Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

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1 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church A Welcoming Eucharistic Community March 18, 2018 Fi h Sunday of Lent 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 Mass COMMUNION CALLS Any homebound or shut-in may receive Holy Communion in their home. A Eucharis c Minister, will visit. Please call SACRAMENT PREPARATION Please call Religious Educa on at Offices Note Rectory Business Office is combined with the Religious Educa on Office and located in the Parish Center. Hours 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Monday Friday RECONCILIATION Heard Saturday 4:00pm to 4:45pm in the Church or by appointment TODAY S READINGS First Reading I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts. (Jeremiah 31:31-34) or Ezekiel 37: Psalm Create a clean heart in me, O God (Psalm 51) or Psalm 130. Second Reading Christ became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him (Hebrews 5:7-9) or Romans 8:8-11. Gospel If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces much fruit (John 12:20-33) or John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. A Welcoming Eucharistic Community 495 North Ocean Ave. info@olmcpatchogue.org Phone : Patchogue, N.Y website :OLMCPatchogue.org Fax: Like us on Facebook:

2 PASTOR Rev. Henry Reid Deacon Anthony Graviano Parish Office in Parish Center Telephone Fax Parish Secretary Susan Schmutz ext.101 Business Office Hours in Parish Center Monday - Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday-Sunday Closed Mass cards sold in church at weekend masses info@olmcparchogue.org Religious Education Telephone: Religious Education Office Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 4:00pm Coordinator of Religious Education Madlyn D Ambrose ext 104 Choir Music Director: Germaine Fontaine Parish Outreach Food Pantry Telephone ext.113 Outreach Office Hours 10am-2pm Thursday & Friday olmcoutreach@gmail.com Regional School Holy Angels Regional School Principal-Mr. Michael Connell Mass Intentions Mass cards announced are $20.00 Presentation Folders are $25.00 PRAYER GROUPS Monday Night Prayer Group 7:30 in the Chapel -Jerry Curreri Legion of Mary Prayer Group Monday 7:pm In Parish Center Rob Costanzo Wednesday Night Prayer Group 7:30 pm in a Private Home Mary Peterson St. Monica s Prayer Group Thursday 8:30 to 9:30 pm in Chapel Secular Franciscans (OFS) Meet in the Parish Center 1st Sunday of the Month 1pm to 4 pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Following 8 am Mass Thursday till 10 pm 6pm Divine Mercy Mass Rosary for Life 7pm Prayer Groups as printed above. Reconciliation/Confession Monday-Friday, Following Daily Mass in Chapel Saturday 4:00 4:45 PM in Church 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 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 for further info. New Parishioners are invited to come to the Center and pick up a registration form. Envelopes are available upon request.

3 March11, th Sunday of Lent From the Pastor s Desk Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There are so many things going on in our parish, even just this weekend, it is amazing. First off, we have Fr. Paul Farin, from Cross Catholic Outreach, celebrating Masses for us this weekend, and sharing his experiences in serving Christ, by serving the poor. Because he will be speaking about his mission I will not say too much about it, only we are fortunate to have him here. After Masses on Sunday, at 2pm, we are blessed to be the only place on Long Island hosting the Relics of the Passion. This is a unique opportunity to spend some time in the presence of relics tied to the Passion of our Lord, as well as time in prayer; immediately following the presentation, we will be in the Presence of Christ, during Eucharistic Adoration. Our Lenten journey continues with our Friday Lenten Pasta Dinners, followed by the Alpha program and Stations of the Cross, as we continue through our final week of Lent. Yes, it came up all of a sudden, next Sunday is Palm Sunday, and we will enter into Holy Week, as we prepare for the Triduum, and Christ s Passion and Death. While I am on the topic of Christ s suffering, somebody recently brought up to me, the idea that we, as a Church, need to get past the idea of suffering, that we should just hop on the great big rainbow of good feelings and eat as much cotton candy theology as we can. There are multiple things wrong with that, but I will only address four at this point: 1) There is suffering in reality. While it is unpleasant, and we would love to live in a world where there is no suffering, that is not reality; our lives are a mixture of pleasures and pains, and a mix of many other experiences along the way. There are many friends and relatives who I would love to be surrounded by, but they have gone on, and the next time I will see them is at the Resurrection. To take away the grief and suffering I experienced, and continue to experience, at their loss, would be to cheapen the love that I had, and have, for them. Connected to that is 2) the fact that love requires sacrifice, and sacrifice entails suffering to various degrees. When we say we love someone, or something, that means that we have to make changes to our lives, in order to show the love we have for them. If a man and woman meet in college, and they fall in love, that means that they want to be around one another, and this probably means spending less time with others. If their lifestyle upon marriage still resembles life in a college Frat house, there are probably serious issues on the horizon, especially when they make that conversion from husband and wife, to mother and father. If someone insists that the crib is taking up too much room, and the kegerator (that s a refrigerator for beer kegs) really needs that spot, there s a definite lack of sacrifice and love. 3) Love cannot be selfish. When we are so caught up in ourselves, when the focus is so completely inward, and I am not referring to introspection, the other is lost. That is why sexual intercourse, outside the bonds of marriage, is inherently disordered, because the promise of giving oneself completely to the other is missing, is false. Objectifying another human being, treating them only as something to bring oneself pleasure, is to miss the beauty of the person, as made in the image and likeness of God; it is to discard their fundamental dignity as a human being. Love requires giving oneself to an other, and in the case of our Faith, The Other. Which brings me to 4) What we are entering into on Holy Week, though it is not restricted to this yearly observance, is the celebration of Love. Not as the world has come to know it, or as various people try to cheapen it (see number 3), but as God has shown it to be. Many people have bandied about the phrase love is love to defend various practices, but what they are talking about is shallow affect, maybe a desire for Love, and at worst a perversion of that desire to Love and be Loved, into something disordered. Is love love? It is definitely not Love. As God is the source of Love Itself, this Love is reflected in our lives, in our actions towards one another, and in the action He took for us; to take on our flesh, to make Himself known to us, and to ultimately redeem us, with the price of His blood on the Cross. That is Love. So, no, I do not want to ride a rainbow or fill up on cotton candy, because it is a cheap imitation of the Faith that has been handed down to me; it is a shadow of the Love caught up in the Sacrifice of Christ, in His giving Himself for me, and for you. Pax, Father Henry

4 Fifth Sunday of Lent M arch 18, 2018 SAVED BY GOD S LOVE Because the people broke the old covenant, God promised a new covenant, not in the blood of oxen and other animals, but in the blood of the Son, Jesus Christ. This new covenant, foreseen from afar by Jeremiah and the prophets, was not to be engraved on stone, or written on paper, but carved on our hearts, so that we might know God intimately. Not by keeping many laws are we to be saved, but by the love of God, living and real in our hearts through the sacrifice of Christ. Our Eucharist is the pledge of that indwelling of Christ, and of our response of praise and thanksgiving to God for the mercy, love, and kindness shown to us in forgiving our sins and cleansing our hearts of everything evil. God issues this invitation to intimacy by offering us the chance to have our sufferings transformed into the perfect love of the Savior, who first loved us. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third Scrutiny Monday: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday: Spring begins Friday: Abstinence; St. Turibius of Mogrovejo READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; (procession) Is 50:4-7; Ps 22: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 15:47 [15:1-39 We welcome Rev. Paul W. Farin Father is from the Cross Catholic Outreach. CCO was formed to create a meaningful link between parishes in America and the priests and nuns working in the Church overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Central America and South America. ****************************** BANNS OF MARRIAGE March 23, 2018 Candance Fedele Christopher Stokes

5 HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday March 25th Church Saturday 5pm Vigil Sunday 8am, 9:45am, 11:30am Diocesan Day of Reconciliation Monday, March 26th Confessions 3pm - 6pn, 7pm - 9pm (Chapel) Tenebrae Prayer Service Wednesday, March 28-7:30pm (Chapel) Holy Thursday - March 29th Morning Prayer (Chapel) 8am Mass of the Lord s Supper (Church) - 8pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament In Chapel until Midnight GOOD FRIDAY March 30th Morning Prayer (Chapell) - 8am Stations of the Cross 12 noon ( Church) Passion of the Lord ( with veneration of the Cross) - 3pm (Church) HOLY SATURDAY March 31st Morning Prayer Chapel) - 8am Easter Vigil (Church) - 8pm EASTER SUNDAY April 1st Church 8am,9:45am, 11:30am Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ; Fifty years ago on June 1st and June 2nd 1968, my Family invited friends to celebrate my ordination to the Priesthood and to my celebration of my first mass. Fifty years later, I will be celebrate this blessed occasion with the celebration of the Eucharist at the 12 noon Mass at St. Boniface Martyr in Sea Cliff, New York, on June 10, I will also celebrate a Eucharist of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph s Church in Odenton, Maryland at 11:15 am on June 17, You are all invited to give thanks with me for many years of blessings and ministry I have experienced. During those years with many blessings from your ministry to me in times of joys and sorrows, in sickness and in health, in foregiveness and in celebrations, I truly give thanks. You are welcome to celebrate together. Fr. Mike michael torpey@msn.com LENTEN PARISH MEATLESS PASTA DINNERS FRIDAYS AT 6:00 PM IN THE PARISH CENTER With an ALPHA Preview, Faithful Fish Group & Sta ons of the Cross We are so very grateful to all the parishioners who came to deliver their homemade dishes and for those who have helped set up, serve and clean up. To those who came to eat we are so blessed for all of you. All dona ons will go to serve the needs of the children s & youth groups. A very special thanks to Mrs. Carol Sasche who donated the Faithful fish shirts for use with the young children. How could we call the group anything else!

6 Church History Lecture Series Presented by Fr. Henry W. Reid Mondays, beginning March 5, :30pm in OLMC Parish Center 3/12 A Rabbi Walks into a Church : Judaism and Early Christianity 3/19 In Hoc Signa: Rome sweet Rome 4/9 The Church Fathers: It s not as Sexist as it sounds 4/16 Talking to God, and a Cactus: The Desert Fathers Marc Chagall, White Crucifixion (detail), 1938 Gift of Alfred S. Alschuler Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. 4/30 Does Anyone Want to Buy a Villa: Barbarian Invasions of the Western Empire A Special Lenten and Easter Gift We are giving away a copy Of THE CASE FOR JESUS Book by Dr. Brant Pitre Read this and learn how they work to find all the information.

7 MEMORIAL CANDLES LOCATED BY THE BLESED MOTHER In the Vestibule Have been finally Fixed. We have given everyone an additional month before renewals were due. As the problem occurred an additional time, FATHER Henry has given an additional 2 months before renewals. You will receive renewal form in the mail. If you have already paid for 2018/2019 Season We are grateful Memorial Candles are lit the entire year and cost $200. They can be paid on a payment plan if you prefer. Rectory Religious Store The Store is now open for your needs. We have Fist Holy Communion Items as well as rosary beads, Catholic CD s and Books. We are looking for someone to help man the store for 2 hour intervals Call the Rectory Office at

8 To the Parishioners of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Thank you for your generous support of the Catholic Relief Services Collection and for helping Jesus in disguise. Your contributions will make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. If you missed the collection, it s not to late to give! Just visit Music Ministry Is Looking to expand If you play an instrument or are a singer and would like to participate please see Germaine Fontaine The Mass schedule is: Adults Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:00am Children & Young Adults Sunday 9:45am 11:30 Mases Women s Tea & Poetry Spirituality Evening Wednesday Evening, March 21st, 2018 In the Parish Center 7:30 pm 9:30 pm Cost $5.00 per participant 8 women per table Advanced Registration Only Call To Office by March 19th Due to type of Retreat no walk ins please DUE TO WEATHER THERE IS A NEW DATE!

9 The Outreach Office Pantry Hours: Thursday Friday 10:00am-2:00pm PRESENT PANTRY NEEDS: Canned Ravioli Spam Canned meals Canned potatoes Tuna Mayonnaise, mustard & ketchup Jelly Coffee/Tea Cake mixes Flour Sugar Cooking oil Pancake mix & syrup Cookies Bath Soap Toothpaste Laundry & Dish Detergent Diapers &Baby Wipes Paper Towels Toilet Paper Tissues ENVELOPES FOR EASTER & FLOWER DONATIONS ON TABLES BY EXITS GIVING FORWARD If you have received a gift that can not be returned or have the means to purchase from a sale and wish to donate those items, please do. They can be used to add to event Raffle Baskets, as a Chinese Auction prize or for the next giving tree or for our Holiday Fair Baskets. Sometimes it is an item that one of our Families requires, so it will be of immediate use. To those who have started donating We are so very grateful. Chinese Auction Committee, Raffle Teams & Tim 4 Teen Ministry Holiday Fair Committee =============================== If you have used clothing please place them in the St. Vincent s Box. Please nothing but clothing. If you have gently used Baby things the Right to Life Ministry collects them 2x a year as posted. If you have used items of toys, furniture or Odds & Ends we ask that you please drop them off at the Salvation Army boxes located on Main Street. By leaving these items they are thrown out in our trash and cost us hundreds of dollars that we need.

10 FREE CROCHET & KNITTING CLASSES For Grades 4-8 Wednesdays 4:00-4:45 pm In The Parish Center By the Women of With These Hands Calling all students grades 4-8 who would like to learn to make a hat for young people in a battle with Cancer. A character hat, a cartoon or animal all do something special, as they are known to cause smiles to happen. Please call Religious Ed to sign up. Next gathering WEDNESDAY March 21st 10:00AM till 12:00 PM In the Parish Center auditorium With these Hands Come learn how to knit and crochet. If you already know how please come and join us for Coffee, cake and a new project. You can bring your own project or join us in making Hats for Cancer Patients and small blankets for the neonatal unit at Stony Brook If you are new, don t worry, we will Provide detailed instructions and needles plus yarn to use. Other handicrafts are planned for the holidays. Donations of yarn are welcome! Thank you to the Knights of Columbus Council 725 for replacing all the lights in the Sanctuary in the Church. Have you noticed the difference in the lighting? We are very grateful to the parishioners who came together to make, collect and serve a Lenten Pasta dinner. We are grateful to the parishioners who came to see what the ALPHA Catholic Films were all about and Thank you to the RCIA Team for setting the Friday evenings up and working them. Thank you to the teens who have volunteered to work on the Faithful Fish group. A great job to Bill Wallace on the tiles in the new universal use restroom in the church vestibule. With so many of you using you gifts of time and talent and treasure you are making a difference here at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish. As we are coming up to our 100th anniversary we will need all of you to help make it a success and propel us into the future. Please fill out the insert and return them in the collection baskets or to the Office. DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS Please let us know if you would be interested in taking a 6 hour defensive driving class here at OLMC for $ It will lower insurance and take points off your drivers license. Drop in the collation basket if you are interested so we know if we have enough people to set a date. Name I am Interested Phone

11 PRAY FOR THE SICK Romanita Abad, Louis Alloyne, Bill Beaudry, Amelia Barone, Dennis Berger, Joanne Brandi, Patricia Boyle, John Calabrese, Jim Chiera, Marilyn Capaldo Michael Castro, Angela Chiaorrmonte, Yolanda Celone, Mary Collins, Neil Coogan, Kenny Cook, Ginna Cooper, Kathleen Corrigan, Airen Craig, Frances Damara, Eileen Damico, Nydia Diaz, Anna A. Ferello,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., James Leung,Michael Lubrico, Keith Mandart, Ann Mc Carthy Ryan Mc Carthy, Diane Raheb Maclaren, Thomas McCleary, Nick Montanaro, Bob Metz, Mary Ray, Helen Metz Rogers, Nick Montanaro,Virginia Morellino, Wayne Mudrack, Mildred Neubeck, Adaline Newberg, Mary Norwick, Richard Paloscio, Joan Parente, Rosa Maria Santos, Maria Shine, Rachel Schopp, Sylvia Shpect, Ed Siano, Kathleen Stidioso, Val Stypenski, Tom Swengros, Charles Terrano, Ann Vidal, Emerson Vidal, Emerson Vidal II, Kenneth Vidal, Lisa Vidal Robert Vidal, Gary Vitters, John F. Watson, Mickey Welch Mark Frank Biondi, Tim Brady, Mathew L. Brandli Tom Brady, 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, Pamela Seagroatt Michael Sedlak, Fianna Sogomoyan, Michael Vincent Toro Anthony Ventura, Jonathan Warshauer, Alexandria Waszmer, Robert W. White, Brian Wilkenson, Brendon James Willy Monday-Saturday 8:00am masses in Chapel. Saturday, March 17th, 800am Steven Worship 5:00pm Frank Spaccarotella Sunday, March, 18th, 8:00 am 9:45 am Parishioners of OLMC 11:30am Narcisco & Miguel Roncal-Birthday Monday, March, 19th, 8:00am Anibal Torres Tuesday, March 20th 8:00am Wednesday, March, 21st, 8:00am James Anthony Carole Thursday, March, 22nd, 8:00am Harold Schmutz 6:00pm Friday, March 23rd, 8:00am -- 7:30pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN THE CHAPEL Saturday, March 24th, 8:00am 5:00pm Parishioners of OLMC Sunday, March, 25th, 8:00am Joseph Edward McCormick 9:45am Angelo Cataldo 11:30am Drs. Grace & Frank Rabadam 50th Wedding Anniversary means no intention at time of print ** means Offices are closed