Mass Schedules March 6, 2021-March 13, 2021

Our 8:15AM Daily Masses, 3:30PM Vigil Mass, 8AM and 12PM Sunday Masses will be livestreamed in our Facebook page: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Redwood City

6 Saturday of the Second week of Lent 8:15AM Mass

3:30PM Vigil Mass: INDOOR

7 The Third Sunday of Lent

8:00AM (English Mass): INDOOR

10:00AM (English Mass): INDOOR

12:00PM (Spanish Mass): INDOOR

8 Monday

Third Week of Lent

9 Tuesday

Third Week of Lent

10 Wednesday

Third Week of Lent

11 Thursday

Third Week of Lent

12 Friday

Third Week of Lent

13 Saturday of the Third Week of Lent

8:15AM Mass

3:30PM Vigil Mass: INDOOR

Confessions Every Saturday from 2:30PM-3:30PM at the Church

Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Romulo Vergara, JCD Associate Pastor: Rev. Ian El Quito Deacon: Rev. Thomas Boyle Deacon: Rev. Raymond Smith Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernandez Adult Faith Formation: John Spotorno Music Director: Bianca Remlinger School Principal: Dr. Deborah Farrington

Parish Phones

Parish Center Office: (650) 366-3802 Pastor’s Office: (650) 366-3802 Religious Education Office: (650) 368-8237 Mt. Carmel School Office: (650) 366-6127

Associate Pastor’s Message Rev. Ian El Quito

We have entered into the third week of our Lenten pro-cession. The pandemic has allowed us to meditate pro-foundly in our lives especially this Lenten season. It has brought an opportunity for all of us to once again recognize our limitations and frailties as human beings. For more than a year now, we have been battling with this serious disease and until now, the future is still un-certain. We are indeed face to face with our human weakness. But let us take the pandemic as an oppor-tunity to reflect on the importance of our dependence on God for He is our only hope amidst this global cri-sis.

As one Mt. Carmel family, let us all together take a Lenten procession. Although some are still hesitant to go to the Church in person, we have set up various ways to reach out to everyone so that we will all be nourished by our own spiritual home, the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. We have just upgraded our livestreaming Masses. We can now simultaneously broadcast through our three online platforms in real time: facebook, website and youtube.

For two weeks now, we have also started our flock-notes. The Archdiocese of San Francisco recommends this new tool of communication to parishes in the Archdiocese so that we can always inform our parish-ioners about the various activities and events in our parish. We highly encourage everyone to check out our bulletin as well to be updated and informed.

We have just also launched our formed.org account where you can access numerous religious movies, doc-umentaries, books and resources to deepen your faith. All can be accessed online.

We might be distancing from each other physically but your spiritual home, the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church comes to you closer virtually--- helping each one of us to reconnect once again to the Source of all goodness and blessings, our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

My brothers and sisters, may we all walk together with Jesus who is carrying His cross this Lenten season. Let us meditate on his passion, death and resurrection as we re-examine our lives amidst this global pandemic.

I pray that you may all have a solemn and reflective lenten journey.

We lift our prayers and yours in our Masses here at Mt. Carmel.

God bless you and your family! -Fr. Ian

Hemos entrado en la tercera semana de nuestra procesión cuaresmal. La pandemia nos ha permitido meditar pro-fundamente en nuestras vidas, especialmente en esta tem-porada cuaresmal. Ha traído una oportunidad para que todos reconozcamos una vez más nuestras limitaciones y fragilidades como seres humanos. Desde hace más de un año, hemos estado luchando con esta grave enfermedad y hasta ahora, el futuro sigue siendo incierto. De hecho, estamos cara a cara con nuestra debilidad humana. Pero tomemos la pandemia como una oportunidad para reflex-ionar sobre la importancia de nuestra dependencia de Di-os porque Él es nuestra única esperanza en medio de esta crisis global. Como una familia del Monte Carmelo, tomemos juntos una procesión cuaresmal. Aunque algunos todavía dudan en ir a la Iglesia en persona, hemos establecido varias maneras de tender la mano a todos para que todos seamos alimentados por nuestro propio hogar espiritual, la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo. Acabamos de ac-tualizar nuestras masas de transmisión en vivo. Ahora podemos transmitir simultáneamente a través de nuestras tres plataformas en línea en tiempo real: facebook, sitio web y youtube. Desde hace dos semanas, también hemos comenzado nuestras notas de bandada. La Arquidiócesis de San Fran-cisco recomienda esta nueva herramienta de comuni-cación a las parroquias de la Arquidiócesis para que siem-pre podamos informar a nuestros feligreses sobre las di-versas actividades y eventos en nuestra parroquia. Animamos encarecidamente a todos a revisar nuestro bo-letín, así como a estar actualizados e informados. También acabamos de lanzar nuestra cuenta de formed.org donde puede acceder a numerosas pelícu-las religiosas, documentales, libros y recursos para pro-fundizar su fe. Se puede acceder a todos en línea. Podríamos estar distanciándonos el uno del otro físicamente, pero vuestro hogar espiritual, la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo se acerca virtualmente--- ayudándonos a cada uno de nosotros a reconectar una vez más con la Fuente de toda bondad y bendiciones, nuestro Señor Jesucristo en la Eucaristía. Mis hermanos y hermanas, que todos caminemos juntos con Jesús que lleva Su cruz esta época cuaresmal. Meditemos sobre su pasión, muerte y resurrección mientras reexamina-mos nuestras vidas en medio de esta pandemia global. Ruego que todos tengan un viaje solemne y reflexivo. Levantamos nuestras oraciones y las tuyas en nuestras misas aquí en el Monte Carmelo. ¡Que Dios te bendiga a ti y a tu familia! -Fr. Ian

Stewardship and Online Giving

Support OLMC parish at this cri cal me by dona ng through Vancopayments.

You can donate online through our website: mountcarmelrc.org. Thank you for your constant support to our OLMC Parish!

This Week’s Second Collection is for the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal

During lent, SVdP is asking for donations of eye glasses for the homeless. There will be a basket to put them

in as you enter the Church. Thank you for your generosity!

Consider donating to the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. The appeal supports various ministries in the Archdio-cese such as financial support to schools, ethnic minis-tries, vocations, communications and many other minis-tries that provide support to local churches within the Archdiocese.

Our campaign goal for 2021 is 71,485 Update on our livestreaming Mass

Last week, we just installed our new camera. You can now watch our livestreaming Masses in real time through our three online platforms: Fa-cebook, youtube and website: mount-carmelrc.org and go to OLMC Online Mass tab.

MASS INTENTIONS For the Week

Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:15 AM Pelepetua Tangitan Etu † 3:30 PM Damela Hernandez (B-day) Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:00 AM Alfred Absi † 10:00 AM Nestor Tordilla † 12:00 PM Familia Patiño Mota (Int.) Monday, March 8, 2021 8:15 AM Marlene Muscat † Tuesday, March 9, 2021 8:15 AM Margaerete Corman † Wednesday. March 10, 2021 8:15 AM Lucas Clavel (Int.) Thursday. March 11, 2021 8:15 AM Rosa Clavel (Int.) Friday, March 12, 2021 8:15 AM Art Cardinas † Saturday, March 13, 2021 8:15 AM Charles Warren † 3:30 PM Paul Territo †

Update in our indoor Masses

The San Mateo county is now in Red Tier 2. All our Masses will now be celebrated indoor with 120 people, including the priests and the ministers, in-

side the Church, while the rest of the people will stay at the courtyard. We will do it in a first come, first serve basis,

especially for our Holy Week Liturgies.

FORMED.ORG Sign up to our FORMED subscrip-tion for FREE where you can avail thousands of books, audio talks, mov-ies, documentaries and studies to help you nurture your faith in the Catholic tradition.

Go to formed.org then enter Our La-dy of Mt. Carmel Church, Redwood City or just our zipcode: 94062. Enter your name and your e-mail address and you are good to go!

The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Mental Health Ministry Advisory Group, and the Pastoral Ministry Department invite

you to an evening workshop, “Mental Health Wellness and the Church - Reaching Out to Families Experiencing Mental Health Challenges”

Thursday, March 11th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

At the workshop, you will learn about the Mental Health Ministry Network being established by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, what it will mean for our parish to participate, and what ministry opportunities will be available to parishioners.

The workshop is open to all parishioners and free of charge. For questions or for more information, contact Dick Collyer at 415-614-5593

Samson Cheung, our catechumen, Damiel Amores and Fernando Espinoza, our candidates, together with their sponsors attended the Rite of Election at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco last Febru-ary 21 which was presided by the Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone.

The Rite of Election marks the beginning of an intensive formation before the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation.

Our religious education program started their classes last February 27 at the court-yard. The classes are intended for the sec-ond year Catechism students.

We will inform you about our upcoming plans in re-opening the registration and enrollment for the new Catechism year 2021. Sign up in 40 days for life cam-paign which just started last Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday. Vis-it www.40daysforlife.com/redwoodcity. The vigil starts at 7AM to 7PM daily at the Planned Parenthood, 2907 El Camino Real in Redwood City.

Apelación Anual Arquidiócesana 2021 Esta semana estamos lanzando nustra Apelacion Anual Arquidiócesana 2021. Su

apoyo a esta campaña Annual cambia vidas. Su donación nos permite propor-cionar ministerios, programas y servicios que benefician a las parroquias y a las

personas de la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco.

En oración, por favor considere dar una donación a la Campaña Anual Ar-quidiócesana. Muchos cuentan con su apoyo. Gracias!

Nuestras Misas Virtuales Nuestras Misas en líinea ahora se transmiten en vivo en nuestras tres plataformas en tiempo real: Facebook, Youtube y en nuetro sitio web. En Facebook entre a la página: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Redwood City; Nuestro sitio Web: www.mountcarmelrc.org y Youtube: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Redwood City.

Noticias sobre Educacion Religiosa Ya hemos iniciado nuestras clases de Catecismo en Español. Las clases son presenciales los Sabados a las 10:00 de la mañana. Los esperamos en el estacionamiento de la Iglesia. Estas clases son para los niños y niñas que estuvieron aqui el año pasado en su Primer Año de Catecismo.

Para más información por favor llame a la oficina del Catesicmo con Magdalena Hernández. Teléfono: 650-366-3802 o por favor envíe un correo electrónico: mhernandez@mountcarmel.org

Tiempo de Cuaresma Cuaresma es un tiempo especial de Reconciliación, de ayuno, de compartir, de oración. Reconsideremos acercarnos a Dios por todos estos medios especialmente acerquemonos al Sacra-mento de la Reconciliación. Las Confesiones son los Sàbados a las 2:30 de la tarde.

Se pide donación de anteojos. Durante la Cuaresma, la Sociedad de San Vi-cente de Paúl solicita donaciones de anteojos para las personas sin hogar. Habrá una canasta para ponerlos en el vestíbulo de la Iglesia.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL #919128 300 Fulton St. Redwood City, CA 94062 CONTACT PERSON Fr. Ian El Quito Contact Number: (650)366-3802 EMAIL ADDRESS iquito@mountcarmel.org TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 9:00 SUNDAY OF PUBLICATION March 7, 2021 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE PRINT 200 BULLETINS FOR THIS WEEK’S ISSUE