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

First Sunday of Lent /Primer Domingo de Cuaresma March 5, 2017 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 Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.” — Matthew 4:10

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

As many of you know, I’m from south Louisiana, that part of the state which is undoubtedly the most Catholic region of the Deep South. When most people think of Mardi Gras, they think of New Orleans, but many of the small towns in that area also have their own festivities during the period just before Lent. The term one hears as often as Mardi Gras is Carnival, related to the word carne or flesh, because carnival celebrates the pleasures of the flesh, the enjoyment of all the good things this earth has to offer our senses. When I was growing up, there was always a lot of partying, drinking and eating the whole week leading up to Mardi Gras. Everywhere you went, you heard music and saw people dancing. This revelry peaked on Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday” with parades and floats and outrageous costumes. But the next day was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The partying, the music, the dancing stopped completely. If you were Catholic, you went to Mass, received ashes on your forehead, and did not wash them off all day. I suppose this sign of repentance, or sorrow, was more deeply felt by people because it came after so many days of self-indulgence, of over-doing it. For the adults, if they had stayed up too late, or had too much to eat and drink, if they had a hangover and if their feet hurt from dancing, well, that was all the better. It reminded you that there must also be a limit to our excesses, a tempering of our appetites, and a discipline of our senses. That’s what Lent is really all about. It’s that part of our Liturgical Year that we devote to self-examination, to conversion of heart, to coming to know who and what we are on the deepest level of our being. It’s certainly not about pain, or punishment, or useless guilt; but rather about growing spiritually, and maturing as a Christian person so that we are able to put our lives in better perspective, to know what is important, and to keep ourselves on the right path. The ashes we receive on Ash Wednesday (with their admonishment to ‘turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel’) remind us that, after all, this life on earth is only temporary and that the greatest fulfillment we can have is in knowing God and doing God’s will since God has a plan for each one of us. Many of us occasionally impose upon ourselves the discipline of physical exercise, or diet, or studying. So, too, does Lent call us to discipline our hearts, to repent of selfishness, greed, envy, or whatever it is that might keep us from discovering our best selves and from living a life in the fullness of God’s presence -- the best and highest goal that anyone can achieve Fr. Ulysses

Como muchos de ustedes saben, soy del sur de Luisiana, esa parte del estado que es, sin duda, la región más católica de los Estados Unidos. Cuando la mayoría de la gente piensa en Mardi Gras, piensan en Nueva Orleans, pero muchos de los pueblos de esa zona también tienen sus propias festividades durante el período justo antes de la Cuaresma. El término que uno oye para las fiestas de este tiempo es carnaval, relacionado con la palabra carne, porque el carnaval celebra los placeres de la carne, el disfrute de todas las cosas buenas que esta tierra nos ofrece. En Luisiana siempre hay muchas fiestas, mucho beber y comer toda la semana que precede al gran día de Mardi Gras (Martes Grande). Dondequiera que vayas, oíras música y veras a la gente bailar. Esta fiesta culminó en Mardi Gras, con desfiles, carrozas y disfraces increíbles. Pero el día siguiente es Miércoles de Ceniza y el comienzo de la Cuaresma. La fiesta, la música, los bailes, todos paran por completo. Una persona católica iba a misa, recibió cenizas en su frente y no las lavó todo el día. Supongo que este signo de arrepentimiento, o dolor, fue más profundamente sentido por la gente porque vino después de tantos días de auto-indulgencia, de exceso. Para los adultos, si se quedaron despiertos demasiado tarde, o comieron o bebieron demasiado, tenían una resaca, y si sus pies dolían de bailar, bueno, eso era mucho mejor. Todo esto te recordaba que también hay que hacer un límite a nuestros excesos, un control de nuestros apetitos y a una disciplina de nuestros sentidos. Eso es lo que realmente es la Cuaresma. Es la parte de nuestro Año Litúrgico que dedicamos al autoexamen, a la conversión del corazón, a llegar a saber quiénes y qué somos en el nivel más profundo de nuestro ser. Ciertamente no se trata de dolor, o castigo, o culpa inútil; Sino más bien de crecer espiritualmente y de madurar como cristiano para que podamos ver nuestras vidas en una mejor perspectiva, para saber lo que es importante y para que nos mantengamos en el camino correcto. Las cenizas que recibimos el Miércoles de Ceniza (con su advertencia de "apartarse del pecado y ser fieles al Evangelio") nos recuerdan que, después de todo, esta vida en la tierra es temporal y que la mayor satisfacción que podemos tener es conocer a Dios y hacer su voluntad, sabiendo que Dios tiene un plan para cada uno de nosotros. Muchos de nosotros de vez en cuando nos imponemos la disciplina del ejercicio físico, la dieta o el estudio. Así también la Cuaresma nos llama a disciplinar nuestros corazones, a arrepentirnos del egoísmo, la avaricia, la envidia o lo que sea que nos impida descubrir nuestro mejor ser y vivir una vida en la plenitud de la presencia de Dios, que es siempre el mejor objetivo que uno puede lograr. P. Ulises

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2017 A grateful thanks to all those who supported last year’s Archdiocesan Appeal. Through your generosity, we were able to collect the money we were assessed. It’s now time to begin our campaign for 2017. Our assessment for this year is $77,050. 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. 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.

Stations of The Cross and Reconciliation Every Friday of Lent 8:15 am Mass followed by the Stations of the Cross/Las Misas dominicales de las 12:00 pm serán seguidas por el Vía Crucis. First Friday, March 3 8:15 am Mass followed by Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Stations of the Cross, Sacred Heart Devotions and Benediction with Blessed Sacrament. Tuesday, March 28 at 7:00 pm St. Pius Chur ch. Communal Lenten reconciliation Service with the collaboration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. All are invited/ Servicio de Reconciliación en la Iglesia San Pio con la colaboración de Monte Carmelo, Habrá Confesiones en Español.

TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION Parish Facilities and Improvement Our second collection helps us to maintain our church and other parish facilities in good condition, to do the repairs and upgrades that are needed, and to cover the gardening needs of the Parish.

Visit of Archbishop Salvatore Cardileone We’re honored to be visited by our Archbishop Salvatore Cardileone. He will celebrate a Mass with the School at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, March 10. The fallowing evening he’ll most with Fr. Ulysses the Staff, the Parish Council . And Sunday March 12, the Archbishop will celebrate the 10am Mass. The Mass will be fallowed by a reception in the Large Hall to give the parishioners an opportunity to greet the Archbishop.

Discernment Opportunities for Young Women (Ages 18-35) Have you considered Religious Life? *The Daughters of St. Paul are offering a Discernment series from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 10. April 7, May 15 and June 9, at their Book Center. 935 Brewster Ave. Redwood City, contact Sr Jennifer Tecla, FSP (310) 365-2679. *The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, The Mercy Sisters of Burlingame, and the Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters will meet with interested women on Saturday March 11 at Province Center of the Sisters of Notre Dame, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Contact Sr. Roseanne Murphy (650) 592-2572.

OLMC MEN’S CLUB St. Patrick’s Dinner, March 9. Corned beef cabbage. Shepherd's Pie. Soda bread. Desserts. Guinness. Spontaneous singing of Danny Boy, Wild Rover, and the entire first side of the Joshua Tree. See you Thursday March 9, 6-9 p.m. in the small hall for legendary cuisine to be provided by our own Fergal O'Boyle. First timers are free. Cost is $20 For gents of our parish and school community 21 and over. Don't miss it. There are only three Thursday dinners left in the year!

Saturday, March 4, 2017 05:00 PM Alfred Schneider † Sunday, March 5, 2017 08:00 AM Charles & Theresa Elacqua † 10:00 AM Filomena & Luigi Liberati † 12:00 PM Rosa Maria Alvarez † 05:00 PM Sandra Bourdet † Monday, March 6, 2017 8:15 AM Pam Hernandez (Int.) Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:15 AM Martha Monterrosa (Int.) Wednesday, March 8, 2017 8:15 AM Andrew Dei Rossi † Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:15 AM Marguerite Corman † Friday, March 10, 2017 8:15 AM Josefina Quiroz † Saturday, March 11, 2017 8:15 AM Marie Comas †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, March 5, 2017 Children’s Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Girl Scout 11:30 to 5 p.m. Past President’s Mass Activity 10 to 3 p.m.

Chapel Large Hall Small Hall/K Small Hall/K

Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 p.m.

Parish Center

Past President’s Champagne Brunch 7:30 to 1 pm.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Grupo Guadalupano 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 SVDP Detention Ministry 10 a.m. ICF

6:00 p.m.

CCD Classes 6:30 p.m. Grupo Carismatico 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 Men’s Club 6:00 p.m. Good Grief 6:00 p.m. CCD Classes 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2017 Visit Preparation 5 to 6 p.m. Coro Hispano, ensayo 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 11,2017 ABC’s Dinner all day

Parish Center

Large Hall Parish Center Small Hall/K

School Large Hall

Small Hall Old Chapel School Small Hall Parish Center

Small Hall/K

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

First Sunday of Lent/Primer Domingo de Cuaresma First Monday of Lent Primer Lunes de Cuarema Ss. Perpetua and Felicity Santas Perpetua y Felícitas St. John of God/San Juan de Dios St. Frances of Rome/Santa Francisca de Roma Abstinence/Abstinencia Purim (Jewish festival of the story of Esther) begins at sunset Purim (conmemoración judía de la historia de Ester) comienza al atardecer

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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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 March 5 , 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS