OUR LADY OF
MOUNT CARMEL PARISH
WEBSITE: www.olmcmiddletown.org
90 EUCLID AVENUE, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK 10940
SUNDAY, JUNE 19th
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE:
Mrs. Nancy Miller ................. Director of Religious Education
Phone: ....................................................................... 342-1510
Email: .................................................... [email protected]
Hours:................................. Mon.: 12:00 pm -3:00 pm
................................ Tues.—Thurs.: 8:30 am -3:00 pm
.................................................Fri. 8:30 am -12:00 pm
MT. CARMEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
Ms. Jennifer Langford ................................................Principal
Phone: ....................................................................... 343-8836
MASSES:
Weekend Masses: Saturday - 5:00 pm
Sunday- 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am
and 4:30 pm
Weekday Mass: Monday - Friday 7:00am (Priory Chapel)
Holy Days Please see the bulletin
CONFESSION:
Saturday 4:00-4:30 p.m. or by appointment.
BAPTISM:
Call Religious Education Office for information.
THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick and the Eucharist
are meant for the healing and comfort of those who are ill.
Please notify us about any parishioner confined to their
home, hospital or nursing facility so that a priest may visit.
MARRIAGE:
Please call the Priory Office for an appointment.
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH:
Fr. Sean Harlow, O. Carm……………………Administrator
Fr. Anthony Trung Nguyen, O.Carm………….Parochial Vicar
Deacon Edward Woods
Mrs. Maureen Waterman ............................... Parish Secretary
Phone ........................................................................ 343-4121
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30 am -1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 4:30pm
(closed 1:00-2:00pm for lunch)
Gail Johnson ............................................. Organist -386-5817
Dottie Lanos.................................. President of Parish Council
Stephen Plain .................................................... Parish Trustee
Tonia Crown ...................................................... Parish Trustee
BEREAVEMENT GROUP: The gr oup meets on
Wednesdays from 3:00pm to 4:30pm in OLMC’s Parish
Center, 90 Euclid Ave in Middletown. Facilitated by
Frank Gawors, MS, LCSW. For more information
contact: Frank Gawors at 342-4703 or
[email protected]
NEW PARISHIONERS:
Welcome to Mt. Carmel! Please pick up a Registration
Form in the Gathering area or at the Priory Office or visit:
www.olmcmiddletown.org
Registration and evidence of participation is required at
least eight (8) months before scheduling of marriage or
Baptism.
June 19, 2016
Twelfth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 18th
5:00 Filomena & Antonio Pistoia
Sunday, June 19th
8:00 David Hubner
10:00 Evelyn, John & Bill Kummer
11:30 Edward Bernaski
4:30 William B. Finch, Jr.
Monday, June 20th
7:00 Kyle Henry
Tuesday, June 21st
7:00 Intentions of Jon Tveit
Wednesday, June 22nd
7:00 People of the Parish
Thursday, June 23rd
7:00 Carmelite Society of Prayer
Friday, June 24th
7:00 Marie Cologero
Saturday, June 25th
5:00 Mary & Tony Leo
Sunday, June 26th
8:00 Walter S. Jones
10:00 Giuseppe & Maria Olivo
11:30 Rudolph Long
4:30 Pietro & Gina Catizone
MASS CELEBRANTS
WEEKEND OF June 25th & June 26th
6/25 ~
6/26 ~
5:00 pm ~ Fr. Anthony
8:00 am ~ Fr. Anthony
10:00am ~ Fr. Sean
11:30am ~ Fr. Anthony
4:30pm
~ Fr. Sean
Please note celebrants are subject to change.
The Priory Offices will be closed on
Monday, July 4th to commemor ate
Independence Day.
June 11th & June 12th totaled: $8,087
Collection $7,517 and Online Giving $570
Building Fund totaled: $1,968
Collection: $1,886 and Online Giving $82
Thank You for your generosity!
Mass attendance for the weekend of June 11th &
June 12th was 921.
Our Second Collection each week is to satisfy
the mortgage for the Parish Center.
WE WELCOME VISITORS
We always want to welcome visitors, Catholic or not. It
is a great joy to share our faith with all, and a privilege for
us to share in the faith of our friends. In order to avoid
awkwardness and embarrassment of any kind, however,
we ask that you help your non-Catholic friends to
understand our practices - especially our belief in the real
presence of Christ in Holy Communion. When
non-Catholic visitors see everyone stand and come up for
Communion they may get confused. We even see both
adults and children coming to Communion and then
taking the host and being puzzled about what to do with
it. Please let them know beforehand that it is okay for
them to remain in their seats.
Just to jog your memory, our Catholic belief is that:
Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the
Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith,
life, and worship, members of those churches with whom
we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to
Communion. Scripture is clear that partaking of the
Eucharist is among the highest signs of Christian unity:
"Because there is one bread, we who are many are one
body, for we all partake of the one bread" (1 Cor. 10:17).
For this reason, it is normally impossible for non-Catholic
Christians to receive Holy Communion, for to do so
would be to proclaim a unity to exist that, regrettably,
does not.
All who are not receiving Holy Communion are
encouraged to remain in their seats and express in their
hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and
with one another. We also welcome to this celebration
those who do not share our faith in Jesus Christ. While we
cannot admit them to Holy Communion, we ask them to
offer their prayers for the peace and the unity of the
human family.
And as a reminder to us all, please be sure to immediately
consume the sacred Body of Christ! It is not ever to be
carried back to your seats and consumed at a later
time. We ask that everyone, especially our Eucharistic
Ministers, to be watchful that each person receiving the
Body of Christ consume it immediately.
HEALING MASS
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will
celebrate a Mass for Healing on Thursday, June 30th at
7:00pm in the Shr ine.
For more information call Carol Bezak, Shrine Director
at 845-343-1879.
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
The Priory Office will begin Summer Hours on
Monday, June 27th and will continue until
Friday, September 2nd.
The office hours will be Monday through Friday
from 8:30am-3:30pm (with lunch from 1pm-2pm).
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
PROGRAM
BEFORE YOU GO ON VACATION...
Be sure to register for Religious Education.
2016-2017 Session begins in September and classes
are filling up! New and Returning Student Forms are
available in the gathering space. *New students must
provide a copy of a Baptismal certificate at the time
of registration.
See the Communication Center for an informational
sheet about the Religious Education Program.
Please note: regular rates are now in effect.
For questions contact Nancy Miller, Coordinator, at
[email protected] or 845-342-1510.
SENIOR SOUP AND SANDWICH UPDATE
Heartfelt thanks to those who provided so many
hours of volunteer time to help make or monthly
Senior Luncheons the fun and exciting events that
they were for the last 10 years.
We especially thank Sal Donnarumma who worked
side by side with our Soup and Sandwich Leader, the
late Sonny DeBeauvernet.
Our monthly luncheon has been a mainstay for our
seniors in the Middletown Community. Although our
luncheons will never be the same our hope is to
explore options over the summer to continue to reach
out to our senior community in a similar way in the
fall.
If you are interested in volunteering in a new
luncheon program contact Nancy Miller at
845-342-1510 or [email protected]
DONATIONS NEEDED
CAVE QUEST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Can you donate a package of napkins or a
disposable plastic tablecloth? Maybe a package
of paper cups or paper plates? Your donations of
supplies help us keep VBS affordable for our
families.
See our “VBS TAG TREE” in the Gathering
Space. If you wish to help – take a tag (each tag
contains a different item), purchase the item and
return to our special CAVE QUEST Donation Box.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE OUR VBS
EXTRA SPECIAL!
COMING JULY 11TH-15TH
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Join us for a fun week of bible stories, crafts, music,
games and fantastic snacks! Our Cave Explorers will
carry on their “exploration” from 9am until 12 noon at
Cave Quest-Following Jesus-The Light of the World!
Each day the children will make a craft and enjoy a
creative, delicious snack. Our Cave Quest Team
includes adults, college students, high school students
and Confirmation candidates all volunteering their
time to make our VBS fun, exciting and well
supervised.
VBS is open to children/students attending
Kindergarten through 4th grade as of
September ’16.
$30 per child for 5 mornings of FUN!! (That’s $6
per day) . This includes a special Cave Quest T-shirt
for each child and every family will receive a CD of
the fantastic Cave Quest music. Space is limited don’t miss out! Forms are available at our display in
the Gathering Space.
If you have questions or require more information
contact Nancy Miller at: 342-1501 or
[email protected]
CATHOLIC SINGLES
If you are Catholic and single... Catholic HV (Hudson
Valley) offers various events ranging from spiritual
talks, hiking, donating food, live music, evenings at
Cosimos on Rt. 211 in Middletown, Adoration, and
more. (There are various groups ranging from ages
18-49).
For more information contact Ken Searle at
845-978-8375 or [email protected]
Note: You will need an email address to get on the
event notification list.
ISN'T IT STRANGE ?
Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about
God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn,
understand, extend and repeat gossip?
NATIONAL SHRINE OF
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
RCIA
WHAT IS RCIA?
RCIA is the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
RCIA is a process, not so much a program, as a
journey of faith. It is centered on nurturing a deeper
relationship with Jesus Christ and the Church He
founded. The process provides interested adults and
older teens the opportunity to gradually become a part
of the Catholic Church, and receive the Sacraments of
Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist.
Who is RCIA for?
1. Persons who have not been Baptized and desire to
become Catholic.
2. Persons baptized in another Christian tradition who
desire to become Catholic.
3. Baptized Catholics in need of 1st Communion and/
or Confirmation
For more information, please call Miriam Pailes at
343-5062.
SPECIAL EVENT
2016 FEAST DAY OF OUR LADY OF
MOUNT CARMEL
FRIDAY, JULY 15 & SATURDAY, JULY 16
Friday Evening
7:00 pm Solemn Evening Prayer in honor of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Saturday Morning
10:00 am Solemn Morning Prayer in honor of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Enrollment of
the Scapular for all participants
11:00 am - 12 noon Confessions
12 noon Solemn Mass in Honor of the Patronal
Feast of the Order of Carmelites:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, followed
by procession to the grotto and crowning.
Fr. Francis Amodio, O.Carm. presiding
2:00 pm Praying of Scriptural Rosary ending with
exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
REFRESHMENTS - Coffee, orange juice and pastries
will be available in Pilgrim Hall from 9:00-10:00 am for
a free will offering.
LUNCH - Hot dogs, lemonade and water available for
a small fee or bring your own.
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All are invited to join us! For more information call
Carol Bezak, Shrine Director at: 845-343-1879.
CONGRATULATIONS to our 8th Grade Graduates:
Jose Amigon, Racquel Benjamin, Jade Chichester, Elena Crown, Vivian DeLeon,
Julia Fitzgerald, Alexandra Gorsky, Connor Hanington, Brian Lambert, Elisa Matos,
Aidan Nemeroff, Jamaica Octaviano, Olivia Pawlowski, Shelby Ramgoolam and
Logan Raposo
We would also like to congratulate all our Pre-K and Kindergarten Graduates!
May Our Lady of Mt. Carmel bless and guide all of our graduates now and always.
U P C O M I NG
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS - The School’s Office hours will be 9:00am-12:00pm Monday - Thursday. The office will be closed on Fridays.
REGISTRATION - Registration for the 2016-2017 school year is still ongoing. There are
scholarships available for qualifying families entering grades K-6. For more information about
the school, registration or eligibility for scholarships please call the school’s number or visit the
website below.
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For more information about the school, to register or to schedule a tour please call the school’s main
office 343-8836 or visit our site: www.mtcarmelschoolmiddletown.org