Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN RANCHO PEÑASQUITOS Love. Pray. Serve. Proclaim Christ! 5th Sunday of Easter May 19, 2019 This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another . John 13: 31-35 Pastor: Fr. Anthony Saroki Associate Pastor: Fr. Ignatius Kipchirchir Deacons: Juan Faus, Manuel Porciuncula, Noel Rivera 13541 Stoney Creek Road, San Diego, CA 92129 Phone: 858858----484484484484----10701070 Website: olmcsandiego.org MASS TIMES RECONCILIATION PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE 858-484-1070 Mon - Fri 8:00am Saturday 4:30pm and For the following information: 1st Sat 8:00am Sunday 30 min before Sat Vigil 5:30pm each Mass Business Manager: Michelle P. Fischer Sunday 8:00am [email protected] OFFICE HOURS 9:45am Parish Involvement: Martha Perez 11:30am Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm (Español) 1:15pm Closed 12:30pm-1:30pm Hispanic Ministry: Junior Coronel 5:00pm Closed Saturday& Sunday Baptisms & Weddings: Deacon Juan Faus (Youth & Young Adult) CHURCH HOURS Bereavement: Parish Office Children’s Liturgy of the Word during Sunday Mass: 9:45 am & Daily 7:00am-9:00pm Homebound Ministry: Fr. Ignatius Kipchirchir 11:30 am Babysitting 9:45 am Our Mission YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic When I started as pastor of OLMC seven years ago, one Parish is one family of my top priorities was to hire the right Youth in Christ. Minister. I was blessed to find Mark Jacob, who has We: served our teens and their families with great • Love God and neighbor. competence and dedication, as well as sharing his • Pray in the celebration of the considerable musical abilities to help us all worship Sacraments and receive grace. God. Mark built a team of youth and adult leaders who • Serve sacrificially with time, have worked together to connect with our teens and talent and treasure. provide excellent instruction in the faith and impactful • Proclaim the good news of retreats and youth events. Hundreds of teens have been Salvation. prepared for and received the Sacrament of Empowered by the Holy Spirit, and Confirmation. with Mama Mary to help us, we journey in hope to Heaven. A couple of months back, Mark let me know that he had discerned it was time for him to return to working in the secular world. I am grateful for the opportunity to have PARISH GOVERNANCE worked with Mark and sad to see him go, although I know he will maintain many of the friendships that he Finance Council has formed at OLMC. Around the same time, our Alex Koenig, Chairman Coordinator of Young Adult ministry, Julius Medrano, let Pastoral Council me know that he was leaving his work here at the parish Fr. Anthony Saroki, 858-484-1070 to do missionary work. Please pray for Mark and Julius that God bless them abundantly as they begin a new stage in their lives. PRAYERS AND HEALING I have hired Theresa Inoue as the new Director of Youth and Young Adult Discipleship. The change in job title is Eucharistic Adoration intentional. It reflects a new emphasis on ministering to First Friday in the Worship Space our young people by meeting their pastoral needs 8:30am - 6:00pm through mentoring that will equip them to be lifelong Morning Prayers missionary disciples of Jesus Christ. After weekday Mass, a group gathers in the chapel to pray the Liturgy of the Theresa was raised in San Diego, the oldest of eight Hours, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and children. She attended Catholic elementary and high prayers for the Souls in Purgatory. All are school. She was mentored in the faith by the youth welcome to join in. minister at Sacred Heart in Ocean Beach, Jamie Cleaton. She earned a Bachelors in Theology with a Healing Services concentration in Youth Ministry at Franciscan University First Fridays at 6:00pm in Steubenville. She is finishing a Masters in Theology Encounter Second Fridays 7:00pm Both in the Church at Notre Dame, a program which includes multiple internships in pastoral ministry. Her first day on the job will be July 16. She will be in town in late May / early NEW TO OLMC? June, at which time she hopes to visit and meet staff and Welcome! Visit the parish website or volunteers. I think you will find her to be a great parish office for a registration form! addition to the great team that we have here at OLMC. Cover photo: © Stock photo found online 2 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish MASS INTENTIONS Building Fund Mon May 20 For all Mother’s Living and Deceased included in our Mother’s Day Novena Thanks to your generous support, Tue May 21 Brigid and Fred Gleason (Anniversary) the debt on our church building Michael Forte † has been paid. We will now be Wed May 22 Ethan Christian Guiriba (Birthday) saving up for major repairs and Mike Tomcho (Birthday) future construction. You can Thu May 23 Amado Dela Cruz † continue to use the building fund Candida And Anacleto Urmeneta † envelopes for this purpose. Fri May 24 8:00 a.m. Vincent Raymond Santos (Birthday) William and Esteban Rocero † Sat May 25 Adela Turiano † Marciano Turiano† Weekly Donations Sun May 26 David Pierce, Sr.† Priscila C Montellano † Angelita Flores Ramirez† Weekend of May 11/12 Maria Serravalle † Offertory: $ 21,612.65 All Souls † Myrna Ruth Carrasco Mariano† Building Fund: $ 10,377.00 Mother’s Day Novena $ 2,407.00 Eulalia Tera Padilla † Dina Leech † If you are not currently receiving Natividad Camerino (Intentions) People of the Parish offertory envelopes and would like to, please fill out a registration form, which can be found at the front door of the church or in the office. These forms TODAY’S READINGS can be placed in the offertory baskets for your convenience. First Reading — Paul and Barnabas reported how God had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles (Acts 14:21-27). Psalm — I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God (Psalm 145). Second Reading — God’s dwelling is with the human race For where your treasure is, (Revelation 21:1-5a). heart Gospel — This is how all will know that you are my there also will your be. disciples, if you have love for one another Luke 12:34 (John 13:31-33a, 34-35). Online Giving The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Our online giving option is a fast, simple and secure way to make your donations. Visit our For all Mass readings, please visit The United States Conference of Catholic website olmcsandiego.org and click “DONATE” Bishops website at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070818.cfm at the top of the page to enroll. Online Giving –Apr. 2019 Community Prayer List Offertory: $ 35,094.74 Building Fund: $ 16,541.42 Ashley Kevin P. Fischer Vanessa Magbanua Pray for Peaceful Repose Navy Fanelli Maria Luisa Muro If you would like a name added to Community Prayer List please Rosalinda I. Beof email the name to [email protected]. (This is not for Mass David Keith Pierce, Sr. Intentions) You may indicate if they are living or deceased, but no Angelita Flores Ramirez further details. Names will remain in the bulletin for a limited time Robert Joseph De Anthony providing there is space. Allow 10 days prior to printing of bulletin. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish 3 2019 MISSION COOP APPEAL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL This weekend, May 18-19 there will be a JUNE 24-28 collection for the 2019 Mission Cooperative to 9:00AM-NOON benefit Nuestra diócesis de Chulucanas Ages 3-11 which borders southern part of Ecuador mostly— in the Andes mountains of Perú. There are 23 1– child $85 parishes encompassing 1600 towns. The distances 2-children $120 3– children $145 between the towns are vast. Some of the towns only have ONE MASS a year. (Volunteers 12-18 years old $8 t-shirt) Most of the people are poor farmers. Most still work REGISTER ON PARISH WEBSITE ONLY the land by hand. Heavy machinery does not get up to their mountains. About 85% have electricity. About 60% have water. FREE CONCERT Roads are now getting up into the highest and most remote areas, so that 4 wheel vehicles can After almost 4 years of now reach most of the towns. service, our cantor Shahen Ohanian, the The people all speak Spanish except for three small male cantor for our villages where they speak Quechua, an Indian traditional choir, is language. There are about 450 thousand people in the diocese. 80% of the people are Catholic. graduating from San Diego State University There is a home for the elderly and a home for and will be moving back abandoned children. There are 4 catholic home. As a thank you to grammar-high schools and one university, the parish, he invites an annex of a University in Lima. The diocesan seminary has a total of 23 seminarians living and you to join him for a studying there. mini concert which will take place on Saturday, May 25 at 4:45 PM before the You may return your donation using the 5:30 service. He will be performing some of designated envelopes in the collection his favorite hymns and will also be taking basket at any weekend Mass. requests of religious hymns from parish Make checks payable to: members (requests can be made by visiting the OFFICE FOR THE MISSIONS parish website).