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Support the Annual Catholic Appeal
I need your help. Our Annual Catholic Appeal’s network of services has had to be flexible in this unprecedented time, and we anticipate we will need to maintain this response to meet the growing demand for support. Your partnership is critical as we navigate this situation.
Our mission remains the same, but COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our annual needs. Continue reading “Support the Annual Catholic Appeal”
Diocese of Brooklyn Announcement on the Resumption of Weekday & Sunday Masses
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, is pleased to announce that churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn can re-open for Weekday Mass on Monday, June 29, 2020. At St. Charles Borromeo, we will celebrate public Mass on Wednesdays at 12:10 PM beginning on July 1, 2020 and a public Sunday Mass at 11:15 AM beginning on Sunday, July 5, 2020. COVID-19 safety protocols will be in place, including the requirement that all who enter a church must bring and must wear their own mask during the entire Mass and maintain proper social distancing.
“Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens have been longing for the celebration of Mass and to receive the Holy Eucharist. But our sacrifice and patience have borne fruit, and we did our part to flatten the curve of the terrible coronavirus pandemic. Soon we can come together to be nourished by the spiritual food we have been desperate for,” said Bishop DiMarzio.
In preparation for the joyous day when Mass will resume, the Diocese of Brooklyn is launching a video today in English, which can be viewed above, and Spanish to give Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens an understanding of the changes they will experience as a result of COVID-19 safety protocols designed to keep everyone healthy and safe. Below is a sunmary of the safety protocols: Continue reading “Diocese of Brooklyn Announcement on the Resumption of Weekday & Sunday Masses”
12th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Msgr. LoPinto)
Transcript:
It struck me at the beginning that we are observing the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Yet reality is that there’s nothing ordinary about the time. I’m not sure there ever is anything ordinary about the time – in the sense of if not all time has a character of being extraordinary – in the sense that we’re always dealing with the unexpected, with the surprises that God places in our way.
And certainly the idea of God surprising us is very much a part of the scripture for this 12th Sunday. The first reading – Jeremiah. Jeremiah – who has been anointed by God to deliver God’s word to the people – is constantly surprised by the reaction he gets: a reaction that basically puts him ever at risk. He’s imprisoned. There are those who would try to kill him. He must tell the people about in a sense trusting in God by placing themselves in God’s hands as they are led off into captivity. And so, in a sense, he is a person who must deal with fear – the fear for his own personal life, but he’s only able to deal with that because he has encountered the Lord. And because he has encountered the Lord, he trusts. And he trusts that even though he doesn’t understand – he can’t comprehend, for the most part, God’s plan. He’s able to trust – he’s able to trust, because in his own way, he has come to know God. Continue reading “12th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Msgr. LoPinto)”
Online Community Mass – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time – 6/21 11:15 am EDT
Please join us for our Online Community Mass for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Sunday, June 21 at 11:15 AM EDT.
Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the view via YouTube Live above.
- Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here: June 21
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Recording of Friday’s Prayer Service and Juneteenth Discussion
At Friday’s evening prayer service, St. Charles Borromeo commemorated the Sacred Heart of Jesus and also gathered together for Juneteenth. Fritz Cherubin Jr. spoke on the history of Juneteenth and offered suggestions for deeper exploration, including:
- reflecting on what it would have been like for a slave in Texas to have heard the June 19, 1865 declaration;
- reading more about Brooklyn Heights’ role in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad; and
- watching the documentation 13TH about modern-day mass incarcerations.
If you weren’t able to join, the prayer service was recorded and is available on our YouTube channel. Fritz’s remarks begin at this point. Following the June 5 prayer service on justice and equality, a number of parishioners reached out asking for suggestions on reading and viewing materials to explore these topics in more depth. Suggested materials, which cover the topics Fritz mentioned, are here.
St. Charles at Home #13: Brooklyn Parishes Edition
This week, St. Charles at Home expands its focus. Fr. John Gribowich, the newly appointed administrator for St. Augustine and St. Francis Xavier parishes, sits down with Ian McGrath, a long-time parishioner of St. Francis Xavier. They discuss the readings from Corpus Christi Sunday and how the message challenges us to respond today.
St. Charles at Home episodes feature conversation between the prior Sunday’s homilist and parishioners to provide us with more connection to the parish during the week. The videos are available on our YouTube channel and our website.