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. January 15, 2017 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. — Isaiah 49:6b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Te voy a convertir en luz de las naciones, para que mi salvación llegue hasta los últimos rincones de la tierra. — Isaías 49:6b 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
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062
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.
January 15, 2017 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. — Isaiah 49:6b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Te voy a convertir en luz de las naciones, para que mi salvación llegue hasta los últimos rincones de la tierra. — Isaías 49:6b
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
With Monday of this past week we began our two months’ journey through what the Church has named, somewhat unfortunately in my opinion, “Ordinary Time.” In English and in Spanish the word ‘ordinary’ usually means something common, something not at all special. The Latin word from which it is taken, however, refers not to something common, but rather to that which is ordered or numbered. We use the same term when we speak of ordinal numbers, in other words: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, etcetera. So the Sundays of Ordinary Time are identified by their number. This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time occurs between the great Seasons of the Church year which are Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter. As you know, Advent and Christmas celebrate that period during which we are anxiously awaiting the Incarnation, the birth of Jesus, and then the time immediately after Christ’s nativity. Lent/Easter is that period when we prepare ourselves through fasting, prayer and acts of charity to celebrate the greatest feast of all, the Paschal feast of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection from the dead. The Scripture readings in Mass during these seasons are focused on those events. On the other hand, during the many weeks of Ordinary Time we have an opportunity to reflect on the ministry of Jesus, his many miracles and cures as well as his preaching of the Kingdom of God. The Old Testament readings in our Lectionary are carefully coordinated with the Gospel readings to show how Jesus’ life and teachings are a fulfillment of God’s ancient covenant with his chosen people. We also read the letters of St. Paul to his communities of converts, letters which offer a profound theological and spiritual background to belief in Jesus Christ as Savior. So there is nothing ordinary about Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is very much like our own lives. Between the great events that we celebrate or remember in a special way -- our birthdays, our wedding anniversaries, the deaths of our cherished loved ones and so on -- we also must honor the day-to-day, the regular rhythm of work and chores and leisure and sleep. For all of us who do our best to live in Christ and to follow him, there is much that is to be discovered in ordinary time, the precious hours we spend with family and friends, the great good that we can do as Christians simply by being kind to one another, to helping whomever we can, by merely offering, as Jesus says, a cup of cold water to someone who is thirsty. In such ordinary moments our lives are made rich and our souls touch the infinite. Fr. Ulysses
Hace seis días comenzamos nuestro viaje de dos meses por lo que la Iglesia ha nombrado, desafortunadamente en mi opinión, "Tiempo Ordinario". En inglés y en español la palabra "ordinario" significa algo común, algo que no es del todo especial. La palabra latina de la que se toma, sin embargo, no se refiere a algo común, sino más bien a lo que está ordenado o numerado. Usamos el mismo término cuando hablamos de
números ordinales, en otras palabras: primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto, quinto, etcétera. Así que los domingos del Tiempo Ordinario son identificados por su número. Este domingo es el Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. El Tiempo Ordinario ocurre entre las grandes Temporadas del año de la Iglesia que son, primero Adviento y Navidad, y después Cuaresma y el tiempo de Pascua. Como todos saben, el Adviento y la Navidad celebran ese período durante el cual esperamos ansiosa-mente la Encarnación o el nacimiento de Jesús, y luego el tiempo inmediatamente después de
la Natividad. La Cuaresma es el período en que nos prepara-mos a través del ayuno, la oración y los actos de caridad para celebrar la fiesta más grande de todos, la fiesta pascual de la pasión de Jesús, su muerte y su resurrección de entre los muertos. Las lecturas de la Escrituras en las Misas durante estas temporadas se centran en esos eventos importantes. Por otro lado, durante las muchas semanas del Tiempo Ordinario tenemos la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre el ministerio de Jesús, sus muchos milagros y sanaciones, así como su predicación del Reino de Dios. Las lecturas del Antiguo Testamento en nuestro Leccionario son cuidadosamente coordinadas con las lecturas del Evangelio para mostrar cómo la vida y las enseñanzas de Jesús son un cumplimiento del antiguo pacto que Dios hizo con su pueblo elegido. También leemos las cartas de San Pablo a sus comunidades de conversos, cartas que ofrecen un fondo teológico y profunda-mente espiritual a nuestras creencias en Jesucristo como Salvador. Así que no hay nada ordinario en el Tiempo Ordinario. El Tiempo Ordinario es muy parecido a nuestras propias vidas. Entre los grandes acontecimientos que celebra-mos o recordamos de una manera especial - nuestro cumpleaños, nuestros aniversarios de boda, las muertes de nuestros seres queridos - debemos también honrar lo coti-diano: el ritmo regular del trabajo, las tareas, el descanso y el sueño. Para todos nosotros que tratamos de seguir a Jesús y vivir como él nos enseño, hay mucho que descubrir en el tiem-po ordinario: las preciosas horas que pasamos con familia y con nuestros amigos, el bien que podemos hacer como cristianos simplemente siendo amables los unos con los otros, ayudando a cualquiera que podamos, ofreciendo, como dijo Jesús, un vaso de agua fría a alguien que tiene sed. En esos momentos ordinarios nuestras vidas se enriquecen y nuestras almas tocan el infinito. P. Ulises
Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco
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.
Today’s Second Collection is for Liturgy Fund. 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.
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.
Annual Men's Club Crab Feed Feb. 11
Mark your calendar for our annual Crab Feed to take place on Saturday February 11
at 6 p.m. in the Large Hall. This great parish event features great food (all you can eat
crab!), live musicians performing a "singalong" set, and great items to be raffled off. Tickets sold after the 5 pm Saturday
Mass and after the 8 and 10 Sunday Mass. Also available in the Parish Office from
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm.
Tickets are $60 per person.
This event sells out
every year, so get your tickets
right away!
Archdiocesan Annual
Appeal 2016 Thank all of you who have contributed to the Archbishop Annual Appeal. Our parish assessment this year is $74,614. To date we have received $71,352. Our new balance $3,262. 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?
Dear Community: While I will try in the next week to reply personally to all the many people who wrote Christmas cards to me, who sent me checks or gift cards or who handed me bags with candy or cookies or other kind presents – some with names and addresses, others anonymous -- I don’t want to let even another week go by without expressing my profound gratitude to all of you. I treasure with all my heart this vocation of priesthood that God has given me, and the opportunity to serve in a parish such as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is a great deal of work, to be honest, particularly in these days when the shortage of priests means we have to take on more will less help than in the past. But the love I have felt from so many of my parishioners makes it all worthwhile in every way. May all who read this know of my love and concern for you, the people I’m privileged to serve, and may God bless us all in this coming year and give us peace. Fr. Ulysses
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 05:00 PM Dolores Hodges † Sunday, January 15, 2017 08:00 AM Guido De Santi † 10:00 AM Rev. John Quinn † 12:00 PM Maria Graciano y Familia (Int.) 05:00 PM Aurora Lopez † Monday, January 16, 2017 8:15 AM Marie and Tony Bertetta † Tuesday, January 17, 2017 8:15 AM Antoinette Mangiola † Wednesday, January 18, 2017 8:15 AM Norbert Vonder Groeber † Thursday, January 19, 2017 8:15 AM Bob and Virginia Nurisso (Int.) Friday, January 20, 2017 8:15 AM Phyllis Clarkin † Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:15 AM Paul Isaacs, George & Mary Haltiner †
THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL
Sunday, January 15, 2017 Children’s Liturgy 10:00 am Chapel CCD Classes 8:45 am School Monday, January 16, 2017 Grupo Carismático (mesa Directiva) 7:00 pm Parish Center Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Men’s Basketball 8:30 pm Large Hall Wednesday, January 18, 2017 CCD Classes 6:30 pm School Grupo Carismático 7:00 pm Large Hall Thursday, January 19, 2017 Good Grief 6:00 pm Old Chapel CCD Classes 6:30 pm School CCD Parent Meeting 6:40 pm Small Hall Coro Hispano, ensayo 7:00 pm Parish Center Friday, January 20, 2017 Family Games Night 5 to 10 pm All Facilities Saturday, January 21, 2017 Basketball Games 7:30 to 6 pm Large Hall Evento Guadalupano 6 to 9 pm Small Hall
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Día de Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday: St. Anthony/San Antonio Wednesday: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Comienza la Semana de Oración por la Unidad Cristiana Thursday: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany) Teofanía (Epifanía) en el calendario juliano Friday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian San Fabián; San Sebastián Saturday: St. Agnes/Santa Inés
