Author: St. Charles Borromeo

Events, Funeral, Videos

Patricia Silber – Funeral

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Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

9:30 AM EST– Viewing

10:00 AM EST – Funeral Mass
Will be live streamed at https://stcharlesbklyn.org/youtube and via Zoom at https://stcharlesbklyn.org/zoom .

The Silber family is sad to announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Dr. Patricia Silber, on Friday, January 29, 2021. Dr. Silber, 94, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Christine and former New York State Senator Martin Connor, in Brooklyn Heights.

Born Patricia Sheridan on March 11,1926, in Cohoes, NY, she graduated from McKinley High School in Washington, DC, in 1943 and Hunter College in New York in 1948. At age 22, she was hired by the Economic Cooperation Administration, which administered the Marshall Plan, and moved to Paris, where she worked in the Information Division. Returning to the U.S. in 1949, she worked at Charm Magazine as an associate promotion director. In 1951 she married Air Force Lieutenant Raymond E. Silber and settled in Brooklyn Heights before moving to Long Island, where they raised five children.

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Homilies, Videos

4th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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As we read St. Mark’s gospel this year, it will be important to recognize that his audience is not getting new information. They have heard many stories about Jesus, and Mark’s intention is not tell them more, but to help them understand what they already know. This is the first gospel, and its author deserves to be considered a major literary innovator. Indeed, he uses sophisticated literary devices to help his congregation make the decision to follow Jesus, and he can help us as well. 

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 4th Sunday Ordinary Time

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Please join us to celebrate the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – the Sunday of the Word of God – on Sunday, January 31:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass – In Person at the Church, not live streamed.
  • 11:15 AM EST Community Mass In Person at the Church and also streamed online and available for playback.

    Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window above.

Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here:

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time/Sunday of the Word of God

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Please join us to celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – the Sunday of the Word of God – on Sunday, January 24:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass – In Person at the Church, not live streamed.
  • 11:15 AM EST Community Mass In Person at the Church and also streamed online and available for playback.

    Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window above.
  • Please note that some people have experienced sporadic issues with YouTube this morning. If you have issues connecting via YouTube, you can also join via Zoom at stcharlesbklyn.org/zoom.

Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here:

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Homilies, Videos

2nd Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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The call of the Apostles in the Gospels seems artificial and contrived. Despite some differences in the individual Gospels, the Apostles give up everything to answer a call from someone they have only just met. It seems very unlikely as a journalistic account, but it very accurately describes if not the moment when the call is first heard the moment when it is understood. I can relate to this myself and can also see it in the life of Martin Luther King, but here with one enormous difference.

The Apostles were the first leaders of the Church, but we see them today as disciples, followers of Jesus like the rest of us. They were not of the poorest class, Peter and Andrew seemed to be rather prosperous and some may have been better educated than the average Jew. We see in today’s Gospel that the immediate group had some connection with John the Baptizer, so they were knowledgeable and interested in religion. Being the disciple of a famous rabbi would have allowed social and most likely financial improvement. Yet there was significant risk, Jesus’ message was as strange then as now. There is a kingdom coming, but it will not be brought by war and power, but by love and nonviolence. No matter when or how a person hears this, realizing what it really means is always a revelation and always requires a firm decision. Today we read the Apostles’ “yes”.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time

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Please join us to celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time on Sunday, January 17:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass – In Person at the Church, not live streamed.
  • 11:15 AM EST Community Mass In Person at the Church and also streamed online and available for playback.

    Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window above.

Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here:

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