Please join the Filipino community of Divine Mercy Parish as we celebrate Simbang Gabi; nine consecutive nights of Masses to welcome the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ on Christmas Day. The Masses alternate between English and Tagalog with English on the first night, December 15, 2022. Please click the title for details.
Please check out Grand Delicias and their grand menu of flavors! For a limited time on the entire day of December 11, 2022, you can order or dine in at Grand Delicias and the wonderful owners have agreed to donate all proceeds from the their sale that day to Divine Mercy Parish to help out with funding the purchase and build-out of our church heating system. To check on their menu, please click the title link.
Please support our parish raffle to help support parish efforts to install a brand new heating system for our church. Each raffle ticket is $5. The drawing will be on December 17, 2022 at 5:00PM in the church. The winner need not be present. There are no substitutions for the offered prize and no cash will be given in lieu of the prize. Checks should be made out to Divine Mercy Parish. For tickets, please see Mickey Andreko after the 8:00 PM Sunday Mass or after the 12:00 PM Mass on Tuesdays. Click on the title to view the prizes.
Everyone is cordially invited to support our upcoming parish fundraiser to support our parish needs in particular the enormous amount of funding required to install a working heating system for our church. One of our volunteer groups is holding a Breakfast Fundraiser on November 6, 2022 from 8:00 AM to 12:00PM at the Divine Mercy Auditorium. A $10 contribution at the gate entitles you to a breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausages, home fires, toast and coffee. All proceeds will benefit the maintenance needs of Divine Mercy Parish. Please come and support our parish. See you there!
Our Shepherding and Service Apostolate would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the people that supported and contributed to Raphael House project that collected baby items and supplies throughout the entire month of September. Your overwhelming support for this campaign will go a long way in helping out 12 young mothers who chose life for their babies. Let us continue to pray for the safety and well-being of these women.
RWUJH of Rahway is conducting a free mammograms (Best Cancer Screening) on October 15, 2022 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Please click on the title for more details. If you or someone you know will benefit from this service, please feel free to share the information. Health is wealth and it is our duty to God to become faithful stewards of our own bodies.
Everyone is invited to spend an hour with our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. The Parish of St. John the Apostle in Linden, NJ runs a perpetual adoration chapel. For more details about volunteering as a listed adorer, please visit their website. Please click on the title link for more information
The Divine Mercy Shepherding Apostolate has embarked on a project that will support young women in their pregnancy to help them develop parenting habits and also provide development guidance and career direction. You can find out more details about the campaign by clicking on the title link
Please save the date, July 9, 2022 (Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm) for our Parish Family Fun Day ! The Tenth World Meeting of Families in Rome recently was held on Wednesday, 22 June. The Theme was ‘Family love is a vocation and path to holiness'. We invite Families to gather and celebrate , with prayer, games, and ways to improve our family union as a "Domestic Church" . This is a FREE event. You can make donations of snacks and drinks. To sign up, please email us , dre@divinemercyrahway.church and copy our Youth and Family Life Servants , Luis and Claudia Alvarez at claudia@divinemercyrahway.church
We are calling upon the generosity of our beloved parishioners here at Divine Mercy. Our heating system for our church is not working and is in dire need of replacement. The cost to replace is around $275,000. It is a major undertaking so we are appealing to you to please help our church with this expense. Please click on the title to start donating towards this campaign.
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