Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062

Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 Udaquila@mountcarmel.org imelendez@mountcarmel.org ▪ www.mountcarmel.org

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. 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.

February 09, 2020 ~ The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

Parish Center Hours Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes falls on Tuesday of this week, the 11th of February. In 1992 our late Holy Father John Paul II wished to acknowledge in a special way the many cures and miracles that have occurred over the past 150 years at the waters of Lourdes. For that reason, he designated February 11th as the World Day of the Sick. He meant this day to be, as he wrote, “a special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering for the good of the Church, and of reminding us to see in our sick brothers and sisters the face of Christ, who by suffering, dying, and rising achieved the salvation of humankind.” It should still surprise us that, in this age of skepticism and unbelief, millions of pilgrims continue to visit the grotto in Lourdes every year, drawn there by the hope that their suffering due to illness might be alleviated through the intercession of the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Lourdes. Who would have thought that the alleged appearance of Mary to a nearly illiterate peasant girl in a remote and forgotten village in the mountains of southern France would make such a commotion and eventually become known around the world? Who could have guessed that on the testimony of this frail and sickly child, one day a large basilica would be built, that books would be written, and that people from far and wide would gather to sing, to pray, and to bathe in the healing waters? The well-recorded facts are that a beautiful woman carrying a rosary began to show herself to a village girl, Bernadette Soubirous, on February 11, 1858 and she continued to do so until July 16th of that same year. The Lady identified herself to Bernadette in the girl’s Pyrenean dialect as “The Immaculate Conception,” a term Bernadette had never heard and which she certainly did not understand. Of course, no one believed her story when she began to tell it. During one of her last visits, the Lady asked Bernadette to dig in the earth at her feet. A small trickle of water bubbled forth and continued flowing until it became a large stream. The Lady never claimed that this water had healing properties, but as people began to make their way to the mountain village and to bathe in the stream, amazing cures were reported. Today, over five thousand miraculous healings have been investigated and proved. Illness and disease along with death itself will always remain the great shadows hanging over our human existence, reminding us of the impermanence of this life. Let us, then, continue to pray for the sick, asking the Lord through Our Lady of Lourdes to relieve their suffering as we set our sights on that eternal realm beyond this world where there is no more pain or death, and where every tear will be wiped away. Fr. Ulysses

La fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes cae el martes de esta semana, el 11 de febrero. En 1992 nuestro difunto Santo Padre Juan Pablo II quiso reconocer de una manera especial las muchas curas y milagros que han ocurrido en los últimos 150

años en las aguas de Lourdes. Por esa razón designó el 11 de febrero como el Día Mundial del Enfermo. Quiso decir que este día sería, como escribió, "un tiempo especial de oración y de compartir, de ofrecer el sufrimiento de uno por el bien de la Iglesia, y para recordarnos a ver en nuestros hermanos y hermanas enfermos el rostro de Cristo, cuyo sufrimiento, muerte y resucitación logró la salvación de todos". Todavía nos sorprendería que en esta era de escepticismo e incredulidad, millones de peregrinos continúan a visitar la gruta de Lourdes cada año, atraídos por la esperanza de que sus sufrimientos y enfermedades podrían ser

aliviados a través de la intercesión de la Santísima Virgen, Nuestra Señora de Lourdes. ¿Quién habría pensado que la aparición de María a una campesina casi analfabeta en un pueblo remoto y olvidado en las montañas del sur de Francia, h aría causado tanta conmoción, y eventualmente se daría a conocer en todo el mundo? ¿Quién habría podido adivinar que el testimonio de esta niña frágil y enfermiza, un día se construiría una gran basílica, que se escribirían montón de libros, y que gente de todo el mundo se reuniría para cantar, orar y bañarse en las aguas curativas? Los hechos bien documentados son que una hermosa mujer llevando un rosario comenzó a mostrarse a una muchacha de la aldea, Bernadette Soubirous, comenzando el 11 de febrero de 1858 y continuando hasta el 16 de julio de ese mismo año. La Señora se identificó a Bernadette en el dialecto de la niña como "La Inmaculada Concepción", un término que Bernadette nunca había oído y que ella ciertamente no entendía. Por supuesto, nadie creyó su historia cuando ella comenzó a decirla. Durante una de sus últimas visitas, la Señora le pidió a Bernadette que cavara la tierra a sus pies. Un pequeño chorro de agua burbujeó y siguió fluyendo hasta que se convirtió en un arroyo grande. La Señora nunca afirmó que esta agua tenía propiedades curativas, pero cuando la gente comenzó a llegar para bañarse en el arroyo, curas increíbles fueron reportados. Hoy en día, se han investigado y probado más de cinco mil curaciones milagrosas. La enfermedad, junto con la muerte, siempre serán las grandes sombras que se ciernen sobre nuestra existencia humana, recordándonos de la no permanencia de esta vida. Sigamos, entonces, orando por los enfermos, pidiendo al Señor a través de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes que alivie sus sufrimientos, mientras nos fijamos en ese reino eterno más allá de este mundo donde no hay ni dolor ni muerte, y donde cada lágrima será limpiada. Padre Ulises

Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco

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 for our Liturgy Fund.

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 worthy ministry.

Tax time is upon us. We very much appreciate the financial support of our parishioners throughout the year. For all those who would like a letter detailing their annual donations for tax purposes, please contact Ivette Meléndez, OLMC Administrative Assistant, at the Parish Office: at imelendez@mountcarmel.org or (650) 366-3802 .

The loss of every loved one creates many changes, challenges and pain. “Good Grief”, an ongoing support group, meets first and third Thursday at the Parish Center, 6:00-7:30 p.m. We care. We share. Do come.

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. Thank You, God reward your generosity.

M[ss Int_ntions Saturday, February 08, 2020 5:00 PM Augusto Saguin † Sunday, February 09, 2020 8:00 AM Special Intentions (Int.) 10:00 AM Dolores Hodges † 12:00 PM Margarito Villa † 5:00 PM Pro Populo Monday, February 10, 2020 8:15 AM Martha and Mario Talledo (Int.) Tuesday, February 11, 2020 8:15 AM Jamie Lee Kimball † Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:15 AM Louisa Norman † Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:15 AM Augusto Saguin † Friday, February 14, 2020 8:15 AM Frances Christen and Jo Ann Collins † Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:15 AM Deceased of the Talledo-Mori Family †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, February 09, 2020 CCD Classes 8:30 AM School CCD Parents Meeting 8:45 AM Small Hall RCIA 9:00 to 10:00 AM Chapel Children’s Liturgy 10:00 AM Church Confirmation Class 5:00PM Church/Large Hall Monday, February 10, 2020 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM Old Chapel Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Large Hall Wednesday, February 12, 2020 CCD Classes 6:30 PM School ICF Meeting 7:00 PM Old Chapel Grupo Carismático 7:00 PM Large Hall Thursday, February 13, 2020 CCD Classes 6:30 PM School Saturday, February 15, 2020 Retiro Carismatico 8:30 to 5:00 PM Large Hall

Saints & Special Observances Sunday: of the Fi h Week in Ordinary Time Monday: Saint Scholastica, Virgin Tuesday: Our Lady of Lourdes/World Day of the Sick Wednesday: of the Fi h Week in Ordinary Time Thursday: of the Fi h Week in Ordinary Time Friday: Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius Bishop Saturday: of the Fi h Week in Ordinary Time

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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL

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