PLEASE NOTE – No Mass on Wednesday
Monday Apr
16th
7:00 PM Kalman Sipos r/o Joan & Bob McArdle
Tuesday Apr
17th
8:00 AM Intentions of the
Parishioners
Wednesday Apr
18th
No Mass on Wednesdays
Thursday Apr 19th
8:00 AM Intentions of the
Parishioners
Friday Apr
20th
8:00 AM Intentions of the
Parishioners
Saturday Apr 21st
8:00 AM William Conner r/o The
Kubeck Family
5:30 PM Pat Puppo r/o Stephen & Florence Kempa
Sunday Apr 22nd
8:00 AM Tim Johnson r/o Mathews
& King Families
10:00
AM Teresa
Plude r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews
12 NOON Anthony Del Mastro r/o Family
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER or
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
HOURS Seasonal prop
MASS Prop Gl Seq Cr
Easter Pf I (“on this day”)
Roman Canon
inserts Sol Bl
dismissal:alleluia, alleluia
RDGS 45: Acts 5:12-16 Ps
118:2-4,13-15,22-24
Rv 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19
Jn 20:19-31
As Thomas believed because he saw the risen Jesus (3),
so too were many brought to faith through the various signs and wonders wrought
by the apostles (1). They proclaimed as Lord “the stone rejected by the
builders” (Ps), “the First and the Last of the One who lives” (2)
Stewardship
“Blessed are they who
have not seen and yet believed,” Jesus says in today’s Gospel. For those who
have not seen to believe, however, we must be good stewards of our faith,
living it joyfully and sharing it generously. Then, in our time too, “men and
women in great numbers” will be “added to the Lord.” See John 20:29; Acts 5:14
Let us remember in our prayers John Quinn and Joseph
Tarzan whom God has called home.
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS including: Tony Gangitano, David King, Haley Weber,
Frank Stashak, Josephine Sarnoski, Elizabeth Connelly, Loretta Girard, Mary
Pokotello, Blanche Ferarro, Marie Kelly, Sheila Del Mastro, John & Peter
Foxwell, Camille & Eugene Foley, Terese King, John & Christine Dyke,
Peter Yazgier, Genevieve Casey and Daniel Burstiner
Collections
April 1st, Palm Sunday $5573.00
April 1st, Rice Bowl/CRS $569.00
April 1st, Easter Flower Fund $904.00
April 6th, Holy Land $738.00
April 8th, Easter $10,649.00
April 15th, 2007
Counters
Team #3
Bingo
Team #1
MOUNT
SAINT MARY ACADEMY
Watchung, NJ
07069-6587
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org
Please,
register for all events
Grief Recovery
Sun- Apr 22, 1:00- 5:30p.m. ($45) Learning
a process to deal with grief. Gentle experiential process for resolving the grief
caused by loss
Contemplative – Living in Chaotic Times
Wed, Apr 25, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ($15) In our post 9/11 hectic world,
how can we find peace? Come & find the way to centered living.
Immaculata
High School Fund Raiser for Peter Reid
Peter Reid, a 1993 graduate of Immaculata High School and son of long
term Immaculata teacher, Kathleen Reid, has been battling leukemia for almost
two years.
His recent bone marrow transplant was a success but recovery is very
slow. Peter will not be able to return to his teaching position at St. Joseph
Prep in Philadelphia anytime soon. Meanwhile, the bills keep mounting. His Alma
Mater, Immaculata, will conduct a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Saturday,
April 28th from 5 - 8 PM at the (240 Mountain Avenue, Somerville). Cost will be
$7 pp, $5 for senior citizens and students. Tickets for the dinner may be
purchased at the door. Raffle tickets to support the Reid family may be
purchased by contacting Immaculata Campus Ministry, 908-722-0200 ext. 123. We
ask that you please help this young family in their time of need.
About Divine Mercy Sunday
The Feast of the Divine
Mercy or Divine Mercy Sunday falls on the Sunday following Easter).
It is dedicated to the devotion to the Divine Mercy
promoted by St. Faustina (Faustyna
Kowalska), and is based upon an entry in St. Faustina's diary
stating that anyone who participates in the Mass
and receives the sacraments of confession and Eucharist on this day is assured by Jesus of full remission of
sins
According to the notebooks of
Sister Faustina, Jesus made the following statements about this day: "On that day the very depths of My
tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who
approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive
Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On
that day all the divine floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no
soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is
so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it
throughout all eternity.
DIOCESAN NEWS
Tenth Biennial Convention of Catholic Women
April
21 The Metuchen Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women will hold their Tenth Biennial Convention at St. John Vianney Parish in
Colonia. The cost for the day is $35.00 (includes hot lunch). Registration will
be at 8:30 am followed by the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. For more
info/registration, call Alice (732) 572-2638.
Annual Firefighters Mass
April
21, 7 pm at St. Francis of Assisi
Cathedral, Metuchen. This mass will honor all active, retired and deceased
firefighters who live and work within the Diocese. All firefighters and their
families are invited. A reception will follow the Mass. For information, visit www.diometuchen.org or call (732)
562-2461
Special Collection April 28th & 29th
Aid to the Church in Central &
Easter Europe and the Catholic Home Missions Appeal will take
place April 28th & 29th.
* The Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe is working in 28
countries to build the pastoral capacity of the Church. Together, we are
bringing the light of God’s love to places once covered by a pall of darkness.
Our contributions will help build parishes, supports seminaries, social service
programs, youth ministry, pastoral centers, church construction and spreading
of the Gospel in many distant and unknown places in Central and Eastern Europe.
* The Catholic Home Missions Appeal support those Catholics in the US
where the Catholic Church struggles just to keep parishes open and to educate
children in the faith. Some dioceses are terribly short of priests, sister and
money needed to run parishes. Catholic home Missions Appeal also provides
funding which helps send 982 chaplains to offer Mass, sacraments, counseling
and the comforts of faith to American Catholic soldiers and their families
around the world.
NJ Young Adult Conference May 5th
May
5th beginning at 10 am($30pp includes lunch, dinner & materials) Men & Women, Married or Single, in their 20s
& 30s. At St. Lawrence Church in Laurence Harbor, NJ. The conference
invites young adults to meet their peers from across the state and re-ignite
the fire of their faith. To register or get more info,
www.njyoungadultconference.org
- My wife and I had words,
But I didn't get to use mine.
- Frustration
is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
- God made man
before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first
question.
- I was always
taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
OUR
LADY OF MERCY NEWS
Father Herlihy’s Birthday Celebration
You
will find complete information and forms at all the exits of the church. The
specifics are:
·
Sunday April 29th. Noon Mass to
be followed by dinner at the Somerset Marriot Hotel at approx. 2pm.
·
Tickets are $36.00 per person and will
cover dinner, gratuity and a monetary gift to Father Dan.
·
Tickets are ONLY available by mailing
a stamped, self-addressed envelope with a check payable to “OLM HNS Birthday” in the exact amount for the tickets ordered and
with the attached form properly filled out.
·
Mail to: Mr. Keith Fasanella, 226 Howard
Ave. Somerset, NJ 08873. Inquiries (732)
356-5780.
·
Cutoff date for
sale of tickets is April 21st.
·
No children please.
·
Extra copies of this letter & form
can be gotten from any member of the “Pastor’s Birthday Committee” – Diane
D’Ambrosio, Robert & Joan McArdle, Keith Fasanella, Mary Getlik, Joe
Graber, Al & Rose Larangeira
·
Laura at the rectory will be happy to mail you a
copy. Cell# (732) 259-6665.
COMMUNITY
NEWS
Juke Box
Saturday Night
April 28, 7:30pm til Midnight, $18 pp,
$35 per couple. A 50’s Dance featuring Band of Gold will be held at St. Thomas Auditorium, Rte. 18S, Old
Bridge, NJ. Sponsored by The St. Thomas Holy Name Society. Please call (732)
238-4028 for tickets and group rates.
Sister Mary Ann, who worked for a home health agency, was out
making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As
luck
would
have it, an Exxon Gasoline station was just a block away.
She walked to the station to borrow a
gas can and buy some gas. The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned
had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.
Since Sister Mary Ann was on the way
to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car.
She looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas and
spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.
Always resourceful, Sister Mary Ann
carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried
the full bedpan back to her car.
As she was pouring the gas into her
tank, two men watched from across the street.
One of them turned to the other and
said, "If it starts, I'm turning Catholic,"