OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL PARISH

103 South Center Street Orange, New Jersey 07050

PARISH STAFF COMMUNITY OF ST. JOHN

Fr. Gabriel-Mary Fiore, CSJ

Pastor

Fr. Martín de Porres, CSJ Parochial Vicar

Fr. Francis of the Child Jesus,

CSJ

Br. John Timothy, CSJ

Br. Daniel Kolbe, CSJ

Br. Philip, CSJ Parish Office 973-674-2052

Fax 973-675-1342

E-mail secolmc@gmail.com

Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Sunday, January 17, 2016

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH OFFICE HOURS:

Mon., Tues, Thurs., Fri. 12:30—4:30 pm

Bi-lingual Secretary During All Parish Hours

Wednesday Parish Office CLOSED

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS Saturday: 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Sunday: 8:00 am (Italian) 9:15 am (Spanish) 11:45 am (English) 4:00 pm (Haitian: 1st Sunday of the Month) Weekdays: 8:00 am (English), Monday to Saturday 7:30 pm (Español), Friday (excepto durante el verano)

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Thursdays 8:30am—9 am (also available at any reasonable time, Fridays 8:15pm—9pm you may call the office to schedule) Saturdays 4:00pm—4:30 pm Sundays 10:30am—11:30 am ROSARY: Sundays at 11:10am ROSARIO: De Lunes a Sábado 7:30pm en el Convento Domingo 10:30am en la Capilla BAPTISM: Please contact the office to meet with the Pastor before making arrangements. MARRIAGE: Arrangements should be made at least one year in advance. VISITATION OF THE SICK: Emergency sick calls are answered at any time.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH

Sunday—JANUARY 17 8:00 Nerino Giordano By Loving Family 9:15 Special Intentions for Aguilar Family 11:45 People of the Parish Monday—JANUARY 18 8:00 In Memory of Paul Ippolito III Tuesday—JANUARY 19 8:00 People of the Parish Wednesday—JANUARY 20 8:00 People of the Parish Thursday—JANUARY 21 8:00 People of the Parish Friday—JANUARY 22 8:00 Michael, Edith & Joseph Luongo By Family 7:30 In Memory of Segundo Romero By Romero-Saquipulla Family Saturday—JANUARY 23

8:00 Maria Giorgio By Friends 5:00 People of the Parish

Sunday—JANUARY 24 8:00 Vincenzo Amorosi By Sister and Liquori Family 9:15 Milton Ojeda y Jaime Penafiel By Carmen Castillo 11:45 Jimmy Iannone By Family

PARISH SICK LIST

Fr. Achilles Cassieri, Colleen McClellan, Emilie Jensen, Jeanne Serrani, Thomas Simmons, Christal Reichert Plugge, Lois Reichert, Carole Lochard, Helen Jaquindo, Dina Deaquino, Jacueline Tous-saint, Mildred Bucco, Mulumebeth Stephens, Perry Nezon, Sergot Alexis, Kathy Tomasso, Brenda Loucka, Janet Pearlman, Fernando Portillo, Dinari Lambert, John Balestriere, Carole Issac, Pauline Vergeon, Solange Pelissier, Daniel Anderton, Alan Robbins, Concetta Boscarino, Lorena Simmons, Er-ica Monacelli, Florence Azzinaro, Al Del Vento, Jr. and all Parishioners and Benefactors who are ill and in need of prayer. Please let us know of anyone who needs prayers and we will gladly add them to our Parish Sick List. We will keep your loved ones name on this list for one month.

REST IN PEACE

We remember our beloved dead who have gone home to meet the Lord, especially Maria Giorgio, who sleeps in Christ finds in His presence light, happiness, and peace.

May God Bless Them!

THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS

Altar & Wine Bread — In Memory of Nerino Giordano by Susan & Mark Mariano Altar Candles—Lord of Miracles by Brotherhood Sanctuary Lamp—Jean Hanily by Niece, Angela

For more information on our memorials, please contact the Parish Office at 973-674-2052. Cost is $10 per intention. Thank you!

WEEKLY DONATIONS December 24 & 25, 2015

$4,368.00 December 27, 2015

$2,230.00 January 1, 2106

$433.00 January 3, 2016

$3,068.00 Thank you!

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Tuesday: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany) Wednesday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian Thursday: St. Agnes Friday: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Saturday: St. Vincent; St. Marianne Cope; Blessed Virgin Mary

Our Lady of Alta Grace Novena BeganThursday, January 12th

Feast Day January 21st. Novenas begin at 7:30 p.m.

A rich Spanish colonist was in the habit of going to the city of Santo Domingo for his shopping. One time, his pious daughter Nina, aged 14, asked him to bring her back a portrait of Our Lady of Altagracia (High Grace), the Blessed Virgin Mary who has re-ceived many graces, is still "full of grace" and was prepared for the highest of all graces, that of becom-ing the Mother of God. But the father was forced to return from San Do-mingo empty handed because no one had ever heard of Our Lady of Altagracia. On his way home, he stopped over at an inn in Higuey, and described his problem to an old friend he met there. A third person joined the conversation at that point, and pulled a rolled up canvas out of his bag representing Our Lady of High Grace, a portrait of the Virgin Mary in a Na-tivity scene praying before the Child Jesus, with St Joseph in the background. Full of joy, the father asked to buy it, but the stranger would only give it to him free of charge. By dawn the next morning, the mysterious person was gone, not to be seen again. Nina came to meet her father and discovered the wonderful painting on January 21st. A shrine was built, at the place where the father and daughter met in Higuey. It is the largest Marian shrine in the Dominican Republic, and the Feast of the shrine, on January 21, is a national holiday in Mary's honor. Adapted from the book Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, by Bishop Ramón de la Rosa, Bishop of Altagracia, Dominican Republic, 1977

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Although our tradition carries a long memory of marriage as a sacrament, it may surprise you to learn that for nearly eleven centuries, there was no single wedding ceremony approved for use in the Church. While we have evidence of priests blessing marriages as early as the second century, in the early period church leaders relied on civil authorities to manage marriage for everyone in society. In most cases, soci-ety yielded its authority to sanction marriage to the male heads of households. From ancient times, marriage had been a family affair, managed by the father of the family, who acted as priest and guardian of family tradition. Each head wanted to keep the family gods alive, and so he would arrange for brides for his sons, paying a “bride price” as compensation for the loss of a skilled house-hold worker. As creepy as that sounds, it was a step up from the kidnapping practice of earlier years. Even after the kidnapping raids stopped, the customs re-mained. Every wedding contained the ritualized kid-napping of the bride, the husband abducting his bride from the festivities, carrying her over the threshold to prevent her father’s gods from following her into her new religion. There, he fed her a piece of “sacred cake,” initiating her into a new way of life. It’s fasci-nating to see how customs endure, long after we have completely rejected the values and attitudes they originally expressed! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SURPRISES Life is full of surprises, some pleasant, some not. The scriptures are filled with stories of God’s surprises crop-ping up when they are least expected: younger children obtaining the inheritance; the lowliest being seated high-est up; an itinerant preacher, killed like a criminal, ex-alted to eternal, heavenly glory.

Anybody who has planned a wedding or similar event knows that they are filled with opportunities for surprises. For the bridegroom in today’s Gospel story, who has no direct contact with Jesus, the pleasant sur-prise came because somebody else paid attention and had faith in Jesus. We may think that the point of today’s fa-miliar story of the wedding at Cana is that when we have faith in Jesus, our lives will be pleasantly changed. A Christian, however, needs to have a broader perspective and realize that to have faith in Christ means that some-body’s life—not necessarily our own—will be surprised for the better. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Dear Parishioner and Friend,

As we begin the year 2016, I hope your Christmas was a blessed and joyful one. The holiday season can sometimes be a depressing, lonely or sorrowful time of the year. Here at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, all the Priests have been remembering you and your loved ones in their daily prayers and masses. At this time, I would like to invite you to either continue or become a Parish Bulletin Patron. Listing a deceased loved one in our weekly bulletin can be a beautiful tribute to them. You may also place a listing “In Honor of” a patron saint for answered prayers, blessings received or “In Thanksgiving.” If you wish to continue as a Bulletin Patron or become one, please fill out the form below and return it along with payment to the rectory office. Once again this year, the cost remains at seventy-five dollars ($75.00). Please make your check or money order payable to “Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church”. Wish you every good, I remain Yours in Christ,

Fr. Gabriel Mary Community of St. John

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Memory of _____________________________________________________________ In Honor of _____________________________________________________________ In Thanksgiving to _____________________________________________________________ Donated by _____________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ Phone Number ________________________________________________________

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+In Memoriam+ Jean Andrews Azzinaro & Cucciniello Families Charles & Jean Aquino Angelone & Stanziale Families Michael & Charles Averna, Jr. Agostino & Maria Bellofatto Angelo, Caterina & Carmine Barone Alphonse, Mary & Armand Battista Carmelina Bellofatto John Benevento, Sr. Bucci & Guerriero Families Stephen & Mary Campanozzi Giuseppina Casiero Anthony Cataldo Carmen J. Cedola Sr. Carmen & Grace Chuckerel Maria, Carmela & Elmer Ciamillo Cedola & Cicchelli Families Ann Cirillo Nettie, Daniel & Leonard Corvino Cuccinello & Cirillo Families D’Aires Family John, Louisa & Angela D’Aloia Frank Dascoli Frank & Katherine DeGerolamo Canio & Rachel Del Vento Fr. Dante Di Girolamo Rose & Michael DeRose James & Angie DeSantis Alex John Detore Osvaldo & Gennaro Di Muro Angela Donofrio Harry L. Esposito Esposito & McGee Families Emanuel & Mary Ferrara Artaserse & Luigia Folli & Family Nicholas, Florence C.& Edith Fresolone Josephine & Frank Fusco Gabriele & Zampetti Family Ann Gatti Louis, Angelina & Diane Gesullo Dolores I. Gili

+In Memoriam+ Nerino Giordano Louis Hassell Cecelia, Anthony & Coney Innamarato Angela & Paul Ippolito, Jr. Paul Ippolito III Dr. Andrew Klein Nicholas J. & Sophie Luise Marie & James LaMaita Ronnie, Marylou & Josie Manuel Marzano & Jensen Families Rocco & Eleanor Matrale Saverio & Ida Melone Larry Minasian Anthony Monica Leonard Morelli, Jr. Gladys & Frank Palmieri Angelo Paradiso Carmel & Frank Parrillo Josephine & Pompey Piserchio Rose & Nicholas Policelli Politi & Dorey Families Reichert & Soldi Families Michael Reiser Americo ‘Babe” Romano Family Celia Salvatore Carolina Schneider Alessandro & Jennie Silvestri Alfred & Rose Stoppiello Daniel & Catherine Stoppiello Michael & Marianina Valenti Michael & Nicolena Troisi Daniel Valentino Salvatore & Ann Valentino Virgilio, Spiniello & Fernandi Families David Wayne Winters Joe & Mae Zampetti + In Honor Of + St. Anthony & St. Jude St. Lucy and Padre Pio +In Thanksgiving To+ Jesus, Mary & Joseph

2015 + BULLETIN PATRONS + 2015

INFORMATION SHEET—UPDATED October 19, 2015 CHURCH NAME & ADDRESS Our Lady of Mt. Carmel # 643300 103 South Center Street Orange, NJ 07050 secolmc@gmail.com CONTACT PERSON PHONE NUMBER Lois Reichert 973-736-0775 HOME Lois cell 973-640-0542 lreichert812@yahoo.com 973-674-2052 - CHURCH NUMBER SOFTWARE: MSPublisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat 8 Windows XP-XP3 PRINTER: RICOH Aficio 3228C-PCL6 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: Cover + 4 text pages + this page = 6 SUNDAY’S DATE OF PUBLICATION ??? TRANSMISSION DAY/TIME Monday by 5 PM SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

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