Christmas and New Year’s Mass Schedule

Below is our Christmas Mass schedule for St. Charles Borromeo:

  • We will have a Christmas Vigil Mass on Tuesday, December 24 at 4 PM.
  • On Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, we will have Masses at 9 AM and 11:15 AM.
  • There will be no 7 PM Masses on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

You are also invited to the Christmas Midnight Mass at the nearby St. James Cathedral Basilica (250 Cathedral Place in Downtown Brooklyn).

January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, a holy day of obligation. Below is our Mass schedule:

  • We will celebrate a Vigil Mass on Tuesday, December 31 at 5 PM.  
  • On January 1, we will have Masses at 9 AM and 11:15 AM.
  • There will be no 7 PM Masses on either December 31 or January 1.

No 11:15 AM Mass on Dec. 29

On Sunday, December 29, we will not celebrate a 11:15 AM Mass at St. Charles Borromeo. Fr. Gibino invites you to join him at the nearby Cathedral Basilica of St. James on December 29 at 11 AM for a Jubilee Mass for the beginning of the Jubilee Year.

Jubilee years happen every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and climate crisis. For more on the Jubilee Year see: https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html.

Christmas Gift to the Parish

We 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 Christmas Gift to the Parish envelope, 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. Below is a list of items we would like to purchase with donations received to decorate our church and provide vestments for our deacon.

Wishing everyone a most blessed Christmastide. We are grateful to celebrate Christmas together as a parish family.

2nd Sunday of Advent

Join us for to celebrate the Advent season in person or on line. Mass times on Sunday are 9 am, 11:15 am and 7 pm EST.

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Today’s readings will be from Cycle C.

1st Sunday of Advent – 175th Anniversary Mass with Bishop Brennan

We conclude this month’s celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Parish with the 1st Sunday of Advent. Bishop Brennan will officiate at the mass at 11:15 am. Mass times on Sunday are 9 am, 11:15 am and 7 pm EST.

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Today’s readings will be from Cycle C.