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Joe Pallazola Passing

It is with Great Sorrow and yet with some Joy, that we announce the passing of Joseph Pallazola on January 20th,2022. The sorrow is for us- that we will no longer see him on earth with us- His great smile, quick whit and kindness will be greatly missed. The Joy is that we know where he is heading, (JESUS I TRUST IN YOU)

He died peacefully in his own home with the last sacraments and with people who love him at his side. He worked for 25 years teaching, promoting and spreading the message of Divine Mercy Here are just 2 of the promises that Jesus told St Faustina to write in her diary.

(1075) - "Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire lives as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them. but the Merciful Savior".....

and again

(1540) - "My daughter, write down these words: All those souls who will glorify My mercy and spread it's  worship, encouraging others to trust in My mercy, will not experience terror at the hour of death.  My mercy will shield them in that final battle"....

Many of you have known Joe for some time. If you would like to honor him and at the same time help spread the message of Divine Mercy, In lieu of flowers, you can go to the Marian's website. www.memorialsonedenhill.org/donate

His funeral will be at St Mary Magdalene church. 1145 Illion St. San Diego 92110, on Feb.19 at 10am Rosary and Chaplet- Mass 11 a.m. Due to Covid a celebration of life will be held at a later time.


2021 Update 

We are so thankful we are able to worship and 
 learn more about the Divine Mercy the weekend before Thanksgiving 2021.
Our first several conferences were in November - scroll down for our history.

 

 

San Diego Divine Mercy was on the Air

during the St. John Paul II Catholic Radio Pledge Drive, 
Thursday,  September 30 from 10 - 11 A M.
(live from St. Mary's in Escondido)
AM 1450
or stream live from jp2radio.com website
or by downloading th JP2 Catholic Radio App
Apple iStore or Google(Android) Play Store - (search for jp2radio)
 

Boris Volbeda is Back for 2020
Your Prayers did make a difference
and he and his wife Marie are extremely grateful
for your support during this illness of over 1 year.

Please note: The 2019 Audio is now Available to stream
(Thank You!!  Louis Rubera for doing such a good job
of standing in for Boris)
 
 2018 Divine Mercy Conference Moves Back to the Fall 

The first Divine Mercy Conference was held at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Oceanside. We held It in November as a reminder that Divine Mercy is more than Mercy Sunday.
It was to be lived all year round. 

The first 9 or 10 conferences were held a week or two before Thanksgiving.  Due to a scheduling error, we were forced to move it into January of the following year. When we out grew St. Therese, we found Mission San Antonio de Pala. It is an amazing place, perfect for our conference with separate rooms for confessions and bookstores. 

One of the reasons we are changing back to the fall is the weather. The other is daylight savings time. Many people are nervous about driving the winding road in the dark. Therefore they would leave before the last talk. Now they will have an extra hour of daylight!   

Speakers for the October 13th conference include Fr. Donald Calloway MIC. ,Jesse Ramero lay evangelist and radio show host, and  Fr. Wade Menezes CPM of the Fathers of Mercy  It promises to be another exciting and spiritual conference.

For more information please check out the website at SDdivinemercy.org or call Joe and Carol Pallazola 619-276-6637         

Blessings, 
Joe and Carol, 
San Diego Divine Mercy Movement. 
 

Marian Helper Article - Winter 2017-2018

source: http://www.marian.org/imh/issue/Winter_2017-2018/

 

Summer 2016 (scroll down for pictures)
On our annual trip to Stockbridge, we were invited to attend a ceremony where seven  men were to give their first promise.  It was a beautiful ceremony.  We were invited to attend the barbecue after the celebration .  To our surprise, we ended up meeting people from California.  After several minutes of conversation, we discovered that one of the young men who had taken his first promise that day was Marx Pilapil.   We had met Marx at a Divine Mercy Conference in Murrieta several years ago.   We along with many of the conference goers , donated so that he would be able to pay his student loans.   We were again surprised and thrilled to find that he had attended one of the San Diego conferences and upon hearing Fr Donald Calloway decided to become a priest!   That makes all the hard work going into these 19 years of conferences in San Diego and Pala worthwhile.  

Carol & Joe Pallazola 

 


Marx and family with Fr Donald Calloway 
(L-R) Uncle Jun, Cousin Cleo, Uncle Gerome,  Fr Calloway, Dad Gem, Mom Malou, 
Aunt Grace, Aunt Rose & Aunt Sweet

 
Marx with family
(L-R) Uncle Gerome, Auntie Shawnee, cousin Cleo, Auntie Rose,
Mom Malou, Dad Gem & Auntie Sweet

 


Carol & Joe Palloza with Marx's family. 
L-R, Auntie Grace, Malou, Gem, Carol, Joe, Sweet, Cleo, Shawnee & Rose

 

    

 

source: http://www.thedivinemercy.org/news/story.php?NID=5123


The Pallazolas (on left) are good friends with renowned Divine Mercy expert Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC (third from left). They are joined here by other Divine Mercy promoters.

Fueling the Fire of Divine Mercy

It was nearly 17 years ago that Dr. Bryan Thatcher met Joe and Carol Pallazola. The three had come to Stockbridge, Mass., for a 10-day retreat and conference at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy organized by the Marian Helpers Center. The purpose of the event was to learn all they could about the message of Divine Mercy as revealed to St. Faustina in the 1930s. 

Indeed, they learned the greatest lesson of all — that God extends His mercy even to the greatest of sinners and that He yearns for us all to turn to Him in trust. They have been spreading the Divine Mercy message ever since.

Now the three will be reunited at the 15th Annual San Diego Divine Mercy Conference, organized and spearheaded by the Pallazolas. It will be held Feb. 8-9 at the San Juan Diego Center at The Mission San Antonio De Pala in Pala, California.

"I am looking forward to seeing Joe and Carol and speaking at this exciting conference, and I hope people in the San Diego area can attend," says Dr. Thatcher, founder and director of Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy (EADM), an apostolate of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. "The spark that was ignited so many years ago in the Pallazolas' hearts have never flickered, and instead have helped fuel the fires of so many in the San Diego area over the years."

This year's conference includes an opening Mass celebrated by the new bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, His Excellency Bishop Cirilo Flores. The conference will have a heavy Eucharistic theme. In addition to Dr. Thatcher, speakers will include:

• Dr. Ricardo Castañón Gomez, Ph.D. — renowned scientist, former atheist, and Catholic convert, who travels the world investigating Catholic mystical phenomena, including Eucharistic miracles.

• Fr. Dave Leon — a diocesan priest in San Diego. He serves in hospital ministry and spiritual direction. Father Dave served as a member of the Diocesan Pastoral Board for Charismatic Renewal and is a member of Confraternity of Catholic Clergy.

• Father Richard Huston — the Divine Mercy Movement of San Diego's spiritual advisor. 

• Brother Michael Baker, MIC, a Marian seminarian. 

Michael McGlinn, a former Notre Dame linebacker and speaker of Athletes for Christ, will be giving a free concert after the opening Mass on Friday night and will be joining three-time Unity Award winner and well-known singer and songwriter Donna Lee in the music ministry. 

Other outstanding speakers will fill out the program of the two-day conference. 

Carol and Joe have made spreading the mercy of God a focus of their life mission. For many years, they have devoted themselves to making Divine Mercy Sunday a regular event in as many parishes as possible. 

For more information on the conference, call (619) 276-6637, or visitSDdivinemercy.org.

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Joe and Carol Interview on Catholic Radio

The Station of the Cross - 101.7 FM - Buffalo, NY Area - WLOF 

We met Father Jacek Mazur in Rome last year at the first World Congress on Divine Mercy. When he saw that we were having a conference (on the internet) he called and asked if he could attend. We put him up at the rectory in Pala and he stayed at our house for a couple nights after.

He showed us a picture of the church that a group of people were going to purchase to save it's for historical sake, make into a retreat center, and spread the message of Divine Mercy in Niagara Falls. Joe became interested and we went out to visit.

While there, Fr. Mazur said he was going to show us the Catholic radio station and then on arriving in the parking lot said they were going to interview us. It was a surprise and as we were unprepared, it still came off pretty good. 

You can listen to the station on your computer.

The link is www.thestationofthecross.com click on Buffalo. Under the programming menu click audio archive, then click on Divine Mercy in My Soul and go down to episode 41.

The station is on 24hours a day 7 days a week and we have invited Rick to come to our conference next year.

You can also listen to the interview below


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In His Divine Mercy,   

Joe and Carol