Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel Church
75 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey 07927
Parish Office: 973-538-1358 ♦ Fax: 973-538-7403 ♦ www.ndcarmel.com
Eucharist
Saturday:
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.
Monday - Friday: 12:10 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. No weekday 5:30 p.m. Mass from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Holy Days: Vigil 5:30 p.m. Holy Day: 7:15 a.m. 12:10 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Lent: An additional 7:15 a.m. Mass is celebrated Monday - Friday.
Reconciliation Saturday: 12:40 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. or call to see one of the priests.
Miraculous Medal Novena & Benediction Monday: 7:30 p.m.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Friday: 7:00 a.m. thru 7:00 p.m.
Baptism Contact the Parish Secretary to make arrangements.
Marriages Contact one of our priests.
Sick Calls Contact Fr. Paddy, Fr. Jhon, or Parish Secretary. For Communion for the homebound, Our Parish Vision Notre Dame of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic community of faith called to be missionary disciples of Jesus Christ, for the purpose of bringing about the Kingdom.
Our Parish Mission Formed by the Word, fed at the Table, and inspired by the Holy Spirit, we INVITE, WELCOME and GUIDE each other into relationship with Christ, to GO OUT and 2019 U O MAKE missionary disciples.
“The Word of God will challenge you, Staff inspire you, and give you hope. The Rev. Paddy O’Donovan, Pastor Jean Pankow, Pastoral Associate Ext. 101 / [email protected] Word of God will bring you joy. The Ext. 122 / [email protected]
Word of God might confuse you too. Rev. Jhon Madrid, Parochial Vicar Melissa Fasano, Parish Secretary Ext. 103 / [email protected] Ext. 100 / For this reason, every time you open Deacon Al Fanelli, 973-428-8304 / [email protected] your Bible, you should pray and ask [email protected] Cristina Folan, Communications the Holy Spirit, the author of Scripture, Deacon Ron Forino, Pre-Cana Prep Ext. 105 / to open your mind and your heart to 973-887–2963 / [email protected] [email protected]
receive what God has for you.” Deacon Joe Harris, Social Justice / Diane Byrne, Faith Formation Mark Hart, Baptismal Prep. 201-602-0506 / Coordinator PreK-5th, [email protected] Ext. 111 / [email protected] Unleashing the Power of Scripture Deacon Vic Lupi, Gavin Bozza, Director of 973-538-4642 / [email protected] Ministry to Youth Ext. 102 / [email protected] Deacon Joe Quinn, Care of Sick 973-476-8562 / [email protected] Jenny Benitez, Parish Bookkeeper
Parish Trustees Ext. 106 / [email protected]
Joanne McHugh: 973-428-1228 Jimmy Steiger, Facilities Manager Will Fernandez: 973-515-9039 Ext. 120 Sacristan : [email protected]
Pastoral Council President Dick White: 201-280-8943
Holy Spirit, open my mind to receive Finance Chair Michael Critchley: 973-725-4665 God's message for me.
Please see inside for a list of ministries and contact information. Visit our website for further details!
A MINDSET OF SERVICE There’s a lot of traveling, delivering, and visiting going on in our readings today. In Genesis, Abraham cares for the needs of three mysterious travelers. The psalm responds, celebrating the kind of righteousness that Abraham practices. Then, in his letter to the Colossians, Saint Paul describes his own ministry as almost like a delivery service: he, God’s steward, brings the word of God to their community. Finally, Luke’s Gospel shares the well-known story of Mary and Martha, and the different ways they welcome Jesus into their home. Amid all this coming and going, we are invited to pay attention to the ways we tend to the needs of others. Each of us can ask, How am I present to God and others in my life? This Week...
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON Mass Intentions AND A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN
SATURDAY, July 20, 2019: Weekday … a me to be born
12:10 Dominick Condesta by Frank & Louise DiSessa
Angelita Tinsay by Marge Ratcliffe 5:00 Angela Dominy by Pa y Gant & Liz Laverty ... a me to heal … Phil Barre , Ray Baylouny, Sarah Mrs. Barbara Picone by Mrs. Theresa Zahorian Brady, Dcn. Al Fanelli, Rose Fladzinski, Frances Caravaggio, Bea Carlone, Carole Howell, Bobbie Hernet, SUNDAY, July 21, 2019: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 Caroline & Bill Schulz by Ray & Carol Marilyn Hudson, Avery Kilby, Margy Kramer, Catherine Peggy & James Gibbon by Ray & Carol Leto, Pat Madden, Joan M. McCormack, Susan Nicoll, 9:00 Eileen Erriche by the Passarelli Family Margaret O’Connor, Joyce Paulding, Nancy Perkalis, Margo Giro by Marty Reilly Lonnie Perryman, Joan Roccanova, Anthony Scarpino, 10:30 Paula Cube by Elena Santoro Paul Speer, Lorraine Steinsberger, Joseph Viviano, Paul Simko by Cathi Foster Bernice & Bob West, Tammy Whi er 12:15 Angela Domini by Elaine Green Emma Rose Suskie by the Augello Family … a me to die Eric Clemens
MONDAY, July 22, 2019: St. Mary Magdalene … a me of great joy 12:10 Frank & Yve e Coyle Margaret Balz by Carol Ann & Jim Boyle
TUESDAY, July 23, 2019: Weekday God’s Gift for Giving 12:10 Tom Bahash by Carol & Tom Hentz Inten ons of Andrew Raquet by Kris & Frank Scerbo Collec on July 13 & 14, 2019: $15,399.78 WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019: Weekday Collec on July 14 & 15, 2018: $15,455.19 12:10 Gloria Sposato by SallyAnn & Frank Augello Stephanie Trincanello by SallyAnn & Frank Augello Lamp Intentions THURSDAY, July 25, 2019: St. James, Apostle 12:10 Agnes Buonera by Jim & Marlene Ruvo Mother of Compassion Lamp will burn for Helene Downey by Eleanor Cardinal Courter Dot Steiger by Bob & family Sanctuary Lamp will burn for FRIDAY, July 26, 2019: Sts. Joachim & Anne Elizabeth Terracciano by Bob & Nina Rober 12:10 Felic Troche by Ana Garcia St. Benedict Lamp will burn for Patrick Sheehan by Alice & Eamonn Long Katherine Swala by Frank & Theresa
SATURDAY, July 27, 2019: Weekday 12:10 Dot Steiger by Bob & Family Frank Inderwies by his sister Agnes ROAR V B S 5:00 Inten ons of Bea Carlone by her son Salvatore & Grace Vespa by daughter & family
SUNDAY, July 28, 2019: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 John & Lillian Keimig by Ray & Carol Laura S. Giammalvo by Ann & Frank Labianca 9:00 Jack Morgan by MaryLou Bar romo Pelligrino & Aquino Families 10:30 Lucy Biancola by her family Kevin Reimer by Richard & Nina Kovacs 12:15 Rose Sheekey by Michael Garcia John (Jack) Citarelli by Pam & Dennis O'Connor
Altar Linens: Ginny Mar n Missionary Discipleship... B J By Sr. Melissa Dwyer as published by catholicleader.com.au I reached a point after finishing Teresa of Kolkata who said, “It’s school where externally I had only when you realize your “Your emptiness is but everything going for me; I’d just emptiness that God can fill you with your preparation for started the university course I himself.” dreamt; I had many friends and being filled.” An old Chinese proverb says, the was doing really well at sport. – Charles Spurgeon usefulness of a cup is in its Yet inside me, something was emptiness. missing. Perhaps this can be reworded to I had an emptiness in me that I had suggest that the usefulness of a FTEN we view the notion no idea how to fill. Christian is in our emptiness. O of emptiness as something I found myself sitting in the back of For it’s when we don’t have all the negative. a Church sharing with a priest how answers, when we don’t rely on There can be a tendency to be much I didn’t like myself. ourselves, that we are more likely to reach out to God and give Him uncomfortable with silence, and try He put me in touch with the local space to work in our lives and in to fill it with noise. National Evangelisation Team, our hearts. We fill our free time with activity where I found a space to be myself, to avoid sitting with ourselves as as I was, without judgement. Perhaps if we can re-dimension our we are. And sometimes mindsets to suggest that in life, we find ourselves instead of emptiness running on empty, being something needing to be filled up “ An old Chinese proverb says, negative, we see with something the usefulness of a cup is in its emp ness.” emptiness as an meaningful to keep us openness to unlimited going. possibilities. For many, emptiness is Mary has always been terrifying and we are for me a model of hesitant to apply the someone who lived her word “empty” to emptiness in such a way ourselves. that she was open to God filling her up. Yet emptiness in itself can be a very positive Mary had her life turned thing, for unless we upside down by God realise we are in need of something when the angel Gabriel I started to pray and I came to to fill us up, we don’t necessarily invited her to be the mother of know that a personal relationship give God the space to work. Jesus. with God was the only thing that I came to know Jesus through a would give me lasting happiness. Mary didn’t fully understand what moment of emptiness in my life. was asked of her, yet she It was no longer important what I responded with unconditional As a young person, I never enjoyed achieved, but who I was as a child availability to what God wanted to going to Mass. of God. do in and through her. I would come up with every excuse This encounter with Jesus, at a We are continually challenged by in the book to avoid Church, moment of emptiness in my life, the example of Mary, who invites especially seeing it clashed with my transformed me forever. My life us to consider if we are empty and favourite television program. resonated with the words of Saint Missionary Discipleship... available for God to use us, even In the moments when being I believe that if we surrender to when it doesn’t make sense. empty is painful, we recall that this beautiful gift that emptiness God never permits us to can be, we might start to realize It’s easy to see Mary and other experience a time of trial unless that, while we are always free to biblical figures and saints who were he intends it to bring more choose to fill ourselves with the open and available to God and abundant graces once it is over. world, in truth we can choose willing to surrender lives to God’s Emptiness is never wasted or nothing less than Christ. plan. useless. Even though sometimes choosing However, in reality, sitting with It leads us towards something, if to sit in the unknown with Jesus is our emptiness is not an easy thing only we are willing to keep painful, He desires to fill our to do. searching for the light in the emptiness with Himself, and It’s easy to say to others, “trust in darkness, the rainbow after the ultimately, “our hearts are restless God” and “don’t worry Jesus will fill storm. until they rest in Him”. your emptiness”, however the As we move towards the end of the deeper truth is actually that Sr. Melissa Dwyer is a religious year, let us dare to consider, what sometimes Jesus doesn’t just fill the sister of the Canossian Daughters might be cluttering up my life right emptiness. of Charity in Brisbane. now? In certain seasons of life, He What might God be asking me to sometimes widens it. And that’s empty myself of? okay. TITHING THE TITHE
Following is a listing of the recommended and approved grants for this fiscal year, July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020:
Total Funds Available: $25,000
$1,000: Sisters of St. Dominic, Caldwell, NJ $1,000 St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly, Totowa, New Jersey $1,000 Morris Habitat for Humanity, Randolph, NJ $1,000 Link Educa on Partners, Newark, NJ Eva's Village is a $3,000: Employment Horizons, Cedar Knolls, NJ faith-based, $1,000 KNOM Radio Mission – Nome, Anchorage, Alaska nonprofit, $2,000: Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains, NJ comprehensive social services organization $1,000: Mary’s Place by the Sea, Ocean Grove, NJ founded on Matthew 25:40: "Whatever you did for the least $1,000: St. Peter's Orphanage, Denville, NJ of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." $1,000: Fr. Damian Milliken School & Clinic, Tanzania: c/o St. Paul’s Abbey, Newton, NJ “Our mission is to provide care and support for people $1,000: Clinics in South America and Africa, staffed by who are struggling with poverty, hunger, the Holy Rosary Sisters, Bryn Mawr, PA homelessness, and addiction.” To that end, Eva's Village provides a recovery-oriented community of $1,000: Tri‐County Scholarship Fund supportive services which include food, shelter, addiction $1,000: Eva's Village, Paterson, NJ and mental health treatment, childcare, job training, $1000: Hope House, Dover, NJ medical and dental care, and housing. $1000: Birth Haven, Newton, NJ $1000: Carmelite Monastery, Morristown, NJ $1000: Sisters of Charity, Convent Sta on, NJ $1000: The Willow Tree Center, Morris Plains, NJ $2000: Rushooka Clinic, Uganda: c/o Sisters of Divine Charity, Staten Island, NY $1000: Department of Persons with Disabili es – Catholic Chari es, Oak Ridge, NJ $1000: Missionaries of the Poor, USA, Atlanta GA
An additional $15,000 is given by the pastor at his discretion to assist those in need with household bills (mortgages, rent, food vouchers, electricity bills), as well as ad journals and miscellaneous support of local schools and community organizations.
Bless you for your giving hearts that go so far in reaching out to so many in need. For The Journey...
FAMILY FAITH FORMATION NOTRE DAME MEN’S Family Faith Formation online registration is open! GROUP: YOU ARE INVITED! Please visit www.ndcarmel.com to access the registration link and additional details.
Families seeking to prepare their children for the Sacrament of Holy Communion (typically 1st and 2nd grade) and Confirmation (typically 9th and 10th grade) and who have not attended a Sacramental Join us at our monthly gatherings, th Prep meeting must call the Faith Formation Office at 973-538-1358, usually on the 4 Saturday of each ext. 111 for important information before registering. month, 8am - 10am, here at Notre Dame. Through this group, we seek Registration will close on Monday, August 12. to provide men a regular opportunity to get together in faith and friendship MEN OF OUR PARISH & NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY: and examine what it means to have a SAVE THE DATE FOR “THE ROAD TO EMMAUS” personal relationship with Jesus. We explore a different topic at each Have you a ended Cornerstone (or some other meeting and offer the opportunity for spiritual retreat), and asked the ques on, sharing and discussion. Plus, we “What's next?” If you answered “yes,” we invite serve bagels and coffee! Join us Saturday, July 27, 8-10am in the you to save the date now for “The Road to Resource Room. Emmaus,” a weekend retreat prepared and hosted by the men's ministry of our parish. The For more information, contact Ed retreat will take place Friday, October 4 to Newlands at [email protected] / 201-841-9929, or Dennis Bloshuk at Sunday, October 6, 2019 at St. Mary's Abbey in [email protected] / 973-229-9245. Morristown. Stay tuned for more details!
A 13-week program on Wednesday evenings 7-8:30pm—Here at Notre Dame
Beginning September 11, 2019
DIVORCECare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Don’t go through separation or divorce alone.
The journey is led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You will learn how to heal from the deep hurt of divorce and discover hope for your future.
You’ll discover there are people who understand your hurts, emotions, and painful experiences. You’ll learn helpful, practical information that will help you recover from your separation or divorce. You’ll have the chance to talk about your experiences. You’ll become part of a family.” DIVORCECare group members often tell us that they feel like their group has become a family, that they made new friends, and are around people to whom they can relate.
Register online at www.ndcarmel.com (Please note there is a $15 fee to cover the cost of materials.) If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Patty Migliore-Torres at [email protected]/973-610-3242, or Mike Letterese at [email protected]/973-998-0750. Dates to Remember Sunday - Sunday Masses: 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am & 12:15pm July 21 Name Tag Weekend
Food & Clothing 9 am Shepherd’s Call Collection Monday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm July 22 7 pm Rosary/Novena 7:30 pm Right to Life
Tuesday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm July 23 1:30 pm SLT 7 pm Centering Prayer 8:30 pm AA Wednesday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm July 24 6:30 am MGD Group 7 pm Emmaus Team Mtg. 7:30 pm Finance Ministry Mtg. 8 pm Operation Appalachia Mtg. Ministries Thursday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm July 25 7 pm Matthew Study
8:30 pm AA/Al-Anon Friday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm; Adoration: 7am—7pm July 26 11 am Overeaters Anonymous Saturday - Daily Mass: 12:10pm; Reconciliation: 12:40pm July 27 5pm: Sunday Vigil Mass
8 am Men’s Group 10 am Women’s Bible Study
Sunday - Sunday Masses: 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am & 12:15pm July 28 9 am Shepherd’s Call
Do you have questions about the meaning of Life? About the Christian Faith?
Have you ever wondered whether Christianity is relevant to your life?
Have you ever thought, "There must be more to life than this?"
We invite you to experience ALPHA, where you will be able to explore these questions and share your point of view. There are no judgments, and any question is welcomed!
Begins Wednesday, September 25!
Stay tuned for details! INFORMATION SHEET
CHURCH NAME: Notre Dame of Mount Carmel
BULLETIN NUMBER: 656100
Date of Publica on: Sunday, 7/21/2019
Number of Pages Transmi ed: Cover + 6 text pages + this page = 8
Special Instruc ons: Please call Melissa @ 973–538–1358 x100