312 Davis St., Scranton, PA / / Worship Schedule

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1 Divine Mercy Parish 312 Davis St., Scranton, PA / / Worship Schedule Saturday.. Sunday.8:00AM, 11:00AM & Monday - Friday.. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 11:00AM - 11:45AM or anytime by appointment Eucharistic Holy Hour Wednesday 6:00PM Office Hours 9:00AM - Monday - Thursday 9:00AM - 3:00PM Friday Religious Education Office - 9:00PM Tuesday & Thursday 9:00AM - 11:00AM Sunday Fax Number: School Information All Saints Academy Holy Cross High School 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 Sacristans Jessica Fazzi Parish and Family Life Coordinator jfazzi@divinemercyparish.us John Segilia, Edward Fortuna, Tony DeFrancesco, Patrick Burke, Jeffery Manzo, John Rushefski, Anthony Karpinski Michele Manzo Office Assistant mmanzo@divinemercyparish.us Groundskeepers Parish Council Brandon Musso, William McGowan, Michael Boyko, Shaemus Lunney Cemetery Grounds keeping by Image One Frank Alu Beth DeFrancesco Germaine Helcoski Ariel Kavulich Mary Theresa Montoro Christopher Musso Brian Price Don Trapper Betty Wheeler The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Weekend of October 29 & 30, 2016

2 Page 2 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...Brittain Banull DRE Our Halloween Mass will be held on Sunday, October 30th at, with a children s party to follow immediately after the Mass in the Parish Center. The Halloween Party, which will be hosted by our High School and Confirmation students, will include ghostly refreshments, spooky snacks, creepy games and a costume contest. The categories for our costume contest will be: Most Saintly, Most Creative, Scariest and Funniest. Please come and join us for a safe, fun Halloween evening. First Penance Meeting Attention Second Grade Parents: A mandatory First Penance meeting to outline how you can help prepare your child for the Sacrament of Penance and explain the schedule for the year will be taking place on Sunday, November 20th after 11:00 AM Mass. The meeting will take place in the Parish Center. Make-Up Confirmation Meeting Attention Confirmation Parents there will be a make-up Confirmation meeting on Sunday November 13, after the 5:00 PM Mass This meeting is for Confirmation Parents. We will be meeting in the Parish Center. IMPORTANT NOVEMBER DATES November 16 - Women's Guild meeting - 7:00 p.m. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY will not meet on Halloween, Monday, October 31, A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUNDAY READINGS HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time October 30, 2016 When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house. And he came down quickly and received him with joy For the Son of Man has come to seek and save what was lost. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things, and you overlook people s sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are, and loathe nothing that you have made. The tree climbing Zacchaeus went out of his way to see Jesus. How surprised he must have been, when after seeing him, Jesus invited Himself to visit his home. We can easily form a picture of the event, the first scene at the tree, the second dining at Zacchaeus home as we overhear the conversation, the murmuring and humble confession. We too, seek Jesus, and sometimes don t know where He is in our life. Look up, look around, look for Him in our church tabernacles. Don t you see? Jesus is always seeking us, is present to us, asking us to bring to Him what we have and who we are. We are His brothers and sisters, and sit at table with Him both in our homes as well as at worship at mass. He knows us as we are, and yet wants to sit with us, calling, healing and making us holy.

3 Page 3 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 Ministers / Lectors / Altar Servers / Choirs / Cantors / Musicians / Ushers and Sacristans / Hospitality Monday 10/31/2016 Anna Krisko Sochovka Requested by her daughters (Please note there is no Mass at 12:10 today) Thursday 11/3/2016 For the deceased remembered on the altar Tuesday 11/1/2016 Neil Dominic DeAngelo Requested by Ed Day Mass Intentions Friday 11/4/2016 Laura and Stanley Ostrowski Requested by their family Tuesday 11/1/2016 5:30PM Victor J. Torrisi Jr. Requested by Divine Mercy Table Saturday 11/5/2016 Frank Pauselli Requested by his family Wednesday 11/2/2016 All Souls Day Intention 8:00AM For the people 11:00AM Timothy M. Perry Requested by Tara and John Muklewicz Joan Vass Requested by Mary Ann and Richard Lamperti Liturgical Minister Schedule for November 5/6 SAT 8:00AM SUN 11:00AM SUN SUN Cantor Michael Kavulich Megan Lucas Michael Tedesco Christina Mecca Lector Marion Cartwright John Finnerty Roseann Tedesco Zane Price Lector Matt Cartwright Jake Finnerty Nora Phillips Brian Price EM Linda Kavulich Tom Shields Vince Montoro Michael Abdalla EM Cathy Pocius Cathy Shields Ann Marie Charnogursky Mary Ann Donovan EM John Pocius Karin Conway EM Kathy Boyle Alice DeCarlo AS Jordan Grzyboski David Wilce Timothy Phillips Michael Kovalski Diocesan Annual Appeal 2016 Catholic Media & Communications: Giving everyone the opportunity to read, see and hear the Good News. Spreading the Gospel and the message of our Catholic faith is the vital mission of the Catholic Media and Communications of the Diocese of Scranton. This is why we provide a wide-ranging media program that offers print, online and broadcasting services throughout our 11-county Diocese. The message is delivered through The Catholic Light, the official newspaper of the Diocese which is delivered to 46,000 households; Catholic Television (CTV), the Diocesan television station; and the Diocesan website. CTV reaches more than 235,000 homes, hospitals and nursing facilities broadcasting the daily Mass and many other faith-based programs. The Diocesan website is an excellent online resource for information about life and events in the Diocese, including videos of the daily Mass and the special liturgies celebrated at St. Peter s Cathedral and Bishop Bambera s homilies.

4 Page 4 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: Mary Theresa Montoro, Chris Musso, Karen Grzyboski, Jen Roever, Jessica Fazzi, Marge MacArt, Colleen Musso, and Dina Castaldi From the Desk of Father Pauselli Congratulations to Reese David Isgan, Everett Edward Isgan and Brady Michael Spink who will be baptized this weekend at Divine Mercy. May the Lord bless them and their families on this most special occasion. Thank you for your generous response to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith last weekend on World Mission Sunday. Our parish raised $1, While some go to serve in other countries to develop the Church and serve its people, all of us are called to pray and support the Missions from right where we live. To continue answering this call, download the Missio App which makes it possible for you to meet and support religious Sisters and Brothers, priests and dedicated lay leaders who provide help and hope in some of the world s poorest places. These missionaries provide essential education and health care, social outreach and advocacy, and pastoral service. They address basic human needs, while in every moment offering spiritual comfort and support to the suffering and the marginalized. Join them in mission every day as you joined them this past World Mission Sunday. Tuesday, November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints and a Holy Day of Obligation. On this day we remember all the saints, those known to us and those known to God alone, who have followed the Lord Jesus on the way to the cross and who await the resurrection on the last day. These are the faithful disciples who intercede on our behalf before the throne of grace. Masses will be celebrated on Monday, October 31 at 5:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 1 at 12:10 and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 2 is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day). Mass will be offered on All Souls Day at 12:10 p.m. During the month of November nine Masses will be offered for the deceased remembered on the altar. There is an envelope in your packet for this purpose or pick up and envelope on the table in the center vestibule of the Church. All Souls Day bids us to pray not only for our cherished loved ones, but for those often ignored or forgotten: victims of war and violence, little ones crushed by hunger and poverty, those sacrificed while serving others, killed for Christian witness, truly our brothers and sisters. Friday of this week is the first Friday of November. Join us for Mass at 12:10 and lunch afterward in the Parish Center. On Sunday, November 13 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass we will remember and pray for all who have died during the past year at Divine Mercy. Invitations for this Mass have been sent out. If for some reason you did not receive an invitation, contact the parish office and tell us of your intention to attend this Mass and the luncheon to follow in the Parish Center. Thank you in advance for your gift to the victims of Hurricane Matthew in the second collection this weekend. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops asked for this collection to provide humanitarian aid to the people of the Caribbean and the United States impacted by Hurricane Matthew. (Whatever you do for the least of my brothers and sister, you do for Me, says the Lord). Have a great week!

5 Page 5 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 BUS TRIP TO SHAWNEE PLAYHOUSE Divine Mercy Women's Guild is planning a bus trip to attend the Christmas Show and Buffet at Shawnee Inn on Sunday, December 11. The bus will leave Divine Mercy parking lot at 12:15 p.m. Buffet will be at 2:00 p.m., followed by the Christmas Show. Cost for the show and buffet is $ The Women's Guild will pay the bus fare. The buffet includes chicken, pork loin, pasta marinara, mixed vegetables, roasted red potatoes, salad, rolls, dessert, coffee, tea and iced tea. For reservations and further information please call Ann Surridge, or Lois Fuller Please make checks payable to Divine Mercy Parish. Great Expectations: A Christmas Auction & Social The Cathedral Parish will once again host Great Expectations: A Christmas Auction and Social on Sunday, December 4th at the Hilton Scranton Hotel and Conference Center. Doors open at Noon and dinner will be served at 12:45 p.m. Dinner will include chicken francaise, rigatoni and meatballs, potato, vegetable, mixed green salad and dessert. A cash bar will be available. Raffle tickets for the auction will be available for purchase at the event. Reservations are $20 per adult and $10 per child (12 and under) and may be made by contacting the Parish Office by phone at or by at info@stpeterscathedral.org. Monday October 31 Phil 2:1-4; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday November 1 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Wednesday November 2 Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11 Thursday November 3 Phil 3:3-8a; Lk 15:1-10 Friday November 4 Phil 3:17 4:1; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday November 5 Phil 4:10-19; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday November 6 The Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thes 2:16 3:5; Lk 20:27-38 Mass Attendance October 22 & 23 Saturday 211 Sunday 8:00AM 11:00AM Catholic Social Services Food Pantry Thank you for supporting Catholic Social Services Food Pantry located at 640 Hemlock St. (adjacent to the former Nativity Convent.) Many people come to us each week for assistance in providing for their families. We are in need of the following at this time: Cereal, Canned Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Pasta, Sauce, Soup, Juice (boxes or plastic.) We are very grateful for your generosity to those in need. Sr. Janet Jeffers, I.H.M. Gift Bearers If you would like to bring up the gifts at the weekend Masses, please inform the usher before Mass begins. Lector Workbooks Lector workbooks can be picked up in the Parish Office during normal business hours.