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Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm OLMC 6:30 pm (Bilingual) SJE

Welcome to the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist & Our Lady of Mount Carmel Office Hours at SJE Rectory: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 148 Hamilton Avenue  White Plains, NY 10601

(914) 949-0439

www.sjeolmc.org

Parish Email: [email protected] OLMC: 92 South Lexington Avenue  White Plains, NY 10606 Parish Email: [email protected]

Father Thomas Kallumady, Pastor Father Rubenus Cammayo, Parochial Vicar Father Chellan Joseph, Chaplain - White Plains Hospital ~ Office Staff ~ Andrea Caridi, Cesar Ceballos, JoAnn Douglass ~ Parish Cemetery ~ Mount Calvary Cemetery 575 Hillside Avenue, White Plains, NY 10603 (914) 949-0671 - Mr. Daniel Murray

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Saint John the Evangelist Manuel Mendoza Phone: 914-437-5144 Classes Sunday 9:15-10:45 am followed by Family Mass at 11:00 am Our Lady of Mount Carmel Andrew Morzello Email: [email protected] Phone: 914-948-6834, press 2 Classes Sunday 10:00-11:30 am Family Mass at 9:00 am CONFESSIONS Saturdays 4:00 to 4:45 pm OLMC 5:30 to 6:15 pm SJE Mondays 11:30 to 12:00 pm OLMC Anytime by appointment at SJE rectory

Sunday: 8:00 am SJE 9:00 am OLMC 11:00 am SJE 12:30 pm (Spanish) SJE 5:00 pm OLMC Weekday Masses: Monday-Friday: 7:30 am SJE 12:10 pm OLMC First Friday: 12:10 pm SJE Saturday: 12:10 pm SJE Holyday Vigil: 5:30 pm OLMC 6:30 pm (Bilingual) SJE Holyday: 7:30 am, 6:30 pm SJE 12:10 pm, 5:30 pm OLMC Mass for the Hearing Impaired: 4th Sunday of each month at 2:00 pm OLMC (not in July & Aug.)

Italian Mass: Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday & Christmas Day at 10:30 am OLMC

MARRIAGES

DEVOTIONS

At least six months notice

Miraculous Medal Monday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC

BAPTISMS 3rd Sunday of the month - after 9:00 am Mass OLMC 4th Sunday of the month - after 11:00 am Mass (English) SJE - after 12:30 pm Mass (Spanish) SJE Baptism instruction (3rd Tuesday of the month) is required for parents and godparents. Parents should register in advance to make arrangements. NEW TO THE PARISH? We invite you to register with the parish by filling out the envelopes found in the church, or by calling the rectory office at 914-949-0439

St. Anthony Mary Claret & St. Anthony Padua Tuesday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC Five Wounds of Our Lord & St. Gaspar Bertoni Friday after 12:10 pm Mass OLMC First Friday - Mass 12:10 pm SJE Adoration after Mass until 5:30 pm SJE Mass 12:10 pm OLMC Followed by Holy Hour OLMC Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday after 12:10 pm Mass SJE Pro-Life Rosary Saturday at 6:00 pm SJE

~ Pastor’s Column ~ Dear parishioners, Thank you for your cooperation in adjusting to the new Mass schedule. Last week end's attendance was encouraging, but there is room for improvement. As we go along we will observe whether this schedule is working or not. Meanwhile please use the envelopes for your generous donations. Please try to use our electronic giving service. I request your voluntary services to build up our parish community. We need more lectors, Eucharistic ministers, ushers to monitor our Communion distribution. I do want to meet with all the groups and associations of our parishes as soon as possible to discuss plans for the future. We have a new bulletin as you may have noticed. We will add more pages and columns as we renew our bulletin contracts. Bulletin is a great tool in our communication. We are also building a new interactive website which will be launched soon. At this time I need your urgent support in areas of administration, particularly related to technology, real estate, maintenance, accounting etc. If you have the expertise and the willingness to help our parish, please contact me by email or phone. I know that our parishes are blessed with many many resourceful people. Let us give our best to God and His people, Let us rebuild our faith community that is vibrant and witnessing. Sincerely in Christ, Father Thomas Kallumady

Church Support Thank you very much for your continued love & support for the parish. We are especially grateful to those who “make up” for their Sundays away from the parish. Thank you! Offering Collection 10-4-15 SJE $ 7,458 OLMC $ 3,150 Senor de los Milagros Mass $1,150

Please Note - Office is closed Monday 10/12 in observance of Columbus Day. Please Pray for the Sick of our Parish Clara Raspiller, Maria Puig, Nick Modugno, Mariela Arias de Restrepo, Alvaro Zuñiga Ramos, Isaura Rodriguez, Bernardo Salazar, Mary Brady.

Rest in Peace - Please pray for the souls of Mary Borelli & Anthony Ciaramella who died this past week. BINGO - is held Monday nights at 7:20 pm in the Church hall at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. All are welcome! Mass Times - is a ministry to traveling Catholics. To find a Roman Catholic Church and its Mass schedule, visit www.masstimes.org. Support Our Advertisers - May we encourage you to read over the back cover of our bulletin? The advertisers deserve our consideration should we be in need of their goods or services. Please thank them for their support. Share Your Blessings - Please remember us with a bequest in your will. Saint John the Evangelist and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is our legacy to our children, our friends and our loved ones. Your thoughtfulness will help insure our future. Sanctuary Lamp - the Sanctuary candle indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Please call the rectory if you wish to reserve the Sanctuary Lamp in memory of a loved one. E-Giving - We encourage you also to make your donations electronically. Those interested, may contact the parish office.

RCIA – (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is an initiation program that prepares individuals for full sacramental initiation into the Catholic faith (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist). If you are interested in more information about this, please contact Father Thomas Kallumady at 949-0439.

Annual Red Mass at St. John’s The Reverend Thomas E. Collins, President, Archbishop Stepinac High School, will celebrate the Annual Red Mass for the Judiciary, Attorneys, and Members of Law Enforcement and their families on Wednesday October 14, at 6:00 pm at Saint John the Evangelist Church. The Red Mass is sponsored by the Catholic Lawyers’ Guild of the Archdiocese of NY and is a solemn religious ceremony asking God to guide the legal profession toward the administration of justice. Following the Mass, there will be a reception in the auditorium of St. John the Evangelist School located next to the Church. All are welcome to attend. Woman’s Club Membership Meeting Looking for new members and fresh ideas! Please join the Woman’s Club for their monthly meeting on Wed. October 14th at 7pm in SJE School. Women’s Club Spaghetti Dinner Save the Date! St. John's Women's Club Pasta Dinner Fundraiser, Sunday, October 18th at 2:30 pm. Reservations only, limited tickets available. $14 Adults, $8 Children ages 6-12, Children 5 and under are free. Proceeds will go towards new altar server garments and the beautification of the parish. RSVP BY 10/12. Checks can be made payable to St. John the Evangelist Women's Club. Flyers are in the church. Life Chain - Please join your neighbors in a legal, peaceful and prayerful witness that abortion takes the life of the preborn child and harms the mother. Sunday October 18, 2015 - 40 Days for Life Kohl’s Plaza, Port Chester, NY (2:30-3:30 pm). Healing of Families Retreat at SJE Church “Powerful prayer approach to cleanse and heal the family” - Mass, Healing Service, Prayer Seminar with Father Joseph B. Ssemakula (from the diocese of Pensacola, FL). Free will offering. Fri. Oct. 16, 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sat. Oct. 17, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Sun. Oct. 18, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Registration will be at the door. Please bring a brown bag lunch, snacks. For more information please call: 718-381-4419.

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY - October 18, 2015 Please be generous! Highlights from the Pope’s message for World Mission Sunday 2015 The 2015 World Mission Sunday takes place in the context of the Year of Consecrated Life, which provides a further stimulus for prayer and reflection. There is a clear connection between consecrated life and mission. The desire to follow Jesus closely, which led to the emergence of consecrated life in the Church, responds to his call to take up the cross and follow him, to imitate his dedication to the Father and his service and love, to lose our life so as to gain it. Since Christ’s entire existence had a missionary character, so too, all those who follow him closely must possess this missionary quality. The missionary dimension, which belongs to the very nature of the Church, is also intrinsic to all forms of consecrated life, and cannot be neglected without detracting from and disfiguring its charism. Being a missionary is not about proselytizing or mere strategy; mission is part of the “grammar” of faith, something essential for those who listen to the voice of the Spirit who whispers “Come” and “Go forth.” Those who follow Christ cannot fail to be missionaries, for they know that Jesus “walks with them, speaks to them, breathes with them. They sense Jesus alive with them in the midst of the missionary enterprise (Evangelii Gaudium, 266). In Jesus’ command to ‘go forth,’ we see the scenarios and ever-present new challenges of the Church’s evangelizing mission. All her members are called to proclaim the Gospel by their witness of life; the witness of life; in a particular way, consecrated men and women are asked to listen to the voice of the Spirit who calls them to go to the peripheries, to those to whom the Gospel has not yet been proclaimed. Dear brothers and sisters, a true missionary is passionate for the Gospel. On this point there can be no compromise: those who by God’s grace accept the mission, are called to live the mission. Mission is a passion for Jesus and at the same time a passion for his people.

Columna del Pastor

Queridos feligreses,

Gracias por su cooperación en el ajuste al nuevo horario de las Misas . A medida que vallamos avanzando miraremos si este programa está funcionando o no. Mientras tanto por favor utilice los sobres para sus generosas donaciones. Solicito sus servicios voluntarios para construir nuestra comunidad parroquial. Necesitamos más lectores, ministros de la Eucaristía, ujieres para monitorear nuestra distribución de la comunión. Yo quiero reunirme con todos los grupos y asociaciones de nuestras parroquias tan pronto como sea posible para discutir los planes para el futuro. Tenemos un nuevo boletín. Vamos a añadir más páginas y columnas. El boletín es una gran herramienta para nuestra comunicación. También estamos construyendo un nuevo sitio web interactivo que será lanzado pronto. En este momento necesito ayuda urgente en las aéreas de administración, sobre todo relacionados con tecnología, bienes raíces, mantenimiento, contabilidad, etc. Si usted tiene la experiencia y la voluntad de ayudar a nuestra parroquia, por favor ponerse en contacto conmigo por correo electrónico o teléfono. Sé que nuestras parroquias están bendecidas con muchas personas ingeniosas. Demos nuestro mejor a Dios , vamos a reconstruir nuestra comunidad de fe que es vibrante y testimonio. Sinceramente en Cristo, Padre Thomas Kallumady

28º DOMINGO ORDINARIO 11 de octubre del 2015 Primera Lectura: Sabiduría 7:7-11 Este poema dice que el espíritu de sabiduría es mucho más bello que cualquier cantidad de riquezas. Todo el oro no es más que arena comparado con la importancia de la sabiduría, que a menudo dirige a la gente a otras cosas buenas en la vida. Segunda Lectura: Hebreos 4:12-13 La percepción que Dios tiene de la gente es “más aguda que cualquier espada de dos filos”. Dios es capaz de conocer los pensamientos y sentimientos de toda su gente. No podemos esconder nada a El, y debemos dar cuenta de todo lo que ha visto en nosotros. Evangelio: San Marcos 10:17-30 Un hombre le pregunta a Jesús cómo alcanzar la vida eterna. Jesús le dice que venda sus posesiones y viaje con El. El hombre rehúsa y Jesús dice a sus discípulos que es muy difícil que un hombre rico entre en el cielo si está tan preocupado de sus bienes. Los discípulos le recuerdan a Jesús que ellos dieron todo por El. Jesús les asegura que serán recompensados con vida eterna.

Meditacion del Evangelio. Una cosa te falta: anda, vende lo que tienes, dale el dinero a los pobres, así tendrás un tesoro en el cielo, y luego sígueme. No hay duda que en la vida cristiana hay muchos caminos que nos acercan a la perfección, aunque nunca podamos ser tan perfectos como nuestro Padre celestial: “nadie es bueno, sino sólo Dios”, le dice Jesús al hombre rico que se acercó a preguntarle. Lo importante para cada uno de nosotros es saber cuál es el camino por el que Dios quiere que caminemos hacia la perfección y buscar a Dios por ese camino. No creo que se pueda decir sin más que el camino de los laicos, o el camino de las personas consagradas, sean para todos los cristianos un camino mejor o peor que el otro. Al que Dios le llama al laicado, su mejor camino de perfección será el camino cristiano del laicado y al que Dios le llama a la vida consagrada su mejor camino de perfección será el camino cristiano de la vida consagrada. Lo importante es andar con la mayor perfección posible el camino por el que Dios quiere que caminemos. El Concilio Vaticano II nos dice que la consagración personal a Dios será tanto más perfecta cuanto mejor represente a Cristo; esto vale no sólo para las personas consagradas, sino también para los laicos. Ser buen cristiano es ser buen seguidor de Cristo, tratando de ser fieles a la vocación cristiana que Dios nos ha dado a cada uno de nosotros. Todos los cristianos estamos llamados a la perfección cristiana y cada uno de nosotros deberemos caminar hacia nuestra propia perfección caminando por el camino en el que Dios nos ha puesto. Como cada persona es única e irrepetible, así mismo el camino de cada persona para llegar a la perfección es único e irrepetible. Cumple los mandamientos... ... ve, vende todo lo que tienes y sígueme” El evangelio de hoy trata del suceso del hombre que se acercó corriendo a Jesús para pedirle su consejo: “Maestro bueno, ¿qué debo hacer para alcanzar la vida eterna?”. Jesús avanza un poco más y no sólo le propone lo básico -los 10 Mandamientos- sino que “mirándolo con amor”, le propone la máxima expresión: que renuncie a todos los bienes terrenos, para seguirlo a El. Es una invitación a desestimar la riqueza para estimar sólo a Dios. A esta persona le conocemos simplemente como el hombre que no supo seguir a Cristo “porque tenía muchos bienes”. Y... ¿nosotros? ¡Cuántas veces no hemos hecho lo mismo que este hombre! ¿Cuántas veces no hemos preferido las riquezas, el poder, las glorias, lo pasajero de este mundo, a Dios? ¿Cuántas veces nos hemos aferrado a lo perecedero, a lo que se acaba, a lo frívolo y vacío, para decir que no a Dios? ¿Cuántas veces no hemos dicho no a Dios, para cambiarlo por una posición, un dinero, una joya, un poco de riqueza?

MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10 - OCTOBER 18 ~ Saint John the Evangelist Church & Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Saturday, 10/10 12:10 pm SJE 5:00 pm Vigil OLMC 6:30 pm Vigil SJE

John Kunnumpurath Alexandra & Gertha Laurent Celistina Pantoja & Ezequiel Tolentino

MUSIC FOR SUNDAY

# 302 (H) # 431 (H) # 703 (H) # 430 (H)

Sunday, 10/11 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am SJE Elizabeth Thomas 9:00 am OLMC Maria Salerno 11:00 am SJE John R. Fletcher 12:30 pm SJE Luisa & Luis Rosales 5:00 pm OLMC Maria Cesareo

M = missal, H = Hymnal

Monday, 10/12 - Columbus Day - Office Closed 7:30 am SJE Gesenia Dolanto 12:10 pm OLMC Renata J. Donna Tuesday, 10/13 7:30 am SJE 12:10 pm OLMC

James Amodio Antonio & Ignazious Libertella

Wednesday, 10/14 7:30 am SJE 12:10 pm OLMC

Robert Mancini James McKevitt and Mr. & Mrs. J. Alonge

Thursday, 10/15 - Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church 7:30 am SJE Dennis Haralam 12:10 pm OLMC Maria Principe Friday, 10/16 7:30 am 12:10 pm 6:00 pm

SJE OLMC SJE

No Intentions No Intentions Annual Red Mass

Saturday, 10/17 - Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr 12:10 pm SJE Joan McCarthy 5:00 pm Vigil OLMC Gertha & Alexandra Laurent 6:30 pm Vigil SJE Francis Connor, Jr. Sunday, 10/18 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (World Mission Sunday) 8:00 am SJE For the People of the Parish 9:00 am OLMC Orazio Giambona If you booked a 11:00 am SJE Anne Marie Fitzsimons Mass intention for 12:30 pm SJE Julio & Genoveva Arquinio your family member 5:00 pm OLMC Maria Cesareo and would like to Sanctuary Lamp OLMC: Andrew & Barbara Cannizzaro

bring up the gifts, please inform an usher before Mass.