Please Note: No Mass onsWednesdays

Monday         September 24^th

  7:00 PM   Manuele Kornele r/o Rosary Altar Society

Tuesday        September 25^th

  8:00 AM      Intentions of the Parishioners

Wednesday September 26^th Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs

  8:00 AM      No Mass on Wednesdays

Thursday    September 27^th Vincent de Paul, Priest

  8:00 AM      Melita Kirsch r/o Mother

Friday           September 28^th Wenceslaus, Martyr

  3:00 PM   Margaret Brian r/o Betty Connelly

Saturday       September 29^th Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

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

  5:30 PM   Anthony Del Mastro r/o Okulewicz & Shaffrey

                      Families

Sunday          September 30^th

  8:00 AM      George Augustus & Josephine Gordon-Foxwell

                      r/o Josephine & Lionel Martens

10:00 AM      Gilda Rizzon r/o Granddaughter, Lydia

12 NOON      David & Viola Alliprandine r/o Family

 

 

 

 

Gathering for Men

Tues- Oct 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,  ($15)

Gain support and inspiration by focusing on spirituality and integration with daily life. Group discussion, reflection and prayer.

Jesus of Nazareth     

Wednesdays, October 10, 17, 24  7:30 –9:30 p.m. ($45/series; or $15/session)

3-Week series on the ministry of Jesus using Pope Benedict XVI’s new book as a source. Be inspired by Scripture, our Holy Father’s reflections and those of your own.

Weekend Retreat

Oct. 19-21, ($110/weekend; non-refundable deposit $25) Registration required Begins 7 p.m. on opening day; concludes at 2 p.m.  An experience of personal prayer based on Scripture. Daily spiritual direction  Atmosphere of prayerful quiet.  Adaptable to the needs of each individual.

OR

Week-Long Directed Retreat    

Oct. 14-21, ($385/week; non-refundable deposit $75) Registration required. Begins 7 p.m. on opening day; concludes at 2 p.m.

COMMUNITY NEWS

L-i-f-e C-h-a-i-n

October 7^th, 2:00-3:30pm  “The purpose of Life Chain is to provide a visual statement of solidarity by our local community that abortion is grievously wrong and that we are opposed to the killing of unborn children.”.

If you would like to lead or be part of this year’s Life Chain, please contact the parish secretary. There is too much info to announce in the bulletin, but I would be more than happy to make a copy for you.

Hospice and Home Care Volunteers

Oct. 10^th  The Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills is announcing a training for men and women interested in becoming Hospice and Home Care Volunteers. Training begins on Oct. 10^th and runs for six consecutive Wednesdays from 11:30 to 2:30 pm, ending November 14^th. Please contact Anne Kelleher (908) 766-0780 x118 or email akelleher@visitingnurse.org for more info.

 

DIOCESAN NEWS

www.diometuchen.org

2007 Bishop’s Annual Appeal

“Disciples of Christ…Stewards of His Gifts”

Your gift, combined with that of your fellow parishioners, will be used to enrich so many lives.  Diocesan ministries provide pastoral, educational and charitable services for those in need.

Please support the 2007 Bishop’s Annual Appeal.

Your gift or pledge will truly make a difference!

Thank you!

“You shall love the Lord your God…You shall love your neighbor as yourself”  

Matthew 22: 34-40

The Science of Stem Cells

Finding Cures and Protecting Life

Before you support “stem cell research”, be sure to know all the facts. Certain kinds of stem cell research involves the manipulation and destruction of living human embryos and often requires scientists making new embryos by cloning humans. What price are we willing to pay? Please visit www.respectlifetoday.org to watch a short documentary titled “The Science of Stems Cells: Finding Cures and Protecting Life”.

Breakfast for Life

Subject: The Science and Ethics of

Stem Cells and Cloning

October 17^th, 7:30 am to 9:00 am

Neilson Dining Hall

Douglass Campus

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ.

Guest Speaker Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

·       Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center.

·       Ph.D in Neuroscience for Yale University

·       Worked as a molecular biologist at Mass. General Hospital & Harvard University

·       Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with B.S. Degrees in Molecular & Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Bio-chemistry and a B.A. in Philosophy. Fr. Tad has testified before members of the Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Virginia & North Carolina State Legislatures during deliberations over stem cells and cloning.

Tickets are $18 ($9 for students) payable to Breakfast for Life, c/o Barbara Reavey, 7 Darrow Court, Kendall Park, NJ 08824. (732) 297-2778. Please RSVP by October 3^rd.

 

OUR LADY OF MERCY NEWS

Religious Education Teachers and Aides

September 23^rd after the 10am Mass

If you have volunteered as a CCD Teacher or Aide, there will be a very important meeting after the 10am Mass on September 23^rd. If you cannot attend this meeting, please contact Agi Simoncelli or Michele Duh to discuss other options of getting the info presented at this meeting.

Consider Joining RENEW This Season

As your Renew team prepares for Season V, we invite you to consider joining fellow parishioners and sharing your faith and friendship in an informal atmosphere. For six weeks this fall, we will again meet in small groups for the common purpose of growing in our faith life!

We will have 2 “Sign Up Sundays” in September and a “kick off” Mass at 7pm on September 21^st in the Church Hall. Season V will begin the week of October 7^th. Look for further details in future bulletins!

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.

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.

Open House Schedule

* Bishop George Ahr HS, One Tingley Lane, Edison

10/14/2007 1 – 4 pm. (732) 549-1108 x641

* Cardinal McCarrick HS, 310 Augusta St., So. Amboy

10/11/2007 7 – 9 pm. (732) 721-3110

* Immaculata HS, 240 Mountain Ave., Somerville

10/7/2007 1 – 4 pm. (908) 722-0200 x218

 

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.Back to Bulletins Page

 

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