Our Lady of Mercy St. Brigid’s

Roman Catholic Family Office for both parishes is located at

44 Lake Street, LeRoy New York 14482

Our Lady of Mercy Parish 44 Lake Street

LeRoy, New York 14482

St. Brigid Parish 18 Gibson Street

Bergen, New York 14416

SERVED BY

MERCEDARIAN FRIARS

Fr. Matthew H. Phelan, O. de M., Pastor

Fr. Kenneth Breen, O. de M. Br. Martin J. Jarocinski, O. de M.

Deacon David C. Ehrhart Parish Contact Numbers Parish Center: 585-768-6543 Parish Fax: 585-768-7093

Office Staff Denise Spadaccia, Director of Faith Formation, Youth Minister Elaine Zalacca, Bookkeeper Susan Bobo, Parish Secretary Pat Murphy, Maintenance Coordinator

Fr. Matthew Cell:585-615-3138 Email pastor@ourladyofmercyleroy.org Fr. Kenneth Cell: 727-403-1388 Deacon David Cell: 585-813-3588 Denise youthminister@ourladyofmercyleroy.org Elaine bookkeeper@ourladyofmercyleroy.org Susan parishsecretary@ourladyofmercyleroy.org

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Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The office is closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

OUR LADY OF MERCY, LEROY ST. BRIGID’S, BERGEN

Readings for the week of January 19, 2020

Sunday: Is 49:3, 5-6/Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 [8a, 9a]/1 Cor 1:1-3/Jn 1:29-34 Monday: 1 Sm 15:16-23/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: 1 Sm 16:1-13/Ps 89:20, 21-22, 27-28 [21a]/ Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51/Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10 [1]/Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7/Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b- 11, 12-13 [5b]/Mk 3:7-12 Friday: 1 Sm 24:3-21/Ps 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11 [2a]/Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/Mk 16:15-18 Next Sunday: Is 8:23—9:3/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/1 Cor 1:10-13, 17/Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17

Our Lady of Mercy Parish

Monday, January 20-St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr; St. Se-bastian, Martyr; Martin Luther King Jr. Day

7:30 a.m. † Trevor Irby by Davie and Judy Warner

Tuesday, January 21-St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

7:30 a.m. † James Shelby by Joe and Geri Graff

Wednesday, January 22-Day of Prayer for the Legal Pro-tection of Unborn Children

7:30 a.m. Special Intention/Holy Souls in Purgatory by Mark and Mary Moochler

Thursday, January 23-St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St. Marianne Cope, Virgin

7:30 a.m. † Kevin Mancuso by Tom and Carole Yauchzee

Friday, January 24-St. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

7:30 a.m. † Louis Ferrara by Augie Iannello

Saturday, January 25-The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle

9:00 a.m. † Jerry Gaylord by Dennis and Marie Snow

4:30 p.m. † Duke Merica by Mokey and Donna O’Geen

Sunday, January 26-3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week

7:15 a.m. † Members of the Lumley Family by Ray and Shelley Stein

10:45 a.m. For the People of the Parish

5:30 p.m. † Gary Jones by The MacGregor Family

St. Brigid’s Tuesday, January 21-St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

8:30 a.m. † Judy Lang (Birth)

by Paul and Krystyna Lang Thursday, January 23-St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St.

Marianne Cope, Virgin 8:30 a.m. Special Intention Betty Cummings’ 100 Birthday by Mary Muscarella, Carol Montgomery, and Rita Montgomery

Sunday, January 26-3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week

9:00 a.m. † Shawn Rockefeller by Tom and Jan Armstrong

MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday Our Lady of Mercy Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM Sunday 7:15 AM, 10:45 AM & 5:30 PM Saint Brigid’s Church Sunday 9:00 AM

Daily Mass Our Lady of Mercy Monday-Friday: 7:30 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM Saint Brigid’s Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 AM

Confessions

Our Lady of Mercy Saturday: 3:00-4:00 PM Tuesday: 7:00-7:30 PM Thursday: 6:00-6:30 PM St. Brigid’s Saturday: 2:00-2:30 PM

A priest will often be available for confes-sion at other times, so keep your eyes

open!

Our Lady of Mercy EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Thurs-day Eucharistic Adoration follows the 7:30 am Mass. Adoration closes at 6:30 pm with evening prayer and Benediction. Please take a moment to stop in the Church during Adoration and spend some time in prayer. St. Brigid’s EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: On most first Sundays of each month, there will be a period of Eucharistic Expo-sition following the 9:00 am Mass. At 2:00 pm, the Rosary and Holy Hour for Our Nation will commence. However, on the weekend of February 2nd, there will be no ex-tended exposition. The Rosary and Holy Hour for our nation will still take place at 2:00 pm.

*Tuition Assistance Parish Approved

Activity Codes G=Parent/Guardian,

=High School Student U=Upper Level Grammar (4-8) L-Lower Level Grammar (K-3)

PARISH FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR 2018-2019 ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOTH OUR LADY OF MERCY AND ST. BRIGID PARISHES AT THE BACK OF BOTH CHURCHES. ADDITIONAL COPIES ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING THE PARISH OFFICE.

NEWS FROM MARY IMMACULATE PARISH: Our neighbors from Mary Immaculate Parish in Pavilion and East Bethany have a new administrator. Welcome to Rev. Alphonse Arulanandu from the Catholic Diocese of

Jammu Srinagar, India who was working for seven years in the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi. Bishop Scharfenberger has assigned Father Arulanandu administrator!

Our Lady of Mercy Happenings REGIONAL RALLY FOR LIFE is Saturday, January 25, 2020. Join us at Our Lady of Mercy Parish at 10:30 am in the parish center. Rally is 11:00 am until 12:15 pm. The March for Life to Main Street is 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm. Join us for music, testimonials, light refreshments, prayer and fellowship. Sponsors of this event include Our Lady of Mercy, Living Waters, and Calvary Baptist. COFFEE HOUR is Sunday, January 26th. Stop by after the 10:45 am Mass and join us for coffee, donuts, and fellowship. THE GREAT ADVENTURES BIBLE STUDY-will resume in February. This is *PA-GHU.

Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd for the Catholic truths about OUR LADY, THE VIRGIN MARY. Classes will be offered both at 9:30 am and 7:00 pm This is *PA-GHU.

CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS is Thursday, January 23rd at 9:00 am and 7:00pm in the St. Joseph Room. This is *PA-G.

TODDLER TIME-Toddlers two years old and older are invited (along with an adult) to play in the parish gym on January 31st from 9:00-10:30am. Free of charge! ADORATION...Please consider giving one hour. You might be able to give one hour a week, or one hour every two weeks, or one hour a month, or even one hour a quarter. Any gift of your time is greatly appreciated and needed in order to keep our parish Adoration going. For those who are unable to participate in other ministries, Adoration is a PERFECT opportunity to help our parish family by sitting and praying in the church for one hour. Please prayerfully consider this opportunity. Contact Ann Ehrhart 768-4728 for more information.

St. Brigid’s Happenings

THE LADIES OF CHARITY will again be sewing t-shirt dresses for girls in Father James’ home in Malaysia. Sewing day will be Saturday, January 25th at 10:00 am in the Parish Center. Both seamstresses and helpers are needed. Seamstresses, bring your sewing machines. Helpers will be embellishing the t-shirts and making yarn dolls. Lunch will be provided by the LOC. Questions? Call Cheri Sheridan 748-7248. BOOK CLUB meets on Tuesday, January 28th at 6:30pm in our parish center. We will be discussing "House Rules" by Michael Lawson and week three of "Daily Prayers For Busy People" by Wm. J. O'Malley. All are welcome to join us for an interesting discussion and refreshments.

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 19, 2020

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS Our Lady of Mercy .......................................... $8,100.00 Candles ................................................................. $110.25 St. Brigid’s………………………………..…..$2,181.00 Candles ..................................................................... $9.00

Thank you for your generosity and support!

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: If you have a family member at home who is seriously sick or has been admitted to the hospital or is in danger of death, please do not hesitate to call the office so that the office staff can inform the priests. If it is an emergency situa-tion, please contact one of the priests on his cellphone. Marriages: Appointments must be made six months be-fore the wedding. Couples are required to meet with Fr. Matthew and are also required to attend Pre-Cana Class. Baptisms: Notify parish office to request baptisms. Par-ents are required to attend a pre-baptism class. Godpar-ents must provide a letter of recommendation.

THE KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS will meet on Tuesday, January 21 at the K of C Hall. We will start the Rosary at 7:15 pm and meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.

Our Lady of Mercy January 25 & 26

4:30 P.M. Greeters:: Katie Zehler Lectors: Monica Stocum Eucharistic Ministers: Barb MacGregor

7:15 A.M. Servers: Eric Riggs Lectors: Guy Clark Eucharistic Ministers: Joan Call, Darlyn Hawkins

10:45 A.M. Greeters: Ginny Stonham, Debi Mart Servers: Samuel Miller, Daniel Mark, Maria Prattico Lectors: Thad Mart, Jay VanIngen Eucharistic Ministers: Maureen Calmes, Larry Spadaccia, Alexandra Flaitz

5:30 P.M. Servers: Ben & Ethan Robinson Lectors: Sam Zerillo Eucharistic Ministers: Heather Zerillo

St. Brigid’s Church

9:00 A.M. Hospitality: Tom & Rita Reding Servers: Nathanael Brew Lectors: Anna Marie Barclay Eucharistic Ministers: Dan Maher, Chester Kraszewski If you are unable to fill your time, PLEASE take the time to

find a replacement. Thank you!

Please pray for those who are sick. We especially ask that you remember to pray for the follow-ing people: Chris Beach, William Bochicchio, Janet Boehly, Michelle

Balon, Virginia Bennetti, Robert Carson, Diane Coccia, Kara John (Merica) Coduri, Fr. Eugene Costa, O. de M., Lucy Cu-curullo, Betty Cummings, Gasper DeFelice, Joshua Dinnar, Gloria Dulgo, Sister Janet Eppolito, John Ferrara, Pat Ridd Flaherty, Arlene L. Glica, Sr. Jude Ellen Golumbieski, Joe Haitz, Lisa Hauslauer, Barbara Howard, Anne Marie Hutchinson, Br. Martin Jarocinski, O. de M., Joanne John-son, Fr. Oscar Kozyra, O. de M. , Joseph Kuzma, Anita La-Monica, Madonna Lee, Sharon McBurney, Ian Mech, Rita Montgomery, Roger Medley, Suhair Musleh, Chris Murnan, Victoria Paladino, Louise Panepento, Marian Peck, Veronica Piraino, Frank Popowich, Donna Potter, Deb Pratt, Sarah Quirk, Beatrice Radley, Kathleen Rich, Sam Riggi, Phyllis Shephard, Ben Sherman, Rose Sherman, Juliana Spadacino, Berney and Joan Staats, Jennie Starowitz, Thomas and Sha-ron Steffenella, Barb Stein (Bergen), George and Donna Ste-phenson, and Ruth Dries Tusch.

If you or a loved one is sick and would like to be added to this parish list, please call the parish office.

GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020 On the cusp of fame, power, or influence, would you turn it down? Today’s Gospel again features John the Baptist. Controversial but popular, John has gathered quite a group of followers. He has disciples. People come from near and far to be baptized by him. Pharisees and government leaders are drawn to his preaching. If John was another man, a lesser man, he would have claimed his own greatness. Instead, John the Baptist is a witness to humility. “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God … he is the one of whom I said, “A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me.”… the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known.’” Rather than point to himself, John points to Christ. John could have grasped at what he had accumulated. He could have seen Jesus as a Messianic competitor. Instead, John knows who he is. He knows his place as forerunner. Because John knows who Jesus is. “I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.” A life of humility, a life for others, can be challenging to live. So much of our culture is built around achievement and individualism. We can justify it, too, in pursuit of “greater goods” and higher ideals. In the process, however, we might miss our own participation in the kingdom of God. John, for all of his humility, was not an afterthought. In another Gospel passage, Jesus calls him “the greatest prophet,” even the greatest of men. Why? Because he fulfills the mission given to him by God: to announce the coming of the Messiah. We too are prophets and forerunners. Our witness to the Gospel is meant to point people to Jesus. Consider your own mission this week. To whom are you called to announce the good news of the Son of God? ©LPi