Divine Mercy Parish
312 Davis St., Scranton, PA 18505 / 570-344-1724 / www.divinemercyparish.us
Worship Schedule
Saturday……..4:00PM & 5:30PM
Sunday………….8:00AM, 11:00AM
& 5:00PM
Monday - Friday…………..12:10PM
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 11:00AM - 11:45AM
or anytime by appointment
Eucharistic Holy Hour
Wednesday 6:00PM
Sunday Evening Prayer
Sunday 6:00PM
Office Hours
9:00AM - 5:00PM Monday - Friday
Religious Education Office
5:00PM - 9:00PM Tuesday & Thursday
9:00AM - 11:00AM Sunday
Fax Number: 570-344-1787
School Information
All Saints Academy
570-343-8114
Holy Cross High School
570-346-7541
Head Groundskeeper
Martin Montoro
Sacristans
William Castaldi, Anthony DelVecchio,
Edward Fortuna, Shawn Soroka, Sal DeFrancesco,
Daniel Burke, Michael Boyko
Office Staff
Rev. Francis L. Pauselli
Pastor
[email protected]
William Drazdowski
Director of Parish Operations
[email protected]
Brittain Banull
Director of Religious Education
[email protected]
Nicholas Katchur
Director of Music
[email protected]
Parish Council
Michele Manzo
Ann Marie Cawley
Lois Fuller
Mary Ellen McDonough
Joseph Walsh
Edward Fortuna
Margaret MacArt
Cathleen Shields
Kathryn Moceyunas
Jamie Hayes
Dominick Georgetti
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekend of January 24 & 25, 2015
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THE WORD IS THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD THROUGH SCRIPTURE, THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR FAITH.
Religious Education / Life Long Faith Formation (Advent and Lent Bible Study) / Vacation Bible School / RCIA /
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Religious Education News:
From Brittain Banull DRE
Confirmation Meeting
There will be a Confirmation meeting for candidates and sponsors on February 5th at 7:00PM in the Parish Hall. Please
make plans to attend!
Parish Breakfast Service Project
On Sunday, February 15th, the 7th and 8th Grade Classes will help to cleanup and reset tables at the Parish Family Breakfast. Workers are needed from 8:00AM to 11:00AM or 10:00AM to 1:00PM. All 7th and 8th grade students are welcome
and encouraged to come and help. Sign-ups will take place at Religious Education Classes on Sunday, January 18th.
Souper Good News
The Souper Bowl of Caring is fast approaching. Led by our Youth Group members, we will join with an anticipated
15,000 congregations representing all fifty states and fifty different denominations in giving one dollar each leaving
Mass on Super Bowl Sunday.
Please come prepared to “play” in the Souper Bowl of Caring on the weekend of January 31st & February 1st. Every dollar donated will be sent to a local organization serving the hungry of our area. Why not attach your dollar to a can of
soup and drop it in one of our “soup pots” on that weekend?
THE BIBLE, THE CATHOLIC FAITH and MORE: Discussion sessions meet on the first and third Thursdays
of the month in the Parish Center from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Facilitated by Mike Abdalla
Catch Our Spirit… Celebrate Our Catholic Schools
As families register their students for the upcoming school year, consider becoming an Academic Angel!
Your contribution is an investment in a child’s future…the outcomes speak for themselves. Our schools offer an instructional environment that challenges the mind, while inspiring and strengthening the spirit. Please consider supporting our
students for the 2015-16 school year; you can designate the gift as a memorial or in honor of someone special, select a
particular school to receive it, or let us put it where it is needed most. Contributions can be sent to the Diocese of Scranton Scholarship Foundation, 300 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton PA 18503.
Catholic Schools Week
January 25-31, 2015
Celebrate Catholic Schools Week by attending one of our Catholic School Open Houses! You are invited to come and
experience our communities of faith and academic excellence. From Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade, our students
live their faith, challenge their minds, serve their communities, and build lifelong friendships. For specifics about the
Open Houses or for more information about our Diocesan Catholic Schools, including tuition assistance opportunities,
please visit www.DioceseofScranton.org/CatholicSchools.
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WORSHIP IS THE TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF OUR LORD’S LOVE FOR US
We Remember...
AND OUR RESPONSE TO HIM IN A CONCRETE AND LOVING EXPRESSION OF FAITH.
Monday—12:10PM
1/26/2015
Liturgy Committee / Art and Environment / Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration / Evening Prayer /
Music Ministry / Eucharistic Ministers / Lectors / Altar Servers / Choirs / Cantors / Musicians /
Ushers and Sacristans / Hospitality
Ann Neary
Requested by Helen & Bill Canjar
Tuesday—12:10PM
1/27/2015
Commissions Meeting
There will be a meeting of the newly formed Community and Service Commissions on
Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00PM in the Parish Center.
Stella Symuleski
Requested by Rick & Janet Morgan
Gift Bearers
Wednesday—12:10PM
1/28/2015
If you would like to bring up the gifts at the weekend Masses, please inform the usher
before Mass begins.
Albert & Ida Pagano
Requested by their daughter, Mary Ann
Thursday—12:10PM
1/29/2015
Joseph Kearney
Requested by Ryan & Michelle Getts
Friday—12:10PM
1/30/2015
Francis Walsh
Requested by Dominick & Linda Georgetti
Saturday—4:00PM
1/31/2015
Miriam & Jack McLane
Requested by their family
Saturday—5:30PM
Divine Mercy Parish Music Ministry
Divine Mercy Parish is currently seeking new Cantors! **Ability to read
music is NOT required.** If you are interested in participating in the
Cantor ministry, please contact Nick at the Parish Office (570-3441724).
Tree of Life
We have consulted with one of the industry leaders in donor walls to
construct what is known as a “Tree of Life.” Leaves on this tree are
available for purchase by parishioners who would like to remember a
loved one, commemorate a special event, or simply make a donation
to improve our Parish life. If you are interested, please contact Bill at
the Parish Office.
Girl Scout Troop 50010 will be selling girl scout cookies after all masses during the
weekend of February 21-22. Cookies are $4 per box. We hope you will support them!
Mass for the People
Sunday—8:00AM
2/1/2015
Patricia Calpin
Requested by her family
Sunday—11:00AM
Joseph & Joan Vass
Requested by Tom & Erin Burke and sons
Sunday—5:00PM
John & Irene Culkin
Requested by Michael & Patrice Joyce
Benefit
Charlene Thompson is a Taylor resident who is battling breast cancer for a second time.
Family and friends are holding a spaghetti dinner on February 22, 2015 to help her with
the medical costs that she has incurred. The dinner will be held from 2:00PM—6:00PM at
the Taylor Hose Co. on Union St. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children. There
will be basket raffles at the event including a raffle for a quilt and basket of cheer. If anyone can make a donation or would like tickets, please contact Kori Leoszewski (570-9036402) or Maryann Kaminski (570-562-2900). We are looking for anyone who can donate
a basket, gift cards, pasta, bottle of wine or liquor.
The Lifelong Learning Institute Senior Program at Marywood University will hold
its spring preview of course offerings and trips on Saturday, February 7, at 1pm in
the Swartz Center for Spiritual Life. Light refreshments will be served. Snow date
is Sunday, February 8. Additional information can be obtained by calling 570-3486292
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Every Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00 pm in the church.
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 Liturgical Assignments
WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. WE STRIVE TO BE THE FACE OF GOD FOR OTHERS IN OUR PARISH
AND THE PEOPLE WE MEET DAILY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
for January 31 & February 1, 2014
Saturday 4:00PM
Cantor Megan Kolata
Parish Breakfast / Craft Fair / Calendar Party / Parish Picnic / Movie Night / Doughnut Sunday /
Lector
Beth DeFrancesco
First Friday and Lenten Friday Luncheons / Clothes Shed and Coat Drive / Easter Egg Hunt /
Richard Patchcoski
Breakfast with Santa / Concerts
EM
Eileen Patchcoski
From the Desk of Bill Drazdowski:
John Pocius
Cathy Pocius
Online Automatic Payments Update:
Judy Digwood
For anyone who has registered for automatic online donations to our Parish, our PayPal account is temporarily unavailable and your payments are not being processed. We
Servers Kate DeFrancesco
expect the system to be back to normal in no more than a week and appreciate your patience while we work through this update. We will notify you in the bulletin when we
are back online.
DIVINE MERCY PARISH BREAKFAST
The Divine Mercy Parish Breakfast will be held on Sunday, February 15 from 8:30 AM
to 12:30 PM in the Parish Center. Featured will be cooked to order omelets and homemade Belgian waffles with fruit toppings. The menu also includes home fries, sausage,
bacon, homemade coffee cakes, breads and pastries, juice, coffee, tea, water, milk and
chocolate milk. Cost is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children under 12. Tickets will
be sold after all weekend Masses and at the parish office during normal business hours
beginning next weekend, January 24 and 25. They will also be available at the
door. Anyone wishing to help with the Breakfast may call Ann Marie Cawley at 570677-9105, Dorothy Bouselli 570-963-9691, Judy McCauley 570-871-4446, or the parish office at 570-344-1724.
Diocese of Scranton Wedding Anniversary Mass
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton, and the Office for Parish Life wish to invite couples celebrating their 25th or 50th
wedding anniversary in 2015 to a diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass on Sunday,
June 7. (NB: This is a change from the original date of June 21.) The event includes a
2:30 PM mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral followed by a reception. Requests for an invitation, with a mailing address, should be made through the parish office before March 16.
Valentines for Pat
Join us Friday, February 13th
Divine Mercy Parish Hall
5:00PM-11:00PM
$10.00 Donation at the door!
Includes beverages & light fare
Basket and other raffles available for purchase
Donations will benefit Pat Walsh (Colliery Joe’s wife)
to offset hospital expenses due to a recent illness
Please contact Lindsey Perry 570-468-4413 if you would like to contribute in any other
way: baskets, gift cards, food, beverages or a monetary donation, etc.
Thank you for your support and hope to see your you there!
Sponsored by the Minooka Lions Club
Saturday 5:30PM
Cantor Lori Singer
Lector
Joseph Moceyunas
Kathy Moceyunas
EM
Cathy Shields
Tom Shields
Servers Robert Grzyboski
Sunday 8:00AM
Cantor Nick Katchur
Lector
Joseph Surridge
Jessica Segilia
EM
Rose M Kloss
Marge MacArt
Servers Phillip Patterson
Sunday 11:00AM
Cantor Ned Abrahamsen
Lector
Rel. Ed. Student
Rel. Ed. Student
EM
Barbara Malinowski
Chris Musso
Barb Poplawski
Pat Quinn
Servers Nicholas Terrery
Sunday 5:00PM
Cantor Christina Mecca
Lector
Brian Price
Zane Price
EM
Kathy Boyle
Karin Conway
Servers Matthew Yatzun
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THROUGH SCRIPTURE WE KNOW GOD CALLS US TO SERVE OTHERS.
WE ARE A PARISH COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED.
Eucharistic Outreach / Divine Mercy Table / Social Concerns Committee / Food Pantry Support /
Blood Drive / Holiday Donations / Souper Bowl of Caring
From the Social Concerns Committee…
During the holidays, the Social Concerns Committee was able to provide some Christmas
Cheer to our Home Bound Parishioners as well as the Nursing Homes located within our
Parish. Our Home-Bound Residents received a beautiful Poinsettia as well as a handmade
Lap Cover or other Gift. The Nursing Homes Recreation Department was gifted $100 to
treat the Residents to a party and/or movies, etc. The Residents greatly appreciate your
thoughtfulness to them by sharing the Christmas Spirit. Thank you to the Committee
Members who generously gave of themselves on a rainy Christmas Eve morning to gift
our Parishioners with your presents!!
The Greatest Gift
Do you have a family member or neighbor who cannot leave their home to attend Mass
and receive the Blessed Sacrament? Our Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are
here to serve your loved ones by bringing them the gift of Christ Himself, the greatest gift
that can be given. If you know of someone we should be serving, please contact Vince
Klingler at 570-205-5716 or [email protected] for arrangements.
From the Desk of Father Pauselli
Monday • January 26
Ss. Timothy and Titus
2 Tim 1:1-8/Mk 3:22-30
Tuesday • January 27
Weekday
Heb 10:1-10/Mk 3:31-35
Wednesday • January 28
St. Thomas Aquinas
Heb 10:11-18/Mk 4:1-20
Thursday • January 29
Weekday
Heb 10:19-25/Mk 4:21-25
Friday • January 30
Weekday
Heb 10:32-39/Mk 4:26-34
Saturday • January 31
St. John Bosco
Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Mk 4:35-41
Sunday • February 1
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deu 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21
-28
Mass Attendance
January 17-18
Saturday
4:00PM
282
5:30PM
159
Sunday
8:00AM
11:00AM
149
344
5:00PM
171
Congratulations to Madison Margaret O’Malley who will be baptized this weekend at Divine Mercy. Madison Margaret is the daughter of Brian and Jennifer Jasinski O’Malley.
She was born on November 3, 2014. May the Lord bless Madison Margaret and her family
on this most special occasion!
This is Catholic Schools Week, jointly sponsored by the National Catholic Educational
Association (NCEA) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. To learn more
about this celebration visit ncea.org/news/CatholicSchoolsWeek.asp.
I found these words from C.S. Lewis and I will share them with you on this third Sunday
in Ordinary Time. “Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering,
saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to
start life over again from the ground floor is the only way out of a hole. This process of
surrender, this movement of full speed astern, is what Christian call repentance.”
Have a great week!
Important January Dates
January 28 - Commission Meeting - 7:00 PM
SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER
EVERY SUNDAY AT 6:00PM
In recognition of our need to give,
and the many needs
of our church and parish, and in
gratitude for God’s gifts to us, we
declare our willingness to return a
portion of our Treasure to our
parish, as part of our total
Christian stewardship.
Weekly Sacrificial Giving
Not available at
time of publication
Thank you for your continued
support and generosity!