Address : 2700 Dover Avenue - Fairfield, CA 94533 Website: www.olmcfairfield.org Parish Office…………………………….....…………………...…..(707) 422-7767 Virgil Bascara, Plant Manager .…………………[email protected]Gemma Gonzalo, Office Manager Office email address: [email protected]Office hours: 10 AM - 12 PM, Monday - Friday Mass ReservaƟons Call-in: Wed and Thur only, 1 - 4 PM Valerie Elser, Admin. Assistant: [email protected]St. Vincent de Paul Society........................................(707) 422-5209 Emergency Sick Calls..................................................(707) 422-7767 RCIA and Adult FormaƟon.........................................(707) 422-7767 Religious EducaƟon and Sacramental PreparaƟon (707) 844-0716 Diana Banasan / Anna Albericci Carmel Youth Ministry Diana Banasan…..…...………...(707) 844-0716 MASS: Weekend: Saturday Evening, 5PM Vigil Sunday: 8AM, 10AM, Noon & 6PM Daily: Monday - Saturday, 9AM Holy Days: 9AM, Noon and 7PM Sacrament of ReconciliaƟon Saturdays: 3:00 to 4:00 PM or by appointment BapƟsms: Please contact the Parish Office. Marriages: Six months noƟce required. AnoinƟng of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office. Contact the Parish Office for all BapƟsms & Marriages. November 29, 2020 First Sunday of Advent SERVED BY THE CARMELITES MASS SCHEDULE | SACRAMENTS Staff: Fr. Patrick Gavin, O. Carm. (Pastor) | Fr. Joseph Cilia, O. Carm. (Parochial Vicar) Fr. Mario Lopez, O.Carm. (ReƟred Priest in Residence) | Deacon Raymond Elias First Reading: Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you. (Is 63:19b) Psalm: Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved. (Ps 80) Second Reading: God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Cor 1:9) Gospel: “Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.” (Mk 13:35)
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Address: 2700 Dover Avenue - Fairfield, CA 94533 Website: www.olmcfairfield.org
Parish Office…………………………….....…………………...…..(707) 422-7767 Virgil Bascara, Plant Manager .…………………[email protected] Gemma Gonzalo, Office Manager Office email address: [email protected] Office hours: 10 AM - 12 PM, Monday - Friday Mass Reserva ons Call-in: Wed and Thur only, 1 - 4 PM Valerie Elser, Admin. Assistant: [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul Society........................................(707) 422-5209 Emergency Sick Calls..................................................(707) 422-7767 RCIA and Adult Forma on.........................................(707) 422-7767 Religious Educa on and Sacramental Prepara on (707) 844-0716 Diana Banasan / Anna Albericci Carmel Youth Ministry Diana Banasan…..…...………...(707) 844-0716
Sacrament of Reconcilia on Saturdays: 3:00 to 4:00 PM or by appointment
Bap sms: Please contact the Parish Office.
Marriages: Six months no ce required.
Anoin ng of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office.
Contact the Parish Office for all Bap sms & Marriages.
November 29, 2020 First Sunday of Advent
SERVED BY THE CARMELITES MASS SCHEDULE | SACRAMENTS
Staff: Fr. Patrick Gavin, O. Carm. (Pastor) | Fr. Joseph Cilia, O. Carm. (Parochial Vicar) Fr. Mario Lopez, O.Carm. (Re red Priest in Residence) | Deacon Raymond Elias
First Reading: Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you. (Is 63:19b) Psalm: Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved. (Ps 80) Second Reading: God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Cor 1:9) Gospel: “Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.” (Mk 13:35)
Wednesday 12/02 9:00 am Baby Miguel Lozada / Baby Zach Lozada
Thursday 12/03 9:00 am † Elvia Mercado / Fr. Mario Lopez, O. Carm.
Friday 12/04 9:00 am Evelyn Pacheco / Ian V. Padilla
Saturday 12/05 9:00 am † Concep on T. Gogue / † Jesus Gogue
† Rosario G. Sanchez 5:00 pm † Don and † Helen Haug / † Jim Choque e
8:00 am Georgina Boyd / † Arnel Melegrito
Sunday 12/06
10:00 am
Noon 6:00 pm
† Oliver V. Padilla / † John Bolosan Mass of Thanksgiving for the Bayquen Family † James Dooley
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 bulle n. If we have taken a name from the printed list of a person s ll in need of prayers, please give us a call and we will happily put him or her back on. Please take some me this week to remember the following in your prayers: - For all in our parish family who are suffering serious or terminal illness:
Madison O’Shields Timothy White Ron Scharfen Dolores Highsmith- Cass Dion Newman Shannon Valtierra Jo & Evelyn Nunes Andy Andalajao Darwin Rasmussen John & VivianDonohoe Laura Labrado Mary Highsmith Howell Wood III Yollie Wood Mary Sheldon Kai Crocker & Family Matt A. Villaber Joe Lujan Kelly Gawley Regina Diaz Sarah S. Yarberry Emanuel P. Caranay Diane Ball Carol Nunes Dolores Sheppard Bessie Zanolini Ian Padilla John & June Kelley David Quilao Sal DiMarco Bobby Holsworth John Joe White Virgil Jaramillo Therese Keck Pat Murtha Lina Cradduck Leonida Bascara Vivian Blas Roberto, Inday & Robbie Visda Rosario Manalisay Robert Rabaino Renita Manalo Ann Garant
Alejo Aranas Remy Calica Julie Darling John & Celina Hess Sharon Dotson Kimo Boone Anita Brennan Carolyn Hebert Josephine Iannarelli Su Kuropatkin Romy & Cuca Lopez Crystal Buelna Bernice Jojola MaryEllen McCormick Jewel Perez Theresa McDermott Elinita VeraCruz- Ulep Masoumeh Kennedy Manny & Laura Labaria Jose Y. Gomez Samantha Peregoy Carmelite Fathers: Fr. David Fontaine Fr. Hank Ormond Asianne McClinton Robert Gebing Jean Hamilton Betty McFadden Sammy & Luz Quilao Ryan Bautista Linda Sharp Danilda Castor Luis Silveyra Virginia Armas Luis Mora Nancy Lamp Sally Fields Martha Eble Steve Henson John Linehan Joan Gaut Danny McFadden
Melissa Rondez & Family Ed Junker Joe Santos Joel, Fe Tubig & Family Edward Bransfield Rogelio Fortaleza Pat Brausch Diane Topacio Annie Hutchinson Martha Pickens Alvin Barba Mike Loedding Aukusitino Iulio Jr. Alapati Suisala Silivelia Alkowni Tom & Aida Quinn Peka Tuimavave Ana Tuinavave Iulio Suisala Andrew Davis Roy Shaver Raymond Elias Jr. Anna Albericci Jeremy Banks Georgina Boyd Xavier Hernandez Victoria Renteria Sonya Renteria Elizabeth Renteria Inez Calderon Ramil Maglalang Tony Hernandez Jr. Tony Wiley Ayo Dejene Gerhard & Berti Berger Stephen R. Driscoll Karen McWhorter Mike Davenport Kari Maistrandrea Marsha Harley Miguel Vilaro Victor Wanberg
Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to
God. Be good at both.
• Carmel Youth Live Stay connected! Follow @carmel.youth on Instagram and sign up for your class Remind noti cations: Con rmation Year 1: http://rmd.at/olmcc1 Con rmation Year 2: http://rmd.at/olmcc2
• The 6 PM Mass on Sunday will be ministered by Youth. We are looking for young people who would like to be altar servers, lectors, ushers, Ems, and
sacristans. Training provided. Please contact Diana, Director of Youth Faith Formation, [email protected] (707) 844-0716
PRAYER & WORSHIP PASTOR’S PAGE
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Advent and Lent are the two peniten al seasons of the church year. However, Advent is a season in an cipa on of the birth of Christ in me. Now, what is meant by "the birth of Christ in me"? Our four Sundays of Advent are not just Sundays in prepara on for the birth of a child des ned to become the Savior of the na ons, but the birth of a child every day in the hearts of every Chris an and the future return of the second coming in me where everything will be taken back by our God. In today's Gospel, for some this reading might strike fear into their hearts: "...perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright." Even today, we hear about doomsday sayers professing the end of the world on a par cular date. To be sure, the end of the world will come! However, we truly do not know the me. Only God knows when God will call everything to return to him. In the final lines of today's Gospel we are told to "be vigilant at all mes and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribula ons that are imminent." This first Sunday in the season of Advent is a me for us to joyfully await the coming of Christ for the first me, at birth; for the second me, into our everyday lives; and looking forward to the last me when he will come to take all of crea on back to his Father.
REFLECTION — BLESSED FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT TO EACH OF YOU!
STEWARDSHIP
GOSPEL MEDITATION FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT You are at the eye doctor and it’s me for the peripheral vision test. You know the one. It’s where you put your head up to a contrap on and have to click a switch every
me you see a squiggly line. If you don’t concentrate and maintain op mal focus, you will miss them and skew the outcome of the test. You can easily find yourself with a diagnosis that really isn’t accurate! Concentra on and focus are key to succeeding with this evalua on. They are also key to developing a healthy, vibrant spiritual life. If we do not bring our full consciousness to the task, concentrate with all our might, be watchful and vigilant, we are not going to see God’s loving presence flashing before our eyes! That’s why we need Advent. Let’s face it. We can easily get distracted, focus on nonessen al and superficial things and lose touch with what really ma ers. Our a en ons wander. We daydream and even become a bit overwhelmed and red. All of the stresses and demands of life consume us and we find ourselves constantly trying to play catch up rather than relishing the moment of the now. “Now” moments are so flee ng. They flash before us like those squiggly lines on a screen. Present moments go as quickly as they come but it is important to discover them and rest in them as o en as we can. Though gone in a flash, these now moments of encounter with God teach powerful lessons and offer a grounding in truth that can be found nowhere else. It’s the grace of Advent to become watchful and a en ve because we are never sure when God will surprise us. God loves surprises and love thrives on them! God’s now moments of surprises come as tender instants of in mate connec on where I find profound peace, experience joy, and rest in love. These are Advent mes reflec ve of the now moments when Christ first was born, when God surprises us during every me we care to watch and when the great surprise of Christ’s second coming dawns upon us all. But, to discover the grandeur and experience the awe of these now mes, we have to be ready. We have to want to be there. We have to believe. And, we have to have the desire to soak in as much as we can in the me we have before us.
Parish Collections Our Weekly Goal: $12,500.00
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Dear OLMC Parishioners, Thank you for your support of Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel Church this year as we have navigated how to best continue our ministry during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The arrival of autumn typically signifies a change in
seasons, children going back to school, and the arrival of our many fall programs that enrich our church family. This fall is different. Many children are attending school fully or partially remote and most in-person gatherings have strict guidelines. As we learn how to adapt to our current reality, OLMC would like your help to allow us to continue our ministry. Please consider joining many of your fellow parishioners at OLMC by making your generous gifts through ParishSOFT Giving at www.olmcfairfileld.org. Your support makes it possible for us to continue to minister during the COVID-19 outbreak. ParishSOFT is a convenient and secure electronic giving (eGiving) program, and it provides OLMC with reliable donations during these unstable times. I hope that if you are able, you’ll take a minute to enroll: • Visit our website www.olmcfairfield.org • Click-on the link. “GIVE Online” • How to create an account - click on “sign-in” - click on “Register for an Account.”) • Navigate to choose the Fund and Give! You can give a one-time contribution or you can specify a reoccurring giving to any of the funds available throughout the year!
Please MAIL—in Offertory Envelopes or u lize OLMC’s Online-Giving!
AROUND THE PARISH Upcoming Events
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
Saving Human Lives This Ar cle is in regard to a 1998 comic strip, B.C. Two li le ants si ng on a rock by the ocean see the Statue of Liberty in the distance. One says, “That statue in the har-bor-didn’t it used to have a light?” The oth-er one says, “Yes.” The first one replies, “When did it go out?” Then the second one says, “1973.” The trial of Roe vs. Wade that made abor on legal was 1973. Not only did America’s light go out but our heart and our conscience died that day also. We should hang our heads in shame for having allowed this atrocity to happen. For a country to make legal the killing of our very own chil-dren - flesh and blood – is a country without morals, without pride, without conscience – a country headed for its own destruc on. We’re not talking about saving whales, or eagles, or the spo ed owls here. We’re try-ing to save human lives. We as a na on have condi oned our minds with so-called “reasons” and “excuses” and “choices.” They are just smoke screens to hide our sins
behind. Let’s call abor-on what it really is --
murder -- a sin against God’s Fi h Command-ment. Our day of reck-oning is coming.
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Prayer During A Health Crisis
Compassionate and Loving Father, In the face of confusion and concern impart to us the calm of your presence. In You allow us to find hope and healing. Be with those who serve the sick and give them Your caring hands. Be with those who lead and give then Your Spirit of wisdom. Be with those who have fallen ill and give them Your comfort-ing heart. Wrap your arms around our world and hold us in your love. Allow us at this time of trial to then serve as instruments of that love to all we meet. We ask this in Your Name. Amen.
Married Couples: Want to give each other something re-ally special this Christmas? How about a gi filled with Ro-mance and Excitement? That’s just the beginning of what you will receive on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Week-end. The next Marriage Encounter Weekends include: April 23-25, 2021 in Sacramento, CA and Aug. 20-22, 2021 in Sacramento, CA. For more informa on and / or to register for a weekend, visit our website: www.sacramentowwme.org or contact Terry & Janet, 916-489-3464.
We are selling a limited supply of missale es, Breaking Bread 2021 for those who would like to purchase a personal copy, $10.00. We ask that you please do not leave them in the pews. Please contact the Parish Office for your copy, (707) 422-7767.
Little Books can be
ordered di-rectly from the website
at littlebooks.org. They are available in paper and ebook formats. You can also get all
the seasonal books on the Lit-tle Books app available for
iOS and Android devices. To learn more about the app, go
PARISH INFORMATION & REGISTRATION OLMC MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS
ADULT EDUCATION - RCIA | Steve & Carlene Pearson, 707-426-2344 Catholics Come Home | Woody Carnahan & Kelly Newman, 208-9465 ALPHA PREGNANCY CLINICS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | 428-3300. Address: 1044 Empire St., Fairfield, Ca ALTAR & SANCTUARY Lay Carmelites ALTAR SERVERS | Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 AMOR DEI CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY Delia Tabasa / 631-9577 BAPTISM (Bap smal Prep Class held every other month) | Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 / [email protected] CANCER SUPPORT | Call the Parish Office, 707-422-7767 COUPLES FOR CHRIST Medardo &Mimi Tuazon 707-344-7355 Rey & Milva Lapitan - 707-428-1561 Ray & Lyn Fortaleza 707-208-6679 CURSILLO | Gem Geluz - 386-9142 CARMEL YOUTH Diana Banasan 707-422-2814 6
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OLMC MINISTRIES|ORGANIZATIONS
EURHARISTIC APOSTLES OF DIVINE MERCY (EADM) Mindy Zindel 421-0776, Marlon Taasan 688-4880 FINANCE COUNCIL CHAIR | Francis Cruz - 925-683-1311 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Robert Buendia 707-428-4520 LAY CARMELITES | Jess Pacheco 707-688-8613 LEGION OF MARY | Orlie Mangune, 707-880-5602 LORD'S LEAVEN MISSION SOCIETY Marlon & Yve e Taasan - 707-688-4880 MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Tom and Elaine Bruno - 707-426-9564 MEMBERS IN MOTION | Be y McFadden - 707-422-4129 MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST Julie Darling - 707-425-3934 Pearla Cuerdo - 707-386-3403 MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST for THE HOMEBOUND Call the Parish Office - 707-422-7767 MINISTRY OF THE WORD | Don McKenna - 707-718-5239 MISSIONARY FAMILIES OF CHRIST (MFC) | John & Malou Bayquen 707-208-4005 / Eddie & Maria San Pedro, 707-803-1106 MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR Mark Middleton 707-688-4157 / [email protected] OLMC GIFT CARDS | Peggy Sherrod, 707-429-3183 Parish Pastoral COUNCIL Consists of 10 members (See Bulle n) PERPETUAL Eucharis c Adora on Lynda Su on - 707-330-4858 PRAYER LINE Catharine Scharfen: 707-427-2320 / Pearla Cuerdo, 707-386-3403 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Diana Banasan| 707– 844-0716, Anna Albericci RESPECT LIFE & CATHOLIC Media KIOSK | Cathy Omoso 707-688-6551 / Phyllis Kaminska, 707-419-4237 (Alpha Pregnancy Clinic of Northern California, 707-428-3300) RETROUVAILLE (Lifeline for troubled marriages) Call the Parish Office. ST. VINCENT de PAUL | 707-422-5209 USHERS / HOSPITALITY | Robert Olmstead / 707-422-4472 VISITS TO THE SICK and SACRAMENT MINISTRY Parish Office YLGI (A Catholic Women's Organiza on) Margaret Sanders - 707-344-2838 (leave message) or Kathy Marley - 707-422-3588 / Meets 2nd Tuesday in Fr. Lanigan Center at Holy Spirit. Www.ylionline.org YOUTH MINISTRY | CARMEL YOUTH Diana Banasan 707-422-2814
