007 A special collection will be taken on January 6th & 7th
to fund the Parish Emergency Assistance Program. This program offers assistance
to individuals and families experiencing extraordinary hardships who are
referred to Catholic Charities by the parishes in our diocese. There will be no
envelope for this collection, we are asking you to be anonymously generous.
Murphy’s Laws for 2007
Thanks to
Felix Reid for this funny, funny piece
1.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why
some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a
fine for doing well.
3.
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
4.
A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
5.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending
machine.
6.
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently
talented fool.
7.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50
chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it
wrong.
8.
It is said that if you line up all the cars in
the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.
9.
If the shoe fits, get another one just like
it.
10.
The things that come to those that wait may be
the things left by those who got there first.
11.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
12.
Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
13.
The shin bone is a device for finding
furniture.
14. When
you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who
weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.