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PARISH INFORMATION Address 2121 South Rural Road | Tempe, AZ 85282 O%ce: 480.967.8791 www.olmctempe.com School: 480.967.5567 www.olmcschool.info Preschool: 480.966.1753 www.olmcschool.info
OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday ...... 9:00am - 3:00pm
CONFESSION SCHEDULE Saturday ...... 3:00pm - 4:30pm In McCready Hall ADORATION SCHEDULE Mondays from 9:00am until 6:00pm Benediction
MASS SCHEDULE In-Person Masses have resumed. Maximum capacity in the Church is 160. Weekday in the Church Monday - Friday ...... 6:30am and 8:30am Saturday ...... 8:00am Weekend Masses in the Church Saturday Vigil ...... 5:00pm Communion In The Parking Lot Saturday Vigil...... 6:00pm - 6:30pm Following the Live Stream Mass
Sunday ..………………….……...... 7, 9 and 11:00am Over(ow Live Streamed in McCready Hall for 9 &11 Sunday …………...... 5:00pm
Live Stream Mass Saturday Vigil ...... 5:00pm Sunday ..…………….……….……...... 9 and 11:00am PARISH REGISTRATION WEDDING ORIENTATION on our website, Facebook, YouTube Channel and Visit the Parish website to register online or Attending a Wedding Orientation Seminar is our new OLMC APP stop by the Parish o%ce to register. You may required prior to meeting with your priest. also call the o%ce for more information. Wedding Orientation Seminars are conducted INFANT BAPTISMS individually with engaged couples at STAY CONNECTED At this time, Infant Baptisms are by the parish o%ce. To schedule a Wedding appointment only. Fill out a registration form at Orientation Seminar please contact Toni OLMC WEBSITE - www.olmctempe.com www.olmctempe.com/sacrament-baptism, or Logan at [email protected] YOUTUBE – www.youtube.com/channel/ email Deacon Chris Gass at UC7B9988KwYIHT4McvGYFmXQ [email protected] ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY SACRAMENT OF THE SICK We have available food boxes, rental or utility FACEBOOK – www.facebook.com/olmctempe Please contact the parish o%ce 480.967.8791 assistance to those living within OLMC parish INSTAGRAM – www.instagram.com/olmctempe to arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick. boundaries and qualify for assistance by If after hours assistance is needed please call calling 480-966-1974 between 9am-11am FLOCKNOTE – text OLMCGO to 84576 the parish number for the after hours service Mondays through Saturdays. NEW!!! OLMC APP - Available in App Stores number. Sorry no walk ins. PARISH STAFF - P R A Y - Pastor READINGS OF THE WEEK Rev. John M. Bonavitacola [email protected] Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37 Parochial Vicar Monday: Rom 10:9-18/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [10]/Mt 4:18-22 Rev. Jerome Cayetano Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/ Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 [cf. 7]/Lk 10:21-24 [email protected] Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Mt 15:29-37 Deacons Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a [26a]/Mt 7:21, 24-27 Deacon James Carabajal Friday: Is 29:17-24/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/Mt 9:27-31 [email protected] Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. Is 30:18d]/Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 Deacon Chris Gass Next Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 [8]/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 [email protected] Deacon Davie Knebelsberger MASS INTENTIONS PARISH CALENDAR [email protected] Deacon Thomas Glenn Monday 6:30am Soul of Fred Mata Monday 9:00am Adoration - Church Servants of the Plan of God 11/30/2020 8:30am Soul of Madeline Balistreri 11/30/2020 6:00pm Benediction - Church Sister Monica Tuesday 6:30am Ints. of OLMC Students & Teachers [email protected] 12/01/2020 8:30am Soul of John X. Evans Tuesday 6:00pm Outside Group - E. Annex Sister May 12/01/2020 6:00pm Outside Group - Field [email protected] Wednesday 6:30am Soul of Gloria R. Garcia 7:00pm M12 Step - W. Annex Sister Maria Cristina 12/02/2020 8:30am Souls of Lyle & Florence Sutton 7:00pm RCIA - McCready Hall [email protected] 2:00pm Soul of Bob Blasko Annulments Karen Shepard Thursday 6:30am Souls of DaRugna Family Wednesday 7:00pm Parish - McCready Hall [email protected] 12/03/2020 8:30am Soul of Mary Palomino 12/02/2020
Finance/HR Rita Villegas Friday 6:30am Soul of Lorene McKay Thursday 3:00pm Rehearsal - Church [email protected] 12/04/2020 8:30am Soul of Debbie Weeks 12/03/2020 4:00pm Wedding - Church Infant Baptism Saturday 8:00am Ints. of Genevieve Cisneros 6:00pm MCA - South Hall Deacon Chris Gass 12/05/2020 5:00pm Soul of Ellen Mc Carthy [email protected] Friday 5:00pm Rehearsal - Church KIDZ Choir Sunday 7:00am Soul of Pat Whitehurst 12/04/2020 6:30pm Outside Group - Hall Kim Scoggin 12/06/2020 9:00am Souls of Rodriquez & Leyvas Families 7:00pm Outside Group - Annex [email protected] 11:00am Soul of Linda Blackstad 8:00pm AA - Hall Maintenance 5:00pm People of the Parish Jim Blasko Saturday 6:30am OLMC Men’s Group - Hall Music 12/05/2020 7:30am Parish Rosary - Church Ike Ndolo 9:00am Parish Council - T. Lounge [email protected] 2:00pm Wedding - Church
Parish Secretary Kelly Martin Sunday 9:30am RE - 4A&B / 5A&B / 6A [email protected] 12/06/2020 SET/Scheduling/Funerals Julie Gradillas ANOINTINGS AND FUNERALS [email protected]
Stewardship & Development HOW TO REACH US FOR……. Kristin Smith SACRAMENT OF THE SICK OR [email protected] ADORATION
Youth at Risk/Full Circle Program FUNERAL CALLS WHEN THE PARISH Anthony “AJ” Creswell OFFICE IS CLOSED [email protected] For emergency assistance regarding the
School Principal Sacrament of the Sick (Last Rites) or scheduling a Dr. Kelly Shewbridge funeral we have an After Hours Service. After [email protected] choosing the mortuary please have the director you are working with call our After Hours Service School Secretary (most of the surrounding mortuaries have this Enedina White ADORATION ON MONDAYS number already and the service number is on our [email protected] Continue to PRAY and attend Adoration on Mondays. voice mail). The mortuary or the medical Preschool Director Come spend one hour with our Lord Mondays beginning personnel can then reach the On Call Personnel to Monica Ferrance just after the 8:30am Mass until 6:00pm Benediction in assist your family with scheduling the funeral or [email protected] the Church. the emergency anointing for your loved one.
2 | PRAY - SERVE - GIVE - CONNECT - CONNECT - ADVENT 2020 OLMC SCHOOL OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL SCHOOL ADVENT MISSION NOW ENROLLING PRE-SCHOOL TO WHAT IS NEEDED, 8TH GRADE FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR!!! IS TRUST Our goal is to create the best environment for the health and overall well-being of the students, teachers, and families of our OLMC Community.
WITH TOM BOOTH OLMC TV APPLY TODAY AT: Sundays during Tom Booth leads us through www.olmcschool.info Advent 2PM & 7PM on OLMC TV Advent like only he can. Join us Sundays November 29 thru INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY December 20 at 2pm and 7pm UPCOMING EVENT for OLMC's 'rst ever Virtual First Saturdays with the Saint – Advent Mission. Venerable Jan Tyranowski December 5, 2020 Presenter: Simone Rizkallah Register at: http://www.ictphx.org/event 1ST WEEK OF ADVENT - ADVENT WREATH PRAYER 1ST MONDAY ROSARY During the season of Advent, we bless one candle each week on our Advent wreaths. Let us ask God to bless our family on this First Sunday of Advent: DECEMBER 07, 2020 God of new beginnings, today we begin a new year in our church with the 6PM IN THE CHURCH image of a wreath. We ask you to bless our family. Help us to see our family life The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of as a wreath, without a beginning and without an end. Jerusalem is holding its Rosary to pray to our As we light this one candle, we recall how you have changed our family since we last gathered Blessed Mother for assistance as our Lady Queen of around the Advent wreath. Palestine. Please join in support of the Christians in the Holy Land in a pandemic where all Help us to be for others what this family has been to us - a helper in times of need and a source of of the Tourism has been stopped in 2020. Prayers abundant blessings to share with others. We ask this through Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega. and Humanitarian aid are provided for by the Amen. EOHSJ. The Phoenix area will be leading the rosary at OLMC at 6:00pm in person in the Church. Please Join Us INTRODUCING - OLMC APP in Praying the Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament. Connect with the OLMC community like never before. Stay up-to-date with everything that is going on in the parish MASS OF HEALING and the Catholic Church with a tap of the screen. Centralized, comprehensive MASS OF HEALING AND communications HUB designed to RECONCILIATION support the OLMC Community. Engage, TUESDAY, DEC 15,2020 evangelize, and grow in faith from ROSARY- 5:30PM MASS- 6:00PM beyond the church pew. A fantastic free ST. JUAN DIEGO CHURCH 3200 S. COOPER RD., resource for parishioners and CHANDLER, AZ 85286 beyond. Use the app to enrich your own Bishop Thomas J Olmsted & The O%ce of Child and faith life and plug into the OLMC Youth Protection invite you to The Mass of Healing Community or to evangelize family and and Reconciliation for survivors of abuse and their friends by sharing app-based content families. Due to COVID regulations, please RSVP including: live-stream Masses, homilies, before Nov. 30 if you plan to attend in-person. prayers, OLMC TV special broadcasts and Email your name and the number of people more. attending to [email protected] The Mass will also be live streamed: https://youtu.be/5wVEnkeirJk
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- S E R V E - ST. VINCENT DEPAUL STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS ADOPT A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS Today we begin the beautiful and holy season of Advent. With all that we have going on this time of year, it’s no Sponsors needed wonder that Advent does not always seem to get the Is it easy? NO attention it deserves. But if we will commit to living this Is it quick? NO season well, we will experience a deeper conversion to Is it worth it? YES, YES, YES!!! Christ and 'nd real transformation in our lives as Christian stewards.
Your love, concern and generosity provide a time of peace and hope at Why? Advent calls us not only to look back in grateful contemplation of Christmas! Look for the red sign up forms in the church at OLMC or leave a Christ’s 'rst coming, but it also calls us to look forward in preparation for His message at SVdP 480.966.1974 after 1:00pm daily to inquire about becoming Second Coming. Advent is a time to reset and regroup, to repent over any a sponsor for a family in need. misplaced priorities, to turn our minds and hearts back to God while we still have time. We do so not out of fear or guilt, but rather, out of gratitude for Love Incarnate lying in a manger bed.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING Whatever we feel God calling us to do this Advent — committing to a daily Gospel re(ection, visiting a lonely neighbor, or donating money to those in DEADLINE-DECEMBER 31, 2020 dire need — there is no time to waste. Beginning January 01, 2021 only volunteers that are SET compliant may serve. Please remember, this is a Diocesan Program. Jesus makes this clear in our Gospel passage from Matthew. He tells the parable of a man going off on a journey. Before he leaves, he “places his FOUNDATION servants in charge, each with his own work.” We, of course, are the servants in this parable, each with a mission to accomplish in building the Kingdom of ONE TIME ONLY-The Diocese has authorized an ONLINE Foundation Training God. Jesus warns us over and over in this passage to remain vigilant to the while the physical distancing order is in place. When churches fully re-open, work He has given us to do because we do not know when we will be called to we will resume the requirement of LIVE Foundation Training, so now is the give an account for it. time to complete this training in the comfort of your own homes Our lives are a gift. This holy season is a gift. Let us recommit to living RENEWAL the stewardship way of life. Love came down to us as a Baby. And He is coming again. Be watchful! GOOD NEWS! The 2020 SET Online Renewal is now available. Visit: https://phoenix.cmgconnect.org, to renew. For more information visit our website www.olmctempe.com or contact Julie ALL TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL GOODS ARE Gradillas at 480-967-8791 x228 or [email protected]. CREATED BY AND COME FROM GOD.
GI ING TUESDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT (FFT) Happens 1x a year Purchasing Food For Thought (FFT) allows you to provide a gift to OLMC without one penny of additional cost to you. FFT orders can be placed on the DECEMBER 1, 2020 FFT website at www.olmctempe.info. Pick up FFT in the PARISH O%ce Several STO (School Tuition Organizations) will award 100% of your tax Monday-Friday, 9AM - 3PM. credit donations made on DEC 1, 2020 as tuition scholarships without taking Email Cindy for more information: [email protected] the usual administration fees out. For more information, please contact Rita Villegas at 480-967-8791 x217 or [email protected].
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- G I V E - A NOTE FROM FATHER 29 NOVEMBER 2020 PRAY, SERVE, GIVE, CONNECT DURING COVID TIME Dear Friends,
Here we are at Advent during COVID time. Like Lent and when you come to Sunday Mass and they will be on sale Easter 2020 this year’s Advent will be a little different but after the 9am and 11am Masses on Nov. 29, Dec 6, 13 and maybe even more infused with the spirit of anticipation 20. We have gift cards for just about every vendor you can than usual. Advent and Christmas won’t look like they think of including Amazon and VISA gift cards. normally do but maybe that’s not a bad thing. Having less distractions, being less hectic may actually help us to Don’t forget to make a gift to your Parish at Christmas! focus more on the spiritual dimensions of the season. On-line electronic Giving is simple. Just click on the GIVE Button in our Parish App or on our website or if you are in So, what will our Pray, Serve, Give and Connect look like? the Church use our Electronic Giving Kiosk to make your Hopefully you have downloaded our new Parish App so gift! This year because of the CARES ACT you can deduct you can access our Live Stream content. This year we are 100% of your charitable giving from your Adjusted Gross delighted to have a virtual Advent Mission with Tom Income (last year it was only 60% deduction). Which Booth! There will be one each of the Sunday’s during means you can zero out your federal taxes this year. Advent but you can listen in at any time. Make sure you do Congress passed the law to help Churches and so in a prayerful way. Remove the usual distractions and non-pro'ts during the Pandemic. watch the Mission in a quiet place when you can focus and PRAY. The Advent Mission is designed to help prepare you Finally continue to CONNECT with us. We continue to have for Christmas and to prepare you to receive whatever In-Person Masses each Sunday as well as Live Streaming graces you need at this season of life. Also don't forget to the 5pm Saturday Vigil Mass (with Communion afterwards check out on our Parish App our FORMED feature for new in the Parking Lot for those who participated in the Live content each week, faith-based 'lms and more ways to Stream) as well as Live Stream 9am and 11am Masses. On form your faith during Advent and Christmas. Dec. 8 which is the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception we will have In-Person Mass at 6:30am Many of you have already served by delivering 8:30am and 7pm. The 7pm Mass will also be Live Thanksgiving Food boxes and turkeys to area families. Streamed. Just a reminder, for those who are most at risk Thank you! As we approach Christmas, I invite you to the Live Stream is the safest option! Next weekend we continue to SERVE by participating in our Adopt-a-Family will be Program. This year we have more families than ever announcing our Masses for Christmas Eve and Christmas requesting some help this Christmas. To make it safe and Day and how to sign up to attend in person if you choose. easy we have created a digital Christmas Tree and Digital Pantry where you can go and select the gifts for your So still plenty of ways to PRAY, SERVE, GIVE AND Adopted Family. No need to do in person shopping. The CONNECT at Mt. Carmel! This Advent and Christmas gifts will be sent to us and members of our St. Vincent de Season please make it a point to give away HOPE. The Paul Conference will deliver them to the Adopted Family. Pandemic is wearing heavily on many people and the hope It’s a simple and safe way to serve the neediest of our you offer can make all the difference! community and bring them Christmas hope.
And to multiply your gift please use gift cards from our Love, Food for Thought Program. You can purchase them on Fr. John B. line via our website and pick them up during the week or
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