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CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES
644 CLAWSON STREET, OAKWOOD HEIGHTS, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306
JUNE 14, 2020 CORPUS CHRISTI
Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Louis R. Jerome Parochial Vicar Fr. Stefan Chanas Fr. Ruwandana Mendis In Residence Bishop John J. O’Hara Weekend Associate Bishop Edmund J. Whalen Permanent Deacons Deacon Stephen Tobon Deacon Lawrence Droge Pastoral Associate Sr. Jeanine Conlon, O.P. School Principal Mr. J. C. Kiernan Religious Education Coordinator Ms. Kerry Quinn Director of Music Mr. Paul Light Sacristan Mr. Frank Castelao
Contact Information
Rectory School
644 Clawson Street 200 Penn Avenue
(718) 987-2670 (718) 987-0200
Fax: (718) 987-7950 Fax: (718) 987-8158
Email Address Tuition Office
[email protected] (718) 987-5780
Website:
www.stcharlessi.org
Religious Education
200 Penn Avenue www.saintcharlesccd.org
(718) 979-6800 [email protected]
Parish Office Hours
Sunday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Sacramental Life
Mass Schedule
Parish Registration New parishioners need to register at the rectory. Please inform us if you move into or out of the parish.
Confessions Saturday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, 5:00 - 5:30 PM, and after Mass on the Eve of a Holy Day.
Baptisms Second Sunday of the month at 2:30 PM Instruction for parents of the children to be baptized to be ar-ranged at the rectory. SPONSOR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED for Godparents and also a copy of the child’s birth certificate.
Marriages To arrange a marriage at St. Charles, consult with a priest or deacon at least six months prior to the pro-posed date and before social arrangements. Attend-ance at Pre-Cana and Natural Family Planning Clas-ses is required.
Anointing and
Communion of the Sick Regular administration of the Sacraments should be arranged for shut-ins by calling the rectory. Emer-gency sick calls anytime.
Religious Education Program Instruction for all grade levels beginning with first grade. For information call the Religious Education Office.
Weekend Masses Saturday Evening 4:00 & 5:30 PM Sunday 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 AM 12:00, 1:15
Weekday Masses Monday - Friday 8:30 & 12 Noon Saturday 8:30 AM
Holy Days Masses Eve of the Holy Day 7:30 PM
8:30, 12:00 and 7:30 PM
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LITURGY CORNER MONDAY – JUNE 15 8:30 - Family of Baby Lily Jo Jurgens—Mem. 12:00 - Joseph Figliolo—Ann. TUESDAY - JUNE 16 8:30 - Luigi DiRe—Mem. 12:00— Lucille & Richard Owens—Mem. WEDNESDAY - JUNE 17 8:30—Arthur R. Somerville—Mem. 12:00—John Battaglia—Ann. THURSDAY—JUNE 18 8:30—Denise Ioviero—Mem. 12:00—Susan Nicita—Mem. FRIDAY—JUNE 19 8:30—Mark Price—Ann. 12:00—Lucille Owens—Mem. SATURDAY - JUNE 20 8:30—Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament 4:00—James Kelly—Mem. 5:30—Giuseppina Conigliaro—Ann. SUNDAY - JUNE 21 8:15—Melissa J. Nelson—Mem. 9:30—Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45—Deacon Vincent Brigande—Mem. 12:00—Patrick J. Hanley—Mem. 1:15—Phillip Cappio—Mem.
So many of you have signed up for online giving through Weshare or have mailed your church envelopes to the rectory. Thank you so much for your continued support of St. Charles Church. You have always been so committed to St. Charles parish and continue to do so during this difficult time and we thank you. The link to Weshare is on our website (www.stcharlessi.org).
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Monday - Friday at 12:00-5:00 PM in the Chapel
First Mondays at 7:30 PM in the Church (cancelled in August)
First Fridays at 7:00 PM in the Church (cancelled in August)
Call Jeannette Burrell (718-979-0034) or Lois Galvin (718-948-8193) for information
Rosary and Novenas The Rosary is recited each weekday at 8:10 and 11:30
AM and on Saturday at 8:10 AM. The Miraculous Medal novena prayers are said after
the 8:30 & 12:00 PM Masses on Mondays.
Flowers, Wine & Hosts and Oil
If you would like to make arrangements to have the flowers for the main altar, the wine & hosts, or oils used for Mass Candles in memory of a loved one or a special occasion, please, call the rectory.
PLEASE NOTE
If a Mass is being said for a member of your family on Saturday evening or Sunday, it would be most fitting if someone from the family would bring up the gifts at the Offertory. Please let one of the ushers know before Mass.
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Weekly Offerings
PARISH MINISTRIES Adult Faith Formation Wednesday - 1:30; rectory Baptism Classes First Tuesday of the month at 8:00 PM; rectory Bereavement Group Will resume in the Spring Book Club Third Thursday each month at 4:00 PM; rectory Caregivers Support Group Thursday - 9:30 - 11:30 AM; rectory Choir (Adult) Thursday at 7:30 PM; church Divine Mercy Devotion Friday at 3:00 PM; chapel Eucharistic Ministers First Fridays at 7:00 PM; church Legion of Mary Wednesday at 4:00 PM; rectory chapel Prayer Group & Holy Hour First Monday of the month at 7:30 PM; church Prayer Shawl/Blanket Ministry Last Friday of the month at 10:00 AM; rectory Religious Education Classes Monday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 6 & 7 Wednesday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 1-5 Special Needs: Monday 5:30 - 6:00 PM St. Vincent de Paul Society Meeting - Second Tuesday of month at 1:30 PM; rectory Food Pantry open 2nd & 4th Tuesday of every month 11:30 AM -1:30 PM; rectory Teen Club Sunday at 7:00 PM; auditorium
Women’s Wednesday Worship - Tuesdays at 7:30 PM; via Zoom
WEEKLY COFFEE HOUR Cancelled until further notice
Coffee and donuts will be served following the 9:30 Mass. All are welcome.
St. Charles School 2020-2021
Application and Registration Process for NEW students is NOW OPEN!
Application and Registration for the 2020-2021 school year is now open for families interested in Pre-Kindergarten (3 year olds) and grades
Kindergarten through 8th.
Families can now begin applying to St. Charles School by accessing the school website at
www.SaintCharlesSchool SI.org
**Financial Assistance is available**
After completing the application, the school will contact the applicant and discuss the next steps. Upon registration, all students will re-quire birth certificate, baptismal certificate (if applicable), immunization and physical docu-mentation, and past year report cards and NYS
standardized test results (if applicable).
The FREE Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) registration process for children born in the year 2016 will not begin until February 2020.
You can stay up to date on the UPK registration process by going to www.nyc.gov/prek.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a school tour with our principal,
Mr. Kiernan, please contact Mrs. Browne in the main office at 718-987-0200 or 718-987-5780.
We hope to welcome you to the
St. Charles School family real soon!
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PARISH NEWS
PLEASE UTILIZE FLOCKNOTES TO STAY INFORMED OF
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS BELOW ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS
TO SIGN UP IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY DONE SO!
There are two easy ways to connect. 1. Visit our parish at: www.flocknote.com/
SCBstatenisland and sign up. 2. Text stcharlesb to 84576 from your cell
phone to subscribe to Flocknote. This is a great opportunity for you to get plugged into things going on in our parish.
PLEASE CONSIDER USING OUR ONLINE GIVING PROGRAM TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ST. CHARLES CHURCH DURING
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
WESHARE
For your convenience, we offer the oppor-tunity to make your envelope payments elec-tronically through WeShare. For more infor-mation, go to www.churchgiving.com or a d i r e c t l i n k o n o u r w e b s i t e (www.stcharlessi.org).
BOOK CLUB Our book club will begin their meetings again on June
18th at 4:00 PM via a conference call. The read for this month is “Secrets We Kept” by Lara Prescott. If you’d like to join in on the call, dial 978-990-5220 access: 8303220#.
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FATHER’S DAY NOVENA The Father’s Day Novena will begin on Mon-day, June 22nd through Wednesday, June 24th. The novena Masses will be said by our parish priests for all fathers, living and deceased. En-velopes are in your monthly envelope packet and can be mailed to the rectory or dropped off in the rectory mailbox.
St. Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of police officers and military personnel. In Cath-olics writings and traditions, he acts as the de-fender of the Church and chief opponent of Sa-tan and assists persons at the hour of death. The world can use prayers against the wicked-ness of Satan. Below is the Prayer to St. Mi-chael. St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Thank you to the members of our Sports Com-mittee for conducting a food drive on Saturday, June 6th to support our food pantry. Over 1,000 items of food were collected. The ladies of our St. Vincent de Paul Society are so grate-ful for the contributions that were made and will be busy sorting through and distributing the food. A big thank you to our wonderful parishioners who so generously donated the food. You always come through to support those in need. Our pantry will reopen in July on the second and fourth Tuesdays (July 14th and 28th).
WE PRAY...WE CELEBRATE...WE REMEMBER
THE GET WELL LIST
WE REMEMBER
Eternal rest grant unto their souls, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed
rest in peace. Amen
Keith Alaimo Paul Alaimo Sr. Robert Aviles Florence Bale Debbie Bernfeld Hanah Black Madeline Buonpane Jodi Butt Mary Campitelli Lee Canning Marietta Canning Marty Casey Nick Castagna Grace Castelao Nicholas Christy John Comito Elaine Cupak Frank Deegan Sarah Delmar Andrew DiPadova Mary Lou Fiore James Gallagher Nina Giblin Lou Gioia Cathy Harris Emily Harris
Jim Hlavac Cheryl Houss Jeannette Castelao Keane Rosaria Ladaro Thomas Willam Larson Anthony Locicero Jr. Nicole Lucchini Ursula Marco Lauren Marie Virginia McBride Mary McKeever Alfred Merendino Mary Messias Loraine Minutillo MaryAnn Mongiello Steven Morvillo Eileen Raineri Ella Reilly Dolores & Tony Sclafani Anthony Scocco Marie Starita Abigail Taylor Jude Riley Taylor Vincent Truscelli Christopher Wandy
Today’s Gospel Reading John 6:51-58
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the liv-ing bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus aid to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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The church is open daily for private prayer from 8:00 AM to 12 Noon. Please wear a face mask upon entering the church and maintain social distance of at least 6 feet from others.
Also, in considering whether or not to visit the Church, please keep in mind that those of us who are “advanced” in age and/or have underlying health conditions should be more cautious than others.
PARISH NEWS
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
FOOD PANTRY Our food pantry will begin ser-
vicing our community again in July on the sec-ond and fourth Tuesdays from 11—1 (July 14th and 28th). We are in the process of restocking our shelves and are in need of non-perishable food items. Donations can be left in the vestibule of the church or brought to the rectory. Suggest-ed items are: pancake mix, syrup, peanut butter and jelly, cereal, pasta and jar sauce, tuna fish, coffee, juice, condiments. This pantry services those in need in our parish. Your generosity is very much appreciated. If you or someone you know is in need of food before July, there are emergency bags available. Please call the recto-ry to arrange for pickup.
LIVESTREAM MASSES Fr. Jerome will be doing a live stream daily Mass at 9:30 AM (Mondays at 12:30) and on Sundays at 12 noon on Fa-cebook—St. Charles Staten Island page. You can also get to it by going to our website at www.stcharlessi.org. In addition, below are various websites and TV channels that offer live streams of Masses as well as links to assist you in your prayer life during this difficult time. We hope that this will help to give you peace. Mass will be celebrated on Catholic Faith Net-work—Channel 296 Fios and Channel 162/471 Spectrum—at 12 Noon from St. Agnes Cathe-dral and 6:30 PM from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Mass is also celebrated on EWTN—Channel 285 Fios and Channel 460 Spectrum at 12 noon daily.
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SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacra-mentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there
And unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
Canticle of Mary My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
TAKING A KNEE FOR JESUS… As I write at the end of this particular week, it seems that our whole na-tion is engulfed in turmoil after the death of George Floyd. Perhaps it is an eruption after two months of social confinement. Whatever it is, it seems that our society has been turned “upside down” and right thinking and practice is
currently out of fashion. For instance, the president of the United States took a walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church which had been set afire by protestors the other day. President Trump stood in front of the church and held up a bible, the sacred scriptures. He was widely criticized for that gesture, even by the lady bishop who is the pastor of that church. Ironically, the president was standing in front of the church sign which read: “All are Welcome!” Is everyone really welcome in that church? Then there were comments made by New Orleans Saints quarterback, Drew Brees about our flag. Brees said this: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States or our country. Is everything right with our country right now? No. It is not. We still have a long way to go, but I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart—it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together. We can all do bet-ter and that we are all part of the solution.” Those are excellent, sane words. Yet, incredibly, Drew Brees had to make an apology for what he said and had to grovel before those in our land who have substituted political correctness in place of right thinking. You see, one should never be ashamed of showing respect for our country and our flag. Today some people have “hijacked” a gesture that we Catholics are very familiar with—genuflection. They call it “taking a knee” and it has come to symbolize defiance. As Catholics, we genuflect when we pass before the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle or when entering the pew coming to Mass. We kneel as well during the Eucharistic prayer and the consecration. We do that because Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God comes down on the altar at the words of the priest. Come to think of it, that is the feast that we celebrate this Sunday. “Corpus Christi”, the feast of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ. This special day in the church calendar reminds us that the Holy Eucharist is a great gift that Jesus gave to the church. However, this gift had an enormous price tag on it-the suffering and death of the Lord on the cross. Each Mass is not just a meal, but above all, a sacrifice. All of us Catholics know that we should “take a knee” (if you’re able to kneel) in church because the Real Presence is there. Taking a knee at church is proper etiquette for church, but not for saluting the American flag! By coincidence, this Sunday, June 14th, is also Flag Day, a day that we as Americans pause to honor the “stars and stripes.” We remember on this day that our flag is a precious symbol, and we stand and salute it. That flag represents the freedom and privileges that we enjoy in the United States. The red in the flag reminds us that our freedom came at a great price too—the blood of countless soldiers, sailors, marines and air force men and women poured out in defense of our coun-try. As we “take a knee” for Jesus this Sunday. Let’s pray for this fractured land of ours that it may be healed! Sincerely, Fr. Jerome 10
