Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 627 East 187th Street, Bronx, New York 10458 | T: (718) 295-3770/ 3771 | F: (718) 367-2240

www.ourladymtcarmelbx.org | Parish E-mail: mtcarmelbx@aol.com

Sunday, May 28, 2017| Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A

PARISH STAFF

Pastor Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Urbano Rodrigues

Coordinator of Religious Education Sister Edna Loquias, S.M.C.

Parish Secretary

Elizabeth Mannini

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor

Bilen Eminov

Youth Minister School Principal Jesus Vargas Ms. Valerie Savino

PARISH CENTER

2380 Belmont Avenue Bronx, NY 10458

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday: 8:30am (English) | 12:00pm ( English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre - Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Center.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Office at (718) 295-3770.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL 2465 Bathgate Avenue

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

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ANNOUNCED MASSES

SUN. MAY 28th SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30am Rita & Victoria Ippolito 9:30 am Pro Populo 11:00 am Salvatore Guzzi, Saveria, Innocenza e Giusepe Pullano e Defunti della Famiglia 12:15pm Antonio Maiorino 1:30pm Hilda Gomez

MON. MAY 29th EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30am Mario Madia

TUES. MAY 30th EASTER WEEKDAY 8:30am Michael & Carmela Navarra & Family 12:00pm Janine Bak 6:30pm Frances & Nicholas Longo; Christine & Thomas Covino; Frank Pappas; Jennie Salce

WED. MAY 31st VISITATION OF THE BL. V. MARY 8:30am Salvatore & Giuseppina Florio 12:00pm Tina Cattano 6:30pm Lindo & Maria Borgatti

THURS. JUNE 1st ST. JUSTIN 8:30am Carmine Navarra 12:00pm Giovanni Trombetta 6:30pm Rosa Leo

FRI. JUNE 2nd EASTER WEEKDAY; ST. MARCELINUS & PETER 8:30am Deceased Parents & Benefactors of the Missionary Sisters of the Catechism 12:00pm In Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 6:30pm Maria Angela Merolla

SAT. JUNE 3rd ST. CHARLES LWANGA & COMP. 8:30am Antonietta & Bartolomeo Ruocco 12:00pm In Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 5:00pm Alfonso Ruiz

SUN. JUNE 4th PENTECOST SUNDAY 8:30am Paolo De Bellis 9:30 am Pro Populo 11:00 am John Colangelo, Sr. 12:15pm Fr. Nicholas F. Basile 1:30pm CONFIRMATION MASS

From the Desk of Father Jonathan

The phones at the Parish Center have been ringing off the hook with parishioners offering to sponsor different aspects of our church, as we refurbish and beautify it. I am so impressed by the love that you all have for Mt. Carmel and your commitment to making her strong for many years to come, even through considerable sacrifice on your part. Thank you! We need the help! Keep Calling! Keep stopping by the office! All I ask is that each of us take time to discern seriously what God is asking of us with respect to our common responsibility of doing and financing this very needed project. On another note, now that we are down in Fatima Chapel until September 2nd for all of our masses, I want to encourage everyone to maintain the same silence and reverence in Fatima Chapel as we showed in the main church. Since we are used to having social activities in this space, it is easy to forget that it is now a sacred space, with the pres-ence of Jesus in the tabernacle. Fatima Chapel will be open all day for private prayer, just as our church usually is. Come find quiet and talk to Jesus.

God bless,

Father Jonathan

+ REST IN PEACE +

Please pray for our fallen military all the faithful departed

WEEKEND MASS COLLECTION - 5/21/2017

Collection ........................................................$5,248.05 Last year’s Collection …..................................$3,501.80

WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 5/21/2017

Adults: ……. 705 Children: …….249 / Total: ……954

Month of May—Rosary in the Homes

May 29-31 Marge Marcone 2475 Southern Blvd, Apt 10M

Confirmation next Sunday

Bishop Jenik will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation at the 1:30pm Mass. This week, please pray for the candidates and their families.

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REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM This seventh Sunday of Easter is somewhat like the proverbial “calm before the storm.” The Lord Jesus has ascended into heaven and Pentecost has not yet occurred. Rather than immediately taking up Jesus’ command to go out to all the nations, the disciples gather in the upper room “with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers” (Acts 1:14). There they all devote themselves to prayer. The Gospel recounts the great prayer for the disciples that Jesus offered to his Father in heaven. If the words of Jesus while he was on earth finally began to sink in for the disciples, then gathering to pray was certainly the right choice, for the second reading lets us all know that to follow Christ means to have a share in his sufferings.

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RIFLETTIAMO SULLA PAROLA DI DIO

Il Signore risorto è ritornato nella Galilea pagana. È qui che egli aveva cominciato ad annunciare la conversione e il Vangelo del Regno (cf. Mt 4,15.17.23). È qui, in questo luogo di frontiera, che egli aveva dato appuntamento ai suoi discepoli, che si erano dispersi quando egli, il pastore, era stato ferito (cf. Mt 28,8-10). È ritornato sui luoghi dell’inizio, per dare loro la pienezza: il Risorto è la luce decisiva che rischiara tutti coloro che camminano nelle tenebre e nell’ombra della morte.

Egli ha convocato i discepoli - in numero di undici - su una montagna, come all’inizio li aveva condotti sulla montagna, quando parlò loro per annunciare la via della felicità del regno dei cieli (cf. Mt 5,1). Dio ha anche convocato il popolo ai piedi del Sinai quando ha voluto fare di lui la sua “ekklesia” (cf. Es 19). Il Risorto è su questa montagna in Galilea, che simboleggia l’incontro tra il cielo e la terra, dichiarandosi, solennemente, come colui che ha ricevuto tutta l’autorità nei cieli e sulla terra (cf. Mt 28,18). Da questa montagna egli invia i discepoli - e in loro, e con loro, noi tutti che li seguiamo lungo la storia - a convocare la Chiesa per riunirla dai quattro punti cardinali del mondo nel regno; nessuno è escluso dalla parola e dalla partecipazione alla vita della famiglia divina: la comunione del battesimo con il Padre, il Figlio e lo Spirito Santo (cf. Mt 28,19-20). Oggi noi, come gli undici discepoli sulla montagna, lo adoriamo e riaffermiamo la nostra obbedienza al suo comando missionario. Egli sembra assente ma è in realtà sempre presente tra di noi (cf. Mt 28,20). È per questo che si è fatto uomo nel seno della Vergine Madre: per essere l’Emmanuele, il Dio con noi (cf. Mt 1,23), fino alla fine del mondo. © la chiesa.it

June, Month of the Sacred Heart

Giugno, Mese del S. Cuore

Junio, Mes del Sagrado Corazon

First Friday Adoration Friday, June 2nd

SIGN UP FOR ‘FORMED’

All of you may REGISTER on formed.org for free under our parish's subscription with

the parish access code XT2XVZ

Click the following link to view their powerful, Roman Roads trailer

explaining FORMED:

https://vimeo.com/180804716

Renew + Rebuild Restoration Campaign

Some parishioners have asked about the payment plan:

For $1,000 to $5,000 — 2 years

For $6,000 to $10,000 — 3 years

Greater than $10,000 — 5 years

(Payments by check or credit card.)

We are grateful for donations of any amount.

* Give what you can from the heart. Thank you!

* Date con il cuore quello che potete. Grazie!

* Da de corazon lo que tu puedas. ¡Gracias!

* May Our Lady bless you *

Assisted Suicide - Tuesday May 30th Prayer

It is critical for all of us to be praying fervently, fasting, and offering sacrifices on Tues, May 30th asking the Blessed Mother to intercede to protect us from the

legalization of Assisted Suicide in NY State. Oral arguments will take place in the afternoon of May

30, and a decision may soon follow in June.

REFLEXIONEMOS LA PALABRA DE DIOS

LA CALMA ANTES DE LA TORMENTA Este Séptimo Domingo de Pascua es algo así como la proverbial “calma antes de la tormenta”. El Señor Jesús ha ascendido al cielo y Pentecostés no ha ocurrido todavía. En vez de cumplir inmediatamente el mandato de Jesús de ir a todas las naciones, los discípulos se reúnen en la sala superior de la casa donde estaban alojados “junto con María, la madre de Jesús, con los parientes de Jesús y algunas mujeres” (Hechos 1:14). Allí todos se dedicaron a la oración. El Evangelio relata la gran oración que Jesús ofreció por los discípulos ante su Padre celestial. Si los discípulos finalmente comenzaron a comprender las palabras que Jesús pronunció en la tierra, entonces el reunirse para rezar fue decisión acertada, ya que la segunda lectura nos hace saber que seguir a Cristo significa compartir sus padecimientos.

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CAMPAÑA DE REGISTRACIÓN 2017-2018

Continuamos con nuestra Campaña de Registración. Por favor, sírvase pasar por el frente de la Iglesia para

que se lleve su caja de sobres. ¡ Muchas gracias!

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE El mensaje de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chi-quinquirá o la Chinita como cariñosamente la llaman sus fieles, es sencillo: “Déjate renovar por Dios”. Renovación que ella misma recibió milagrosamente en el año 1586. En ese entonces, su imagen pertenecía a doña María, una mujer sevillana de mucha piedad. Doña María había recibido como herencia por parte de su hermano Antonio una pintura de la Virgen del Ro-sario en tan mal estado que no se podía distinguir ni la Virgen madre con el niño Dios en sus brazos o los santos Antonio de Padova y Andrés apóstol. No obstante la mala condición de la pintura, doña María la colocó en su capi-lla donde pasaba las mañanas en oración. Un día, una indígena y su niño pasaban por la puerta de la capilla cuando notaron un gran brillo que venia del rostro de María iluminando el resto del cuadro con colo-res vivos y brillantes. Inmediatamente llamaron a doña María, quien pudo ser testigo de la milagrosa renovación. Como algo muy interesante, la imagen de cerca se ve bo-rrosa y dañada, pero de lejos adquiere distinción y niti-dez.

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Lectors for June 3rd & 4th

5:00pm C. Diaz & A. Zervos

8:30am N. Watson & B. Rivera 9:30am C. Vera & M. Gonzalez 11:00am R. Bizzarro & N. Trombetta 12:15pm D. Miantsoko & M. Gerbasi 1:30pm M. Perez & G. Chavez

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23

Thirteen Tuesdays

Thanks to all who came. Special Thanks to Fr. Morris, Fr. Pio, Sr. Jasmin, Sr. Martina,

Jean Neglio, Patricio, Allan and to Chris Borgatti for the bags.

Many thanks to Addeo, Madonia & Terranova Bakeries and to Mimma Rizzo

for the St. Anthony magnet. Please remember Angie Sacco in your prayers.

Hope to see you all next year!

St. Anthony’s Bread - May 30th

In Loving Memory of

Salvatore M. & Rita M. Calabro

POST-ABORTION HEALING FOR MEN

Entering Canaan Men’s Day of Prayer & Healing

June 10, 2017 Contact: 877 586 4621

lumina@postabortionhelp.org

Hosted by Lumina and

INFORMATION SHEET CHURCH NAME: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bulletin number: 697400 Date of publication: 087/16/09 Number of pages transmitted: Cover + 2 full & 2 half text pages +this page Special instructions: Please call Elizabeth @ 718-295-3770