Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

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1 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street Redwood City, CA Tel. (650) Fax: (650) Parish Center Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D Aquila Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle Principal: Teresa Anthony Development: Nori Jabba Kid s Place: Maureen Arnott CCD: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: M. Hernandez Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Spanish Music Ministry: Andres Garcia Administrative Assistant: Alba Canelo The Most Holy Trinity May 22, 2016 Mass Schedule Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (español), and 5pm Saturday: 8: 15 am and 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Monday to Friday 8:15 am Reconciliation/Confession Saturday 3:30 4:30 p.m. [T]he love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5b 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.

2 Notes from the Pastor This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. There is nothing more basic to the Catholic faithful than the reality of the Blessed Trinity. We invoke our Triune God at the beginning of every prayer when we sign ourselves In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. In their catechism classes, Catholic children are taught that we were created by God the Father, saved by God the Son, and sanctified by God the Holy Spirit. Even so, the dogma of the Trinity is the most complex of all our beliefs and it s a truth that we can only dimly grasp with our limited human understanding. Briefly, this central doctrine of our faith teaches that while God is One and indivisible, He exists and reveals Himself through three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. While this inscrutable Truth may be beyond our comprehension, the Mystery of the Trinity is nonetheless important for us as Christians because it is through the action of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in our lives that we are saved and brought into contact with the divine life of God. In other words, for us God is not some distant, alien and unknowable force. We believe as Catholics that God created us as an act of love, in God s own image and likeness, and that God maintains forever a personal interest in every human being. The sin of Adam and Eve disobedience brought about a rupture in the harmony that had originally existed between God and his Creation. But God never abandoned his human family. He constantly sent Prophets into the world to remind and teach the people about their divine heritage. When the time was ripe, God sent his only Son Jesus, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, to completely share our humanity in order to redeem us. Through Jesus, God at last revealed His inner life as Trinity. At the beginning of Jesus public ministry, he presents himself to be baptized by his cousin John the Baptist. As he emerges from the water, everyone hears the voice of God declaring, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. And then the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a dove. Toward the end of his life, Jesus commissions his Apostles to go out and teach others what he has taught them: to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Finally, following his death and resurrection, the Risen Christ assures his followers that he will remain with them forever by sending down the Holy Spirit in his place. Last Sunday s Feast of Pentecost was the memorial of that event when the Apostles dramatically received the Holy Spirit and, as a result, were abundantly blessed with the gifts of the Spirit. They not only understood what they were to teach, they were also able to cure illnesses, forgive sins and exorcise evil spirits in Jesus name. We are the heirs of those same Apostles; we are the children of God the Father, saved by Jesus the Christ, and inspired by the Holy Spirit to carry on God s work in this world in order to win our reward in the next. Fr. Ulysses Notas del Párroco Este domingo celebramos la Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad. No hay nada más básico para los fieles católicos que la realidad de la Santísima Trinidad. Invocamos nuestro Dios al comienzo de cada oración cuando decimos, "En el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo." En las clases de catecismo a los niños se les enseñan que fuimos creados por Dios Padre, salvados por Dios el Hijo, y santificados por Dios el Espíritu Santo. Aun así, el dogma de la Trinidad es la más compleja de todas nuestras creencias, y es una verdad difícil de comprender con nuestro entendimiento limitado. En pocas palabras, esta doctrina nos enseña que aunque Dios es uno e indivisible, Él existe y se revela a través de las tres Divinas Personas: el Padre, el Hijo, y el Espíritu Santo. Si bien que esta verdad este más allá de nuestra comprensión, el misterio de la Trinidad es muy importante porque es a través de la acción del Padre, el Hijo, y el Espíritu Santo en nuestras vidas que somos redimidos. Para nosotros Dios no es una fuerza distante, algo que no podemos conocer. Creemos como católicos que Dios nos creó como un acto de amor, y que Dios mantiene siempre un interés personal en cada ser humano. El pecado de Adán y Eva - desobediencia - provocó una ruptura en la armonía que originalmente existía entre Dios y su creación. Pero Dios nunca abandonó a su familia humana. Envió varios Profetas al mundo para enseñarnos de nuestra herencia divina. Por fin, Dios envió a su Hijo Jesús, la Segunda Persona de la Santísima Trinidad, para compartir nuestra humanidad con el fin de redimirnos. A través de Jesús, Dios, reveló su vida interior como Trinidad. Al comienzo del ministerio público de Jesús, se presentó para ser bautizado por su primo Juan Bautista. Al salir del agua, todos los presentes escucharon la voz de Dios declarando: "Este es mi Hijo amado en quien tengo complacencia." Y luego el Espíritu Santo descendió sobre Jesús en forma de paloma. En sus últimos días, Jesús manda a sus apóstoles al mundo para enseñar a otros lo que él les había enseñado: "Hagan discípulos de todas las naciones, bautizándolas en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo. Después de resurrección, Jesús asegura a sus seguidores que iba a permanecer con ellos para siempre por medio del Espíritu Santo que bajaría en su lugar. La Fiesta de Pentecostés del domingo pasado fue el memorial de ese evento cuando los Apóstoles recibieron el Espíritu Santo y, como resultado, fueron abundantemente bendecidos con los dones del Espíritu. Ellos no sólo entendieron lo que debían enseñar a otros, sino que también fueron capaces de curar enfermedades, perdonar pecados y exorcizar los malos espíritus en el nombre de Jesús. Nosotros somos los herederos de esos mismos Apóstoles; somos los hijos de Dios el Padre, salvados por Jesús el Cristo, e inspirados por el Espíritu Santo para llevar a cabo la obra de Dios en este mundo con el fin de ganar nuestra recompensa en el próximo. Padre Ulises

3 Calling all Parish Photographers! Get out your iphones and cameras! We re looking for some fresh new photographs to use for our bulletin. If you enjoy taking pictures, we invite you to submit to us any good photographs you might take of the church. We will use this archive of pictures too regularly change the color picture on the cover of our bulletin. Suggested shots would be of the Altar (Sanctuary) area, both close up and from afar, the shrines of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph, the many stained glass windows, the organ pipes, and exterior of the church, especially the front (Fulton Street) façade, and the side (James Street) façade. Be creative! We will give credit in the bulletin for all photographs used. Please your pictures to the bulletin editor, Alba Canelo, at or to Fr. Ulysses at A MESSAGE FROM THE S.V.D.P. Mt. Carmel Conference Next Saturday and Sunday, May 28th and 29th, the second collection will be held for the support of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This Collection helps to provide vouchers for dairy, meat, produce, utilities and rent assistance. All Donations are returned 100% to our community. In addition, there are several volunteer opportunities that only require 1 or 2 hours a month. Delivering a box of food to a needy family is just one of many ways to help your Parish Conference. Thank you for remembering and supporting the needy in our community with your generosity next Sunday. Children s Liturgy For the months of July and August we will be suspending Children s Liturgy at the 10am Mass. We will resume in September and invite you to join us as part of the team as a teacher or assistant. Volunteers can choose their own schedule and are not responsible to teach a lesson each week. You are qualified if you have a willing spirit and enjoy children. High school students are welcome to join the team. Questions? Contact Robert Dei Rossi at Memorial Mass A Memorial Mass for Sister Monica Asman, OSF will be celebrated Saturday, May 28 at 10 am at St. Mathias Church in Redwood City. She founded St. Francis Center in Redwood City. A reception will follow after the Mass in the parish hall. All are welcome as we share stories about Sr. Monica! Jubilee Year of Mercy May 22, 2016 Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity The word mercy, Pope Francis declared in his announcement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, reveals the very mystery of the Most Holy Trinity (Misericordiae Vultus, 2). For mercy is how God comes to meet us; mercy is the fundamental law helping us recognize everyone as brothers and sisters; mercy is the bridge connecting God and humanity, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. God s selfrevelation as a life-giving, love-sharing Trinity of Persons draws us closer to God in friendship and communion. Both Judaism and Islam consider mercy one of God s most important attributes. Israel unceasingly proclaims God boundless in mercy. Islam addresses the Creator as Merciful and Kind, believing divine mercy limitless, its doors always open. May this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis prays, open us to more fervent dialogue, deepen our mutual understanding, eliminate all closed-minded disrespect, and drive out every form of violence and discrimination. Peter Scagnelli, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. REGISTRATION Registrations for the coming year of Religious Education Program will begin in August, For more Information please call Magdalena Hernandez, INSCRIPCIONES Inscripciones para el siguiente año de Catecismo comenzaran primero Dios el primer domingo de agosto. Para mas información por favor llamar a Magdalena Hernández, 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 $13,855. Our new balance $60,759. 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?

4 Saturday, May 21, :00 PM 5:00 PM Denis A. O Leary Sunday, May 22, :00 AM Mary Zhai 10:00 AM John Boyle 12:00 PM (Español) Evelyn Sofia Castillo 5:00 PM Mario Borja Monday, May 23, :15 AM Carmen Lutz Tuesday, May 24, :15 AM Pro populo Wed., May 25, :15 AM Pro populo Thursday, May 26, :15 AM Luisa Dune Friday, May 27, :15 AM Lourdes Gutierrez Saturday, May 28, :15 AM Maria Dabu THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, May 22: Children s Liturgy 10:00 am. Chapel Cathechist Party 11 am 4pm SH/Kit. Monday, May 23: Charismatic Committee 7:00 pm O. Chapel Tuesday, May 24: Class Production 3 pm 8:00 pm L/H K. O Conner 5 pm 8 pm SH Wednesday, May 25: Charismatic Group 7:00 pm L/H Thursday, May 26: Family Night 3 pm 9 pm LH/SH/SY Friday, May 27: Ensayo Coro Hispano 7:00 p.m. P. Center Saturday, May 28: Class Reunion Set up 3 pm 9 pm LH/SH/Kit.

5 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Most Holy Trinity Monday: Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Victoria Day (Canada) Tuesday: Weekday Wednesday: St. Bede the Venerable; St. Gregory VII; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Thursday: St. Philip Neri Friday: St. Augustine of Canterbury Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary 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. 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) 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. Welcome Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Registration Form The following confidential information will be entered in our parish data system. It is only for the purpose of knowing and serving you better. Name (s): Address: City: zip: Telephone: Others in your household: Number of adults over 18 years of age: Number of children under 18 years of age:

6 OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL # Fulton St. Redwood City, CA CONTACT PERSON Alba L. Canelo, Bulletin Editor: Fr. Ulysses D Aquila, Pastor: ADDRESS acanelo@mountcarmel.org SOFTWARE Microsoft Publisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat X Window7 PRINTER Toshiba e studio 3055c TRANSMISSION TIME By 11:00 a.m. On Wednesday SUNDAY OF PUBLICATION May 22, 2016 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS None