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Sunday, October 6, 2019| Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

PARISH STAFF

Administrator Rev. Fr. José Félix Ortega

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Israel K. Boadi

Religious Education Coordinator Sr. Edna Loquias, SMC

Parish Secretary Miss Elizabeth Mannini

Youth Minister

Mr. Brandon Fernandez

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor Principal Mr. Bilen Eminov Mr. John Musto

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday 8:30am | 12:00pm (Both English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil Mass - English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre -Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Center.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Center.

OLMC SCHOOL: 2465 BATHGATE AVENUE

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

PARISH CENTER

2380 Belmont Avenue Bronx, NY 10458

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

October 6, 2019 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 2

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Sunday, October 6th | Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ord. Time 8:30am Rosa Pomares 9:30am Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo 11:00am In Onore della Madonna di Fatima

12:15pm Mickey Miceli, Felicia Matta & Mario Campanelli 1:30pm Victor Vera (living)

Monday, October 7th | Our Lady of the Rosary

8:30am Elisabetta & Tommaso Mannini 12:00pm John Seone 6:30pm Deceased Parents & Benefactors of the Sisters

Tuesday, October 8th | Weekday

8:30am Stephanie Nuñez (living) 12:00pm Danielle Tassio 6:30pm Mario & Joe Mondelli

Wednesday, October 9th | Weekday; St. Denis & Companions;

St. John Leonardi

8:30am Rita V. Calabro 12:00pm Charles Bengston 6:30pm Deceased of the Borgatti Family

Thursday, October 10th | Weekday 8:30am Cecilia Fusco 12:00pm Thomas & Frank Giordano 6:30pm Giovanni Masi

Friday, October 11th | Weekday; Pope St. John XXIII

8:30am Kay Muton 12:00pm Vincent McDonnell (living) 6:30pm Antonio, Agnes, Mario Piccolino & Josephine Basile

Saturday, October 12th | Weekday; BVM

8:30am Louis & Ann Tellone 12:00pm Salvatore & Sarah Contento 5:00pm Juan Melesio Vera

Sunday, October 13th | Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ord. Time 8:30am Anna Cutugnino (living) 9:30am Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo 11:00am Francesco e Vincenza Bordenga

12:15pm Anthony & Emily Valerio 1:30pm Roberto Dario Luna y Graciela Carmona Sancho

From the Desk of Father José Félix

CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN WRITES...

Among other titles—the month of the Holy Rosary, the month of the missions—the thirty-one days beginning Tuesday are Respect Life Month.

To protect the dignity of the human person, and the sacredness of every human life, from the womb to the tomb, are pillars of our Catholic social justice principles, as well as normative for a Republic fostering the common good.

Pope St. John Paul II often urged a “culture of life” to counter a dominant “culture of death,” and Pope Francis frequently describes a “throwaway culture,” where human lives can be discarded, trashed, abused, and eliminated.

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It’s a “package deal,” folks, and I for one am very grateful for our holistic, consistent respect for life ethic. When I see our people in peaceful advocacy in front of an abortuary, or outside a prison in another state where an incarcerated inmate awaits imminent execution, I cheer those pro-life people on.

When someone taunts me, claiming we are “hung up” on the life of the pre-born infant, I agree! We are!

When I encounter another who asks me why we are “on the side” of those who, like our grandparents, are eager for a secure new home here in America, I’m happy to explain.

Nor do I apologize for our particularly vigorous defense of the tiny baby in the womb. I’m afraid that, if life is not secure there, it’s in jeopardy anywhere. If the scissoring of the preborn baby is praised, defended by law, paid for by tax money, and considered a right which trumps all others, should it surprise us that, as Pope Francis claims, “We can put out a contract on any other life that gets in our way?”

Ronald Reagan used to observe that, once a democratic people has all the facts, and can assess the results of certain policies and trends in our common lives, then people will make the right choice.

We watch that starting to happen, as more and more thoughtful people begin to worry about the toxins in our culture: drugs, suicide, violence, weapons, racism, euthanasia and abortion.

Happy Respect Life Month!

God bless, Father José Félix

+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for Ralph Marolda,

Dr. Raffaele Russo and all the faithful departed

COLLECTION - 9/29/19

This year …………................................................$3,786.00

Last year …........................................................$3,676.81

WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 9/29/19

Adults: ……. 827 Children: …… 249 Total: …… 1,076

October 6, 2019 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 3

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The just ones, because of their faith, shall live (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — Bear hardship with the strength that comes from God (2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14). Gospel — The apostles said to Jesus, “Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5-10).

WEDDING BANNS

II. Patricio Jimbo & Martha Lucero I. Anthony Giuliano & Amanda Ponce de Leon Daniel Alvarez & Elisa Cariño

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes human relationships go awry, but Christ’s choice for us is irrevocable. In marriage celebra-tions, the Church always recalls God’s faithfulness to help prepare married couples for enduring the inevitable rough spots. The Byzantine liturgy does this by adorning the couple with crowns that remind them of the martyr’s crown. The couple therefore takes on a vocation of wit-nessing to the sacredness of life in all of its suffering and joy, and of keeping their eyes fixed on the banquet of heaven. In Eastern theology, people have a liturgical voca-tion to give God praise, and marriage fits within that plan. It is not so much saying prayers that counts, but becoming prayer. Interestingly, in this liturgy the couple never utters a word other than joining in the communi-ty’s chants; there are no marriage vows as such. There is therefore not a hint of our Western Christian sense that marriage is a legal contract. Rather, it is all about living out one’s baptismal vocation, embracing the cross, pour-ing oneself out in love, and opening to the grace of the Holy Spirit.

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MEMORIALS THIS WEEK

Mass Wine

In Loving Memory of Margaret Marcone From Laura Amantea

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of Joseph Zinzi From Guy Stella

DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DE P. JOSE FELIX

POR CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN

Entre otros títulos, el mes del Santo Rosario, el mes de las misiones, los treinta y un días que comienza el martes son parte del Mes de Respeto a la Vida.

Proteger la dignidad de la persona humana y la santidad de cada vida humana, desde el útero hasta la tumba, son pilares de nuestros principios católicos de justicia social, así como son las normativas de una República que fomenta el bien común.

El Papa San Juan Pablo II a menudo instó a una “cultura de la vida” para contrarrestar una “cultura de la muerte” dominante, y el Papa Francisco con frecuencia describe una “cultura de usar y tirar”, donde las vidas humanas pueden ser descartadas, destruidas, maltratadas y eliminadas.

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Es un “acuerdo global”, amigos, y por mi parte estoy muy agradecido por nuestro respeto holístico y constante por la ética de la vida. Cuando veo a nuestra gente en defensa pacífica frente a un aborto, o afuera de una prisión en otro estado donde un preso encarcelado espera una ejecución inminente, aliento a esas personas pro-vida.

Cuando alguien se burla de mí, alegando que estamos “colgados” de la vida del recién nacido, ¡estoy de acuerdo! ¡Estamos!

Cuando me encuentro con otro que me pregunta por qué estamos “del lado” de aquellos que, como nuestros abuelos, están ansiosos por un nuevo hogar seguro aquí en Estados Unidos, me complace explicarlo.

Tampoco me disculpo por nuestra defensa vigorosa particularmente del pequeño bebé en el útero. Me temo que, si la vida no es segura allí, está en peligro en cualquier lugar. Si se elogia la tijera del bebé no nacido, se defiende por ley, se paga con dinero de los impuestos y se considera un derecho que supera a todos los demás, en caso de que nos sorprenda que, como afirma el Papa Francisco, ¿”Acaso podemos extender un contrato sobre cualquier otra vida que se interponga en nuestro camino?

Ronald Reagan solía observar que, una vez que un pueblo democrático tiene todos los hechos y puede evaluar los resultados de ciertas políticas y tendencias en nuestras vidas comunes, luego, la gente tomará la decisión correcta.

Observamos que eso comienza a suceder, a medida que más y más personas reflexivas comienzan a preocuparse por las toxinas en nuestra cultura: drogas, suicidio, violencia, armas, racismo, eutanasia y aborto.

¡Feliz Mes del Respeto por la Vida!

Dios les bendiga. P. José Félix

Lectors - October 12th & 13th

5:00 p.m. P. D’Orsogna & C. Diaz

8:30 a.m. M. Mongiovi & C. Marino, Jr.

11:00 a.m. C. & R. Bizzarro

12:15 p.m. C. Vera & F. Randazzo

* OLMC Dinner Dance *

Sunday, October 27th

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Honorees: Elizabeth Camarillo Cristian Fernandez

Music: Pane e Cioccolato

Cocktails: 3:00 p.m.

Reservations: $110

* 50/50 MEGA RAFFLE *

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