OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH 2700 DOVER AVENUE - FAIRFIELD, CA 94533

FR. DAVID FONTAINE, O. CARM. (PASTOR) FR. PEDRO (PETE) MANILAG, O. CARM. (PAROCHIAL VICAR) DEACON RAYMOND ELIAS

WWW.OURLADYOFMTCARMELFAIRFIELDCA.ORG

PARISH OFFICE..................................................(707) 422-7767 Gemma Gonzalo, Parish Administrator Office email address: olmc.gem@gmail.com Office hours: 8 AM - 4 PM, Monday - Friday FAITH FORMATION............................................(707) 422-2814 ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY........................(707) 422-5209 Emergency material assistance EMERGENCY SICK CALLS.................................(707) 422-7767 CONFIRMATION & RCIA............................(707) 422-7767 TAG / HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Rhyan Ramirez…………………………..(707) 853-2905

MASS: WEEKEND….Saturday Evening: 5PM Vigil Sunday: 8AM, 10AM & 12 Noon DAILY…….Monday - Saturday: 9AM HOLY DAYS…………9AM, Noon and 7PM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays………...3:30 to 4:30 PM or by appointment BAPTISMS: 3rd Weekend of the Month Pre-Baptism Program Required (visit our website) MARRIAGES: Six months notice required Contact the Parish Office for all Baptisms & Marriages

Mass Schedule / Sacraments Served by the Carmelites

Mass Intentions

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday: 9AM 5PM Sunday: 8AM 10AM Noon

WEEK OF JULY 9TH, 2017 ~ Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

“There is no doubt that a flood of graces will descend upon your family and the

world if more souls would become docile pupils of adoration.” ~ Blessed Pope John XXIII

Saturday 2-3 PM and Sunday 4-5 PM

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The premier poet of the English language, Geoffrey Chaucer, introduced one of his most beloved charac-ters, the “Wife of Bath,” by this telling remark: “Husbands at church door she had five.” Four times widowed, she was setting off on a pilgrimage, notably without number five. The church door is a curious de-tail, pointing to the fourteenth-century wedding custom of marrying on the porch of the parish church. The goal was to give maximum publicity to the consent of the groom and bride, and so consent was moved from the bride’s home to a public venue. The priest would stand in the doorway and begin by sprinkling the couple with holy water. He needed to make sure they weren’t too closely related and give them some instruction. He would direct the groom to pay the bride’s family a dowry, and then announce the monetary amounts to the interested passersby. Only then would the guests enter the church for the wedding Mass, during which the

bride and groom would hold lighted candles. The gradual move from home to church and the shift from the bride’s fa-ther to the priest’s authority helped to protect the freedom of brides who weren’t quite as confident as the Wife of Bath.

† Victoriana Detsoso / † Manuel Dinglansan Parishioners of OLMC Carol Howisey † Ramon Cruz Jr. † Cornelio Gallejo Kazu Nagatoshi Greig & Noreen Parker /†Gloria Geluz † Martin Poncelet / Corazon Galindo † Hazel Cervantes / † Margo Vest † Rose Palomo / † Margaret Tipton Lay Carmelites #578

Monday Tuesday Wednes. Thurs. Friday Sat. Sun.

07/10 07/11 07/12 07/13

07/14 07/15 07/16

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena, 7PM OLMC Novena 7PM / Legion of Mary OLMC Novena 7PM Holy Rosary 9:45AM / Bible Study 10AM Cancer Support / OLMC Novena 7PM EADM/ Amor Dei / CFC HOLD / Novena Lay Carmelites / OLMC Novena 7PM OLMC Feast Day / Ultreya 3PM / N2Y

OLMC’s St. Therese Chapel is open 24 hours, 7-days a week! Our goal is to have 2 or more committed adorers every hour. Please call

the Parish Office for more information, (707) 422-7767.

“GO FIGURE” ~ Stop trying to figure God out and start trying to figure Him in.

If you would like the faith community of OLMC to join you in prayers for special needs, contact the Parish Office at 422-7767. We do occasionally take some names off of the list in the bulletin. If we have taken a name from the printed list of a person still

in need of prayers, please give us a call and we will happily put him or her back on. Please take some time this week to remember the following in your prayers: - For all in our parish family who are suffering serious or terminal illness - For Men and Women in Armed Forces and for Madison O’Shields Timothy White Ron Scharfen Dolores Highsmith-Cass Dion Newman Shannon Valtierra Daniella Rogers Harre Kim Bettencourt Susan Stockwell Francisco Galvez Joe & Evelyn Nunes Karen Mastrandrea Andy Andalajao Aukusitino Iulio Dolores Krystek Cassandra Lopez Yolanda Galvan Darwin Rasmussen Eugene P. Curtis Andrew Michael Capriato John & Vivian Donahoe Marie Louise Caro Susan Cox Rosemary Costales Tom McCoy Carrol Thierry Tess Ramiro Daniel Yaroch Bruce Waelbrock Jeff Anub Terri Bridges Peter D & Laura Labrado Dick Kraft Mary Highsmith Mark Carkin

Carol Nunes Dolores Sheppard Bessie Zanolini Elba Elias Ian Padilla Cameron Schuster Miley McCrary De Pham John & June Kelley David Quilao Sal DiMarco Anita Flueck Dottie Lescano Bobby Holsworth John Joe White Virgil Jaramillo Therese & Bob Keck Pat Murtha Dolores Sanders Bonnie A. Marotta Austin Yang Matt Villaber Lena Cradduck Jason Eshabarr Haley Family Akina Family Zenaida Sarin Sylvette Zabala Darrell Sturgeon Johnie Nguyen Steve Meyers Malou Garado Shannon Salvador Jerrylean Baker Anasa Bliss

John Hess & Sharon Dotson Kimo Boone Gloria Lee Anita Brennan Steve Henson Stephen Shanahan Rebecca Rivera Kathy Spain Larry Hebert Josephine Iannarelli Su Kuropatin Romy & Cuca Lopez Ken Sanders Jasmine Liban Jose Cadiz Mary Montandon Dennis Harp Debra Loredo Crystal Buelna Nancy & Jim Lockwood Bernice Jojola Bing Lovena Lagdamen Leo & Gwen Martinez Lou Gimarelli Marsch Family Valerie Rhodes Gomez Family Mary Ellen McCormick Compton & Elsie Harris Fr.Hank Ormond, OCarm Jewel Perez Arias Family Evelyn Pacheco Cynthia Fernandez Ethel May Applewhite Julita Panganiban Pearla Cuerdo Jean Banks

Committed Adorers are needed!

Parish Collections

Our weekly goal $12,500.00

2017 Offering:

Envelopes for July 2nd: Not available at print.

Online June 25th—July 2nd:

Not available at print.

Rainer Urbach 246-4686 Pearla Cuerdo 386-3403 Phyllis Kaminska 419-4237 Matt Maffei 592-0375

(Immaculate Heart Radio Ambassador)

Angie Bernardo 592-5084 Hayde Talley 421-1306 Mike Lonero 389-0130 Connor Ng 386-3461 John Quitugua 428-7255 Laura Rojas (415) 613-3671 Vince Tydingco/Sec. 631-5269 Julie Darling / Pres. 425-3934

In continuance of the cele-bration of the 100th Anni-versary of the Apparition

of Our Lady of Fatima, OLMC Parish will have Holy Rosary after the 9 a.m. Holy

Mass on the 13th of each month: July 13, August 12 (August 13 falls on a Sun-day), September 13 and

October 13, 2017. Parish-ioners are invited to partici-

pate.

Newly Elected Pastoral Council Members. Three (3) parishioners will join the Parish Council in August. They will assist Fr. David with activities and en-deavors within the OLMC Parish commu-

nity. We welcome: Evelyn Sam-son, Rita Santos and John Shinstock.

The Council also thanks those who have served for the past two years:

Angie Bernardo Connor Ng

Hayde Talley.

Inside Our Sacred Space By: D.D. Emmons

EASTER CANDLE: The Easter (or Paschal) candle is located near the baptismal font, the exception being during the Easter season when it is placed next to the ambo. Originating around the fourth century, this large candle represents the light of Christ, and a new Paschal candle is blessed during each Easter Vigil. It is lit for every bap-tism, and the flame, the light of Christ, is transferred to a candle given to the baptized individual or to an adult family member when an infant is baptized. To be continued . . .

Prayer For Summer Father, Creator of all, thank you for summer! Thank you for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight. Thank you for the beauty I see all around me and for the opportunity to be outside to enjoy your creation. Thank you for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season. Draw me closer to you this summer. Teach me how I can pray no matter where I am or what I am doing. Warm my soul with the awareness of your presence and light my path with your word and counsel. As I enjoy your creation, create in me a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You.

Amen! Ultreya Meeting!

To all Cursillistas, our Ul-treya will be on Sunday July 16th at 3PM in the Conference, Dome.

Everyone is invited to the 9-Day

Novena. The novena begins Friday, July 7th, continuing to

Saturday, July 15th.

Novena Schedule Weekdays: starting at 7PM Weekends: starting at 3PM

Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s Feast Day, Sunday, July 16th, will be celebrated at all Masses.

A HUMBLE KING Like a tonal center in music, the note to which we keep returning in today’s readings is humility. We wait in joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord as King. But what we are told to expect and rejoice over is a meek and humble king, riding on an ass. Not horses or chariots of the great and mighty, but a humble beast carries the Ruler whose dominion stretches “from the River to the ends of the earth” (Zechariah 9:10). This King comes to banish the tools of the warrior and bring peace. No wonder that a weary world re-joices and gives thanks to God!

OLMC MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS

July 7th-16th - OLMC Novena (July 16th Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Feast Day)

July 13th - Holy Rosary, Church - 9:45 a.m.

July 23rd - Blood Drive

August 27th - OLMC Parish Picnic

Sept. 10th - Blue Mass at 10 AM, (Coffee & Donuts to follow) Oct. 8th - Blessing of the Animals

Oct. 15th - Celebration of Cultures

Give Blood . . . SAVE LIVES! Come to the DOME, July 23, 2017 from 8:45 AM—1:45 PM Call Pearla, 386-3403 or John, 208-4005

www.bloodheroes.com Click on “Locate a Blood Drive,” then, enter code: OLMC

“I gave blood, Jesus gave His life; I gave a pint, He gave it all; the needle was short and sharp, the nails were large and dull; the cotton was soft and

restful, the cross was rough and hard; the medic was kind and gentle; the soldiers were mean and cruel; the crowd ap-plauded my sacrifice; He was derided and reviled; mine was

given to prolong life; His was given for eternal life.”

ADULT EDUCATION - RCIA Catholics Come Home

Vivian Donahoe 422-0872 / Kelly Newman 422-4582 / Dom Orlando 429-0149

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Tom and Elaine Bruno - 426-9564

ALPHA PREGNANCY CLINICS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 428-3300 MEMBERS IN MOTION Betty McFadden - 422-4129

ALTAR & SANCTUARY Lay Carmelites MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST Julie Darling - 425-3934 Pearla Cuerdo - 429-8226

ALTAR SERVERS Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 MINISTRY OF THE WORD Greig Parker - 688-1795

AMOR DEI CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY

Delia & Ireneo Tabasa / 631-9577 MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR Mark Middleton 688-4157 olmcmusic@guitarandpiano.com

BAPTISM (Baptismal Prep Class

held every other month)

Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618 deaconraymondelias@sbcglobal.net

MUSIC - Sunday / 10AM Choir Barbara McFadden 580-6514

CANCER SUPPORT Annie Hutchinson - 422-0851 OLMC GIFT CARDS Peggy Sherrod / 429-3183

CFC-FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY & LIFE

John & Malou Bayquen - 208-4005 Parish Pastoral COUNCIL

PERPETUAL Eucharistic Adoration

Consists of 10 members (See Bulletin) Lynda Sutton - 330-4858

COUNSELING (private practice) Henry A. Ormond, O.Carm, PhD 422-7767 ext 16

PRAYER LINE Catharine Scharfen - 427-2320 / Jewel Perez, 426-3697 / Pearla Cuerdo -429-8226

COUPLES FOR CHRIST Cesar & Norma Dulay (707) 816-9576

Rey & Milva Lapitan - 707-428-1561 Ray & Lyn Fortaleza 707-208-6679

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Elaine Bruno or Anna Albericci 422-2814

CURSILLO Gem Geluz - 386-9142 RESPECT LIFE Cathy Omoso 688-6551

FIAT Norma Dulay - (925) 528-3528 RETROUVAILLE (Lifeline for trou-bled marriages)

Fred & Barbara Valles - 422-1215

FINANCE COUNCIL HELPING HANDS MINISTRY

Doug Darling - 425-3934 Annie Hutchinson - 422-0851

ST. VINCENT de PAUL 422-5209

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Dominic Orlando - 429-0149 USHERS / HOSPITALITY Bunny Dominguez / 386-2709

LAY CARMELITES Melody McCloskey 415-377-1139 VISITS TO THE SICK and SACRA-MENT MINISTRY

Parish Office

LEGION OF MARY Orlie Mangune, 707-880-5602 YLI (A Catholic Women's Organiza-tion)

Kathy Marley - 422-3588 or Margaret Sanders - 428-1970

LORD'S LEAVEN MISSION SOCIETY

Marlon & Yvette Taasan - 428-6375 YOUTH MINISTRY Rhyan & Danielle Ramirez - 853-2905 Regina Berdak - 398-1092

EURHARISTIC APOSTLES OF DIVINE MERCY (EADM)

Mindy Zindel 421-0776, Marlon Taasan 688-4880

CATHOLIC MEDIA KIOSK Phyllis Kaminska 419-4237