Please
Note : no mass on Wednesday
Monday November
24th Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest
7:00
PM Denis Herlihy
Tuesday November
25th Catherine of
Wednesday November 26th
8:00 AM No Mass
r/o Stanely &
Barbara Usavage
Blessing
of the Loaves and Grapes
Thursday November
27th Thanksgiving
8:00 AM No Morning Mass
Friday November
28th
Saturday November 29th
Vigil: First Sunday of Advent
5:30 PM Richard
Morando r/o Moski Family
Sunday November 30th First Sunday of Advent
10:00
AM Helen Golazewski
r/o
Gene & Carrie Sempkowski
r/o
His Wife & Family
LAST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
HOURS Seasonal Prop
MASS Prop Gl
Cr Pf of Christ the King
RDGS 160: Ez 34:11-12,
15-17 Ps 23:1-3, 5-6
1 Cor
The Lord Jesus is our shepherd. At the end, at his
coming, he will hand over the kingdom to his Father. He will “judge between one
sheep and another, between rams and goats”, between those who have lived their
lives for others, and those who lived for themselves.
Stewardship
When the Son of Man comes in glory, may we be among those who have fed
the hungry, welcomed the stranger, and clothed the naked. For Jesus tells us clearly that it is those
who have demonstrated good stewardship by sharing their gifts with the less
fortunate who will receive God’s blessing and inherit the kingdom.
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS
For
those who are ill, especially: Josephine
Sarnoski, Blanche Ferraro, Elizabeth Connelly, Genevieve Casey, Peter Yazgier,
Chet Scaletti, Sr. and Keith Bloomer.
Collections
Sunday –
Counters
Nov. 23rd Team #3 Louie Auerbach & David
Boyle
Nov. 29th Team #4 Jim Scaletti
Dec. 7th Team #1 Joe Graber & Gerry
Fasanella
Dec. 14th Team #2 Ken Giacomini
Diocese of Metuchen
2008 Bishop’s Annual Appeal
“Continuing the
If you have yet to make your gift please do so today! Your gift should be based on your means and circumstances – a private decision between you and God. This past year thousands of local Catholics received services through Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Metuchen. Without the support of the Bishop’s Annual Appeal these programs would have to be reduced or in some cases eliminated.
MOUNT
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org
Please register for
all events
PERSONAL RETREAT DAYS
Sacred
Time, Sacred Space
Dec 3, 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.
GUIDED WEEKEND RETREAT
Includes Advent Day of
Recollection
Dec. 5, 7 p.m. - Dec 7, 2 p.m. ($110/weekend;
non-refundable deposit $25)
ADVENT CALL: EXERCISE YOUR SOUL
Advent
Afternoon of Recollection
Dec 6, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
($20) Learn how to keep spiritually
fit and whole as you prepare for Christmas;
includes presentations, prayer
forms, Mass.
“MARY HAD A BABY”
Dec 10, 7:30—9:30 p.m. ($15) This dramatic telling of the
story of the Birth of Christ allows you to experience
the journey as if you were there. Mary
Musella, Spiritual Dramatist
DIOCESAN
NEWS
Do You Want to Serve the Lord?
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.
Catholic
Charities Needs Your Help
Catholic
Charities, Diocese of Metuchen is in need of volunteers to help in
Senior
Shopper Program Coordinator - provides
grocery shopping and a friendly visitor to home bound seniors who have no one
to shop for them.
Connections
Program - provides positive adult mentor role models
for children who have suffered loss or who have special emotional needs. Many
children in our Diocese are in need of this service.
Please
consider offering some time as a volunteer. Catholic Charities, Diocese
of Metuchen is committed to provide quality care to those who come to us in
need of assistance. It is through your kind consideration of this request
and generous contribution of time that can enable us to increase our ability to
help. Gina Criscuolo may be reached in our
Community
NEWS
Sacred Heart Advent
Retreats
Sacred
Heart Chruch in Manville will be holding their annual Advent Retreats. The
English Retreat will run from Saturday/Sunday, December 6/7 through Thursday,
December 11th. The Polish Retreat will begin on Sunday, December 14th
and run through Wednesday, December 17th.
A
detailed schedule for both Retreats is available on their parish website www.sacred-heart-church.org
or for more information, please call the parish office at (908) 725-0072.
The Orchestra of St.
Peter by the Sea
December 21st at
Only
ADVANCE
Tickets will be sold: Orchestra $32.50, Balcony $27.50. For ticket information,
please call (908) 725-1008 x104 to reserve your ticket. Last year’s concert was
sold out, so please call for your tickets NOW!
Our
Lady of Mercy News
Youth
Group News
Youth Group Giving Tree
The Giving Tree will is up. As you know, we
provide gift cards and gifts to our friends in Appalachia, the local food bank
and a few local families. All gifts for Appalachia need to be returned by
November 30th. Please do not wrap the gift and also, please stick the giving
tree tag on the gift you bring.
Please consider buying Shop Rite Gift Cards to place on the
Giving Tree to help less fortunate area families have holiday meals as
plentiful as we will have for our own families.
Shop
Rite Gift Cards are sold after each Mass
every weekend.
Youth Group Meeting Dates & Times
Sunday,
December 7th at
Altar
Rosary Society News
Annual Christmas Luncheon
The Altar Rosary Society
Luncheon will be held on Sunday, December 7th from
The ladies of the Altar
Rosary Society will conduct their most excellent Holiday Bake Sale after all
Masses on November 22nd & 23rd in the Church Hall.
As always, donations of baked
goods are always welcome and appreciated. Please bring them to the Church hall
15 minutes before Mass starts.
Holy
Name & CCD Society News
In
conjunction with the contest sponsored by the Diocese of Metuchen, Our Lady of
Mercy’s Holy Name Society is sponsoring a poster contest for our 1-8 grade CCD
students and a poetry contest for our 6th, 7th, & 8th
grade CCD students. The winners in each grade will receive a $10 cash prize.
The place winners will also be entered into the Diocesan annual Pro-life
poster/poetry contest for Religious Education students.
For
more information and the complete set of rules, please read the notice each
child in CCD will receive this week.
All
entries must be back to their respective CCD teachers no later than