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

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 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

With this Fifth Sunday of Lent, we enter into that final period before Easter, a sort of intensification of our Lenten journey. There is a universal principle, one I’m sure most people have experienced, that the final stage of any project or personal plan is always the most difficult. If you’re dieting with a goal in mind, losing the last seven pounds will be much harder than the ten you lost at the beginning. If you’re renovating your kitchen, it’s the final details that will almost derail you. Likewise with Lent. Many of us begin with good intentions; we tell ourselves that we’ll give up this or that, or we make promises to ourselves that we’ll refrain from gossip, or that we’ll exercise more. And usually we follow through for a while. But then comes the slump. How many people wind up saying, “I tried to go without coffee (or dessert, or cigarettes, or whatever), but I failed”? To them, and to myself, I say: No, don’t give up! To stumble is to be human, and it’s o.k. Because it is through our weakness, our faults and our many imperfections that we grow toward a loving dependence on God. It’s by acknowledging the near impossibility of ‘going it alone’ that we learn to yield to God and to let go of our false sense of control so that God’s will and God’s plan for us can be all in all. I realize that this contradicts the ‘wisdom’ of our American culture which so much values self-assertion and which over-emphasizes independence and self-sufficiency. As a people, we have suffered a great deal psychologically from this false ideology. That’s why Jesus says that we must become like little children if we wish to inherit the Kingdom of God. Children know they are dependent, that they rely on others for their care. We should recognize in the same way that we require support. We need one another, and we absolutely need God for the guidance and for the steady love that only God can provide. So if you feel that your Lent has been a failure and that you’ve gotten nowhere, this is the perfect moment to move on. Just ask God to help you. Say to God sincerely, “See how helpless I am on my own. Take me by the hand and guide me. Show me the way.” Then the road will open before you and every step you take will be an opportunity to become a better person. Notice how instead of the usual sharp comment, something gentle comes from your mouth, or how your habitual complaint evolves into humor. You become aware that you’re kinder, more generous, less suspicious. And these changes make you love yourself a little more. This is how God operates within us and through us, but of course we have to move over and let Him take the wheel. Father Ulysses

Con este quinto domingo de Cuaresma, entramos en el período final antes de Pascua, una especie de intensificación de nuestra jornada de Cuaresma. Hay un principio universal, que estoy seguro que ustedes lo han experimentado, que la etapa final de cualquier proyecto o plan personal siempre es el más difícil. Si estás a dieta, perdiendo las últimas siete libras será mucho más difícil que las diez que perdiste al principio. Si estas renovando tu cocina, son los detalles finales que casi no se pueden terminar. Lo mismo sucede con la Cuaresma. Muchos de nosotros comenzamos con buenas intenciones; nos decimos que no vamos a hacer esto o aquello, o hacemos promesas a nosotros mismos que no voy a participar en chismes, o que voy a hacer más ejercicio. Y generalmente lo hacemos por un rato. Pero luego fallamos. ¿Cuántas personas terminan diciendo: "He intentado ir sin café (o postre, o cigarrillos, o lo que sea), pero fallé"? Para ellos, y para mí, digo: No, no te rindas! Tropezar es ser humano, y es a través de nuestra debilidad, nuestros defectos y nuestras muchas imperfecciones que crecemos hacia una dependencia amorosa de Dios. Es reconocer la imposibilidad de "ir por sí solo” que aprendamos a ceder a Dios y a dejar nuestra falsa sensación de control para que la voluntad de Dios y el plan de Dios para nosotros puedan realizarse. Todo esto contradice la "sabiduría" de nuestra cultura estadounidense que tanto valora la autoafirmación y que hace demasiado hincapié en la independencia y la autosuficiencia. Hemos sufrido mucho psicológicamente por esta falsa ideología. Por eso Jesús dice que debemos ser como niños pequeños si deseamos heredar el Reino de Dios. Los niños saben que son dependientes, que dependen de otros para su cuidado. Debemos reconocer de la misma manera que necesitamos el apoyo de otros, y que Dios es absolutamente necesario para la orientación y el amor constante que sólo Dios puede dar. Así que si uno siente que su Cuaresma ha sido un fracaso y que no ha logrado su meta, este es el momento perfecto para seguir adelante. Pregúntale a Dios que le ayude. Diga sinceramente a Dios: "Mira lo impotente que estoy. Llévame de la mano y guíame. Muéstrame el camino." Luego el camino se abrirá ante ti y cada paso que das será una oportunidad para convertirte en una mejor persona. Observe cómo en vez del chisme o la critica de costumbre, algo amable viene de la boca, o cómo su queja habitual se convierte en humor. Poquito a poquito nos damos cuenta de que estamos mejorando, que somos más generosos, menos sospechosos. Esta es la manera en que Dios opera en nosotros, y a través de nosotros, por supuesto tenemos que seguir adelante y abrirnos a la gracia de Dios y permitir que El tome control. Padre Ulises

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Holy Week & Easter Schedule, 2016 Confession / Reconciliation Tuesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Pious Church Our Lady of Mount is hosting a Lenten Reconciliation Service together with St. Pious Church, 1100 Woodside Road (at Valota). In addition to music and prayer, there will be an opportunity for private Confession in both English and Spanish. Palm Sunday, March 19 & 20th - Blessing and Distribution of Palms at the beginning of Mass. 5:00 p.m . Saturday Vigil; Sunday at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. English. 12:00 p.m. Misa en Español Bendición de las Palmas al iniciar la Misa. Holy Thursday, March 24 7:30 p.m. Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Washing of the Feet, Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament and Adoration in the Chapel. Good Friday, March 25 12:30 p.m. The Offi ce of Tenebrae; Live Passion (Youth Ministry) 1:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (Liturgy of the Word; Veneration of the Holy Cross; Holy Commnion) 7:00 p.m. Via Crucis/Pasión Viva/Veneracion de la Santa Cruz/ Comu nion (Todo en español) HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL & EASTER SUNDAY Saturday evening, March 26

8:00 p.m. Service of Light—Lighting of the Fire & Blessing of the Paschal Cadle, Liturgy of the Word; Baptism and Confirmation of the Candidates; Holy Eucharist.

Easter Sunday, March 27

8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (English) 12:00 Mediodía (Misa en español) (There well be no 5 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday)

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.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH LENT PROJECT WATER FOR TANZANIA During Lent, we are asking that you donate empty plastic water bottles to the school. At the end of Lent we will take them to be recycled and all the money earned will go to St. Francis Xavier, our sister parish in Tanzania, to purchase cisterns to collect and store water for their community. Please, only plastic water bottles. If you have water bottles to donate, please drop them off in a plastic bag at the school office from Monday through Friday.

ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 2016 A very grateful thanks to all our parishioners who contributed to the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal in 2015. Because of your generosity, we were able to reach our assessed amount last year. We have now begun to collect for 2016. There are brochures in the back of the church. Please take one and consider what you can contribute to help us cover the Annual Appeal for this year.

Youth Ministry News: Sunday , March 20 YM meeting in Small Hall from 3pm-5pm for Jr. High and High School. Please save the dates. We hope to see you there! Blessings, OLMC Youth Ministers.

Saturday, March 12, 2016 5:00 PM Jim Quinn †

Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM Pro-populo 10:00 AM Charles Warren † 12:00 PM (Español) Julio Kippez † 5:00 PM Pro-populo

Monday, March 14, 2016 8:15 AM Huan Phan †

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:15 AM Paul Territo †

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:15 AM Lila Sattler †

Thursday, March 17, 2016 8:15 AM Pidge Deeken †

Friday, March 18, 2016

8:15 AM

Pro-populo

Saturday, March 19, 2016 8:15 AM Joseph Tanti †

This Week at Mt. Carmel Sunday, March 13, 2016: CCD Class 8:45 am Children’s Liturgy 10am Confirmation Session 5pm

School Chapel Church/LH

Monday, March 14, 2016: Carismáticos (Directiva) 7pm

P. Center

Tuesday, March 15, 2016: Men’s Basketball 8:30 pm

L. Hall

Wednesday, March 16, 2016: Carismaticos 7 pm CCD Class 6:30pm

L. Hall School

Thursday, March 17, 2016: CCD Class 6:30 pm Good Grief 6pm SVDP 7 pm

LH O. Chapel P. Center

Friday, March 18, 2016: Spanish Choir Reh. 7:00 pm

P. Center

Saturday, March 19, 2016: Festival Cooking 8 am-4 pm

SH/K

BUCKETS OF WATER FOR TANZANIA! Help build a cistern for our Sister Parish. Our brothers and sisters in Kiraeni still suffer from severe drought. Let’s help them build a cistern to collect rainwater from the roof of the church. We hope to raise $18,000 to build an underground cistern that will hold 150,000 gallons of safe drinking water. $3.00 will buy 5 buckets of water.$100.00 will buy 175 buckets of water. Consider Alms for Kiraeni during this Lenten season. The Alms box will be in the vestibule for your donation. Make checks out to Mount Carmel Church and put Sister Parish in the memo line. Contact Lucinda Dei Rossi at 366-9604 for questions. SAINTS AN SPECIAL OBSERVANCE Sunday: Monday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

Daylight Saving Time begins Julian Calendar Lent begins St. Patrick St. Cyril of Jerusalem; Abstinence St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Spring begins

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