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

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 17, 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 Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory. —Isaiah 62: 2

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

On Monday of this past week we began our liturgical journey (until Ash Wednesday on February 10th) through what the Church has named “Ordinary Time.” In English and in Spanish the word ‘ordinary’ generally means something common, something not at all special. But the Latin word from which it is derived refers not to what is boring, but rather to that which is ordered or numbered. We use the same term when we speak of ordinal numbers: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, etcetera. So the Sundays of Ordinary Time are identified by their number. This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time occurs between the great Seasons of the Church year which are Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter. Advent and Christmas celebrate that period during which we are anxiously awaiting the Incarnation, the birth of Jesus, as well as the time immediately after Christ’s nativity. Lent/Easter is that period when we prepare ourselves through fasting, prayer and acts of charity to celebrate the greatest feast of all, the Paschal feast of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection from the dead. The Gospel readings at Mass in those seasons are focused, then, on the first and last periods of Jesus’ life. On the other hand, during the many weeks of Ordinary Time we have an opportunity to reflect on the ministry of Jesus, his relationship with his disciples, his extraordinary miracles and cures, and his preaching of the Kingdom of Heaven. The Old Testament readings during Ordinary Time are carefully coordinated with the Gospel readings to show how Jesus’ life and teachings are a fulfillment of God’s ancient covenant with his chosen people. We also read the letters of St. Paul to his communities of converts, letters which offer a profound theological and spiritual background to belief in Jesus Christ as our Savior. So there is nothing ordinary about Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is very much like our own lives. Between the great events that we celebrate or remember in a special way -- our birthdays, our wedding anniversaries, the deaths of our cherished loved ones and so on -- we also must honor the day-today, the regular rhythm of work and chores and leisure and sleep. For all of us who do our best to live as Christ taught us to live and to follow him daily, there is much that is to be discovered in ordinary time -- the precious hours we spend with family and friends, the great good that we can do as Christians simply by being kind to one another, by helping whomever we can, even by merely offering, as Jesus said, a cup of cold water to someone who is thirsty. In such ordinary moments as these, our lives are made rich and our souls can touch the infinite. Fr. Ulysses

El lunes de la semana pasada comenzamos nuestro viaje (hasta Miércoles de Ceniza, 10 de febrero) a través de lo que la Iglesia ha llamado el "tiempo ordinario". En inglés y en español la palabra "ordinario" por lo general significa algo común, algo no del todo especial. Pero la palabra latina de la que se toma no se refiere a algo común o aburrido, sino más bien a lo que se enumera o se cuenta. Utilizamos el mismo término cuando hablamos de números ordinales: primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto, quinto, etcétera. Así que los domingos del tiempo ordinario se identifican por su número. Este domingo es el Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. Tiempo Ordinario tiene lugar entre las grandes temporadas del año litúrgico que son Adviento/Navidad y Cuaresma/Pascua. El Adviento y la Navidad celebran ese período durante el cual estamos esperando ansiosamente la encarnación o el nacimiento de Jesús, y entonces el tiempo inmediatamente después de la Natividad de Jesucristo. Cuaresma y Pascua es el período cuando nos preparamos a través del ayuno, la oración y actos de caridad para celebrar la fiesta más grande de todos, la fiesta pascual de la pasión, muerte y la resurrección de Jesús de entre los muertos. Los Evangelios durante estas temporadas se centran en los primeros y después los últimos días de Jesús. Por otro lado, durante las muchas semanas del tiempo ordinario tenemos la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre el ministerio de Jesús, su relación con sus discípulos, sus milagros y curaciones extraordinarias, y su predicación del Reino de los Cielos. Las lecturas del Antiguo Testamento son cuidadosamente coordinadas con las del Evangelio para mostrar cómo la vida y las enseñanzas de Jesús son un cumplimiento de la antigua alianza de Dios con su pueblo elegido, los judíos. También leemos las cartas de san Pablo a sus comunidades de conversos, cartas que ofrecen un profundo trasfondo teológico y espiritual a la creencia en Jesucristo como Salvador. Así que no hay nada común en el tiempo ordinario. Tiempo Ordinario es muy parecido a nuestra propia vida. Entre los grandes acontecimientos que celebramos o recordamos de una manera especial - nuestros cumpleaños, nuestros aniversarios de boda, las muertes de nuestros queridos y así sucesivamente - también debemos honrar lo cotidiano, el ritmo regular del trabajo y las tareas, y el tiempo de descanso y el sueño. Para todos nosotros que hacemos todo lo posible para vivir como Cristo que nos enseñó a vivir y a seguirlo todos los días, hay mucho para descubrir en tiempo ordinario - las preciosas horas que pasamos con familia y amigos, el bien que podemos hacer como cristianos simplemente por ser amables unos con otros, ayudando a quien podamos, incluso con sólo ofrecer, como Jesús lo dice, una taza de agua fría para alguien que tiene sed. En momentos ordinarios como estos, nuestras vidas se hacen ricos y nuestras almas pueden tocar el infinito. Padre Ulises

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. 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: [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. YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS "Happy New Year from OLMC Youth Ministry! Please join us in Sunday, January 17 from 5pm-8:30pm for Mass, followed by a Movie Night. Jr. High is welcome to join this Night. Sunday, January 31-YM High School meeting in Gym followed by Mass, 3pm-6pm. Enrollment for 2016 still accepted, hope to see you there!" Thank you and Blessings, Kendra Rickwald

OLMC WOMEN’S CLUB Please mark your calendars for our next dinner February 3rd at 6:30pm 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 GoPro cameras, event tickets and a chance at $500 in cash! All proceeds from this 21+ event will benefit OLMC Church. Jubilee Year of Mercy

January 17, 2016 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Mary, whom Catholic tradition names “Mother of Mercy,” at Cana intercedes with her Son to show mercy toward the bridal couple: “Son, they have no wine.” But he does more! Jesus’ transformation of water into wine is a “sign” (John’s term for “miracle”) that God’s marriage with the whole human race has begun in Jesus’ person and ministry, a marriage that will be consummated on the cross: “It is finished”—we are saved! But before Jesus acts, Mary instructs the servers to prepare the way for Jesus’ miracle of mercy: “Do whatever he tells you.” During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Mother Church, like Mother Mary, instructs us to share the Spirit’s manifold gifts—some of which Paul lists in today’s second reading—in generous service to the human family. Thus we prepare the way for Jesus’ new miracles of mercy, transforming life’s sometimes stagnant water into the refreshing wine of God’s mercy.—Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

REUNION DE PADRES DE FAMILIA DEL CATECISMO A los padres de familia de los niños que asisten al catecismo los miércoles habrá una reunion en el Salón pequeño el miércoles 20 de enero a las 6:40 PM. Reunión para los padres de familia de los niños que asisten los jueves será el 21 de enero a las 6:40 PM en el Salón pequeño. Por favor marque su calendario. YOUR BEST Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. —Anonymous

Saturday, January 16, 2016 5:00 PM Richard Francis Palumbo † Sunday, January 17, 2016 Mary Haltiner † 8:00 AM Huan Phan † 10:00 AM Jesus Salas Cuevas 12:00 PM (Español) Antoinette Mangiola † 5:00 PM Monday, January 18, 2016 8:15 AM Lorenzo Paran † Tuesday, January 19, 2016 8:15 AM Mary O’Leary † Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Huan Phan † 8:15 AM Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:15 AM Margaret Jago † Friday, January 22, 2016 8:15 AM Paul Isaacs, George & Mary Haltiner † Saturday, January 23, 2016 8:15 AM Jane Cano †

This week at Mt. Carmel

Sunday, January 17, 2016: Children’s Liturgy Basketball Games CCD Classes Youth Ministry

10:00 am 7:30 am 8:45 am 4:00—8:30 pm

Chapel L. Hall School S. Hall

Monday, January 18, 2016: Carismáticos (Directiva) 7:00 p.m Tuesday, January 19, 2016: Men’s Basketbal 8:30 pm

L. Hall

Wednesday, January 20, 2016: Carismaticos 7:00 pm CCD Parents’ Mtg. 6:30 pm Spanish CCD 6:30 pm

L. Hall S. Hall School

Thursday, January 21, 2016: CCD Parents’ Mtg. 6:30 pm Spanish CCD 6:30 pm Good Grief 6:00 pm S.V.D.P. 7:00 pm

S. Hall School O. Chapel P. Center

Friday, January 22, 2016: Family Game Night Spanish Choir Rehearsal

LH/SH/K P. Center

5-10 pm 7:00 pm

O. Chapel

Saturday, January 23, 2016 School Basketball Games 7:30 am –6:00 pm L. Hall Charismatic Leadership Retreat 8 am—5 pm S. Hall

SAINTS AN SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday:

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Tuesday: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany) Wednesday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian Thursday: St. Agnes Friday: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Saturday: St. Vincent; St. Marianne Cope; 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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