9 Parsippany Road, Whippany, NJ 07981
Phone: 973-887-0050 Fax: 973-887-0991
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It is the Lenten Season!
As of March 6th, the season of Lent has begun. Lent is from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday as we prepare for the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord. We do so through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and repentance.
Vestments are usually purple during this time, which symbolizes penance and preparation.
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Our Lady of Mercy
On behalf of the parish family of Our Lady of Mercy, welcome to our website. We are a Roman Catholic community of believers in Jesus Christ in the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey under the leadership of our Bishop the Most Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli.We are located in the Whippany section of Hanover Township; one of the three best communities in the state to live in. If you are thinking about moving into Whippany, we invite you to make Our Lady of Mercy your parish home. Our chapel, besides enjoying the distinction of being the oldest standing Catholic chapel in the county, is ALWAYS open as a place to come for peaceful quiet reflection, meditation and prayer.
All are welcome to come and join us as a loving family who gathers to give praise and thanks to an all loving God who directs and guides our days.
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OLM Mission Statement
The Mission of our parish is to be the living sign of Christ's presence and the manifestation of His teachings within the community by:Gathering the parish community in prayer, particularly at celebrations of the Eucharist, where faith is nurtured and shared.
Calling our parish community to Christian service, so that all served might have hope, based on our actions motivated by the Gospel.
Providing ongoing faith formation for the entire parish, exemplified by Jesus' method of teaching His disciples.
Enlivening the sense of community by creating opportunities for fellowship that can help us become one in Christ.
Contributing our time, talent, and treasure to enable the above to happen.
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Good News from The Beacon
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May 23
With more 3,000 combined years of service to the people of the Paterson Diocese, 58 religious sisters and three religious priests were honored at the annual Jubilee Mass for Religious on May 18 in St. Mary’s Assumption Church in Passaic. These religious, who are marking milestone anniversaries this year, have dedicated their lives to serve the Church through various ministries in the Diocese and beyond.Read More -
May 23
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Jude Parish in Hopatcong where he celebrated the vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter May 18. During the Mass, the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of the parish.Read More -
May 23
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit on the Fifth Sunday of Easter to St. Paul Parish in Clifton May 19, where he was the principal celebrant of Mass. During the Mass, he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of the parish, who had prepared for the reception of the sacrament for the past two years through the parish’s Confirmation program for the teenagers.Read More -
May 23
The annual diocesan May Crowning was celebrated in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson May 19. Bishop Serratelli led the coronation of the Blessed Mother with several priests joining him and homilies by two young diocesan priests, who were ordained in 2018 — Father Krzsyztof Slimak, parochial vicar at St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, and Father Jader Avila, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Wayne.Read More -
May 23
Robert Gil jokes that, during 38 years of marriage, he had called his late wife, Rosie, “many things but ‘saint’ wasn’t one of them.” But Gil isn’t kidding when he speaks about his whole-hearted admiration for Rosie, who died in 2010, for her absolute devotion to God, to him, to their eight children, to the “poetry of the home.” He started to realize that there might be something more to Rosie, when priests from their home state of Alabama who knew her started calling her a “saint” and her name was brought forward when St. John Paul II was looking for an everyday housewife worthy of sainthood.Read More -
May 23
Christopher Caulfield was having fun doing something new last month: crouching down to sow various types of seeds into several trenches alongside each other that stretch the length of part of the year-old St. Isidore’s Acre garden at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison. Today Caulfield, co-director of the Music Ministry at St. Paul’s, the diocesan evangelization center, has been getting his hands dirty as he works to cultivate the seedlings that started to sprout on their journey to becoming a bountiful harvest.Read More -
May 23
Memorial Day is our nation’s most solemn holiday as we honor the men and women who gave their lives to guarantee our freedoms while they served our country in the U.S. military. Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, from the days when many Americans observed the day by visiting cemeteries or memorials to war dead and decorated them with American flags or floral displays.Read More -
May 16
Bishop Serratelli ordained eight men as priests of the Diocese of Paterson during Mass on Saturday, May 11 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson — the mother church of the Diocese. He challenged these new priests to carry out their priestly ministry “with constant joy and genuine love, attending not to your own concerns, but to those of Jesus Christ.”Read More
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Weekend Mass Schedule
- Saturday: 5:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN Church
- Sunday: 7:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN Church 9:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN Church 11:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN Church
- Saturday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN Chapel
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Weekday Mass
Monday-SATURday: 9:00 AM - Chapel
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Confession Times
- Saturday: 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM Church
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Acts 16:1-10Responsorial Psalm Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5Gospel Jn 15:18-21
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Life Teen Blog
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Anger is a powerful emotion, and it drives quite a variety of actions. It can be used to wound people, but can also be used for good. This emotion is something we are allowed to feel.
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I felt hurt and betrayed by the Lord when I knew that He never relented, which left me even more confused and withdrawn. If He was perfect love, why was I angry with Him?
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There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. Your goal shouldn’t be to figure out how to be an extrovert. I promise that they don’t have a monopoly on making friends.
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Grotto Blog
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I’ve completed at least a few decluttering kicks, hauling boxes of clothes, CDs, and knickknacks to the thrift store and trashing the rest. I never even thought about where the stuff I tossed would...
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I don’t like making decisions. It’s a bit surprising, really, as I’m a very opinionated person. I have no problem sharing my views or knowing what I believe — but when it comes to making a commitment...
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You’re doing it again. That thing you said you would stop doing. That thing that hurts you and those around you. That thing that wastes your time. That thing that stops you from being the best person...
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee May 24 called for "prayers for the victims and their grieving families...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- At the start of his senior year at The Catholic University of America last fall, Tim Jones never thought he'd be joining a...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle added a photo of his "Lolo Kim" to a mosaic of migrants, world leaders and...
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