Please Note: Changes to Masses on Wednesday and Thursday due to

All Saints Day

Monday         October 29^th

  7:00 PM   David & Viola Alliprandine r/o Family

Tuesday        October 30^th

  8:00 AM      Eileen Fazakas r/o Mary Ann Lencoski

Wednesday October 31^st

  8:00 AM      No Mass on Wednesdays

  7:00 PM   John Smeraglia r/o Lydia

                      Santayana-Copperthwaite

Thursday    November 1^st All Saints Day

  8:00 AM      Rowland Francisco r/o Family

  7:00 PM   Mary & Stanley Usavage r/o Stanley & Barbara

                      Usavage

Friday           November 2^nd All Souls Day

  8:00 AM      Dominic Caridi r/o His Wife, Anne

Saturday       November 3^rd

  8:00 AM      Intentions of the Parishioners

  5:30 PM   Manuela Kornele r/o Lydia S. Copperthwaite

Sunday          November 4^th

  8:00 AM      Mary Bozzay & Brother Naze Santini r/o

                      Family

10:00 AM      Joseph Sickoria r/o James & Nancy Sickoria

12 NOON      James Carlin r/o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Black

 

 

 

DIOCESAN NEWS

www.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 same time, Bishop Emeritus Edward T. Hughes will be the celebrant of the All Souls Day Mass on the grounds of Resurrection 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.

Diocesan Red Mass

Nov. 4 at 11 a.m  The Diocese of Metuchen 2007 Red Mass will be held at St. Peter the Apostle Church, New Brunswick.  The Mass honors individuals in the judicial system and the legal profession.  Following Mass, there will be a brunch at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. Tickets are $50 per adult.  All are invited. For more information call 732-562-2461 or visit www.diometuchen.org

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.

 

OUR LADY OF MERCY NEWS

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

The Our Lady of Mercy elevator for is now open. Please be aware:

• the #1 button will bring you to floor with the outside entrance
• the #2 button will bring you to the Church floor
• the #B button will bring you to the Church basement

Our “Handicapped Parking” signs are on order and we will post them as soon as we get them. In the meantime, please leave 3 parking places open on High Street near the handicapped accessible sidewalk ramp for parishioners with handicaps so they can easily access the door that leads to the elevator.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

I would like to say thank you to the people who baked, purchased and donated time and money to the bake sale for our family in need. Once again the parishioners of Our Lady of Mercy have come through with such generosity that I am overwhelmed. The family in need would like to
say thank you and God Bless you all for your compassion and generosity. It’s great to know that we truly belong to a family at Our Lady of Mercy.

God bless you all and Thank you.

 Agi Simoncelli, CCD Coordinator

COMMUNITY NEWS

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.

Theology on Tap for 20’s & 30’s

Tuesday Evenings from 7-9pm, at Stuff Yer Face Restaurant, 49 Easton Ave., New Brunswick. $15 covers food & speakers. Cash bar.

November 6^th: Stephen Smith, PhD – A Catholic Rediscovers the Bible

November 13^th: Ms. Tina Rockafellow – Living Courageously for God.

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