Novena to St. Joseph

March 11, 2023 | St. Charles Borromeo

We invite you to join in saying a Novena to St. Joseph. St. Joseph is patron of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, expectant parents, families, and a happy death.

The novena will begin this Sunday, March 12 and end on Monday, March 20, when St. Joseph’s feast day is celebrated this year. We will pray it together at the start of our 5 PM parish Zoom events (Sunday faith sharing, rosaries on Monday and Wednesday, and Friday Vespers). Don’t worry if you can’t join in every night. The materials are available online here if you want to pray one or more days on your own.

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Homily – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith)

January 22, 2023 | Fr. William Smith

Long quotes from the Old Testament , like the one which opens today’s Gospel, are not the most exciting passages in the scriptures. They may be important for scholars, but do not engage the common believer. Yet we ignore any passage of scripture at our peril. The Gospels, in particular, are written with great economy and every word is meaningful. This passage is important for understanding Jesus’s intentions and illuminates this week’s special celebration.

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Thank You for Supporting the Christmas Toy Drive

December 24, 2022 | St. Charles Borromeo

Custom House was packed with donated toys on Saturday, December 10. These were donated to the Catholic Charities toy drive so that parents could select gifts and make sure their children had something under the tree.

We posted a recorded message of thanks from John O’Malley, the St. Charles parishioner who organized and has kept this toy drive running for the last eleven years; Fr. Bill, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo; and Red, the proprietor of the Custom House to our YouTube channel.

Thank you for bringing light to the Christmases of so many of our neighbors.

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Pastor’s Christmas Letter and Mass Schedule

December 10, 2022December 10, 2022 | St. Charles Borromeo

Please be on the lookout for Fr. Bill’s Christmas letter in the mail. An electronic copy is available here. It includes our Christmas Mass schedule, which is also listed below:

We will have a Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 24 at 5 PM.
On Christmas day, Sunday, December 25, we will have Masses at 9 AM and 11:15 AM.
There will be no 7 PM Mass on Christmas day.

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Reconciliation Monday, December 19

December 10, 2022 | St. Charles Borromeo

December 19 is Reconciliation Monday in the Diocese of Brooklyn as well as the Archdiocese of New York. Churches will be opened for extended hours to help those who have been away from the Sacrament of Confession / Reconciliation / Penance for a while, return to the practice of our faith.

At St. Charles Borromeo, confessions will be heard from 5 PM to 9 PM. Please note the times were incorrectly listed in the parish email on December 10.

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