CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES

644 CLAWSON STREET, OAKWOOD HEIGHTS, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306

OCTOBER 21, 2018 TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Louis R. Jerome

Parochial Vicar Fr. Stefan Chanas

In Residence Bishop John J. O’Hara

Weekend Associate Rev. Msgr. 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

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 secretary@stcharlessi.org (718) 987-5780 Website: www.stcharlessi.org Religious Education 200 Penn Avenue www.saintcharlesccd.org (718) 979-6800 stcharlesccd10306@gmail.com

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 par-ish.

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 Instruc-tion for parents of the children to be baptized to be arranged at the rectory. SPONSOR CERTIFI-CATES 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 proposed date and before social arrangements. At-tendance at Pre-Cana and Natural Family Plan-ning Classes is required.

Anointing and

Communion of the Sick Regular administration of the Sacraments should be arranged for shut-ins by calling the rectory. Emergency sick calls anytime.

Religious Education Program

Instruction for all grade levels beginning with first grade. For information call the Religious Educa-tion 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 & 11:30 AM Saturday 8:30 AM

Holy Days Masses Eve of the Holy Day 7:30 PM 6:45, 8:30, 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM

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LITURGY CORNER MONDAY – OCTOBER 22 8:30 - Martin Dama - Mem. 11:30 - Richard F. Owens - Mem. TUESDAY - OCTOBER 23 8:30 - Frank Hortsman Family- Mem. 11:30 - Paul J. Gregis - Ann. WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 24 8:30 - Valerie Miskieloic - Mem. 11:30 - Francis Deegan - Mem. THURSDAY- OCTOBER 25 8:30 - Dolores Laieta - Mem. 11:30 - Lucile Owens - Mem. FRIDAY - OCTOBER 26 8:30 - Paul DeCeasare - Mem. 11:30 - Salvatore Micciulla - Mem. SATURDAY - OCTOBER 27 8:30 - Richard Reichart & Family - Mem. 4:00 - Antonio & Sofia Raucci - Mem. 5:30 - Bridgette & Timothy Leary & Laurence Sullivan - Mem. SUNDAY - OCTOBER 28 8:15 - Msgr. John McGowan - Mem. 9:30 - Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45 - Mario Rotondo - Mem. 12:00 - Michael J. Sterlacci - Mem. 1:15 - Richard Cross - Mem.

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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 11:10 AM and on Saturday at 8:10 AM. The Miraculous Medal novena prayers are said after the 8:30 & 11:30 AM Masses on Mondays.

Flowers, Wine & Hosts and Oil

The Wine & Hosts for the week of October 21, - Oc-tober 27, 2018 are offered in loving memory of Dolores Laieta at the request of Michael & Joann Hotaling. If you would like to make arrangements to have the flowers for the main altar, the wine & hosts or oils used for the Mass candles in memory of a loved one or a special occasion, please, call the rectory.

October 27 / October 28 Mass Schedule

4:00 Fr. Stefan 10:45 Fr. Stefan 5:30 12:00 Fr. Jerome 8:15 Msgr. Whalen 1:15 9:30 Msgr. Whalen

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. 3

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 Thursday - 7:30; rectory 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 Religious Education Classes Monday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 6 & 7 Wednesday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 1-5 Special Needs: Wednesday 5:10 - 5:45 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 Worship Wednesdays October 25th at 7:30 PM at St. Patrick’s Rectory

ST. PETER’S BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Open house for St. Peter’s Boys High School, 200 Clinton Avenue, will be held on Sunday, Octo-ber 28th from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. For more in-formation, call 718-447-1676.

TACHS TEST The entrance test for Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New York, will be administered on Friday, November 2nd in selected high schools throughout the Archdiocese. Students may register 7 days a week online via www.tachsinfo.com or via telephone from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM at 1-866-61TACHS (1-866-618-2247).

ANOINTING MASS

Our Annual Anointing Mass will be celebrated on Sunday,

October 28th at the 1:15 Mass. Anointing will take place directly after the Mass. All are invit-ed for coffee and cake in the auditorium follow-ing the Mass. Please call the rectory to register for the Anointing Mass.

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ST. JOSEPH BY THE SEA HIGH SCHOOL

Open house for St. Joseph by the Sea High School, 5150 Hylan boulevard, will be held on Sunday, October 21st from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM for boys. For more information, call 718-984-6500.

ST. CHARLES FEAST DAY Please join us on Sunday, November 4th after the 9:30 AM Mass to celebrate the feast of St. Charles Borromeo. Coffee and cake will be served in the auditorium after the Mass.

PARISH NEWS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 22, - October 28, 2018

Monday - October 22 Cheerleading - 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM; gym Spiritual Direction - 7:30 PM; rectory Tuesday - October 23 St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry - 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM; rectory Bingo at 7:30 PM; doors open at 6:00 PM; early bird 7:15PM Wednesday - October 24 Adult Faith Formation - 1:30 PM; rectory Legion of Mary - 4:00 PM; rectory chapel Thursday - October 25 Caregivers - 9:30 AM; rectory Cheerleading - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; auditorium Cheerleading - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM; auditorium Bereavement Group - 7:30 PM; rectory Friday - October 26 School Dances - 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM; school Marian Conference - 7:00 PM; rectory Saturday - October 27 Our Lady of Fatima Presentation - 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; auditorium Sunday - October 28 Anointing of the Sick Mass - 1:15 PM; church Teen Club - 7:00 PM; auditorium

Bingo is held every Tuesday evening in the au-ditorium starting at 7:30 PM. Early bird is at 7:15 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA PRESENTATION

The Fatima Presentation which was original-ly scheduled for Saturday, October 20th, has been changed to Saturday, October 27th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the auditorium. All are invited to be inspired by the messag-es of Fatima, which are unfolding now. Come and listen to Our Lady’s peace plan for humanity. Video clips of the “Miracle of the Sun” and other apparitions will be show. Free will literature and brown scapulars and more will be available. Refreshments will be served following the presentation.

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ALL SAINTS DAY Thursday, November 1st, is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation. Masses will be cele-brated on Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM and on Thursday at 6:45, 8:30, 11:30 and 7:30 PM.

ALL SOULS DAY Friday, November 2nd , is All Souls Day. It is our tradition to place the All Souls enve-lopes with the names of deceased parishion-ers and family members on the altar for the month of November. There are envelopes in your regular monthly packet for your use and also in the vestibule of the church. We will have the Triduum of Masses for the de-ceased on Monday, November 5th through Wednesday, November 7th at the 8:30 AM Masses. Also, on All Souls Day at the 11:30 AM Mass, all the names of those who have passed away this year from our parish will be read. Please join us at this Mass as we re-member our loved ones.

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

Anthony Guida

Veronica O’Keefe

Keith Alaimo Paul Alaimo Sr. Joseph Bisking Joan Boragi Chris & Cookie Bradshaw Judy Bunting Christopher Buono Madeline Buonpane Mary Campitelli Marietta Canning Marty Casey Nick Castagna Grace Castelao Gianna Cerullo Monica Cipriani John Colella Michael Coleman Anna DiCamillo Donato DiCamillo Teresa Deegan Andrew DiPadova Mary Driscoll Russell Dunn Joseph Elia Pietrina Emro Charles Faberzak Dorothy Fleming Danny Fortunato Mary Gallart Aniel Garcia Phyllis Golding Harry Guarnieri Josephine Guarnieri Emily Harris Rosemary Hennessey Cheryl Houss Helen Istico Colleen Kaplan Gary & Harriette Kaye Jeannette Castelao Keane Amanda Lavoro Loretta Lecce Elizabeth Linton Anthony Locicero Jr. Linda LoCocero

Diego Lopez Annette Luzzi Helen Mahon Lauren Marie Barbara Marino Jim McKenna James McGill Anna Miele Gennaro Musto Virginia Novaro Helen O’Brien Eileen O’Neill Rita Paragone Mary Parnell Kristina Patafio Christian Pepo Diane Petraglia (McKenna) Pasquale Petrucci Eileen Raineri Ella Reilly James Rezac MaryAnn Rezac Lee Rhatigan Marilyn Rossano Jeanine Russo Rose Russo Dorothy Sabatell Grace Salerno Vincent Santore Geoffrey Schaller Dolores & Tony Sclafani Anthony Scocco Jerry Scotti Howard Shock Howard Shock, Jr. Maryann Sparano Marie Starita Ann Van Houten Herb Van Houten Fred Volk Christopher Wandy Sara Weiss Norm Zuniga

MARRIAGE BANNS We Celebrate

We ask the family of St. Charles to pray for the following couples who will receive the Sacrament of Marriage

Colleen Fitzgerald & John Galbo Christina Smith & Joseph Labrit

Gina Lopez & Frank Cipriani Caitlin Guzzi & Nicholas Macaluso

FORMED.ORG Take advantage of this wonderful website of-fered by the Archdiocese of New York. Our parish code for logging in is XQ43Q3. A highly acclaimed series called Presence is available. Following is a description of the series: What is it that is so special about the Eucharist? Although the Eucharist appears to be simple bread and wine, it is actually the “source and summit” of the Christian life. Presence: The Mys-tery of the Eucharist explores the truth and beau-ty of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist, from its origins in Sacred Scripture, to its pro-found role in the life of the Church and her members. It is the crescendo of the entire story of salvation. 6

PARISH NEWS

SETON FOUNDATION This weekend representatives from the Seton Foundation for Learning, a program for devel-opmentally disabled children and young adults ages 3 to 21 years, will be selling raffle tickets for $5,000 cash at the doors of the church. Tickets are $10.00 each or 3 for $25.00. Please support this very worthy program.

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BBQ FOR VETERANS Hearing our Heroes is an organization founded and run by students at Msgr. Farrell High School. They aim to assist local veterans and thank them for their service. In doing so, we re-mind our members and others how much our brave veterans sacrificed to protect the blessings of liberty. To celebrate and honor our service-men and women, past and present, Msgr. Farrell will host a barbeque on Sunday, October 28 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Msgr. Farrell High School Gym. Cost is FREE to all who RSVP by October 18th and $5.00 per person after October 18th and at the door. This price includes food, dessert, beer, soda, water and entertainment. For more information, call Matthew at 917-932-4266 or Will at 917-524-4251 or email lor4men@aol.com.

VIGIL FOR ELECTIONS On the evening of Monday, November 5th, an all night prayer vigil will be held at St. Charles Church. It will begin at 7:00 PM with a Mass. The main celebrant will be Bishop John O’Hara. The Mass will be offered to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that the result of the elections will be in accord with His Most Holy Will. Following the Mass there will be a solemn Eucharistic Proces-sion accompanied by sacred music. After the monstrance is placed on the altar, there will be prayers to the Sacred Heart. Then the all night prayer vigil begins. It will end with a 5:00 AM Mass on Tuesday, Election Day, to the Immacu-late Heart of Mary with the main celebrant be-ing Fr. Jerome. Contact Deacon Steve if you would like to do an hour (8:00 PM through 4:00 AM) in the church for this vigil.

SRS. OF ST. DOMINIC The Sisters of St. Dominic thank you for your support of their annual bazaar raffles. The grand prize winners are:

$3,000.00 - Kevin Swayne, Mahopac, NY $1,500.00 - Ronnie Roche, Pearl River, NY

$500.00 - Tom Rippstein, Pleaseantville, NY

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GOD FRIENDED ME… Recently I heard about a new TV show on CBS this Fall. The TV show has in interesting title: ”God Friended me.” It’s a humorous drama starring Brandon Michael Hall as an outspoken atheist whose life is completely turned upside down when he receives a friend request from God on Facebook. By confirming the friend request, he becomes an agent of positive change in the lives of people all around him. I watched the pilot for the TV show and while not a specifically “religious” show, it does present faith in God in a reasonable and balanced way. The truth is that all of us have been “Friended by God.” The concept is not new! In Saint John’s gos-pel Jesus tells us: “I do not call you slaves any longer; instead, I call you friends.” To be a friend of God is the greatest invitation that can be offered to us in this life. On social media sites such as Facebook, a person can have many virtual ‘friends.” Some of them may not really be “friends” in the actual sense of the word, but just acquaintances we have met through the years. Some of my “friends” on Facebook I have never met personally! A friend request is sent and all you have to do is confirm or delete. Of course, God does not communicate to us over Facebook but through “Faithbook.” When we read and pray over the scriptures, we can discover as an old hymn once put it, “What a friend we have in Jesus!” Some of the qualities that a good friend would possess would be loyalty, honesty, being trustworthy and un-derstanding. The Lord is our friend par excellence and He exemplifies all those qualities. Jesus descended to this earth taking our human condition and relating to us in every way possible ex-cept for sin. He did this out of great love for all of us who had gone astray. To quote Saint John’s gospel again, “greater love than this no man has than he lay down his life for a friend.” Through the sacrifice of Christ, all of us who were once at enmity with God have been truly friended, In Baptism, we have all been called by Christ to the life of the spirit and grace. However, some of us do not respond positively to that invitation. We ignore God’s friend request and immerse ourselves in worldly and material things which are more tangible to us. There is a famous painting of Jesus titled, “Christ the Light of the World.” The artist was an Englishman by the name of Holman Hunt. The painting depicts Jesus Christ, lantern in hand, knocking at a door. When the painting was first exhibited, people praised it as a true work of art. However, somebody raised a criticism. The criticism? There was no handle on the door! Hunt ex-plained the reason for its absence. “The door,” he said, “represents the human heart and that can only be opened up from the inside!” How true. If we keep the door shut to Jesus there is no way he can enter in. So let’s open the door to Jesus. The classic book The Imitation of Christ reminds us: “You cannot live well without a friend and if Je-sus is not your friend above all, you will be very sad and desolate.” We all need friends in this life and the love and friendship of God is something that we should cultivate and not lose. By our prayer, attendance at Mass and our living a moral life, may we prove that we are really his true friends! Sincerely in Christ, Father Jerome 10