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 21, 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 Call parish at least two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes.

The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. — Mark 1:15

El Reino de Dios ya está cerca. Arrepiéntanse y crean en el Evangelio. — Marcos 1:15

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

This Thursday we will celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. For all Catholic Christians, the conversion of St. Paul signifies in so many ways the beginning of the growth and expansion of our great faith from a small sect among the Jewish community in Palestine to a world wide religion. 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 Greek-speaking 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 maj ority 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 in persecuting the early Christians; he went out of his way to drag people back in chains and imprison them. That is, until that 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 M Empire, and he composed the very first writings that became 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, 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 most definitely a man full of human flaws, as he so often admitted. But he was fired up with 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 jueves celebraremos la Fiesta de la Conversión de San Pablo. Para todos los cristianos católicos, la

conversión de San Pablo significa de muchas maneras el comienzo del crecimiento y la expansión de nuestra fe de una pequeña secta entre la comunidad judía en Palestina a una religión mundial. Los Doce Apóstoles

originales tuvieron la ventaja de vivir con Jesús, escuchar su voz directamente y ser testigos de sus milagros. Irónicamente, San Pablo, el principal misionero entre los Apóstoles, nunca había conocido a Jesús en la carne. Paul, cuyo nombre de nacimiento era Saúl, provenía de una familia judía de habla griega y bien educada de la ciudad de Tarso, en lo que hoy es Turquía. Pertenecía a ese grupo privilegiado 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 Cristo en sus sinagogas, no siempre fueron bien recibidos. Eventualmente, la brecha creció tanto que estos cristianos judíos fueron expulsados violentamente de las sinagogas. El futuro San Pablo fue uno de los más inflexibles en la persecución de los primeros cristianos; se desvió de su camino para arrastrar a la gente, llevarlas a Jerusalén en cadenas y encarcelarlas. Es decir, hasta ese día extraordinario cuando Pablo tenia su conversión al encontrar a Jesús. En ese momento escuchó la voz del Señor, y llegó a comprender en lo más profundo de su alma que Jesús era en verdad el Señor y Redentor. A partir de ese momento, 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 las primeras escrituras del Nuevo Testamento. No podemos exagerar la importancia de San Pablo. Él ejemplifica para nosotros al cristiano ideal, uno que está tan entusiasmado con su convicción, cuyo conocimiento no proviene del exterior, sino de una íntima relación interior con el Señor. Esta relación lo sostuvo en todas las pruebas y, de hecho, lo hizo deseoso de abrazar el martirio que finalmente ganó. Paul era definitivamente un hombre lleno de fallas humanas, como tantas veces admitió. Pero él estaba entusiasmado con una dedicación absoluta y total a Jesús. Una de sus frases fue "No es mi vida, sino que Cristo vive en mí". Y nos ofreció el mejor consejo que jamás haya escuchado: "Mientras me despierto todos los días, dejo ir lo que está detrás de mí, y sigo adelante para ver lo que viene ". P. Ulises

Bible Study at Mount Carmel Unlock the Mystery of the Bible. Sessions every Wednesday from January 17 to March 7, 2018. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish Center. Registration in Parish Office. For more information call Ray Smith (650) 400-5425

Santo Nino.

Saturday, January 27, Mass 5:00 p.m. Reception in Large Hall after the Mass Thank you from SVDP/OLMC Conference

School's Open House

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School's open house will be held immediately after 10 am Mass on January 28, from 11-12:30 p.m. All are invited to tour our parish school to visit classrooms and meet faculty, administration, current parents, students and alumni.

OLMC Men's Club

presents their Seventh Annual Crab Fest Saturday, February 3rd, 6:00 p.m. in the Large Hall. Don't miss this annual fun event supporting our parish and community! $60/person includes... All-you-can-eat Fresh Crab and more! Call Mike at (650) 714 2990 or [email protected]

Next Week Second Collection The second collection next week will be to help cover expenses of our new church floor.

WALK FOR LIFE Saturday, January 27 Rally: 12:30 p.m.

Thank you for your generous donations of warm jackets/ coats for the homeless men and women in our community. We also extend a special thanks to the parents of OLMC School. We are still giving out jackets for two more weeks at Fair Oaks Community Center. Each person who receives a jacket is so grateful. God bless all who contributed so unselfishly to make the holidays a positive experience for the less fortunate in our community. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year!

LITURGY

FUND

COLLECTION

This collection covers the expenses of our Music Ministry, including salaries, microphones and other equipment and the music books. It also helps us to pay for such liturgical needs as Altar Bread and Wine, altar server vestments, candles and Church decor.

Women's Club Invitation

Wednesday Feb. 7th - doors open at 6:30 p.m. dinner served at 7:0 p.m. Please join us for a fun Chinese New Year Dinner deliciously catered by a very popular local restaurant. Dinner, dessert, drinks, fun, raffle. Women over 21 invited. $20. A great evening of fellowship with our Mt. Carmel women. As always, proceeds to benefit our Parish.

Saturday, January 20, 2018 05:00 PM Kathy Barrington † Sunday, January 21, 2018 08:00 AM Paul Isaacs-George & Mary Haltiner † 10:00 AM Margaret Jago † 12:00 PM Guadalupe & Jesus Hurtado (Int.) 05:00 PM Simon Moynihan † Monday, January 22, 2018 8:15 AM Donald Castro † Tuesday, January 23, 2018 8:15 AM Engracio “Chito” deLeon † Wednesday, January 24, 20178 8:15 AM Mary Susan Turner † Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:15 AM Alfred Absi † Friday, January 26, 2018 8:15 AM Mary O’Leary † Saturday, January 27, 2018 8:15 AM Jules & Virginia Zimmerlin †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL

Sunday, January 21, 2018 CCD Classes 8:45 a.m. School Children’s Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Church Basketball 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Large Hall Monday, January 22, 2018 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 p.m. Parish Center Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Cub Scouts 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Small Hall Men’s Basketball 8:30 p.m. Large Hall Wednesday, January 24, 2018 CCD Classes 6:30 p.m. School Scripture Study 7:00 p.m. Old Chapel Grupo Carismático 7:00 p.m. Large Hall Thursday, January 25, 2018 Good Grief 6:00 p.m. Old Chapel CCD Classes 6:30 p.m. School Saturday, January 27, 2018 Santo Niño 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Church/Large Hall

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Tuesday: St. Vincent; Saint Marianne Cope Wednesday: St. Francis de Sales Thursday: The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Friday: Ss. Timothy and Titus Saturday: St. Angela Merici; Blessed Virgin Mary

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.

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 January 21, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS