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Our Lady Of Mount Carmel

Historic Catholic Church Serving the community since 1894

Address: 3549 Navajo Street

Denver, CO 80211

Phone: (303) 455-0447

Fax: (303) 455-5487

Parish Hall: (303) 433-1049

E-mail: omcchurch@qwestoffice.net

Website: www.ourladymountcarmel.com

Pastoral Staff Rev. Hugh M. Guentner, OSM Pastor

Deacon Russell Barrows - 303-455-0447 ext 10

Crystal Peccia Religious Education

Shaun Steavenson Minister of Music

Support Staff Robin Flynn Business Manager

Bill Coffey Facilities Manager

Barbara Iacovetta Secretary/Bulletin

Steve Luciano Sacristan

Gaye Woods Church Nurse (720-321-0028)

In Residence Rev. Gabriel M. Weber, OSM

Rev. Mark M. Franceschini, OSM

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SATURDAY: 4:00 PM ANTICIPATED MASS

SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, and 11:00 AM

MON.-FRI.: 7:30 AM SATURDAY: 8:00 AM

VISION STATEMENT

It is our vision at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,

a Catholic Community, led by Jesus and

empowered by the Holy Spirit, to proclaim

and live the Gospel. We accomplish this

through our shared Baptism, celebrations

of the sacraments, prayer, hospitality and

service to others.

Visitors and New Parishioners, WELCOME! If you came as a visitor and would like to join Our Lady of Mt.

Carmel Parish, please return the information below by dropping it in the offertory basket.

Full Name:_______________________________ Phone: _________________________________

Address:________________________________ ____ New Registration ___Change of Address

City:____________________ Zip____________ ____ Want Envelopes ___Moving out of Parish E-mail:__________________________________ Check out our website for updates & information

OCTOBER 19, 2014

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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL DENVER, COLORADO

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, October 18 - Anticipated Sunday Mass

4:00 pm- +Myrtle Amato/Mark & Gloria Giraldi

Sunday, October 19 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:00 am- Our Parishioners

9:00 am- +Rose Ann Westbrook/Family

11:00 am- +Dominic & Frances Meloragno/Angela &

Terry Lombardi

Monday, October 20

7:30 am- +Happy Anniversary Mary/Mike Smaldone

Tuesday, October 21 7:30 am- +The Figliolino Family/Carolyn & Tom

Figliolino

Wednesday, October 22

7:30 am- +Carmine Lonardo/Sheelagh Dytri & Craig

Frause

Thursday, October 23

7:30 am- +Evelyn Slack/Ben Slack & Family

Friday, October 24 7:30 am- +Frances Graff/Marilyn Glenore & Bill

Graff

Saturday, October 25

8:00 am- +Kathy ‘Crum’ Grier/Richard Crum

4:00 pm– +James Campbell/Mary Ann Talarico

Sunday, October 26 7:00 am- Our Parishioners

9:00 am- +Frank & David Elliott/Kathy Elliott

11:00 am- +Phyllis Palizzi/Pam & Shelly

ISAIAH 45 Prima Domenica Mass is celebrated in Italian the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 am. A Reception is celebrated in the Parish Hall after Mass. BAPTISMS 2014 Baptisms are scheduled quarterly on the following Sundays at 12 Noon: Oct. 26th. Baptismal class is mandatory. You must make arrangements with a priest first. Classes are on the Thursday, Oct. 23rd at 6 pm in the Parish Office. MARRIAGE A wedding may be scheduled after a consultation with a priest or deacon. Please call the rectory for an appointment. Please notice preparation is eight months to a year. RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:30-4:00 pm or by appointment with Confessor. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Upon request. Please call the rectory. FUNERALS Please call the office before arrangements are made.

Food for Faith Living from the desk of Fr. Mark If there is any idea of God that is eventually accepted by people of faith, it is the realization “God’s ways are not our ways.” Trusting in God’s ways is a continuing message from God through all of Scripture as Isaiah (1st reading) states: “I am the Lord; there is no other.” Isaiah’s message is confirmed by God’s actions: the people are freed from their exile (captivity) in Babylon by a pagan, Cyrus, the founder of the Persian empire. Trusting in God is the essence of faith. It does not mean we sit and wait for God to act, to intervene, much less to call all the shots in our lives. It does mean we rely on God’s presence and promise, “I will never abandon you and I am with you always,” even as we are confronted by hardships, crisis and challenges which seem to weigh us down since answers and relief don’t appear as soon as we like them to. Through all the complexities of life, from health and job, tensions and relaxations, sadness, sorrows and joys and satisfaction, family, friends and communities to threats, evils and dangers, the hindsight of God’s Word being true becomes the conviction wherein we can face the future and all of its uncertainties. Faith is a strength just as love is an energy for living as God’s daughters and sons. Our frailty sometimes confuses us into doubting this is our treasure. As Paul (2nd reading) confirms: “God’s Word is not word alone, but is power in the Holy Spirit.” Thus, if we live the Word, we live in the spirit and are living temples of God. And we do this everywhere and with everyone as citizens and workers, church members and people of faith. Today’s Gospel tells us so: the leaders seek to trip up Jesus asking whether or not we are to obey Caesar (government). Jesus responds with a directive which unifies our duties to serve God and people. It is a call to be community and civic minded, to work for the common good of all, be it in family, community, state, nation, world or universe! Like all of Jesus’ answers to questions, it pulls the rug out from under our feet and all our distinctions, separations, divisions and alienations we erect, which all lead to expressions of violence inflicting injustice and abuses of human rights and the dignity and respect due to one and all. Once again, the delicate question: do I believe?

SICK LIST: *Helen Phillips*John Porreca*Gabriella Loya *Nina Lombardi*Dane Ortega*Lucille Long*Frank Amato

*Mary Sue Zimbelman*Gloria Martinez*Mike Vigil *Annette Palaze*Andy Maldonado*Eileen Vecchiarelli

*Linda Caruso*Shirley Ligrani*PatrickCordova*Fred Mauro *Louis Garramone*Stacy Hamilton*John Winczewski

*Frank Torres*Paul Ramsey*Rose Nelson*Donna Valdez *Madeline Swedensky*Bruce Hunt*Rodney Mora

*Frances Pastore*Doug Brewka*Stephanie ‘Griffith’ Hawkins *Rhonda Amato*Marilyn Petrocco*Linda Ray*Josh Walen *Gertrude Nelson*Gloria Volpe*Bob Seno*Ed Zupancic *Mary Boyle*Carolyn Figliolino Family*Kim Figliolino

*Tom Figliolino*Lolly Sabell*Francine Bova *Gina Spinelli*Frances Falbo*Our Police Officers

*Our Firefighters*Military Personnel and their Families

October 11 & 12 = $4,570.00

MAY ALL THE SOULS

OF THE

FAITHFUL DEPARTED,

REST IN PEACE.

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Archdiocese of Denver Website: www.archden.org

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Check out our website:

www.ourladymountcarmel.com

for updates on our special

events page, our religious ed.,

our societies and organizations

such as Dante Alighieri

SCHEDULE OF

EVENTS

SUNDAY, OCT. 19 WORLD MISSION

SUNDAY

9:00 am - R. E. Family Mass

World Mission Collection

all Masses

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22

6:30 pm - Choir Practice

Please call the office if you are

interested in joining the

Mt. Carmel Choir.

THURSDAY, OCT. 23

6:30-8:00 pm - Rel. Ed., hall

6:00 pm - Baptismal Class

7:00 pm - RCIA, office

SUNDAY, OCT. 26

12:00 noon - BAPTISMS

“Wisdom is the reward

you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have

preferred to talk.” -Doug Larson

ST. PATRICK STATUE: A new image of St. Patrick, which was at one time a part of

our Church, is being replaced and blessed in the Church on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 4:00 pm

Mass.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK will be extended next weekend , (Oct. 25 & 26) during

each Mass. This Sacrament is meant for those who are under a doctor’s care or dealing

with an illness and/or a medical issues. A person may also receive it if they are in

psychological or spiritual need.

SCRIPTURE GOSPELS OF ADVENT Please join us in the office area on Oct. 26th,

Nov. 9th, 16th & 23rd between 10:10 am & 10:50 am. We hope this will be an incentive

in preparing to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord.

November 4th is Election Day! Don’t forget to vote.

FOR SALE: A chest (ottoman) & a wooden wardrobe in the parish house. Please call the rectory for details (303-455-0447). WORLD MISSION SUNDAY “World Mission Day is a privileged moment when the faithful of various continents engage in prayer and concrete gestures of solidarity in support of the Churches in mission lands.” –Pope Francis, message for World Mission Sunday 2014. A second collection is to be taken up this weekend for the World Missions after Communion. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION After Masses this weekend, the Religious Ed Children will be collecting non-perishable food and gift cards which will benefit the Bienvenidos Food Bank located on 32nd & Wyandot. Monetary offerings will benefit our own St. Vincent de Paul Society. Bags are available for your donation in the back of the Church. RESPECT LIFE We pray for God's gift of strength as we strive to protect human life. -Excerpts from 40 Days of Life SCRIPTURE: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? -Matthew 6:25-26 STVDP FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2014 Receipts: Parish total offerings- $845.00, St. Joseph’s Table- $2,000.00 for a total of $2,845.00. Expenses: Rent $1,250.00, Water $468.10, Gifts Cards $200, Postage $19.60, Xcel $487.17 for a total of $2,424.87. We fielded 41 requests for aid but were only able to assist 12 families. It was an excellent month ending our fiscal year. GRAZIE!!

Community News Center for Contemplative Living, 3650 Yates St., Denver, hear Abbott Joseph Boyle at a Fall mini retreat on Saturday, Nov. 1st, 9:00 am-2:30 pm for info contact 303-698-7729 or www.conteplativeoutreach-co.org. “Race Are We So Different” The History of Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver presents different workshops starting on October 18th. For more info call 303-866-4689 or alison.salutz@state.co.us. Exhibit began 9-20-2014 through 1-4-2015. Concert at the Cathedral, 1530 Logan St., Denver, is have an organ concert featuring Richard Robertson, on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:00 pm. Call Kathleen at 303-381-7010 or e-mail: kmaclean@denvercathedral.org. Admission is free. Come, follow me! Discernment retreat for men in high school, Nov. 2, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm at St. John Vianney Seminary, 1300 S. Steele St., Denver. Contact: www.archden.org/vocations.

Please consider putting

Our Lady of

Mount Carmel

in your will.