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

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 24, 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 Merciful and gracious El Señor es compasivo y misericordioso, is the L , slow to lento a la ira y rico en anger and abounding clemencia. in kindness. — Salmo 103 (102):8 — Psalm 103:8

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

During the past two weeks, the first reading in our daily Masses has been from the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, which describes, first, the creation of the world, then the story of Adam and Eve, their temptation by Satan, their fall from grace, and finally their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. After that, we’re told of the birth of Adam and Eve’s first children, the brothers, Cain and Abel, and the terrible rivalry that develops between them as they grow to manhood. The Church’s understanding of the Holy Scripture is not that these stories from Genesis represent something literal or scientific; instead the Creation stories of Genesis express something far more profound about the human condition than science can ever tell us. For example, in the narrative of Cain and Abel, we begin to see the consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin of disobedience. From now on, even among brothers, there will be jealousy and envy. In this case, Cain is a farmer and Abel is a shepherd, so there is jealousy about land and property. And there is envy and hatred when one brother feels the parents love the other brother better. This is very much our human inheritance, isn’t it? - these family rivalries and competition and resentfulness. So in so many ways, Cain and Abel, the children of Adam and Eve, represent an even further alienation from God since their parent’s original sin of going against God’s commandment, to the extent that Cain commits the worse sin of all - murder, killing his own brother in a jealous rage. The Bible tells us that Cain was a farmer while Abel was a shepherd. For that reason, Biblical scholars have suggested that their story perhaps represents an early conflict between nomadic wanderers and those who had chosen to settle down and cultivate the land and build permanent villages. We know that in ancient times people who herded sheep and goats and other animals were usually nomads with no fixed place to live, instead they wandered here and there to seek food and water for their flocks. Cain, on the other hand stands for those who had decided to remain in one place, to put a claim on the land, and to till and plant the soil for a living. There was no doubt friction between those two groups. After Cain kills Abel, Cain himself is punished by being pushed off the land and made to wander with no place to stay. Eve, for her part, had another son, Seth, and probably many more children who became the ancestors of the whole human race. Some of these children remain faithful and obedient to God’s covenant; others do not, and so the world goes on one generation after the next. But God constantly calls us to return to him, and it is to that call that we try to respond Father Ulysses.

Durante las últimas dos semanas, la primera lectura en nuestras Misas diarias ha sido del Libro de Génesis, el primer libro del Antiguo Testamento, que describe, primeramente, la creación del mundo, luego la historia de Adán y Eva, su tentación por Satanás, su caída de la gracia, y finalmente su expulsión del Jardín de Edén. Después de eso, se nos cuenta el nacimiento de los primeros hijos de Adán y Eva, los hermanos, Caín y Abel, y la terrible rivalidad que se desarrolla entre ellos mientras maduran. La comprensión de la Iglesia de las Sagradas Escrituras no es que estas historias del Génesis representan algo literal o científico; en cambio, las historias de la Creación del Génesis expresan algo mucho más profundo acerca de la condición humana de lo que la ciencia puede decirnos. Por ejemplo, en la narrativa de Caín y Abel, comenzamos a ver las consecuencias del pecado de desobediencia de Adán y Eva. De ahora en adelante, incluso entre hermanos, habrá celos y envidia. En este caso, Caín es un granjero y Abel es un pastor, por lo que hay celos sobre la tierra y la propiedad. Y hay envidia y odio cuando un hermano siente que los padres aman mas al otro hermano. Esta es nuestra herencia humana, ¿verdad? – estas rivalidades familiares, la competencia y el resentimiento entre hermanos. Entonces, de tantas maneras, Caín y Abel, los hijos de Adán y Eva, representan una alienación aún mayor de Dios desde el pecado original de sus padres que actuaron en contra de los mandamientos de Dios. Por sus celos, Caín comete el peor pecado de todos: asesinar o matar a su propio hermano. La Biblia nos dice que Caín era un granjero, mientras que Abel era un pastor. Por esa razón, los eruditos bíblicos han sugerido que su historia quizás represente un conflicto en la primera época de la humanidad entre los vagabundos nómadas y aquellos que eligieron establecerse y cultivar la tierra y construir aldeas permanentes. Sabemos que en la antigüedad las personas que pastoreaban ovejas y cabras y otros animales solían ser nómadas y no tenían un lugar fijo para vivir, sino que vagaban aquí y allá para buscar comida y agua para sus rebaños. Caín, por otro lado, representa a aquellos que decidieron quedarse en un lugar, reclamar la tierra, y plantar el suelo para vivir. Sin duda hubo fricción entre esos dos grupos. Después de que Caín mató a Abel, el mismo Caín es castigado al ser expulsado de la tierra y obligado a vagar sin un lugar donde quedarse. Eva, por su parte, tuvo otro hijo, Set, y probablemente muchos más niños que se convirtieron en los antepasados de toda la raza humana. Algunos de estos niños permanecen fieles y obedientes al pacto de Dios; otros no, y así el mundo continúa una generación tras otra. Pero Dios constantemente nos llama a regresar a él, y es a ese llamado que intentamos responder. Padre Ulysses.

Today’s Second Collection will be our kick-off for this year’s Annual Appeal. Please consider what you can do to help us meet our goal, and thank you sincerely for all your help.

The Season of Lent La temporada de Cuaresma Ash Wednesday March 6. Miércoles de Ceniza el 6 de Marzo. There will be three services with ashes: At 8:15 a.m. (silent Mass in English; Ashes imposed at conclusion of Mass). At 12:00 noon (Mass with our school; Ashes imposed at conclusion of Mass) At 7:00 p.m. (bilingual English-Spanish service with Ashes)

Retiro de Cuaresma

Todos somos un solo cuerpo. Juntémonos y preparémonos para celebrar a Jesús Resucitado!!! Sábado 9 de Marzo de 8:30 a 2:00 Facilitado por el padre Eugenio Aramburo. Los esperamos a todos.

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

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HOMEBOUND MINISTRY

Women’s Club Invitation

Tuesday March 5th doors open at 6:30pm dinner served at 7:00pm Please join us for a fun night! Mardi Gras Celebration. (the day before Ash Wednesday) Dinner, Drinks, Dessert, Raffle, Fun!! Women over 21 invited $20 A great evening of fellowship with our Mt. Carmel women. As always, proceeds to benefit our Parish. Note: Dinner on Tuesday this month not our usual Wednesday night event due to Ash Wednesday.

If someone in your family is homebound, lives nearby and is unable to attend Mass, but would like to receive 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 in this worthy ministry.

ELECTRONIC DONATIONS VANCOPAYMENTS.COM is

an agency created to facilitate the process of donations, if you wish to make your donations to the Church electronically or by Credit Card, please see our website, www.mountcarmel.org press Donate and follow the easy instructions. May God reward your generosity.

Saturday, February 23, 2019 05:00 PM Richard and Robert Palumbo † Sunday, February 24, 2019 08:00 AM Gene and Loraine Kitzke † 10:00 AM Felicita Rivera † 12:00 PM Francisco Vega † 05:00 PM Pro - Populo Monday, February 25, 2019 08:15 AM Antonia Sandoval † Tuesday, February 26, 2019 08:15 AM Camille Bainbridge † Wednesday, February 27, 2019 08:15 AM for the poor souls in Purgatory † Thursday, February 28, 2019 08:15 AM Matthew Smith † Friday, March 01, 2019 08:15 AM Filomena and Luigi Liberati † Saturday, March 02, 2019 08:15 AM Pro - Populo

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL

Sunday, February 24, 2019 CCD Classes 8:45 AM School CCD Parents Meeting 8:50 AM Small Hall Children’s Liturgy 10:00 AM Church Confirmation Class 5:00 PM Church/Large Hall Monday, February 25, 2019 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2019 CCD Classes Grupo Carismático Bible Study

6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Good Grief CCD Classes CCD Activity

6:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Friday, March 01, 2019 Clase de Catequistas 6:30 PM Saturday, March 02, 2019 School Basketball 6:00 PM

Old Chapel

Large Hall School Large Hall Old Chapel Old Chapel School Parish Center

Small Hall Large Hall

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

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

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time World Day of Prayer; First Friday Blessed Virgin Mary; 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,

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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 February 24, 2019 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS