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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL Volume 2, Issue 7: February 15, 2015 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

10 County Road Tenafly, NJ 07670

201.568.0545 www.olmc.us

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WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THERE in meeting our goal to raise $50,000 to replace our front steps! Raising $50,000 by March 31st will allow us to meet the challenge of a parishioner to match that amount. Let’s take advantage of this fantastic opportunity…we only have six weeks left. Please become part of this challenge for our parish and give whatever you can afford by making your donation to our "One Step At A Time" Revitalization Project.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel . . . Pray for us!

See page 9 for details on how you can participate in this exciting challenge!

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Volume 2, Issue 7 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Very Rev. Leonard J. Gilman, O. Carm. Pastor

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Church Office

Elizabeth Gardner Office Manager

Mary Ann Nelson Receptionist

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Roxanne Kougasian Secretary

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Deacons

Deacon Lex Ferrauiola e - [email protected]

Deacon David Loman e - [email protected]

Office of Mission Development

Elliot Guerra Director of Mission Development

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Pastoral Ministry

Alicia Smith Director of Pastoral Ministry


Music Ministry

Peter Coll Music Director e - [email protected]

Religious Education Office

Sr. Regina M. Chassar, SSJ Director of Religious Education


Academy

Michael Bruno Principal

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Facilities

Edward McElroy Facility Director t - 201.906.4389

New Parishioner? Welcome! Feel free to contact anyone on our staff regarding the parish and its activities. We ask that every family in the parish be registered. Registration packets can be picked up in the Church Office!

Staff Directory

Masses

Daily Monday – Saturday 8:30 AM

Weekends Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 NOON

Holy Days As announced

Sacraments

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 4:00 – 4:30 PM, or by appointment, please call the Church Office

The Sacrament of Baptism

The second Sunday of each month, except during Lent. Please arrange for Baptism at least two months in advance.

The Sacrament of Marriage

Please make an appointment with a priest or deacon at least one year in advance.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Please call the Church Office to request a visit from one of the parish priests.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission Statement

“No matter who you are, no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you’re from, no matter where you’re going,

no matter how good or bad things seem, you are always welcome.”

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 15, 2015 Dear Parishioners, I was standing in the supermarket checkout line the other day and there they were…those magazines…staring at me. One certainly could get an inferiority complex looking at all those young, attractive and trim models and superstars. None of us in line came anywhere close to looking like them. In fact, a woman told me recently that since she turned 40, bank tellers and cashiers don’t even look at her anymore. She says that while conducting her transactions they look over her shoulder at the younger people in line behind her. In our society, to paraphrase Vince Lombardi, “looks aren’t everything…they’re the only thing.” Jesus’ love exhibited in today’s Gospel, offers us something different from the usual way we are treated and judged. We are accepted, not because our skin is perfect or our spirits unblemished, but because Jesus has entered our human condition and reaches out to touch and heal us. He is doing that each time we come to Eucharist. There he touches us, making us clean and acceptable to God, restoring us to healed relationships with one another. Yet, so often, we find it difficult to do the same with people whom we come into contact. I remember years ago when I began working as a hospital chaplain at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, it was extremely difficult for me to get really close to a patient’s bed. This was most difficult when the patient was an infant in the ICU, you know, with all the machines and tubes and stuff. I was afraid that I would disconnect something if I got too close. So, I would pray “from a distance” which proved to be impractical the first time I was called to do an emergency baptism. One day, however, I was given a gift that transformed all of my discomfort in those situations. The person who gave me the gift was a young boy named Sean. Sean had multiple disabilities. Some people thought that Sean didn’t know what was going on around him, but it was obvious to me that he did, even if he couldn't communicate in what we call “a normal way.” One of Sean’s means of communication was hugging. He always had to have a hug. I hadn’t seen Sean for several days, but late one afternoon there he was sitting in the hallway strapped in his wheelchair. It was obvious that he recently had surgery: his head was shaved from his ears forward and the incision went from temple to temple, held closed with hundreds of staples. It looked like they had put a zipper around the front of his head, and it looked very painful. Sean’s eyes were still swollen from the surgery and he could barely open them. His face was puffy as well. And he had a towel on his chest to catch the drool that dribbled out of the corner of his mouth. As soon as he saw me come around the corner, he raised his arms into the air—he wanted his hug! I looked around hoping that he was reaching out to someone else, but his invitation was clearly for me. I approached him slowly and then bent down and gave him a hug. That hug was a moment of grace for me, a gift I will never forget. In that moment, all discomfort I had with being close to someone who was ill or injured or with disabilities just dissolved. In that moment, that one hug transformed me. I am grateful that this encounter happened sooner rather than later for it certainly better equipped me for the ministry to which God has called me. People with leprosy are “un-huggable” according to Leviticus. They are shunned from the community because of what they have or what they don’t have. Who are the “un-huggables” in our lives? Who are the people that we banish because of what they have or don’t have? What they do or don’t do? Who are those people that we judge unworthy or “not as good as”? Jesus shows us that nobody is outside of God’s love and compassion. “’I do will it,’ Jesus says. ‘Be cured!’” Who in your life needs the healing touch of Jesus today?

Fr. Leonard+

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MASSES FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16th 8:30 John Moscone req. Mary Buchanan

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th 8:30 Debra Petrocelli req. The Rocco Family

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th 8:30 Bob Rush req. Pete & Terry Calistri 12:00 Janet Bock 7:30 Arthur Hall req. His Family

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th 8:30 Loretta Martinotti req.Kevin,Sr. & Christopher Rice

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20th 8:30 Janet Bock

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st 8:30 Thomas Stedina req. Ed Rolfe 5:00 Frank Campofori req. Mary & Lou Vagnone

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd 8:00 Thomas Keevins, Jr. req. Veronica Keevins 10:00 Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 12:00 Joseph Mulligan req. His Family

MINISTERS FOR ASH WEDNESDAY

8:30 AM Lector – Elliot Guerra Eucharistic Ministers – Michael Bruno, Toni Essman, Lisa Knowles (Reminder: Cup suspended)

12 NOON Lector – Sr. Regina Eucharistic Ministers – Dolores Miller, Judy Ong, Joan Kroese

7:30 PM

Servers – Jayden Mendoza, Justin DelValle Lector – Martin Miglietta Eucharistic Ministers – Marta Perez, Fran Mladjenovic, Anne Picinic (Reminder: Cup suspended)

MINISTERS FOR FEBRUARY 21st & 22nd

5 PM Servers – Jennifer Baer, Enzo Capano, Audrey Herrera-Lim Lector – Joan Schaper Eucharistic Ministers – Eileen Mangaser, Roger Sullivan, Kate Sullivan (Reminder: Cup suspended)

8 AM Servers – Richard Gross, John Mauro Lector – Nicole Pecoraro Eucharistic Ministers – Pat Carrier, Tom DeAngelis, Joan DeAngelis (Reminder: Cup suspended)

10 AM Servers – Alexander Aborde, Adam D’Souza, Maya D’Souza Lector – Alicia Smith Eucharistic Ministers – Wanda Ferrauiola, Fran Mladjenovic, James Brooks (Reminder: Cup suspended)

12 NOON Servers – Catherine Callahan, Carlo Francavilla, Jake Waterman Lector – John Ogle Eucharistic Ministers – Toni Essman, Julia Carrozza, Russell Luppino (Reminder: Cup suspended)

THE BREAD AND WINE This week the Bread and Wine are in memory of the Crowley & Renn Family requested by Mary & Dick Crowley.

THE SANCTUARY LAMP This week the Sanctuary Lamp is in memory of Tia Hansen Brooks requested by Sylvia & Dom Meo.

REST IN PEACE Please remember in your prayers Margarete Palombaro and all the military men and women who have died this week.

DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday Gn 4:1-15, 25; Mk 8:11-13

Tuesday Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday Joel 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday Deut 30:15-20; Lk 9:22-25

Friday Isa 58:1-9a; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday Isa 58:9b-14; Lk 5:27-32

The altar flowers this week are given by the Durso Family

in memory of Ralph & Laura Durso.

LITURGICAL

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Children’s Liturgy of the Word is held September through May during the 10:00 Mass on Sunday mornings. Children are invited to hear the Word of God explained at their level. There is no registration and no fee! Come join us!

CLOW Catechist Schedule:

February 15th February 22nd

Promise: Alicia Smith Jennifer Schippert Good News: Rosanne Ambulo Debbie & Rory Solga Venture: James Brooks John Sullivan

CLOW material is in the sacristy to the left of the altar. Material can be picked up a week prior to your scheduled date.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Please check the parish website www.olmc.us for the monthly newsletter and calendars.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Sunday, February 15th – NO CLASS Monday, February 16th – NO CLASS Tuesday, February 17th – NO CLASS

SACRAMENT INFORMATION

Confirmation

Confirmation Preparation Sessions: Our third session was February 8. Remaining sessions are held 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the parish auditorium on: February 22, March 1 and March 8. Candidates only are required to attend all six sessions.

Confirmation Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015, 11:00 a.m. First Eucharist

First Eucharist Parent Meeting Thursday, February 26, 2015 – 1:00 p.m. -or- 7:00 p.m. (Parents must attend one meeting; please note that the previously scheduled 10:00 a.m. meeting has been changed to 1:00 p.m.)

First Eucharist Dates: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

Students beginning in 4th grade are invited to be altar servers. Training sessions will be scheduled. Please contact Sr. Regina in the Religious Education Office at 201-871-4662 or

[email protected] to register for this ministry.

Catholicism 101

The Problem of Pain: Why do bad things happen to good people?

Presented by Elliot Guerra

March 15, 2015

Free Breakfast and Caffeinated Conversation!

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. n the Titus Room

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Join us every second Sunday of the month in the Titus Room from 9:00 a.m. — 9:45 a.m. for Catholicism 101 where we enjoy free coffee and bagels and discuss (and argue) over everything under the sun!

Where are

my legs?

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS

(RCIA)

In the early Church, when a person sought to become Christian, he or she was called a catechumen and entered into a period of intense instruction within the community. When this period of instruction was completed, catechumens were baptized and received into “the body of the faithful.” The Church welcomes into the process of preparation persons who have never been baptized, those already baptized in another Christian tradition, or baptized Catholics who have not received First Eucharist or Confirmation. If you or someone you know has been thinking about becoming a member, but would first like information about the process, please call Sr. Regina at 201-871-4662.

STEWARDSHIP PROJECT

The Religious Education Program is participating in the Archdiocese of Newark’s Stewardship Project to collect gently used and new First Communion outfits.

Communion dresses, veils, suits and shoes can be dropped off to the Religious Education Office Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sundays during religious education class time. Items will be distributed to inner city parishes. Please contact Sr. Regina at 201-871-4662 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

PASSION PLAY

Students in grades 6 through 12 are invited to participate in Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s “Passion Play” on Good Friday, April 3rd at 3:30 p.m. in the church. Please contact Elliot Guerra or Alicia Smith for details!

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ACADEMY

BASKETBALL SCORES Friday, 2/6

5th & 6th Gr. JV Boys ‘B’ Team @ OLM, Park Ridge 37-33 WIN Saturday, 2/7

2nd & 3rd Gr. NAVY Boys Team @ St. Therese, Cresskill 17-16 LOSS

2nd & 3rd Gr. GOLD Boys Team vs. St. Peter’s, River Edge 27-18 WIN

5th & 6th Gr. JV Boys ‘B’ Team vs. St.Andrew’s,Westwood 51-26 WIN

4th Gr. Boys @ OLM, Park Ridge 27-22 WIN Sunday, 2/8

2nd & 3rd Gr. GOLD Boys vs. St. Anthony’s, Northvale 26-22 WIN

4th Gr. Boys @ St. John’s, Hillsdale 27-24 LOSS

5th & 6th Gr. JV Boys @ OLM, Park Ridge 54-49 WIN

5th & 6th Gr. JV Girls @ OLM, Park Ridge 29-23 LOSS

7th & 8th Gr. Varsity Girls @ OLM, Park Ridge 40-23 LOSS

WARRIOR OF THE WEEK

A brief interview with Zion Suitt … Q. What is your favorite T.V. show? A. “SpongeBob Square Pants.”

Q. What is your favorite subject in school? A. Computers.

Q. Who is your favorite NBA basketball player? A. Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls.

The Academy is looking for on-call substitute teachers for all grade levels. Interested candidates should email Mr. Michael Bruno at [email protected]. All candidates must complete the Protecting God’s Children workshop.

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal

government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present. The Academy will be closed from Monday, February 16th through Friday, February 20th. School reopens on Monday, February 23rd.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Stay safe and enjoy the break!

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS NEEDED

Zion Suitt Grade 2 Sport: Basketball Position/#: Guard #5

PRESIDENTS’ DAY

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Pastoral Care for the Sick Any OLMC parishioner who is in need of a visit from Fr. Leonard or a Pastoral Minister, please reach out to Alicia Smith. We are here for you!

Children’s Liturgy of the Word Catechists

Teens – Grades 7 to 12

You are invited to be CLOW assistants at the 10 a.m. Mass. Please contact Alicia Smith if you are interested.

Training for New CLOW Catechists Monday, March 16th

7:30 p.m. in the Church

Senior Mardi Gras Celebration Tuesday, February 17th

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Parish Auditorium

Food from Bartolomeo’s! Entertainment by Jessie Posa, aka “Frank Sinatra”!

King Cakes from Miller’s Bakery! Fun & Games!

All Seniors Welcome!

Please RSVP by Sunday, February 15th to Alicia Smith at [email protected] or 201-871-9458.

Adult Altar Servers

Desperately need Adult Altar Servers for funeral Masses.

Training for New Adult Altar Servers can be arranged any time.

Please contact Alicia Smith with any questions, comments, feedback or ideas at

[email protected].

TEEN MINISTRY COMING SOON TO

OLMC!

Alicia Smith, Director of Pastoral Ministry and Elliot Guerra, Director of Mission Development

are joining forces to develop a Teen Ministry program!

Please forward your suggestions, ideas and comments to Alicia at [email protected].

SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS!

Eucharistic Ministers are welcome to sit with their family during Mass! There is no longer assigned seating. If possible, please sit towards the front of church and at the end of the pew. Communion from the cup remains suspended until further notice because of health reasons. Eucharistic Ministers schedule is posted on the corkboard in the room inside the narthex office. There’s a cross necklace hanging on the corkboard for you to wear during Mass.

SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR LECTORS!

Lectors will continue to walk in the procession at the beginning of Mass, but are now welcome to sit with their family! There is no longer assigned seating. Lectors schedule is posted on the corkboard in the room inside the narthex office. There’s a cross necklace hanging on the corkboard for you to wear during Mass.

Eucharistic Minister & Lector Training

We are so sorry that our last two training sessions were canceled due to inclement weather. For your convenience we added the following training sessions. Training will take about half an hour and will be held in the church.

February 23 7:30 p.m.

February 27 9:15 a.m.

February 28 & March 1 After all weekend Masses

RSVP is not necessary; however, feel free to provide Alicia with your phone number and/or email address in the event that a cancellation due to weather may occur.

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1. How many years at OLMC? Fifteen years.

2. Favorite movie? Mike: Airplane Karen: The Sound of Music Nora: National Treasure Jack: National Treasure Julia: Frozen or Mama Mia

3. A fun/moving/exciting OLMC memory? Mike: Jack’s First Communion when he had undiagnosed strep throat. Karen: Taking part in all three days of the Triduum. Nora: Sitting with the Natellis at Mass. Julia: I still had steri-strips on my chin from an accident two weeks before my First Communion.

4. Last book you finished? Mike: John Adams by David McCullough Karen: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom Nora: Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis Jack: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Julia: The Selection by Kiera Cass

5. A place you always wanted to travel to? Mike: Galapagos Islands Karen: Ireland Nora: Lake Louise in the summer Jack: Machu Pichu Julia: Hawaii

6. Life advice? Favorite quote? Mike: “Be good to your kids; some day they will pick your nursing home.” Karen: “To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” Nora: “Find the best in everyone.” Julia: “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

THE WEEKLY RUNDOWN Ash Wednesday – February 18th

LENTEN REGULATIONS REGARDING

FAST & ABSTINANCE

The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily His Resurrection. The other Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence. On a day of Fast, only one full meal is permitted and two smaller meals which, if added together, would not exceed the main meal in quantity.

Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast. On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten.

Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of abstinence. The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence “substantially,” or as a whole, is a serious obligation. The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance. The time for fulfilling the Paschal Precept (Easter Duty*) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, February 22, 2015 to The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 31, 2015. *Canon 920, §1. All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year.

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Please keep the following people in your prayers:

Rachel Durso RJ Sy Anthony Passaro Nicholas Tolliver Jacob Rodsan Marie (Ceci) Vidal

THE WEEKLY RUNDOWN

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY

LITURGIES

The Archdiocese of Newark will be honoring couples who will be celebrating five, twenty-five and fifty years of Christian marriage in 2015. These anniversary liturgies will be celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark as follows:

April 19, 2015 3:00 p.m. 50 years Registration Deadline: April 8th

May 3, 2015 3:00 p.m. 25 years & 5 years Registration Deadline: April 22nd

To register, please contact the Church Office at 201-568-0545 by the registration deadline date.

The church offices will

be closed on Monday, February 16th

in observance of Presidents’ Day.

The following individuals were recently baptized at

Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Let us welcome them into our

faith community!

Noah Edward Robles Anthony Joseph Spaccavento

ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE February 18th

Mass Times

8:30 a.m., 12 noon, 7:30 p.m.

Prayer Service 3:45 p.m.

There will be a special collection after all Masses and Prayer Service for Retired Diocesan Priests.

Lenten Spirituality Sharing Group: The Gospel of Matthew

Our OLMC Lenten Spirituality Group this year will continue to encounter Jesus and understand his mission as recorded in the Gospel of Saint Matthew.

We will be using a series of DVD presentations from Ascension Press entitled, “Matthew: The King and His Kingdom.” Come join us to reflect and share how the promises of the Old Testament are fulfilled as Jesus establishes a new covenant and announces the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

Our Group will meet in the Titus Brandsma Room at 1:00 PM each Monday of Lent beginning February 23rd.

Please ring the bell and enter through glass door entrance to the Academy in the South Parking Lot across from Clinton Inn.

For more info contact Deacon Lex at 201 568-6819 or [email protected].

WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THERE in meeting our goal to raise $50,000 to replace our front steps! Giving is easy – simply click on the QR scan below for either “Faith Direct” or “Simple Give,” or make check payable to “OLMC One Step At A Time” and mail to the Church Office. Faith Direct Simple Give

ONE STEP AT A TIME


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“Faith Direct” makes it easy to make parish contributions through Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover or direct debit to your checking account. With “Faith Direct” Our Lady of Mount Carmel gains predictable cash flow that helps with budget planning. “Faith Direct” also offers personalized offertory cards to replace envelopes for the collection basket. If you find this program to be

convenient for you, please visit www.faithdirect.net to enroll securely online (our parish code is NJ122) or click on the QR scan below.

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