The next selection of the Brownstone Brooklyn & Beyond book group will be Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. The book is adapted from a series of radio talks that C.S. Lewis gave during World War 2. This popular introduction to Christianity covers Lewis’ argument for the existence of God and the case for the Christian faith.
The first discussion session will be on Thursday, July 13 at 7 PM via Zoom. At that session, we will discuss the beginning through Book 1. The Brownstone Brooklyn and Beyond book group meets weekly on Thursdays at 7 PM via Zoom. It is comprised of parishioners from various churches in the Brooklyn Heights/Park Slope area.
Sunday Book Discussion: The Four Winds
The next meeting of the book club will be this Sunday at 12:30 PM. We will meet in person at the rectory and on Zoom. Everyone is welcome.
We will discuss The Four Winds, an epic set in the Great Depression by the award-winning author, Kristin Hannah.
Friday Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Instructions on how to join are available here.
Corpus Christi Deanery Mass
Live Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi at Carroll Park June 11, 2023. The parishioners from 8 parishes are here to celebrate together. Procession and Benediction will follow at St Mary Star of the Sea with Bishop Robert Brennan Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Dave Dwyer from Busted Halo is the guest homilist.
No 9 AM or 11:15 AM Mass this Sunday
There will be no 9 AM or 11:15 AM Mass at St. Charles Borromeo this Sunday given the outdoor Corpus Christi Mass (see below post ). We will still have a 7 PM Mass on Sunday evening.
Corpus Christi Outdoor Mass
This Sunday, we will have an outdoor Mass and Eucharistic Adoration for Corpus Christi. We will joining with communities around the world holding Corpus Christi public processions, a tradition that dates back seven hundred years.
Our guest homilist is Fr. Dave Dwyer. Father Dave Dwyer, CSP, is a Paulist priest and Executive Director of Busted Halo Ministries. He is the publisher of BustedHalo.com and the host of “The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave,” a call-in radio talk show airing five nights a week on SiriusXM radio on which he answers questions of faith for more than 30 million subscribers. Fr. Dwyer is superb— but don’t just take our word for it, listen to an example of his preaching here.
The Mass will start at 11:30 AM in Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens. There will be no morning Masses at St. Charles Borromeo this Sunday. We will still have a 7 PM Mass.
Friday Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Instructions on how to join are available here.