Join us to worship joyfully together in person or online for Gaudete Sunday. Mass times are 9 am, 11:15 am, and 7 PM EST on Sunday.

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Today’s readings will be from Cycle B.

Readings/Psalms: 995

Entrance: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – 395

Offertory: On Jordan’s Bank – 418

Communion: My Soul In Stillness Waits – 415

Closing: People, Look East – 409

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – they are at the ends of the pews. Please return the missals to the end of the pew after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .

• Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
• Join the Brooklyn Diocese Annual Catholic Appeal

Christmas Gifts for Children There is still time to contribute to the gift card drive. For the sixth year, we are working with HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services to provide gift cards for young people leaving foster care. This is especially important for those who have children themselves. You can give online, stcharlesbklyn.org/christmaschildren, or drop off a check in the collection box or with the rectory by Monday, December 18. Thank you to everyone who contributed to date. Through your generosity, we have exceeded the amount raised last year. Since 1997, HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services has been providing educational and financial support to college students placed in foster care through our American Dream Program. Over the years, ADP has evolved into a comprehensive coaching program that now serves over 204 youth between the ages of 5 and 26. It offers one-on-one trauma-informed coaching, tutoring, college success support, career exploration and development, and assistance with securing housing.    The gift cards provided by St. Charles Borromeo for the past few years have been given to the older youth who are in college, or a post-secondary program, as a holiday gift.

Christmas Flower Memorials This Christmas season, we will decorate the church with due joyousness and memorialize loved ones with flowers. The flowers are a sign of our joy in the birth of Christ our Savior. To memorialize a loved one with flowers for the Church: go to stcharlesbklyn.org/christmasflowers or use the envelopes available in the back of the church.

Christmas Gift to the Parish We will ask for your support of our annual Christmas donation that goes to support the activities of St. Charles, and St. Charles only. You can donate online at https://stcharlesbklyn.weshareonline.org/ParishChristmasGift, via the envelopes in the back of the church, or in your own envelope marked “Christmas Gift to the Parish”. Your financial support makes a difference. Your generous sacrifice will help us to continue bringing the light of Christ to Brooklyn Heights and beyond. Wishing everyone a most blessed Christmastide. We are grateful to celebrate Christmas together as a parish family.

Christmas Collection for Catholic Charities Bishop Brennan invites all to join him in this year’s Annual Catholic Charities Collection. The collection takes place at all Christmas Masses. Please return the special Catholic Charities envelope from your envelope packet with your gift or in your own blank envelope marked for “Catholic Charities”. When you contribute to Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens, you make a difference in the lives of many, very grateful neighbors. This collection supports programs and services provided by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens that have literally transformed the lives of so many of our neighbors. Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens sponsors many programs and services for children and youth, adults and seniors, the mentally ill, the hungry, and the homeless. In addition, Catholic Charities is one of the largest faith-based providers of affordable housing in the country providing housing units for seniors, families, formerly homeless, and veterans.