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…”
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
6069-575-6484
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
December 27, 2015
The Holy Family
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, December 26
4:00 pm Victoria C. Klama req. Goddaughter, Celeste &
Rich
Sunday, December 27 The Holy Family
8:30 am Living & Deceased of Evans, Burick & Orndorff
Family
10:00 am Stanislawa Pasek req. Jadwiga & Paul Kowal
12:00 pm Andrew Doskas req. Daughter, Dolores &
Stanley Krysztafik
5:00 pm No Intention
Monday, December 28
7:00 am Religious Education Children
Tuesday, December 29
7:00 am Peter
Wednesday, December 30
7:00 am All of our parish volunteers
12:10 pm Those who are in need of God’s Mercy
Thursday, December 31
7:00 am Al Rossi
4:00 pm For all those who died this past year
Friday, January 1
8:30 am Blessings of a new year
10:00 am Rosa Napoli
12:00 pm Stella Pasek req. Maria & Stanley Julutki
Wasyliana & Stanistow Gruszua req.
Grace Gruszka
Saturday, January 2
4:00 pm No Intention
Sunday, January 3 The Epiphany of the Lord
8:30 am Living & Deceased Members of Altar Rosary
Society
10:00 am Roy & Viktoria Murisan req. Dianna Calorio &
Mike Murisan
12:00 pm Stanislawa Pasek req. Grandchildren
5:00 pm No Intention
VIGIL LIGHT & ALTAR BREADS
In Loving Memory of Mary R. & Andrew J. Mankovich.
Requested by their Daughters
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The collection for the weekend of December 13
was $5,504.00. Collection for Religious Retirement
was $652.00. Your donations for the Immaculate
Conception Holy Day was $851.00.
The Importance of a Last Will and Testament:
Remember the Church in your Last Will &
Testament. Her prayers will accompany you to
heaven. Through your Last Will and Testament you
can also help those deprived and less fortunate, to
learn of God's infinite love and compassion by
leaving a legacy through the Church. After
considering your family and friends in your Will,
why not think of leaving a gift to the family of the
Church? It is a way of thanking God for the
blessings you have received during your life and a
wonderful way of ensuring that the faith and values
we cherish will be carried on in the future. Discuss
this option with your financial advisor or those who
assist you in these matters.
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Ismael Báez, Joseph Bezinski,
Margaret
Bliznawicz,
Josephine
Caraballo, Lillian
Caraballo, Richard Caraballo, Florence Cebula,
Rosa Choz, Tim Cicon, Mark Cicon, Fran
Costantini, Mary DeBono, David DeLeon, Sr., Delia
DeLeone, Al DelAversano, Shawn Kevin Dempsky,
Steven
Diefenbach, Linda Donovan, Helen
Falcone, William Friedman, Jr., Thomas Friedman,
Jennifer Fry,
Margaret Gadecki, Julia Gracioli,
Andy Graycar, Theresa Grover, Rose
Gruzlovic,
Catherine Hager, Amber Haux, Alexander and
Marianne Heyesey, Steven Hill, Fran Hrabchak,
Andrew Jacobs, Jean Janeczek, Arlene Jarzyk,
Lee W. Johnson, Richard A. Johnson, Carol
Kirkland, Ray Klama, Clara Krencicki,
Irene
Lipson, Kimberly Loffredo, Nicholas Loffredo, Anita
McIntyre, Rosemarie and Richard Malkin, Adam
Marut, Betty Marut, Genevieve Marvuglio, Patricia
Meisner, Nancy Mirabelli, Edward Moeller, Carol
Morris, Joanne Murphy, Lorraine Novatkowski,
Claire Pasierb, Barbara Pela, Ralph Pela, Andrew
Pitonyak, Margaret Pregg, Bill Rafferty, Nancy
Rafferty, David Remboske, John Rogers, Shelby
Rowe, William Scott, Stefania Sieminski, Mary
Silhan, Lottie Skwirut, Claire Sorce, Rita Szuter,
Stephanie Szuter, Beatrice Tylutki, Lynde Ugoretz,
Cathy Weber, Patrick Weber, Nicholas Wiener,
Helen Wnuk, Lucjan Wolinski, Larry Wooton, Mary
Ann Zaburski, Brother Robert Ziobro, Jonathan
Zdybel, Carol Zelak and those listed in the Prayer
Intention Book.
PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED
Stanislawa Pasek, Shelby Rowe, Jane Richart, Lena
Apoldite, Michael Rogers, Ann Peterman,John
Seremeta,Jason Capinski,
Freda Jaruszewski,
Romaine Gabauer,Ronald Kowalik, Eleanor
Krulewicz, Stella Smieszek, James Kishler, June
O’Connell, Marge Malczan, Richard Liedtka, Robert
S. Boardman, Walter Glazewski, Helen Nealon,
Anita Adamczyk, Grace Brown.
WAFER SUPPER
Our annual Wafer Supper is scheduled for
January 17th 2016 at 1:30pm at the Catholic
War Veterans Home. Tickets are $18.00 per
person.
DIVINE MERCY ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY
The Divine Mercy Altar Rosary Society will
meet on Sunday, January 3rd at the 8:30am
Mass. The rosary will be prayed before
Mass. Following Mass a meeting will take
place at the parish office. A warm welcome is
extended to anyone wishing to join the Altar
Rosary Society --come and see the good that
the Rosarians do for our parish community.
MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
New Year Mass Schedule
New Year’s Eve ~ December 31
4:00 PM in English
New Year’s Day ~ January 1, 2016
8:30 AM in English
10:00 AM in Spanish
12:00 Noon in Polish
BLESSSING OF HOMES
A wonderful tradition during the Christmas and
Epiphany season is the Blessing of Homes.
The Blessing includes a prayer that God will
protect your family during the coming year, the
house is sprinkled with holy water and the
names of the Three Kings who visited and
worshipped the Infant Jesus in Bethlehem are
written above the lintel of the main door with
blessed chalk (Caspar, Melchior, and
Balthasar). If you wish to have your house
blessed, please complete the form below and
return it in the collection basket or drop it off at
the Parish Office. The Blessing will begin after
January 1, 2016. Thank You!
Name _______________________________
Address ______________________________
City__________________________________
Phone________________________________
When available _______________________
THANK YOU
This weekend we offer our sincere words and
sentiments of gratitude to Barbara Komendat,
our Administrative Assistant for Divine Mercy
Parish. Barbara decided six months ago to
retire from her years of employment with the
Diocese of Trenton. This, I am sure is a bitter –
sweet experience for Barbara but we all offer
our words of thanks for what she has
accomplished in our parish. Our prayers go
with you, Barbara, as you end this chapter of
your life and begin the next exciting chapter.
God Bless you now and always.
WELCOME
Let us take a moment to welcome Jennifer
Campos to our staff who will take on the
responsibility of our new parish secretary.
Jennifer comes to us with a few years of
experience working for the Catholic Church at
a neighboring parish. Jennifer will begin her
work for us in the new year, as a part time
employee. Let us pray her time with us will be
long and blessed.
NEW OFFICE HOURS
Beginning January 4, 2016, our new office
hours will be Monday thru Friday, 10:00am to
2:00pm. Please note that every Holy Day and
Holiday the office is closed. Notice will always
be in the bulletin.
PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILY
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!
YEAR OF MERCY
The Year of Mercy began on December 8,
2015. As part of the celebration of the Year of
Mercy and our parish having one of the 13
Holy Doors in our Diocese, we will have a
Mass every Wednesday at 12:10 beginning
this week until November 2016. After Mass
confessions will be available until 1:00PM.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
In the name of Fr. Kwoka, Fr. Kunnath, and Fr.
Medina, I take this opportunity to extend our
gratitude to all of you for the many kindnesses
you have shown to all. We all pray that you and
your family will continue to imitate the virtues of
the Holy family and enjoy the Blessings of the
New Year. Happy New Year. Fr. Dennis
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Italy pilgrimage with Bishop O’Connell
Only a few seats remain for the faithful to journey with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., on an 11day Holy Year of Mercy pilgrimage to Italy in April. Bishop O’Connell is set to guide pilgrims through
an immersive experience of prayer and reflection during a rich program of travel throughout Italy April
4 to 14, 2016, in observance of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Deadline to register is Dec. 22. “The
Bishop of Trenton wants to lead a group of pilgrims to Rome and Tuscany as a way to highlight this
year and an opportunity for these pilgrims to visit the area’s holy places, not simply for their artistic or
historic value but as places where the Mass is celebrated,” Father Jeffrey E. Lee, pastor of St. Mary
Parish, Colts Neck, and diocesan director of pilgrimages, said earlier this year. “It is a special trip that
was designed for the most part by the Bishop,” said Bob Faucett, vice president of Unitours, which is
organizing the trip and handling travel arrangements. “He is well experienced and a good traveler and
he knows these areas. We built the trip around his desires.” The total program cost is $3,999 per
pilgrim and includes airfare to and from Newark Liberty International Airport, as well as most meals.
Daily Masses will complement opportunities for prayer, along with visits to a collection of churches
and historic, religious landmarks situated throughout Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Assisi, Pisa and
Siena. Pilgrims will also have time to explore various destinations on their own, and to enjoy
fellowship and some of Italy’s world-famous cuisine. “Traveling with a Bishop opens certain
possibilities that are normally unavailable to other groups, even Church-sponsored pilgrimages,” he
said. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity during this extraordinary Holy Year participating in the
pilgrimage with our Bishop O’Connell.” For a full itinerary of the pilgrimage and to reserve your spot
online, visit http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/holy-year-of-mercy-pilgrimage or contact Marianna
Pisano at Unitours at 800-777-7432 or mpisano@unitours.com.