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 16, 2020 ~ The Sixth 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.

In a recent Gospel, we heard of Jesus’ calling his most important disciples, those whom he later named Apostles, or ‘the ones who are sent out’. It is interesting to note that Jesus chose these men, not from among the wealthy or the most educated, but rather from the working classes. The Gospel tells us that, as Jesus walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he beckons two sets of brothers, Peter and Andrew, and then James and John, all of them fishermen. When they come toward him, Jesus tells them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” On Saturday of this week, we will celebrate a special feast honoring St. Peter as first among the Apostles. It’s called the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter. In this feast we recall the spiritual power that our Lord Jesus invested in the Apostle Peter when he said to him, “You are Peter (the Rock), and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” After that, Jesus tells Peter that he is giving him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and the power to forgive sins in Jesus’ name. It should be obvious to us that Jesus did not mean this investiture solely for Peter, a man who was destined to die a martyr a few years later. No, Jesus meant that Peter was to be the foundation stone, the beginning of this great institution of the Church. Our Lord Jesus intended for the precious Deposit of Faith he was leaving behind to be safeguarded by St. Peter and the other Apostles and to be faithfully passed on to successive generations of apostles, the shepherds of the Church. The “Chair” of St. Peter refers to the Greek word for chair, cathedra, from which we derive our word cathedral. The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption is the ‘seat’ of our Archbishop, just as every other cathedral in the world is the seat of a local bishop. These bishops are the successors of the original Apostles, with their same ministry of teaching, governing, and shepherding the Lord’s flock. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis I (who is also the Bishop of Rome) is the successor of St. Peter, the first Apostle. It is his express duty and ministry to preserve the unity of the Church and to ensure that what Jesus taught is what the Church teaches. We know from the Gospels that Peter was the very first disciple whom Jesus called and the first one to whom the Risen Lord appeared after the Crucifixion. After Jesus’ death, St. Peter led the first group of Christians in Jerusalem, and it was he who originally opened the Church to non-Jews or Gentiles. Peter later traveled to the capitol city of the Empire, Rome, where he made many converts and where, together with St. Paul, he established that line of Apostolic Succession today centered in the Vatican. Both of these great missionary saints were martyred in Rome. After the Roman Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity, he built the first St. Peter’s Basilica over Peter’s grave. In the present St. Peter’s Basilica, constructed in the 1500’s, the spectacular high altar still covers the bones of that humble fisherman of Galilee who became, along with the other Apostles, Christ’s ‘fisher of men’. Fr. Ulysses

En un recién Evangelio, escuchamos como Jesús llamó a sus discípulos más importantes, aquellos a quienes él luego llamó Apóstoles, o "los que son enviados". Es interesante notar que

Jesús eligió a estos hombres, no de entre los ricos o los más educados, sino entre las clases trabajadoras. El Evangelio nos dice que, mientras Jesús caminaba por la orilla del mar de Galilea, llamó a dos hermanos, Pedro y Andrés, y luego Santiago y Juan, todos ellos pescadores. Cuando vienen hacia él, Jesús les dice: "Síganme y los haré pescadores de hombres". Este

sábado celebraremos una fiesta especial en honor a San Pedro. Se llama La Fiesta de la Cátedra (o Silla) de San Pedro. En esta fiesta recordamos el poder espiritual que nuestro Señor Jesús invirtió en el apóstol Pedro cuando le dijo: "Tú eres Pedro (la roca), y sobre esta roca edificaré mi Iglesia, y las puertas del infierno no prevalece contra él”. Después de eso, Jesús le dice a Pedro que le está dando las llaves del Reino de los Cielos y el poder de perdonar los pecados en el nombre de Jesús. Debería ser obvio para nosotros que Jesús no se refería a esta investidura únicamente para Pedro, un hombre que estaba destinado a morir como mártir unos años más tarde. No, Jesús quiso decir que Pedro iba a ser la piedra fundamental, el comienzo de esta gran institución de la Iglesia. Nuestro Señor Jesús pretendía que el precioso Depósito de Fe que él dejaba a San Pedro y los otros Apóstoles sea transmitido a sucesivas generaciones de apóstoles, los pastores de la Iglesia. La "Silla" de San Pedro se refiere a la palabra griega para silla, cátedra, de la cual derivamos nuestra palabra catedral. Los obispos son los sucesores de los Apóstoles originales, con su mismo ministerio de enseñar, gobernar y pastorear el rebaño del Señor. Nuestro Santo Padre, el Papa Francisco I (que también es el Obispo de Roma) es el sucesor de San Pedro, el primer apóstol. Es su deber y ministerio preservar la unidad de la Iglesia y asegurar que lo que Jesús enseñó es lo que la Iglesia enseña. Sabemos por los Evangelios que Pedro fue el primer discípulo a quien Jesús llamó y el primero a quien el Señor Resucitado se apareció después de la crucifixión. Después de la muerte de Jesús, San Pedro dirigió el primer grupo de cristianos en Jerusalén, y fue él quien originalmente abrió la Iglesia a los no judíos o gentiles. Más tarde, Peter viajó a la ciudad capital del Imperio, Roma, donde hizo muchos conversos y donde, junto con San Pablo, estableció la línea de sucesión apostólica hoy centrada en el Vaticano. Los dos grandes santos misioneros fueron martirizados en Roma. Después de su conversión al cristianismo el emperador romano, Constantino, construyó la primera Basílica de San Pedro sobre la tumba de Pedro. En la actual Basílica de San Pedro, construida en los años 1500, el espectacular altar mayor todavía cubre los huesos de ese humilde pescador de Galilea que se convirtió, junto con los otros Apóstoles, en un "pescador de hombres.” Padre Ulises

Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco

Ash Wednesday February 26, 2020

We will celebrate 3 Masses with ashes 8:15 a.m. ; 12:00 p.m. with our school and at 7:00 p.m. bilingual service (servicio bilingual)

Today’s Second Collection is for our Liturgy Fund. This collection covers the expenses of our Music Ministry, including the microphones, stands and other equipment we need. It also pays for the missalettes and hymnals, as well as such liturgical needs as altar bread and wine, candles altar server vestments, and church decor. The second collection next week will for our Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2020.

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 15, 2020 5:00 PM Frances West † Sunday, February 16, 2020 8:00 AM Nicole Shah (Birthday Intentions) 10:00 AM Ray and Sis Torres † 12:00 PM Galación Arias † 5:00 PM Pro Populo Monday, February 17, 2020 8:15 AM Souls in Purgatory † Tuesday, February 18, 2020 8:15 AM Henry Navarro † Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:15 AM Frank Gonzales, Jr. † Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:15 AM Jerome O’Leary † Friday, February 21, 2020 8:15 AM Rosemary & Frank Doonan † Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:15 AM Joan White †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, February 16, 2020 RCIA 9:00 to 10:00 AM Chapel Monday, February 17, 2020 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM Old Chapel Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Boy Scouts 6:30 PM Small Hall Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Large Hall Wednesday, February 19, 2020 CCD Classes 6:30 PM School Bible Study 7:00 PM Old Chapel Grupo Carismático 7:00 PM Large Hall Thursday, February 20, 2020 Good Grief 6:00 PM Old Chapel CCD Classes 6:30 PM School St. Vincent de Paul 7:00 PM Parish Center Friday, February 21, 2020 Grandparents Day 10:00 AM Church/Yard Saturday, February 22, 2020 Boy Scouts 6:00 PM Large Hall

Saints & Special Observances Sunday: of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Monday: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Tuesday: of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Thursday: of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Friday: Saint Peter Damian, Bishop Saturday: The Chair of Saint Peter

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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL

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