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.
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
Staff
Mrs. Barbara Komendat
Secretary ~ Ext. 100
Mrs. Rosemarie Micharski
Coordinator of Religious Education ~ Ext. 108
Mr. Wilfredo Benitez
Director of Maintenance
609- 393-4826
Natalie Megules
Temporary 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
March 22 2015
Fifth Sunday of
Lent
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.
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Saturday, March 21
4:00 pm Walter Glazewski req. sister, Lena
Sunday, March 22 Fifth Sunday of Lent
8:30 am Richard Liedtak req. John & Lorraine
Rogers
10:00 am Ruthamarie manger req. Donald C. &
Halina Manger
12:00 pm Jarostaw Lielinski req. Rodzina
5:00 pm Angela Rey req. daughters
Monday, March 23
7:00 am No Intention
Tuesday, March 24
7:00 am No Intention
Wednesday, March 25
7:00 am Living & Deceased of Evans, Burick &
Orndorr Family
Thursday, March 26
7:00 am No Intention
Friday, March 27
7:00 am No Intention
6:30 pm Grace Brown req. Jozef Swiecica
7:30 pm Victor Ramos req. Carmen & Family
Saturday, March 28
4:00 pm Ronald R. Stoj Anniv. Req. Mother, Felicia &
Family
Sunday, March 29 Palm Sunday
8:30 am Russell Mich req. Cecila Black
10:00 am John & Lena Glazewski req. daughter
12:00 pm Helen & Jerry Piorkowski req. daughter
5:00 pm Juan Rodas Vazquez req. Rodas Family
Vigil Lights and Altar Breads
for the intention of Ed Stephenson at the request of
Valerie.
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The collection totals for the weekend of
March 14 & 15, 2015 amounted to $4,734.00.
Your donations for Catholic Relief was $358.00
Thank your for your continued generosity.
THE ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL!
Ministry to Families, Youth and Young Adults
These ministries strive to promote a Catholic
understanding of life through faith formation at
every stage of human living. They support you
and your family, recognizing that your family is
"holy, not because it is perfect, but because
God's grace is at work in it, helping it to set out
anew every day on the way to love."
Your gift promotes individuals and family life..
Daniel Applegate, Ismael Báez, Joseph Bezinski,
Eleanor
Biesiada, Margaret Bliznawicz, Cathy
Boucher, 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, Jennifer
Fry,
Margaret Gadecki, Julia Gracioli, 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, Maureen
Quinn, Bill Rafferty, Nancy Rafferty, David
Remboske, Jane Richart, Michael Rogers, Shelby
Rowe, George Ryan, William Scott, 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
Richard Liedtka, Robert S. Boardman, Walter
Glazewski, Helen Nealon, Anita Adamczyk, Grace
Brown, Stanley Pela, Paul Merger, James T. Karr,
Eileen Karr,
Helen Krol, Stanley Wyzykowski,
Josephine Wiaczek, Irene Johnson, Lottie Mizerski,
Harry Riley, Elizabeth Zialkowski, George Pintye,
James Sabol, Katherine Rue, Robert Gronostajski,
Walter V. Szelich, Mary Ann Szczepanski and
Eleanore Pitonyak.
PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY
Please pray for our servicemen and women who are
in the Military and serving in the United States or in
the Middle East. May the Lord keep them safe and
may they return home soon.
OUR PRAYER NETWORK
Dolores can be reached at 609.499.3979. She is
available for all requests that will be lifted in prayer by
members on the prayer line.
THE SEASON OF LENT
COME, BE RECONCILED WITH YOUR GOD
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered
every Saturday from 3:30 pm to 3:50 pm. Also
before the Polish and Spanish Mass on Friday
night. You may also call the parish office to set
up an appointment with any of the priests. The
annual Reconciliation Service for our county will
be held at Immaculate Conception Church on
Chestnut Avenue, on March 25th. Also every
Tuesday evening during Lent at Sacred Heart
Church from 5:00pm to 6:00PM. Confession for
our Polish Community will be held on Saturday
evening, March 28th, at 7:00PM.
PALM SUNDAY OF
OUR LORD’S PASSION
Will be celebrated on Sunday, 29 March 2015.
Blessed palms will be distributed at each
weekend Mass in remembrance of Jesus’
triumphal entrance into Jerusalem.
THE CHURCHES OF MERCER COUNTY
Journey during Lent to a different Church in
Mercer County for Lenten evening Mass and an
opportunity to visit some of the beautiful Catholic
churches of the County. This week’s Station
Churches are: Tuesday, March 24 ~
St.
George Church Titusville,
6:30 pm and
Wednesday, March 25 ~ Divine Mercy Parish,
Holy Cross Church 7:30 pm. Mass will begin with
a brief history of the parish followed by an
optional tour of the Church.
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
The Stations of the Cross are prayed every
Friday afternoon in Holy Cross Church at 12:15
noon.
LENTEN FRIDAYS ~ DAYS OF ABSTINANCE
This means that Catholics over 14 years must
abstain from meat (and soup or gravy made from
meat) on Fridays of Lent. Good Friday is a day of
fast and abstinence.
SOLEMNITY OF THE
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
MARCH 25
This Wednesday, March 25th the ‘Station
Church’ will be celebrated in our Parish of
the Divine Mercy at 7:30 pm. Some of our
parishioners have been following the
tradition of attending mass during the Lenten
weekdays at these evening masses. This
Wednesday is our turn to celebrate the mass
and we encourage you to attend and help us
welcome our neighbors from all over the
county.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY’S
March Madness Hoagie Sale on Sunday
March 29, 2015
$4.00 EACH - ITALIAN OR TURKEY HOAGIES
Order by: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Please fill out the form below and place in the
collection basket in an envelope marked
“Hoagies” or return to the Parish Office by
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 or call John Rogers
at (609) 396-2038. All orders MUST be pre-paid.
Hoagie Pick-up is Sunday, march 29th
between the hours of 9 and 11 AM, in Felician
House, 233 Adeline Street.
-----------------------------------ORDER FORM
Name ________________________________
Phone ____________________________
No. of Hoagies: Italian ____ Turkey ________
Amount Enclosed: __________ Cash or Check
Checks made payable to Divine Mercy Parish.
All proceeds benefit charity.
CWV AUXILIARY
Holy Cross CWV Auxiliary will next meet on
Tuesday, April 14, at 1 p.m., at the Post Home.
All members should make every effort to attend.
There will be no meeting in March.
SENIORS
Our meeting will resume on Wednesday, April 8,
2015 at 12:00 noon in Felician House at 233
Adeline Street, Trenton. Lunch will be served
followed by the meeting and bingo and game
playing. All Seniors of the Parish are welcome.
DIOCESAN YOUTH CELEBRATION
On March 22nd, 2015 at Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, hundreds of teens from all over the
Diocese will come together for DYC-Diocesan Youth Celebration. All students in 8th-12th grade are
invited to participate in this day designed to deepen their faith and of course have an amazing time. It
will be a dynamic day full with high quality speakers, a live band, Adoration, Confession, Mass, and
Breakout sessions with nationally renowned speakers. The cost is $20.00 and includes a T-Shirt and
lunch. For more information head to www.dotyouth.org or contact Rudy at 609-406-7440.
Is God Calling You?
Whether you are seriously discerning God’s Call to the priesthood, or just curious about how God is
calling you to serve Him in some aspect of your life, come and join us to learn more about this
exciting and powerful approach to life in the Lord. If you are a faithful, single, Roman Catholic man,
between the ages of 18 and 40, and are asking yourself whether God is calling you to be a priest, you
are cordially invited to attend this month's discernment meeting on March 29, 2015 from 4pm to 6pm
at Holy Eucharist Church (Pope John XXIII Faith Formation Wing, in adjunction within the Church) at
520 Medford Lakes, Tabernacle, New Jersey. Join Rev. Andrew Jamieson as he shares in his
ministry of the priesthood, great conversation, and a meal. Evening concludes with a celebration of
the Liturgy marking the beginning of the most solemn time of the Church year. You are welcome to
attend. Please register with the Vocation Office at vocations@dioceseoftrenton.org or by calling (609)
406-7449. Join us at this exciting time as you discover and respond to His invitation! We look forward
to seeing you.
LENTEN SCHEDULE and DIVINE MERCY SCHEDULE
Please see the insert in todays bulletin for the complete Holy Week Schedule
Also the Divine Mercy Novena Schedule is also attached. Please note the added Mass to the
Novena Schedule.