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

Nineteenth Sunday of the Ordinary Time August 11, 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 Our soul waits for the Nosotros aguardamos al Señor: él es nuestro L , who is our auxilio y escudo. help and our shield. — Salmo 33 (32):20 — Psalm 33:20

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

This Thursday, August the 15th, we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption into heaven. The feast of the Assumption goes back to the very early days of the Church. While devotion to the Mother of Jesus was strong from the beginning of the Christian era, there were always controversies regarding Mary’s status. Some Christians asked, “Was Mary just the mother of human Jesus, due only the respect of other holy people?” While others claimed that we should most certainly honor Mary as the Mother of God since, after all, she gave birth to the Messiah. The Council of Ephesus (431) at last declared that since Jesus was a unique person, at once human and divine, then Mary must at the same time be the earthly mother of the historical Jesus as well as the Mother of God. As the centuries progressed, devotion to Mary grew more fervent along with the firm belief that the Blessed Mother continues to co-operate even now in a special way in our salvation. Mary is our intercessor, and her concern for the human family is a mother’s concern for her children. Throughout the ages she has appeared, often to children as in the case of Lourdes and Fatima, bringing her message of hope and encouraging us to pray. Mary herself was hardly more than a girl herself when the Angel Gabriel came to her with the news that she would be mother of the Savior. Her response was, “Let it be done to me according to your word.” Mary said “yes” to God, and she continued saying “yes” for the rest of her life. Although the facts are few, we do know from Scripture that Mary’s life, linked so intimately with that of her Son, was marked with difficulty and sorrow: the uncertain birth in a stable, the dangerous flight to Egypt, the pain of seeing Jesus rejected, the unspeakable agony as she witnessed the Crucifixion. The Blessed Virgin suffered these events, not as an angel or a goddess, but as a woman and a mother. We have long honored Mary as the quintessential symbol of the pilgrim Church on earth and as the perfect disciple of Jesus Christ. Although there have been many centuries of strong Marian devotion, it’s rather interesting that the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary is actually the last official dogma declared by the Catholic Church. It was promulgated by Pope Pius XII in November of 1950 in the wake of World War II with all its terrible destruction. In declaring Mary’s Assumption, body and soul, into heaven, the Holy Father wanted to express that we are all equally precious in the eyes of God, and that every human being, high or low, is worthy of the same dignity and respect that we offer the Blessed Mother. Fr. Ulysses

Este jueves, el 15 de agosto, celebraremos la Solemnidad de la Asunción de la Virgen María al cielo. La fiesta de la Asunción se remonta a los primeros días de la Iglesia. Mientras que la devoción a la Madre de Jesús era fuerte desde el principio en la era cristiana, siempre hubo controversias en relación con el estado de María. Algunos cristianos preguntaron: "¿Fue María sólo la madre de Jesús el hombre, y por eso se debe sólo el respeto que damos a otras personas santas?" Mientras que otros afirmaban que debemos ciertamente honrar a María como Madre de Dios, ya que, después de todo, ella dio a luz al Mesías. El Concilio de Éfeso (431), por fin declaró que por que Jesús era una persona única, a la misma vez humana y divina, al igual, María debe ser al mismo tiempo la madre terrenal de Jesús, así como la Madre de Dios. Con el paso de los siglos, la devoción a María creció y creció, junto con la firme creencia de que ella sigue cooperando de una manera especial en nuestra salvación. María es intercesora, y su preocupación por la familia humana es la preocupación de una madre por sus hijos. A lo largo de los años María ha aparecido, usualmente a niños o a gente sencilla como en el caso de Tepeyac, Lourdes y Fátima, llevando su mensaje de esperanza y animándonos a orar. María también era poco más que una niña cuando el ángel Gabriel se acercó a ella con la noticia de que iba a ser la madre del Salvador. Su respuesta fue: "Hágase en mí según tu palabra." María dijo "sí" a Dios, y ella continuó diciendo "sí" para todo el resto de su vida. Aunque lo que sabemos históricamente de su vida entera es poco, sí sabemos por la Escritura que la vida de María, vinculada íntimamente con la de su Hijo, fue marcada con dificultades y dolores, como el nacimiento de su hijo en un establo, el peligroso viaje a Egipto cuando ella y san José y el Niño tenían que huir, el dolor de ver a Jesús rechazado , la agonía indescriptible al ser testigo de la terrible crucifixión. La Virgen sufrió estos eventos, no como un ángel o una diosa, sino como una mujer y una madre. Siempre hemos honrado a María como el símbolo perfecto de la Iglesia peregrina en la tierra y como la discípula mas fiel de Jesucristo. Aunque por muchos siglos hemos honrado a la Santísima Madre con nuestras devociones, es bastante interesante que la doctrina de la Asunción de María en realidad es el último dogma oficial declarado por la Iglesia Católica. Fue promulgado por el Papa Pío XII en noviembre de 1950 después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial con todo su terrible destrucción. Al declarar la Asunción de María al cielo, el Santo Padre quiso expresar que todos somos igualmente valiosos en los ojos de Dios, y que todo ser humano, alto o bajo, es digno de la misma dignidad y respeto que ofrecemos a la Santísima Madre de Jesús. Padre Ulises

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 $ 55,746. Please consider what you might do to help us meet our obligation by the end of the year. Thank you !

Today’s Second Collection is for our Religious Education Programs. It 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.

The second collection next week will be for our Liturgy Fund. St. Francis Center in Redwood City Seeking volunteer ESL teachers for adult students. One hour to an hour and a half per day, Mon.—Fri. Please contact Tess at the Center at (650) 365-7829 if you’re interested. Our pastor, Father Ulysses, will be taking a short break to visit his mother and other family. He will be away from Monday August 12 to Friday August 16. Father Paulinus, our former parochial vicar, will be here to cover the daily Masses for Fr. Ulysses, and to visit.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. We will celebrate only one Mass that day because there will be a big school event using the parking lot in the evening. For those who wish to attend an evening Mass, our neighboring parishes of St. Pius, St. Charles and St. Anthony all will have 7:00 p.m. Masses that night.

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 Preschool through 8th Grade. For more information contact our principal, Dr. Deborah Farrington at 650-366-6127 or email: [email protected].

We are now enrolling for all of our Religious Education classes. Our Catechists will be on the porch of the church after the Sunday Masses to give out the registration packets and to answer any questions that the families might have. Our School of Religion consists of a two-year First Communion Program for children as young as first grade, a one-year Confirmation program for high school youth, and a one-year program for adults who wish to become Catholic or to complete their sacraments of initiation. For further information, contact Magdalena Hernandez, our Director of Religious Education, at (650)368-8237 or by email at [email protected]. Magdalena’s office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, August 10, 2019 5:00 PM Alvaro MIramontes † Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:00 AM Adalberto Cuevas † 10:00 AM Millie Washington † 12:00 PM Ramiro Godinez Villa (b’day int.) 5:00 PM Pro-Populo Monday, August 12, 2019 8:15 AM Olga Rocco † Tuesday, August 13, 2019 8:15 AM José Ines Aguirre † Wednesday, August 14, 2019 8:15 AM Mario Talledo y Martina Mori (Int.) Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:15 AM Rudy Kain (b’day int.) Friday, August 16, 2019 8:15 AM Nicole Callosa (b’day int.) Saturday, August 17, 2019 8:15 AM Mary Borges (b’day int.)

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Monday, August 12, 2019

Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Wednesday, August 14, 2019 ICF 7:00 PM

Old Chapel

Large Hall Parish Center

Grupo Carismático

7:00 PM

Large Hall

Good Grief SVdP Meeting

6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Old Chapel Parish Center

Thursday, August 15, 2019

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Jane Frances de Chantal Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus St. Maximilian Kolbe The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Stephen of Hungary Blessed Virgin Mary

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 August 11, 2019 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS