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Volume 5, Issue 44: November 4, 2018 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
LOVE GOD AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER
10 County Road Tenafly, NJ 07670 201.568.0545 www.olmc.us Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Staff Directory
Pastor Reverend Daniel O’Neill, O.Carm. t - 201.568.0545 e - [email protected]
In Residence Reverend Emmett Gavin, O.Carm. e - [email protected]
Church Office Barbara Tamborini, Church Bookkeeper e - [email protected] Masses
Mary Ann Nelson, Administrative Assistant Daily t - 201.568.0545 Monday – Saturday 8:30 AM f - 201.568.3215
e - [email protected] Weekends Roxanne Kougasian, Secretary Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 NOON t - 201.871.4662 e - [email protected]
Holy Days Deacons As announced Deacon Anthony Armstrong, O.Carm. e - [email protected] Sacraments Deacon Lex Ferrauiola The Sacrament of Reconciliation e - [email protected]
Saturday 4:00 – 4:30 PM, Deacon Michael Giuliano or by appointment; please call the Church Office. e - [email protected]
The Sacrament of Baptism Mission Development
The second Sunday of each month, except during Lent. Please arrange for Elliot Guerra, Director t - 201.568.1403 Baptism at least two months in advance. e - [email protected]
The Sacrament of Marriage Music Ministry
Please make an appointment with a priest or deacon at least one year in Andrea Covais, Music Director advance. e - [email protected] June Marano-Murray, Organist The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Religious Education Office Please call the Church Office to request a visit from fr. Dan. Sr. Regina M. Chassar, SSJ, Director t - 201.871.4662
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission Statement Confirmation Program Elliot Guerra, Director “We are the Roman Catholic Community of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Justin Fernandez, Confirmation Staff based in Tenafly, New Jersey. t - 201.568.1403 Our mission is the promotion of the holiness of life through e - [email protected] e - [email protected] the celebration of the Sacraments, the sharing of the Gospel Academy
and the promotion of Catholic values. Kelly A. Koval, Principal We offer pastoral care through ministries that provide education, t - 201.567.6491 healing, spiritual growth and social outreach in the Carmelite tradition.” f - 201.568.1402 e - [email protected]
Lisa Knowles, Administrative Assistant t - 201.567.6491
“No matter who you are, no matter what you’ve done, Peggy Rizzo, Academy Business Manager e - [email protected] no matter where you’re from, no matter where you’re going, Facilities Ed McElroy, Facility Director no matter how good or bad things seem, t - 201.906.4389
you are always welcome.” e - [email protected]
2 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time WELCOME
PASTOR’S MESSAGE Pope Francis’
Prayer Intention for November:
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Universal: In Service of Peace
Even as we of the Roman Catholic faith mark holy days of All “That the language of love and dialogue may always Saints and All Souls at the beginning of November, we join prevail over the language of conflict.” with our neighbors and friends of the Jewish faith to mourn the tragedy of the Tree of Life synagogue attack one week ago in Pittsburgh. Members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church In light of that hateful attack in a place of worship, our are invited to attend the invitation to join the community of Temple Sinai on November th 9 in observance of the 80 anniversary of Kristallnacht, is all the 80th Commemoration of Kristallnacht more poignant. The invitation came to us before the Tree of Life tragedy, but is even more significant now. At Temple Sinai 1 Engle Street, Tenafly We will observe Kristallnacht in the following ways. At 5 PM Friday, November 9th on November 9 we will turn on all our lights in church and Complimentary Dinner - 6:15 PM open our doors. The lights will remain on all night and the Service - 7:30 PM doors will remain open until we return from Temple Sinai.
Our steering committee, composed of Gerry Kotch and his Followed by a Tribute to Sister Rose Thering wife, Peggy Fine, Edward Imperatore, Marge DeSavino and Presented by Alan Silberstein
John Sullivan, will then go to Temple Sinai to join in the Sister Rose Thering led the effort to rid the welcome of those attending Kristallnacht. Catholic Church of anti-Semitism and contributed to an historic declaration by the Vatican. Dinner will be served at 6:15. Interfaith dialogue will be one of the conversation topics at dinner. Please RSVP by November 6, 2018
Shabat services will begin at 7:30 and include special reference Mary Ann in the Church Office to Kristallnacht. The evening will conclude with a 15-minute 201-568-0545 presentation by Alan Silberstein on the life and contributions of [email protected] Sr. Rose Thering.
As I write this on October 31, we have 35 RSVPs from OLMC. “Almost immediately upon assuming the Chancellorship of Germany, We are hoping for 60 of us to attend the dinner and the entire Hitler began promulgating legal actions against Germany’s Jews…On service. If you can attend, please confirm with Mary Ann in the October 28 [1938], 17,000 Jews of Polish citizenship, many of whom Church Office. It would be fine to also have some back-ups, in had been living in Germany for decades, were arrested and relocated case of last minute cancellations. across the Polish border. The Polish government refused to admit them so they were interned in ‘relocation camps’ on the Polish It is a very great privilege for us to participate in this important frontier…Among the deportees was Zindel Grynszpan…[whose] seventeen-year-old son, Herschel...[assassinated] Third Secretary Ernst service. Some of us will actually attend, but all of us can pray vom Rath…The assassination provided Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Chief and extend our spirit of brotherhood to every person on God’s of Propaganda, with the excuse he needed to launch a pogrom against good earth each day. German Jews…On the nights of November 9 and 10, rampaging mobs throughout Germany and the newly acquired territories of Austria and Sincerely yours in Christ and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sudetenland attacked Jews in the street, in their homes, at their places fr. Dan of work and worship, and destroyed their shops. This has come to be called Kristallnacht, ‘the Night of Broken Glass’.” [email protected] Source: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
3 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time LITURGICAL
MASSES FOR THE WEEK MINISTERS FOR NOVEMBER 10th & 11th
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5th 5 PM 8:30 All Souls Novena Servers – Eliza Thek, Giselle Cerutti, Laurenne Bai, Haedyn Brigati TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th Lector – Mary Petito
8:30 All Souls Novena Eucharistic Ministers – Kathleen Wall, Bob Toro, Tan Guan,
th Linda Hubschman WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
8:30 All Souls Novena 8 AM
th Servers – John Mauro, William Reiser, Ondrej Reiser THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Lector – Susan Semler 8:30 All Souls Novena Eucharistic Ministers – Tom DeAngelis, Elissa Lang, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th Patricia Levins, Beverly Rath
8:30 All Souls Novena 10 AM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th Servers – Chris Piluso, Gianna Sidoti, Haydn Ty, Charles Piluso Lector – Tom Izzard 8:30 All Souls Novena
5:00 Lenora Zemanek Eucharistic Ministers – Jennifer Schippert, Michael Bruno, Requested by Her Sisters Steven Schippert, Barbara Izzard
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th 12 NOON 8:00 Dominick Avitabile Servers – Sofia Ferreira, Ariana Novero, Lucas Novero, Requested by Barbara & Tom Izzard Lorelai Gomez
Lector – Mary Beth Giuliano 10:00 Vito Ortaglia Requested by His Wife & Daughter Eucharistic Ministers – Yvette Tanhehco, Julie Fill, Joan Kroese,
Matt Rosa 12:00 Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has a team of dedicated
Altar Servers, Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers who serve at
THE BREAD AND WINE our Masses on a rotating basis in consideration of their This week the Bread and Wine availability.
are in memory of To serve as an Altar Server… Deceased Members of The Nelson Family.
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THE SANCTUARY LAMP To serve as a Lector or Eucharistic Minister… This week the Sanctuary Lamp Please contact Roxanne at [email protected].
is in memory of
Deceased Members of The Nelson Family.
v The altar flowers this week
REST IN PEACE are given by Please remember in your prayers The Durso Family Mary Quinn and all the military men and women in memory of who have died this week. Ralph and Laura Durso.
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Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
“Parents are truly the primary catechists of CONFIRMATION PREPARATION their children. They prepare the soil and plant the first seeds of faith.” Source: www.usccb.org Are you registered? Go to
“I had the great blessing of growing up in a family in www.olmc.us and click on which faith was lived in a simple, practical way . . . It is ‘Sacraments’ and ‘Confirmation’. always a person preaching who tells us who Jesus is, who communicates faith to us and gives us the first proclamation. And this is how I received my first Confirmation Class & Mass experience of faith.” —Pope Francis THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4th
at 6:30 PM in the Titus Room Religious Education Class Schedule Today’s Topic Sunday, November 4 (8:45 – 9:55 AM) This I Believe: Catholic Faith and Belief Tuesday, November 6 (3:30 – 4:45 PM) Please enter the building via the main school entrance Sunday Classes: Students go directly to class. (Clinton Avenue side of the building). Tuesday Classes: Students gather in Church prior to going to class. Sessions are mandatory and are for Confirmation candidates only. Candidates are required to attend all sessions followed Next Week’s Schedule: by Mass at 7:45 PM. Parents and families are invited to
Daylight Savings Time ended this weekend. attend Mass with their teen. th DST ended at 2 AM this Sunday, November 4 . th th Remaining Sessions This Month: November 11 & 18 Sunday, November 11 (8:45-9:55 AM) Tuesday, November 12 (3:30-4:45 PM) Please contact Elliot Guerra at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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Children’s Liturgy of the Word FIRST RECONCILIATION PREPARATION
takes place on Sundays during the We’re getting ready to prepare for First 10 AM Mass. There is no fee and no Reconciliation. Parent Meeting coming up! registration is required. Join us today! Parents choose one meeting time to attend. This Sunday’s CLOW Catechists are:
Promise (PreK – Gr. K) − Catherine Cavaliere First Reconciliation Parent Meeting th Good News (Gr. 1 & 2) − Patti Flynn THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Venture (Gr. 3, 4 & 5) − John Sullivan at 10 AM & 7 PM in the Titus Room
Please enter the building via the main school entrance CLOW CATECHIST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: (Clinton Avenue side of the building). Scheduling is done on a rotating basis in consideration of your availability. For more information or to become a Please contact Sr. Regina at [email protected] if you have any volunteer, contact Mary Ann Nelson in the Church questions. Office at 201-568-0545.
5 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time ACADEMY & ATHLETICS
Veteran’s Day Ceremony HALL OF FAME
The Academy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel INVITATIONS AND JOURNAL ADS Student Council and School cordially request your AVAILABLE presence at our annual Veterans Day Ceremony. AFTER THE 10 AM MASS
Thursday, November 8th ON SUNDAYS 11 AM in the Parish Auditorium IN THE NARTHEX OFFICE
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to having AND WEEKDAYS you with us at this special ceremony. OLMC_CalledtoServeInvite_43787_LayoutAT THE 1ACADEMY 8/30/18 12:43 PM Page 1 OFFICE
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The Odyssey Theatre’s “New, Next, Now: The 2018-2019 Season” The Fall Drama: ACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL Thornton Wilder’s Our Town cordially invites you to “Called to Serve” Friday, November 16th at 7 PM th The Fifth Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Sunday, November 18 at 2 PM Cocktails / Dinner / Revelry
Friday, November 30, 2018 Everyone is invited to the Odyssey Theatre for our 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. first drama of the school year. The Rockleigh 26 Paris Avenue Rockleigh, New Jersey
“LOGIC will get you from A to Z; The Service Award Ms. Sarah Melone Co-founder and Vice President, Marble Jam Kids Inc. IMAGINATION Mr. David Waterman will get you anywhere.” Parent, Academy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel The Legacy Award —Albert Einstein The Angresano Family Parishioners, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Mr. and Mrs. Christine and Thomas Barrett '62
Parishioners, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Getting Ready For Catholic High School… The Carmelite Star Award
® Ms. Rosemary Russell The High School Placement Test (HSPT ) will be given on Chair, Medical Mission Team, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Friday, November 9, 2018. Eighth grade students can register The Lumen Christi Award for this exam online at www.njcoopexam.org. Mr. Thomas Izzard Parish Trustee, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Interested in Catholic College… Mr. Telesforo Del Valle Parent, Academy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Dominican College at 470 Western Highway in Orangeburg, The Mens, Corpus, Spiritus Award New York is holding an Information Session for individuals Sr. Mary Doris, OP interested in pursuing Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees, Director, Siena House Shelter including Undergraduate online programs, on Wednesday, The "Little Flower" Award November 7, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the Prusmack Ms. Cecilia Zayas '13 Alumnus, Academy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Center. Visit Dominican College’s Web site at -Festive Attire- http://www.dc.edu.
6 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time WEEKLY RUNDOWN
How Rosemary Russell ended up in the back of a bumpy Peruvian taxi is a story that really begins decades ago… HALL OF FAME
Growing up in Bergenfield, Rosemary was a proud product of Catholic education for most of her INDUCTION CEREMONY life having graduated from St. John the Evangelist Grammar School, Mother Cabrini High School
in New York City, and then the University of Notre Dame.
The example of faith started in the home. “We had our Sunday routine,” Rosemary begins. “My Friday, November 30, 2018
father had his prayer life – it was quieter.” It was her father’s quiet “yes” to a life of faith that has The Rockleigh guided Rosemary. After school Rosemary found herself in New York’s famed West Village and she was drawn to the Catholic community of St. Joseph’s near Washington Square Park. It was in New 26 Paris Avenue York she became friends with Jeff Russell. The two fell in love and were married in 1989. Rockleigh, New Jersey
Rosemary’s career was varied and vital. She worked in publishing and public relations and earned
her M.B.A. in finance from New York University while working for Merrill Lynch.
Jeff and Rosemary moved to Englewood in 1991. Caroline was born that April, with Julia following in 1992, and Ben completing the family in 1995. When it was time for Caroline to start school, Rosemary enrolled her at First Presbyterian Cooperative Pre-School in Englewood. Rosemary, being Rosemary, said yes to helping with varied volunteer needs. Eventually, she became chair of the parent board and under her leadership the school became nationally accredited. As her children grew, so did the community.
At Elisabeth Morrow, what began as a simple agreement to run a gala event for her children’s school, developed into an adept, thirteen-year run as a member of the Elisabeth Morrow board, five years as chair and a current trustee emeritus. She currently sits on the board of the Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan Foundation.
There seems to be a pattern: Rosemary’s quiet yes translates into big things. Her thoughtful leadership and her skill at working at the board level has seen success for the other organizations that have benefited from her board work, as part of the strategic committee of the Junior League and a former board member of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County. Rosemary Russell Like her father’s example, she keeps thinking about what having a faith in the home is and how it translates into our larger worlds. “I got to OLMC simply because my parents moved to Tenafly and I ended up at OLMC,” she says. “I couldn’t tell you how—it just happened.” Caroline and The Carmelite Star Award Julia started religious education classes at Mount Carmel and Rosemary became a catechist. Her son, Ben, became even more involved in the parish and became an active member of the youth will be presented to ministry program. Rosemary attended the Women’s Cornerstone Retreat and felt an even stronger Ms. Rosemary Russell connection to OLMC. Chair, Medical Mission Team “I started going to daily mass. I need the sanity, the faith endorphins,” she says. “I began to really Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church appreciate how everything at OLMC is done thoughtfully, to make the parish better. It reminds me of St. Joseph in the Village. The church is simple and unassuming, but the community is powerful.”
In 2015 the parish undertook the successful and massive Living Stones capital campaign. It was her work with others that saw the success of that campaign which has underwritten some of OLMC’s most recent projects—renovating both parking lots, improving facilities and underwriting our first Medical Mission trip.
Back to that taxi in a dusty region of Peru…At Fr. Dan’s invitation, Rosemary accepted the chair The Carmelite Star Award is a symbol of position of the Medical Mission trip. The enormous two-year endeavor involved countless hours of our grateful recognition to those who have travel, international meetings, difficult setbacks, small mercies and thankless victories. an enduring commitment to our Carmelite Yet, having accomplished so much, Rosemary looks toward to the future. “As Tenafly changes,” mission, namely to lead an active she notes with pride, “OLMC has become so much more diverse.” The board member with ideas is contemplative life in service to Christ and still looking forward, seeing OLMC as not only a single place, but as a community. “OLMC is so good at accepting and welcoming the stranger, not just the new person, but interesting people with His Church. Named after the three stars in different experiences. No one person’s faith is the same, but we’re a place where whatever your the Carmelite seal, the Award represents, as approach to fulfilling it—you can find it here.” do the stars, following the call of the
We’re so happy you can still find Rosemary here—in her daily Mass pew with her passion, prophet Elijah to serve the people of God. enthusiasm and good humor— always quietly saying yes.
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Please keep the following people in your prayers: TODAY’S GOSPEL MESSAGE th Sunday, November 4
Bernadette Alvarado Adam Kokosinski Mark 12:28b-34
Assunta Auriana Rumi Kubo Leonard Bazzini James Kwok “One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, ‘Which is the Brian Bingman Elon Lages Lima first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘The first is this: Maria Capo Rose LoFaro Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Pat Carrier Joanne Mitchell Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your Elphine Castro Vito Moncello mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love Cho Hyung Joon Stephan Aaron Monteagudo your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater Remedios De Guzman Robert Mouracade than these.’”
Rachel Durso Dottie Murphy The scribe had the desire to do the will of God, understood the Wanda Ferrauiola Anthony Salvatore reasoning behind the answer, and expressed the expectation of Peter Gagne Suh Il Ran Veronica putting it into action. Unfortunately, we never find out what this anonymous scribe goes on to do.” Giselle Velez Source: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2018
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DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Phil 2:1-4; Luke 14:12-14
Tuesday Phil 2:5-11; Luke 14:15-24 Thursday, November 8, 2018 / 10 AM Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark Wednesday Phil 2:12-18; Luke 14:25-33
Thursday Phil 3:3-8a; Luke 15:1-10
Come and join Fr. Ashley Harrington for the November Friday Ezek 47:1-2,8-9,12; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; session of IN THE NEWS on Tuesday, November 13th at John 2:13-22 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (Feast) 7:30 PM at the Carmelite Spiritual Center, St. Initially the observance of this feast was confined to the city of Rome; then, Cecilia Church, 55 West Demarest Avenue, beginning in 1565, it was extended to all the Churches of the Roman rite. The Englewood. honoring of this sacred edifice was a way of expressing love and veneration for the Roman Church, which, as St. Ignatius of Antioch says, “presides in charity” over the whole Catholic communion (Letter to the Romans, 1:1).”
Source: www.catholicculture.org
SATURDAY w DECEMBER 15, 2018 Saturday Phil 4:1-19; Luke 16:9-15 Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
As pope, Leo the Great “was known for his peacekeeping efforts, in particular for his encounter with Attila the Hun, whom he persuaded not to plunder Rome. His Women’s Morning of Prayer & Reflection writings include pastoral sermons on faith and charity and on the incarnation. He
is a doctor of the Church.
The Father’s Love: Giving and Receiving Source: Living With Christ, November 2018
Presented by
Fr. Ashley Harrington, O.Carm. Carmelite Spiritual Center at St. Cecilia Church Visit our Web site, www.olmc.us, for reflections and photos 55 West Demarest Avenue, Englewood from our first and recent Medical Mission trip to Peru. Many
thanks to our parishioners for your prayers and support. Mark your calendar! More information to follow! 8 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time WEEKLY RUNDOWN
MOUNT CARMEL BOOK CLUB OLMC’S SENIOR Tuesday, November 6th THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON 9:15 AM & 7:30 PM Seniors are invited to come and enjoy a in the Conference Room Thanksgiving meal on th Wednesday, November 14 Please bring with you to our November 6th meeting the last at 11:30 AM in the Parish Auditorium. Please book you read (September/October books) so that the two RSVP to the Church Office at 201-568-0545 by groups can swap. If you would like to join Mount Carmel’s Friday, November 9th. Book Club, please call the Church Office at 201-568-0545. New members are welcome!
PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN AND
KEEPING THE PROMISE ALIVE
Safe Environment Certification and Re-certification For Adults
Workshops to be held at OLMC
These programs are for adults, both employees and volunteers, who are Get Fit—For Adults meets on Tuesdays in contact with children, as mandated by the Archdiocese of Newark. from 3:30 until 4:15 in the Academy Gymnasium. For more information or
Volunteers/Employees Re-certification & New to join, please contact Lisa Knowles at “Keeping the Promise Alive” 201-567-6491.
November 15th – 10 AM
Volunteers/Employees Who Are Re-certifying Or New Thursdays at 7 PM …
Recertification is required every five years. Registration for re-certification cannot be done by the individual. Must KNIT & CROCHET GROUP contact Sr. Regina at 201-871-4662 or at [email protected]. This For those who know how… workshop is scheduled throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and those who want to learn.
for your convenience, however, individuals must contact Sr. The Knit & Crochet Group is making scarves and hats to Regina for re-certification. donate. Join us in the OLMC Conference Room. For more information, please contact Elena Ugarte at 201-567-6491.
New Volunteers/Employees
“Protecting God’s Children” SUPPORT GROUP
th November 15 – 7 PM A support group for people dealing with unreasonable loved
New Volunteers/Employees ones will be meeting in the Titus Room at OLMC every Register online at www.rcan.org by clicking on ‘Protecting Tuesday from 8–9 PM. All are welcome. Please contact God’s Children’ or go directly to www.virtus.org. This Sarah Ellis for more details at either 202-247-7189 or workshop is scheduled throughout the Archdiocese of Newark [email protected]. for your convenience. Individuals may register for this
workshop for any location regardless of where the individual is an employee or volunteer. This workshop (“Protecting ELECTION DAY God’s Children”) is not for re-certification. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
9 Volume 5, Issue 44 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time GIVING & GRATITUDE
Your generous support of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and our various outreach efforts is greatly appreciated.
Last Week’s Collection – October 28, 2018
Weekly Collection: $7,393 Recurring giving that helps plan our
parish’s needs and programs. OFFICE OF CONCERN FOOD COLLECTION
• Flexible The Office of Concern monthly food collection is • Convenient next weekend. The Office of Concern is also • Reliable gearing up for their annual Thanksgiving food • Automatic collection. Non-perishable items needed are: gravy, dried potatoes, canned yams, stuffing mix, rice, canned vegetables (baked beans, peas, green VISA – MASTERCARD beans, corn), canned fruit, cranberry sauce, pasta, AMERICAN EXPRESS – DISCOVER canned or bottled fruit juices. Donations can be DEBIT CARD dropped off in the elevator lobby during the week.
Enroll securely online at www.faithdirect.net (parish code – NJ122) or click on the QR scan below.
Of all the gifts that God gives us the one He wants the most is our heart. He wants us to share out of love, not out of obligation. Using our talent in parish Amazon.com donates 0.5% of the sale price of most items ministry and contributing money to support our sold by Amazon and purchased through the Amazon Smile parish mission is important, but it’s more important to website to a designated charity. spend time in prayer with God daily and discern how Shop www.smile.amazon.com and designate OLMC He is calling us to be generous with all of our gifts. (listed in Amazon’s directory as “Our Lady of Mt Carmel Not just the visible ones, but the invisible ones like Church”) as the recipient. The account holder uses the love, mercy and forgiveness.
same login and account information. Source: Archdiocese of Newark
“If you held a mirror up to your life, would it reflect God’s love and mercy? If you are struggling with this, try changing your attitude from ‘I want more’ to ‘thank you God for everything you have given me. I have enough to share.’ This change in perspective will bring you joy through service to others.” Source: Archdiocese of Newark