Author: St. Charles Borromeo

Events

Christmas Week Schedule

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Monday, Reconciliation Monday

  • 8 AM – Morning Mass
  • 5 PM – Rosary
  • 5 PM to 9 PM – Confessions heard at church

Tuesday

  • 12:10 PM – Weekday Mass

Wednesday, St. Peter Canisius

  • Morning – Packing for food pantry
  • 12:10 PM – Weekday Mass
  • Following Mass, the church will be open for private prayer until 2 PM
  • 5 PM – Rosary

Thursday

  • 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM – Food pantry distribution
  • 12:10 PM – Weekday Mass
  • 7 PM – Brownstone Brooklyn & Beyond book group: Falling Upward

Friday, St. John of Kęty

  • 12:10 PM – Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion
  • 5 PM – Novena to St. Agnes and Evening Prayer

Saturday, Christmas Eve

  • 5 PM – Vigil Mass for Christmas with Christmas pageant
  • Weekly email, including Fr. Bill’s commentary on the readings

Sunday, Christmas Day

  • 9 AM – Morning Mass
  • 11:15 AM – Community Mass
  • No 7 PM Mass on Christmas Day

Watch our Masses live at stcharlesbklyn.org/youtube. They are also available for later viewing on our YouTube channel youtube.com/stcharlesbklyn.

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Christmas Giving Opportunities

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Make your Christmas Gift to St. Charles at stcharlesbklyn.org/christmasgift – everything received through this Christmas donation will be used for activities in St. Charles, and St. Charles only.

Support our Christmas gift drives at stcharlesbklyn.org/christmaschildren – For the fifth
year, we are working with HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services to provide gift cards for
young people leaving foster care. For the eleventh year, we are partnering with Custom
House to support the Catholic Charities toy drive. The toys and baby items collected will
be brought together in a “toy store” for parents to choose which toys they think best for
their children.

Memorialize a loved one with flowers for the Church at stcharlesbklyn.org/christmasflowers or use the enclosed envelope.

Donate to Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Brooklyn and Queens online here

Thank you for any contribution you can make for helping people this Christmas!

Events, Videos

Community Mass and Christmas Pageant – 4th Sunday of Advent

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On Sunday, December 18, 2022, join us in person or online for the 4th Sunday of Advent, including the Children’s Christmas Pageant.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.

Entrance: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – 395

Readings/Responsorial Psalm – 1000

Offertory: My Soul in Stillness Waits – 415

Communion: We Are Many Parts – 834

Closing: O Come, Divine Messiah – 401

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it 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 .

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Community Mass – 3rd Sunday of Advent

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On Sunday, December 1, 2022, join us in person or online to celebrate Gaudete Sunday.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.

Entrance: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – 395

Readings/Responsorial Psalm – 997

Offertory: Wait for the Lord – 406

Communion: Christ, Be Our Light! – 590

Closing: People Look East – 409

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it 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 .

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Reconciliation Monday, December 19

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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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Community Mass – 2nd Sunday of Advent

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On Sunday, December 4, 2022, join us in person or online for the 2nd Sunday of Advent.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.

Entrance: On Jordan’s Bank – 418

Readings/Responsorial Psalm – 994

Offertory: Prepare the Way – 400

Communion: Like a Shepherd – 402

Closing: O Come, Divine Messiah – 401

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it 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 .