Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
627 East 187
thStreet, Bronx, New York 10458 |
T: (718) 295-3770/ 3771 | F: (718) 367-2240
www.ourladymtcarmelbx.org | Parish E-mail: mtcarmelbx@aol.com
Sunday, March 13
th, 2016| Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
PARISH STAFF
Pastor
Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris
Parochial Vicar
Rev. Fr. Urbano Rodrigues
Coordinator of Religious Education
Sister Edna Loquias, S.M.C.
Office Manager & Spanish Choir Director
Sebastian Amaro
Parish Secretary
Elizabeth Mannini
Music Director & Organist
Dr. Stephen Rapp
Cantor
Bilen Eminov
Youth Minister School Principal
Jesus Vargas Mr. John T. Riley
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Saturday: 8:30am (English) | 12:00pm ( English)
Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (English)
Sunday:
8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)
11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)
1:30pm (Spanish)
Weekday
: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)
RITE OF RECONCILIATIONSaturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling
the Parish Office.
RITE OF BAPTISM
2
ndSunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm
3
rdSunday every other month in English at 2:30pm
Attendance at Pre - Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.RITE OF MATRIMONY
Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial
meeting with a priest.
PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK
If you or someone you know is in the hospital or
homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit
by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary
Minister of the Eucharist, please contact the Parish
Center.
NEW PARISHIONERS
We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish
Center.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish
Office at (718) 295-3770.
MOUNT CARMEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.
PARISH CENTER
2380 Belmont AvenueBronx, NY 10458
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
9:00am to 8:00pm
Thursday & Friday
March 13, 2016
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ANNOUNCED MASSESSunday, March 13
th| Fifth Sunday of Lent
8:30am Pasquale Marsibilio
9:30am Pro Populo
11:00am Maria Giuseppina Adornetto
12:15pm Deceased Members of the Santise Family 1:30pm Jose Moreno
Monday, March 14
th| Lenten Weekday
8:30am Giovanni Boiano 12:00pm Antoinette Santullo
6:30pm Rosa Leo
Tuesday, March 15
th| Lenten Weekday
8:30am Pierina Cristiano
12:00pm Deceased Members of the Mannini & Cuomo Family 6:30pm Vincenzo Marano
Wednesday, March 16
th|
Lenten Weekday
8:30am Richard Pizzonia 12:00pm Alfonso Cavalieri
6:30pm Maria Moschetta
Thursday, March 17
th |Saint Patrick
8:30am Gennaro Scotti
12:00pm Antonio Florio
6:30pm Mina and Romilda Guerra, Louisa Cora
Friday, March 18
th| St. Cyril of Jerusalem
8:30am Giuseppina & Gennaro Del Vecchio & Children
12:00pm Giuseppe and Micheline Franco
6:30pm Luigi and Simone Pietro Cutugnino, Annina Marino
Saturday, March 19
th| Saint Joseph
8:30am Deceased Parents and Benefactors of the
Missionary Sisters of the Catechism
12:00pm Padre Pio Prayer Group
5:00pm Giuseppe Settembre
Sunday, March 20
th| Palm Sunday
8:00am Maria and Giuseppe Esposito
9:15am Pro Populo
11:00am Joan Bordenga (15th Anniversary)
12:15pm Deceased Members of the Marano & DeLuca Families
1:30pm Pedro Bailon Pesante
From the Desk of Father Jonathan
I am happy to communicate that our Archbishop, Cardinal Dolan, has accepted our invitation to come to our parish on Sep. 2, 2017 to celebrate with us the 100th anniversary of the first mass in our church.
As you know, the parish was founded in 2006, but it took almost nine years to finish the construction of the church we know and love today. We will work hard over the next year and a half to refurbish our physical plant and reinvigorate our parish ministry so that we have even more reason to celebrate both our history and future at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
In the coming months we will decide together the priori-ty of these physical and spiritual projects.
God bless you and your families as we approach the holiest week of our liturgical calendar!!
Father Jonathan
REST IN PEACE
Please pray for the deceased members of our parish
Pedro Quiñones & our fallen military.
LAST WEEKEND’S ATTENDANCE - 3/6/2016 Adults: 781…...…. Children: 264..……. / Total……..1,045
WEEKEND MASS COLLECTION - 3/6/2016 Collection ...$5,317.11 Last year’s Collection …...$2,327.50
Thank you all for your generosity!!
2016 LENTEN RECONCILIATION MONDAY March 21st
On Monday, March 21st all parishes of the NY Archdiocese will have Priests available to hear
confessions from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Lent gives us a wonderful opportunity to reap the
fruits of the Sacrament of Penance.
USHERS NEEDED
Ushers are needed for the 8:30am and 12:15pm Sunday Masses. Prayerfully consider serving your brothers and sisters in Christ through this important ministry. The Lord will bless you!
March 13, 2016
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REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORDSunday Gospel: John 8: 1-11
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he philosopher Bertrand Russell, who prided himselfon his atheism, once spoke of two kinds of morality that seem to exist in contemporary life—one that we preach but fail to practice, and another that we do practice but hardly ever preach. Jesus never allowed such double thinking. In today’s Gospel, the crowd publicly humiliates the adulterous woman and is ready to stone her to death, a common way ancient cultures dealt with sexual and religious sins. Jesus does not question the woman’s guilt, but exposes the hidden guilt in the hearts of the mob. He shames them for looking down on “the guilty one.” Whom do we sit in judgment on? An alcoholic family member? A woman who has had an abortion? Illegal immigrants? Another race or religion? Our own sins may be hidden away, following us like a shadow, doing damage to us and our relationships with others. Do this: unload your guilt and sense of disapproval on God in confession, and then try to understand how much more we are like other people than different from them. That will lighten us up.
Living Stewardship Now
Volunteer to teach English as a second language; sign up to help build a Habitat for Humanity house for a poor working family; make friends with a parish family who comes from another country.
RIFLESSIONE SULLA PAROLA DI DIO Vangelo della Domenica: Giovanni 8: 1-11
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vicino il momento in cui Cristo farà la rivelazionepiù radicale - e la più incomprensibile per l’uomo - della sua potenza: morire sulla croce. È uno “scandalo per gli Ebrei, follia per i popoli pagani” (1Cor 1,23).
Già prima Gesù aveva parlato ai suoi discepoli della croce, che li stupì e confuse. Quello che osservavano, nel comportamento sociale, è che l’uomo utilizza la
debolezza degli altri per affermare il proprio potere. Ma Gesù diceva loro: “I re delle nazioni... e coloro che hanno il potere su di esse si fanno chiamare benefattori. Per voi però non sia così” (Lc 22,25). E i farisei che pretendono di usare una povera donna, colta in flagrante delitto di adulterio, per compromettere Gesù, gli danno in effetti l’occasione di insegnare con un esempio i suoi nuovi metodi. In primo luogo Gesù mette in evidenza l’ipocrisia dei farisei: “Chi di voi è senza peccato scagli per primo la pietra. Dopo, toglie loro qualsiasi
argomentazione. Mette in evidenza la loro ignoranza colpevole della legge che insegna che Dio, essendo potente sovrano, giudica con moderazione e governa con indulgenza, perché egli opera tutto ciò che vuole (Sal 115,3). Infine - e questo è il punto più importante del Vangelo -, Gesù insegna alle folle che non esiste più grande manifestazione di potere che il perdono. La morte stessa non ha un così grande potere. In effetti, solo il potere di Cristo, che muore crocifisso per amore, è capace di dare la vita. E soltanto il potere che serve a dare la vita è vero potere.
2016 Parish Mission
+ Mission of Mercy +Be a Disciple for the Parish Mission. Please call the Parish Center to REGISTER.
Classes will begin soon.
Missione Parrochiale 2016
+ Missione della Misericordia +Incoraggiamo a tutti i parrocchiani di pregare, considerando a diventare un ‘Discepolo’ della
Missione Parrocchiale.
Vi preghiamo di registratevi all’ufficio parrocchiale.
- VIA CRUCIS -
FRIDAYS + VENERDÌ + VIERNES 11:15am - English & Italian
7:00pm - English & Spanish
Saint Anthony’s Bread
March 15th - In Loving Memory of my parents
Carmela & Pasquale Ferro ~ From your son, Vincent
Lenten Mission Nights
This week!
Mass – 6:30 pm
Lunes, 14 de Marzo Español – P. Enrique Salvo
Tuesday, March 15th English – Fr. Philip J. Caruso
Mercoledì, 16Marzo Italiano – P. John Tino
Invite your family & friends to this moment of grace
“Bereavement” Group
Meets every Friday from 3pm to 4pm in the Msgr. Ruvo Meeting Room
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION/HOLY HOURS
1st, 2nd & 4th Thursdays from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Third Thursday from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Every Saturday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
First Friday of every month from 12:30pm-6:30pm
NOVENA DEVOTIONS
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After each MassMonday: Miraculous Medal
Wednesday: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Thursday: Saint Joseph
REFLEXIONEMOS LA PALABRA DE DIOS Evangelio del Domingo: Juan 8: 1-11
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l filósofo Bertrand Russel, quien se enorgullecía de suateísmo, una vez habló de dos clases de moralidades que parece existir en la actualidad—una es que predicamos y no practicamos y la otra es que practicamos, pero rara vez predicamos. Jesús nunca permitió esa manera dualista de pensar. En el Evangelio de hoy la gente humilla públicamente la hasta a la mujer adúltera y están listos para apedrearla a muerte, lo cual era una manera común en que las culturas antiguas lidiaban con los pecados de índole sexual o religiosa. Jesús no cuestiona la culpabilidad de la mujer, sino que saca a relucir la culpabilidad escondida en el corazón del populacho. Los avergüenza por despreciar a la “culpable”. ¿De quiénes nos erigimos jueces? ¿De un familiar alcohólico? ¿De una mujer que se hizo un aborto? ¿De los inmigrantes indocumentados? ¿De otra raza o religión? Nuestros propios pecados, aunque ocultos, nos persiguen como una sombra, haciéndonos daño a nosotros mismos y a nuestras relaciones con los demás. Haz esto: descarga en Dios, mediante la confesión, tus culpas y todo sentimiento de condena, y después trata de comprender que no somos tan diferentes de los demás sino que tenemos un gran parecido. Esto llegará a iluminarnos muchas cosas.
Viviendo la Palabra de Dios
Familiarízate con lo diferente. Ofrece tus servicios voluntarios para enseñar inglés como segunda lengua; apúntate para construir una casa de Habitat for Humanity para una familia de obreros pobres; entabla amistad con una familia de la parroquia que viene de otro país.
MISION PARROQUIAL 2016
+ Misión de la Misericordia +
FORMACION DE DISCIPULOSSi desea ser parte de la Misión Parroquial siendo un Discípulo, por favor regístrese en Centro Parroquial o bien puede llamar al 718-295-3770.
VIA CRUCIS 2016
CONVOCATORIA - ENSAYOS
Los ensayos para el Vía Crucis serán los días Lunes y Miércoles a las 7:00pm en Fatima Hall.
Por favor comuníquese con Pedro Flores o Sebastian al 718-295-3770 o 347-825-6945.
ENCUENTRO DE PAREJAS AVISO IMPORTANTE
Nuestra reunión del mes de Marzo se cancelará hasta el 24 de Abril. Les deseamos una Feliz Pascua de Resurrección!
Lectors for
March 19
th& 20
thLectors will be notified Monday – 7:00pm (Third Monday) Hispanic Ministry Meetings Parish Center
Tuesday – 7:30pm Juan XXIII Msgr. Ruvo
Tuesday – 8:00pm Neocatecumenal Don Bosco
Thursday –4:00pm Ballet Folclórico Fatima Hall
Thursday – 6:30pm A.A. Msgr. Ruvo
Thursday - 5:30pm
(1,2,4,5 Thursday) Holy Hour (English) Church
Thursday – 7:30pm
(Third Thursday) Holy Hour (Spanish) Church
Friday – 3:00pm Bereavement Msgr. Ruvo
Friday – 4:30pm Altar Server’s Rehearsal Church
Friday – 7:15pm Spanish Choir Parish Center
Saturday – 2:00pm Youth Group Saint Teresa
Saturday – 6:30pm Choir Church
Saturday – 8:00pm Neocatecumenal
Mass Don Bosco
Sunday – 9:30am
(Second Sunday) Holy Name Society
Msgr. Ruvo Sunday – 2:30pm