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…”
October 4, 2015
Twenty-Seventh 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, October 3
4:00 pm Wladyslaw & Ludwika Nowak req. daughter,
Halina & Tommy Giquinto
Sunday, October 4 Twenty-Seventh Sunday
8:30 am Irene McDermott req. Lynn Cohen
10:00 am Anne Hoch req. Hoch Family
12:00 pm Zazmarlych Rodziny Fryc & Sznaikart req.
Barbara Sznaikart
5:00 pm Maria Bertila Olivares req. Stanley & Nereida
Saganowski
Monday, October 5
7:00 am For Our Holy Fathers intentions
Tuesday, October 6
7:00 am Helen Krol req. Helen Krol Birkhead
Wednesday, October 7
7:00 am Special Intention
Thursday, October 8
7:00 am For Vocations
Friday, October 9
7:00 am For Vocations
6:30 pm Mieczyslawa, Zbigniew iI La zmanlych req.
Suchockich
7:30 pm No Intention
Saturday, October 10
1:30 Wedding
4:00 pm Grace Mary Doolan req. Family
Sunday, October 11 Twenty-Eighth Sunday
8:30 am Holy Name Society Members
10:00 am Edith Zielinski req. Zielinski Family
12:00 pm Pelagia & Engelbert Krukowka req.
Pawel Gawron
5:00 pm No Intention
OPMITTED IN ERROR- The Vigil Light for the week of
September 27, 2015 was in memory of Doris Mitrosky at
the request of Husband, Ernest & Son, Greg.
WEEKLY COLLECTION
The collection for the weekend of September 26 &
27,2015 was $4,327.00. Donations for Utilities
totaled $625.00. Thank you for your generosity.
The Diocese of Trenton Office of Vocations
invites you to the Ocean County Holy Hour for
Vocations on Wednesday, October 28, from 7
to 8 p.m.. The Holy Hour, which will be held at
St. Dominic Parish (250 Old Squan Road,
Brick), will consist of Scripture reading,
reflection, recitation of the Rosary, meditation,
and
closing
Benediction.
For
further
information, please contact the Office of
Vocations at vocations@dioceseoftrenton.org
or call 406-7449.
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, 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, Jane Richart,
Michael Rogers, John Rogers, Shelby Rowe,
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
Romaine Gabauer,Ronald Kowalik, Eleanor
Krulewicz, Stella Smieszek, James Kishler,
June O’Connell, mother of Bishop 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.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ~ TRENTON
COUNCIL #355
The Trenton Council #355 of the K of C will be
conducting a pro-life, label rose applique
(sticky rose) sale at our parish on the weekend
of October 3rd and 4th , before and after all the
masses. Please be supportive of this worthy
cause.
ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY MEETING
The Divine Mercy Altar Rosary Society will
gather on Sunday, October 4th at the 8:30 a.m.
Mass. The rosary will be prayed before Mass
and a meeting will take place at the parish
office following Mass. 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.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
The monthly meeting of the DM Holy Name
Society Will be held on Friday, October 9th at
7:00 pm at Felician House. All members are
encouraged to Attend. New or prospective
members are also welcome. Refreshments will
be served after the regular Business Meeting.
The Corporate Communion will be held on
Sunday, October 11 at the 8:30 a.m. mass.
The Holy Name Society would also like to
thank all those who participated and attended
the Holy Name Nite at Trenton Thunder in
August. This annual event has been held over
the past 5 years and we always have a great
time at the game and get to enjoy good food,
fellowship with friends and family and
fireworks!
HEARTFELT THANKS
We received a generous donation from the
Knights of Columbus Central New Jersey
Centennial Chapter of $1000.00 in memory of
Charles Cook, Jr. for Mercy House. We are so
grateful to the Knights for thinking about the
poor and less fortunate in our area and are
grateful for your gift to them. God continue to
Bless you in your ministry of serving others.
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.
Today’s Catholic Sisters:
Who They Are, Why We Need Them
Join us on Saturday, October 10th at
Immaculata University, from 1 PM – 4 PM, to
learn about the newest generation of Catholic
Sisters and why we need them now more than
ever. Hear remarkable stories from these
women who have answered The Call. This
event will feature several young sisters, along
with the authors of New Generations of
Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity.
There will be a Q & A session and raffle after
the main presentation. Refreshments will be
served. This event is sponsored by the
National Religious Vocation Conference. This
is an excellent chance to generate support for
Catholic sisters now and in the future. Please
join us... and bring friends! This event is free
and open to the public.
RSVP at
www.immaculata.edu/todays-sisters.
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
OCTOBER THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY
WHY NOT PRAY THE ROSARY WITH YOUR
FAMILY
Open House for Area Schools
Notre Dame High School will hold an open house on
Thursday, October 22 at 7pm. NDHS is located at 601
Lawrence Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 – 609.882.7900.
To register online – www.ndnj.org
Trenton Catholic Academy - (Pre-K–12) Tuesday,
October 15, 2015 from 6-8pm. T.C.A. is located at 175
Leonard Ave., Hamilton, NJ. 609-586-3705 (upper) 609586-5888 (lower) – www.trentoncatholic.org.
Retreats at Maris Stella
Maris Stella Retreat Center in Harvey Cedars (on Long
Beach Island) offers you a choice of a Silent Directed or
Private Retreat beginning on Sunday, October 18, and
ending on Saturday, October 24. The directed retreat is
for those who wish time in quiet prayer and reflection
and to meet each day with a spiritual director. The
private retreat is for those who wish to pursue their
private retreat time with no formal program. For more
information or to register, contact Sr. Pat (494- 2917;
pdotzauer@comcast.net. Deadline is October 1.
Calling All Cathedral Alums
The Cathedral Alumni Association will be having their
annual luncheon on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at
Mercer Oaks, 725 Village Rd., Princeton Jct., N.J. Lunch
will follow after the 11:00 a.m. Mass at St. David the
King Church, located at 1 New Village Rd., Princeton
Jct. For more information, please contact Patricia Carr
Walter (448-1045; cathedralladies@yahoo.com) or visit
www.cathedralalumnitrenton.com.
Adult Faith Formation Opportunity
Laudati Si—On the Care of Our Common Home
Come and join with others, at the request of Pope
Francis, to study and pray with his new encyclical letter,
Laudato Si, which takes its name from the invocation of
St. Francis (“Praise to you, my Lord”). This study group,
led Fr. Vince Gartland. The group will meet on Monday
evenings September 28, October 12 and 26, December
7, March 14 and 28, and April 11 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
at the Church of Saint Ann. The event is free and open
to the public. Participants will purchase their own copy of
the encyclical. All sessions are at the Church of Saint
Ann (1253 Lawrence Road Lawrenceville). For more
info, contact Gary Maccaroni 882-6491, ext 116;
gmacc@churchofsaintann.net.
A Retreat for Those Facing Serious Illness
Gennesaret, a retreat designed to provide a spiritual and
temporal oasis for men and women suffering with a life
changing illness, will be held the weekend of October
16-18 at the Archdiocesan Retreat Center, located in
Kearny. The retreat will begin on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and
end with a closing prayer service Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
The retreats, held in a setting that allows time for rest
and quiet, offer a respite from the daily coping with a
serious illness and a focus on God's love, forgiveness
and faithfulness. On staff are medical personnel, spiritual
directors, and a caring team of helpers to assist
retreatants. There is no cost to you for the retreat. For
further information contact Hilare Reinold (732-5667237), Peggy Walsh (908-499-7677).