OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH 2700 DOVER AVENUE - FAIRFIELD, CA 94533

FR. DAVID FONTAINE, O. CARM. (PASTOR) FR. PEDRO (PETE) MANILAG, O. CARM. (PAROCHIAL VICAR) DEACON RAYMOND ELIAS

WWW.OURLADYOFMTCARMELFAIRFIELDCA.ORG

PARISH OFFICE..................................................(707) 422-7767 Gemma Gonzalo, Parish Administrator Office email address: olmc.gem@gmail.com Office hours: 8 AM - 4 PM, Monday - Friday FAITH FORMATION............................................(707) 422-2814 ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY........................(707) 422-5209 Emergency material assistance EMERGENCY SICK CALLS.................................(707) 422-7767 CONFIRMATION & RCIA............................(707) 422-7767 TAG / HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Rhyan Ramirez…………………………..(707) 853-2905

MASS: WEEKEND….Saturday Evening: 5PM Vigil Sunday: 8AM, 10AM & 12 Noon DAILY…….Monday - Saturday: 9AM HOLY DAYS…………9AM, Noon and 7PM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays………...3:30 to 4:30 PM or by appointment BAPTISMS: 2nd Weekend of the Month Pre-Baptism Program Required (visit our website) MARRIAGES: Six months notice required Contact the Parish Office for all Baptisms & Marriages

Mass Schedule / Sacraments Served by the Carmelites

Mass Intentions

Monday Tuesday-Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday: 9AM 5PM Sunday: 8AM

10AM 12Noon

Week of August 14th, 2016 ~ Twentieth Sunday in ordinary time

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration ♥ Even a quarter of an hour’s prayer in front of the Eucharist perhaps gains more graces than all the other spiritual exercises

of the day (outside of Mass) ~ St. Alphonsus Ligouri

Please take a moment to review the current Adoration Schedule located in the church’s Narthex for hours where we need Adorers! God bless you!

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Long ago, a signet ring was an essential part of the ward-robe of influential people. A letter or document would be sealed with hot wax, and a signet ring pressed into the wax would affirm the origin of the document. In the case of the pope, at least from the thirteenth century, the ring was used to seal public documents with hot lead, saving the red wax for private letters. The public documents were called bullae after the Latin name for the lead stamp, and we still call them “papal bulls.” It is not sur-prising, therefore, that a signet ring has long been be-stowed as part of the inauguration of a pope. The ring is called the Pescatorio, or “Ring of the Fisherman.” It re-minds the wearer of his link with Peter, and his responsi-bility to continue the apostolic ministry of “fishing for human beings.” Until 1842 it actually functioned as a signet ring. Now, each pope receives a new gold ring at the beginning of his ministry. It goes on the fourth finger of his right hand and bears some fisherman design, usu-ally St. Peter casting nets from a boat, as well as the pope’s name in Latin. A custom that endures for the pope, but not so much for bishops, is for people being introduced to him to kiss the Pescatorio as a sign of respect for his teaching authority. Another enduring cus-tom is for the ring to be smashed and defaced at the pope’s death, originally a way of preventing counterfeit deathbed documents.

Parishioners of OLMC † Iluminda Mercado † Bev Orlando † Elizabeth Lanto, † Renato Fernandez and † Jose Fernandez III Donald Pursglove // Freddy Highsmith † Elbert Wood † Miguel Vilaró † Rosella Olinger and Millie Ney † Carl Johnson // † Mary Palmer Bartolme Amaya

Monday Tuesday Wednes. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

08/15 08/16 08/17 08/18 08/19 08/20 08/21

~ ~ ~ Legion of Mary Members in Motion SVDP / Cancer Support / Lay Carmelites Amor Dei / Couples for Christ Lay Carmelites TAG Youth Ministry

COMMITTED ADORERS are NEEDED ! ! ! OLMC’s St. Therese Chapel is open 24 hours, 7 days a week! Our goal is to have 2 or more committed adorers every hour.

Please call the Parish Office for more information, (707) 422-7767.

Live Today Well ~ Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and tomorrow a vision

of hope.~Kalidasa

Prayer Requests - If you would like the faith community of OLMC to join you in prayers for special needs, contact the Parish Office at 422-7767. We do occasionally take some names off of the list in the bulletin. If we have taken a name from the printed list of a person still in need of prayers, please give us a call and we will happily put him

or her back on. Please take some time this week to remember the following in your prayers: - For all in our parish family who are suffering serious or terminal illness - For Armed Forces Men and Women on Active Duty, and for

Madison O’Shields Timothy White Ron Scharfen Dolores Highsmith-Cass Dion Newman Shannon Valtierra Daniella Rogers Harre Kim Bettencourt Susan Stockwell Francisco Galvez Joe & Evelyn Nunes Malou Garado Ezra Creed Haueter Nino Casilag Vanessa Demerin Karen Mastrandrea Andy Andalajao Aukusitino Iulio Dolores Krystek Cassandra Lopez Yolanda Galvan Simon Taylor Darwin Rasmussen Eugene P. Curtis Andrew Michael Capriato Sabine Krygier John & Vivian Donahoe Bob & Carol Howisey Marie Louise Caro Susan Cox Rosemary Costales Tom McCoy Carrol Thierry Mufide R.

Carol Nunes Dolores Sheppard Bessie Zanolini Elba Elias Ian Padilla Cameron Schuster Miley McCrary Sally Fields De Pham John & June Kelley David Quilao Mary Aquila Johanna Abrera Llavore Family Angelina Sabaria Valerie Lumibao Charles Raymond Sandy Leigh Leny Casquejo Sal DiMarco Anita Flueck Sachi Mueller Fr. Hank Ormond Fr. Don Burnet Dottie Lescano Bobby Holsworth George Sloan Mary Scheunemann Reagan Johnson Cat Banovitz John Joe White Virgil Jaramillo Therese & Bob Keck Anita Costa

Joe Hill Vic & Connie Arias John Hess & Sharon Dotson Kimo Boone Gloria Lee Anita Brennan Steve Henson Mack Cole Stephen Shanahan Rebecca Rivera Don & Julia Rivera Kathy Spain Larry Hebert Kellie Arnold Josephine Iannarelli Jennifer Briones Sonia Agustin Nancy Sexton Su Kuropatin Romy & Cuca Lopez Darrell Sturgeon Ken Sanders Jasmine Liban Jose Cadiz Mary Montandon Paul J. Brodeur Dennis Harp Bantique & Villarama Families Debra Loredo John Andrada Crystal Buelna Nancy & Jim Lockwood Arden May & Family Corrie Carbonel Nicole Wind

Parish Collection

Our weekly goal $12,500.00

Offertory for week ending: August 4th - $15,100.00

Rainer Urbach 246-4686 Regina Williams 330-6915 John Quitugua 428-7255 Matt Maffei 592-0375

(Immaculate Heart Radio Ambassador)

Angie Bernardo 592-5084 Hayde Talley 421-1306 Jim Brown 688-5181 Ray Fortaleza 720-5166 Laura Rojas (415) 613-3671 Vince Tydingco/Sec. 631-5269 Julie Darling / Pres. 425-3934

6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament Supporters: THANK YOU FOR A SUCCESSFUL EVENT! A special

thank you to our energetic, enthusiastic and faithful

volunteers, our raffle prize donors, our golfer gift bag

donors, dinner guests, our FUN GOLFERS and . . .

HOLE Sponsors: Margo Vest * Lay Carmelites * Respect Life Ministry

Tom & Carla Hodge * CFC ~ Talley Household * CFC ~ Gonzalo Household

CFC ~ Chapter Household * CFC ~ Samson-Bajada Household * Pat Brausch

Mary Lou White & Mary Highsmith * Knights of Columbus #15499

Young Ladies Institute * John & Vivian Donahoe * Jose & Bonnie Gomez

Tydingco Family * Eddie & Gemma Gonzalo and Family * Jacque & Amelia French

Dolores Charles-Sanders * Peggy Sherrod & Regina Williams * Kosak Chiropratic

Kevin & Regina Iwai * Doug & Julie Darling * Jim & Dorothy Brown and Family

Cristina Bracamonte * Bud & Hilda Ross * Kevin Bauer ~ Bauer Refinishing

Coffee Klatch * John & Celina Hess * Providena Cruz & Family

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday, August 15th , is a Solemnity Day (not a Holy

day of Obligation).

Faith Formation Corner: The summer is passing by quickly and school year 2016-17 is about to resume! I pray that YOU can HELP with the following:

1) Teach - We need teachers for Grades 1, 2 and 3. NO teaching experience is necessary; just the love of God and the desire to pass-on that love to our children!

2) Classroom Chairs - We are in need of 50 folding chairs for our classrooms (upstairs, Dome). The chairs that we have been using are old and need to be replaced. If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution towards the purchase of new chairs for our classrooms, please contact the Parish Office, 707-422-7767 or Faith Formation Dept., 707-422-2814.

3) Class Start Date - Faith Formation classes will resume September 20-21, 2016. As a reminder, we will contact the parents a week BEFORE classes start.

Thank you, Elaine Bruno, Faith Formation Director

Women’s Tea at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, September 17, 2016

Theme: Women of Faith Through His Mercy “The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that he has made.” Psalm 145:9

Registration is required: Please return your registration form and $15 fee (per person) to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Parish Office or contact Gemma Gonzalo, (707) 422-7767 Email: womensafternoontea@gmail.com

• Do you want to know more about the Catholic Church?

• Adults, would you like to complete your sacra-ments?

• Do you have a friend in-terested in the Catholic faith?

• Would like to be a spon-sor for a RCIA candi-date?

RCIA Classes will begin in September! For more in-formation call the Parish Office, (707) 422-7767.

HOLE-IN-ONE Sponsor:

Fairfield Chevrolet-Subaru

CORPORATE Sponsors:

John Takeuchi * Cenario’s Pizza

Bank of Guam * Knights of Columbus #15499

Matt Hague ~ Farmers Insurance

Jim Brown ~ Freedom Equity Group

SILENT AUCTION Sponsors:

Pearson’s Appliance

Jin & Nancy Lockwood

Wooden Valley Winery

OLMC MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS

♦ August 27th - Faith Formation Catechists (only) Retreat

♦ August 28th - OLMC Parish Picnic

♦ Sept. 17th - Women’s Tea

♦ Oct. 1st - 2nd - Saints of Mercy Relics’ Tour

♦ Oct. 2nd - Blessing of the Animals

♦ Oct. 16th - Celebration of Cultures

♦ Oct. 22nd - Shepherds Field Olive Wood Sales

♦ Nov. 5th - Advent Retreat

OLMC Schoolhouse Angel Project: We are once again collecting new school supplies for our local schools. This im-portant endeavor, under the direction of Regina Williams, will be able to provide students with new binders, backpacks,

pencils, pens, folders and the like. COLLECTION BOX-ES will be placed in the Narthex during the month of Au-

gust. Thank you, in advance, for your generosity and kind-ness. Your donations DO make a difference in the lives of

students who would not otherwise have these supplies.

ADULT EDUCATION - RCIA / Catholics Come Home

Vivian Donahoe - 422-0872 / Kelly New-man - 422-4582 / Dom Orlando - 429-0149

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Tom and Elaine Bruno - 426-9564

ALPHA PREGNANCY CLINICS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

428-3300 MEMBERS IN MOTION Betty McFadden - 422-4129 MaryEllen McCormick - 434-9850

ALTAR & SANCTUARY Teo Balmeo MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST Julie Darling - 425-3934 Pearla Cuerdo - 429-8226

ALTAR SERVERS Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 MINISTRY OF THE WORD Greig Parker - 688-1795

AMOR DEI CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY

Delia & Ireneo Tabasa / 631-9577 MUSIC MINISTRY - Mark Middleton olmcmusic@guitarandpiano.com

Barbara McFadden - 580-6514,

BAPTISM PREP Class held every other month

Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 deaconraymondelias@sbcglobal.net

OLMC GIFT CARDS Peggy Sherrod / 429-3183

CANCER SUPPORT Annie Hutchinson - 422-0851 Parish Pastoral COUNCIL PERPETUAL Eucharistic Adoration

Consists of 10 members (See Bulletin) Lynda Sutton - 330-4858

CFC-FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY & LIFE

John & Malou Bayquen - 208-4005 PRAYER LINE Catharine Scharfen - 427-2320 Jewel Perez, 426-3697 / Pearla Cuerdo -429-8226

COUNSELING (private practice) Henry A. Ormond, O.Carm, PhD 422-7767 ext 16

QUEEN OF PEACE CENACLE Mindy Zindel - 421-0776

COUPLES FOR CHRIST Cesar & Norma Dulay (925) 528-3528 Pidz & Joy Banasan - 425-3077

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Elaine Bruno or Anna Albericci 422-2814

CURSILLO Gem Geluz - 386-9142 RESPECT LIFE and LIGHTHOUSE KIOSK

Cathy Omoso 688-6551 / Phyllis Kaminska 419-4237

FIAT Norma Dulay - (925) 528-3528 RETROUVAILLE (Lifeline for trou-bled marriages)

Fred & Barbara Valles - 422-1215

FINANCE COUNCIL Doug Darling - 425-3934 ST. VINCENT de PAUL 422-5209

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Dominic Orlando - 429-0149 USHERS / HOSPITALITY Bunny Dominguez / 386-2709

LAY CARMELITES Teresa Smith - 421-1491 VISITS TO THE SICK and SACRA-MENT MINISTRY

Parish Office

LEGION OF MARY Elena McBound - 481-7850 YLI (A Catholic Women's Organiza-tion)

Kathy Marley - 422-3588 or Margaret Sanders - 428-1970

LORD'S LEAVEN MISSION SOCIETY

Marlon & Yvette Taasan - 428-6375 YOUTH MINISTRY Rhyan & Danielle Ramirez - 853-2905 Regina Berdak - 398-1092