Please see our CCD page for details. This year all student registrations will be done online. There will be weekly advising dates and times posted on our CCD page so please check that out as well.
Congratulations on the winners of our recent parish raffle. Fr. Alex extends his warmest wishes to all who participated in this raffle that was held to help defray the current expenses related to maintenance of our church. Please continue to support our parish through future raffles. If you have a prize in mind that you would like to see, please let us know via email. Please click on the title for winner details.
Starting this year, the Solemnity of the Lord's Ascension will be permanently celebrated on the 7th Sunday of Easter of our liturgical calendar. This new directive from the Roman Catholic bishops of New Jersey's various dioceses has decided to move it to this date to enable more participation from the faithful.
This Lent everyone is invited for the go 10 miles with our Lord Jesus Christ for the Annual Walking Stations of the Cross to be held on Sunday April 3, 2022 at 10:00 AM. The starting point is at the Archdiocesan Basilica of St. John Paul II at 131 E. Edgar Rd., Linden, NJ ending up at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ. For registration and information please call 201-220-1949 or visit their website at http://www.10mileswithjesus.org
Our parish is in need of a used iPad in good working condition. We use a payment app by Tithe.ly that is used by the parish for processing credit card payments. However this app only runs on iPad (not Android devices so please don't send Samsung tablets). Please contact our parish office and thank you for your generous support of our parish needs.
During this season of Lent, Divine Mercy Parish will be exposing the Blessed Sacrament at 11:00AM prior to our 12:00PM weekday Mass to give our parishioners an opportunity to spend time with our Lord Jesus in preparation for our Parish Lenten Mission with Fr. Robert Joel Cruz. Come and see our Lord Jesus today!
The Divine Mercy Parish is holding its parish mission from March 21, 2020 to March 23, 2020 to prepare all our faithful this Lent for the great feast of Easter Sunday on April 17, 2022. Rev. Robert Joel Cruz, the beloved brother of our pastor Fr. Alex Cruz will be returning to our parish to lead the parish mission. Please click on the title for details. Everyone is invited to participate in this opportunity to encounter our Lord Jesus Christ more deeply this Lent and experience his transformative healing grace and mercy.
Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the last few weeks, we will fall back into virtual classes for several weekends in January. January 9, 2022 - Virtual classes January 16, 2022 - No classes due to Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday January 23, 2022 - Virtual classes January 30, 2022 - Please stand by for further announcements
Please click on the title link to learn more about Catholic Schools Week in particular the program offered by St. Michael Catholic School in Cranford, NJ
To all Fellow parishioners of Divine Mercy, you are invited to deepen your faith and understanding of the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist by reading the latest pastoral letter from Joseph Cardinal Tobin. You can download the document when you click the title link of this announcement. The pastoral letter comes in English and Spanish.
You are invited to visit our Lord Jesus, present in the Blessed Sacrament, any time day or night at St. John the Apostle Parish Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel in Linden, NJ. The chapel will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on December 8, 2021 and continues to welcome all. Any who feel called can also dedicate an hour a week as an hourly adorer. More information is available on the chapel. For hourly adorer opportunities, please click on the title for more details
Everyone is invited to participate in the our first Bible Study Series: Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible by Jeff Cavins, PhD. It is a an eight part session that begins on June 21, 2021 and every Monday thereafter until August 9, 2021. It starts at 7:00 PM EST and will be held at Room 104. There is a $10 donation for booklet materials. For registration, please send an email to susie@divinemercyrahway.church
Do you or someone you know (specifically the homebound) in need of food, groceries or any basic necessity? Our Service Apostolate may help. They can deliver the free groceries (also for free) to our homebound. The group also provides free rides for our parish senior citizens who may need them for things such as medical appointments. For more information about the help that they can provide, please reach out to Diana Chavez, the head of the Service Apostolate via email (service@divinemercyrahway.church). You may also call her at 732-535-0278.
Ever since Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines in 1521, Filipinos have all turned into the Cross of Christ. Indigenous Filipino native with pagan practices and belief in multiple deities quickly turned to Christianity. Today Filipinos stand out in their devotional prayers, built on a strong foundation of devotion to the Blessed Mother Mary, the suffering Christ and the Santo Nino (Holy Child). In celebration of the year-long Jubilee of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines 2021-2022, our parish of Divine Mercy is graced with the honor of hosting the JUBILEE CROSS on April 11 at 11am coinciding with the Feast of Divine Mercy, one of the great devotions among Filipinos. The Jubilee Cross will stay in our parish for a month. Our Divine Mercy Filipino Choir will pray the Rosary and say the Litany of the Holy Cross every Saturday evening while the Cross is with us. Please join us in this unique celebration and show your support to the Filipino members of the parish. Mabuhay po kayong lahat!
Our parish Soup Kitchen has been featured in a recent article by Tapinto.net, an Internet local news portal. We laud the efforts of our volunteers and the support of our parishioners who make this happen every weekend for the countless number of people who've had the privilege of having been served bu our soup kitchen. There is no better way to fulfill our Lenten practice of prayer, fasting and almsgiving than praying for the success of this program, fasting from our personal pleasure and comforts and contributing to our parish to support the efforts of our volunteers running the soup kitchen. Please click on the title to get a link to the article and please contribute to our Soup Kitchen using the Donate button by clicking the link on our Welcome page.
In registering your children in Divine Mercy Parish's Religious Education Program, you have agreed to participate in monthly Faith Formation Workshops to grow in your faith and assist your children. Click link for meeting details. Al inscribir a sus hijos en el Programa de Educación Religiosa de la Parroquia de la Divina Misericordia, ha aceptado participar en los Talleres de Formación en la Fe mensuales para crecer en su fe y ayudar a sus hijos. Haga clic en el enlace para ver los detalles de la reunión.
Following Christ takes more than simply believing in him or doing what he asks of us. Jesus wants you to be more than just a believer — He wants you to be his disciple and friend. Follow Me: Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John is your guide to a personal encounter with Christ. As the Good Shepherd, Jesus seeks after us. He comes to meet us and beckons us to follow him. He calls us to be his disciples, to trust him, to open ourselves to his merciful love, and to love others as he has loved us. Follow Me invites you to experience the joy of a renewed friendship with Christ. For more details and to register please click on the title
