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

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 10, 2018

Parish Center Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 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: Teresa Anthony Administrative Assistant: Ivette Meléndez Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: Judy Draper Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Spanish Music Ministry: Andrés García Pre-School Director: Maureen Arnott Development Director: Nori Jabba

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 Out of the depths I Desde el abismo de cry to you, O L ; mis pecados clamo a L , hear my voice ti; Señor, escucha mi —Psalm 130:1 clamor. Salmo 130:1

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

One of the most consoling, but also one of the most difficult doctrines of Christianity to understand is the doctrine of the resurrection from death. Before Jesus rose from the dead, as he had promised to do, and before his followers had actually seen and spoken to the Risen Christ, no one believed that such a thing would be possible. The Jewish religion did not teach anything very positive about a future life after death. The Old Testament speaks only of this life. God rewards, punishes, protects, and rescues people from death – in this life. The leaders of the Temple often argued with Jesus, saying that his teaching of the resurrection from the dead was absurd, and that ‘how could a person be born again?’ The principal reason Jews, Greeks and Egyptians could not accept the idea of a future life in heaven with God was the same reason people do not accept our Christian faith today. They can only understand life in terms of the material or physical world. They can’t believe in what they cannot see or touch. The true Christian, on the other hand, knows that everything in our physical world is pointing to something else, to something beyond itself, to some horizon. Think about it: how are you at this moment the same person you were when you came from your mother’s womb? Doesn’t science tell us that there is not one cell of our bodies that is the same from birth to death. If you are an elderly person, you do not look as you did when you were eighteen years old. The only thing that connects you, that makes you the same person from the beginning of your life to its end is the immortal soul within you. And when you leave this body on your last day here on earth, it will be that same soul that carries you into the world to come. This is why we, as faithful Christians, cherish and protect life from conception to natural death. This is why our Catholic Church speaks continuously of the dignity of the human person and condemns every violation of that human worth and dignity – whether through casual abortions, the death penalty, through euthanasia, or through the mistreatment of vulnerable people. This is also why we want to follow our faith more diligently, and why we want to be good disciples of Jesus Christ. For what did Jesus teach us but to be kind to others, to serve and to give of ourselves unselfishly, to love even our enemies, and most of all to be merciful and compassionate? In this way we build up our souls, fortifying our inner beings so that they will have true life, the life of Christ, within them. And when our souls have attained their maturity through discipline and prayer, they, or rather we, are ready to move on beyond this limited world we now inhabit, to the eternal world of bliss and perpetual happiness that is the realm of God, the kingdom of heaven. Father Ulysses

Una de las más consoladoras, pero también una de las doctrinas más difíciles del cristianismo es la doctrina de la resurrección de la muerte. Antes de que Jesús resucitó de entre los muertos, como lo había prometido hacer, y antes de que sus seguidores le habían visto, nadie creía que tal cosa sería posible. La religión judía no enseñó nada muy positivo sobre la vida futura después de la muerte. El Antiguo Testamento habló sólo de esta vida. Dios recompensa, castiga, protege y rescata a las personas de la muerte – pero en esta vida. Los líderes del templo a menudo discutían con Jesús, diciendo que su enseñanza de la resurrección de los muertos era absurdo, y que "¿cómo puede una persona nacer de nuevo?" La razón principal por la cual los judíos, los griegos y los egipcios no podían aceptar la idea de una vida futura en el cielo con Dios fue la misma razón por la cual las personas no aceptan nuestra fe cristiana hoy. Sólo podían comprender la vida en términos del mundo material o físico. No podían creer en lo que no pueden ver, oír ni tocar. El verdadero cristiano, por el contrario, sabe que todo en nuestro mundo físico está dirigiéndonos hasta un horizonte, un mundo más allá de este mundo. Piense en esto: ¿cómo es que tu eres en este momento la misma persona que era cuando viniste desde el vientre de tu madre?. La ciencia nos dice que no hay ninguna célula de nuestro cuerpo que es el mismo desde el nacimiento hasta la muerte. Si eres una persona mayor, no se ven lo mismo de cuando tenía dieciocho años de edad. La única cosa que te conecta, la cosa que te hace la misma persona desde el principio de tu vida hasta el fin es el alma inmortal dentro de ti. Y cuando te vas de este cuerpo en tu último día aquí en la tierra, será la misma alma que te lleva al mundo por venir. Es por esto que nosotros, como fieles cristianos, valoramos y protegemos la vida desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural. Esta es la razón por la cual la Iglesia Católica habla continuamente de la dignidad humana y por que condena toda violación de ese valor humano y la dignidad - ya sea a través de abortos casuales, la pena de muerte, la eutanasia, o por medio de los malos tratos a las personas vulnerables. Esta es la razón por la cuas queremos seguir nuestra fe con mas diligencia, y por qué queremos ser mejores discípulos de Jesucristo. ¿Qué es lo que nos enseña Jesús – que debemos ser amables con los demás, que sirvamos a otros y que nos entreguemos desinteresadamente a nuestro prójimo, amando incluso a nuestros enemigos, y sobre todo que seamos misericordiosos y compasivos? De esta manera construimos nuestras almas, fortaleciendo nuestro ser interior para que pueda tener la vida verdadera, la vida de Cristo, con Cristo y en Cristo. Y cuando nuestras almas han alcanzado su madurez a través de la disciplina y la oración, ellos, o más bien nosotros, estaremos listos para seguir adelante, más allá de este mundo limitado que ahora habitamos, hasta el mundo eterno de la dicha y la felicidad perpetua que es el reino de Dios, el reino de los cielos. Padre Ulises

Congratulations OLMC Class 2018 God Bless You All! Next Sunday will be Father’s Day. Let’s honor our fathers, living and deceased, with our fond memories and our prayers. We have Spiritual Bouquet envelopes available on a table near the altar. Fill in the names of the men you wish to remember, add your donation, and these will be placed on the altar. These fathers will be prayed for in a special way throughout the rest of this month, especially at our daily masses.

Religious Education News. Registration for next year will begin in August. We also would like to invite and encourage more adults to participate in our religious education programs as catechists (teachers) and as helpers. Teaching religion to children is a wonderful way to develop your own faith and to share your experiences with others. We provide teacher guides, textbooks and classes to those who join us in this ministry. Our programs begin in September. If you’re interested in being part of this important ministry, please call Magdalena Hernandez

at (650) 368-8237 or email at [email protected].

Inscripciones para el siguiente año de Catecismo comenzaran en Agosto. También queremos invitar y animar a más adultos para que participen en nuestro programa de educación religiosa como catequistas (maestros) y como ayudantes. Enseñar religión a niños es una excelente manera de desarrollar su propia fe y compartir sus experiencias con los demás. Proveemos guías para las maestros, libros y clases para aquellos que quieran ayudarnos en este ministerio. Nuestros programas comienzan en Septiembre. Si estás interesado en ser parte de este ministerio tan importante, por favor llame a

Magdalena Hernández a (650) 368-8237 o por correo electrónico [email protected]. Gracias.

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2018.

Our assessment for this year is $72,821. This Archdiocesan tax supports all those many offices, ministries and charities that individual parishes alone cannot cover. These include the Marriage Tribunal, support of retired priests and nuns, and financial help to our Catholic Schools. To date we have received about $18,450. Please consider what you might do to help us meet our obligation.

Thank you and may God bless you with abundance and his Divine Providence. The Women’s Catholic Scripture Study of San Mateo County invites you to join us for our 2018-19 study: Thus Says the LORD: God Speaks through His Servants the Prophets. Women of all ages from parishes all around the Bay Area are invited. We meet at St. Mark Catholic Church, Belmont on Thursdays, 9/6/18-5/9/19 (with holiday breaks), 9:45am -12noon. For more info: www.cssbelmont.com. To register, please contact either Diane Masetti at [email protected], or 650-593-3681 or Tami Palladino, at [email protected], or 650-592-7349, ext. 405. Thank you.

TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION IS FOR OUR RELIGIOUS E D U C A T I O N P R O G R A M To 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.

Next Week’s Second Collection The second collection next week will be for Liturgy Fund.

Saturday, June 09, 2018 5:00 PM Jackie Norman † Sunday, June 10, 2018 08:00 AM Marian Fau † 10:00 AM Jesus López † 12:00 PM Nick Reyes and Elena Garcia † 5:00 PM Carolina Garcia Cornelio † Monday, June 11, 2018 8:15 AM Denis F. O’Leary † Tuesday, June 12, 2018 8:15 AM Corinne Centeno † Wednesday, June 13, 2018 8:15 AM Denis F. O’Leary † Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:15 AM Angela Territo † Friday, June 15, 2018 8:15 AM Nancy Van Tricht † Saturday, June 16, 2018 8:15 AM Hugo de Jesús Molina †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL

Sunday, June 10, 2018 Children’s Liturgy 10:00 AM Monday, June 11, 2018

Church

Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM Parish Center

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Detention Ministry Dinner 6:00 PM ICF 7:00 PM Grupo Carismático 7:00 PM Thursday , June 14, 2018 Good Grief 6:00 PM

Large Hall Small Hall Old Chapel Large Hall Old Chapel

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Barnabas Tuesday: of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. Anthony of Padua Thursday: Flag Day Friday: of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The lost 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. Welcome Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Registration Form The following confidential information will be entered in our parish data system. It is only for the purpose of knowing and serving you better. Name (s): ______________________________ Address: _______________________________ City:_________________ zip:______________ Telephone:_____________________________ e-mail:_________________________________ Others in your household:________________ Number of adults over 18 years of age: _____ Number of children under 18 years of age: ___ Would you like a parishioner number in order to register your donations? ______

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 [email protected] SOFTWARE Microsoft ®Publisher 2007 Adobe®Acrobat®X Window7® PRINTER Toshiba e studio 3055c TRANSMISSION TIME By 11:00 a.m. On Wednesday SUNDAY OF PUBLICATION June 10, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS