Our Lady of Mount Carmel 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062

Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421▪ parish@mountcarmel.org ▪pastor@mountcarmel.org ▪ www.mountcarmel.org

Parish Center Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Mass Schedule Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm. (español,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.

Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila - 306-9583 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle - 366-3802 Principal: Teresa Anthony - 366-6127 School Development: Nori Jabba - 366-8817 Kid’s Place: Maureen Arnott – 366-6587 CCD: Magdalena Hernández - 368-8237 Youth Ministry: Kendra & Jason Rickwald - 918-0815 Youth Confirmation: Paula Martinez – 366-6194 Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger - 366-3802 Spanish Music Ministry: Andres Garcia -366 -3802 Administrative Assistant: Alba Canelo – 366 -3802

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.

Solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi October 4, 2015

NOTES FROM THE PASTOR/NOTAS DEL PARROCO This Sunday, October 4, is the feast day of the patron saint of our Archdiocese, St. Francis of As-sisi. How appropriate to think of St. Francis, the saint we most associate with a profound love of nature and of all of life, on this Sunday that has also been designated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bish-ops as Respect Life Sunday. All of us, as Catholics, should form our consciences around what would be called “a consistent ethic of life.” What this means is that in our thinking about many of the great concerns of the world -- the welfare of children and families (especially mothers), the care of the elderly and the disabled, the treatment of the imprisoned, our moral duty toward refugees and other innocent people with whose countries we might be at war – our policies and opinions should be in line with the unswerving respect for life upon which our Church insists. Too often these issues, particularly the issues of assisted s u i c i d e , the death penalty, and abortion, become highly politicized. In this country, we often align ourselves with a particular political party which we feel most matches our personal beliefs. What-ever value there may be in doing this, and we all want to prac-tice our citizenship and right to vote to the full, one often finds that strict political loyalties can compromise our faithfulness to the principles of our Catholic religion. For example, a politi-cian might be strongly in favor of repealing laws permitting legal abortions, but the same politician will perhaps be in favor of the death penalty. Another may promote child welfare and immigration reform while at the same time voting to legalize physician-assisted suicide and the use of aborted fetuses for stem cell research. The truth is that our Lord Jesus could never be characterized as a Republican or a Democrat, a Conservative or a Liberal, a Capitalist or a Socialist. His teachings were consistently about the call to love one another, even those who are hard to love, about the need to care in a special way for the poor, about his concern for widows and orphans, the mentally and physically ill, and the respectful treatment of strangers. During this month of October dedicat-ed to the Respect for all Life may we all, to quote Cardinal Sean O’Malley, “live according to God’s standards. God does not call us to perfect efficiency or material success; He calls us to self-sacrificial love. He invites us to embrace each life for as long as it is given -- our own lives and the lives of those he has placed in our paths -- for every life is worth living.”

Este domingo, el 4 de octubre, es la fiesta del patrono de este Arquidiócesis, San Francisco de Asís. Cuán apropiado es pensar en San Francis-

co, el santo que más se asocia con un profundo amor por la naturaleza y por toda la vida, en este domingo que tambien ha sido designado por la Conferencia Episcopal de los Estados Unidos como Domingo de Respeto a la Vida. Todos no-sotros, como católicos, debemos formar nuestras conciencias en torno a lo que se llamaría "una ética consistente de la vida." Lo que esto signifi-ca es que en nuestro pensamientos acerca de las muchas grandes preocupaciones del mundo -- el bienestar de los niños y las familias

(especialmente las madres), el cuidado de los ancianos y los discapacitados, el trata-miento de los presos, nuestro deber moral hacia los refugiados y otras personas

inocentes con cuyos países podríamos estar en guerra -- nuestras pólizas y opiniones deben estar en consonancia con el respeto inquebrantable a la vida sobre la que insiste nuestra Iglesia. Muy a menudo estas cuestiones, en particu-lar las cuestiones de suicidio asistido, la pena de muerte y el aborto, se vuelven altamente politizado. En este país, a me-nudo nos alineamos con el partido político que mas hace juego con nuestras creencias personales. Cualquiera que sea el valor en hacer esto, y todos queremos practicar nues-tra ciudadanía y derecho a votar al pleno, a menudo se en-cuentra que los estrictos lealtades políticas pueden compro-meter nuestra fidelidad a los principios de nuestra religión católica. Por ejemplo, un político puede estar a favor de la derogación de las leyes que permiten los abortos legales, pero el mismo político tal vez será a favor de la pena de muerte. Otro puede promover el bienestar de la infancia y la reforma migratoria, mientras que al mismo tiempo él vota para legalizar el suicidio asistido y el uso médico de fetos abortados. La verdad es que nuestro Señor Jesús nunca podría ser caracterizado como un republicano o un demócra-ta, un conservador o liberal, capitalista o socialista. Sus en-señanzas fueron siempre sobre la llamada a amarnos unos a otros, incluso a aquellos que son difíciles de amar, sobre la necesidad de cuidar de manera especial los pobres, por su preocupación por las viudas y los huérfanos, los enfermos y discapacitados, el respeto de los marginados y el tratamiento de los extraños. Durante este mes de octubre dedicado al Respeto por toda Vida, citando al Cardenal Sean O'Malley, "podamos vivir de acuerdo a los estándares de Dios. Dios no nos llama para perfeccionar la eficiencia o el éxito material; Él nos llama al amor de auto-sacrificio. Él nos invita a abra-zar cada vida durante el tiempo que se le da - nuestras pro-pias vidas y las vidas de aquellos que él ha puesto en nues-tro camino - porque cada vida vale la pena vivirla ". Padre Ulysses

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Rooted from the very beginning of Church tradition, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) is the path for welcoming new inquirers into our community of believers. If you, or someone close to you, are consider-

ing becoming a member of the Catholic community here at Our Lady of Mount Carmel then please accept our invita-tion to join with us weekly on Sunday, following the 8:00 AM Mass in the Small Chapel on the James Street side of the Church. For further information, contact John Spotor-no, RCIA coordinator, johnspotorno@gmail.com or call, cell (650) 303-6292 or at home (650) 364-3704.

Holy Hour Happy Hour Young adults in their 20s and 30s are encouraged join us for a Holy Hour at Nativity parish (210 Oak Grove, Menlo Park) on Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm, followed by drinks at a local pub. If you have any questions, please email holy-hourhappyhour@gmail.com or visit our website, holy-hourhappyhour. wordpress.com.

LA SOCIEDAD GUADALUPANA LOS

INVITA A LA NOCHE DE

DISFRACES CENA BAILE

Sábado 24 de Octubre 2015 7:00 pm—12:00 pm

En el Salón Grande de la Iglesia Monte Carmelo

Adultos $30 Menores de 12 años $15 Llame a Carmen (610) 274 -5595 Margarita (610) 366 -7424 Maria (650) 367- 0424

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Religious Education Classes are on Sundays at 8:45am – 9:45am. For more information on First Communion Registration, please call the Religious Education Office, 650- 368-8237. Las clases de Catecismo son los Domingos a las 8:45am. en Ingles, Miércoles y Jueves en Español a las 6:30pm. Para más información por favor llame a la oficina del Catecismo: 650-368-8237. Para Información de las Confirmaciones por favor llame al 650:366-6194

Italian Feast!

Sunday

October 10, 2015 6:30 to 10:00 PM

$25 Adults; $15 Children; Under 5 Free!

• Amazing Italian Favorites

•Raffles •Entertainment •And more!

An Event for the Whole

Family!

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Women’s Club BLESSING OF THE

PETS

Monday, October 5, 2015

7:30 AM

School Yard

Purchase Tickets after Masses from the Women’s Club Mem-bers or at the Parish Office

PROCEEDS TO OLMC LITURGY FUND

Please join us for the 18th Annual Benefit Auction for Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on Saturday, November 7. This year’s theme is “On the Boardwalk”. Enjoy dinner, entertainment and dancing, as well as our live and silent auction. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, October 7, for $75.00 each. For more information, please contact the school office at 650.366.6127.

Saturday, October 3: 5:00 PM Concordia Ancajos Santiago † Sunday, October 4: 8:00 AM Neil Barnett † 10:00 AM Teresita Mendez (Birthday) & Javier Mendez † 12:00 PM (Español) Javier Garibay † 5:00 PM David & Sue Van Nostrand (Wedding Anniversary) Monday, October 5: 8:15 AM Atilano Barias † Tuesday, October 6: 8:15 AM Mary O’Leary † Wednesday, October 7: 8:15 AM Victor Thierry † Thursday, October 8: 8:15 AM Luigi Liberati † Friday, October 9: 8:15AM Millie Washington (Health )

Saturday, October 10: 8:15 AM Bernie Sattler †

This week at Mt. Carmel Sunday, October 4: Children’s Liturgy 10:00 am Chapel CCD Mass & Class 8:45 am Church/Sch. Monday, October 5: Sister Parish 7:00 pm P. Center Carismáticos (Directiva) 7:00 pm Old Chapel School Sports 3—9pm L. Hall Tuesday, October 6: Guadalupanos 7:00 pm Old Chapel Men’s Basketball 8:30 - 10:30pm. L. Hall Wednesday, October 7: Cub Scouts 7:00 pm S. Hall Carismáticos 7:00 pm L. Hall Religious Education 6:30 pm School Thursday, October 8 : Good Grief 6:00 pm. Old Chapel Men’s Club 6:00 pm S. Hall/K Religious Education 6:30 pm School Friday, October 9: Spanish Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm. P. Center Sch. Volleyball Games 5:00 pm L. Hall Saturday, October 10: Volleyball Games 8:00 pm L. Hall Women’s Club All Day LH/S. H/K

Intenciones de Misas de la semana

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL

OBSERVANCES Sunday: Respect Life Sunday Monday: Simhat Torah (Jewish observance) begins at sunset Tuesday: St. Bruno; Blessed Marie- Rose Durocher Wednesday: Our Lady of the Rosary Friday: St. Denis and Companions; St. John

Leonardi Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

ARCHBISHOP ANNUAL APPEAL 2015 Thank all of you who have contributed to the Arch-bishop Annual Appeal. Our assessment for 2015 is $64,500. To date we have received $43,100. Our balance $21,400. Please consider how you can help us meet our goal.