Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church 10 Saint Francis Way, Passaic, New Jersey 07055-5811 Enter to worship, leave to serve We, the Parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, strive to reach out to a diverse community, through worship, stewardship, and service. Pastor Fr. Brian Tomlinson OFM, Cap. Parochial Vicar Fr. Ed Henning OFM, Cap. March 19, 2017 Parish Secretary Odette Aquino Music Director & Bulletin Editor Lidia Ferreira Business Manager Joseph Liptak Baptismal Classes & R.C.I.A. Director Tony Uri Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Are you a Catholic who wishes to receive the Sacraments of Confirmation & Eucharist? Have questions? Please call or email us for more information. Mass Schedule Mon. to Fri. - 12:00 PM Sat. - 7:30 AM & Vigil 5:00 PM Sunday - 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM (en Español) 4:30 PM (In Filipino 1 st Sunday of the Month) Holy Days: 12 Noon & 7:30 PM Holidays: 9:00 AM Primer Viernes: Adoración 6PM & Santa Misa 7PM (en Español) Reconciliation 4:00-4:30 PM on Saturdays & by appointment Devotions Adoration Tuesdays 10:30 AM -11:45 AM Novenas to: St. Anthony on Tuesdays Mt. Carmel on Wednesdays Stations of the Cross 7:30 PM - Fridays during Lent Contact Us Church s Office: 973.473.0246 Fax/Phone: 973.473.3404 Visit our Website at: www.olmcpassaic.com Email us at: mtcarmeloffice@yahoo.com Office Open Monday to Friday from 9AM to 4PM & Closed on Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays Baptisms & Marriages By appointment. Please contact the parish office well in advance.
Page 2 March 19, 2017 - Third Sunday of Lent In Loving Memory - March 2017 Sat. March 18, 2017 - Lenten Weekday 7:30AM Deceased members of the Catanzaro & Tolomeo Families R/B Bob Catanzaro 5:00PM Anne A. Lipari R/B The Family Sun. March 19, 2017 Third Sunday of Lent 8:30AM For the People of the Parish For the Capuchin Provincial Chapter Magna Montemayor R/B Zenaida Capan 10:30AM Giuseppe Morales R/B Regina Morales Rita Jarose R/B Susan Pilar Rosa Di Giovanni Anniversary of Death R/B Family 2:00PM Mass in Spanish For God s Blessings on our Parish Mon. March 20, 2017 - St. Joseph 12:00PM Fr. Vincent Luizzo Anniversary of Death R/B Grace Wolfe For the living and deceased members of Joseph Di Gaetano s family R/B Mary Di Gaetano Tue. March 21, 2017 - Lenten Weekday 10:30AM Adoration: For the Capuchin Provincial Chapter 12:00 PM Camille Marazzo Happy Birthday in Heaven R/B Carl Marazzo Wed. March 22, 2017 - Lenten Weekday 12:00PM Arnold Aquino May he rest in peace R/B Antoinette Arolan Thu. March 23, 2017 - Lenten Weekday 12:00PM Sam & Nancy Granato R/B Antoinette Arolan Fri. March 24, 2017 - Lenten Weekday 12:00PM Clarita De Guzman Anniversary of Death R/B Mengie, Rene & Family 7:30PM Stations of the Cross Sat. March 25, 2017 The Annunciation of the Lord 7:30AM Vincent Salerno R/B The Goodwin Family Elucienne Namphy Anniversary of Death R/B The Rosado Family 5:00PM Leon Sawicki, Sr. R/B Ray & Lorraine Sawicki Sun. March 26, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Lent 8:30AM For the People of the Parish For the Capuchin Provincial Chapter Victoria Rosado R/B The Rosado Family 10:30AM Carmen Russo R/B The Jasper Family Diane Kueken R/B Peter Kueken, Jr. 2:00PM Mass in Spanish - For God s Blessings on our Parish If you know of any parishioner of Mt. Carmel, who is in any hospital, please contact the Friary so that we can arrange to visit them. Thank You. Don t forget to visit the office and schedule your Mass intentions for 2016/2017. The office is open from 9AM to 3PM. Thank You. Host: Salvatore Zingone R/B Dominica Zingone We extend our sympathy to the family and friends of James Tomlinson on his passing. May all who sleep in Christ find in His presence; light, happiness, and peace. Amen. Let us, in charity, take time to pray for all the sick & all those in need of God s healing power & love. Especially for: Sanctuary Lamp: Granato & Arolan Families R/B Antoinette Arolan Nicholas Peterson, Rosemarie Trentacost, James DeLillo, Jr., Calvin Procope, Ilidia de Jesus Neto, M. Helena Branco, Luis De Jesus Branco, Vincent Costa, Jr., Cheryl Doremus Hall, James Doremus, Joseph Lotito, Andrew Doremus, Rose Wesner, Eddie Baudendistel, Erna DeIntinis, Judy Cresenta, Donna Baby Cortes, Charles Orlando Jr., Angela Artis, Gregory J. Kueken, Rosa Maria Santos, Jake Doremus, Lucila & Melchor Portugal, Michael Doremus, Peter Kueken, Sr., Grace Noto, Lucas Files, Haley O Berrigan, Lorraine Sawicki, Fr. Sylvester OFM, Cap. Celestino Rivera, Loreta DiPalma, Jose Serra, Karen Orea, Jose Antonio Sanchez, Fr. Francis Majewski, Skyler Rose Ferreria, Bob Catanzaro, Bryan Armhold, Sandra Walesth, Mark Mikolajczyk, Brother Julius, and Peter Kueken, Jr. (We ask that you contact the Rectory s office with any updates for this list. Thank you) MY FAMILY MY PARISH MY RESPONSIBILITY March 12, 2017 Weekly Offering: 2,766.10 Second Collection: 675.00 Candles: 109.26 Total Offering: 3,550.36 May God bless you and your family for your generosity to our parish. (Please remember to always use your church envelopes with your contributions, this ensures proper credit to your account for tax purposes at the end of the year)
Page 3 March 19, 2017 - Third Sunday of Lent Reflections from Fr. Brian Third Sunday of Lent About thirty years ago there was a wonderful book which was later turned into a powerful motion picture titled Schindler s List. You may be interested in how that book was first published. A shopkeeper named Leopold Page was a survivor of the Holocaust. He survived through the efforts of one man, Oskar Schindler, a Roman Catholic, who saved not only his life but the lives of 900 of his fellow Jews. Page was determined to find a writer who would be interested in telling the story of Oskar Schindler. One day a novelist, Thomas Keneally, came into Page s shop to buy a briefcase, and Page told him his story. Keneally was intrigued and agreed to commit Schindler s story to print. What resulted as a moving story of a man who helped hundreds of Jews escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis. The book was dedicated to Oskar Schindler and to Page s zeal and persistence in getting Schindler s story told. But that s not the end of the story. Page, the zealous and persistent shopkeeper had some friends who had some friends and somehow he was able to get his book to the attention of a director named Steven Spielberg. You ve probably heard that name before. Spielberg was fresh from making the blockbuster film, Jurassic Park. Stop playing around with dinosaurs, Page told Spielberg when they first met. I promise you, you ll get an Oscar for [telling] Oskar s story. And he did. Spielberg turned Schindlers s List into a major motion picture. The book and the movie, which won seven Oscars, including Best Picture more than fulfilled Page s lifelong dream. I did not know how I would do this, Page had said, but I promised Oskar Schindler I would make him a household name. And he did. Leopold Paul Page was number 173, by the way, on Oskar Schindler s list. He was 173 of the 900 who were spared death at the hand of the Nazis thanks to Oskar. Leopold Page was a shopkeeper, not a writer. But his commitment to his friend led him to connect with people who could bring his dream to reality. It s important in life to have connections. If you don t HAVE connections, then it s important to MAKE connections. Don t fight it. Make prudent use of this adage it s not what you know but who you know. There is a Peanuts comic strip that sticks in my mind. Linus is meditating having just seen Lucy fall down and come up crying. He reflects: For hundreds of years there have been sidewalks, for hundreds of years there have been little girls. The little girls are always falling on the sidewalks. The sidewalks always win. The gravity field always wins. We re always falling down. But we re always getting up, too. We rise as often as we fall. That is the strength of religious faith --- that we can ascend, Love lifts us up. It is the God who made Himself in Jesus, His Son that loves us and empowered us to love one another as He loves us. We see that love in Oskar Schindler s list and in the strength of our religious faith. YÜA UÜ tç
COVER SHEET Church Name: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 10 Saint Francis Way Passaic, NJ 07055-5811 Phone Number: 973 473-0246 Bulletin number: 911108 Contact Person: Lidia Ferreira - lidialbf@yahoo.com Or Joseph Liptak- cdrliptak@gmail.com Date of publication: March 19, 2017 (Sunday s date) Number of pages transmitted: 4 pages Special instructions: If you need to contact us, please call, we do not check e-mails daily, but if you send an email, please use lidialbf@yahoo.com Thank you, have a great day. For Office Use Only: Approved by: Uploaded to JSP on: By: Emailed to Peter K., Fr. J. Prada & Mirtha R. on: By:
Lenten Schedule Masses: Monday to Friday 12:00 Noon Saturdays 7:30AM & 5PM Vigil Mass Sundays 8:30AM, 10:30AM 2PM in Spanish & 4:30PM in Filipino (First Sundays of the month) Confessions: Mondays: 7PM to 8:30PM (until April 3rd, 2017) Saturdays: 4:00PM to 4:30PM Devotions: Tuesdays: 10:30AM to 11:45AM Adoration Novena to St. Anthony after 12 Noon Mass. Wednesdays: Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel after the 12 Noon Mass. Fridays: Stations of the Cross in Church at 7:30PM. Lenten Folders Folders are available in the vestibule of the church. Please take the ones you need. Thank you. Order Your Palm Crosses! The crosses will be available again this year for a donation of $10.00 each. A sign up book is in the vestibule of the church, you may place your order there or you may call the church s office at 973.473.0246 from 9AM to 1:30PM and we will be happy to help you. Thank you! We invite you to participate on March 25th, 2017 @ 9AM in our Church basement For more information please call: Cora Banaag 973.897.1733, Raquel Peterson 862.377.5812 or Roland St. Agustine 862.215.4730. We would like to inform you that since the new envelope system does not include a collection for the Easter Flowers, the second collection envelope for the weekend of March 25-26, 2017 will be for that purpose. Extra envelopes for this collection will be available in the pews for your convenience. Thank you for your generosity! with Fr. Lemmuel Camacho