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OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH
131 Davis Street, Easton, PA 18042
Parish Center and St. Bernard’s Oratory: 132 S. Fifth Street, Easton, PA 18042
Parish Center hours 8 AM – 4 PM daily Monday thru Friday (except holidays)
Phone: (610) 252-7381 • Fax: (610) 252-6757
E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.olomercy.com
Through Stewardship ~ Reaching Out With Love
Pastoral Staff:
Administrator: Rev. Keith Laskowski
Permanent Deacon: Mr. Jose DeCastro
Permanent Deacon: Mr. Henry Fleck, Jr.
Catholic Ministry to the Sick: Rev. Elias D. Munyaneza, A.J.
Easton Area Catholic Youth Group: Mrs. Kelly DeRaymond
Business Manager:
Parish Music Director: James Convery
PREP Coordinator: Mrs. Johanna Florez
Baptism/Bautismo: (Pre-registration is required)
English Preparation Class: 7:00p.m. 1st Monday of Month
Baptisms in English: Third Sunday of the Month 2:00p.m.
Charlas Pre-Bautismales: Primer Domingo del mes
Bautismos en Español: Segundo Domingo del mes 2:00p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday / Sabado 3:30 – 4:15p.m. at St. Bernard’s Oratory
or by appointment at any time.
Ministry to the Sick:
Communion Call List/Homebound Visits: Call Parish
center to be put on list.
Hospital Calls/Last Rites: Notify your hospital staff. They
will contact priest on call or dial 610-252-7381 x309.
Religious Education/Educación Religiosa
Notre Dame High School (610) 868-1431
Parish Religious Education Program
Classes are held:
Sunday/Domingo 8:45 – 10:15a.m. Grades 1-8 and Special
Sacramental Programs in the Parish Center.
For information call Johanna Florez at the Parish Center.
Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator:
Ms. Wendy S. Krisak, M.A., NCC, LCP
Confidential Telephone: (800) 791-9209
Diocesan Safe Environment Coordinator:
Sr. Meg Cole, S.S.J. - Telephone: (610) 866-0581
January 18, 2015
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS: St. Bernard’s Oratory
4:30p.m. (English)
SUNDAY MASSES: St. Bernard’s Oratory
7:30a.m. (English)
9:00a.m. (English)
10:30a.m. (English)
12:00noon (Spanish)
WEEKDAY MASSES: St. Bernard’s Oratory
Monday:
8:00a.m.
12:10p.m.
Tuesday:
8:00a.m.
12:10p.m.
Wednesday:
8:00a.m.
12:10p.m.
7:00p.m. (Spanish)
Thursday:
8:00a.m.
12:10p.m.
Friday:
8:00a.m.
12:10p.m.
New Parishioners: WELCOME!
See the Priest after Mass to register.
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Upcoming Weekend Schedule
January 24th & 25th
Mass
Schedule
4:30 pm
Celebrant: Fr. Keith
Lector: Skip Fairchild
Eucharistic Ministers: Louis Cordero
Altar Servers: Madeline Squarcia, Anna DiFelice
Greeter: Jeanne Young
OUR LADY OF MERCY
ST. BERNARD ORATORY
Saturday, January 17
4:30 pm
Valerie Martin [Mother]
Sunday, January 18, 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
7:30 am
Dorothy Mangino
9:00 am
John English [Family]
10:30 am Anthony/Mary Fida [Family]
12:00 pm
Monday, January 19
8:00 am
Nellie McGary [Don/Jean Lushis]
12:10 pm
Arthur Gorman [Friends]
Tuesday, January 20
8:00 am
Parishioners of Our Lady of Mercy
12:10 pm
Honey Jane Espinosa [Mother]
Wednesday, January 21
8:00 am
Ed Rafferty [Marion Rafferty]
12:10 pm
Lois Meyer [Noel/Steve Lammers]
7:00 pm
Thursday, January 22
8:00 am
Spec. Int./Jeanne Schray
12:10 pm
Spec. Int./Robert Cordero
Friday, January 23
8:00 am
Dr. Meinardo R. Santos-30th Ann. [Family]
12:10 pm
Saturday, January 24
4:30 pm
Ramona Grant [Betty/Valerie]
Sunday, January 25, 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
7:30 am
Roland H./Roland J. Saylor Family]
9:00 am
Joseph M. Weiss [John Weiss]
10:30 am Carmine Patriarca [Daughter, Kim Stempien/Fam]
12:00 pm
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
come to do your will.
7:30 am
Celebrant: Fr. Elias
Lector: Diane Wallo
Eucharistic Ministers: Janet Robertson
Altar Servers: Zariah Mekile
Greeter:
9:00 am
Celebrant: Fr. Keith
Lector: Bill Murphy
Eucharistic Ministers: Carina Schaffer
Altar Servers: Christopher Achey
Greeter: Pat/Larry Bleam
10:30 am
Celebrant: Fr. Keith
Lector: David Jablonski
Eucharistic Ministers: Anne Marie Fritz
Altar Servers: Gannon Corpora, Jimmy Donovan
Greeter: Millie Reichard
Collection Counters: Loretta Susen, Elizabeth Stevens
Eppie Smull
Blood Pressure Screenings will be held
next weekend, January 24 & 25, by the
Parish Nurses at 4-4:30 pm on Saturday
and 8:30-9:00 am on Sunday.
Here am I Lord; I
Parish Council Meeting
will be held
Thursday, January 29, 7 pm, Parish
Center. All are welcome.
Budgeted Sunday Offering
$7,500
January 10th & 11th $5,628
THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE will be selling gift
certificates at the weekend Masses of Jan. 24
and Jan. 25
Next week, our parish will take up The
Catholic Relief Services Collection.
This
collection supports six Catholic Agencies that
touch more than 100 million lives around the
world. The funds from this collection help
provide food to the hungry, welcome and
support to displaced refugees, and advocacy
for the voiceless. Please give generously.
4:30 pm. – John Beck
7:30 a.m. – Richard/Jackie McClellen
9:00 a.m. – Pat Bleam
10:30 am – Kathy Kowalczyk
Prayer is the key to heaven,
But faith unlocks the door
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OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH
January 18, 2015
Members of our parish book
clubs have enjoyed reading the
book Rediscover Catholicism. If
you would like to join us for
group discussions of the book,
contact
Kim
Piergallini
at
[email protected] or Karen
Corpora at [email protected].
The 42nd Annual March for
Life will be held Thursday,
January 22, 2015. There is a
bus leaving Phillipsburg to
attend the March or to visit
the Basilica of the National
Shrine. Also, there is a bus
leaving from St. Jane’s to the
March.
OLOM Pro-Life
Group will pay for the bus
seat for all wanting to come with us. For more
information, call the Klein’s 610-838-2817.
OLOM Pro Life Group will meet
Tuesday, January 20, at 7:30 pm in
Saints of the America’s Room. All
welcome. Please use side entrance.
more information, call 610-838-2817.
There are many open dates in the Mass Book for
2015. Anyone wishing to schedule a Mass or
Masses contact the Parish Office (Open 8 am–4
pm) All Masses are $10 and announced in the
bulletin
on
the
are
For
The Divine Mercy Cenacle
“Jesus, I trust in you”. Join the
Divine Mercy Cenacle at 6:30
pm in St. Bernard’s Oratory
every two weeks on a
Wednesday.
Our next session is on
Wednesday, January 21
Catholic Schools Week
January 25 – January 31
Open House
St. Jane Frances de Chantal School
Sunday, January 25, 11 am-3 pm
Monday, January 26, thru Thursday,
January 29, 9 am-1 pm
Tuesday, January 27, - 5 pm-7 pm
St. Jane’s offers open enrollment for fullday kindergarten and grades 1-8. Preschool programs for three and four year
olds are also available.
For more
information, to arrange a tour or to enroll
in the school or pre-school, call the school
office at 610-253-8442 or visit our website
at www.stjaneschool.com.
2014 CONTRIBUTION
STATEMENTS
AVAILABLE
Contribution statements for
2014 are available by
contacting
the
Parish
Center via phone or email
[email protected]
and
one can be emailed to you.
Our online givers may print a tax statement from
their online account, however, please be aware
that it will not include any giving that you put in
prior to using online services. Please contact the
Parish Center for a full 2012 year tax statement.
To find out how your giving can benefit you on
your tax returns, please contact your tax advisor.
A 2-year Tuition Transfer Grant is
available to any child who transfers from
any Public School or Non-Catholic private
school to St. Jane’s School. $1,000 for
the first year and $500 for the second
year. Available to any child entering into
1st to 7th grade for the 2015-2016 school
year.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter is offering a
weekend in the Diocese of Allentown this April 10-12,
2015. It will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn,
Allentown. To register now for the weekend call 609581-7399. Experience a deeper love in your marriage
by
attending
a
WORLDWIDE
MARRIAGE
ENCOUNTER WEEKEND.
Prayer Corner
That the efforts of the Church to proclaim the Gospel to
The ends of the earth may be blessed with success.
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SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PREP
January 2015
NO PREP Jan. 18th – MLK JR. Holiday
Jan. 25th First Reconciliation Parent Meeting
(Tentative date) English Only!
February
Feb. 1st Reunión de Padres de la Primera
Reconciliación en español
Feb. 7th First Reconciliation 11 am in St.
Bernard’s Oratory. Bring a rock! Parents
must accompany their child.
Parents please bring your child’s baptism
certificate if you still have not handed it in.
Easton Area Catholic Youth Group
News & Upcoming Events
Monday, January 19th
Snowtubing at Blue Mountain
The Cost will be $34 each.
$29 ticket $5 toward gas
(Cash only)
If we have 15 people the tickets will cost $23
Anyone interested in attending please contact
Mrs. DeRaymond at 610-253-7188 or
[email protected]
Weather alerts, please go to wfmz.com for closings.
The HOME is the DOMESTIC CHURCH, a safe haven
where love conquers sin and mistakes are forgiven. The
domestic church is the primary place of spiritual,
emotional and physical formation. It is the place where
the unconditional love of God is first experienced.
Children make parents, and bring about the necessity
for self-reflection and assessment. The responsibility of
raising children causes reflection on one’s own
childhood. It is an opportunity for growth in love; it is
an opportunity for healing from lack of love. With
humility, one can appreciate the weight of responsibility
borne by one’s own parents, and discern how well, or
not so well, this responsibility was fulfilled. In the
process of becoming a responsible parent, there is an
opportunity to ask forgiveness for one’s lack of
appreciation for one’s own parents, while also offering
forgiveness to parents for their failures and weaknesses.
The need for God’s grace becomes evident.
Souper Bowl of Caring
Super Bowl Sunday Weekend
after all masses Weekend of January 31st & February
1st
Our Youth Group will be joining young people
in churches across the country
to collect money for those who are hungry and hurting.
All moneys collected go directly to St. Vincent DePaul,
ProJeCt of Easton Food Bank, and SafeHarbor
The Mercy Special Learning Center Parent
Alliance is holding its annual Bingo event
featuring Vera Bradley, Coach and Thirty-One
items on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Mercy (830 S.
Woodward St., Allentown). Doors open at noon,
with Bingo beginning at 1 p.m. Advanced tickets
are on sale for just $20 for 20 games (must be
purchased by Jan. 29); at the door, tickets are
$25. For more information or to buy tickets,
please contact Sherry at 610-797-8242 or
[email protected].
Monday January 19 Weekday Heb 5:1-10 Mk 2:1822 (311)
Tuesday January 20 Weekday Saint Fabian, Pope
and Martyr; Saint Sebastian, Martyr Heb 6:10-20
Mk 2:23-28 (312)
Wednesday January 21 Saint Agnes, Virgin and
Martyr Heb 7:1-3, 15-17 Mk 3:1-6 (313)
Thursday January 22 USA Day of Prayer for the
legal Protection of Unborn Children
Heb 7:25—8:6/Mk 3:7-12 (314) or the Lectionary
for Ritual Masses (vol. IV), the Mass “For Peace
and Justice,” nos. 887-891
Friday January 23 Weekday Saint Vincent, Deacon
and Martyr; Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin Heb 8:613 Mk 3:13-19 (315)
Saturday January 24 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop
and Doctor of the Church Heb 9:2-3
Free Tax Preparation Assistance
Junior and senior accounting students from
DeSales University will provide tax preparation
assistance free of charge to senior citizens and
those with lower incomes beginning January 20
through April 4. The program is part of the
United States Internal Revenue Service’s
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. For more
information or to schedule an appointment, call
610-282-1100, ext. 1868. A DeSales student will
return the call and provide assistance
accordingly.
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OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH
Week of 1/18/15
Time
Sun.
1:30pm
1:30pm
Mon.
9:15am
& 7pm
Tues 10:30
7 pm
7:30pm
6:30pm
Wed
7:30pm
Thur.
Fri.
5 pm
Sat.
Week of 01/25/15
Time
Sun.
1:30
Mon.
9:15am
& 7pm
Tues.
10:30
7 pm
7 pm
Wed.
7:30pm
Thurs. 7 pm
5 pm
Sat.
Event
Ultreya de Cursillo
Baptisms
Book Club
Rosary Group
Knitting Ministry
Pro-life mtg.
Divine MercyCenacle
Juan XXIII
Grupo Carismático
January 18, 2015
Location
ST. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
Event
Ultreya de Cursillo
Loc.
St. B O
Book Club
St. B O
Rosary Group
Knitting Ministry
Hombre del reino
Juan XXIII
Parish Council Mtg.
Spanish Charismatic
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
St. B O
Lecturas: 1 Samuel 3:3b–10, 19; Salmo 40; 1
Corintios 6:13c–15a, 17–20; Juan 1:35–42
Salmo: Aquí estoy, Señor, para hacer tu voluntad.
Misa de Domingo 01/18
Ministro de Eucaristía: Leonel Pleites
Lector: Daysi Díaz & Margarita Carreón
Contadores: Maribel & Martin Flores, Rosario
Meneses
Scrip: Evodio & Margarita Palacios
Misa de Domingo 01/25
Lector: Deisy Escalante, Evodio Méndez
Contadores: Carlos & Juanita Rodríguez,
Verónica Morales
Scrip: Carlos Orellana, Carlos Rodríguez
Tema de la Misa: Las lecturas de hoy son
claramente acerca del llamado de Dios y de la
respuesta de las personas. En la primera lectura
el joven Samuel está aprendiendo a distinguir la
voz de Dios. En el Evangelio los discípulos
responden a la invitación de Jesús de “Vengan a
ver”. Preguntémonos hoy si estas lecturas nos
aclaran de algún modo la manera en que Dios
nos está llamando. ¿Cómo responderemos a esta
invitación de Dios?
Los Sacramentos
Confesiones: Sábado 3:30 – 4:15 PM
Bautismo: La charla para los bautizos será el primer
domingo del mes después de la Misa de las 12:00
del mediodía. Los bautizos se celebrarán el segundo
domingo del mes a las 2:00 pm. Hablar con el Padre
o el Diácono después de la Misa Dominical para
hacer los arreglos.
Requisitos Debe estar registrado y asistiendo a Misa
por lo menos 3 meses y dar constancia, en
preparación para todos los Sacramento. Favor de
usar los sobres en la ofrenda.
Matrimonio: La Diócesis requiere un tiempo de
preparación de 6 meses para matrimonios. Favor de
hablar con el Padre con tiempo para más
información.
Clases de Religión (catecismo)- todo niño estudiando
en una escuela pública debe venir a las clases de
PREP. Empezando el 1er grado.
Misa en Español: La Misa dominical en español es a
las 12:00 pm. Hay una Misa durante la semana en
español, los miércoles a las 7:00 pm.
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¿Cómo orar en medio de
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28 de enero del 2015
Lugar: Oratorio de San Bernardo
132 S. 5th St. Easton, PA 18042
Hora: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
(Iniciando con la celebración de la Santa Misa)
Presentador: Padre George Winne
(Director espiritual de la Renovación Carismática - Diócesis de Allentown)
TE ESPERAMOS!
“Vivan orando y suplicando. Oren en todo tiempo
según les inspire el Espíritu. Velen en común y
perseveren en sus oraciones sin desanimarse nunca,
intercediendo en favor de todos los santos, sus
hermanos" (Ef. 6,18)
Oficina de Asuntos Hispanos
(610) 289-8900 X 234
Bernarda Liriano
RESERVE LA FECHA!
RETIRO DE CUARESMA
“Ven y Déjate Amar por el Padre
Misericordioso. Él espera por ti”
Predicador: Lisandro Pena de la
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Sábado 21 de marzo, 2015
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219 W. Susquehanna St. Allentown, PA
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Donación $5.00 por persona
Auspiciado por la Oficina de Asuntos
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Jesuita. Inscripción requerida.
Regístrese llamando al 484-353-3212 / o al
610-289-8900 X 234
[email protected]
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