Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
627 East 187th Street, Bronx, New York 10458
Telephone: 718-295-3770
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Fax: 718-367-2240
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www.ourladymtcarmelbx.org
PARISH STAFF
PASTOR
Rev. Fr. Eric Rapaglia
PAROCHIAL VICARS
Rev. Fr. Urbano Rodrigues
Rev. Fr. Alejandro Baumann
PASTOR EMERITUS
Rev. Msgr. John A. Ruvo
PARISH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
Mr. John T. Riley
Telephone: 718-295-6080
Fax: 718-561-5205
CATECHETICAL CENTER
COORDINATOR
Sr. Loreto Bigay, S.M.C.
Telephone: 718-295-7397
Fax: 718-295-7656
MASSES:
Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (English)
Sunday:
8:30am (English), 9:30am (Spanish),
11:00am (Italian),12:30pm (English)
Weekdays:
8:30am (English, Mon.-Sat.)
12noon (English, Mon.-Sat.)
7:00pm (English, Mon.-Fri.)
HOLY HOUR:
12:30pm (Sat.)
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
DEVOTIONS: Each night from 6 - 7 pm we will expose
the Blessed Sacrament and say the Rosary, the Divine
Mercy Chaplet, Adoration and nightly devotions until
Benediction.
Monday: Miraculous Medal; Tuesday: Divine Mercy;
Wednesday:O. L. of Perpetual Help; Thursday: St. Joseph;
Friday: St. Pio (1st Friday); O. L. of Guadalupe (2nd and 5th
Friday); St. Anne (3rd Friday);St. John Vianney (4th Friday).
BAPTISMS:
Baptisms are celebrated at 1:45 pm on the 2ND SUNDAY of
each month in SPANISH, the 3RD SUNDAY in ENGLISH.
Arrangements must be made by phoning one of the priests
at the rectory at least one month prior to the Baptism.
Parents and godparents MUST attend a Pre-Baptism
instruction at 8:00 pm on the Monday prior to the Baptism.
Sponsors must present Confirmation Certificates from the
parish from which they received this Sacrament.
MARRIAGES:
Couples desiring to be married must make the necessary
arrangements beginning with a phone call to one of the
priests at the rectory at least six months before the
proposed wedding date. Information will be given
regarding the church requirements to celebrate the
Sacrament of Matrimony.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
A priest should be called whenever anyone is seriously ill.
Families should take care not to wait until the person is
dying. In case of an emergency, the rectory should be
called at any time.
PARISH MEMBERSHIP
New parishioners should register at the rectory as soon as
possible after moving into the parish.
ENVELOPES
Every adult in the parish should receive and use our
envelopes for the Sunday collection. Children attending
our Parish School or Religious Ed. classes receive and are
encouraged to use their children’s envelopes.
MT CARMEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The parish school is located at 2465-67 Bathgate Avenue.
Information concerning the parish school should be
obtained from the school during the normal school hours.
The parish school telephone number is published above.
April 6, 2014
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH
ANNOUNCED MASSES
REST IN PEACE……Please pray for the deceased members
of our parish, especially Maria Adornetto and Carolina
Ferrante Skouras & for our military.
SUN. APRIL 6th SIXTH SUNDAY OF LENT
8:30am Fr. Nicholas Basile
9:30
Pro Populo
11:00
Francesco e Vincenza Bordenga
12:30pm Frank Pappas
WEDDING BANNS…
III. Christopher Gerard Barbieri & Lindsay Peguero
Pasquale Gennaro Porpora & Regina Lee Buonfiglio
MON. APRIL 7th LENTEN WEEKDAY; ST. JOHN BAPTIST
7:30am Feliciano Fernandez
8:30am Nan Christensen
12:00pm Laurence & Lily Borgatti
7:00pm For all souls
MEMORIALS OFFERED THIS WEEK
Sanctuary Lamp - Giuseppe & Pasqualina Lupo &
Deceased of the Adesso, Cafaro
& Diorio Families
by grandson & cousin, Joseph Lupo
TUES. APRIL 8th LENTEN WEEKDAY
7:30am Biagia Angiola
8:30am Salvatore & Giuseppina Florio
12:00pm Maria Di Lizia
7:00pm Frank Pappas, Christine Covino &
Jennie Salce
9th LENTEN
WED. APRIL
WEEKDAY
7:30am For a special intention
8:30am Sr. M. Letizia Nunzi
12:00pm Carolina Ferrante Skouras
7:00pm Deceased Members of the Spano, Mercurio
& D’Aiello Families
THURS. APRIL 10th LENTEN WEEKDAY
7:30am Lorenza Mirafra
8:30am Maria Grande
12:00pm Angie Palermo & Lucy Piperno
7:00pm Alphonse Manna
FRI. APRIL 11th LENTEN WEEKDAY; ST. STANISLAUS
7:30am Giuseppe Ricciardella
8:30am Lori McCalip
12:00pm Erma Borgatti
7:00pm Gerardine Mautone
SAT. APRIL 12th LENTEN WEEKDAY
8:30am Lucy & Pasquale Fina
12:00pm Francesco Cibelli
5:00pm Andrea, Maria, Steve & Anthony Acierno
SUN. APRIL 13th PALM SUNDAY OF
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD
8:15am Lindo & Maria Borgatti
9:30
Pro Populo
11:00
P. Antonio Maria D’Antonio
12:30pm Olga D’Amico & Giorgio Mazzone
SUNDAY MASS COLLECTION
3/30/14 Collection ..............................................$2,902.05
3/30/14 Children’s Collection ............................. 231.25
Last year’s Collection ….................................... $3,585.70
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Fridays in Lent - Stations of the Cross
Each Friday of Lent one of the Parish Priests will lead the
Congregation in the Stations of the Cross: 11:15 am (Italian);
5:15 pm (English); 7:45 pm (Spanish). Recall that Fridays
in Lent are days of abstinence.
Thirteen Tuesdays in Honor of Saint Anthony
Each Tuesday until the Tredicina in June, we pray the 13
Tuesday Novena to St. Anthony at 6 pm, followed by Mass.
Blessed Bread is available.
St. Anthony’s Bread
April 8th – Vincent Ferro
In Loving Memory of Carmela & Pasquale Ferro
and Norma Grattini & Family
Bible Group will continue every Thursday in Lent
at 7:30pm in the Catechetical Center.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
All men of the parish are invited to join the members of the
Holy Name Society at their monthly Corporate Communion
Mass next Sunday, April 13th at 8:30 a.m., and after Mass in
the Msgr. Ruvo Meeting Room. There will be a review from
My Catholic Faith of (1) Divine Providence; (2) Existence of
God; and (3) Divine Revelation, followed by a brief
meeting. Refreshments will be served.
St. Joseph Pasta Night
Due to the renovations being done in Fatima Hall, the St.
Joseph Pasta Night is being postponed. We are planning a St.
Padre Pio Pasta Night in September. Look for details in the
bulletin and on the website in August. Thank you to all of
you who always support our fundraising efforts.
San Giuseppe Pasta Night
A causa dei lavori di ristrutturazione in corso in Fatima Hall,
S. Giuseppe Pasta Night è stata rinviata. Stiamo progettando
un S. Padre Pio Pasta Night in Settembre. Cercate i dettagli
nel bollettino e sul sito-web nel mese di agosto. Grazie a tutti.
MASS ATTENDANCE FOR WEEKEND OF MAR. 30, ‘14
Adults………………………………………....496
Children……………………………………….160
Total…………………………………………...656
April 6, 2014
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH
CATECHETICAL CORNER
This is the Faith by Canon Francis Ripley
ANGOLO CATECHETICO
Questa è la Fede dal Canonico Francesco Ripley
“The Fifth Commandment”
"Il Quinto Comandamento"
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The Fifth Commandment forbids:
Il Quinto Comandamento proibisce :
f) Quarreling, which tends toward fighting and even murder;
f) Il litigare, che tende verso la lotta e persino omicidi;
g) Injurious words, which lead to quarrels and their
consequences. “Whoever shall say, You Fool, shall be in
danger of hell fire.” (Matt 5:22)
g) Le parole ingiuriose, che portano a liti e le loro
conseguenze. "Chiunque dirà, pazzo, sono in pericolo del
fuoco dell'inferno”. (Mt 5,22).
h) Scandal, which is any word, deed or omission, wrong or
seeming to be wrong, and leading others to sin. Those who
give bad example to those under them, such as parents who
curse and quarrel before their children, those who by their
behavior teach or suggest evil, those who ridicule piety in
others, those who counsel others to do evil, and those who
provoke others to sin are guilty of malicious scandal. Another
name for it is “soul murder.” What a terrible sin! Even
murder of the body is one of the sins mentioned in the Bible as
“crying to Heaven for vengeance.” Scandal is undoing the
work of Christ, who came to save all men, and doing the work
of the devil. “Woe to the world because of scandals,” said
Our Lord, and “he that shall scandalize one of these little ones
that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone
should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be
drowned in the depth of the sea.” (Matt 18:7). Often, illinstructed people take scandal from even lawful things; hence,
particular care is necessary when this danger is present.
h) Lo scandalo, che è una parola, azione o omissione,
sbagliato o che sembra essere sbagliato, e porta altri al
peccato. Coloro che danno cattivo esempio a quelli sotto di
loro, come i genitori che maledicono e litigano davanti ai loro
figli, quelli che con il loro comportamento insegnano o
suggeriscono male, quelli che mettono in ridicolo la pietà
negli altri, quelli che consigliano ad altri di fare il male, e
quelli che provocano altri al peccato sono colpevoli di
scandalo dannoso. Un’ altro nome è " omicidio dell’anima".
Che peccato terribile! Anche l'omicidio del corpo è uno dei
peccati menzionati nella Bibbia come "piange vendetta al
Cielo". Lo scandalo è il disfare dell'opera di Cristo, che è
venuto per salvare tutti gli uomini, e fare il lavoro del diavolo.
"Guai al mondo per gli scandali", ha detto Nostro Signore, e
"colui che avrà scandalizzato uno di questi piccoli che credono
in Me, sarebbe meglio per lui che una macina da mulino
sarebbe appesa al collo, e che sarebbe annegato nelle
profondità del mare". (Matt 18:7). Spesso persone mal istruiti
prendono scandalo anche da le cose lecite, quindi, particolare
attenzione è necessaria quando questo pericolo è presente.
Meditazione per la Quaresima
Suor Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.
I nostri cuori vanno sempre chiedendo: “Che altro, Signore?
Cosa vuoi da me? Che cosa è manca ancora? Fammi vedere
tutto ciò che impedisce il Tuo amore nel pieno ambito in me.
Fammi vedere. Aiutami a vedere la mostra. Aiutami a sentire
la risposta alla domanda: 'che cosa ancora’”?
Che cosa chiede il Signore, ciò che Egli si rese conto era così
amaramente difficile per il cuore umano, è stata la
“conversione”: che accettando di voltarsi a destra, ad essere
srotolata dalla padronanza di sé, l’egocentrismo, e dall’ autoorientamento che è la nostra condizione nativa, di diventare
posseduto da Dio, centrato su Dio, direttato a Dio. È ciò che
Egli intende diventando un piccolo, un bambino, che solo è in
grado di ricevere il regno, di conoscere i misteri del regno.
Questo facendo di nuovo è opera esclusiva di Dio. Ma
dobbiamo accettare il Suo lavoro, dobbiamo permettere che la
Sua mano divina prende possesso di noi e ci formarci nella
vera forma. E noi resistiamo con tutte le nostre forze. Egli sa
che solo quando siamo così ri-formati possiamo essere
veramente felici. La nostra miseria nasce dal nostro
egocentrismo. La gioia e la libertà sono in possesso di Dio.
“Ah, se solo tu sapessi che cosa è per la vostra pace”! (Lc
19:42).
Vediamo quindi di aprire i nostri cuori a Dio che il Suo
Spirito possa prendere possesso di noi e il sogno di Dio può
diventare una realtà nella nostra vita – il sogno della nostra
vocazione – Dio solo.
Lenten Meditation
Sister Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.
Our hearts should be always be asking, “What more, Lord?
What do you want of me? What is still wanting? Show me
anything that is preventing Your love having full scope in
me. Show me. Help me to see the showing. Help me to
hear the answer to the question: ‘what still?’”
What our Lord asks, what He realized was so bitterly hard
for the human heart, was “conversion”: that accepting to turn
right round, to be uncoiled from the self-possession, selfcenteredness, and self-orientation that is our native
condition, to become God-possessed, God-centered, Goddirected. It is what He means by becoming a little one, a
child, who alone is capable of receiving the kingdom, of
knowing the mysteries of the kingdom. This re-making is
God’s exclusive work. But we must accept His work, we
must allow His divine hand to take hold of us and wrench us
into true shape. And we resist with all our might. He knows
that only when we are thus re-shaped can we be truly happy.
Our misery springs from our self-centeredness. Joy and
freedom are in God’s possession. “Ah, if only you knew
what is for your peace!” (Lk 19:42).
Let us then open our hearts to God that His Spirit may take
possession of us and the dream of God become a reality in
our lives—the dream of our vocation—God alone.
Lectors April 12 - 13 - Palm Sunday - Lectors TBA
LECCIONES DE CATECISMO
Esta es la Fe por el canónigo Francisco Ripley
“El Quinto Mandamiento”
El Quinto Mandamiento prohíbe:
f) Discutir, que tiende a la lucha e incluso el asesinato;
g) Palabras lastimeras, que conducen a peleas y sus
consecuencias. “Cualquiera que diga: Necio, quedará expuesto
al infierno de fuego”. (Mateo 5:22).
h) Escándalo, que es cualquier palabra, obra u omisión,
equivocada o que parecía estar mal, y guiar a otros al pecado.
Los que dan mal ejemplo a sus súbditos, como los padres que
maldicen y se pelean delante de sus hijos, para los que con su
comportamiento sugieren el mal, los que ridiculizan la piedad
de los demás, los que aconsejan a otros a hacer lo malo, y los
que provocan a otros al pecado son culpables del escándalo
malicioso. Otro nombre para él es “asesino del alma”. ¡Qué
terrible pecado! Incluso el asesinato del cuerpo es uno de los
pecados mencionados en la Biblia como “llorar al Cielo por
venganza”. Escándalo es perder la obra de Cristo, que vino
para salvar a todos los hombres, y hacer el trabajo del diablo.
“¡Ay del mundo por los escándalos”, dijo Nuestro Señor, y “el
que escandalice a uno de estos pequeñitos que creen en mí,
más le vale colgarse una piedra de molino al cuello, y ser
arrojado en lo profundo del mar”! (Mateo 18:7). A menudo las
personas instruidas escandalizan incluso de las cosas legales,
por lo que hay que cuidarse especialmente cuando el peligro
está presente.
Meditación de Cuaresma
Hermana Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.
Nuestros corazones siempre están preguntando, “¿Qué más,
Señor? ¿Qué es lo que quieres de mí? que es lo que esperas?
Muéstrame lo que impide descubrir tu amor en mí.
Enséñame. Ayúdame a descubrir tu enseñanza. Ayúdame a
oír la respuesta a la pregunta: ‘¿calladamente’”?
Que es lo que nuestro Señor pide, lo que se dio cuenta es tan
amargo y difícil para el corazón del hombre, fue la
“conversión”: el aceptar dar la vuelta a la derecha, que se
desenrolla desde el dominio de sí mismo, el egocentrismo y
la auto-orientación que es nuestra nativa condición, para ser
poseídos por Dios, centrado en Dios, dirigida por Dios. Es lo
que quiere decir al convertirse en un pequeño, un niño, el
único que es capaz de recibir el reino, de conocer los
misterios del reino. Este re- hacer es obra exclusiva de Dios.
Pero debemos aceptar su trabajo, debemos permitir que su
mano divina se apodere de nosotros y nos haga verdadera
arcilla. Y nosotros nos oponemos con todas nuestras fuerzas.
Él sabe que sólo cuando estemos re-formados seremos
verdaderamente felices. Nuestra miseria brota de nuestro
egocentrismo. La alegría y la libertad están en la posesión de
Dios. “¡Ah, si supieras lo que es para tu paz!”(Lc 19:42 ).
Vamos ahora, abrir el corazón a Dios que Su Espíritu pueda
tomar posesión de nosotros y el sueño de Dios sea una
realidad en nuestras vidas, el sueño de nuestra vocación -solo por Dios.
Cardinal’s Appeal 2014
To date you parish has received $22,359 in pledges/gifts
towards the 2014 Cardinal’s Appeal from 115 families.
Please be as generous as you can. Thank you for your kind
support.
L’Appello del Cardinale 2014
Ad oggi la nostra parrocchia ha ricevuto $22,359 di
promesse/donazioni verso il 2014 Appello del Cardinale da
115 famiglie. Vi preghiamo di essere i più generosi possibili.
Grazie per il vostro gentil sostegno.
El Apelo del Cardenal 2014
Hasta la fecha, la parroquia ha recibido $22,359 en promesas/
donaciones para el Apelo del Cardenal 2014 hasta 115
familias. Por favor sea tan generoso como sea posible.
Gracias por su cooperación.
Food Pantry - We are accepting donations of non-perishable
food items at the rectory to stock up our food pantry. Thank
you for your generosity.
Home Consecrations
If anyone is interested in having their home consecrated to
the Sacred Heart please leave your name and address and
number at the rectory and one of the priests will call you to
schedule the consecration.
Via Crucis-6pm-Friday, April 11th from O. L. of Mercy
and continuing to Our Saviour, St. Simon Stock, St. Martin
of Tours & OLMC. All are encouraged to participate.
OLMC School Spring Forward Card Party
Caffuzzi Hall - Saturday, May 3rd - 6pm to 10pm
$25 ($30 at the door)
Tickets still available at the Rectory & School
Campania Association Pilgrimage to Washington, DC
May 17-18
Visit: Capitol Hill; Jefferson, Lincoln, Korean, Vietnam &
MLK, Jr. Memorials; Air & Space Museum; Arlington Nat’l
Cemetery; Kennedy Family Tomb. See changing of the guard
at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Holy Mass May 18th in the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. For info, call Nick Trombetta at 646-404-1760.
This Week’s Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
N.A. at 5:30pm in Fatima Hall
ESL Class at 7:30pm in Msgr. Ruvo Mtg. Rm.
Exercise Class at 8:30pm in Fatima Hall
Adult Rel. Ed. at 7pm in Catechetical Center
Neo-Cat. at 8pm in Fatima Hall
Neo-Cat. at 7pm in Fatima Hall
ESL Class at 7:30pm in Msgr. Ruvo Mtg. Rm.
A.A. at 6:30pm in Fatima Hall
Exercise Class at 8pm in Fatima Hall
Bereavement Group at 1pm in Msgr. Ruvo Rm.
Spanish Choir Practice at 7pm
in Msgr. Ruvo Mtg. Rm.
Spanish Adult Rel. Ed. at 10am
in Msgr. Ruvo Mtg. Rm.
Neo-Cat. at 8pm in Fatima Hall
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2014
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, BRONX, NY
PALM SUNDAY - APRIL 12th and 13th
5:00 p.m. (English)
[Fr. Urbano]
8:15 a.m. Sunday (English)
[Fr. Salty]
9:30 a.m. Sunday (Spanish)
[Fr. Baumann]
11:00 a.m. Sunday (Italian)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
12:30 p.m. Sunday (English)
Solemn Entrance into Church
[Fr. Urbano]
MONDAY & TUESDAY - APRIL 14th & 15th - Regular weekday schedule
SPY WEDNESDAY - APRIL 16th
7:30 a.m.
[Fr. Salty]
8:30 a.m. School Children's Mass [Fr. Baumann]
12 noon
[Fr. Urbano]
6:00 -7:00 pm Holy Hour w/ Rosary, Chaplet and Novena to Our Lady
7:00 p.m. Mass
[Fr. Rapaglia]
HOLY THURSDAY - APRIL 17th
9:00 a.m. Tenebrae (English, Italian & Spanish)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
7:30 p.m. Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Supper
[Fr. Rapaglia w/ concelebrants]
(English; Italian & Spanish Hymns & Readings)
Holy Hour: (c. 9:15pm; The Altar of Reposition will be prepared in Fatima Hall.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will end at midnight.)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
GOOD FRIDAY – APRIL 18th
9:00 a.m. Tenebrae (English, Italian & Spanish)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
10:00 a.m. - Stations of the Cross: (Spanish)
[Fr. Baumann]
11:00 a.m. - Stations of the Cross: (Italian)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
12 noon - Stations of the Cross: (English)
[Fr. Urbano]
3:00 p.m. - Rosary w/ The Passion of the Christ Film [Choir sings] [Fr. Rapaglia]
6:30 p.m. -Liturgy of Lord's Passion: (English; Italian & Spanish Hymns & Readings)
[Fr. Urbano & concelebrants]
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HOLY SATURDAY - APRIL 19
9:00 a.m. Tenebrae (English, Italian & Spanish)
[Fr. Rapaglia]
6:00-8:00 pm Confessions (All Priests)
8:00 p.m. - Easter Vigil: (English; Readings & Hymns in Italian & Spanish)
[Fr. Baumann & concelebrants]
EASTER SUNDAY - APRIL 20th
8:15 a.m. Mass: (English) [Fr. Rapaglia]
9:30 a.m. Mass: (Spanish) [Fr. Baumann]
11:00 a.m. Mass:(Italian) [Fr. Urbano]
12:30 p.m. Mass:(English) [Fr. Rapaglia]