A Welcoming Eucharistic Community

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church AWelcomingEucharisticCommunity January 1, 2017 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God-New Year’s

495NorthOceanAve.E-mail:info@OLMCPatchogue.orgPhone:631-475-4739Patchogue,N.Y.11772website:OLMCPatchogue.orgFax:631-447-1030Facebookwww.Facebook.com/OLMCPatchogueN

COMMUNION CALLS Any homebound or shut-in may receive Holy Communion in their home. A Eucharis c Minister, will visit. Please call 631-475-4739

SACRAMENT PREPARATION Please call Religious Educa on at 631-289-7327

Offices Note Rectory Business Office is combined with

the Religious Educa on Office and located in the Parish Center .

Hours 9:00 AM –4:00PM Monday –Friday 631-475-4739

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Numbers 6:22-27). Psalm — May God bless us in his mercy (Psalm 67).

Mass Schedule Weekend - Saturday: 5:00 pm (Vigil) Church Sunday: 8:00am, 9:45 & 11:30 am Weekday Monday—Saturday 8:00am Chapel Thursday 6pm Divine Mercy Mass

RECONCILIATION Heard Wed-Sat a er 8am Mass in Chapel and Saturday in Church 4:00pm and by request.

. Second Reading — God sent the Spirit of the Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but an heir, through God (Galatians 4:4-7). Gospel — The shepherds glorified and praised God for all they had heard and seen (Luke 2:16-21). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-

Regional School Holy Angels Regional School 475-0422 Principal-Mr. Michael Connell

New Parishioners are invited to come to the Center and pick up a registration form. Envelopes are available upon request.

Parish Office– in Parish Center Telephone 475-4739 Fax 447-1030

Susan Schmutz ext 27

Rectory Office Hours

Monday - Friday 9:00am - 3:30pm

Saturday-Sunday Closed

Mass cards sold in church at weekend masses

Religious Education Telephone: 289-7327

Religious Education Office Hours Monday - Thursday

8:30am - 4:00pm

Coordinator of Religious Education

Madlyn D’Ambrose ext 29

Choir Music Director: Germaine Fontaine

Parish Outreach Food Pantry Telephone 475-9580 ext 25

Outreach Office Hours 10am-2pm Thursday & Friday

olmcoutreach@yahoo.com

Sacrament of Marriage Arrangement must be made 6 months in advance. No date for a wedding can be given over the phone or reserved until the couple completes the formal paperwork with a member of the pastoral staff.

R.C.I.A. is for those who are interested in coming into the Catholic Church or a Catholic interested in completing the Sacraments of Initiation. Call Faith Formation office for more information. Thursday Evenings. V. Shpak & K. Fontaine The Rectory Religious Stores:

Church store opened weekends during mass times. Rectory Religious Store in Parish Center 9AM-3PM M-F Store can be open during classes S. Schmutz,,. M DeFino, D. Harrison, D. Cahill, V. Shpak,,K. Fontaine, M. D’Ambrose

Administrator Rev. Benet Uwasomba ext. 14

Deacon Anthony Graviano ext. 13

Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are celebrated on the 2nd & 4th Sunday’s in Church at 1:00PM. Baptismal preparation is required prior to the baptism of any child. Please call 631-475-4739 for further info.

PRAYER GROUPS Monday Night Prayer Group 7:30 in the Chapel -Jerry Curreri 698-3533 Legion of Mary Prayer Group Monday 7:pm In Parish Center Rob Costanzo 631-834-3385 Wednesday Night Prayer Group 7:30 pm in a Private Home Mary Peterson– 475-4739 Marian Movement for Priests Prayer Group Thursday 7:30 pm in the Parish Center Michael Milano—475-8017 St. Monica’s Prayer Group Thursday 8:30 to 9:30 pm in Chapel Spanish Prayer Group Friday’s 8pm in Chapel Gloria Lopez—924-3598 Secular Fransicans (OFS) Meet in the Parish Center 1st Sunday of the Month 1pm to 4 pm THURSDAYS IN THE CHAPEL Following 8 am Mass Thursday till midnight 6pm Divine Mercy Mass Rosary for Life 7pm Prayer Groups as printed above.

THE BLESSING WE RECEIVE The blessing we experience in Christ Jesus is pro-claimed in Numbers as the special blessing for the peo-ple of Israel. They and we are to be blessed by the in- vocation of God’s loving kindness, the shining glory of God’s face turned toward us in love, not away from us in anger. We are blessed by God’s own peace! Our wish and our hope are fulfilled in this blessing, which is made visible in the coming of Jesus. In Jesus, the image of the invisible God, God’s face is shown to us and God’s presence is made known to us in faithful and loving kindness. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38] Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 TIME Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. —Benjamin Franklin

PASSIONS We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions. —Richard Steele

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year’s Day Monday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Tuesday: The Most Holy Name of Jesus Wednesday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Thursday: St. John Neumann Friday: St. André Bessette; First Friday Saturday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; First Saturday; Julian Calendar Christmas

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Octave” comes from the Latin word for “eight,” and

since eight is one step beyond seven, the number of days in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection, completion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called Sunday the “eighth day,” since it was the day after the Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord’s Day. By the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glorious feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the seventh century, Pentecost acquired an Octave, too. Christ-mas didn’t claim the honor of a continuous feast, but it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was originally a feast of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until 1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of celebrating Mary as Mother of God. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

January 1, 2017

Mary, the Holy Mother of God

ALTAR LINENS CAN YOU VOLUNTEER TO PICK UP, WASH, IRON, AND RETURN

THE LINENS WE USE AT MASS? WE ARE TRYING TO FIND 6 PEOPLE TO SCHEDULE SO YOU WOULD ONLY DO

THEM ONCE A MONTH. PLEASE CALL 475-4739 EXT. 10

WE WILL INSTRUCT YOU ON HOW TO IRON AND FOLD THE

LINENS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE Chapel daily and Church on weekends.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP How does it all get done, with Angels of course!

Thank you to the Catechists and especially Denise Harrison and Denise Cahill for se ng up and cleaning up all the children’s Christmas Par es in the Parish Auditorium. Thank you to the ladies that went all out to ensure that there were gi s for all on the giving tree: Madlyn, Chris na and Roseann D’Ambrose, Jessika Lombardo and en re Family, Nicole e Gianakos . The Bernich Family and all those in our parish community who bought and returned a gi . Thank you to all the Laura Prestano, Chris ne and all the Outreach Food Pantry volunteers for sor ng, staking and distribu ng all the holiday food and gi s received. Awesome! A Special Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help decorate the Church for Christmas. We had many students, some parents, Knights of Columbus and the talented Melita DeFino & the Shpaks. Many hands make quick light work and you are all appreciated. Thank you to the Music people who have rehearsed for the Christmas Masses. It takes a lot of me for prac ce for the families and the choir, soloists and those playing instruments. If prac ce wasn’t enough our people will be providing us with beau ful music for all 5 Christmas Masses. This is a huge sacrifice of their own me to volunteer a er all the prac ce. Last but never least John Harrison, Denise and Deidre Harrison for being at all the masses all the me both days ensuring: all supplies , se ng up and cleaning up, bringing the food to the panty, working the religious store, and making sure the bulle n are there! ALL ANGELS!!

Our Lady of Mount Carmel SPIRITUAL ADOPTION PRAYER PROGRAM

SIGN UP SUNDAY WEEKEND OF JAN. 14TH-15TH

How do we sign up? On the weekend of January 14th & 15th, there will be pledge

cards made available for those who wish to participate in the pro-gram. You may join by signing your name on the pledge card,

printing your spiritually adopted child’s name, separate the pray and put it in your pocket, place the pledge card with your signature and the baby’s name into the basket in either the front or the back of the Church. In the bulletin each month there will be an updated

progress report informing us of the growth of our spiritually adopt-

W H AT H A P P E N S A F T E R

This nine month period brings us to September, at which time we will have a closing mass for all of the children we have been praying for over the last 9 months. We invite you to bring to this Mass, items for a new born, such as; disposable dia-pers, formula, clothes (1-24 months), layette items, and monetary dona-tions. All of which will be donated to the Life Center of Long Island or a similar organization.

The Monday Night Prayer Group

If you are looking for people who feel as you do stop by on

Monday Evenings 7:30 PM in OLMC

Chapel

For more informa on Contact: Jerry Curreri at 631-698-3533

2016 Tax Statements

If you need a statement , please fill out the form and return in Collection basket or to Parish Center Business Office. NAME__________________________________ Envelope #_________ ADDRESS__________________________________________________ TOWN & ZIP CODE_________________________________________ HOME PHONE #___________________CELL PHONE #___________ EMAIL _____________________________________________________ MASS TIME USUALLY ATTENDED ___________________________ I DO NOT HAVE ENVELOPES, PLEASE SEND__________________

JOIN FATHER BENET TUESDAY EVENING’S AT 7:00 PM

IN THE RECTORY MEETING ROOM BRING YOUR BIBLE

OR BORROW ONE OF OURS FOR THE EVENING.

WE WILL BE COLLECTING SKEINS OR BALLS OF YARN TO MAKE BLANKETS FOR THE NEONATAL DEPARTMENT OF STONY BROOK HOSPITAL. CALL THE OFFICE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNIT OR CROCHET A BLANKET.

Our Music Ministry would like to

Expand If you are a singer or play an

Instrument We would like

Adult singers for the 5:00 pm & 8:00am Masses And

Children & Young Adults for 9:45 am And 11:30 Mases

Parish Stewardship

On behalf of all the many volunteers who work at their Ministries for our community, we wish you a healthy and happy New Year.

We invite you to reflect on sharing your time and talent in service at

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish.

If you can do what you imagine, can you imagine what you can do?

Not sure you have what it takes?

It is inside already, as you are uniquely made by God.

Why not ask a person who is already doing something?

Call the Office for a stewardship talk and a cup of something warm.

Find out what your gifts are and how they can grow, or how your likes and opinions can bring you to ministry.

It takes a moment to spark a desire!

What is your moment?

Parish Outreach Office 631- 475-958

olmcoutreach@yahoo.com

Pantry and Office Hours: Thurs & Fri, 10:00am-

Our pantry assisted 55 families in need of food in our community in December.

PANTRY NEEDS: Turkeys Hams Brown Gravy Pancake Syrup Pancake Mix Cake & Muffin Mixes Potato/Pasta/Rice/Sides Canned Vegetables Canned Fruit Canned Ravioli, Stews, Meats Spaghetti Sauce Coffee & Tea Non-perishable Desserts Sugar Flour Cooking Oil Salt and Pepper Mayonnaise Bath Soap Laundry & Dish Detergent Diapers &Baby Wipes Paper Towels Toilet Paper

Many thanks to all who gave so gen-erously and for the numerous Christ-mas gi s we have received; they will spread joy to needy members of our community. A special thank you to Madlyn D’Ambrose, and Kim Fontaine for pu ng up and managing the Giving Tree. Blessings to all for ac ng in the true spirit of the Christmas

Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church

One Year Special Intentions Candles

and Memorial Candles are located in the Church

and can be illuminated in honor

of a Birth, Baptism, Birthday, Communion,

Special Inten ons/Memorial Dona ons Dona ons can be made in memory of someone or just as a dona on from a family or Individual for any occasion. It will be listed in the bulle n. Please call the rectory for any addi onal informa on. 631-475-4739 or info@OLMCPatchogue.org ______Communion Wine for Daily Mass ______ Communion Wine in Church ______Communion Bread for Daily Mass ______ Communion Bread for Church ______Unannounced masses ______ Altar Linens ______Candles for the week in Chapel ______ Altar Candles for Church ______Pascal Candle Oil for Chapel ______ Vigil Candles ______Pascal Candle for Easter in Church ________ Gospel Candles for servers ______Missals for Chapel ______ Pew cards for Church ______Rosary making supplies ______ Clergy prayer books/monthly ______Altar Server Alb, Cross or Belt ______ Tablecloths by season For_______________________________________________ BY________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________ City/State/Zip_______________________________________ Contact Number ( )__________________________________

Mark Frank Biondi, Tim Brady,

Mathew L. Brandli, Bryan Budd, Paul Burawa,

Francis X. Castellano, Brian Dale, Joey Diveck,

Johnathan Delvalle, Dennis Ryan Dooley,

Jeremy Ferguson, Andrew Hughes, Joe Hwang ,

Joseph Janssen, Tracey M. Kentoffio,

Kevin Kiefer, Chris Klimek, Frankie Lopez,

Adam McCarthy, Eugene Mahan, Al Mediate,

Daniel Murphy, Patrick Musumeci, Jonathan Parker,

Ernesto Perez, Maria Perez, Michael B. Poole,

David D. Post, Aldo Ruiz, Szu-Moy Ruiz, Michael Sedlak,

Fianna Sogomoyan, Michael Toro

Anthony Ventura, Jonathan Warshauer, Alexandria Waszmer,

Robert W. White, Brian Wilkenson,

Brendon James Willy

Saturday, December 31st, 800am

5:00pm Joanne LaPorta

Sunday, January 1, 2017, 8:00am M. Elaine Dolan

9:45am Phillip Boehm

11:30am Rose Dolce Rizzotti

Monday, January 2nd, 8:00am Sgro Family

Tuesday, January 3rd, 8:00am Helen Todd

1st Anniversary

Wednesday, January 4th,

8:00am Ice Roncal

(Living Birthday)

Thursday, January 5th, 8:00am Fred Potter

6:00pm Divine Mercy

Friday, January 6th, 8:00am 1st Friday Intentions

Saturday, January 7th, 8:00am

5:00pm Louise Maiorella

Sunday, January 8th, 8:00am Thomas E. Bonner

9:45am William Bednarski

11:30am Geraldine Schreider

PRAY FOR THE SICK Romanita Abad, Gil Abad,

Louis Alloyne, Joseph Balado Sr.,

John Beaudry,Amelia Barone,

Dennis Berger, Barbara Brendli

Patricia Boyle, Marilyn Capaldo

Michael Castro, Yolanda Celone,

Mary Collins, Neil Coogan,

Kenny Cook,

Ginna Cooper, Airen Craig,

Ralph D’Ambrose, Frances Damara,

Pat Dragone

Anna A. Ferello, Mary Ellen Flynn,

Mike Flynn,

Joseph Guyton, Roy Hanson,

Lisa Haus-McWilliams,

Joan Keoppen, Savannah Hoesterey,

Lori Ann M. Kaan, Carol Kennedy,

Natale Kennedy, Bert LaMeyra

Kathleen D. Kollegger,

Giavana Laakman, John Laakman Jr.,

JoAnn Lee, James Leung

Michael Lubrico, Keith Mandart,

Ann Mc Carthy, Ryan Mc Carthy,

Diane Raheb Maclaren,

Thomas McCleary, Nick Montanaro,

Bob Metz, Helen Metz Rogers,

Nick Montanaro,Virginia Morellino,

Wayne Mudrack, Mildred Neubeck,

Adaline Newberg, Mary Norwick,

Leida Orosz, Richard Paloscio,

Rosa Maria Santos, Maria Shine,

Richard Schuchman, Ed Siano,

Val Stypenski,,

Michael “Jake” Sweeney,

Tom Swengros, Charles Terrano,

Joan Valenti, Ann Vidal, Emerson

Vidal, Emerson Vidal II,

Kenneth Vidal, Lisa Vidal,

Robert Vidal, John F. Watson,

Mickey Welch