Author: St. Charles Borromeo

Bulletin

Isaiah Bible Study Starts in Sep.

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Our Bible Study group will start up again in September. Newcomers are welcome. The group consists of parishioners from St. Charles Borromeo, Assumption/St. Boniface, and St. Augustine – St. Francis Xavier.  We meet via Zoom on Sundays from 5-6PM. 

For this “term,” we will study the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, which is often quoted in the New Testament, in preparation for Advent and Christmas. Once again, we will be using the Little Rock Bible Study Series, which is recognized as a leader in assisting Catholic parishes encounter the Bible for over 40 years.

Sessions will begin on Sunday, September 12. We expect to finish the Isaiah lessons on November 21 and then focus on Christmas-related scriptures during the Advent..

We’ll provide you with the study guide and ask you to read the relevant portions beforehand, look over the questions in the text, and then we’ll use the questions as a guide to our weekly discussions. In order to help defray the cost of the materials, please contribute $5 toward the purchase of the study guides, which will be yours to keep.

We need to know how many copies to order, so please sign up below if you are interested in participating. Please reach out to Kerin Coughlin, Mike McGowan, or the rectory if you have any questions.

Lenten 2021 Bible Study
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Events, Videos

Community Mass – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Please join us to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday, August 8th.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

  • Entrance: Sing a New Song – 607
  • Readings and Responsorial Psalm – 1206
  • Offertory: Ave Maria
  • Communion: Hail Mary: Gentle Woman – 889
  • Closing: Immaculate Mary – 886

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080821.cfm

Homilies

19th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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The Eucharist makes us Catholic Christians, but we can only understand the Eucharist by thinking like Jews. We see this very clearly in today’s Gospel. 

The great insight of the Jews was that God loved them. This runs throughout the entire Old Testament. At the very beginning they understood that creation was not an accident or a cruel joke as most ancient peoples believed but the act of an all loving and all-powerful deity. The first humans did not find themselves in a wasteland but rather in Paradise, a place of perfection. They saw as well the meaning of Sin. God forbade Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for then they would die. They are in paradise, what would they know of evil? The sin of Adam and Eve, as ours, is to think we at we can do better than God. Our creation would be better than his. They ate and died.  

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time

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Please join us to celebrate the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sunday, August 8th.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Entrance: Gather Your People – 837
Readings and Responsorial Psalm – 1147
Offertory: Ubi Caritas – 696
Communion: Taste and See – 930
Closing: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness – 610

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080821.cfm

Homilies

18th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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We in Brooklyn Heights are experts in nonverbal communication. Living here requires communicating with dogs and babies. After 5 years on Sidney place, I am proud to say that I have mastered puppy and infant and progressing nicely with dog and toddler. It is amazing how effectively both groups can express basic instincts most particularly hunger without saying a word. A dog will look at you with the saddest eyes and an infant after a few warning signs will start crying. As we emerge from Covid we have seen that many people have discovered that they are hungry but are not certain for what and don’t have the language to express it. Luckily, St John wishes to teach us this language.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 18th Sunday Ordinary Time

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Please join us to celebrate the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sunday, August 1st.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God – 606
Readings and Responsorial Psalm – 1144
Offertory: Lord, When You Came – 781
Communion: I Am the Bread of Life – 945
Closing: Rain Down – 582

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071821.cfm

Homilies

17th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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The section from Mark’s Gospel last week brought us up to the multiplication of the loaves and the fish. This week we continue this story, but we switch to St. John’s gospel. St. Mark is the shortest gospel and in order to have readings until the end of the year we need to supplement them with St. John for this month. This is the easiest place to do this. The multiplication of the loaves and the fish is the one miracle which can be found in all 4 gospels. That itself is very important. None of the gospel writers could conceive of the church without the Eucharist. We need to ask ourselves this month: can we? 

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