Author: St. Charles Borromeo
St. Charles at Home: Earth Shattering Palm Sunday
Fr. John Gribowich discusses Palm Sunday, an earth shattering moment then and now, with Antonia Fusco
Holy Week 2020 Service Texts
Please download the service texts to follow along with our Holy Week online celebration:
Palm Sunday 2020 – Fr. Gribowich Homily
Okay – good morning, everyone! I hope that you’re still all here with us. Like I promised, it was going to be a little messy, because the story that we had just heard is messy, right?
And this story, of course, is something that we know inside and out. I mean how many Holy Weeks have we gone through where we’ve heard the Passion. For those of us who participate in the service on Good Friday, we end up hearing two versions of the Passion throughout the week – today, and of course then on Friday, as well.
Yet, none of us have heard the Passion during the time that we’re facing right now, with this Coronavirus. In a certain sense, what we just heard, I think has a brand new relevance in our lives, and I think we can relate very much to Jesus screaming on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why have you abandoned me?” Continue reading “Palm Sunday 2020 – Fr. Gribowich Homily”
New Episode of St. Charles at Home Posted
Fr. Bill speaks with Joseph and Diane Genova to reflect on parallels between the short story Revelation by Flannery O’Connor, last Sunday’s Gospel, and what we are experiencing during this time of the coronavirus pandemic. The video concludes with a meditation upon the cross with “Were You There” performed by our music ministry.
Sunday 9 AM Faith Sharing Group Continues Past Lent
Our Sunday 9 AM faith sharing group continues to meet online. While it was originally planned to be a Lenten faith sharing group, the group will continue to meet during this extraordinary time of no public Masses.
All are welcome even if you are joining for the first time. You can connect via our public Zoom meeting ID (819 741 616). Full instructions, including a way to join by phone, are available here.
Please note that the Sunday evening faith sharing group will no longer be meeting.
Message from Josephine Dongbang, PPC
St. Charles family, how are you holding up? For those of you that don’t know me, I’m Josephine Dongbang and before these unprecedented times, I usually attended the 7 PM Mass.
But let’s talk about these unprecedented times. Every morning, I hear about folks losing jobs and businesses, Asian Americans being attacked and even assaulted, healthcare professionals falling ill on the front lines because they don’t have masks, and neighbors having to say farewell to loved ones over the phone because they must maintain distance. It breaks my heart every day and it brings tears to my eyes (again) as I write this. I, as I’m sure many of you, have also been personally impacted by the pandemic. It makes all of my prior problems feel so trivial and in these moments of despair and weakness, I am humbled knowing that we have so little control. Continue reading “Message from Josephine Dongbang, PPC”