Community Mass – 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time


Please join us to celebrate the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sunday, August 29, 2021.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDTEvening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now 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/ .

Entrance: All Are Welcome – 850
Responsorial Psalm and Readings – 1156
Offertory: You Are Mine – 721
Communion: We Come to Your Feast – 938
Closing: City of God – 766

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082921.cfm

21st Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

At their last semiannual meeting, the Catholic Bishops of the United States discussed the Eucharist. The topic of “Eucharistic coherence” was raised by some and interpreted by many as whether President Biden and other Catholic politicians who support legal abortion should receive communion. The Vatican informed them that this decision belonged to individual bishops and that it was beyond the competence of the conference. This was not, however, the only concern they had about the Eucharist. They were particularly concerned that most American Catholics did not believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They voted to prepare a statement on this and will discuss it in greater depth at their next meeting. As we see in todays’ gospel reading Jesus’ teaching that “my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink” has been a stumbling block for many since the beginning of the Church. The difference is that we moderns often reject it because we do not understand it and the ancients, particularly the Jews, rejected it because they understood it all too well.  

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Community Mass – 21st Sunday Ordinary Time


Please join us to celebrate the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sunday, August 22nd.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDTEvening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now 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/ .

Entrance: Lord of All Hopefulness – 663
Readings and Responsorial Psalm – 1153
Offertory: Eye Has Not Seen – 728
Communion: We Remember – 681
Closing: Blest Are They – 735

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082221.cfm

Assumption of Mary – Homily (Fr. Gribowich)

Good morning, everyone. Always a great joy being able to be with you here at St. Charles Borromeo. I think some of you probably know by now that my Sundays are numbered. I’m going to be heading up to the Trappist monastery of the lady of Getz. I’m sorry, Our Lady of Genesee – hope I know where I’m going – The Abbey of Our Lady of Genesee https://www.geneseeabbey.org, which is in upstate New York, about 45 minutes south of Rochester. And I’ll be planning on entering the Trappist community there. So I do cherish these last remaining Sundays with you here.

So today is the feast of the Assumption, the solemnity of the Assumption, a great Marian feast. And whenever we celebrate a Marian feast, I think maybe two things, as a priest, come to mind.

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Isaiah Bible Study Starts in Sep.

Our Bible Study group will start up again in September. Newcomers are welcome. The group consists of parishioners from St. Charles Borromeo, Assumption/St. Boniface, and St. Augustine – St. Francis Xavier.  We meet via Zoom on Sundays from 5-6PM. 

For this “term,” we will study the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, which is often quoted in the New Testament, in preparation for Advent and Christmas. Once again, we will be using the Little Rock Bible Study Series, which is recognized as a leader in assisting Catholic parishes encounter the Bible for over 40 years.

Sessions will begin on Sunday, September 12. We expect to finish the Isaiah lessons on November 21 and then focus on Christmas-related scriptures during the Advent..

We’ll provide you with the study guide and ask you to read the relevant portions beforehand, look over the questions in the text, and then we’ll use the questions as a guide to our weekly discussions. In order to help defray the cost of the materials, please contribute $5 toward the purchase of the study guides, which will be yours to keep.

We need to know how many copies to order, so please sign up below if you are interested in participating. Please reach out to Kerin Coughlin, Mike McGowan, or the rectory if you have any questions.

Lenten 2021 Bible Study
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Community Mass – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary


Please join us to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday, August 8th.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person, not streamed
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDTEvening Mass – in person, not streamed

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are now 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/ .

  • Entrance: Sing a New Song – 607
  • Readings and Responsorial Psalm – 1206
  • Offertory: Ave Maria
  • Communion: Hail Mary: Gentle Woman – 889
  • Closing: Immaculate Mary – 886

Today’s readings are also available to read online here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080821.cfm

19th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

The Eucharist makes us Catholic Christians, but we can only understand the Eucharist by thinking like Jews. We see this very clearly in today’s Gospel. 

The great insight of the Jews was that God loved them. This runs throughout the entire Old Testament. At the very beginning they understood that creation was not an accident or a cruel joke as most ancient peoples believed but the act of an all loving and all-powerful deity. The first humans did not find themselves in a wasteland but rather in Paradise, a place of perfection. They saw as well the meaning of Sin. God forbade Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for then they would die. They are in paradise, what would they know of evil? The sin of Adam and Eve, as ours, is to think we at we can do better than God. Our creation would be better than his. They ate and died.  

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