Custom House was packed with donated toys on Saturday, December 14. These were donated to the Catholic Charities toy drive so that parents could select gifts and make sure their children had something under the tree. For twelve years, we have partnered with Custom House to benefit Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens for Santa’s Toy Shops, which serves thousands of children each year.
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So we have some young disciples of the Lord here, our younger disciples. Are you waiting patiently for Santa Claus? Yes. Who’s ready for Santa Claus to come today? Shaking up old people? Put your hands down for the younger ones. But now it’s very interest sitting. How good are we at waiting? Who’s really patient? Really? This is sad. I thought at least one of you would be patient. Thank you. Because it’s very interesting. During the season of Advent, we heard Saint Paul today say, rejoice, be happy, rejoice again.
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Join us to worship joyfully together in person or online for Gaudete Sunday. Mass times are 9 am, 11:15 am, and 7 PM EST on Sunday.
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Today’s readings will be from Cycle B.
Readings/Psalms: 995
Entrance: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – 395
Offertory: On Jordan’s Bank – 418
Communion: My Soul In Stillness Waits – 415
Closing: People, Look East – 409
The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – they are at the ends of the pews. Please return the missals to the end of the pew after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .
Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Join the Brooklyn Diocese Annual Catholic Appeal
![]() Christmas Gifts for Children There is still time to contribute to the gift card drive. For the sixth year, we are working with HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services to provide gift cards for young people leaving foster care. This is especially important for those who have children themselves. You can give online, stcharlesbklyn.org/christmaschildren, or drop off a check in the collection box or with the rectory by Monday, December 18. Thank you to everyone who contributed to date. Through your generosity, we have exceeded the amount raised last year. Since 1997, HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services has been providing educational and financial support to college students placed in foster care through our American Dream Program. Over the years, ADP has evolved into a comprehensive coaching program that now serves over 204 youth between the ages of 5 and 26. It offers one-on-one trauma-informed coaching, tutoring, college success support, career exploration and development, and assistance with securing housing. The gift cards provided by St. Charles Borromeo for the past few years have been given to the older youth who are in college, or a post-secondary program, as a holiday gift. |
![]() Christmas Flower Memorials This Christmas season, we will decorate the church with due joyousness and memorialize loved ones with flowers. The flowers are a sign of our joy in the birth of Christ our Savior. To memorialize a loved one with flowers for the Church: go to stcharlesbklyn.org/christmasflowers or use the envelopes available in the back of the church. |
![]() Christmas Gift to the Parish We will ask for your support of our annual Christmas donation that goes to support the activities of St. Charles, and St. Charles only. You can donate online at https://stcharlesbklyn.weshareonline.org/ParishChristmasGift, via the envelopes in the back of the church, or in your own envelope marked “Christmas Gift to the Parish”. Your financial support makes a difference. Your generous sacrifice will help us to continue bringing the light of Christ to Brooklyn Heights and beyond. Wishing everyone a most blessed Christmastide. We are grateful to celebrate Christmas together as a parish family. |
Friday Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Evening Prayer for December 15
Instructions on how to join are available here.
Homily – Pastor Installation Mass
Decree for the faithful. Welfare of the people of God. I hereby appoint you, Very Reverend Joseph R. Gibino, Pastor of Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church. Brooklyn, New York. I entrust to you the full pastoral care of the people of this parish with all the jurisdictions, obligations and rights attached to this office by the general law of the Church, as well as particular legislation of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
The appointment became effective on June 30th, 2023. My representative, most Reverend Bishop Vito, will preside at the ceremony of installation on Sunday, December 10th, 2023. In accordance to the decree of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, dated September 24th, 1984, and confirmed by the Apostolic See. This appointment is made for the period of six years. I exhort you to carry out this priestly service with zeal and dedication under the authority of the Diocese of Brooklyn, in whose Ministry of Christ you have been called to share.
Faithful to the Gospel and its spirit fulfill the duties of teaching, sanctifying and governing with the cooperation of your pastoral staff and the assistance of the lay members of the Church faithful. May God the Father grant you the grace and health to carry out this priestly service in the name of in the name and Power of Christ. Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn.
My dear friends, because I am aware of your pastoral needs and I am confident of his qualifications for the office of Pastor. I now commend Father Gibino to you as your your new pastor.
And well, this is a very special morning, isn’t it? What a great gift to be here. My name is Deacon Kevin McCormick and the superintendent of schools for the Brooklyn Diocese. And a good friend to Father Joseph, who’s been a friend and a mentor since I took this job. There’s much to celebrate here today. We celebrate a great man who’s now your pastor.
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How many of us like to use public transportation? Bait Subway Guy love the subway. And that means I have to walk to the subway now. Walking around the neighborhood. I’ve noticed something. So you have to tell me if I’m correct or incorrect and whether or not you are one of these people. So waiting for a red light. I have noticed that pedestrians don’t wait on the sidewalk.
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Fr. Joseph Gibino will be formally installed as our pastor at the 11:15 AM mass by Auxiliary Bishop Witold Mroziewski.
Watch the video live by clicking in the window above. Automated closed captioning is available.
If you like our online masses, please Like our videos so more people can find them. Subscribe to our YouTube channel stcharlesbklyn at this link to watch on your Internet enabled TV or viewing device.
Today’s readings will be from Cycle B.
Readings/Psalms: 995
Entrance: Rain Down – 582
Offertory: Like a Shepherd – 402
Communion: Christ, Be Our Light! – 590
Post-Communion Meditation: Immanuel, by Michael Card
Closing: O Come, Divine Messiah! – 401
The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – they are at the ends of the pews. Please return the missals to the end of the pew after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .
Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- A second collection for Retired Religious will be taken today. Donate to Second Collections here.
- Join the Brooklyn Diocese Annual Catholic Appeal