As part of our Stewardship drive, and as many prefer to donate online, we’re asking parishioners to schedule their regular donations to St. Charles. This will allow us to prudently plan our finances over the next year. Schedule a recurring donation to St. Charles online here at this link.
30th Sunday Ordinary Time – Returning to the Source, Serving the Poor
Saint Martin and the Beggar, El Greco, 1597–1599, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC).
FIRST READING:
Sirach 35:12–14, 16–18
October 27, 2019
John Henry Newman was canonized a saint of the Church two weeks ago. He was a leading member of the Oxford movement. This was a group of 19th century English Protestant clerics and academics associated with the University of Oxford who delved deeply into the history of the Early Church. They discovered that the church was based on the witness of the apostles and that it expressed itself in Sacraments, most especially the Eucharist, and in service to the poor. The movement’s adherents who thought that this apostolic origin meant obedience to the Pope left the Anglican (Episcopal) church and became Roman Catholics, but all those who were loyal to the movement celebrated the Eucharist with a belief in the real presence and served the poor. St. John Henry Newman joined the Oratorians after his reception into the Catholic Church and moved to the industrial city of Birmingham where he lived with working class people.
This was one of the great precursors of the Second Vatican Council which called for a “resourcement:” a return to the sources of the Scriptures and the early Christian Writers, usually called the Fathers. The council itself called the Eucharist “the source and summit of the Christian Life” and the Jesuit Order was inspired to make “the preferential option for the poor” the lens through which all things were viewed.
Sirach, from whom we read today, would have understood. Continue reading “30th Sunday Ordinary Time – Returning to the Source, Serving the Poor”
Thanksgiving Food Drive and Distribution
This Thanksgiving, we are supporting the efforts of Catholic Charities to “help those in need find their Thanksgiving.” For background, their Thanksgiving food drive last year was featured in this NYTimes article. There are two opportunities to participate:
1. Food Drive on Sunday, Nov. 17
We will be hosting a food drive on Sunday, November 17 to collect the following Thanksgiving dinner staples requested by the organizers:
Bulletin for October 27, 2019
Please read the bulletin for October 27, 2019 here.
All Saints / All Souls / St. Charles Borromeo Novena
This week, we will honor and remember all of the Saints and Souls in Heaven, especially our patron saint, St. Charles Borromeo, and our late devoted parishioner Frances X. Gates.
We have prepared a Novena prayer guide for you to use over the 9 days leading up to St. Charles Day on November 4th. If it is possible, attend all or as many of the 9 days of Masses between this Sunday and next Monday, where we will pray the Novena together, or pray the prayer for each day.
Sunday, October 27: 30th Sunday Ordinary Time – Novena Day 1
Mass at 9 am, 11:15 am, 7 pm. Infant Baptisms at 11:15 am Mass. Special Blessing for NYC Marathon Runners at each Mass. Parish Leadership meeting at 5:30 pm in the Rectory.
Monday, October 28: Novena Day 2
Weekday Mass at 12:10 pm
Tuesday, October 29: Novena Day 3
Frances X. Gates: Wake 10 am, Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am at the Church – all parishioners welcome. Weekday Mass at 12:10 pm
Wednesday, October 30: Novena Day 4
Weekday Mass at 12:10 pm
Thursday, October 31: Novena Day 5
Weekday Mass at 12:10 pm
Friday, November 1: All Saints Day, Novena Day 6: Holy Day of Obligation
Masses at 12:10 pm and 7 pm
Saturday, November 2: All Souls Day, Novena Day 7
Novena Mass at Noon
Sunday, November 3: St. Charles Borromeo Parish Patronal Feast Celebrated, Novena Day 8
Masses at 9 am, 11:15 am, 7 pm. New Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal Missals blessed and distributed. Meet and Greets after each Mass: coffee and refreshments after 9 am and 11:15 am Masses, wine and cheese after the 7 pm Mass.
Monday, November 4: Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, Novena Day 9
Mass at 12:10 pm. Discussion: Developing a Young Professionals Ministry, hosted by Paul Morisi at 7:30 pm in the Rectory.
Frances X. Gates – Funeral Announcement
Dear St. Charles Parish Family and Friends,
I regret to inform you of the death of Frances X. Gates.
She passed Wednesday at Brooklyn Hospital.
There will be a wake at the Church (19 Sidney Place) in the Narthex
beginning at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 29th,
followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM.
We extend our condolences to her family, friends,
and the Polish Catholic Community.
May she rest in peace.
In Christ,
Fr. Bill
The family has asked that donations be made in lieu of flowers – please see info at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wc-bBcOSZ-f-hf6aOU27LhUg7e2hHVuwmm0L4F3IXtg/edit
29th Sunday Ordinary Time (7 PM, Msgr. LoPinto)
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