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 13, 2015
Third Sunday of Advent
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 12
4:00 pm James (Red) & Carmella M. Giquinto req.
Son, Tommy & Halina Giquinto
Sunday, December 13 Third Sunday of Advent
8:30 am Holy Name Society Members
10:00 am Donald J. Manger req.
12:00 pm No Intention
5:00 pm No Intention
Monday, December 14
7:00 am Anna Proniewski req. M/M Roger Stoner &
Family
Tuesday, December 15
7:00 am Helen Krol req. Helen Krol Birkhead
Wednesday, December 16
7:00 am No Intention
12:10 pm Doris Mitrosky req. Husband, Ernest & Son
Gregory
Thursday, December 17
7:00 am Michael Rogers req. Dolores & Raymond
Klama
Friday, December 18
7:00 am No Intention
6:30 pm Lok urodzin o zdr. I bi. Boze olla Pauliny
7:30 pm No Intention
Saturday, December 19
4:00 pm Mary Talerico Req. Rich & Celeste
Sunday, December 20 Fourth Sunday of Advent
8:30 am Michael Rogers req. Raymond & Rosemarie
Micharski
10:00 am Doris Mitrosky req. Husband, Son & Family
12:00 pm Jan Rosinski od corki anny i Rodziny
5:00 pm No Intention
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The collection for the weekend of December 6 was
$5,537.00. Thank you for your generosity.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Our Lady of Sorrows – Saint Anthony Parish
Penance Service
Wednesday, December 16
7:00 p.m.: Our Lady of Sorrows
Saturday, December 19
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.: Our Lady of Sorrows
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Advent Penance
on
Wednesday, December 23,
at 7:45PM
at
St. Raphael Church.
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
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.
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.
Passing through the Holy Door is a symbol of
leaving the past behind and crossing the
threshold from sin to grace, from slavery to
freedom, and from darkness to light. Pope
Francis has extended to everyone who passes
through a Holy Door the opportunity to receive
a Jubilee Indulgence, a gift from the treasury of
graces possessed by the Church.
The Year of Mercy logo will be displayed on
our church for the entire year.
OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR
Today, Sunday, December 13th, at the
10:00am Mass we will bless and open the Holy
Door in our parish. The Celebration of this
Mass will begin outdoors, beginning with the
Blessing of the Holy Door, the opening of the
Door, and the entrance into the Church through
the Door. Please bring your family and friends.
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.
OPLATKI
Opłatki, the traditional Christmas Wafer, is now
available in the basket at the St. Francis altar.
In thanksgiving for your generosity to the
parish over the past year, please take one or
two packages of Opłatki. No donation is
required.
CHRISTMAS CAROL 2015
Our Annual Christmas Carol Festival 2015 will
be sponsored by Divine Mercy Parish on
December 13th at Saint Stanislaus Auditorium
at 1:30. The main focus of this Festival is to
welcome fallen away Catholics back to the
Faith through Christmas carols and sharing of
their own Christmas Stories. Please consider
bringing some of your family, friends and
neighbors to share in the Christmas Joy.
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Reflection: Rejoice! Here is your God! As the
feast of Christmas draws closer, we are
reminded that the Lord is with us even now.
Jesus came to give sight to blind and life to the
dead. Christ’s reign is among us through our
deeds of love and generosity. Let us not grow
weary, but steady our hearts and rejoice, for
Lord is close at hand!
Light three candles including the rose colored
one.
Scripture: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it
again. Rejoice! Everyone should see how
unselfish you are. The Lord is near”
Prayer: Jesus, you are the light of the world.
May your light shine brightly so we can see you
everywhere. Help us to spread your light and
joy by giving freely and happily to all we meet.
Response: Come, Lord Jesus!
GIVING TREE
Please take a tag from the tree and help
someone who is in need. Please call Barbara
at the parish office if you would like to adopt a
family at this Christmas Season. Gifts are due
under the tree by the weekend of December
13th. Please do not wrap your gifts. Thank you.
RELIGIOUS RETIREMENT COLLECTION
This weekend is the collection for the Religious
Retirement Fund. We ask for your generosity
which will benefit those priests, sisters and
brothers who have dedicated their lives to the
service of the church.
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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 _______________________
Divine Mercy Parish
Christmas and New Year Mass Schedule
2015
Christmas Eve ~ December 24
4:00 PM in English
8:00 PM in Spanish
10:00 PM in English
Christmas12:00 Midnight Mass
11:30 PM ~ Christmas Carols
in Polish
Christmas Day ~ December 25
9:00 AM in English
12:00 Noon in Polish
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
TRY OUR WEB SITE
www.divinemercyoftrenton.org