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

Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 Udaquila@mountcarmel.org imelendez@mountcarmel.org ▪ 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.

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 07, 2018

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: Dr. Deborah Farrington Administrative Assistant: Ivette Meléndez Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: Judy Draper Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Pre-School Director: Maureen Arnott

Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.— Mark 10:14

Dejen que los niños se acerquen a mí y no se lo

impidan, porque el Reino de Dios es de los que son

como ellos. — Marcos 10:14

Since 1972, the first Sunday of October has been designated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as Respect Life Sunday. This day initiates a month in which the Church asks us to dwell in a special way on what it means to respect the life and dignity of every human person. This respect for others is at the heart and core of what our Church teaches. All of us, as Catholics, should form our consciences around what would be called “a consistent ethic of life.” What this signifies 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 suicide, the death penalty, and abortion, become highly politicized. In this country, we tend to align ourselves with a particular political party which we feel most matches our personal beliefs. Whatever value there may be in doing this -- and we all want to practice our citizenship and right to vote to the fullest extent we can-- one often finds that strict political loyalties can compromise our faithfulness to the principles of our Catholic religion. For example, a politician 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 ever 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 dedicated to the Respect for all Life may we all, to quote Cardinal Sean O’Malley, “live accord-ing 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.” Fr. Ulysses

Desde 1972, el primer domingo de octubre ha sido designado por la Conferencia de los Obispos de los Estados Unidos como Domingo de Respeto a la Vida. En este día comienza un mes durante el cual la Iglesia nos insta que pensemos de una manera especial en que significa respetar la vida y la dignidad de cada persona humana. Este respeto

para otros es el corazón de lo que enseña nuestra Iglesia. Todos nosotros, como católicos, debemos formar nuestras conciencias en torno a lo que se llamaría "una ética consistente de la vida." Lo que esto significa es que en nuestro pensamiento 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 tratamiento 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 particular las cuestiones de suicidio asistido, la pena de muerte y el aborto, se vuelven altamente politizados. En este país, a menudo 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 nuestra ciudadanía y derecho a votar al pleno, a menudo se encuentra que los estrictos lealtades políticas pueden comprometer nuestra fidelidad a los principios de nuestra religión católica. Por ejemplo, un político puede ser muy 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 demócrata, un conservador o liberal, capitalista o socialista. Sus enseñanzas 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 puede que todos, para citar el 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 abrazar cada vida durante el tiempo que se le da - nuestras propias vidas y las vidas de aquellos que él ha puesto en nuestro camino - porque cada vida vale la pena vivirla ". Padre Ulises

Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco

Next Week’s Second Collection Our Second Collection will be for Religious Education Program.

Help for Catholic Families in the Holy Land

Beautiful hand-made olive wood religious articles made by Catholic families in Bethlehem and Jerusalem will be on sale the weekend of October the 13th and 14th after all the masses. Bethlehem Artworks is a non-profit organization that provides assistance to over 100 plus suffering families each week. Please stop by our tables and take a look at our beautiful handmade rosaries, statues, crosses and nativities. They will make a wonderful present for family and friends; or an opportunity to add a beautiful hand carved religious item for your home to be cherished through generations. The religious articles are made by the suffering Christian families in the Holy-Land, and are their means of spreading the word of Jesus, a goal that began two thousand years ago. The population in the Holy Land has dropped from over 65% to under 2% just within the last ten years. Crafting the religious articles is the primary means for providing for the livelihood of Christian families in the Holy Land.

Today’s Second Collection is for our Religious

Education program. It supports our School of

Religion, including classes for First Communion, preparation

for Confirmation and our Adult Education Program (RCIA). It also covers the Children’s Liturgy, Youth

Retreats, and the training of catechists.

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2018.

A grateful thanks to all of you who have contributed for the Archdiocesan Annual

Appeal. We encourage those who have not to consider helping us meet our goal of $72,821 by the end of the year. The amount we now owe is $19,020. May God bless you for your

constant generosity to our parish. Father Ulysses.

ELECTRONIC DONATIONS VANCOPAYMENTS.COM is an

agency created to facilitate the process of donations, if you wish to make your donations to

the Church electronically or by Credit Card, please see our website,

www.mountcarmel.org press Donate and follow the

easy instructions. Thank You,

God reward your generosity.

MEN’S CLUB Wednesday October 11, 6:00 pm in Small Hall

Dave Severin’s Jambalaya

Extravaganza

Shrimp, Chicken and

Sausage Jambalaya Muffaletta

Sandwiches Salad and

Fresh Veggies

$20.00

SCHOOL AUCTION SATURDAY OCTOBER 13

is the auction to benefit our school. Join in the fun or find out how to sponsor the event at: http://school.mountcarmel.org/

support-us/fundraisers/auction-2018

Saturday, October 06, 2018 5:00 PM Mary O’Leary † Sunday, October 07, 2018 08:00 AM Victor Thierry † 10:00 AM Victor Briggs † 12:00 PM Evelyn Castillo & Dominga Coria † 5:00 PM Pro Populo Monday, October 08, 2018 8:15 AM Luigi Liberati † Tuesday, October 09, 2018 8:15 AM Millie Washington † Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:15 AM Olga Rocco † Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:15 AM Marian Tafoya † Friday, October 12, 2018 8:15 AM Dave † and Maryann Gonzales (Int.) Saturday, October 13, 2018 8:15 AM Dennis Nakpil (Int.)

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, October 07, 2018 CCD Classes 8:45 AM School Children’s Liturgy 10:00 AM Church Confirmation Class 5:00 PM Church/Large Hall Monday, October 08, 2018 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM Parish Center Tuesday, October 09, 2018 Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Large Hall Wednesday, October 10, 2018 CCD Classes 6:30 PM School ICF Meeting 7:00 PM Parish Center Grupo Carismático 7:00 PM Large Hall Thursday , October 11, 2018 Men’s Club 6:00 PM Small Hall Good Grief 6:00 PM Old Chapel CCD Classes 6:30 PM School Saturday , October 13, 2018 School Auction 7:00 PM Large Hall

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time; Respect Life Sunday Monday: Columbus Day; Canadian Thanksgiving Day Tuesday: St. Denis and Companions; St. John Leonardi Wednesday: of the Twentyseventh Week in Ordinary Time Thursday: St. John XXIII Friday: of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

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GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The loss of every loved one creates many changes,

challenges and much 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.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL

#919128

300 Fulton St.

Redwood City, CA 94062

CONTACT PERSON

Ivette Meléndez, Bulletin Editor: 650-366-3802

Fr. Ulysses D’Aquila, Pastor: 650-306-9583

EMAIL ADDRESS

imelendez@mountcarmel.org

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