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Volume 6, Issue 48: December 1, 2019 First Sunday of Advent

Advent Parish Penance Service Christmas Masses

at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church Tuesday, December 24, 2019 (Christmas Eve)

120 Monroe Avenue, Cresskill Mass Times – 4 PM, 6 PM, 12 MIDNIGHT

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Wednesday, December 25, 2019 (Christmas Day)

Service Time – 7:30 PM Mass Times – 10 AM & 12 NOON

10 County Road Tenafly, NJ 07670 201.568.0545 www.olmc.us Volume 6, Issue 48 First Sunday of Advent Staff Directory Pastor Fr. Mark Schaffner, O.Carm. t - 201.568.0545 e - [email protected]

Pastoral Associate Fr. Anthony Armstrong, O.Carm. e - [email protected]

In Residence Masses Fr. Emmett Gavin, O.Carm.

e - [email protected] Daily Monday – Saturday 8:30 AM Church Office Barbara Tamborini, Church Bookkeeper Weekends e - [email protected]

Saturday 5:00 PM Mary Ann Nelson, Administrative Assistant Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 NOON t - 201.568.0545 Holy Days f - 201.568.3215 e - [email protected] As announced Roxanne Kougasian, Secretary Sacraments t - 201.871.4662 e - [email protected] The Sacrament of Reconciliation Deacons Saturday 4:00 – 4:30 PM, Deacon Lex Ferrauiola or by appointment; please call the Church Office e - [email protected]

The Sacrament of Baptism Deacon Michael Giuliano e - [email protected] The second Sunday of each month, except during Lent. Please arrange Mission Development for Baptism at least two months in advance. Elliot Guerra, Director The Sacrament of Marriage t - 201.568.1403 e - [email protected] Please make an appointment with a priest or deacon at least one year in advance. Music Ministry Andrea Covais, Music Director The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick e - [email protected]

June Marano-Murray, Organist Please call the Church Office to request a visit. Religious Education Office Sr. Regina M. Chassar, SSJ, Director

t - 201.871.4662 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission Statement e - [email protected]

Confirmation Program “We are the Roman Catholic Community of Elliot Guerra, Director Our Lady of Mount Carmel based in Tenafly, New Jersey. Justin Fernandez, Confirmation Staff Our mission is the promotion of the holiness of life through t - 201.218.8956 e - [email protected] the celebration of the Sacraments, the sharing of the Gospel Academy and the promotion of Catholic values. We offer pastoral care through Barbara Verdonck, Interim Principal ministries that provide education, healing, spiritual growth t - 201.567.6491 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]

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CHRISTMAS AT CARMEL

Worship Serve Celebrate BREAKFAST WITH SANTA – Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 – 9 AM – Auditorium WOMEN’S ADVENT RETREAT – Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 – 8:15 AM to 1 PM – St. Cecilia Church, Englewood SERVICE DAY – Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 – 1 PM – Cafeteria CONCERT – ADULT CHOIRS OF OLMC & ST. ANASTASIA – Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 – 4 PM – Church ADVENT PARISH PENANCE SERVICE – Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 – 7:30 PM – St. Thérèse Church, Cresskill ACADEMY CHRISTMAS CONCERT – Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 – 6 PM – Auditorium PARISH COFFEE – Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 – 11 AM – Cafeteria SIMBANG GABI – Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 – 5 PM Mass – Church / Reception follows – Auditorium WALK-IN DINNER – Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019 – 4 PM – Bergen County Human Services Center, Hackensack CHRISTMAS EVE PRELUDE CONCERT – Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019 – 11:30 PM – Church CHRISTMAS MASSES – Christmas Eve – 4 PM, 6 PM, 12 MIDNIGHT / Christmas Day – 10 AM, 12 NOON NEW YEAR AT CARMEL – Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 – 6 PM to 8 PM – Auditorium

Music of the Season

Sunday, December 8 – Our

OLMC Adult Choir will be

joined by the Adult Choir of All gifts are due back to St. Anastasia in Teaneck for an the Church on December

Advent/Christmas concert at 4 PM in the church. 7th and 8th. Please be sure God of power and mercy, The concert will feature both choirs, soloists, a gifts are wrapped with the open our hearts in welcome. children’s quartet and will close with a carol sing-a- ORIGINAL GIFT TAG Remove all things that long! Please join us for this wonderful way to taped to the OUTSIDE of hinder us from receiving celebrate the coming of Christ at Christmas! the package. Christ with joy so that we Friday, December 13 – Concert begins at 6 PM may share his wisdom and in the Parish Auditorium/Odyssey Theatre. SERVICE DAY: Sunday, become one with him when Everyone is invited to enjoy the performance by December 8th – Families are he comes in glory, for he our talented Academy students! invited to the Church to help

lives and reigns with you and Christmas Eve Prelude Concert – At 11:30 sort and pack gifts at 1 PM. the Holy Spirit, one God, for PM on Christmas Eve our music ministry will Enjoy Christmas carols, hot ever and ever. Amen. perform a Christmas Prelude Concert in chocolate and sweets! This is preparation for the 12 Midnight Mass. The concert an opportunity for families to will feature a string quartet, soloists, our organist serve together and for middle June Marano-Murray, and the OLMC Adult school students to accrue Choir. All are welcome! service hours.

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WELCOME

TODAY’S GOSPEL MESSAGE Pope Francis’ Sunday, December 1st Intention for December: Matthew 24:37-44 The Future of the Very Young

“Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on “That every country take the measures necessary to which day your Lord will come.” prioritize the future of the very young, especially “ warns his disciples that the Son of Man will come ‘at an those who are suffering.” hour you do not expect’ (Matthew 24:44). If we are honestly

preparing our hearts to receive Jesus, we must stop doing things that injure or demean others and ‘put on the armor of Sharing your unique gifts helps light’ (13.12). If we wouldn’t want it ‘brought to light,’ that’s a sign we shouldn’t do it.” you—and your church—grow.

Source: Pastoral Patterns, Winter 2019-2020

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Whether it be teaching, working with DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK our hands or providing comfort to

Monday Isa 4:2-6; Matt 8:5-11 others, each of us has something to offer. Tuesday Isa 11:1-10; Luke 10:21-24

Saint Francis Xavier, Priest (Memorial) – Canonized in 1602, he Source: 12 Reasons to Be an Active Church Member, ©2013 is the patron of all foreign missions. Channing Bete Company, Inc., 2018 Edition

Wednesday Isa 25:6-10a; Matt 15:29-37

Thursday Isa 26:1-6; Matt 7:21, 24-27 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Friday Isa 29:17-24; Matt 9:27-31 TO BUILD THE CRÉCHE!

Saturday Isa 30:19-21, 23-26; Matt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 th Join us on Saturday, December 7 at Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) – in front of the Church. No He excelled as a preacher, teacher and pastor and influenced the 9 A.M. conversion of Saint Augustine. RSVP needed.

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“During the four week Advent season that begins the To register with Our Lady of Mount Church year we prepare for the coming of Jesus by Carmel Church, please contact the Church remembering his birth in Bethlehem (past), anticipating his Office at 201-568-0545 or find our form online at coming in glory (future) and by celebrating his coming to www.olmc.us. Click on ‘Welcome’ and scroll us in word and sacrament (present). The first Sunday of down to ‘Parish Registration.’ Also, please see Advent focuses on the coming of Christ at the end of page 2 of this bulletin for our schedule of Masses time—the second coming or parousia.” and Sacrament information. Source: Advent: He is Coming was written by Steve Mueller, © Copyright 2017 by All Saints Press, St. Louis, MO v

v Please see page 10 of this bulletin for a “Let us then throw off the works of reflection of OLMC’s Medical Mission darkness and put on the armor of light.” to from Mike Bruno, Parish

Romans 13:12 Advisory Board.

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MASSES FOR THE WEEK MINISTERS FOR DECEMBER 7th & 8th

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2nd 5 PM Altar Servers – Eliza Thek, Anne Lee 8:30 Dustin Drapkin Requested by His Mother, Bernice Drapkin Lector – Sharon Hajjar

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd Eucharistic Ministers – Russ Luppino, Kathleen Wall, Bob Toro, Ruth Howard 8:30 Eloi Tran Long Nghi Requested by Marie Tran 8 AM th WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 Altar Servers – Kailyn Cho, Alex Herrera, Mikhayla Herrera, Michael Hamilton 8:30 Flora J. Armendi Requested by Andrea Covais Lector – Brenda Brunelle

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th Eucharistic Ministers – Raymond Glover, Fran Mladjenovic, Elissa Lang, Patricia Levins 8:30 Matthew Cuaycong Requested by Allison Snyder 10 AM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th Altar Servers – John Martinez, William Reiser, 8:30 Robert Mouracade Ondrej Reiser, Kendall DiRese

Requested by Eileen & Frank Conover Lector – Paul Takacs

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th Eucharistic Ministers – John Barrett, Michael Bruno, 8:30 Jack Zurlini Jeanne Nafash, Wanda Ferrauiola

Requested by Chris Santilli 12 NOON 5:00 John Loughlin Altar Servers – Isabella Repoli, Charles Piluso, Requested by His Family Sofia Ferreira th SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 Lector – Tony Inguaggiato

8:00 Joseph Barbuto Eucharistic Ministers – Kathy Inguaggiato, Gina Luppino, Requested by The Dente Family Toni Essman, Maria Luppino 10:00 Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

12:00 Janet Amoral FIRST FRIDAY Requested by Mount Carmel Choir EUCHARISTIC ADORATION th Friday, December 6 THE BREAD AND WINE after the 8:30 AM Mass This week the Bread and Wine are in memory of followed by Benediction at 3 PM Tillie Frankenberg requested by Her Family.

v What is Eucharistic Adoration? A priest or deacon THE SANCTUARY LAMP removes the sacred host from the tabernacle and places it in the This week the Sanctuary Lamp is in memory of monstrance on the altar for adoration by the faithful. John B. Moscone, Sr. Eucharistic Adoration is adoring, or honoring, the Eucharistic requested by His Loving Wife, Barbara. Presence of Christ. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament flows v from the sacrifice of the Mass and serves to deepen our hunger REST IN PEACE for communion with Christ and the rest of the Church. Please remember in your Nunzia Buzzerio (mother of Corrado Buzzerio) and Please call Mary Buchanan at 201-871-9667 to schedule a all the military men and women who have died this week. time to spend in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.

5 Volume 6, Issue 48 First Sunday of Advent WEEKLY RUNDOWN

Make New Friends Women’s Advent Retreat of And Enrich Your Prayer & Reflection

Spiritual Journey Today!

Savoring God’s Grace:

Boundless Compassion

Join Us For One Of Our Presented by Sharyn Tondel Faith Sharing Groups Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:15 AM – 1 PM meets every other MEN’S CORNERSTONE GROUP (Retreat follows the 7:30 AM Mass at St. Cecilia Church.) Wednesday at St. Mary’s Church, Closter. Our next meeting is Wednesday, December 4th at 7:30 PM. Please Carmelite Spiritual Center at St. Cecilia Church call Deacon Michael Giuliano at 201-983-1591 or Bill 55 West Demarest Avenue, Englewood Angresano at 201-370-2698 if you have any questions. v Fee: $10 Payable to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church SPIRITUAL DIRECTION encourages us to explore a ______

closer relationship with God and is carried out in the To register, please complete form and return with payment context of a one-to-one trusting and confidential by Monday, December 2nd, to: Sr. Regina Chassar, OLMC, relationship with the spiritual director. If you think that 10 County Road, Tenafly, NJ 07670.

Spiritual Direction might be a way for you to discern God’s actions in your life, contact Deacon Lex at 201- Name ______

568-6819 or [email protected]. Email ______v Phone ______WOMEN’S CORNERSTONE GROUP meets monthly. Please call Sr. Regina at 201-871-4662 for more

information or to join this group. Or, join us for our th Upcoming Events At Other Parishes . . . Women’s Advent Retreat on December 7 . Please register using the form on this page. Additional Cathedral Basilica Concert Series – ‘Navidad registration forms are located in the kiosks in the Church. Latina 2019’ – Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89

v Ridge Street, Newark – Friday, December 6th at 8 PM. The

WOMEN’S SHARING GROUP meets monthly. Our Cathedral Spanish Choir along with singers and next meeting is Wednesday, December 18th. Please call instrumentalists from other Latin American communities of Sr. Regina at 201-871-4662 for more information or to the Archdiocese of Newark presents a program of Christmas music. Free will offering. join. Christmas Shop Fundraiser – St. Cecilia Church, 55 West Demarest Avenue, Englewood in the Carmelite CHRISTMAS TREE SALE th Spiritual Center – Saturday, December 7 from 1:30 PM to Tenafly Boy Scout Troop 86 is having a Christmas tree 6:30 PM and Sunday, December 8th from 8:30 AM to 2 th th sale November 30 – December 15 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM PM. Shop for Christmas items and relax with a cup of weekdays and from 10 AM to 6 PM on Saturdays and coffee. All proceeds will go to the Carmelite Missions and Sundays. The sale will take place at the Municipal Lot on the Carmelite Spiritual Center at St. Cecilia Church. the corner of Franklin and Clinton avenues. To pre-order, Donations are welcome. For information, please call 201- go to www.troop86trees.org. 567-0596.

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Please keep the following people in your prayers:

Leonard Abbruzzesi Wendy Jane Larre Bernadette Alvarado Elon Lages Lima Arturo Benemerito Deacon David Loman Brian Bingman Joanne Mitchell Maria Capo Vito Moncello Sr. Pat Coyle Aaron Monteagudo Maria DeAngelis Anthony Passaro CHRISTMAS ALTAR FLOWERS Remedios De Guzman John Prunty If you would like to make a donation to help with the Rachel Durso Anthony Salvatore cost of flowers that will decorate our church for Peter Gagne Jason Scalora Christmas, please fill out the form below. Donations Edwin Grube Dominic Tavormina may be made in memory of a loved one or for a special Joan Hargett Liza Ty Blasca intention. Checks should be made payable to Our Adam Kokosinski Giselle Velez Lady of Mount Carmel and can be placed in the Rumi Kubo collection basket or returned to the Church Office.

Please contact the Church Office at 201-568-0545 if you need prayers for a loved one and would like that person’s name placed – PLEASE PRINT – on our prayer list. Also, please let us know if a loved one’s name

is to be removed from our prayer list. Donated by______

Email______Make a purchase at Metropolitan Phone #______Plant & Flower Exchange valued at $50 or more and Metropolitan

In Memory of: will donate $10 to Our Lady of ______Mt. Carmel, Tenafly.

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*Cannot be combined with any other offers.*

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Fort Lee, NJ West Orange, NJ Paramus, NJ ______201-944-1050 973-736-0049 201-445-7101

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7 Volume 6, Issue 48 First Sunday of Advent RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Continuous Religious Instruction Happy New Liturgical Year! There are four For The Faith Development Of Your Child Sundays of Advent, so this year December 1st marks the beginning of the new Church year and the liturgical The Religious Education Program is a curriculum of season of Advent. The liturgical year is the Church’s continuous religious instruction for students beginning calendar during which there is a cycle of special prayers in kindergarten and continuing each year through and Bible readings to help us recall various mysteries of eighth grade. “Childhood is a critical time. It is Jesus’ life—his birth, suffering, death, resurrection and when the foundation is set for lifelong faith and ascension into heaven. We also celebrate feasts devotion to God.” (Source: Being involved in Your honoring the Blessed Mother and saints. Each liturgical Child’s Faith Formation, ©2010 Channing Bete season is marked by a special color of vestments worn Company, Inc., 2017 Edition) Attendance at each by the priest. Purple or deep blue are Advent colors. grade level is important in order to establish a firm foundation in the faith, build upon it at each grade level, and prepare for the Sacraments.

Religious Education Classes

Sunday, December 1st (NO CLASS)

Tuesday, December 3rd (3:30-4:45 PM) “Jesus touches our lives through the sacraments. Sunday, December 8th (8:45-9:55 AM) Our celebrations of the sacraments are signs of Jesus’ th Tuesday, December 10 (3:30-4:45 PM) presence in our lives and a means for receiving his grace.”

Source: www.loyolapress.com

Parents have a responsibility to teach their children about God. Sacrament of First Reconciliation

Children follow the example set by their parents. As The celebration of First Reconciliation will take th a result, what you do and say have a direct impact place on Saturday, January 11 at 11:00 AM and 1:30 on your child’s relationship with God and long-term PM in the Church. Parents are reminded to work on behavior and values. The choices your child will the preparation material with their child and review how make as an adult, including the decision to live a to meet the priest for the confession of our sins.

Christian life, will be largely influenced by the v v v

example you provide. Sacrament of Confirmation

Source: Being involved in Your Child’s Faith Formation, ©2010 Our next Confirmation session will be held on Channing Bete Company, Inc., 2017 Edition January 12th. Remaining sessions thereafter are January 26th, February 2nd and February 9th. Other

important dates are listed below; details for each will be There is no Children’s Liturgy of the provided as we get closer to those dates: Word this Sunday, December 1st. Join

us next Sunday when CLOW resumes. Confirmation Retreat Sunday, March 15

CLOW Catechists – Sunday, December 8th: Confirmation Rehearsal Wednesday, March 25 at 7 PM Promise (PreK – Gr. K) − Marge DeSavino Good News (Gr. 1 & 2) − Regina Saladino Confirmation Liturgy Venture (Gr. 3, 4 & 5) − Jim Brooks Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM

8 Volume 6, Issue 48 First Sunday of Advent ACADEMY/ATHLETICS

A Message From Barbara Verdonck, Interim Principal

Dear Parents,

December is here and we find ourselves deep in the spirit of Christmas.

As a Catholic school we have the privilege to enter this season with an attitude of prayer and deep reverence. Next Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception honoring the purity of Mary. Let us take all of our worries and cares to her. We have entered the Season of Advent

and this is a time in the liturgical calendar to focus on the real meaning of

Christmas. As a school community, we will light the Advent candle each WELCOME HOME, morning in the auditorium and visibly see the passage of time.

WARRIORS! Activities continue to roll from one day into the other. The highlights from

Once a student, last month were our Varsity Volleyball team capturing 1st place as well as a 1st place finish for our eighth grade students who participated in the always a Warrior! Saint Joseph Regional High School Academic competition.

This month will be no different! Report cards will be distributed on Friday, For over 140 years the Academy of December 6th. We will induct our newest members of the National Junior Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been Honor Society on December 11th and our Christmas Concert will be held graduating young men and women. on Friday, December 13th. Completion of high school applications, on Please feel free to contact Elliot behalf of our eighth graders, is well underway. The high school application Guerra, Director of Mission process is quite a daunting one and each school has its own procedures. Development, at 201-568-1403 or Many children are in the midst of shadowing and doing interviews. I [email protected] for a congratulate all of the students for their hard work. We will put it all in God’s hands now and believe that the children will end up in the high personal tour or to host a reunion for school that will empower them to be the best version of themselves. your class or group of friends. Remember, at OLMC you were once Our winter sports season has begun. I want to thank everybody who a student but always a Warrior! contributes to our athletic programs. It is a huge time commitment of practice and games and we always have so many people step up to fill all positions. I am grateful to each of them for all of the love, patience and passion that they put into making the season an enjoyable and successful “To be entrusted one. I know that this athletic season is one that really contributes to the great community spirit that exists among our students. They work very with the hard as a team on the floor and this translates to them working hard as a team in the classroom. We are winners all around! Let’s go Warriors! teaching of the young Let’s not forget about Santa’s Secret Workshop and Breakfast With is a great gift Santa!!! Please continue to help support our school and build the healthy OLMC family that we love and appreciate. and grace of God.” Take time to breath in and soak in some spiritual blessings this week. May —Saint John Baptist de La Salle God surround you and your families with much peace, love, and joy.

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Peru Medical Mission

It’s hard to believe that our second medical mission to Peru is now behind us. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has once again shared its “Each of you abundant blessings with people in need thousands of miles away from should use home. We know that as Catholics, we are called to the service of others. whatever gifts you Scripture tells us “Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve have received to others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10-11). The doctors, serve others, as nurses and staff of this mission continue to use their “gifts” to serve others; it’s another example of how our parish answers the call to service time and time again. faithful stewards of God’s grace in its I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to play a small role in this extraordinary various forms.” journey. It is only through the grace of God that our team of medical professionals, translators and support staff are able to touch the more than 1,300 people we come in 1 Peter 4:10-11 contact with. You can actually feel His presence throughout the mission each day. You see Him in the boundless energy of the nuns and others who assist us, in the faces of the people who come for treatment and in their stunningly beautiful children. The very elderly patients who come have tremendous difficulty just walking; we had to actually carry a few in and out of the sites. However, their weathered faces always manage a smile as they thank us for helping them, many saying “God bless you” as they leave.

His grace is clearly evident in the residents of the rehabilitation center we visit. Though patients themselves, these men work with us setting up and preparing the sites. They spontaneously sing songs of praise to God and the Blessed Mother despite the terrible addictions that brought them there in the first place. Some share their stories with us, giving insight into the depth of their personal struggles.

Notwithstanding the desperately poor conditions they live in, the Peruvians are a strong, happy, family-oriented people who don’t complain about their situations. They are genuinely excited to see American physicians, waiting on long lines for the opportunity. It’s been my honor to watch our talented doctors and nurses extend themselves beyond their limits, striving to treat as many people as possible despite long days under less than optimal conditions. Our skilled translators allow us to communicate with everyone we encounter; they are a critical component of this mission. It bears mention that a few of our group even became quite sick themselves, some requiring medical treatment from the other doctors. All of our “missionaries” came together as a team with the singular goal of helping people in need; this is truly our faith in action.

This was Fr. Dan’s vision; to have our church extend itself beyond its walls to help others and what a success it’s been! It is not just the small group of us who travel to Peru who bring that vision to life, it is the entire parish community. We proudly represent ALL of the people who make this happen—those who made donations, others who worked tirelessly behind the scenes on the fundraisers, planning and more.

Although we’re back home now, the mission isn’t really over and the work hasn’t ended yet. We continue to finalize records, compile reports and the planning will soon be starting for the next mission. One thing is certain: Everyone comes away with a renewed sense of how richly blessed we are in our own lives and a strong commitment to return to continue this important mission. When you’re thanking God for all of your blessings this holiday season, take a moment to remember the people of Peru and ALL people in need. Keep them in your hearts and in your prayers.

—Mike Bruno, Parish Advisory Board

Visit our Web site www.olmc.us to view photos of OLMC’s Medical Mission to Peru.

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