Please Note: No Mass on Wednesdays

Monday         October 22^nd

  7:00 PM   Mr. & Mrs. Yozeph Skirka r/o Carol & Joe

Tuesday        October 23^rd John of Capistrano, Priest

  8:00 AM      Connie Foglia r/o Rosalie & Frank Yurasko

Wednesday October 24^th Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop

  8:00 AM      No Mass on Wednesdays

Thursday    October 25^th Luke, Evangelist

  8:00 AM      Helen Bowers r/o Bowers Family

Friday           October 26^th

  8:00 AM      David & Viola Alliprandine r/o Family

Saturday       October 27^th

  8:00 AM      Intentions of the Parishioners

  5:30 PM   Joseph & Audrey Tarsan

Sunday          October 28^th

  8:00 AM      Joseph Tarsan r/o Frank & Lucille Tymecki

10:00 AM      Austin Scanlon r/o Helen Golaszewski

12 NOON      John Quinn r/o SCJMD Sunshine Club

 

 

 

Catholic High School

Admission Tests

The high school placement test for Bishop Ahr, Cardinal McCarrick and Immaculata High Schools.

·  Date:       November 10, 2007

·  Time:      8:00AM. It is a 4 hour assessment

·  Fee:        $35

If your child does not already attend a Catholic school, you can call the high school of your choice to get a registration form or you can download the registration from the Diocesan website www.diometuchen.org. Mail the completed registration form to your first choice school. Be sure that the first quarter report card marks are on the form.

DIOCESAN NEWS

www.diometuchen.org

World Mission Sunday, Oct. 21^st

There will be a special collection for World Mission Sunday. Please be as generous as your means allow.

10:45am-2:00pm  Walk “The Extra Mile of Kids in Need of Jesus” through the neighborhood of St. Francis Cathedral and then celebrate Noon Mass with Bishop Emeritus Edward T. Hughes followed by a Simple Mission Lunch . For more info, please call (732) 562-1990 x1707 or email mlegacki@diometuchen.org.

What price are we willing to pay?

The Catholic Bishops oppose the “New Jersey Stem Cell Research Bond Act” because it includes funding for human embryonic stem cell research. The Bishops do not believe that government should subsidize and then force morally opposed taxpayers to subsidize research that requires the destruction of human life.

 Please visit www.respectlifetoday.org to watch a short documentary titled “The Science of Stems Cells: Finding Cures and Protecting Life”.

All Souls Day Mass at Diocesan Cemeteries

November 2  Rev. Msgr. William Benwell, V.G. will be the celebrant of the annual All Souls Day Mass on the grounds of Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick. At the the same time, Bishop Emeritus Edward T. Hughes will be the celebrant of the All Souls Day Mass on the gorounds of Ressurection Burial Park, Piscataway. The Masses will be celebrated inside the Mausoleum Chapel located at each site. For further information please call (732) 562-2408.

Annual Diocesan Holy Name Memorial Mass Honoring Recently Deceased Members

November 4-7pm  Holy Trinity Church, Perth Amboy, NJ. Rev. Chester H. Carina, Moderator and Celebrant. All Holy Name members, families and friends are invited to attend the Mass to pray for the departed members. Light refreshments will be served following the Mass.

Twenty Fifth Annual Catholic Girl Scout Gathering

Theme: “Sharing the Light of Faith”

November 10, 9am – 2:30pm at St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, Piscataway. Registration begins at 8:20am. Cost is $12 which will include program, patch and lunch. Workbooks may be purchased for $6.

Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors will receive instructions on how to complete workbooks to earn Catholic medals. Medals are awarded at the Cathedral in the Spring.

For more information please call (732) 562-1630 or (908) 874- 8714.

COMMUNITY NEWS

St. Mary’s Penny Sale, October 21^st

St. Mary’s of Bound Brook Rosary Altar Society is sponsoring its annual Penny Sale beginning at 2pm in their auditorium on West Second St. & Vosseller Ave., Bound Brook. Doors will open at 12:30pm. Admission $5 – free refreshments at break. For more info please call the Parish Office (732) 356-0358 or Dolores at (732) 748-0809.

Country Ham Dinner

November 3, 5-8pm at the Reformed Church Fellowship Hall, 113 Clinton St., SBB. Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Applesauce, Green Beans, Baked Beans, Desserts & Beverages. Adults-$10, Seniors-$9, Child (5-12)-$8, Kids 4 and under eat free.

Pancake Breakfast

November 4th from 8:00 - noon  Cub Scout Pack 41 is holding a pancake breakfast at the Holy Family Academy cafeteria in Bound Brook. Cost for seniors and children is $5 and $7 for adults. Please come and support these fine young boys.

High School Boy’s CYO Basketball

Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish in Middlesex will hold tryouts soon for a team to play in the Diocese of Metuchen league. The season will begin play in January 2008. Interested candidates should call: (732) 356-8294 for more information.

The Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea

November 25 at 3pm   Sacred Heart Church at 149 South Plainfield Ave., So. Plainfield proudly presents the Rev. Alphonse Stephenson’s Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea. Fr. Stephenson, is world renown and has directed over 3000 performances of “A Chorus Line” on Broadway. Fr. Stephenson’s concerts are usually a SOLD OUT event.

General Admission is $25.00, Seniors & Students $20.00. For ticket information, please call (908) 756-0633 x10 or (732) 549-9633.

The Rummage Sale on Saturday, September 8 was a huge success.  The volume of clothes, books, toys and games, household articles, shoes, religious articles, furniture, pictures, lamps, holiday decorations and items we can’t remember, was overwhelming.  We hope you were able to come down and see us, if not to buy, but to look and see how generous our parishioners were.

 

There were so many individuals involved in making this sale happen.  We had individuals producing the flyers, translating them into Spanish, going store-to-store putting up the flyers, placing the info in all the newspapers, on bulletin boards, on the electronic sign, bulletins of other parishes, cable TV, and just spreading the word.  Then there were the meetings to get the sale to happen.  The ideas flowed from everyone, and those ideas really came to culmination on the final day.  And then we had those individuals who for 3 days worked tirelessly setting up tables, sorting, folding the clothes and pricing everything else and putting them in sections to have the shoppers feel they were in a department store.  The tables looked great.  It was one monumental job but we opened the doors on time and our shoppers were complimenting us on how terrific everything looked.  One lady told us she was so pleased that everything was so clean and was very impressed by our sale.  Oh, and remember those collection days when the items kept coming in and in and in and in!  All those who helped are very talented individuals and didn’t stop working until the job was done, including the clean-up crew.  Where did everything go?  It went to the Somerset County Food Bank, FISH, Planet Aid, and the Methodist church rummage sale.

 

We wish to thank everyone, beginning with Father Dan, the parishioners who donated all those articles, the individuals who worked so hard (we even met some new parishioners), and our committee who pulled it off.

 

So far we have made about $2,500. (all expenses are not yet accounted for) and hopefully some much needed items will be purchased to beautify our church.

 

Thank you everyone, and thank you, Our Lady of Mercy in heaven for shinning down upon us.

 

The Rosary Altar Society and The Holy Name Society

Dear Parishioners,

 

The Rummage Sale on Saturday, September 8 was a huge success.  The volume of clothes, books, toys and games, household articles, shoes, religious articles, furniture, pictures, lamps, holiday decorations and items we can’t remember, was overwhelming.  We hope you were able to come down and see us, if not to buy, but to look and see how generous our parishioners were.

 

There were so many individuals involved in making this sale happen.  We had individuals producing the flyers, translating them into Spanish, going store-to-store putting up the flyers, placing the info in all the newspapers, on bulletin boards, on the electronic sign, bulletins of other parishes, cable TV, and just spreading the word.  Then there were the meetings to get the sale to happen.  The ideas flowed from everyone, and those ideas really came to culmination on the final day.  And then we had those individuals who for 3 days worked tirelessly setting up tables, sorting, folding the clothes and pricing everything else and putting them in sections to have the shoppers feel they were in a department store.  The tables looked great.  It was one monumental job but we opened the doors on time and our shoppers were complimenting us on how terrific everything looked.  One lady told us she was so pleased that everything was so clean and was very impressed by our sale.  Oh, and remember those collection days when the items kept coming in and in and in and in!  All those who helped are very talented individuals and didn’t stop working until the job was done, including the clean-up crew.  Where did everything go?  It went to the Somerset County Food Bank, FISH, Planet Aid, and the Methodist church rummage sale.

 

We wish to thank everyone, beginning with Father Dan, the parishioners who donated all those articles, the individuals who worked so hard (we even met some new parishioners), and our committee who pulled it off.

 

So far we have made about $2,500. (all expenses are not yet accounted for) and hopefully some much needed items will be purchased to beautify our church.

 

Thank you everyone, and thank you, Our Lady of Mercy in heaven for shinning down upon us.

 

The Rosary Altar Society and The Holy Name Society