Address
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2700 Dover Avenue - Fairfield, CA 94533
Website: www.olmcfairfield.org
Parish Office………...………...…..(707) 422-7767 Virgil Bascara, Plant Manager .……….olmc.virgil@gmail.com Gemma Gonzalo, Office Manager
Office email address: olmc.gem@gmail.com Office hours: 10 AM - 12 PM, Monday - Friday
Mass Reserva ons Call-in: Wed and Thur only, 1 - 4 PM Valerie Elser, Admin. Assistant: olmc.val@gmail.com
St. Vincent de Paul Society...(707) 422-5209 Emergency Sick Calls...(707) 422-7767 RCIA and Adult Forma on...(707) 422-7767 Religious Educa on and Sacramental Prepara on (707) 422-2814 Diana Banasan / Anna Albericci
Carmel Youth Ministry Diana Banasan…..…...………...(707) 422-2814
MASS: Weekend: Saturday Evening, 7PM Vigil Sunday: 8AM, 10AM & 7PM
Please take note of NEW Mass schedule, above.
Daily: Monday - Saturday, 9AM Holy Days: 9AM, Noon and 7PM Sacrament of Reconcilia onSaturdays: 3:00 to 4:00 PM or by appointment Bap sms: Please contact the Parish Office.
Marriages: Six months no ce required.
Anoin ng of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office. Contact the Parish Office for all Bap sms & Marriages.
August 16, 2020
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
SERVED BY THE CARMELITES
MASS SCHEDULE | SACRAMENTS
Staff:
Fr. Patrick Gavin, O. Carm. (Pastor) | Fr. Jose Cilia, O. Carm. (Parochial Vicar) Fr. Mario Lopez, O.Carm. (Re red Priest in Residence) | Deacon Raymond EliasFirst Reading:
Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right,
do what is just; for my salva on is about to
come, my jus ce, about to be revealed. (Is
56:1)
Psalm:
O God, let all the na ons praise you! (Ps 67)
Second Reading:
Just as you once disobeyed God but have
now received mercy because of their
disobedi-ence, so they have now disobeyed in order
that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they
too may now receive mercy. (Rom 11:30-31)
Gospel:
Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great
is your faith! Let it be done for you as you
wish.” And the woman’s daughter was healed
from that hour. (Mt 15:28)
PRAYER & WORSHIP
Mass Inten ons | Pray For
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MASS INTENTIONS/SCHEDULE
Monday 08/17
9:00 am OLMC ParishionersTuesday 08/18
9:00 am † Eugenio P. Tagle Jr.Wednesday 08/19
9:00 am † Donald PursgloveThursday 08/20
9:00 am † Miguel Vilaro / † Enrigue N. Rivera
Friday 08/21
9:00 am † Virginia Weber
Saturday 08/22
9:00 am † Tony and † Jean Rinella 7:00 pm Fred and Val Crosby
8:00 am Nicholas Pardo
Sunday 08/23
10:00 am 7:00 PM † George Kulasingam † Bill HarneIf you would like the faith community of OLMC to join you in prayers for special needs, contact the Parish Office at 422-7767. We do occasionally take some names off of the list in the bulle n. If we have taken a name from the printed list of a person s ll in need of prayers, please give us a call and we will happily put him or her back on. Please take some me this week to remember the following in your prayers:
- For all in our parish family who are suffering serious or terminal illness
Madison O’Shields Timothy White Ron Scharfen Dolores Highsmith- Cass Dion Newman Shannon Valtierra Jo & Evelyn Nunes Andy Andalajao Darwin Rasmussen
John & VivianDonohoe
Laura Labrado Mary Highsmith Howell Wood III Yollie Wood Mary Sheldon Kai Crocker & Family Matt A. Villaber Joe Lujan Kelly Gawley Regina Diaz Sarah S. Yarberry Emanuel P. Caranay Diane Ball Carol Nunes Dolores Sheppard Bessie Zanolini Ian Padilla John & June Kelley David Quilao Sal DiMarco Bobby Holsworth John Joe White Virgil Jaramillo Therese Keck Pat Murtha Lina Cradduck Leonida Bascara Vivian Blas Roberto, Inday & Robbie Visda Rosario Manalisay Robert Rabaino Renita Manalo Ann Garant Alejo Aranas Remy Calica Julie Darling John & Celina Hess Sharon Dotson Kimo Boone Anita Brennan Carolyn Hebert Josephine Iannarelli Su Kuropatkin Romy & Cuca Lopez Crystal Buelna Bernice Jojola MaryEllen McCormick Fr. Hank Ormond, O.Carm. Jewel Perez Theresa McDermott Elinita Ulep Masoumeh Kennedy Manny & Laura Labaria Jose Y. Gomez Samantha Peregoy Fr. David Fontaine, O.Carm. Asianne McClinton Rebert Gebing Meredith A. Beltran Lana Graves Larry Shaver Maria Arreola Jean Hamilton Betty McFadden Salas& SantosFamilies
Sammy & Luz Quilao Ryan Bautista Linda Sharp Danilda Castor Luis Silveyra Bob Olmstead Virginia Armas Jim Dooley Luis Mora Marilou Torres Nancy Lamp Sally Fields Martha Eble Steve Henson John Linehan Robert Bautista-Ong Cyndi Roldan Ruby Dizon Ruth Davis Andrew Davis Philip Sutton Joan Gaut Nicole Wind Danny McFadden Melissa Rondez & Family Ed Junker
Joe Santos Joel, Fe Tubig & Family Edward Bransfield Rogelio Fortaleza Pat Brausch Diane Topacio Irene Gilio Annie Hutchinson Martha Pickens Alvin Barba Mike Loedding Aukusitino Iulio Jr. Alapati Suisala Silivelia Alkowni Tom & Aida Quinn Peka Tuimavave Ana Tuinavave Iulio Suisala Andrew Davis Roy Shaver Raymond Elias Jr.
Thank God
you’re not perfect,
or you’d have
nothing left to do.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and
COVID-19 Update:
In light of the recent suspension of indoor church ser-vices in thirty counties, including Solano, our Parish will
be celebrating Masses in our Courtyard. Please note the following changes to our
Weekend Mass schedule:
- Saturday Vigil, 7 pm - Sunday, 8 am / 10 am / 7 pm - Daily Mass: Monday thru Saturday, 9 AM Call - in reservations are no longer necessary. Seats in
our Courtyard will be on a Þrst-come, Þrst-serve basis. Outdoor Mass will NOT be drive-in style.
The required use of face-coverings, contact tracing protocols, and physical-distancing continue.
Online Mass will be streamed on Sundays, 12 PM
via Facebook and our website.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on Saturdays, 3 to 4 pm indoors, as per usual.
PRAYER & WORSHIP
PASTOR’S PAGE
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EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP —
DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
A friend recently confided in me that although he prayed frequently
each day and was involved heavily in his parish, he did not sense much fruit coming from it all and was le feeling unsa sfied. I assured him he was not alone. I told him of a deceased pastor of mine who had spoken frequently about being in this type of situa on. Even as a priest, he knew all too well of how we can feel like we are simply going through the mo ons. It is precisely at those mes that con nuing to pray and prac cing good stewardship is most important, because it would be easier to simply take a break and risk never coming back. He liked to say, “Do the drill,” meaning just do what needs to be done.
We are all called to be mature disciples who answer the call of Jesus
Christ regardless of the cost. We cannot choose when and where the call will come. We cannot schedule our stewardship in a way that is always most convenient for us. Even when the fruits of our faithful efforts seem hidden from us, we hold to the promise that we are never called to give of ourselves for nothing. God is working through us and in us. No ma er how dry the land may seem, seeds are being planted to yield a harvest greater than we can
ever realize. Stay strong and do the drill! — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
STEWARDSHIP
GOSPEL MEDITATION
20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
We are hardwired for wholeness and crave it. When something is broken, we want it fixed. If a part of our body is not working properly, we want it healed. How o en do we find ourselves saying, “I’m red of struggling with this cold, I can’t wait for my surgery to heal, or I want my treatments to make me be er.” Wholeness and healing restore our rela onships and make us free to love as we desire. We know very well how our limita ons, imperfec ons, and brokenness really limit us. They can easily prevent us from being and doing what we want to do.
Our physical and emo onal wounds and maladies are easier to iden fy. If my back hurts, I feel it and know what part of my body needs a en on. If I am feeling intense anger, I can iden fy the emo on and take necessary steps to uncover its cause. Being persistent o en brings greater and quicker results. But will pursuing and even achieving our physical and emo onal healings really be enough? We forget that there is a deeper healing that we seek and desperately need. As we look around at humanity, there are some physical and emo onal wounds and scars that cannot be made whole. They are limita ons that must remain and, for one reason or another, cannot be rec fied. Does this mean that the wholeness and healing that my being longs for is not possible for me? Must I se le with less than what God promises? The answer is no. Ul mately, there is a desire that goes deeper than the physical and emo onal. It is a desire that resides in our soul. What we really seek and thirst for is healing and wholeness for our soul. Inner strength, convic on, focus, grounding, love, hope, faith, courage, determina on, peace, and connectedness are all words that center us on eternity. They direct us to a presence we discover in our core, which is none other than the presence of God. In God, we are healed. When we are
persistent in reaching out to and establishing our rela onship with God, real healing and wholeness begin to happen.
There are some limita ons and some of our brokenness with which we may simply have to live. This does not mean that we have to abandon our journey to wholeness and healing. If we have done our inner soul work, we have worked toward and acquired what and who we ul mately need and desire.
Parish Collections
Our Weekly Goal: $12,500.00 2020 Envelope Collec on Date: July 19, 2020 July 26, 2020 August 2, 2020 August 9, 2020 $4,511.00 $6,538.00 $10,789.95 $5,040.00
2020 Online Dona ons
July 12 - 18, 2020 July 19 - 25, 2020 July 26 - Aug 1, 2020 Aug 2 - 8, 2020 $3,919.70 $2,574.70 $3,766.70 $3,686.70
Please con nue to be good stewards in
your dona ons. Keep in mind that
collec ons will be low during these mes. This would be a good opportunity to take advantage of doing
your thing through
our website—
Online Giving.
Our Parish has beenusing an Online giving system that is strengthening stewardship as well as making it easier for members to support
our Church. There are many benefits
for parishioners that choose to Give Online! Some of the benefits include: no need to write checks; you can give even if you are unable to attend Mass; and your contribution amount can easily
be adjusted at any time! Please prayerfully consider making your offerings Online - your contribution will support the Operations and Capital
Improvements of our Church. Sign-up today by:
1) visiting our website:
www.olmcfairfield.org
2) Click-on: GIVE Online! 3) “Create an account.”
4) Navigate to choose the Fund. Give!
Its that easy!
You can give a one-time contribution or you can specify a reoccurring giving to any of the Funds available
throughout the year.
Please MAIL—in Offertory Envelopes or u lize OLMC’s Online-Giving!
AROUND THE PARISH
Upcoming Events
The Bible is a love le er from
God with your
name on it.”
~Peter Kree
Join us on
Wednesdays at 3PM
for Lec o Live as we dive deeper
into Sunday Mass readings.
Follow us at instagram.com/
carmel.youth for more
informa on. Contact Diana
Banasan, Director of Youth Faith
Forma on, 707) 422-2814.
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
What Can I do?
– Matthew 25:45The Bible commands us to help "the
least of these, my brothers and sisters..." Matthew 25:45. In our culture of death, no doubt the "least of these our brothers and sisters" are the defenseless, innocent children in
the womb who are so incredibly vulnerable. So, here are some ideas of what we can do to make a
real difference:
♦ Join or Support the Respect Life Committee in your Parish.
♦ Start or Support a Gabriel Project in Your Parish.
♦ Meet with and write to your Legisla-tors as a Constituent, Communi-cating the Catholic Church Position on Life Issues.
♦ Support Local Pregnancy Centers by donating Your Time, Talents, and Treasure.
♦ Tell Others about Project Rachel, a Post- Abortion Reconciliation/
Counseling.
♦ Pray for Those Who Have Been Involved in an Abortion.
♦ Pray for the life of all, particularly giving witness outside our local abor-tion clinics.
“From the first moment of existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person– among which is the inviolable right of every innocent human being to life.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church 4
Presented by the Diocese of Sacramento
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
PARENT SUPPORT
Helping us introduce the beauty of
Theology of the Body to our children.
Monday, August 17 at 8:00 PM
Steaming LIVE on YouTube and
Www.scd.org/parentsupport
[ featuring ]
Andreya Arevalo,
Ques ons? Contact Jennifer Campell jcampbell@scd.org
Prayer for Protection
in Time of Pandemic
O Mary
, you always brighten our
path as a sign of salva on and of
hope. We entrust ourselves to you,
Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross,
took part in Jesus’ pain while
remain-ing steadfast in faith.
O loving Mother
, you know what
we need, and we are confident you
will provide fo us as at Cana in
Galilee.
Intercede
for us with your Son
Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who
are vulnerable, and for those who have died. Intercede also for those
charged with protec ng the health and safety of others and for those
who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.
Help us
, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the
Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our
sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross,
to the glory of the Resurrec on . Amen.
Under thy
protec on we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God. In our
needs, despise not our pe
ons, but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Amen.
Lio Suisala | 688-5592
Thelma Meyer | 372-7889
Delia Tabasa |
631-9577
Gail Dubow-Young | 330-1696
Jean Hamilton | 624-9248
Evelyn Samson |
372-7215
Robert Anthony | 688-8894
John Shinstock | 437-4773
Eddie San Pedro |
803-1106
Vince Tydingco, Sec. | 631-5269
Woody Carnahan, VP | 208-9465
Julie Darling, Pres. | 425-
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PARISH INFORMATION & R
EGISTRATION
OLMC MINISTRIES &
ORGANIZATIONS
ADULT EDUCATION -
RCIA | Steve & Carlene Pearson, 707-426-2344
Catholics Come Home | Woody Carnahan & Kelly Newman, 208-9465
ALPHA PREGNANCY CLINICS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | 428-3300.
Address: 1044 Empire St., Fairfield, Ca
ALTAR & SANCTUARY Lay Carmelites
ALTAR SERVERS | Deacon Raymond Elias / 416-4618
AMOR DEI CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY
Delia Tabasa / 631-9577
BAPTISM (Bap smal Prep Class held every other month) | Deacon
Raymond Elias / 416-4618 / deaconraymondelias@sbcglobal.net
CANCER SUPPORT | Call the Parish Office, 707-422-7767
COUPLES FOR CHRIST
Medardo &Mimi Tuazon 707-344-7355 Rey & Milva Lapitan - 707-428-1561 Ray & Lyn Fortaleza 707-208-6679
CURSILLO | Gem Geluz - 386-9142
CARMEL YOUTH Diana Banasan 707-422-2814
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NEW PARISHIONER? UPDATING INFO?
OLMC MINISTRIES|ORGANIZATIONS
EURHARISTIC APOSTLES OF DIVINE MERCY (EADM)
Mindy Zindel 421-0776, Marlon Taasan 688-4880
FINANCE COUNCIL CHAIR | Francis Cruz - 925-683-1311
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Robert Buendia 707-428-4520
LAY CARMELITES | Melody McCloskey 415-377-1139
LEGION OF MARY | Orlie Mangune, 707-880-5602
LORD'S LEAVEN MISSION SOCIETY
Marlon & Yve e Taasan - 707-688-4880
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
Tom and Elaine Bruno - 707-426-9564
MEMBERS IN MOTION | Be y McFadden - 707-422-4129
MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST
Julie Darling - 707-425-3934 Pearla Cuerdo - 707-386-3403
MINISTRY OF THE EUCHARIST for THE HOMEBOUND
Call the Parish Office - 707-422-7767
MINISTRY OF THE WORD | Don McKenna - 707-718-5239
MISSIONARY FAMILIES OF CHRIST (MFC) | John & Malou Bayquen
707-208-4005 / Eddie & Maria San Pedro, 707-803-1106
MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR
Mark Middleton 707-688-4157 / olmcmusic@guitarandpiano.com
OLMC GIFT CARDS | Peggy Sherrod, 707-429-3183
Parish Pastoral COUNCIL
Consists of 10 members (See Bulle n)
PERPETUAL Eucharis c Adora on
Lynda Su on - 707-330-4858
PRAYER LINE
Catharine Scharfen: 707-427-2320 / Pearla Cuerdo, 707-386-3403
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Elaine Bruno, Anna Albericci, Diana Banasan | 707- 422-2814
RESPECT LIFE & CATHOLIC Media KIOSK |
Cathy Omoso 707-688-6551 / Phyllis Kaminska, 707-419-4237 (Alpha Pregnancy Clinic of Northern California, 707-428-3300)
RETROUVAILLE (Lifeline for troubled marriages)
Call the Parish Office.
ST. VINCENT de PAUL | 707-422-5209
USHERS / HOSPITALITY | Robert Olmstead / 707-422-4472
VISITS TO THE SICK and SACRAMENT MINISTRY
Parish Office
YLGI (A Catholic Women's Organiza on)
Margaret Sanders - 707-344-2838 (leave message) or
Kathy Marley - 707-422-3588 / Meets 2nd Tuesday in Fr. Lanigan Center at Holy Spirit. Www.ylionline.org
YOUTH MINISTRY | CARMEL YOUTH Diana Banasan 707-422-2814
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