Divine Mercy Parish
Founded 2005
Saint Stanislaus Church Founded 1890
Church of the Holy Cross Founded 1891
Saints Peter and Paul Church Founded 1899
“O God, your mercy knows no bounds and the treasure of your
goodness is infinite…”
September 13, 2015
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Prayer after the ‘Te Deum’ Hymn
Parish Office
233 Adeline Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Phone 609-393-4826 ~ Fax 609-393-3538
Monday thru Friday: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Web Page
www.divinemercyoftrenton.org
Clergy
Very Rev. Dennis A. Apoldite, Pastor ~ Ext.101
Rev. Edward Kwoka, Parochial Vicar ~ Ext. 105
Rev. Thomas Kunnath, Parochial Vicar ~ Ext. 106
Rev. George Medina, Parochial Vicar ~ Ext. 102
Deacon John Grussler
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday 9:00am to 12:00 Noon
1:00pm to 3:00 pm
Staff
Mrs. Barbara Komendat
Administrative Assistant ~ Ext. 100
Mrs. Rosemarie Micharski
Coordinator of Religious Education ~ Ext. 108
Mr. Wilfredo Benitez
Director of Maintenance
609- 393-4826
Natalie Megules
Director of Music Ministry and Organist
Mr. Darek Blaszczyk, Polish Organist
609-356-9012
Mercy House Outreach Ministry
Mercyhousetrenton@verizon.net
Holy Cross Center of Learning—609.882.4567
Mrs. Rose Anna Romanello, Coordinator
New Parishioners
Welcome to our Parish Community. Please register
at the Parish Office at your earliest convenience.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Together we pray the Chaplet fifteen minutes prior to
each weekend Liturgy. Please be sure to join us.
VOCATION TO PRIESTHOOD?
Email: Vocations@DioceseofTrenton.org
Weekend Schedule
Saturday Vigil 4:00 PM English
Sunday 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM English
12:00 PM Polish; 5:00 PM Spanish
Holy Days
Please see Mass Schedule
Daily Schedule
Monday through Friday 7:00 AM English
Friday evening 6:30 PM Polish; 7:30 PM Spanish
Sacraments
Reconciliation (Confessions)
Every Saturday from 3:30 to 3:50 PM, or by
appointment.
Spowiedź po Polsku
w każdy piątek od 6:00-6:20 PM
w każdą niedzielę od 11:30-11:50 AM
Sacramento de la Reconciliación
4:30 PM antes de las 5 PM Misa
(Spanish and English)
Baptism
First and third Sundays of each month during the
10:00 AM Mass or at 1:15 PM. A required Baptismal
Preparation Session for parents is held on the last
Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the parish
Office, 233 Adeline Street.
Please contact the Parish Office to register.
Marriage
Arrangements should be made at least one year prior
to the marriage. Please contact the Parish Priest.
Pastoral Care of the Sick ~ Anointing of The Sick
Please call the Parish Priest when serious illness
occurs or when the sick, aged, or incapacitated are
confined to home for an extended period.
Arrangements can be made to bring Communion to
those unable to get to church. After office hours and
on weekends, for an emergency sick call, please call
609-396-7254
First Eucharist ~First Reconciliation~
Confirmation
These Sacraments are administered to our
parishioners in connection with our Religious
Education Program.
Saturday, September12
4:00 pm Edward Glazewski req. Sister, Lena
Sunday, September 13 Twenty-Fourth Sunday
8:30 am Holy Name Society Members
10:00 am Kathleen Kisco req. Bonnie & Richard
12:00 pm Genowefa & Wiadyslaw Rembowski req.
Daughter-in-law, Janina & Family
5:00 pm Oscar E. Torres req. Nereida & Stanley
Saganowski & Family
Monday, September 14
7:00 am Living & Deceased Evans, Burick & Orndorff
Family
Tuesday, September 15
7:00 am Walter Glazewski req. Great Grandso, Nicholas
Wednesday, September 16
7:00 am Deceased of Wiacek Family req. Family
Thursday, September 17
7:00 am Stella Smieszek req. John & Helen Bowers
Friday, September 18
7:00 am For the Success of the Meeting on the Family
6:30 pm Deceased members of Dolowych Family req.
Maria Bielawski
7:30 pm For the Success of the Meeting on Family
Saturday, September 19
4:00 pm Genevieve Doskos req. Daughter, Dolores &
Stanley Krysztafik
Sunday, September 20
8:30 am Mr. & Mrs. Gedeon Martha req. Daughters,
Elizabeth & Eva
10:00 am Eileen Kostrzewa req. Husband, Tom
12:00 pm Eleonor & Aleksander Maj req. Dora &
Grandchildren
5:00 pm Maria Bertila Olivares req. Raymond &
Rosemarie Micharski
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The collection totals for Septembert 5 & 6, 2015 was $.
Thank you for you continued generosity.
World Meeting of Families Prayer
God and Father of us all, in Jesus, your Son and
our Savior, you have made us
your sons and daughters in the family of the
Church. May your grace and love help our families
in every part of the world be united to one
another in fidelity to the Gospel. May the example
of the Holy Family, with the aid of your Holy
Spirit, guide all families, especially those most
troubled, to be homes of communion and prayer
and to always seek your truth and live in your love.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us!
HOLY DOOR AT DIVINE MERCY PARISH
Last week Pope Francis released a letter about an
indulgence that will be granted to the faithful during the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that will last from
December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016. An
indulgence as you know is the extra-sacramental
remission of the temporal punishment due to sin that
has been forgiven. In other words, even after we have
been forgiven of our sins through the sacrament of
reconciliation, there are still the effects of our sins that
we need to still somehow “make up for” and make
reparation for. To give a clear but unusual example, if
someone confesses to murdering someone in
Confession and is repentant, God forgives that sin
completely through the sacrament, “end of story.” But
the effects of the sin are not easily wiped away. The
family and friends of the victim, for example, are still
suffering greatly, and it will take years for them to
recover, if ever. All of the people who now do not have
that victim in their life are changed and are deprived.
We still need to atone for the effects of whatever sins
we commit, either in this life or in Purgatory.
Indulgences are granted by the Church through the
exercise of the “power of the keys” of St. Peter and the
Apostles that we hear about in Matthew 16:19. Through
the application of the merits of Christ and of the saints,
we can be relieved of this type of punishment either
completely or partially. Indulgences are given for a just
and reasonable motive, in this case presumably
because Pope Francis feels that the world needs to
experience God’s mercy at this time in a unique and
powerful way. To receive an indulgence one usually
needs to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation,
receive Eucharist and offer prayers for the Holy Father.
One of the ways in which we can obtain this indulgence
in the Extraordinary Jubilee ahead, which the Pope
describes in this letter, is by making a pilgrimage to a
Holy Door. There will be a Holy Door at St. Mary’s
Cathedral in our Diocese and all Cathedrals of the world
for example. But the Pope also allows for the Diocesan
Bishop to choose other churches in his Diocese that the
Bishop designates as a site for the Holy Door, for the
convenience of the faithful. We at Divine Mercy Parish
are honored and happy to say that Bishop O’Connell
has designated our parish as one of the sites of the
Holy Door! More details about this will be forthcoming.
Moreover it is important to note that to receive this
particular indulgence, in addition to walking to the Holy
Door, in the words of Pope Francis: “It is important that
this moment be linked, first and foremost, to the
Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the celebration of
the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy. It will be
necessary to accompany these celebrations with the
profession of faith and with prayer for me and for the
intentions that I bear in my heart for the good of the
Church and of the entire world.” Being the site of one of
the Holy Doors connects us to the Universal Church in a
special way. I am looking forward to taking part in this
great Jubilee Year ahead with you! Fr Dennis
OUR GRATITUDE TO THE ALTAR ROSARY
In the name of our parish family, I would like to
express our sincere gratitude to the ladies of our
Altar Rosary Society who have donated $5,000.00 for
the repair of the Church organ. We are so grateful to
you for your generous gift to the Church. May Mary
continue to be your guide and support. Thank you.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September 14
After the death and resurrection of Christ, both the
Jewish and Roman authorities in Jerusalem made
efforts to obscure the Holy Sepulchre. The earth had
been mounded up over the site, and pagan temples
had been built on top of it. The Cross on which Christ
had died had been hidden (tradition said) by the
Jewish authorities somewhere in the vicinity.
According to tradition, first mentioned by Saint Cyril
of Jerusalem in 348, Saint Helena, nearing the end of
her life, decided under divine inspiration to travel to
Jerusalem in 326 to excavate the Holy Sepulchre and
attempt to locate the True Cross. A Jew by the name
of Judas, aware of the tradition concerning the hiding
of the Cross, led those excavating the Holy
Sepulchre to the spot in which it was hidden. Three
crosses were found on the spot. According to one
tradition, the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth, King of
the Jews" remained attached to the True Cross.
According to a more common tradition, however, the
inscription was missing, and Saint Helena and Saint
Macarius, assuming that one was the True Cross and
the other two belonged to the thieves crucified
alongside Christ, devised an experiment to determine
which was the True Cross. In one version of the latter
tradition, the three crosses were taken to a woman
who was near death; when she touched the True
Cross, she was healed. In another, the body of a
dead man was brought to the place where the three
crosses were found, and laid upon each cross. The
True Cross restored the dead man to life. In
celebration of the discovery of the Holy Cross,
Constantine ordered the construction of churches at
the site of the Holy Sepulchre and on Mount Calvary.
Those churches were dedicated on September 13
and 14, 335, and shortly thereafter the Feast of the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross began to be celebrated
on the latter date.
R.C.I.A.
Do you know anyone who has not finished the
Sacraments
of
Initiation,
Communion
and
Confirmation, and would like to? Please prayerfully
consider who might be interested in entering more
fully into the Catholic faith and invite them to join us
for our “Inquiry session.” The Sunday morning
sessions are held from 10am to 11am. Please
contact Fr. Dennis.
PILGRIMAGE
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. invites all the
faithful of the diocese to journey with him on
pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on
Saturday, November 7. A bus will leave Our Lady of
Sorrows parking lot at 7:00 a.m., so please arrive no
later than 6:45 a.m. We should arrive back in
Mercerville around 8:30 or 9:00 p.m.. You may bring
a bag lunch or buy lunch in the Shrine’s cafeteria. We
will have a rest stop on the way down, and stop for
dinner on the way home. The cost of the trip is $25
per person. Please make check payable to OLS-SA
and indicate on your check “National Shrine
Pilgrimage.” Please drop it off at the OLS St Anthony
parish office no later than Monday, October 26. For
additional information and to register, please contact
Mary Halasz at 585-4804.
VOCATION DISCERNMENT GROUP MEETING
A Vocation Discernment Group Meeting is a
wonderful opportunity to share how God is calling us
to serve in His Church. In these sessions we talk
about the issues that affect our vocation: How does
God call us? How can I know where God wants me
to serve Him? What is the life of priestly ministry?
What are the qualities that make a holy priest? What
is the formation process like? Through prayer,
experience, and a strong dedication to one’s spiritual
life, discernment emerges as a gift from God, leading
us in the right direction. You are invited to share your
journey with us in these discernment group meetings.
Our next meeting will be held on September 20,
2015, at St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 103 Washington
Avenue, Lavallette, N.J., 08735, from 4:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m., hosted by pastor, Rev. Msgr. Leonard
Troiano.
The time will include prayer, sharing
discernment stories, Q and A and a light meal. The
meetings are a wonderful experience as you discover
and respond to His invitation and serve the Church in
His priesthood. Register with Diocese of Trenton
Vocation Office at vocations@dioceseoftrenton.org or
by calling (609) 406-7449.
CONVOCATION FOR PRIESTS
The priest of the parish will be attending the annual
Convocation this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Please keep them in your prayers. We will
continue to have our morning Mass at 7:00.
FASHION SHOW
Come Join the Sanctuary Guild of Our Lady of the
Angels Celebrate our 60th Anniversary Fashion
Show and Luncheon on Sunday, September 20,
2015 at Stone Terrace by John Henry. This year
fashions will be presented by Journey Productions.
Cost $50.00 per person, for reservations; please
contact Josephine Tancreda at (609) 584-2281 or
Carol Carmignani at (609) 586-1611.
WHAT is POPE FRANCIS’ VISIT to
PHILADELPHIA and the
WORLD MEETING of FAMILIES ALL ABOUT?
Join guest speaker, Jim Manfredonia, founder of
WFJS Catholic radio, on Monday, September 14, at
7:30 pm, in the Gathering Area of St. James Church,
115 East Delaware Avenue, Pennington. The
discussion will include the purpose and goals of this
heroic event and ways to spiritually prepare for the
Pope’s visit. Refreshments will be available, together
with time for personal conversation. Hosted by the St.
James Church Life Ministry.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Please be sure to register you children for Religious
Education Classes before the program begins. If you
have any questions, please contact Rosemarie
Micharski at 609-393-5233, x108.
THANK YOU
We are grateful to those who brought in school
supplies for the needy children of the area. Your
donations were given to some of the families who are
clients of Mercy House as well as El Centro for the
Latino Community.
Catechetical Sunday
All Catechists and volunteers are encouraged to
come to receive a special blessing during the 4:00
Mass on Saturday, September, 19th. When invited,
please come to the Altar to be recognized and
prayed for. You are a blessing to this community, so
please come forward so that the community can pray
for you.