Please
Note : no mass on Wednesday
Monday November
3rd Martin de Porres, Religious
7:00
PM Bernice Bell r/o Carol & Lorelei
Tuesday November
4th Charles Borromeo, Bishop
8:00 AM Intentions
of the Parishioners
Wednesday November 5th
No
Mass on Wednesday
Thursday November
6th
8:00 AM Intentions of the Parishioners
Friday November
7th
8:00 AM Intentions
of the Parishioners
Saturday November 8th
5:30 PM Thomas
Martini r/o Flo & Andy
Sunday November 9th
10:00
AM Helen Golaszewski
r/o
Gene & Carrie Sempkowski
12
r/o Josephine &
Lionel Martens
THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
HOURS Pss III Seasonal prop
MASS Prop (3 Masses) Cr Pf of Christian Death I-V
Sol Bl
RDGS 668: Sugg:
Rom
5:5-11 or 6:3-9 Jn 6:37-4, or
1011-1016
(Lectionary, vol. IV)
The souls of the just are in God’s hand. Christ, the Good Shepherd,
died for us while we were still sinners. He is the resurrection and the life.
If we have died with him, we shall also live with him.
Stewardship
On the Feast of All
Souls we pray for those who have gone before us and stand in judgment before
God. May we share with one another the treasure of love’s memory, and console
one another with the assurance of resurrection.
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS
For
those who are ill, especially: Josephine
Sarnoski, Blanche Ferraro, Elizabeth Connelly, Genevieve Casey and Peter
Yazgier.
Collections
Sunday –
Counters
Nov. 2nd Team #4
Jim Scaletti
Nov. 9th Team #1 Joe Graber & Gerry
Fasanella
Nov. 16th Team #2 Ken Giacomini
Nov. 23rd Team #3 Louie Auerbach & David
Boyle
Diocese of Metuchen
2008 Bishop’s Annual Appeal
“Continuing the
The 2008 Appeal will soon be coming to a close. We need your support if
the overall goal of $6.5 million is to be achieved. Your participation is critical if we are to
continue to meet the ministerial needs across our four-county diocese. Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
MOUNT
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org
Please register for
all events
WEEKEND DIRECTED RETREAT
Nov 7-9, 7 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Sunday
($110/weekend; non-refundable deposit $25)
An experience of personal prayer based on
Scripture. Daily spiritual
direction. Atmosphere of prayerful
quiet. Adaptable to the needs of each
individual.
CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF PAUL: St. Paul and the Virtue of HOPE
Tues - Nov
11, 7:30—9:30 p.m. ($15) Msgr. John P. O’Connor
St. Paul writes from his life experience and his trust in God to keep on
going amidst trials.
PERSONAL RETREAT DAYS
Sacred Time, Sacred Space
Wed, Nov 12, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bring bag lunch ($20)
A personal quiet day to enjoy God’s presence. Day begins and ends with
communal prayer.
KICK UP YOUR HEELS!!
Country Line Dancing
Saturday,
November 22
All
are welcome. This is appropriate for ages 2 to 102 years old! Learn such fun
dance steps as the "Two Step" and Family version of
"Cotton Eye Joe" plus MUCH more!
"The Country Fixin's
Cafe" will also be open to purchase food from
Ticket prices are: $7.00
in advance for 15 years and older--$9 at the door; $5.00 4 years to 14 years
old--$7.00 at the door 3 and under FREE!
"HEE HAW"
Special--2 children tickets and 2 adult tickets--$22.00
Call the school office at
732-356-1151 or Bev Pirone at 732-369-3711 to order tickets.
DIOCESAN
NEWS
Bishop’s 3rd Annual
Mass to
“Celebrate
Adoption”
November
16, 2008, Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen.
Bishop Paul Bootkoski, Celebrant.
Join us for a special celebration
honoring all adoptive families – includes adoptees, adoptive parents,
grandparents, extended families and birthparents. Sponsored by the Family Life
Office, Diocese of Metuchen.
Light lunch following
Mass. Pre-registration is requested. Please call (732) 562-1990 x1624 or email:
familylife@diometuchen.org.
Do You Want to
Serve the Lord?
Is priesthood or religious life a possibility for
you? If so, consider joining our monthly discernment group, which is open to
men, ages 18-50, who wish to discern God’s will and find out more about
priesthood and consecrated religious life.
St. John Vianney House of
Discernment, Hopelawn
Tuesday,
November 25, 2008 – 7:30 PM
Tuesday,
December 9, 2008 – 7:30 PM
For more information, or
to sign up, please call Father Randy Vashon at the Office of Vocations (732)
562-2457 or email him at vocations@diometuchen.org.
My Word!
COMMITTEE:
A body
that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
KLEENEX:
Cold Storage.
INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.
SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.
TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.
TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.
WRINKLES:
Something other people have. You have character lines.
OUR
LADY OF MERCY NEWS
From
the Desk of the Pastor
Next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of
Our Lady of Mercy her in South Bound Brook. To mark the occasion, I would like
to put a committee together to plan for this anniversary.
Accordingly, I invite all interested parishioners to be part of the
committee. Kindly contact the rectory if you would like to serve.
Thanksgiving,
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
Have you purchased your Thanksgiving turkey and
fixings yet? Why not use a Shop Rite gift card? They are available after each
Mass every Sunday in $25, $50, and $100 amounts. By doing so you will enjoy a
hearty Thanksgiving meal with your family and friends AND support your church.
The Holy Name Society and Altar Rosary Society
have used the proceeds from selling Shop Rite gift cards to purchase a new holy water font for the elevator
entrance and new bells for the Altar
Servers to use during Mass.
Holy Name Society News
BLESSED BE HIS HOLY NAME
And the winner is…
The
2008 Fall Raffle Drawing was held on October 18th. The prize winners
are:
·
M/M Cosimo
Barbiero 1st Prize $542.50
·
Susan Nizalak 2nd Prize $325.50
·
Caroline
Wawrzyniak 3rd Prize $217.00
Good
luck to the winners and a special thank you to all of our parishioners who
helped make this raffle a success.
Youth Group News
The next Youth Group
meeting will be on Sunday, November 2nd at 1 p.m. in the downstairs
hall. We will work on tags for this year’s Giving Tree. As you know we
provide gift cards and gifts to our friends in Appalachia, the local food bank
and a few local families. Please come and join us. The Giving Tree
will go up around November 12th. All gifts for Appalachia need to be
returned by November 30th.
Bagel Sunday is coming back--watch for more
information in the bulletin. The Youth Group will also bring back the subs
for Super Bowl Sunday. We are still looking for more of our teens to join
us. If you have any questions, please call Nora Lyons on 732-563-9459.