st. matthew parish...his reflection to be viewed by the world. the freedom to be god’s reflection...
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JUNE 30, 2019 ♥ THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St. Gregory the Great
224 Brooklyn Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel 718- 773-0100
Fax 718- 773-4198
Email: [email protected]
Mass Schedule:
Mon. –Fri 8:30am; Sat.Vigil-5pm
Sunday 11:30am
Saturday: Reconciliation-4:00 pm
Office Staff
Secretary: Rosanne Barber Ext.100
D.R.E: Monica Flemmings
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
Saint Gregory the Great
Catholic Academy
Spiritual & Academic Excellence
2520 Church Ave.
Brooklyn N.Y.11226
Tel 718-282-2770;
Fax 718-774-3332
Principal: Mr. Rudolph Cyrus
St. Matthew
1123 Eastern Pkwy.,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel 718- 774-6747;
Fax 718- 953-4895
Email: [email protected]
Mass Schedule:
Monday-Friday 7:30am &
9:00am
Saturday 8:00am & 8:00pm
Saturday: Reconciliation-7:30 pm
or by appointment
Sunday:
English-7:30am & 11:30am
Spanish 9:30am; Kreyol 1:30pm
Office Staff
Secretary: Sharon Andrews
D.R.E.: Clare McCallan
Office Hours:
Monday:9:30am-4:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday:
9:30am-7:00pm
Thursday: 9:30am-9:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am-7:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am-4:00pm
Our Lady Of Charity
1669 Dean St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel 718- 774-5100;
Fax 718- 778-3335
Email: [email protected]
Mass Schedule:
Sunday: Rosary 9:00am
9:30am-Praise & Worship
10am-Mass
Office Staff:
Secretary: Patricia Romain
D.R.E.: Ethel Andoh-Menson
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday:10am-6pm
Catholic Cemeteries–
80-01 Metropolitan Ave.
Middle Village, NY 11379
Tel:718 – 894-4888
Pastoral Staff Pastor
Fr. Frank Black
In Residence Bishop Guy Sansaricq
Priests
Fr. Jean–Augustin
Francois
Fr. Juan Luxama
Fr. Apollinaris Anyomi
Deacons
Roy George
Nickie Colon
Website: www.stmatthewrc.org
St. Matthew Parish
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Freedom There are so may others, be they canonized saints, or members of your own families, and many of you who
are continually at your best because you are al-ways giving to others. If at any time in our lives others can see Christ in us, even if it is only a glimpse, then we
are free, free to be who God meant us to be.
We cannot let our freedom be destroyed by li-
centiousness. This is what St. Paul is speaking about in the second reading. We cannot allow anything to keep us from being our best. When we confuse freedom with licentiousness, we bind ourselves to our sins. For ex-ample, a wild bachelor may think he is free to use girls
as he sees fit. But he renders himself incapable of form-ing a relationship with a woman as a person who can
lead him to God and whom he could lead to God in the sacrament of marriage. Many young girls make the
same terrible mistake, living loose and then being inca-pable of making a lasting commitment. How many peo-ple are chained by their sins! They embraced a sinful
life to spite others, to exercise in what they thought would be freedom. Instead, they ended up incapable of
being themselves.
Jesus Christ sets us free. We need to treasure
this freedom. We need to treasure our lives in Him. But this takes courage. This takes determination. We can-
not just say we are Christian. We have to be deter-mined to live the Christian life. Think of Elisha in today’s first reading. He was so determined to heed God’s call and follow Elijah that he slaughtered his twelve head of oxen and burned their yokes. There would be no turn-
ing back. We can have that determination. We can conquer anything that is holding us back from being our best selves. Like Jesus in today’s Gospel, we can set
our faces like flint towards Jerusalem to do whatever the Father’s will is for us. We can be our best selves. We men can be Men of God. You ladies can be Women of
God.
We seek the grace, the wisdom and the courage
to be whom God calls us to be.
We seek freedom.
We are wrong if we define freedom as the ability to do whatever we want without having to bend to any sort of authority. All societies demand authority, whether that is the society of the family, where the good of the mar-riage determines the actions of the spouses, where the parents guide, or civil society where respect for others and their property determines what we can and cannot do, or the society of God, where our reverence for the
Lord motivates our actions.
The Christian defines freedom in a different way. For the Christian, freedom is the ability to be the unique person that God created each of us to be. We all know this and experience this. We are at our happiest when we are at our best. Yes, we have responsibilities, and, yes, we have authority over us, but this does not limit our freedom. Our freedom comes from being our best
selves.
Francesca Battistelli, one of my favorite contem-porary Christian songwriters, wrote a wonderful song expressing this: She goes back to her youth and real-ized that she may have thought that she had the world
figured out, but needed God to understand it. She comes to the conclusion:
Sometimes I believe that I can do anything
Yet other times I think I've got nothing good to bring
But You look at my heart and You tell me That I've got all You seek,
Perfection is my enemy
And on my own I'm so clumsy But on Your shoulders I can see
I'm free to be me and You're free to be You. ©CCLI License #2368115
And that is where freedom leads us. When we are free to be our true selves as God created us, then we allow
His reflection to be viewed by the world.
The freedom to be God’s reflection to the world is what gave Maximilian Kolbe freedom as he sat in the starva-tion cell of Auschwitz. You know his story, but you may
not realize that he was a respected spiritual writer, a leader of the Marian movement as well as a Franciscan
missionary founding monasteries in Japan and In-dia. He returned to his native Poland where he helped
shelter thousands of Jews. The Nazi’s caught up to him and sent him to the concentration camp. When a pris-
oner escaped, ten others were chosen to die. One man, Francizek Gajowniczeek cried “My wife, my children.”
Fr. Kolbe said, “Take me instead.” No greater love. He was imprisoned, he suffered, and yet he was free. The world saw Christ on the Cross in a unique way through
St. Maximillian Kolbe.
BREAD & WINE, CANDLE, BLESSINGS MASS INTENTIONS
ST. MATTHEW: MASS INTENTIONS
Spiritual, mental emotional & physical
healing for my children
Saturday June 29
8:00pm– Wedding anniversary blessings for Simone & Anthony
Lambert by Cita Ferguson
Sunday June 30
7:30am– Birthday blessings Arlene Houk by Floe Patrick
9:30am– In loving memory of Naomi Kaybee by son, Ricardo Kaybee
11:30am– Birthday blessings for Ambrosine Murray by Paula Jules &
family
1:30pm– B’day blessings Nicolas H. Desdunes by grandma, Yolette
Desdunes
Monday July 1
7:30am– God’s healing blood on Juliet, Keetha & the whole family
9:00am– Healing & blessings for the people of the United States
Tuesday July 2
7:30am– For the families of Marva, Althea & the whole world by Marva
Forde
9:00am– B’day blessings Kaleecia L. Desdunes by grandma, Yolette
Desdunes
Wednesday July 3
7:30am– Blessings for a breakthrough by Desiree St. Jules
9:00am– Thanksgiving & B’day blessings Lyndon Williams by
grandmother, Juliet
Thursday July 4
10:00am– In loving memory of Doris Kennedy by Claret Haynes
Friday July 5
7:30am– God’s healing blood on Sister Anna
9:00am– Healing for Fr. Andy
Saturday July 6
8:00am– In loving memory of Deacon Florencio Cruz by wife & family
WEEKLY READINGS
OUR LADY OF CHARITY: MASS INTENTIONS
Sun June 30 1 Kgs19,16,19-21 / Gal 5:1,13-18 Lk 9:51-62
Mon July 1 Gn 18:16–33/ Mt 8:18-22
Tue July 2 Gn 19:15–29 / Mt 8:23-27
Wed July 3 Eph 2:19-22 / Jn 20:24--29
Thu July 4 Gn 22:1-19 / Mt 9:1–8
Fri July 5 Gn 23:1-4,19,24:1-8,62-67 / Mt 9:9-13
Sat July 6 Gn 27:1-5,15-29 / Mt 9:14–17
BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS : Kim Robinson, Carol Dufresne, Dashaun Mc Mullian, Loyce Williams, Lindi Bobb, Phyllis Smith, Tyla Lloyd , Malach Chillious, John Spellman IV, Sandra Charity Jackson, Diana Baptist, Joy Bowen, Jahlee Gardin, Terrace Chillious, Randy Cox, Vita Dowers, Louis
Leysath Jr., Brain Lawrence,
We pray to the Lord.
TODAY’S MASS :
Wedding anniversary for Vaughn & Florence Haynes,
We pray to the Lord.
BREAD & WINE : Bread and Wine for the month of
June is donated by Florence & Vaughn Haynes,
We pray to the Lord.
WEDDING ANNVERSARIES :
For married couples
We pray to the Lord
PARISH PRAYER: For our parish, that the three
communities of St. Matthew, St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Charity, learn how to merge and grow together spiritually and become financially
sound as three and yet one, We pray to the Lord.
MASS INTENTIONS @ ST. GREGORY CANDLE: JUNE 30– JULY 6
Saturday,
June 29th
5 PM Mass for Charles Christian, R.I.P., Requested by
The Disciples In Mission
Sunday,
June 30th
11:30 AM Mass In Thanksgiving For Ashley Jack, Requested by
The Family
First Satur-
day
July 6th
5 PM Vigil Mass In Thanksgiving for Stephen Jack and Hugh & Margaret
Theodore, Requested by The Family
WEEKLY MEETINGS REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS
For the homebound, hospitalized and sick
Komi Adjakey, Carmen Allen, Armelle Amilcar,Lizzie Anderson, Melona Barber, Monica Belfon, Michelle
Bertrand, Patricia Bowen, Silvestre Brathwaite, Ismay Brewster, Paulita Caberra, Yolande Cadet, Delcia Charles, Jemma Christian, Enide Clarke,
Maurice Earl Cunningham, Mother Veronica Dale, Shirley Daniels, Calvert Davis, Polly Davis, Catherine
DeLeon, Eulalia Diaz, Stella Emmanuel, Mother Carrie Frasier, Cynthia Gairy, John Gale, Nelida
Gavrilon, Muriel Gomez, Trina Gonzalez, Jose Guer-rero, Zita Hamilton, Gwendolyn Harding, Joan Hud-son, Danielle Huie, Enid Huntley, Janice Hutchings,
Kerlyne Hyppolite, Serge Jabouin, Marie Rose Jabouin, Fernando James, Ian Kellman, Albert
Kirton, Peter Kirton, Deacon James Lacy, Kanelle Lang, Percival Lewis, Rhoda Lewis, Sampson Lewis, Luis Manuel Lorenzo, Madelin Lorenzo, Norberto Lov-
ell, Jean Lubin, Barbara Manuel, Mother Virginia Marcellin,
Judith Matthew, Mother Pearl Matthews, Leticia McDowell, Vernita McDowell, , Kerry Mills, Isai
Munoz, Marta Munoz, Nelson Munoz, Suzanna Neil, Mother Dolores Olff, Ronaldo Nano Paul, Chung
Peters, Marie Pierre, Sonia Prescot, Dorothy Irons Reid, Catherine Richards, Carl Roberts, Carlos Rudas, Rita Salandy, Elizabeth Sampson, Lidia Saunders, Rachael Saunders, Lisa Scott, Carl
Serrette, Frances Smith, Pamela Smith, Pema Smith, Lisa Scott Spencer, Javier Talango, Angela Thomas, Cynthia Thomas, Edris Thomas, Irvine Thomas, Ethel Thompson, Mother Margaret Thompson, Lyonette
Tribie, Janet Throne, Carmen Valentine, Martel Vendryes, Elodia Zuniga,
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR : Monica Belfon, Cecil Bowen, Wynscome Slocombe , Vernice Chambers , Fr. Black, Clarice Brouet, Yolande, Taveri & Logan
Cadore , Keddie Theodule, Gwendolyn White, Chelon & Criston Edgehill, Damien Thomas, Hesketh Tonge, Shennel Noel, Nathan Ford Sr.,Ethel Andoh–
Menson, Patricia Alexander, Komi Adjakey, Chuny Peters,Mc Nabb, Marshall, Griffith , Wilman ,Williams and Auguste families , all families represented here
today.
All students, teachers and principals, President Donald Trump & family, our Government, prayers and petitions in our prayer basket, for the all Priest
especially those who serve here at Charity, Religious Vocations, and an increase in Religious Vocations, all men and women serving our country, the elders,
all who are incarcerated, and unexpressed prayers, for immigrants, the DACA program, the mentally sick,
and for world peace, We pray to the Lord.
WEEK OF SUNDAY 06/30/19 @ ST. GREGORY + 9:30 PM Sunday School Classes
+ 10 AM Rehearsal – Senior Choir
+ After Mass HOSPITALITY hosted by Parent Support
Group – Rectory basement
+1 PM Liturgy Planning
+ After Mass – Procession to Brower Park
+ CREDIT UNION & GIFT SHOP OPEN
MONDAY 07/01/19
+ NO Choir Rehearsal-CLOSED until September
TUESDAY 07/02/19
+ NO Bible Study CLOSED until September
WEDNESDAY 07/03/19
+7 PM – ARISE Prayer Group Creole - Antonio Sultan
+ 7 PM– ARISE Prayer Group English -Carolyn Jack
THURSDAY 07/04/19 –OFFICE CLOSED
+ NO Senior Bible Study & ARISE with Dolores Sykes
FIRST FRIDAY 07/05/19 –OFFICE CLOSED + 10AM Mass with Eucharistic Adoration – Chapel
SATURDAY 07/06/19
+ 4 PM Rehearsal – Vigil Choir
+ After Mass Light Fest Prayer Group - Church
WEEK OF SUNDAY 06/30/19 @ ST. MATTHEW + 11:45am Legion nidi de la Presentation
+ 1:30pm Youth Ministry
MONDAY 07/01/19
+ 7:00 pm Narcotics Anonymous
+ 7:00pm Haitian Charismatic Prayer Group
TUESDAY 07/02/19
+ 7:00pm BIBLE CLASS
WEDNESDAY 07/03/19
+ 11am– NO Senior Group
FRIDAY 07/05/19
+ 7pm– Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group
SATURDAY 07/06/19
+ 4pm-Youth Choir Rehearsal
+4:15pm-Haitian Legion of Mary
OUR LADY OF CHARITY
+ 1st, 2nd & 3rd, Mondays A .A Group 6pm—9pm
+ 3rd Tuesdays 7pm
Liturgy Meeting 7pm
AA Group 6pm-9pm
Thursdays A. A. Group 6pm —9pm
NO Praise & Worship Team 7pm
+ Fridays -Feather Men 5pm
2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays
Bible & Culture 10am—noon
+ Every Saturday Prayer Group 8 am-10
2nd & 4th Saturdays Liturgical Dancers
Every Saturday Feathers Meeting 5pm
Every Sunday after Mass- Choir Rehearsal
+ 3rd Sunday-Baptism
+ 1st & 3rd Sunday -Apologetics
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS—ST. MATTHEW
ANOINTING OF THE SICK MASS Will take place on Saturday, July 20th at 11 AM.
You must be Catholic and in a state of grace to receive this sacrament. The deadline for signing up is
Sunday, July 7th. No applications will be accepted after this date. Drivers are needed.
SCHOOL OF RELIGION Registration forms are now available at the doors
of the Church & in the Rectory.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT- $60.00. Deadline- 6/30 Payments for registration received after 6/30 will be
$70.00. Please attach a Copy of Your Child’s Baptism
Certificate, If Not Baptized, Attach a Copy of their Birth Certificate. DEADLINE FOR ALL REGISTRATION IS
AUGUST 31ST, 2019
RECTORY CLOSING The rectory will be closed on Independence Day,
Thursday, July 4th and on Friday, July 5th. We will
reopen on Saturday, July 6th.
HEALING MASS We will have our monthly healing mass in Church on
Thursday, July 11th at 7:30 PM.
1000 HAIL MARY’S The 1000 Hail Mary’s will be recited on Saturday, July
13th in the Chapel starting at 9:30 AM.
BAKE SALE The English Charismatic Prayer Group will have a
bake sale on the weekend of July 13th and 14th.
Proceeds from the sale go towards Fr. Apollo’s
school in Ghana.
CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL DIOCESE OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
If you are interested in going on the trip to the Charismatic conference, in Scranton, there will be a bus leaving from in front of St. Matthew. For more
information please contact Roger St. Louis at 718-395-0358
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS—ST. GREGORY
Please mark your calendar
Our Summer Mass Schedule will be in effect during
the months of July and August, 2019
Saturday Vigil mass remain at 5 PM, but Sunday
Mass will be at 10AM rather than 11:30 AM +++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Saturday, July 13th The Light Fest Prayer Group is
hosting A Pot Luck Dinner in the Rectory Rosary Room after the 5 PM Vigil Mass.
See Catherine Abdullah ++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Saturday, July 20th Haitian Apostolate Gala
Dinner @ Gargiulos Restaurant @ 7 PM to 12 Am at 2911 West 15th St. Brooklyn.
$125 per person Call Michael Jean at 917-691-6502
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wednesday, July 24th Sterling Place
Civic Association Mtg. in the Rectory basement at 6:30 pm.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Friday, August 3rd Sterling Place Civic Assoc. will
host Kids Fun Day on Sterling Place bet. New York & Nostrand Avenues from 10 AM to 6 PM.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Saturday, August 10th MaryKnoll Mission Appeal Sisters will make a presentation at the 5 PM Vigil
Mass ++++++++++++++++++++++++
Notice Change: COME AND ENJOY A DAY OF FAMILY FUN on Saturday, August 10th (Not July 10th)
Bus Ride to Splish Splash in Long Island. Cost $65. BRING YOUR OWN BROWN BAG. Bus will leave
from St. Gregory’s Church at 991 St. Johns Place at 8 AM SHARP! See Ms. Lorna or Quiana Gilkes.
SCHOOL OF RELIGION @ ST. MATTHEW
SACRAMENTS & REGISTRATION
PARISH REGISTRATION
We urge everyone to register in the parish. Any letter concerning sponsorship for the sacraments or
testimonial letters will only be issued to registered parishioners of 6+ months. Please register @ the
rectory, you can fill out the form on the left and bring to the rectory
BAPTISM: .
To have your child baptized in St. Matthew, you must
pick up a list of requirements in the rectory
MARRIAGE:
Marriage sacrament requires a time of spiritual
preparation. Therefore, couples should make ar-
rangements six months to a year before the planned
date, by making an appointment with the parish priest
ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
If you or a loved one is near death or very ill and need
a priest , we encourage you to call the chaplain of the
hospital or call our rectory
PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY
If anyone is interested in joining the Pastoral Care Homebound Ministry please leave your name and
telephone number in the rectory.
RCIA
RCIA stands for RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
OF ADULTS and is composed of a series of sessions
bringing people together to experience the prayer life
of the church as well as learn about its doctrines and
teachings. Using the readings from the Bible which
we hear daily at Mass, the Sacred Liturgy as well as
the Catechism of the Catholic Church, teens and
adults who have not yet done so prepare themselves
to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation &
Holy Eucharist.
RCIA is offered in Spanish, Kreyol & English and
is for people who:
Were baptized in the Catholic Church but have
not received the sacrament of Confirmation,
First Holy Communion or First Confession
Were baptized in another Christian denomination
and wish to join the Catholic Church
Were never baptized & wish to fully worship in the
Catholic Church
Want to know more about what it means to be
Catholic?
The sessions begin in October. If you are interested
in knowing more, please contact the rectory.
School of Religion @ Our Lady of Charity
Registration for school of religion is now closed
School of Religion @ St. Gregory
Registration for Sacrament classes are now
CLOSED. However, there will be ongoing
registration for all Non-Sacramental classes
PARISH REGISTRATION
Adoration in the Chapel: Monday – Friday
After 9:00 am Mass until 12:00 noon. The Divine Mercy is recited during the reposition. There is Benediction every
First Friday at Noon.
Full Name______________________
Address 1_______________________
Address 2________________________
Telephone Number _________________
Email Address ______________________
Were you registered before ____________
If yes, registration # __________
Today’s Date____________________
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
ST. MATTHEW
WHAT IS THE MASS ?
The Mass is the summit of our spiritual life. It unites us as a community of believers who gather to remem-
ber the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
At the beginning of the Mass, we acknowledge our failures and ask for God’s mercy. Then we join
together in offering praise to God.
In the readings and the homily, the Lord reveals him-self to us We see how God has interacted with
human beings throughout history. We see how the Holy Spirit inspires and guides us in our own lives.
In gratitude for all that our gracious and loving God has done for us, we offer ourselves to God. We offer our strengths and weaknesses, our joys, our sorrows. We unite our offering with the one sacrifice that Jesus
made when he died on the cross.
We watch in wonder as bread and wine are trans-formed into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of
Jesus. it is through this sacrifice that Jesus bestows upon us the grace of salvation. We pray together in
the words that Jesus taught us, the Our Father. Then, we share a spiritual meal in communion with one another. We experience the Real Presence of
Jesus. We give thanks for all of the good things that the Lord has done for us.
At the end of Mass we are sent into the world to love and serve the Lord and one another.
Here are some ways that you can participate more
fully in the Mass:
Research the Mass: its history, its substance, and its meaning.
Think about what you are saying as you recite the prayers of the Mass
Be enthusiastic as you speak the words of the responses Sing with your whole heart and soul Pay close attention to the homily Allow yourself to feel a sense of awe during the
Consecration Realize you are receiving the Real Presence of
Jesus during Communion Spend a few moments before you leave Church in
silent meditation and prayer, thinking about what you experienced. Did you experience God’s
presence? In the Eucharist the sacrifice of Christ becomes also the sacrifice of the members of his body. The lives of the faith-ful, their praise, sufferings prayer, and work are united with those of Christ and with his total offering, and so acquire a
new value. ( Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1368)
COLLECTION 06/22 — 06/23
GENERAL WEEKLY EXPENSES—
ST. MATTHEW ;OUR LADY OF
CHARITY AND ST. GREGORY —
$ 27,000.00
Mass
Enve-
lopes
Used
Envelope
Collection
Loose
money Totals
8 PM 58 1,354.00 364.08 1,718.08
7:30 AM 148 3,865.00 384.84 4,249.84
11:00 AM 151 3,141.50 670.67 3,812.17
L.I.R. 14 525.00 — 525.00
TOTAL 371 8,885.50 1,419.59 10,305.09
Mass
Enve-
lopes
Used
Envelope
Collection
Loose
money Totals
5:00 pm 20 568.00 207.54 775.54
11:30AM 40 724.00 437.12 1,161.12
Grand
Total 60 1,292.00 644.66 1,936.66
Mass
Enve-
lopes
Used
Envelope
Collection
Loose
money Total
10am 71 3,185.40 68.00 3,253.40
Free will 7 363.00 — 363.00
Grand
Total 78 3548.40 68.00 3,616.40
ST. GREGORY
OUR LADY OF CHARITY