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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062
Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 [email protected] [email protected] ▪ www.mountcarmel.org
Parish Center Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Mass Schedule Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Español), and 5 pm Saturday: 8: 15 am and 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Monday to Friday 8:15 am Reconciliation/Confession Saturday 3:30 –4:30 pm
Baptisms / Bautismos Call parish at least two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes. Weddings / Bodas Call parish at least six months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos seis meses antes.
Mission Statement Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is a Christ-centered community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We try to share the Good News of salvation with others. As a diverse community, we value and respect individual differences. As God’s people, we gather in the Spirit to pray, to celebrate the sacraments, to teach, to learn, to console, to rejoice, to minister and to renew our faith with one another.
May 21, 2017 Sixth Sunday of Easter
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you . . . the Spirit of
truth.” — John 14:16–17
Parish Phones Parish Center Office: (650) 366-3802 Pastor’s Office: (650) 306-9583 Religious Education Office: (650) 368-8237 Mt. Carmel School Office: (650) 366-6127 Kids’ Place (Pre-School): (650) 366-6587 Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle Principal: Teresa Anthony Administrative Assistant: Ivette Meléndez Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: Judy Draper Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Spanish Music Ministry: Andrés García Pre-School Director: Maureen Arnott Development Director: Nori Jabba
In the past few years, Catholics who pay attention to what is going on in the Church have surely heard about what is being called “the New Evangelization.” This is a specific call to people who are nominally Catholic to re-engage in their faith, to cultivate a fresh relationship with Jesus Christ, and to do what they can to spread the faith to others. The Catholic research organization CARA discovered through various surveys that “the most common reasons given by Catholics who do not regularly attend Mass are not related to controversial issues. The reasons given instead point to a gradual slipping away from the faith. Most Catholics stop attending Mass because they (1) have busy schedules or a lack of time, (2) have family responsibilities, (3) have health problems or disabilities, (4) have conflicts with work, (5) do not believe missing Mass is a sin, or (6) believe that they are not very religious people.” The Church, whose mission, of course, is to bring souls to salvation in Christ, must do everything possible to reanimate the Spirit given to the Apostles at Pentecost, a Spirit that has kept the Church alive for these twenty centuries since the death and resurrection of Jesus. Spiritual renewal in the Church can only happen through an individual conversion of heart, a coming-to-believe on the part of inactive Catholics everywhere. Our first readings at Mass since Easter have been from the New Testament book, Acts of the Apostles. Here we get a vivid picture of how the early Christian conversions took place. What the first missionaries would do when they arrived in a new city was to go wherever the people were praying – it didn’t matter what religion they were practicing, whether the Jewish faith or some pagan religion. The response to the charismatic message of the missionaries was overwhelming. Acts tells us that on one occasion, hearing St. Peter speak, “about three thousand persons were added that day.” Initially, these groups of believers would gather at the home of one of the members, probably the one with the largest house, where they would pray together and share the Eucharistic meal. It was only once these communities grew to hundreds that they began to first borrow, and then to build large public buildings for worship. A similar Evangelization must continue today, and it will take the effort of all of us, the ordained clergy, catechists, and Catholics from all walks of life who have the opportunity to witness to those around them, by their words and by their acts. The more we grow in our own love and trust in Jesus Christ, the more the Holy Spirit will fill us with the gifts we need to share our faith with others. Keeping ourselves open to the action of the Holy Spirit allows us to not just hear the word of God with our ears, but with our hearts, so that we can take it in and be enlightened by it, and made more perfect disciples of Christ. And we should be assured, that every soul we bring to Christ, everyone we help to find his or her way back to God, will be a special credit us on our own road to salvation. Fr. Ulysses
En los últimos años, los católicos que prestan atención a lo que sucede en la Iglesia han oído hablar de lo que se llama "la Nueva Evangelización". Este es un llamado específico a las
personas que son nominalmente católicas a involucrarse de nuevo en su fe , a cultivar una nueva relación con Jesucristo, y a hacer lo que puedan para difundir la fe a los demás. Una organización de investigación católica, CARA, descubrió a través de varias encuestas que “las razones más comunes dadas por los católicos que no asisten regularmente a la misa no están relacionadas con temas polémicos. La mayoría de los católicos dejan de asistir a la misa porque (1) tienen horarios ocupados o una falta de tiempo, (2)
tienen responsabilidades familiares, (3) tienen problemas de salud o discapacidades, (4) tienen conflictos con el trabajo, (5) no creen que faltar a la misa es un pecado”. La Iglesia, cuya misión es llevar a las almas a la salvación en Cristo, debe hacer todo lo posible para reanimar el Espíritu dado a los Apóstoles en Pentecostés, un Espíritu que ha mantenido a la Iglesia viva durante estos veinte siglos desde la muerte y resurrección de Jesús. La renovación espiritual en la Iglesia sólo puede ocurrir a través de una conversión individual y un acercamiento a la creencia por parte de los católicos ya inactivos. Nuestras primeras lecturas han sido del libro Hechos de los Apóstoles. Este nos da una imagen vívida de cómo las primeras conversiones cristianas tuvieron lugar. Lo que los primeros misioneros hacian cada vez que llegaron a una nueva ciudad era ir a dondequiera que la gente orara - no importaba qué religión estaban practicando. La respuesta al mensaje carismático de los misioneros fue increíble. Hechos nos dice que en una ocasión, al oír hablar a San Pedro, "unas tres mil personas fueron añadidas ese día". Inicialmente, estos grupos de creyentes se reunían en la casa de uno de los miembros, probablemente el que tenía la casa más grande, donde oraban juntos y compartían la comida eucarística. Fue sólo cuando que estas comunidades crecieron a cientos que comenzaron a prestar, y luego a construir grandes edificios públicos para la Santa Misa. Una Evangelización similar debe continuar hoy, y ésta tomará el esfuerzo de todos nosotros, cleros ordenados, catequistas y católicos de todos los sectores de la vida que tienen la oportunidad de dar testimonio a los que les rodean, por sus palabras y por sus actos. Lo más que crezcamos en nuestro propio amor y confianza en Jesucristo, lo más el Espíritu Santo nos llenará con los dones espirituales que necesitamos para compartir nuestra fe con los demás. Manteniéndonos abiertos a la acción del Espíritu Santo nos permite no sólo escuchar la palabra de Dios con nuestros oídos, sino con nuestros corazones, para que podamos tomarla y ser iluminados por ella, y ser aun más perfectos discípulos de Cristo. Debemos confiar que cada alma que traemos a Cristo, que a todos los que ayudamos a encontrar su camino de regreso a Dios, nos darán un crédito especial en nuestro propio camino hacia la salvación. P. Ulises
Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco
Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2017 Thank all of you who have contributed to the Archbishop Annual Appeal. Our parish assessment this year is $77,050. To date we have received $14,550. Our new balance $62,500. Please consider how you can help us meet our goal. For those who have not, would you take one of the brochures and consider what you might do to help us make our goal?
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY If someone in your family is homebound, lives nearby and is unable to attend Mass, but would like to received the Eucharist, please contact Julie O’Leary at (650) 361-8681. Communion ministers are needed to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners. Please call Julie O’Leary if you would like to participate in this worthy ministry.
“SANTO ROSARIO” CADA DOMINGO DE MAYO A LAS 11:40 LOS ESPERAMOS PARA
REZAR JUNTOS ESTA DEVOCION A NUESTRA MADRE
SANTISIMA. CONTINUAREMOS CON LA SANTA MISA.
PEOPLE OF HOPE Throughout this Easter season the readings have drawn us into the experience of the early church. We have tasted the excitement and zeal of the first Christians. Now, with them, we listen to the words of Saint Peter, who reminds us that when people notice that we are people of hope, we should be ready to explain why. This challenges us. Do others even notice that we are people of hope? In a world often marked by cynicism and hopelessness, do we stand out as people who offer hope and reassurance to others? In today’s Gospel Jesus promises that when he leaves the earth he will not leave us orphaned. Today he promises to send his Advocate, the Spirit of truth who will be with us always. Let us acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit and ask the Spirit to make us people of hope.
It’s very appropriate that this month of May, a month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, should conclude with a special feast in her honor. The Visitation of Mary, celebrated on May 31, is spiritually connected with the feasts of the Annunciation and the Birth of John the Baptist. After all, it was the announcement of the angel Gabriel that
prompted Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. And it was John the Baptist whom Elizabeth had conceived in her womb. Some of the Marian feasts in the Church calendar, such the Feast of the Assumption of Mary in Heaven, refer to Church doctrines concerning the Blessed Mother. Others, such as the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe, or Fatima, or Lourdes concern Mary’s various appearances over the centuries. But the Feast of the Visitation, like that of the Annunciation, celebrates an actual event recorded in the Bible. St. Luke’s Gospel tells us that after being told by the angel Gabriel that her cousin, Elizabeth, had conceived a child in her old age, Mary ‘hastened to the hill country, to a town in Judea where Elizabeth lived.’ There the two women greeted one another in great joy. This meeting is not only the encounter of the two holy, but also of their unborn infants, the future John the Baptist and Jesus himself. This Joyful Mystery of the Visitation indicates the importance of Mary in the history of our salvation and the reason we honor her with so much devotion. Fr. Ulysses
TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION Liturgy Fund Our second collection is used to cover the expenses of our Music Ministry, including salaries, microphones and other equipment and the music books. It also help us to pay for such liturgical needs as Altar Bread and Wine, altar server vestment, candles and Church decor.
Next Week Second Collection Catholic Charities CYO
Saturday, May 20, 2017 05:00 PM Mario Borja † Sunday, May 21, 2017 08:00 AM Charles and Theresa Elacqua † 10:00 AM Carlos Navarro † 12:00 PM Margarita Mendez y Juan Pedro Garcia (Int.) 05:00 PM Denis A. O’Leary † Monday, May 22, 2017 8:15 AM Maria Paz de Garcia † Tuesday, May 23, 2017 8:15 AM Peter Minihane (Int.) Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:15 AM Gloria Martinucci † Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:15 AM Bery Allegrotti † Friday, May 26, 2017 8:15 AM Diva Marcheschi † Saturday, May 27, 2017 8:15 AM Marie Perry †
THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, May 21, 2017 Children’s Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Church Class of 2012 Reunion 3:00 p.m. All Facilities Monday, May 22, 2017 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 p.m. Parish Center Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Class Production 3 to 8 p.m. Large Hall Men’s Basketball 8:30 p.m. Large Hall Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Grupo Carismático 7:00 p.m. Large Hall Thursday, May 25, 2017 Family Night (School) 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. All Facilities No Good Grief Friday, May 26, 2017 Coro Hispano 7:00 p.m. Parish Center
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Sixth Sunday of Easter Monday: St. Rita of Cascia; Victoria Day (Canada) Tuesday: Sixth Tuesday of Easter Wednesday: Sixth Wednesday of Easter Thursday: The Ascension of the Lord (unless transferred to Sunday) Julian Calendar Ascension Friday: St. Philip Neri Saturday: St. Augustine of Canterbury
GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The loss of every loved one creates many changes, challenges and pain. “Good Grief”, an ongoing support group, meets every Thursday at the Parish Center, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. We care. We share. Do come.
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL
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300 Fulton St.
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Ivette Meléndez, Bulletin Editor: 650-366-3802
Fr. Ulysses D’Aquila, Pastor: 650-306-9583
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