A Welcoming Eucharistic Community

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church AWelcomingEucharisticCommunity November 26, 2017 Jesus Christ King of the Universe

495NorthOceanAve.E-mail:info@OLMCPatchogue.orgPhone:631-475-4739Patchogue,N.Y.11772website:OLMCPatchogue.orgFax:631-447-1030LikeusonFacebook:www.Facebook.com/OLMCPatchogueNememailemail

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I will rescue my scattered sheep (Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is noth-ing I shall want (Psalm 23).

COMMUNION CALLS Any homebound or shut-in may receive Holy Communion in their home. A Eucharis c Minister, will visit. Please call 631-475-4739

SACRAMENT PREPARATION Please call Religious Educa on at 631-289-7327

Offices Note Rectory Business Office is combined with

the Religious Educa on Office and located in the Parish Center .

Hours 9:00 AM –4:00 PM Monday –Friday 631-475-4739

RECONCILIATION Heard Saturday 4:00pm to 4:45pm in the Church or by appointment

Second Reading — As in Adam all die, so too in Christ all shall be brought to life (1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28). Gospel — Whatever you did to the least ones, you did to me (Matthew 25:31-46). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Mass Schedule

Weekend - Saturday: 5:00 pm (Vigil) Church Sunday: 8:00am, 9:45 & 11:30 am Weekday Monday—Saturday 8:00am Chapel Thursday 6pm Mass

Regional School Holy Angels Regional School 475-0422 Principal-Mr. Michael Connell

New Parishioners are invited to come to the Center and pick up a registration form. Envelopes are available upon request.

Parish Office– in Parish Center Telephone 475-4739 Fax 447-1030

Parish Secretary Susan Schmutz ext.101

Business Office Hours in Parish Center

Monday - Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm

Saturday-Sunday Closed

Mass cards sold in church at weekend masses

info@OLMCParchogue.org

Religious Education Telephone: 289-7327

Religious Education Office Hours Monday - Thursday

9:00am - 4:00pm

Coordinator of Religious Education

Madlyn D’Ambrose ext 104

Choir Music Director: Germaine Fontaine

Parish Outreach Food Pantry Telephone 475-9580 ext.113

Outreach Office Hours 10am-2pm Thursday & Friday

olmcoutreach@gmail.com

Sacrament of Marriage Arrangement must be made 6 months in advance. No date for a wedding can be given over the phone or reserved until the couple completes the formal paperwork with a member of the pastoral staff.

R.C.I.A. is for those who are interested in coming into the Catholic Church or a Catholic interested in completing the Sacraments of Initiation. Call Faith Formation office for more information. Thursday Evenings. V. Shpak & K. Fontaine Mass Intentions

Mass cards announced are $20.00 Presentation Folders are $25.00

PASTOR Rev. Henry Reid Deacon Anthony Graviano

Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are celebrated on the 2nd & 4th Sunday’s in Church at 1:00PM. Baptismal preparation is required prior to the baptism of any child. Please call 631-475-4739 for further info.

Reconciliation/Confession Monday-Friday, Following Daily Mass in Chapel Saturday 4:00 – 4:45 PM in Church

PRAYER GROUPS

Monday Night Prayer Group 7:30 in the Chapel -Jerry Curreri 698-3533 Legion of Mary Prayer Group Monday 7:pm In Parish Center Rob Costanzo 631-834-3385 Wednesday Night Prayer Group 7:30 pm in a Private Home Mary Peterson– 475-4739 St. Monica’s Prayer Group Thursday 8:30 to 9:30 pm in Chapel Secular Franciscans (OFS) Meet in the Parish Center 1st Sunday of the Month 1pm to 4 pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Following 8 am Mass Thursday till 10 pm 6pm Divine Mercy Mass Rosary for Life 7pm Prayer Groups as printed above.

November 26, 2017 - Christ the King

From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, as a parish and as a Church, we celebrate this great Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. Some years ago, I met with a group of people in another parish in order to resolve some problems that had arisen over various ministries and personalities. As I began, and perhaps it was partly do to my own personality and the way people perceive me, maybe it was due to rumors and speculation that gave rise to preconceived notions, or because of the very thing that had brought us together, there was immediate hostility towards what I said. One of the first things I said is that there can be no individual kingdoms within the parish, because “there is only on Kingdom”, it was interrupted by someone shouting at me “And you’re the King.” My response was immediate “No, Christ is the King.” All too often we forget that there is someone above us, someone who called us into being out of love, and continues to call us to Himself. Part of this has to do with ideology, and what we are bringing from the outside, into our lives as Christians, rather than bringing our life as disciples of Christ into the world we live in. Even the celebration of this Solemnity was introduced by the Church, because so many people were turning away from focusing on Jesus Christ, and were taking their cue from the secular world, both on the left and the right. With that being said, I have to admit that sometimes over the past few months my focus has drifted from where it needed to be; what was immediately required to be taken care of took precedence, which is understandable, but that is not the way to continue. Now that things are in place, at least those things needed to address the critical needs of the parish, I want to turn to long reaching needs, dreams and desires. We will soon be distributing surveys in the church after Masses, which will also be available in the parish center, in order to best discern the future of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, and the way we should move forward. In addition to these forms, which I want as many parishioners to fill out as possible, I will be contacting members of the parish community to form a Parish Planning Committee, to map out over the next six months to a year, a Pastoral Plan for our parish. This will take into account the results of the survey, as well as meetings with groups within the community, to define what our Parish Mission, Values, Vision and Goals will be over the next five years, and possibly beyond. It is my hope that by distributing these surveys During Advent, we will reach the most amount of parishioners possible, before all the snowbirds fly south, and when many people who have drifted away over time, for one reason or another, possibly return to celebrate the Season with us. Please take a copy home and fill it out, and return it, because I want to hear from all of you, young and old, daily communicants and Sunday Mass goers, regular attendees and those who may not be here all the time, what your vision is for the parish. Back to the comment that was thrown in my direction in the past, that I thought I was king; the fact is that I have never felt like the king in my position as priest. Sometimes I have felt like a member of the court at best, maybe even someone serving at the king’s feast, and more often than not, I have felt like a court jester. But the saving grace I have, that brings me back to where I need to be, is when I remember that, while I am not the King, I have been adopted by Him, and have become through that Grace a beloved child of God. Pax,

Henry

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today we have a modern feast, less than a century old, and placed at the very end of the liturgical cycle of Sundays only in 1969. In 1925, the world was in a sorry state from the vantage point of Pope Pius XI. The winds of war had swept the map of Europe raw, and ancient Christian dynasties had fallen in Russia and Spain. Alt-hough the Great War had ended, wars were breaking out everywhere. Fascism was already in control in Italy, and Nazism was on the horizon for Germany. The disorder making its claim on the human race was, the pope felt, an insult to the Divine Order. Pius XI designated the last Sunday in October as a day of universal recognition of the kingship of Christ. Creating this feast was an act of bravery by the pope, who was standing up against idola-try of the state and the dehumanizing forces of the mod-ern world, things that are not hard to detect in today’s world as well. In 1969 it seemed fitting to move the feast to a place of honor at the end of the year, a way of sum-ming up the whole movement of the liturgical year to-ward the perfection of the Kingdom of God. In recent decades, many Protestant churches have adopted this day from the new Roman calendar, so it is shared now with the Church of England, the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches, and others. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

This is the last week of the Church Liturgical Year. Our new Year begins next week with the Fist Sunday of Advent. Note the change in color next week.

CHRIST, KING OF ALL On this, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. By concluding the year with this feast we are proclaiming our faith that Jesus Christ is the one and only king over all seasons, all peoples, and all of creation. At the end of time as we know it, Christ’s work of restoring all things to unity and harmony with their Crea-tor God will be completed. This Sunday, when we claim Christ as both our Shepherd and our King, we recognize our own calling to participate in Christ’s saving work by caring for those whom Jesus calls “the least ones” (Matthew 25:45). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3:57-61; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3:62-67; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Friday: Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday: Dn 7:15-27; Dn 3:82-87; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Monday: Thirty-fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time Thursday: St. Andrew Friday: First Friday Saturday: First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary

November 26, 2017

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS Please let us know if you would be interested in taking a 6 hour defensive driving class here at OLMC for $25.00. It will lower insurance and take points off your drivers license. Drop in the collation basket if you are interested so we know if we have enough people to set a date. Name ___________________________________I am Interested____Phone ______________________

New Ministry Next gathering

WEDNESDAY November 29,th 10:00AM till 12:00 PM

In the Parish Center auditorium

“With these Hands”

Come learn how to knit and crochet. If you already know how please come and join us for Coffee, cake and a new project.

You can bring your own project or join us in making Hats for Cancer Patients and small

blankets for the neonatal unit at Stony Brook

If you are new, don’t worry, we will Provide detailed instructions and needles

plus yarn to use. Other handicrafts are planned for t holidays.

Donations of yarn are welcome!

We will begin selling Snowflake sponsors for Youth Group ac vi-

es. All snowflakes are placed in the back windows of the church. Sponsors are $5.00 each.

Friday, December 8th 9:00 PM To 1:00 AM Saturday,

December 9th The Immaculate Conception was the preparation by God of a human

tabernacle for His Son here on earth. On this Holy Feast in 1531

(December 9th of that year) Our La-dy of Guadalupe appeared for the

first time to Saint Juan Diego, bringing about the end of Aztec

slaughters, and the conversion of millions. .

Let us Bow down in UNISON across the nation in continuous prayer before the Blessed Sac-rament in adoration and reparation for the sins against the lives of our innocent pre-born and

helpless ones being slaughtered in today’s society. Hour of Unity begins 12 AM E.S.T.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel

SIGN UP SHEETS WILL BE LOCATED IN FRONT AND BACK OF THE CHURCH, PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME UNDER THE HOUR YOU WISH TO JOIN US IN PRAYER

Christmas Raffle

For our First Annual Christmas Raffle we are asking our parishioners if they can take a ticket to sell outside the Parish Community.

Ask your family, friends and co-workers to buy a ticket.

You can even pick your favorite number!

The seller of the First prize winning ticket wins $1,000.00

Please stop by the Parish Office to ask for a few to sell.

The only way to win is to buy and sell them!!! Maximum one thousand tickets to be sold!

Xium one thoLimited to one thousand tickets

PRESENT PANTRY NEEDS: Canned Ravioli Spam Canned meals Canned potatoes Tuna Mayonnaise, mustard & ketchup Jelly Coffee/Tea Cake mixes Flour Sugar Cooking oil Pancake mix & syrup Cookies Bath Soap Toothpaste Laundry & Dish Detergent Diapers &Baby Wipes Paper Towels Toilet Paper Tissues

Holiday Needs

Hams Turkeys

The Outreach Office 631- 475-9580

Pantry Hours: Thursday Friday 10:00am-2:00pm

Please take a tag off the giving tree and purchase a gift, wrap it with the tag on the outside and return to the Church by December due date. This will allow us to have everything ready to distribute for the families. Thank you the Tim 4 Teen Ministry

Mark Frank Biondi, Tim Brady,

Mathew L. Brandli, Tom Brady, Bryan Budd,

Paul Burawa, Francis X. Castellano,

Brian Dale, Joey Diveck, Johnathan Delvalle,

Dennis Ryan Dooley, Jeremy Ferguson,

Andrew Hughes, Joe Hwang , Joseph Janssen,

Tracey M. Kentoffio, Kevin Kiefer, Chris Klimek,

Frankie Lopez, Adam McCarthy,

Eugene Mahan, Al Mediate, Daniel Murphy,

Patrick Musumeci, Jonathan Parker,

Ernesto Perez, Maria Perez, Michael B. Poole,

David D. Post, Aldo Ruiz, Szu-Moy Ruiz,

Pamela Seagroatt Michael Sedlak,

Fianna Sogomoyan, Michael Vincent Toro

Anthony Ventura, Jonathan Warshauer, Alexandria Waszmer,

Robert W. White, Brian Wilkenson,

Brendon James Willy

Monday-Saturday 8:00am masses in Chapel. Saturday, November 25rd, 800am Kathleen McGovern

5:00pm Locantore Family

Sunday, November 26th, 8:00 am John Golden

9:45 am Star Miranda

11:30am Parishioners of OLMC

Monday, November 27th, 8:00am Ann Cari

Tuesday, November 28th, 8:00am Frank B. Paules

Wednesday, November 29th,

8:00am Carol Mercurio

Thursday, November 30th, 8:00am Jeanette Jones

6:00pm ————————-

Friday, December 1st, 8:00am First Friday Intentions

Saturday, December 2nd, 8:00am Mary Schuchman

5:00 pm Chester & Marion

Koronkiewicz

Sunday, December 3rd,

8:00am Parishioners of OLMC

9:45am Noreen Cronin

11:30am Orlino Tabag

Saturday 5:00pm & all Sunday Masses in Church. Please note that ——— at a time means that there was no intention when bulletin went to print.

PRAY FOR THE SICK Romanita Abad,

Louis Alloyne, Joseph Balado Sr.,

Bill Beaudry, Amelia Barone,

Dennis Berger, Joanne Brandi ,

Patricia Boyle, Marilyn Capaldo

Michael Castro, Angela Chiaorrmonte,

Yolanda Celone, Mary Collins,

Neil Coogan, Kenny Cook,

Ginna Cooper, Kathleen Corrigan,

Airen Craig,

Frances Damara,

Eileen Damico, Nydia Diaz,

Anna A. Ferello, Mary Ellen Flynn,

Mike Flynn,

Joseph Guyton, Roy Hanson,

Lisa Haus-McWilliams,

Joan Keoppen, Savannah Hoesterey,

Jeanette Jones, Lori Ann M. Kaan,

Carol Kennedy, Natale Kennedy,

Bert LaMeyra,

Kathleen D. Kollegger,

Giavana Laakman, John Laakman Jr.,

James Leung ,Michael Lubrico,

Keith Mandart, Ann Mc Carthy

Ryan Mc Carthy,

Diane Raheb Maclaren,

Thomas McCleary, Nick Montanaro,

Bob Metz, Helen Metz Rogers,

Nick Montanaro,Virginia Morellino,

Wayne Mudrack, Mildred Neubeck,

Adaline Newberg, Mary Norwick,

Richard Paloscio, Joan Parente,

Rosa Maria Santos, Maria Shine,

Rachel Schopp,

Sylvia Shpect,

Ed Siano, Val Stypenski,,

Michael “Jake” Sweeney,

Tom Swengros, Charles Terrano,

Ann Vidal, Emerson Vidal,

Emerson Vidal II,

Kenneth Vidal, Lisa Vidal

Robert Vidal, Gary Vitters,

John F. Watson,

Mickey Welch