OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

Readings for the Week of June 5 Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 Acts 22:30;23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 Acts 11:21b-26;13:1-3/Jn 21:20-25 Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13/ Jn 20:19-23

ERIE, PA

Saturday - June 4 - Easter Weekday 5:00 p.m. James Rupp (family) Sunday - June 5 - Seventh Sunday of Easter 8:00 a.m. Josephine Spelich (Virginia Shupenko) 9:30 a.m. Mass for all Parishioners 11:00 a.m. Ruth Ellsworth (Donna Faulkner) Monday - June 6 - Easter Weekday/St. Norbert 7:00 a.m. Raymond Bukowski (M/M Reddecliff) Tuesday - June 7 - Easter Weekday 7:00 a.m. Stella Pawlak (Bob & Sheila Woll family) Wednesday - June 8 - Easter Weekday 7:00 a.m. Earl Obringer (Leise & Obringer family) 8:45 a.m. NO MASS Thursday - June 9 - Easter Weekday/St Ephrem 7:00 a.m. Anna Alloway (family & friends) Friday - June 10 - Easter Weeday 7:00 a.m. Betty Root (Michele Hill) Saturday - June 11 - St. Barnabas 5:00 p.m. John Purvis (wife, Justine & family) Sunday - June 12 - Pentecost Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass for all Parishioners 9:30 a.m. Herman Tellers (family) 11:00 a.m. Allan Trojanowski (Florence Hansen & Christine Shaffer The Santuary Lamp will burn in memory of Justine Burger as requested by her family

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Monday - June 6 7:30 p.m. Legion of Mary (Church) Tuesday - June 7 6:30 p.m. Mens Council (Picnic Pavilion) Wednesday - June 8 9:30 a.m. Church cleaning 6:30 p.m. Choir Practice (Church) 9:00 p.m. Mens Basketball (SH) Thursday - June 9 6:30 p.m. Folk Group practice (Church) 7:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Assembly (Mpr) Saturday - June 11 4:00 p.m. Confessions

REVEREND JOSEPH T. SCHEFFNER ENDOWMENT FUND Parishioners and friends are encouraged to remember their loved ones at the time of death or for any special occasion by contributing a memorial gift to the ENDOWMENT FUND. The Fund provides parish support and tuition assistance to parish children who attend Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. Brochures concerning the Fund and remittance envelopes are available in the back of the church. Tuition assistance from the inception of the Fund is $76,235.00. Contributions to the Fund since inception are $143,670.00.

WEEKDAYS OF JUNE 5 7:00 a.m. Rosie & Michael Pregler SATURDAY - JUNE 11 5:00 p.m. Abigail Chermack/Ashley Skarupski SUNDAY - JUNE 12 8:00 a.m. Stephanie Liebel/Rachel Bessetti 9:30 a.m. Emma Thomas/Makayla Davis 11:00 a.m. Morgan Szoszorek/Adam Beaufort

CHILD PROTECTION - CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS

KEEP IN MIND...MASS TIMES ARE CHANGING EFFECTIVE JULY 3 From 8:00 a.m to 7:30 a.m.; from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Mass remains the same as does Saturday evening, July 2 @ 5:00 p.m.

Online Safety Tips for Parents & Kids #5: Talk to your children about never, for any reason, agreeing to meet someone face to face that they met online. This could potentially be very dangerous. You simply just dont know who you are talking to online. Over the course of two years, MySpace removed 90,000 known registered sex offenders off it website. To see what the Diocese of Erie is doing to keep children and youth safe, check out http://www.eriercd.org/protectyouth.thm.

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

SACRIFICIAL GIVING Last week the collection was $5,982.00 Each week we need to collect $9,730.00 Envelope sets mailed 1001 Envelopes received 275 Thank you to those who use their envelopes regularly and to all who have increased their Offertory. LADIES GUILD The Ladies Guild annual one-day bus trip will be on Wednesday, June 22..Amish Brown Bag Tour..this means, you will receive a gift at each stop to bring home. Cost is $60.00. All ladies are welcome. Call Anne at 825-6741 for reservations.

JUNE 5, 2011
THOUGHTS ON THE WAY UP MOUNT CARMEL This is a season of transitions for many of us. Next Sunday is Pentecost and the liturgical conclusion of the Easter Season. The Graduation Season continues with our Kindergarten graduating last Wednesday and our Eighth grade this past Friday. Fr. Beal has returned to his teaching duties at Catholic University for Summer School and Jason has returned for this past week and this coming week before his Ordination this Friday. And, summer has arrived with its sunny days and warm temperatures. Somehow, I missed Spring altogether. I dont know where it went! Our parish school picnic is this Thursday, and you are all invited to join Jason and me on the Ravine Flyer! This summer, with the help of a rebate from First Energy, we will be doing a major lighting project in our parish school. With the help of volunteers, we will be replacing all the fluorescent bulbs and mechanical ballasts in our classrooms, hallways, kitchen and offices. We will also be replacing all the bulbs in Scheffner Hall. This will result in a significant saving in wattage used and on our electrical bill. We will also be doing cement work on the school entrances and repaving portions of our parking lot. Please be patient with some of the inconvenience this will cause in parking and access to our church and parish school buildings. I am sorry to say that the church lighting project will be delayed a few weeks. What I thought was a shipping date for our new fixture interiors was actually a date to begin manufacture of the internal electrical parts for our lights. The actual shipping date is June 13. We now hope to be finished in church by the end of June. When Fr. Beal returns to Mount Carmel in the middle of July, I am considering adding a second daily Mass for the duration of his time with us. Many of you know that our requests for Mass intentions have been rising. This is a credit to the faith of our parishioners, the prayerful remembrance of our beloved dead, and the love of the Eucharist evident in our parish. But, it also means that many have to wait weeks and often more for an opening for even one Mass. This addition would not shorten the waiting time for weekend Mass openings, but would allow us to offer the Eucharist for our parishioners, relatives and friends for those who choose a daily Mass. I ask you to consider what time would be preferred by those who request Masses and attend, or would attend, our daily Masses. There are only two restraints I must impose: 8:00 or its vicinity would not be available since I spend about an hour with the children at our parish school every morning; Noon or its vicinity would not be available since funerals would interfere whenever they occur. Please think about a good time and let me know what you would like best. Well, join me in welcoming summers arrival, congratulations to all our graduates and have a great first week of June! Fr Ray
AUDITION FOR AIDA AIDA, the annual all-school summer musical. This year, AIDA by Elton John and Tim Rice will be presented on July 22 - 31. Auditions are open to students from those entering 6th grade in the fall through college. All roles are open and no experience is necessary. Students auditioning can attend either session: Tuesday, June 7 @ 3:00 p.m. or Wednesday, June 8 @ 6:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Gym. Those auditioning should prepare a song to sing. Contact Fr. Jay Schultz at St. Boniface Church for more information.

FUTURES BEGIN HERE AT OLMC SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS.to the graduates of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Class of 2011: Amy Adams Eric Baer Colton Barger Bryce Boyd Steven Brown Samuel Burns Bryan Clark David DeFelice Lauren Fahey Andrew Farrell Sierra First Tyler Fuller Emily Kinecki Ashley Kloss Rachel Loringer Nicholas McHenry Peyton McLaurin Hunter Neimeic Rose Pregler Amanda Przepierski Elizabeth Rathburn Nichol Sauers Daniel Sokolowski Brooklyn Vivier Clare Weisenfluh David Wieczorek Nicholas Wilcox Joshua Williams Marie Winarski

SUMMERTIME These months are filled with fun times and festivals to day trips and vacations and lots of time with family and friends But what about you and your marriage? Plan now to wrap up the summer by re-energizing your relationship at Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend, August 26-28 at Olmsted Manor in Warren Pa. For more information, phone 823-4600 or wwme.eriepa@gmail.com 2011 DIOCESAN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS Couples celebrating 25th, 50th or 60th wedding anniversaries are invited to attend the annual Diocesan Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Blessed Sacrament Church. To register for the event or to receive a scroll by mail, please contact the parish office or the Family Life Office at Catholic Charities @ 824-1250. Carmelite Spirituality Never be discouraged at your faults. You may stumble, you may fail to correspond with grace, but LOVE can make the best of everything. St. Therese

A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE As Jesus appointed disciples, he also appoints parents to represent Him in the family; Make disciples of your children, baptizing and teaching them all I have taught you. Dont worry, I am with you always.