Author: St. Charles Borromeo

Bulletin

St. Charles at Home – New Recorded Feature Available Later this Week

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Stay tuned for a new feature we are trying out. To provide us with more connection to the parish during the week, we will be posting a one-on-one conversation between the prior Sunday’s homilist and a parishioner. The inaugural episode will feature a discussion between Eduardo Crespo and Fr. John Gribowich. It will also include a preview of next Sunday’s music from Sergio Sandi, our music director.

We expect that the recording will be available on our website and our parish YouTube channel by Friday. You may want to consider subscribing to our YouTube channel, which will provide notifications when new content is available. To do so, visit https://www.youtube.com/user/stcharlesbklyn and click Subscribe.

Bulletin

Revised Time and Meeting Info for Thursday’s Flannery O’Connor Discussion

| St. Charles Borromeo

The last session in our Lenten discussion series with Grace Church will be on Thursday and will focus on A Temple of the Holy Ghost. Please note that the details were listed incorrectly in weekly email.

The session will begin at 6:30 PM. This session is hosted by Grace Church, so it has a different Meeting ID and dial-in, which are listed below. The below details will only work for this session and will not allow you to connect to other St. Charles online events.

[Zoom meeting details removed from website for security reasons]

Homilies

4th Sunday Lent – Fr. Gribowich Homily

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Good morning, once again. I know this is so unusual for many of us to have to be experiencing that this way, so thank you for being patient with us and we’re learning as we go here, as well.

And of course I haven’t seen you in a long time – and I still don’t see you now –  so I can kind of empathize with the blind man that we hear in our gospel today. So to be back in Brooklyn, to be able to be part of the St. Charles community is always a very great blessing for me ,and to not actually have you in the same physical spaces, of course a very trying thing for me, and I’m sure it is for you, too.

So we are together, united through what may take place here at this Mass through the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ comes to us in three ways: of course, we experience the Body of Christ by meditating upon the body that was nailed to the cross and rose from the dead. Continue reading “4th Sunday Lent – Fr. Gribowich Homily” →

Messages from the PPC

Message from Donna Whiteford, PPC

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Dear St. Charles Parish Family and Friends,

“These are the times that try men’s souls.” Thomas Paine wrote that in 1776 but is apropos of the health crisis we are living through today. These are trying times, and if we are willing to be honest, many of us may be a bit afraid because there are so many unknowns with the coronavirus.

But rather than panic, let us pray on our own and together virtually. The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), together with Fr. Bill, Msgr. Al, and Fr. John, wants our parish family to know that St. Charles is here for you and remains committed to providing you with spiritual support. While the church is no longer permitted to be open for Eucharistic Adoration and private prayer, Mass will be live-streamed again this Sunday at 11:15 AM and will also be available on our website for later viewing [Zoom meeting details removed from website for security reasons]. Masses from St. James and the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph are available on Net TV. The parish office is closed, but Fr. Bill is available when needed by phone. Continue reading “Message from Donna Whiteford, PPC” →

Front Page

Parish Coronavirus Response 3/21 – Closure of Church Building and Rectory Office

| St. Charles Borromeo

On Thursday, March 19, Bishop DiMarzio mandated the closing of all church buildings and rectory offices in our diocese in response to the spread of the coronavirus. A copy of the announcement at available at dioceseofbrooklyn.org/coronavirus-updates. Based upon that guidance, we have responded as follows:

  • Our church will no longer be open for Eucharistic Adoration prayer and private prayer until further notice.
  • The rectory office is now physically closed; however, we will remain available by phone or email. Please call us at (718) 625-1177 or email us at [email protected].
  • We will stream a private Mass this Sunday at 11:15 AM from the rectory chapel, which we expect will include hymns and music recorded by the St. Charles musicians for the occasion. You can watch it live, and it will also be available on our website for later viewing.
  • Starting next Sunday, March 29, we will adjust the format of our Sunday program. Instead of streaming the Mass live, we will pre-record the program. This will allow you to see and hear it more clearly. It will also allow us to prepare it while abiding by the new mandates issued by the state and the diocese. We expect that, starting next weekend, the recorded Sunday program will include a homily from one of our priests and hymns sung by our musicians, but will not be a recording of a full Mass.
  • Full Masses are available online and on TV. Fr. Bill recommends the Mass from St. James Cathedral, which is broadcast on NET-TV on Sunday at 11 AM and weekdays at noon. NET-TV can be seen in the New York City are on Spectrum (Channel 97), Optimum (Channel 30) and FIOS (Channel 48). Viewers can also tune in online at www.netny.tv.
  • Our priests continue to say daily private Masses, which are offered for the special intentions of our parishioners.