THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD - JANUARY 10, 2016

✞ Mass Schedule ✞

Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm OLMC

7:00 pm (Spanish) SJE

Sunday: 8:00 am SJE

9:00 am OLMC 11:00 am SJE

12:30 pm (Spanish) SJE 5:00 pm OLMC

6:30 pm (Haitian) OLMC

Weekday Masses: Monday-Friday: 7:30 am SJE

12:10 pm OLMC First Friday: 12:10 pm SJE

Saturday: 12:10 pm SJE

Holyday Vigil: 5:30 pm OLMC

7:00 pm Spanish SJE

Holyday: 7:30 am, 6:30 pm SJE

12:10 pm, 5:30 pm OLMC

Mass for the Hearing Impaired: 4th Sunday of each month

at 2:00 pm OLMC (not in July & Aug.)

Italian Mass: Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday

& Christmas Day at 10:30 am OLMC

Welcome to the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist

& Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Office Hours at SJE Rectory: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 148 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

(914) 949-0439 www.sjeolmc.org 914-948-5909 Parish Email: sjesecretary@aol.com / info@olmcwp.org

OLMC: 92 South Lexington Avenue White Plains, NY 10606

Father Thomas Kallumady, Pastor Father Rubenus Cammayo, Parochial Vicar

Father Chellan Joseph, Chaplain - White Plains Hospital

~ Visiting Priests ~ Father Bart Daly, Father Patrick McCahil, Father Bob O’Neil,

Father Edward O’Neil, Father John Quinn, Father Romane St. Vil, M.M.

~ Staff ~ Andrea Caridi, Cesar Ceballos, JoAnn Douglass - Office Staff

David Graf - Music Director

~ Parish Cemetery ~ Mount Calvary Cemetery - (914) 949-0671 - Mr. Daniel Murray, Director

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Saint John the Evangelist Manuel Mendoza

Phone: 914-437-5144 Classes Sunday 9:15-10:45 am

followed by Family Mass at 11:00 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Andrew Morzello

Email: re.olmcwp@yahoo.com Phone: 914-948-6834, option 2 Classes Sunday 10:00-11:30 am

Family Mass at 9:00 am

CONFESSIONS

Saturdays 4:30 to 5:15 pm OLMC

6:00 to 6:45 pm SJE

Mondays 11:30 to 12:00 pm OLMC

Anytime by appointment at SJE rectory

MARRIAGES

At least six months notice

BAPTISMS

3rd Sunday of the month - after 9:00 am Mass OLMC

4th Sunday of the month - 10:15 am (English) SJE, Mass to follow

- after 12:30 pm Mass (Spanish) SJE

Baptism instruction (3rd Tuesday of the month)

is required for parents and godparents. Parents should register in

advance to make arrangements.

NEW TO THE PARISH?

We invite you to register with the parish by filling out the envelopes found in the church, or by calling the rectory office at 914-949-0439

DEVOTIONS

Miraculous Medal - Monday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC

St. Anthony Mary Claret & St. Anthony Padua -

Tuesday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC

Five Wounds of Our Lord & St. Gaspar Bertoni -

Friday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC

First Friday - Mass 12:10 pm SJE Adoration after Mass until 5:30 pm SJE

Mass 12:10 pm OLMC Followed by Holy Hour OLMC

Our Lady of Fatima -

First Saturday after 12:10 pm Mass SJE

Pro-Life Rosary - Saturday at 5:00 pm OLMC

2nd Collection this weekend - for “Maintenance & Utilities” of our parish.

Please be generous.

BINGO - is held Monday nights at 7:20 pm in the Church hall at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. All are welcome! Youth Group - meeting on Sunday, Jan. 17th at 6:00 pm in the Rectory Hall at OLMC. FUN energetic group: trips, games, volunteer service and spiritual fun! For ages 13-17 (8th-12th graders only). Come join us! Only $5.00 registration fee. Parish Open Gym at SJE - every Friday 6-8pm for 6th - 8th grade boys & girls. The cost is $5.00 per player per night. Parents are welcome to watch the fun. Open gym supervised by Jim Amodio. Call 949-3922 for more info. Share Your Blessings - Please remember us with a bequest in your will. Saint John the Evangelist and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is our legacy to our children, our friends and our loved ones. Your thoughtfulness will help insure our future. Mass Times - is a ministry to traveling Catholics. To find a Roman Catholic Church and its Mass schedule, visit www.masstimes.org.

Dear Parishioners, Happy New Year to you all again. The new year has started well. The inaugural meeting of our newly constituted parish council was held on Jan. 5. I was very impressed by the enthusiastic response. I think that we have a good representation of our parishioners, young and old, talented and committed, diverse and gifted. I thank all those who have volunteered to serve as our parish council, and am looking forward to working with them to rebuild our faith family. We briefly discussed about this Year of Mercy and the Lenten renewal programs (Fr. Romane St. Vill has offered to conduct a Lenten Service of lectures on the Year of Mercy). I thank Nancy Young and Paula Tovar for being secretary and assistant secretary to our parish council. The parish council will meet regularly on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. The Installation Committee also is formed. Let us make it a nice family celebration. Sincerely in Christ Jesus, Father Thomas Kallumady

Church Support Thank you very much for your continued

love & support for the parish. We are especially grateful to those who “make up” for their Sundays away from the parish.

Solemnity of Mary 1-1-16 SJE $ 2,708 OLMC $ 808

Offering Collection 1-3-16 SJE $ 6,958 OLMC $ 3,803

Catholic Communication Campaign & Catholic University 1-3-16

SJE $ 2,352 OLMC $ 735

~ Pastor’s Column ~

You are invited to the Installation as our First Pastor

Mass & Reception for Father Thomas Kallumady

by the Most Reverend Gerald Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Westchester County,

Archdiocese of New York Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 at 5:30 pm*

Saint John the Evangelist Church Reception to follow

in Saint John’s Auditorium

All are welcome to attend!

Please RSVP on the sign up sheets in either church on the bulletin tables with the number of people attending.

*Please note: there is no 5:30 pm Mass at OLMC this day

March for Life 2016 - “Pro-Life and Pro-Woman Go Hand-in-Hand” is the theme of the 2016 March for Life, a pilgrimage of prayer, penance and fellowship to Washington DC that will take place on Friday, January 22, 2016. Marchers from our parish will meet at 6:15am in SJE vestibule and return after 11pm in the evening. The cost of transportation is $45 ($20 for students). To reserve your seat or to sponsor a Marcher, call Gerald Yeung at 914-837-7008. White Plains Rally for Life 2016 - Join in an hour of prayer and public witness at the corner of Maple and Mamaroneck on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 12 noon to remember the young lives lost since 1973's Roe v. Wade decision. Please call Gerald Yeung at 914-837-7008 for more info. Employment/Networking Support Group - a free group will be offered by The RDC Center for Counseling & Human Development – Monday evenings, 6:30-8pm on Jan. 25, Feb 1, 8, 22,29 & Mar 7. This program is for persons who have recently lost their jobs or who are returning to the workforce after a few years of not working. The program will be held at The White Plains Education & Training Center, 303 Quarropas St., White Plains. To register or for more information call Pat Sheridan, LCSW, 798-1103.

Baptism of the Lord

At first glance, the Baptism of the Lord might seem an odd feast. Since the Catholic Church teaches that the Sacrament of Baptism is necessary for the remission of sins, particularly Original Sin, why was Christ baptized? After all, He was born without Original Sin, and He lived His entire life without sinning. Therefore, He had no need of the sacrament, as we do. In submitting Himself humbly to the baptism of St. John the Baptist, however, Christ provided the example for the rest of us. If even He should be baptized, though He had no need of it, how much more should the rest of us be thankful for this sacrament, which frees us from the darkness of sin and incorporates us into the Church, the life of Christ on earth! His Baptism therefore, was necessary - not for Him, but for us. Do you want to be on fire for God? John the Baptist said that the Messiah would "baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Fire in biblical times was associated with God and with his action in the world and in the lives of his people. God sometimes manifested his presence by use of fire, such as the burning bush which was not consumed when God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2). The image of fire was also used to symbolize God's glory (Ezekiel 1:4, 13), his protective presence (2 Kings 6:17), his holiness (Deuteronomy 4:24), righteous judgment (Zechariah 13:9), and his wrath against sin (Isaiah 66:15-16). It is also used of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11 and Acts 2:3). God's fire both purifies and cleanses, and it inspires a reverent fear of God and of his word in us.

“There’s nothing wrong with

happiness. We should treasure every

moment of it. But it’s fleeting, and

no one can be happy all the time.

Joy is a feeling and an attitude of

much greater depth. It comes from

within, not from circumstances.

It’s a feeling of deep satisfaction

with life. Joyful people look at

what’s right with the world and with

people instead of what’s wrong.”

Este es mi hijo, el amado, mi predilecto” En las lecturas de este día vemos cómo San Juan Bautista preparaba al mundo de su época y de su región para el momento de la revelación de Jesucristo, el Mesías prometido, esperado por el pueblo de Israel. El Bautista predicaba la conver-sión, el cambio de vida. El bautismo que Juan impartía significaba la aceptación de la conversión de aquéllos que, mo-tivados por su predicación, deseaban arrepentir-se para poder optar por el reino de los cielos, que Juan anunciaba y que el Mesías vendría pronto a establecer. Vemos, entonces, cómo el bautismo que Juan impartía era un bautismo de conversión. Llama la atención el que Jesús, el Hijo de Dios, que se hizo semejante a nosotros en todo, me-nos en el pecado, se acercara a la ribera del Jordán, como cualquier otro de los que se esta-ban convirtiendo, a pedirle a Juan que le bauti-zara. Tanto es así, que el mismo Bautista, que venía predicando insistentemente que detrás de él vendría “uno que es más que yo, y yo no me-rezco ni agacharme para desatarle las sanda-lias” (Mc. 1, 7), se queda impresionado de la peti-ción del Señor. Y vemos en el Evangelio que Juan Bautista le discute: “Soy yo quien debe ser bautizado por Tí, ¿y Tú vienes a que yo te bautice?” Sin embargo, el Señor lo convence: “Haz ahora lo que te digo, porque es necesario que así cumplamos todo lo que Dios quiere. Entonces Juan accedió a bauti-zarlo” (Mt. 3, 14-15). Cierto entonces que Jesucristo, el Dios vivo, no tenía necesidad de bautismo. Pero en el Jordán quiso presentarle al Padre los pecados del mun-do y asumirlos – El, ¡Todo un Dios, en quien no puede haber pecado alguno, se pone en lugar de la humanidad pecadora, haciéndose bautizar!

El Bautismo del Señor.

CATECISMO DE LA IGLESIA CATOLICA

El Sacramento del Bautismo

1213 El Santo Bautismo es el fundamento de toda la vida cristiana, el pórtico de la vida en el espíritu y la puerta que abre el acceso a los otros sacramen-tos. Por el Bautismo somos liberados del pecado y regenerados como hijos de Dios, llegamos a ser miembros de Cristo y somos incorporados a la Iglesia y hechos partícipes de su misión (cf Concilio de Florencia. 1214 Este sacramento recibe el nombre de Bautismo en razón del carácter del rito central mediante el que se celebra: bautizar (baptizein en griego) significa "sumergir", "introducir dentro del agua"; la "inmersión" en el agua simboliza el acto de sepultar al catecúmeno en la muerte de Cristo, de donde sale por la resurrección con Él (cf Rm 6,3-4; Col 2,12) como "nueva criatura"

El Bautismo en la Iglesia

1226 Desde el día de Pentecostés la Iglesia ha cele-brado y administrado el santo Bautismo. En efecto, San Pedro declara a la multitud conmovida por su predicación: "Convertíos [...] y que cada uno de vosotros se haga bautizar en el nombre de Jesucristo, para remisión de vuestros pecados; y recibiréis el don del Espíritu Santo" (Hch 2,38). Los Apóstoles y sus colaboradores ofrecen el bautismo a quien crea en Jesús: judíos, hombres temerosos de Dios, paganos (Hch 2,41; 8,12-13; 10,48; 16,15). El Bautismo aparece siempre ligado a la fe: "Ten fe en el Señor Jesús y te salvarás tú y tu casa", declara San Pablo a su carcelero en Filipos. El relato continúa: "el carcel-ero inmediatamente recibió el bautismo, él y todos los suyos" (Hch16,31-33). 1227 Según el apóstol San Pablo, por el Bautismo el creyente participa en la muerte de Cristo; es sepul-tado y resucita con Él: «¿O es que ignoráis que cuantos fuimos bautizados en Cristo Jesús, fuimos bautizados en su muerte? Fuimos, pues, con él sepultados por el bautismo en la muerte, a fin de que, al igual que Cristo fue resucitado de entre los muertos por medio de la gloria del Padre, así también nosotros vivamos una vidanueva» (Rm6,3-4; cf Col 2,12). Los bautizados se han "revestido de Cristo" (Ga 3,27). Por el Espíritu Santo, el Bautismo es un baño que purifica, santifica y justifica (cf 1 Co 6,11; 12,13).

MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 17 ~ Saint John the Evangelist Church & Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church ~

If you booked a Mass intention for

your family member and would like to bring up the gifts, please inform an

usher before Mass.

Saturday, 1/09 - 12:10 pm SJE Victor Camacho 5:30 pm Vigil OLMC Frances Caridi 7:00 pm Vigil SJE Restrepo & Ortega Family Sunday, 1/10 - The Baptism of the Lord 8:00 am SJE Alfonsa Cueva 9:00 am OLMC Orazio Giambona 11:00 am SJE Natividad Supnet 12:30 pm SJE No Intentions 5:00 pm OLMC Hannah Sanders 6:00 pm OLMC For the People of the Parish Monday, 1/11 7:30 am SJE Juan Carlos Cordoano 12:10 pm OLMC Severina Paladini

Tuesday, 1/12 - 7:30 am SJE Sofia Trainor 12:10 pm OLMC Tony Pereira

Wednesday, 1/13 - Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:30 am SJE Anthony Trainor 12:10 pm OLMC Rasse Sinopoli

Thursday, 1/14 7:30 am SJE Sandra Trainor 12:10 pm OLMC Ignazious & Antonio Libertella

Friday, 1/15 7:30 am SJE Deceased Members of the Trainor Family 12:10 pm OLMC Barbara Schickler

Saturday, 1/16 12:10 pm SJE Paul & Maria Gerdelan 5:30 pm Vigil OLMC Jack Canino 7:00 pm Vigil SJE Aidee Torres

Sunday, 1/17 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am SJE Carmelia Curschellas 9:00 am OLMC Resurreccion & Melquiades Santos 11:00 am SJE Deceased Members of the Seguso & Flanagan Families 12:30 pm SJE For the People of the Parish 5:00 pm OLMC Janice de Ramon 6:00 pm OLMC No Intentions Sanctuary Lamp OLMC - Dominick Morello Rest in Peace - Please pray for the souls of Vincent Sassone & Joseph Bertrand who died this past week.