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Trellis Over Entry WayBeautiful Entry Way Into God's House
Right Side Of Sanctuary/Altar
Baptismal FountWhere Young And Old Are Welcomed Into God's Family
Dedicated To All The Unborn
Family/Cry RoomWhere Families With New Borns Can Celebrate Mass
AmbrySacred Chrism, Oil Of The Sick And Oil of Catechumens are stored
Tabernacle in Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Left Side Of Sanctuary/Altar
The DomeGathering Place For Receptions, Partys And Meetings
Sanctuary/Altar
CourtyardGathering Place After Mass To Socialize
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WelcomeOur Lady of Mount Carmel Parish community is administered by the Carmelite's and guided by the Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento.
This Catholic community's mission is to create the opportunities and atmosphere for meaningful worship, sound teaching, spiritual growth, faith formation, and an active witnessing of the Gospel to surrounding areas.
In a spirit of Christian hospitality and friendship, the community follows the mandate of Christ to reach out to others especially in their time of need.
We encourage lay participation, and actively respond to the changing needs and demands of our time. May God give us the grace to fulfill this mission to the best of our abilities. -
Saint Vincent de Paul SocietyOur Saint Vincent de Paul Society members work very diligently to help the local needy
with food and emergency needs. YOU CAN HELP TOO by bringing nonperishable
food donations & placing them in the donation box in the Dome lobby (outside of
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Perpetual Eucharist AdorationThank you to all who came, and prayers to those, that could not come......this
in accordance with the "Thank You's" at the beginning of the evening.
The meeting was well attended, and after opening prayers we went right down to
business:
We discussed the importance of having all spots, especially the early morning
hours and the late night hours filled with two Adorers. Realizing, that this
is not an easy task, we asked everybody to work on solutions: ask a friend, a
family member, a co-worker, to come and sign up for one of these critical hours,
or come with you, if you are not comfortable with being there all by yourself.
To further lighten up this situation was the fact, that Fr. David had an
Alarm System installed, which brings the Police right to the Chapel after you
push one of the buttons, located at the entrance door and at the Emergency Exiit
at the chapel room. We also hope, that we could defuse the rumor, that a Goast
is in the house.... Furthermore, we made the group aware of the fact, that
there is a working telephone in the bed room across from the chapel, to be used
for Emergency calls only.
Another painful situation is that some committed Adorers are not showing up for
their Holy Hour, or do not make arrangements to have their hour covered by some
one else.It was claimed, that it takes a lot of effort to find someone to fill in,
basically by not answering their phones or emails. We made it clear, that
communication is a vital part for the functioning of Perpetual Adoration. It is important
for all of us, to answer our phones and emails, to check them frequently, to be
on the ball !! One day you might be the one to ask for help, and then you are the one waiting
for answers. Make your arrangements early if possible, ask the people around
your schedule (in all directions) for help, call your hourly coordinator, your
division leader, the Substitute Coordinator, call me, Anita; we are all here to
help you.
We talked about to pay attention when signing up for your Holy Hour: if you are
a committed Adorer, use that sign up sheet. If you are a guest, please use the
guest sheet..You are also a guest when you come outside your committed hour.
Confusion arrises when we transfer the sign in sheets to another ledger
desIgned for the Bishop.
We brought back to attention , and asked you to frequently check your Adorers
Information Packet, which has an answer to all your questions. It says in there
among other things:
be on time
always have replacements ready
check your messages
check the board in the chapel
sign in at the right sheet
say your prayers quietly
communicate, communicate
communicate, communicate
to not make extra work for the Pastor
no eating, drinking, cell phones, sleeping
use common sense for all we do
Do not do to others, what you do not want
to be done to you.
We announced that the Librarians are working on a collection of Testimonials and
Petitions, written by Adorers into the books that are available at the Chapel.
Two or three of these testimonials will be published from time to time in the
Bulletion or on the web site, to show to parishioners, who are not yet Adorers,
what a powerful tool for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration these statements are..
All this will be done with greatest respect for your privacy.
We talked almost about everything that was brought to our attention through your
comments in the Suggestion Box. Here are a few more:
Two of the Bibles in the library are not Catholic Bibles. They will be
removed.
Suggestion: if you bring books into the Library, do not put them into the
shelves; they will be marked and put into place by one of our Librarians. Do not
bring publications from other organisations, please.
There should always be a Suggestion Box...... Good idea. We will have a box in
the Library, it will be checked every other week.
Change the Chapel to sit sideways, not facing the door. Unfortunately, that is
not possible. The chapel was designed to have room for the Blessed Sacrament and
the red Light. The niche is just beautiful. And sitting sideways will make you
turn your head to see who is coming in. That .would even be a bigger
distraction.....
We ended the meeting with the hope, that most questions were answered, that PEA
brings even more peace, understanding, patience and tolerance to our parish, and
that we as Children of God are there for each other. -
Book Of LifeBOOK OF LIFE
We NOW have a BOOK OF LIFE
to be utilized by all of our parishoners
since there are not enough
days for our MASS INTENTIONS
to be offered, subsequently, our
Book of Life will work in the
following manner:
(1) All intentions, either for the living or the deceased,
can now be celebrated on the requested
date (i.e. a birthday, or an anniversary,
a special intention) and be entered in
this very viable Book Of Life.
(2) All Mass intentions will be honored as required
for dates already posted. This decorative
BOOK will be placed near the ALTAR
and all intentions will be added as needed.
(3) Please see Carol in the Parish Office to enter
your particular requests or if you have questions
about our Book of Life.
(4) A donation may accompany your request. -
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