JULY 19, 2020 · Nelly Gutierrez Ext. 114 [email protected] Parish Outreach oordinator Denise Dollard 718.721.9020 Parish Secretary/ookkeeper eleste Stewart Ext. 112 ...

JULY 19, 2020 W E L C O M E Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Mission of our parish is to serve our neighbors with Jesus, to pray in faith with Jesus, and to teach as His Church with Jesus, so “that all may have more abundant life.” (John 10:10). The Word of God, the Sacraments, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church are the instruments and standards of this work of evangelization and faith formation.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel 23–25 Newtown Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102

718.278.1834 • Fax 718.278.0998 [email protected]

Meetings are Suspended Until Further Notice

Parish Office Hours/ Horario de la Oficina None until further notice.

CHAPEL OF ST. MARGARET MARY 9-18 27th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102

718.721.9020 Fax: 718.721.3729 [email protected]

For Food Pantry please call Saint Margaret Mary

CATHOLIC SCHOOL Saint Joseph Catholic Academy 28-46 44th St Astoria, NY 11103

718.728.0724—www.stjosephsch.org Financial Assistance/ Ayuda Financiera:

[email protected]

www.mountcarmelastoria.org

Pastoral Team

Pastor Msgr. Sean G. Ogle, V.F. Ext. 122 [email protected]

Follow me on twitter @theogleoffice

Parochial Vicars Father Peter Nguyen Ext. 120

Father Michael McHugh Ext. 119

Pastor Emeritus-SMM Father Ed Brady Ext. 118

In Residence Msgr. John Harrington K.H.S., Ext. 128

Father Joseph Pham Ext. 115

Deacon Ruben Mendez

Pastoral Worker Chin Nguyen Ext. 123

Pastoral Year Seminarian Brendon J. Harfmann

Coordinator of Religious Education Nelly Gutierrez Ext. 114

[email protected]

Parish Outreach Coordinator Denise Dollard 718.721.9020

Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper Celeste Stewart Ext. 112

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Bulletin/ Calendar/ Records Secretary Luis Sanchez Ext. 110

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Director of Music Lucille Mascia

Parish Athletic Director Steve Leoutsakos

Cluster Hospital Chaplain Father Jean Laguerre

•Confessions/Confesiones: By appointment only.

•Weddings/ Bodas: Wedding arrangements should be made 6 months in advance

Arreglos para bodas deben hacerse 6 meses en avance.

•Sweet Sixteen/ Quinceaños: Must have made the sacrament of Confirmation

Debe haber recibido el sacramento de Confirmacion

•Legal Holidays : There will only be one Mass at 9:00am.

•Recitation of the Rosary: After weekday masses.

•Novena: To Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Jude every Wednesday after the 12:00 Noon Mass

Always check our weekly bulletin for any changes and please view our Informational Pamphlet.

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SATURDAY, JULY 18 5:00pm McDonagh Family; Robert Russo Jr.; Malika Silien– For Healing; In Honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel SUNDAY, JULY 19 8:00am Malika Silien– For Healing 9:00am Maria Teresa Taussi 10:00am Ida Albanese 11:15am Gio Alaimo– Anniversary 12:30pm Dolores Castro Pacheco; Natalie Amigon– 4th Death Anniversary 7:00pm Our Parish Family MONDAY, JULY 20 8:00am Francisco Quintera 12:00pm Grescila Castroverde TUESDAY, JULY 21 8:00am Eleuterio Amores 12:00pm Mrs. Neida Martinez– Living– Happy Birthday WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 8:00am Raffaele & Sabbia Carullo 12:00pm Robert Russo Jr. THURSDAY, JULY 23 8:30am Leonardo & Giuseppina Grippi 12:00pm Charles John Cooper FRIDAY, JULY 24 8:00am Malika Silien– For Healing 12:00pm Marilyn & Joseph DePace SATURDAY, JULY 25 8:00am Intention Available 5:00pm Anna Gutierrez; Luis, Alice & Catiana Banos– Living SUNDAY, JULY 26 8:00am Cecilia McGettrick 9:00am Saint’Ann 10:00am Carmela Moretti & Josephine McManus 11:15am Mildred Jefferson 12:30pm Intenciones Disponibles 7:00pm Our Parish Family The Altar Bread & Wine is being offered for Joan Marie Sopienza. This was requested by Mike Peacock.

PRAY FOR THE SICK If you have a family member you wish to be prayed for, please let us know immediately and we will be happy to pray for them. The names will remain on the sick list for three weeks and thereafter repeated as requested.

Winnie Burke Bruce Kelderhouse Claire Kennedy Carol Ubertini Mary Kate Reilly Saoirse McCaffrey Kristina Dawes Mary Doran Susan Shohet Jane Ann McGettrick

PRAY FOR OUR RECENTLY DECEASED Miguelina Acevedo Catalina Curiel

JULY 5TH, 2020— FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

PURGATORIAL SOCIETY We pray for the souls in Purgatory every first Friday of the month. You may enroll names in the Purgatorial Society to be prayed for one year for a donation of $10.00. Currently Enrolled: Robert Russo Jr.

Annual Catholic Appeal 2020 We have begun the 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal. We thank all who have participated with a gift to the 2019 Appeal and ask that everyone prayerfully consider making a gift to the 2020 appeal. The works and services made possible through your donation to the Annual Catholic Appeal help people in Brooklyn & Queens in ways that no one parish can do alone. Please remain assured that your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal cannot be used in the settlement of abuse claims or for anything other than their intended purpose. As of July 6, 2020 we have 122 pledges totaling $41,000 towards our parish goal of 64,586. So far we have received more than $29,000. Thank you for your support.

Electronic Giving

Enroll at faithdirect.net– code NY370

WEEKLY OFFERINGS: In the absence of Mass attendance, we will be grateful if you can remember your weekly offerings to the church, either through the mail or dropping them through the rectory mail slot; whether weekly, monthly, or when the emergency is over and Masses resume. This might be a good opportunity to start doing your church offerings electronically. Just visit FaithDirect.com, and register entering our parish code: NY370. We thank you for your loyal support. EL DIEZMO SEMANAL: En ausencia de asistencia a la Santa Misa, estaremos agradecidos si puede recordar sus ofrendas semanales a la parroquia, ya sea a través del correo o dejarlas a través de la ranura de correo de la rectoría; ya sea semanal, mensualmente o cuando la emergencia haya terminado y las Misas se reanuden. Esta podría ser una buena oportunidad para comenzar a hacer sus ofrendas de la parroquia electrónicamente. Simple-mente visite FaithDirect.com, y regístrese ingresando nuestro código parroquial: NY370. Le agradecemos su leal apoyo.

Please note that the Czech Mass will resume on Sunday, July 26 at 10:30, but in the Institute, not the lower church.

Dear Friends and Parishioners: So far the re-opening of our church has gone pretty smoothly. Here are some observations including a few answers to questions some have asked. Our Mass attendance was higher than I had expected it would be, and it grew the second week, as you might expect after a holiday weekend. The first two weekends respectively reached 30% & 34% of our normal average. I think that’s a very good start. See the attendance chart elsewhere in the bulletin. People have been very cooperative about wearing masks and maintaining social distance. Likewise, the response of people volunteering to clean has been heartening. We could use more volunteers to be greeters at the doors as people enter and leave. The process of receiving communion is going smoothly. We just have to work on getting that single line coming down the aisle. The first week I had to celebrate a second Spanish Mass in the lower church in Spanish for the “overflow” upstairs. By the second week we had the TV down there working and Mass went smoothly, with both levels practically full. No overflow was needed yet for the other Masses. We have yet to "connect the gym" for Mass, which I think we will need as the summer progresses. Joe Haufe, assisted by Neida, Brendon & Chin, has been tremendously helpful in carrying out the camera and TV installation at all three locations. I hear that some other parishes don’t pre-register. That’s their decision. We are following the strong recommendation from the Diocese and which is in use in most dioceses in the U.S. The purpose is to avoid overcrowding the church and preventing any difficulties at the doors. I want the greatest possible protective measures we can implement until such time as the danger of contagion has subsided. We may adjust the process as the need requires. Some have asked what we do with the registration lists. The answer is: I shred them after the Masses. First sacrament celebrations were put on “hold” because of the pandemic, but we now have diocesan permission to move ahead with them. By the time you read this we should have completed both First Penance and First Communion for our CCD/ religious education youngsters. We also will be celebrating Sacraments of Initiation for adults in two ceremonies at the end of July. Youth Confirmation will take place with Bishop Cisneros in early August. All these liturgies will be conducted in the same way as all parish Masses: with masks, distancing and pre-registration.

Other notes: -- We had two tremendous floods in the lower sacristy last week, each of which required over three hours of bailing water. (Thank you Joe H., Chin, Fr Peter, Martha M. & the Spanish volunteer daily cleaning crew, who happened to be around when they happened.) It seems to be the result of some work Con Ed did. -- Our fourth "final Inspection" with Con Ed will be on Monday July 20, after 20 months of partial electrical service in the church. -- Our custodial staff and volunteers have been busy with a variety of necessary jobs: painting the gym, re-freshing the Institute basement rooms, and more. Likewise the upper sacristy renovation is nearing comple-tion. (All done within NYS limits.) -- We bid Brendon a fond farewell as he leaves us for some well-deserved personal time before reporting to St Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA, on August 12. Vaya con Dios!

Date Sat

5

Sun

8 Ital 10 Czech 11:15

12:30

(up &

down)

Viet 7 PM SMM TOTAL

7-5-20 43 38 18 40 No Mass 50 110+26 60 22 43 450/30%

of usual

7-12-20 64 62 20 40 No Mass 53 86+52 70 15 61 523/34% of usual

Queridos Amigos y Feligreses: Hasta ahora, la reapertura de nuestra iglesia ha sido bastante bien. Aquí hay algunas observaciones que incluyen algunas respuestas a las preguntas que algunos han formulado. • Nuestra asistencia a la Santa Misa dominical fue mayor de lo que esperaba, y creció la segunda semana, como es de esperar después de un fin de semana festivo. Los primeros dos fines de semana, respectivamen-te, alcanzaron el 30% y el 34% de nuestro promedio normal. Creo que es un muy buen comienzo. Consulte la tabla de asistencia en otra parte del boletín. • Las personas han sido muy cooperativas para usar máscaras y mantener la distancia social. • Asimismo, la respuesta de las personas que se ofrecieron como voluntarias para limpiar ha sido alentadora. Particularmente quisiera agradecer a Dulce, Soledad, Haydee, Eduardo, Manuel y otros que limpian los ban-cos de la iglesia cada día. • El proceso de recibir la comunión va sin problemas. Solo tenemos que trabajar para hacer que esa línea sal-ga por el pasillo. • La primera semana tuve que celebrar una segunda Misa en español en la iglesia baja en español para el "desbordamiento" de arriba. En la segunda semana teníamos la televisión funcionando y la Misa transcurrió sin problemas, con ambos niveles prácticamente llenos. Aún no se necesitaba un desbordamiento para las otras Misas. Todavía tenemos que "conectar el gimnasio" para la Misa, que creo que necesitaremos a medida que avanza el verano. • Joe Haufe, asistido por Neida, Brendon & Chin, ha sido de gran ayuda en la instalación de la cámara y la te-levisión en los tres lugares. • Escuché que algunas otras parroquias no se registran previamente. Esa es su decisión. Estamos siguiendo la fuerte recomendación de la Diócesis y que está en uso en la mayoría de las diócesis en los EE. UU. El propósi-to es evitar el hacinamiento de la iglesia y evitar cualquier dificultad en las puertas. Quiero las mejores medi-das de protección posibles que podamos implementar hasta que el peligro de contagio haya disminuido. Po-demos ajustar el proceso según lo requiera la necesidad. Algunos han preguntado qué hacemos con las listas de registro. La respuesta es: los destrozo después de las Misas. • Las primeras celebraciones sacramentales se pusieron en "espera" debido a la pandemia, pero ahora tene-mos permiso diocesano para seguir adelante con ellas. Para cuando leas esto, deberíamos haber completado tanto la Primera Penitencia como la Primera Comunión para nuestros jóvenes de educación religiosa / CCD. También celebraremos Sacramentos de Iniciación para adultos en dos ceremonias a fines de julio. La confir-mación juvenil se llevará a cabo con el Obispo Cisneros a principios de agosto. Todas estas liturgias se lleva-rán a cabo de la misma manera que todas las Misas parroquiales: con máscaras, distanciamiento y preinscrip-ción. Otras notas: - Tuvimos dos inundaciones tremendas en la sacristía inferior la semana pasada, cada una de las cuales requi-rió más de tres horas de agua de rescate. (Gracias Joe H., Chin, P. Peter, Martha M. y el equipo de limpieza diario voluntario español, que estaba cerca cuando sucedieron). Parece ser el resultado de un trabajo que hizo Con Ed. - Nuestra cuarta "Inspección final" con Con Ed será el lunes 20 de julio, después de 20 meses de servicio eléc-trico parcial en la iglesia. - Nuestro personal de conserjería y voluntarios han estado ocupados con una variedad de trabajos necesa-rios: pintar el gimnasio, renovar las habitaciones del sótano del Instituto y más. Asimismo, la renovación de la sacristía superior está a punto de finalizar. (Todo hecho dentro de los límites del estado de Nueva York). - Nos despedimos cariñosamente de Brendon mientras nos deja un merecido tiempo personal antes de infor-mar al Seminario de San Vicente, Latrobe, PA, el 12 de agosto.

Mons. Sean G. Ogle

My dear sisters and brothers, I continue to give thanks to God as I reflect on the incredible blessing my pastoral year was while being assigned to your beautiful parish at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. As I prepare to embark on my final two years of priestly formation at the Seminary of St. Vincent in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer my thanks to all of you who have walked with me , supported and encouraged me, and prayed with and for me over the past twelve months. Your faith, and dedication to the Church is an inspiration to me. Thank you to the many parish groups who welcomed and invited me to participate in their gatherings throughout the year! My thanks also to the staff in the Rectory who made me feel at home and worked with me on the various projects including the Ministry Fair, First Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and the many smaller projects throughout the year. I'd also like to thank the priests (and Seminarian Chin!) who I had the joy of living with. It is very rare to live in a Rectory of eight! I am grateful to them for their example of priestly service and their love for Christ and the Church. Finally I'd like to thank our pastor, Msgr. Sean Ogle. Although I've known Monsignor since I was a young boy serving the German Mass at St. Matthias, you really don't get to know a priest until you are assigned with him. His willingness to give me the freedom to interact with and partici-pate in the various meetings and parish groups was a gift, his encouragement while working on various projects, and his pastoral advice when encountering any given situation is something I will take with me - and Monsignor’s knowledge of the history of the parish, the Diocese of Brooklyn, and life in general was of great interest! Although I wish to be with each and everyone of you as often as possible, both time and dis-tance makes that very difficult over the next two years. As I now focus all of my efforts on aca-demics and the program of priestly formation at St. Vincent Seminary, I invite you to remain in touch with me as you are able by reaching out to me at: [email protected]. I pray that the Lord may bless each and everyone of you, and that our Blessed Mother may place her mantle of protection over us all during this time of pandemic. Thank you so much, and please pray for me!

Sincerely, Brendon Harfmann

ST. MARGARET MARY

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

Sunday, July 19, 2020 (Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 10:15 am

P a r i s h B u l l e t i n B o a r d

At every Sunday Mass, Catholics confess that Jesus came down from heaven “for us men and for our salvation.” But what does “salvation” mean? In this remarkable 10-part video series, Scripture scholar and theologian Michael Patrick Barber provides a thorough, deeply Catholic, and deeply biblical, answer. Based on the best-selling book Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know this video series is inspiring, engaging, and accessible. To register for FORMED, please visit www.mountcarmelastoria.formed.org. It’s free! We encourage everyone to use FORMED as a platform for learning and spiritual renewal, especially during these difficult times. For your children, FORMED also has video for all ages as well! Deseamos que todos usen la plataforma de FORMED para seguir aprendiendo y llenandonos espiritualmente. Para sus niños tambien hay contenido para todas las edades! Vaya a www.mountcarmelastoria.formed.org y entre su correo electronico para registrarse!

F O R M E D

The Carmel Diamond Seniors have decided to cancel their Bingo meetings on Thursdays until further notice. If you have any questions please call the parish office or keep updated by following our social media and parish website.

Carmel Diamond Seniors

We urge you to sign up for Faith Direct in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. Please go online to faithdirect.net and use our parish code NY370 to continue supporting your parish. Online giving is easy, convenient and safe. Another way to give securely to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is by texting a dollar amount to 929.254-3850. You will be asked to complete a one-time registration page with your billing and contact information. After this registration, you can give any time by texting a dollar amount to that phone number.

POSTPONEMENT OF FATHER JOE PHAM’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY MASS AND PARTY

After consultation with the committee and staff, Fr. Joe has decided to postpone his May 8 party and May 9 Mass indefinitely, due to the uncertainty about when public gatherings of any kind will be permitted.

APLAZAMIENTO DE LA CELEBRACIÓN DEL ANIVERSARIO 50 DE PADRE JOE PHAM: Después de consultar con el comité y el personal, el P. Joe ha decidido posponer su partido del 8 de mayo y la Misa del 9 de mayo indefinidamente, debido a la incertidumbre sobre cuándo serán permitidas cualquier reunion pública.

Fr. Joe’s Anniversary Mass & Party Postponed

Rosary Society Luncheon Postponement

The Rosary Society Luncheon that was originally planned for Sunday, May 3, 2020 has been postponed until further notice.

Faith Direct and Text-to-Give