Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062 Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 [email protected] [email protected] ▪ www.mountcarmel.org

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 24, 2016 Parish Center Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Parish Staff

Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila - 306-9583 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle - 366-3802 Principal: Teresa Anthony - 366-6127 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

Mass Schedule Sunday:

8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (español), and 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.

Baptisms / Bautismos Call parish at least two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes.

Weddings / Bodas The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor . —Luke 4: 18a

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.

Notes from the Pastor

Notas del Párroco

This Monday, with the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, and then on Tuesday with the Feast of St. Timothy and St. Titus, we honor a group of men whom you might call the second generation of Apostles. The greatest among this second generation was St. Paul without whose ministry and writing we can hardly conceive of Christianity. The Conversion of St. Paul signifies in so many ways the beginning of the growth and expansion of our Catholic faith from a small sect among the Jewish community in Palestine to a religion that was destined to spread throughout the world. The original Twelve Apostles all had the advantage of living with Jesus, hearing his voice directly, and witnessing his miracles. Ironically, St. Paul, the foremost missionary among the Apostles, had never even met Jesus in the flesh. Paul, whose birth name was Saul, came from a well-educated Greekspeaking Jewish family of the town of Tarsus in what is now Turkey. He belonged to that privileged group of Jewish leaders, the Pharisees. After Jesus’ death, when the first Christian believers (the majority of whom were Jewish) began to preach the message of the Gospel and salvation in Christ in their synagogues, they were not always well received. Eventually, the rift grew so great that these Jewish Christians were rather violently ejected from the synagogues. The future St. Paul was among the most adamant of those who persecuted the first Christians; he went out of his way to drag the believers (whom he considered heretics) back to Jerusalem in chains and imprison them. That is, until one extraordinary day when Paul was struck down as if by lightening. At that moment he heard the voice of the Risen Jesus, and he came to understand in the deepest recesses of his soul that Jesus was indeed the Lord and Redeemer. From that time forth, Paul became an impassioned and inspired preacher of the Gospel of Christ. He traveled widely, founded Christian communities throughout the Roman Empire, and he composed the very first writings that because our New Testament. We can’t exaggerate the importance of St. Paul. He exemplifies for us the ideal Christian, one who is so fired up with conviction, and whose knowledge comes not from the outside but from an intimate interior relationship with the Lord. This relationship sustained him through every trial and indeed made him eager to embrace the martyrdom he finally won. Paul was a man with his share of human flaws, as he so often admitted. But he was inspired by an absolute and total dedication to Jesus. One of his many great phrases was “not my life, but Christ who lives in me.” And he offered some of the best advice I’ve ever heard: “As I awake each day, I let go of what is behind me, and push on to what lies ahead.” Fr. Ulysses

Este lunes, con la Fiesta de la Conversión de san Pablo y después, el martes la fiesta de San Timoteo y San Tito, honramos a un grupo de hombres que podríamos llamar la segunda generación de Apóstoles. El más grande entre esta segunda generación fue san Pablo, sin cuyo ministerio y lo que escribió casi no podríamos concebir nuestra religión. La conversión de San Pablo significa en muchos sentidos el comienzo del crecimiento y la expansión de nuestra fe católica de una pequeña secta entre la comunidad judía en Palestina a una religión que estaba destinado a extenderse por todo el mundo. De los originales Doce Apóstoles todos tenían la ventaja de vivir con Jesús, escuchar su voz directamente, y ser testigo de sus milagros. Irónicamente, san Pablo, el mas grande misionero entre los Apóstoles, nunca había conocido a Jesús en la carne. Pablo, cuyo nombre de nacimiento era Saúl, provenía de una familia judía bien educada de habla griego de la ciudad de Tarso, en lo que hoy es Turquía. Pertenecía a ese privilegiado grupo de líderes judíos, los fariseos. Después de la muerte de Jesús, cuando los primeros creyentes cristianos (la mayoría de los cuales eran judíos) comenzaron a predicar el mensaje del Evangelio y la salvación en Jesucristo en sus sinagogas, no eran bien recibidos. Con el tiempo, la brecha se hizo tan grande que estos cristianos judíos fueron violentamente expulsados de las sinagogas. El futuro San Pablo fue uno de los más fervientes entre aquellos que persiguieron a los primeros cristianos; salió para arrastrar a los creyentes (a quienes él consideraba herejes) y a llevarlos a Jerusalén en cadenas. Es decir, hasta que un día extraordinario cuando Pablo fue abatido como si hubiera sido un rayo. En ese momento se oyó la voz de Jesús resucitado y llegó a entender en lo más profundo de su alma que Jesús era en verdadero Señor y Redentor. Desde entonces, San Pablo se convirtió en un predicador apasionado e inspirado del Evangelio de Cristo. Viajó mucho, fundó comunidades cristianas en todo el Imperio Romano, y compuso los primeros escritos que llegaron a ser nuestro Nuevo Testamento. No podemos exagerar la importancia de san Pablo. Él es el cristiano ideal, una persona que vivió su fe con entusiasmo y convicción, y cuyo conocimiento no vino de fuera, sino a partir de una relación íntima con el Señor. Esta relación le sostuvo a través de cada prueba y por fin lo hizo con ganas para abrazar el martirio. San Pablo era un hombre con bastante defectos humanos, como admitió. Pero vivió su vida con dedicación absoluta y total a Jesús. Uno de sus grandes frases era “no es mi vida, sino que es Cristo quien vive en mí.” Ulises

Jubilee Year of Mercy January 24, 2016

Since 1885

Providing quality Catholic educaƟon for children in Preschool through grade 8 Now offering Transi onal Kindergarten! Applica ons for 2016-2017 are now available and are due February 5, 2016. Tours are provided every Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 am. Please call to register for a tour.

Open House Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. 301 Grand Street |Redwood City, CA 94062 Tel. 650-366-6127 | www.mountcarmel.org

WOMEN'S SILENT WEEKEND RETREAT

To be held at St. Clare's Retreat Center Located at 2381 Laurel Glen Road in Soquel, CA. Friday, March 4th to Sunday, March 6th, 2016

Retreat Master: Father Rodolfo Contreras. For further information and to register, please email Sheila Cole at: sheilac [email protected] or phone 650 366-8918. Space is limited and reservations are a must. Reservation deadline is February 22, 2016. Weekend fee is $150.00 for a private room or $140.00 Per person for a shared room. Fee will be collected during the retreat.

THE OLMC WOMEN’S CLUB The OLMC Women's Club will gather in the Small Hall at 6:30pm on Wednesday Feb 3rd for a dinner and fellowship. All women over 21 are invited. $20. Proceeds are used to help with the liturgy of our church. Hope to see you there!

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time When he announced this Jubilee Y ear of Mercy, Pope Francis highlighted today’s Gospel episode, in which Jesus proclaims in his hometown synagogue his Spiritanointed mission to fulfill the promises of the prophet Isaiah. Jesus’ mission then, says Pope Francis, is our mission now as Jesus’ disciples this Jubilee Year of Mercy: to bring glad tidings to the poor, liberty to captives, recovery of sight to the blind, freedom to the oppressed, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord, a year of God’s mercy. Pope Francis challenges us to translate Jesus’ mission to contemporary needs: to console by word and deed those materially or spiritually poor, to liberate those bound by modern society’s new forms of slavery, to open the eyes of those blinded by their own selfinterest, and to restore human dignity to all those from whom it has been stolen. To act with mercy in a spirit of joy! —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

The 5th annual Mount Carmel Men's Club Crab Feed is on Saturday February 6, 2016 from 6-9 p.m. in the small hall. Seafood, great beverages and live music to be provided. $1 raffle tickets will get you a chance at great prizes including Go-Pro cameras, event tickets and a chance at $500 in cash! All proceeds from this 21+ event will benefit OLMC Church. A MESSAGE FROM THE S.V.D.P., MT. CARMEL CONFERENCE We thank you for your non-perishable food donaƟons brought to Mass on Sundays throughout the year. The food is distributed to the needy families in our community. Next Sunday, the 5th Sunday of the month, the second collecƟon will be held for the support of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This collecƟon helps to provide vouchers for dairy, meat, produce, uƟliƟes and rent assistance. All donaƟons are returned 100% in our community. Thank you for remembering and supporƟng the needy in our community. With your generosity next Sunday. God Bless you and your family. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Conference members S. V. D. P.

Saturday, January 23, 2016 5:00 PM Nena & Ramon Tuason † Sunday, January 24, 2016 Dorina Abad † 8:00 AM Huan Phan † 10:00 AM Cristina Revuelta † 12:00 PM (Español) Donald E. Castro † 5:00 PM Monday, January 25, 2016 8:15 AM Pidge Deeken † Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:15 AM Carol O’Leary † Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 8:15 AM Parishioners of Mt. Carmel Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:15 AM Parishioners of Mt. Carmel Friday, January 29, 2016 8:15 AM John Sullivan & Silvia Miller † Saturday, January 30, 2016 8:15 AM Parishioners of Mt. Carmel

This week at Mt. Carmel

Sunday, January 24, 2016: Children’s Liturgy Basketball Games CCD Classes Confirmation Session

Monday, January 25, 2016: Carismáticos (Directiva) School Brownies

10:00 am 12pm—6pm 8:45 am 5pm 7:00 pm 3:45-5:45 pm

Chapel L. Hall School L. Hall/Church O. Chapel S. Hall

Tuesday, January 26, 2016: Men’s Basketbal

8:30 pm

L. Hall

Wednesday, January 27, 2016: Carismaticos CCD Classes

7:00 pm 6:30 pm

L. Hall School

Thursday, January 28, 2016: CCD Classes Good Grief

6:30 pm 6:00 pm

School O. Chapel

Friday, January 29, 2016: Sp. Choir Rehearsal

7:00 pm

P. Center

SAINTS AN SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday:

Catholic Schools Week The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends Tuesday: Ss. Timothy and Titus Wednesday: St. Angela Merici Thursday: St. Thomas Aquinas Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

HOMEBOUND MINISTRY If someone in your family is homebound, lives nearby and is unable to attend Mass, but would like to received the Eucharist, please contact Julie O’Leary at (650) 361-8681. Communion ministers are needed to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners. Please call Julie O’Leary if you would like to participate in this worthy ministry.

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

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