Below is our Holy Week and Easter parish schedule:

April 5 – Palm Sunday
9 AM – Faith sharing group
11:15 AM – Mass 

April 8 – “Spy” Wed
Noon – Rosary  

April 9 – Holy Thursday 
9 AM – Morning prayer
7:30 PM – Vespers

April 10 – Good Friday 
9 AM – Morning prayer
3 PM – Stations of the Cross
7:30 PM – Stations of the Cross
St. Charles at Home (episode posted during the day) 

April 11 – Holy Saturday 
9 AM – Morning prayer
7:30 PM – Vespers

April 12 – Easter Sunday
9 AM – Faith sharing group
11:15 AM – Easter Mass  

Join our live public online events on Zoom [Zoom meeting details removed from website for security reasons]. Recordings will be available at our website. We ask that you continue to read our parish emails and check the website for the most up-to-date information. If you do not get the emails, you can sign up on our website https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org

Join us for our livestreamed Mass at 11:15 AM EDT on Sunday 3/29

[Zoom meeting details removed from website for security reasons]

Download the hymns and readings for this Mass here: March 29 A

Stay tuned for a new feature we are trying out. To provide us with more connection to the parish during the week, we will be posting a one-on-one conversation between the prior Sunday’s homilist and a parishioner. The inaugural episode will feature a discussion between Eduardo Crespo and Fr. John Gribowich. It will also include a preview of next Sunday’s music from Sergio Sandi, our music director.

We expect that the recording will be available on our website and our parish YouTube channel by Friday. You may want to consider subscribing to our YouTube channel, which will provide notifications when new content is available. To do so, visit https://www.youtube.com/user/stcharlesbklyn and click Subscribe.

The Liturgy of the Hours is the official prayer of the Catholic Church. As its name suggests it is the concrete expression of the Church’s desire to fulfill St Paul’s injunction to “pray without ceasing.” (1 Thess. 5:17) It is composed mostly of Psalms and other “songs” from the Old Testament and readings from both. It is often referred to as “The Breviary.” The word is derived from “breviarium” which means brief summary.  We may not find it all that brief but it does put together the Church’s prayer in one place and is remarkably easy to master. Continue reading “Praying the Liturgy of the Hours” →