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: [email protected]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 : 3rd 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
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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: [email protected] 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
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays………...3:30 to 4:30 PM or by appointment BAPTISMS: 3rd 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
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Long ago, the custom of sending some pieces of consecrated bread from the Lord’s table began to take hold. Originally it was a way of assuring the sick and imprisoned of their bonds of faith and affection with the community from whom they were separated. By the third century, at least in Rome, we have evidence that the bishop would consign some of the sacred elements to presbyters or deacons. There was a crisis in the unity of the church early on, called the quartodeciman controversy, since some people wanted to celebrate the Pasch on the fourteenth day (quartodecima) of the Jewish month Nissan, even if it didn’t fall on a Sunday. The debate so fractured the church that the historian of the era, Eusebius, reported a new development to the pope. He wrote that the churches holding to the Lord’s Day sent out consecrated bread to the disgruntled people of the quartodeciman pastors with whom they were quarreling. Meanwhile, bishops complained about peo-ple taking the Eucharist home. St. Cyprian told a cautionary tale of a sinful woman who tried to open the “casket” containing the consecrated bread in her home. She was deterred from receiving, he said, by flames erupting from the box. Clearly, he wanted peo-ple to think twice before bringing Communion home! The Council of Nicaea defined the “old rule of the church” as allowing for reserving the eucharistic bread for the sake of the dying. The same council could foresee circumstances of persecution when people might have the Eucharist on hand to ad-minister to one another in a time of great danger, literally, at the point of a sword. The first and enduring purpose for reserving the Eucharist is viaticum for the dying.
† Agnes Cabawan † Venus Guillem OLMC Parishioners † Carl W. Sanders Jr. † Rita Sili Donald Pursglove † Margo Vest † Bev Orlando † Aurelio, † Jorge & † Harold Arias † Jim Lewis
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TAG Youth Ministry / Phobease Faith Formation / Legion of Mary No classes (Faith Formation) / RCIA Bible Study / Cancer Support Group Amor Dei / Lenten Soup Supper & Sta-tions of the Cross Confirmation Retreat / OLMC Retreat Couples for Christ 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.
Spring – The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them
is sometimes as great as a month. ~ Henry Van Dyke
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 Men and Women in Armed Forces 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 Karen Mastrandrea Andy Andalajao Aukusitino Iulio Dolores Krystek Cassandra Lopez Yolanda Galvan Darwin Rasmussen Eugene P. Curtis Andrew Michael Capriato John & Vivian Donahoe Marie Louise Caro Susan Cox Rosemary Costales Tom McCoy Carrol Thierry Rene Haag Tess Ramiro Daniel Yaroch Bruce Waelbrock Jeff Anub Ortaliz Family Marie Buelna Terri Bridges Peter D & Laura Labrado
Carol Nunes Dolores Sheppard Bessie Zanolini Elba Elias Ian Padilla Cameron Schuster Miley McCrary De Pham John & June Kelley David Quilao Angelina Sabaria Charles Raymond Sal DiMarco Anita Flueck Sachi Mueller Fr. Don Burnet Dottie Lescano Bobby Holsworth Mary Scheunemann Reagan Johnson John Joe White Virgil Jaramillo Therese & Bob Keck Pat Murtha Dolores Sanders Bonnie A. Marotta Austin Yang Matt Villaber Lena Cradduck Jason Eshabarr Haley Family Akina Family Zenaida Sarin Sylvette Zabala Donald Pursglove
Joe Hill Vic & Connie Arias John Hess & Sharon Dotson Kimo Boone Gloria Lee Anita Brennan Steve Henson Stephen Shanahan Rebecca Rivera Kathy Spain Larry Hebert Kellie Arnold Josephine Iannarelli Su Kuropatin Romy & Cuca Lopez Ken Sanders Jasmine Liban Jose Cadiz Mary Montandon Dennis Harp Bantique & Villarama Families Debra Loredo Crystal Buelna Nancy & Jim Lockwood Bernice Jojola Bing Lovena Lagdamen Leo & Gwen Martinez Lou Gimarelli Marsch Family Valerie Rhodes Claudine Highsmith Gomez Family Mary Ellen McCormick Compton & Elsie Harris Fr.Hank Ormond, OCarm Jewel Perez
Parish Collections Our weekly goal $12,500.00
2017 - Weekly Offertory: Envelopes - March 11th /12th $11,595.00 Online - Mar. 5th - Mar. 11h $ 1,009.00
Mortgage Debt Balance: As of Feb. 2017 $115,000.00
Angie Bernardo 592-5084 Hayde Talley 421-1306 Mike Lonero 389-0130 Connor Ng 386-3461 John Quitugua 428-7255 Laura Rojas (415) 613-3671 Vince Tydingco/Sec. 631-5269 Julie Darling / Pres. 425-3934
The Third Week of Lent
REPENT AND BELIEVE
Out of the Temple John 2:13-25
“Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ; discipline your body; do not pamper yourself,
but love fasting.” ~ St. Benedict
Thanks to those who have contributed to our
Church Property Repairs! Your response and
generosity are greatly appreciated. You may
also donate ONLINE under
“Capital Improvement” (fund name).
Thank you and God bless you!
Expenditures Paid:
* Budget Tree Service $7,975.00 * Church’s Gas Lines (Ongoing) MK2 Engineers $1,776.00 As the gas line repair work is being done, we will have no heat / AC available for use.
* Church & Dome Roof Leakage(s) TBD (Removal of mold, ceiling, drywall, painting)
UPDATE:
DONATIONS RECEIVED:
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Points to Ponder When I attend Mass, am I
fully aware that I am in the presence of God dur-ing that time?
When was the last time I went to confession?
As we enter the third week of Lent, what pro-gress have I made spiritu-ally? Do I need to make a “course correction” for the remaining weeks?
From March 1st through April 9th, you are invited to join other Christians for 40-
Days for Life - 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You are
also invited to stand and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right of way outside Planned Parent-hood, 1325 Travis Blvd, Fair-field and also to help spread the word about this important community outreach. If you would like more information or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Cathy,
688-6551 or Tranquilino, 718-1356. Visit the website:
www.40daysforlife.com
Thank you to all who signed up for “Helping Hands” Ministry. To get this minis-try underway we now need additional names, addresses and phone numbers of pa-rishioners, relatives, or friends who are ill or homebound or would just welcome a phone call, a card, or offering a prayer with them or for them. Please call one of the following individuals with that information. Thanks for your help in this worthy ministry.
The Last Supper Raffle Week #5 = 391 tickets sold!
Tickets sold are limited and non-deductible. Buy your ticket(s) after Saturday and Sunday Masses. ONLY 28 DAYS LEFT! You do not need to be present to win! Ministry
Leaders . . . Please submit sold raffle tickets!
OLMC MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Every Fridays through April 7th Lenten Soup Supper & Stations of the Cross
Mar. 25th - OLMC Lenten Retreat and Confirmation Retreat
April 1st - Church & Dome Cleaning!
April 8th - Confirmation
April 10th - OLMC Communal Penance Service (April 3rd, Holy Spirit Penance) April 16 - Happy Easter! Easter Egg Hunt, 2PM
April 22nd - Shredding Day at OLMC Parking Lot! (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
OLMC LENTEN RETREAT Entering the desert with quiet . . . LENT is a time for investigation. We look deeper
into ourselves and wonder about how we can more authentically live out our mission in Christ. And like the desert, whose
beauty is not always obvious, we are invited to spend time pon-dering where God might be even in our desert lands. We find that when we’re willing to put ourselves beyond our comfort zones and enter the desert, we might glimpse God just a bit more clearly if only we’re willing to look. Join us . . . March 25th. OLMC’s Lenten Retreat begins at the 9AM Mass, fol-
lowing with talks by special speaker, Fr. Paul Henson, O.Carm.
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
ALTAR & SANCTUARY Lay Carmelites 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 DIRECTOR Mark Middleton 688-4157 [email protected]
