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

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25, 2019 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 Mt. Carmel Pre-School: (650) 366-6587 Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle Principal: Dr. Deborah Farrington Administrative Assistant: Ivette Meléndez Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: Judy Draper Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Pre-School Director: Maureen Arnott

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 angel took me in spirit . . . and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. Rev. 21:10-14

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

How wonderful, as we close this month of May, a month especially dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that we should turn to her and give her honor as much as we can. Two weeks ago, on May 13th, we celebrated the memorial of Our Lady of Fatima. This feast commemorates the appearance of the Blessed Mother to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal on six occasions in 1917 as Europe was being engulfed in the First World War. Mary told the children to pray the Rosary daily for peace and to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart. She also revealed to them three secrets regarding the fate of world in the future. This coming Friday, May 31st, we will celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. In the Gospel chosen for this feast, St. Luke tells us that Mary, still in amazement at the news of her own unexpected pregnancy, is informed by the Archangel Gabriel that her cousin Elizabeth, a woman who to her great sorrow had never been able to have children, has at last conceived a child in her old age. The Gospel then tells us that Mary right away got up and ‘hastened to the hill country, to a town in Judea where Elizabeth lived.’ When she arrives, the two kinswomen greet one another with great joy. As they embrace, their unborn sons leap in their mothers’ wombs. It is a seminal moment: Elizabeth’s son, the future John the Baptist, will be the last and greatest of the Old Testament Prophets, and Mary’s son, Jesus, will become the Messiah, the Savior of the World. But I do imagine that, as Mary set out alone for the hill country, she must have experienced a certain amount of anxiety and apprehension. What did any of this mean, her pregnancy and that of her cousin? What really lay ahead for her? Yet despite her anxiety, Mary put all of her trust in God, and she never ceased saying ‘yes’ to God’s plan, even as she stood in grief at the foot of the Cross. These spiritual events, these great moments in our salvation history, are of course unique, but they are also what you could call ‘archetypal’. In one way or another, we who are Christians recapitulate in our own lives the life, passion, death and resurrection that we share with Jesus Christ. We are called to be like Mary, his mother, in our acceptance of God’s will. Like Mary, who hurried to the aid of her cousin, we are called to serve others above ourselves and to love, even to the point of self-sacrifice. To press with courage and faith through the trials of this life, to forgive wrongs done to us, to do whatever good we can, to love like Christ and to honor God with our whole hearts – this is the path to heaven; this is the way to eternal life.

Qué maravilloso, al cerrar este mes de mayo, un mes especialmente dedicado a la Santísima Virgen María, que debemos acudir a ella y darle honor tanto como podamos. Hace dos semanas, el 13 de mayo, celebramos el memorial de Nuestra Señora de Fátima. Esta fiesta conmemora la aparición de la Santísima Madre a tres niños pastores en Fátima, Portugal, en seis ocasiones en 1917, cuando Europa estaba siendo hundida en la Primera Guerra Mundial. María les dijo a los niños que rezaran el Rosario diariamente por la paz y que consagraran a Rusia a su Inmaculado Corazón. También les reveló tres secretos sobre el destino del mundo en el futuro. El próximo viernes, 31 de mayo, celebraremos la fiesta de la Visitación de María con su prima Isabel. En el Evangelio elegido para esta fiesta, San Lucas nos dice que el Arcángel Gabriel le informa a María, aún sorprendida por la noticia de su inesperado embarazo, que su prima Isabel, una mujer que para su gran dolor nunca había podido tener hijos, por fin ha concebido un hijo en su vejez. Luego, el Evangelio nos dice que María se levantó de inmediato y se apresuró a la región montañosa, a una ciudad en Judea, donde vivía Isabel. Cuando ella llega, las dos mujeres se saludan con gran alegría. Mientras se abrazan, sus hijos saltan en el vientre de sus madres. Es un momento seminal: el hijo de Isabel, el futuro Juan el Bautista, será el último y más grande de todos los profetas del Antiguo Testamento, y el hijo de María, Jesús, se convertirá en el Mesías, el Salvador del mundo. Pero me imagino que, cuando Maria se fue sola a la región montañosa, debió experimentar una cierta ansiedad y temor. ¿Qué significa esto, su embarazo y el de su prima? ¿Qué es lo que realmente le esperaba? Sin embargo, a pesar de su ansiedad, María puso toda su confianza en Dios, y nunca dejó de decir "sí" al plan de Dios, incluso cuando estaba en el dolor al pie de la Cruz. Estos eventos espirituales, estos grandes momentos en nuestra historia de salvación, son, por supuesto, únicos, pero también son lo que podríamos llamar "arquetípicos". De una forma u otra, nosotros, los cristianos, recapitulamos en nuestras vidas, la vida, la pasión, la muerte y la resurrección que compartimos con Jesucristo. Estamos llamados a ser como María, su madre, en nuestra aceptación de la voluntad de Dios. Al igual que María, que se apresuró a ayudar a su prima, estamos llamados a servir a los demás por encima de nosotros mismos y al amar, incluso hasta el punto de sacrificio. Adelantarnos con coraje y fe a través de las pruebas de esta vida, perdonar las injusticias que sufrimos, hacer todo lo que podamos para amar como Cristo y honrar a Dios con todo nuestro corazón -- este es el camino al cielo; este es el camino a la vida eterna. Padre Ulises.

Fr. Ulysses.

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2019. Our assessment for this year is $78,542.98. 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 $24,500. Please consider what you might do to help us meet our obligation. Thank you and may God bless you .

Today’s Second Collection is for Catholic Charities CYO

Catholic Charities CYO is one of the major Catholic providers of charitable services in the Bay Area. They support housing, services for women suffering from domestic violence who need shelter and child care, legal aid to immigrants, and many other services for the most needy of our communities. In addition to the above mentioned, Catholic Charities CYO support sports programs aimed at serving especially economically and socially disadvantaged youth.

YOUNG LADIES INSTITUTE YLI #124 will host its Summer Salad Luncheon and Raffle on Saturday June 15, 2019 from 12 to 3 p.m. at Homer Crause Hall at St. Pius Church. $15/ person.

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.

Congratulations to our graduating 8th graders!

It’s still not too late! Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is still

accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. We are a Roman Catholic faith-based school educating children from Transitional Kindergarten through 8th Grade. Please contact our school office for more information contact our principal, Dr. Deborah Farrington at 650-366-6127 or email to [email protected].

Operation Brown Bag is a program to help lowincome and disabled seniors with free groceries twice a month. This program, sponsored by Second Harvest Food Bank, needs at least three additional volunteer drivers to help with the distribution. All the homebound seniors are located in Redwood City. The time required for this volunteer service isn’t much. We are seeking drivers who can donate an hour around 11:30 a.m. one Friday every other month. If you’re interested, please contact Dennis Gilroy at (650) 298-8036, or email him at [email protected].

Next Week’s Second Collection will be for Our Parish Facilities.

Saturday, May 25, 2019 5:00 PM Gabriel Friel † Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:00 AM Norma Jackson † 10:00 AM Maria Dabu † 12:00 PM Ignacio Sanchez † 5:00 PM Pro - Populo Monday, May 27, 2019 8:15 AM Ivan Dei Rossi † Tuesday, May 28, 2019 8:15 AM Ernesto & Martha Estolano (50th Anniv.) Wednesday, May 29, 2019 8:15 AM Alba Rigali † Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:15 AM Dave Cereghino † Friday, May 31, 2019 8:15 AM Ivan Dei Rossi † Saturday, June 01, 2019 8:15 AM Kathy McKibbin †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, May 26, 2019 ICF Event 6:00 PM Monday, May 27, 2019

Small Hall

Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM

Old Chapel

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Dancing with Moms 5:30 PM Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Large Hall Large Hall

NO Grupo Carismático

Thursday, May 30, 2019 Good Grief

6:00 PM

School Brunch Game Night Friday, May 31, 2019 Graduation

11:00 AM 7:30 PM

Old Chapel Large Hall Yard

6:00 PM Church/Large Hall

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Sixth Sunday of Easter Monday: St. Augustine of Canterbury; Memorial Day Tuesday: of the Sixth Week of Easter Wednesday: of the Sixth Week of Easter Thursday: of the Sixth Week of Easter Friday: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday: St. Justin; First Saturday

GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The loss of every loved one creates many changes, challenges and much 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 May 26, 2019 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS