Divine Mercy Parish 312 Davis St., Scranton, PA 18505 / 570-344-1724 / www.divinemercyparish.us

Office Hours 9:00AM - 5:00PM Monday - Thursday

9:00AM - 3:00PM 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

Office Staff

Rev. Francis L. Pauselli Pastor

fpauselli@divinemercyparish.us

William Drazdowski Parish Consultant

wdrazdowski@divinemercyparish.us

Brittain Banull Director of Religious Education

bbanull@divinemercyparish.us

Nicholas Katchur Director of Music

nkatchur@divinemercyparish.us

Jessica Fazzi Parish and Family Life Coordinator

jfazzi@divinemercyparish.us

Michele Manzo Office Assistant

mmanzo@divinemercyparish.us

First Sunday of Advent Weekend of November 28 & 29, 2015

Assistant Groundskeepers Brandon Musso, William McGowan,

Michael Boyko, John Nestor

Sacristans William Castaldi, Anthony DelVecchio,

Edward Fortuna, Tony DeFrancesco, Patrick Burke, Michael Boyko, Jeffery Manzo

Grounds keeping by Image One

Worship Schedule Saturday……..5:00PM 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 First Sunday of the Month 7:30PM

Parish Council

Frank Alu Ann Marie Cawley

Lois Fuller Germaine Helcoski

Ariel Kavulich

Margaret MacArt Kathryn Moceyunas

Mary Theresa Montoro Christopher Musso

Dancing Dreams Studio of Dance: Our Christmas/Holiday Zumbini session will begin Tuesday, December 1st at 5:00. The classes will be held at the dance studio, 200 Union St, Taylor. All children ages 0-4 and their caregiver are invited to come sing, dance, and play instruments! Please join us as we get into the holiday spirit. Also, Zumba and Country Line Dance classes are now being offered! Please contact us with any questions.... (570)335-6536.

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Religious Education / Life Long Faith Formation (Advent and Lent Bible Study) / Vacation Bible School / RCIA / Children’s Liturgy of the Word

THE WORD IS THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD THROUGH SCRIPTURE, THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR FAITH.

...Brittain Banull DRE Thanks to the children and families of Divine Mercy Parish for their wonderful generosity. Our program collected over 250 food items. The donations have been given to the Catholic Social Services Food Pantry at the old Nativity School. Reminder: There will not be any Religious Education Classes this weekend for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Breakfast with Santa Tickets are available for the Divine Mercy Parish’s “Breakfast with Santa” on Saturday, December 5th, 2015. Cost is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. We will begin serving at 9:00AM with Santa arriving sometime after 9:30AM. Tickets can be purchased during Religious Education or at the Parish Office during normal business hours. The deadline for ordering tickets is Tuesday, December 1st.

Breakfast with Santa Service Project Students in the Confirmation Classes will be helping with setup, cleanup, and guiding the children on that day. Setup will take place on Friday, December 4th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Help with the breakfast is needed on Saturday, De-cember 5th from 8:30 AM till 11:30 AM. Any Confirmation students are welcome and encouraged to come and help. Bring your service card for Parish Service Hours.

Shoebox Project Donations We will help the poor and homeless of our area by collecting toothbrushes. The 26th Annual Christmas Shoebox Project for St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen has asked our parish to collect the 125 toothbrushes that they need. So, please, next weekend, come with your gifts. You can also make a monetary contribution. Simply mark your gift “Shoebox” and drop it off in the collection basket. We will purchase whatever we need to make up the difference. All toothbrushes are need-ed by December 13th. A container will be in the vestibule of the Church. Thank you in advance!

From the Desk of Father Pauselli

Congratulations to Thomas Paul Allegrucci, Kayleigh Marie Hill, McLane Declan Frazier who will be bap-tized this weekend at Divine Mercy. Thomas Paul is the son of Gary and Emily Tedesco Allegrucci. He was born on August 13, 1015; Kayleigh Marie is the daughter of Douglas and Kristy Burke Hill. She was born on September 27, 2015; McLane Declan is the son of John Stewart and Miram McDonough Frazier. He was born on September 4, 2015. May the Lord bless these children and their families on this most special occasion!

Friday of this week is the first Friday of December. Join us for Mass at 12:10PM and lunch afterward in the Parish Center. Have a great week!

For those of you who are contribution to the Scranton Chapter of Pennsylvanians for Human Life, you may re-turn your baby bottles and donations after today’s Mass. If you forgot, you can return them to the parish office

at your convenience. Thank you for supporting the pro-life center and their work for human dignity.

Lector Workbooks Lector workbooks can be picked up in the Parish Office during normal

business hours. Gift Bearers

If you would like to bring up the gifts at the weekend Masses, please inform the usher before

Mass begins.

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WORSHIP IS THE TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF OUR LORD’S LOVE FOR US AND OUR RESPONSE TO HIM IN A CONCRETE AND LOVING EXPRESSION OF FAITH.

Liturgy Committee / Art and Environment / Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration / Evening Prayer / Music Ministry / Eucharistic Minis-ters / Lectors / Altar Servers / Choirs / Cantors / Musicians / Ushers and Sacristans / Hospitality

Mass Intentions Monday—11/30/2015

12:10PM Gerard Preston

Requested by his daughter, Marge McAuley

Tuesday—12/1/2015 12:10PM

Irene Kavulich Requested by Agnes Kavulich and family

Wednesday—12/2/2015 12:10PM

Richard Pawlak Requested by his wife, Rosalie

Thursday—12/3/2015 12:10PM

Kimberly Banick Requested by her family

Sunday—12/6/2015 8:00AM

For the people

Sunday—12/6/2015 11:00AM

Patricia Rosato Requested by her loving family

Sunday—12/6/2015 5:00PM

Alma and Raymond Decker Requested by their family

Friday—12/4/2015 12:10PM

Daniel Donovan Requested by his family

Saturday—12/5/2015 5:00PM

Jean Murphy Requested by the Brady family

Liturgical Minister Schedule for December 5/6 5:00PM SAT 8:00AM SUN 11:00AM SUN 5:00PM SUN Cantor John Pocius Michael Tedesco Ned Abrahamsen Molly Lucas Lector Richard Patchcoski Joseph Surridge Dorothy Bouselli Kevin Grebas Lector Beth DeFrancesco Ed Zaloga Thomas Conway Karen May EM Cathy Pocius Rose Marie Kloss Alice DeCarlo Chris Musso EM Joseph Donovan Marge MacArt Mary Ann Donovan Michael Abdalla EM Cathy Shields ------ Barbara Malinowski ------

EM Tom Shields ------ Mary Ellen McDonough ------ AS Kate DeFrancesco Robert Zaloga Nicholas Terrery Brett Para

With the joy of Christmas quickly approaching, the Social Concerns Committee of Divine Mercy Parish is happy to tell you that a "Christmas Giving Tree" will be placed in the vestibule of the church. This tree will give everyone the opportunity to take a cardboard ornament which will be labeled with a gift idea for a Christmas gift to be donated to a local, underprivileged child. PLEASE TAKE AN ORNAMENT from the tree to help brighten a child’s heart this Christmas. Then, deliver the new, UNwrapped gift to the church or to the parish office anytime from now until December 13th. We can be certain that the acts of giving that these gifts will be the best gifts that we can give to ourselves this Christmas. Thank you and God bless you and your fami-lies.

Divine Mercy Parish Junior Youth Group is sponsoring a

hat, gloves, and scarf drive benefitting Catholic Social Ser-

vices. Donations can be brought to the Parish Center by

December 13th during regular business hours or during

Religious Education. Thank you!

The Junior Youth Group will meet again on Sunday,

December 13th from 6:00PM-7:30PM.

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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.

Parish Breakfast / Craft Fair / Calendar Party / Parish Picnic / Movie Night / Doughnut Sunday / First Friday and Lenten Friday Luncheons / Clothes Shed and Coat Drive / Easter Egg Hunt / Breakfast with Santa / Concerts

Coordinating Team Members: Tom Cerep, Mary Theresa Montoro, Chris Musso, Karen Grzyboski, Jen Roever, Jessica Fazzi, Marge MacArt, Colleen Musso, and Dina Castaldi

What is Chil-dren’s Liturgy of

the Word (CLOW)?

Children’s Liturgy of the Word is a part of the 11:00AM Mass on Sunday. The children sit with their families at Mass and leave when called forward for the dis-missal to go to a prayer space in the Parish Center. They are welcomed and made comfortable. The children sit on chairs or on a carpet to celebrate their Liturgy of

the Word. The children listen to the First Reading read by one of the children and then the Gospel read by the leader. The children then participate in a guided

conversation and reflection with the leader, sharing the message that they heard in the readings and perhaps some special meaning the message has for them in their

own life. The readings are from the Children’s Lectionary and are in language written for children. They sing the Psalm and play instruments for the Gospel

Acclamation. Building on the word, the children will then express their beliefs in the Creed and place their own requests before God in their Intercessions. As the

adult celebration of the word concludes in church the children return and join their families for the remainder of Mass.

If you are interested in helping with

CLOW, please contact the Parish

Office.

Some parishioners have shown interest in starting an exercise club (i.e. yoga night) at Divine Mercy.

If you would be interested in joining, please contact the Parish Office by November 23rd. The exercise club will need at least ten committed people to be able to get this running.

Please leave all food donations in the center vestibule in the back of the Church. This will

ensure that no animals or weather conditions will get to the food. Thank you for your

continued support of our programs.

Ministry Schedule

The Ministry Schedule for January and February will be released on December 17th. Contact Nick at the Parish Office by December 15th if you have any scheduling conflicts, would like to change your Mass time preference

or be taken off the schedule.

Volunteers are still needed for our Christmas Masses. Contact the Parish Office if you would like to volunteer.

We are always happy to see new volunteers coming forward to share their gifts with our parish community. If you are interested or know of someone who may be interested in participating in one of our many ministries, contact

Nick at the Parish Office for more information on how to get involved!

Contact info: office phone - 570-344-1724 / e-mail - nkatchur@divinemercyparish.us

Monday • November 23 Weekday Rom 10:9-18; Mt 4:18-22 Tuesday • November 24 Weekday Is 11:1-10; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday • November 25 Weekday Is 25:6-10a; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday • November 26 Weekday Is 26:1-6; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday • November 27 Weekday Is 29:17-24; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday • November 28 Weekday Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday • November 29 Second Sunday of Advent Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

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Mass Attendance November 21 & 22

Saturday

Sunday

5:00PM

183

5:00PM 302

8:00AM 154

11:00AM 403

THROUGH SCRIPTURE WE KNOW GOD CALLS US TO SERVE OTHERS.

Eucharistic Outreach / Divine Mercy Table / Social Concerns Committee / Food Pantry Support / Blood Drive / Holiday Donations / Souper Bowl of Caring

Coordinating Team Members: Mike Abdalla, Marguerite Coyle, Joanne Corbett, Cathy Genovese, Rose Marie Kloss, Sr. Janet Jeffers, Jessica Fazzi, and Michele Manzo

Remembering the Sick of Our Parish

If you would like a family member to be prayed for during Mass, please contact the Parish Office at 570-344-1724.

Donut Sunday

Our next Donut Sun-

day will be held this

Sunday, November

29th after the 8:00AM

and 11:00AM Masses.

If you are interested in

helping with the next

donut Sunday, please

contact Jessica at the

Parish Office.