CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES

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

JANUARY 26, 2020 THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Louis R. Jerome Parochial Vicar Fr. Stefan Chanas Fr. Ruwandana Mendis 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 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 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 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 6:45, 8:30, 12:00 and 7:30 PM

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LITURGY CORNER MONDAY – JANUARY 27 8:30 - Anthony, Mary, & Annette Battista - Mem. 12:00 - Shamsunder - Ann. TUESDAY - JANUARY 28 8:30 - Deceased Members of D’Atri & Flanagan Family - Mem. 12:00 - Mary Ann Tobon - Mem. WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 29 8:30 - Anne & Frank Dente - Mem. 12:00 - John Gabriel - Ann. THURSDAY - JANUARY 30 8:30 - Angelina Riccardelli - Mem. 12:00 - Helen Nicita - Mem. FRIDAY - JANUARY 31 8:30 - Frank & Agnes Ferrara - Mem. 12:00 - Mary Ann Tobon - Mem. SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 1 8:30 - Craig Ferrari - Mem. 4:00 - James Kelly - Mem. 5:30 - Peter Castello - Mem. SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 2 8:15 - Salvatore Cento - Mem. 9:30 - Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45 - Anthony Mazzella - Mem. 12:00 - Jim Cantale - Mem. 1:15 - William Guli - Mem.

January 12, 2020 January 13, 2019 $10,884.51 $10,568.51

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

The Wine & Hosts for the week of January 26th - February 1st, 2020 are offered in loving memory of Ann Kreseski at the request of Pat & Elena Garone. 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.

February 1 / February 2 Mass Schedule 4:00 PM - 10:45 - 5:30 PM - 12:00 - 8:15 AM - 1:15 - 9:30 AM -

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: Wednesday 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 -

WEEKLY COFFEE HOUR Coffee and donuts will be served following the 9:30 Mass.

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

January 27, - February 2, 2020

Monday - January 27 Debs Cheer Practice - 5:00 PM; auditorium Spiritual Direction - 7:30 PM; rectory Tuesday - January 28 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 7:15 PM Wednesday - January 29 Adult Faith Formation - 1:30 PM; rectory Thursday - January 30 Caregivers - 9:30 AM; rectory Varsity Cheer Practice - 4:00 PM; auditorium Debs Cheer Practice - 6:00 PM; auditorium Friday - January 31 Boy Scouts - 7:00 PM; auditorium Goretti Group - 7:00 PM; rectory Saturday - February 1 Biddy Cheer Practice - 8:00 AM; auditorium Mother/Daughter Dance - 10:00 AM Sunday - February 2 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.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE STATEN ISLAND

Join us from Wednesday, February 26th until Sunday, April 5th - 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM at SI University Hospital North. A kick-off Mass and gathering at St. Charles will take place on Sunday, February 23rd at 1:15 with Bish-op O’Hara as main celebrant. A rally will follow in the auditorium from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. This is a 40-day campaign of peace-ful, prayerful presence that aims to end abor-tion in our community by changing hearts and minds. For more information email 40daysSI@gmail.com or go to the Facebook page: 40 Days for Life Staten Island.

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St. Charles School will be cel-ebrating Catholic Schools Week from Sunday, January 26th to Saturday, February

1st. The week will kick off with a Staten Is-land Catholic elementary school Mass on Sunday at 9:30 AM at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church. Our school will host a Com-munion breakfast, a Touring Tuesday, a UPK parent event, a kindergarten literary charac-ter day and a St. Charles School Spirit Day. The middle school students will keep Catho-lic School Week journals that focus on the importance of a Catholic education, that con-tain research on the lives of Catholic saints and that contain student-generated poems about their faith. Throughout the week, guest speakers will expound on the theme that Catholic Schools “Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” The week-long celebration will conclude with a school wide Mass with the priests of St. Charles.

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. Debbie Bernfeld Denise Scandiglia Bianchi Joseph Biskin Joan Boragi Madeline Buonpane Jodi Butt Mary Campitelli Lee Canning Marietta Canning Ronald Carrubba Marty Casey Nick Castagna Grace Castelao Father Stefan Chanas Nicholas Christy William Jerome Connors, Jr Angelo Cuomo Elaine Cupak Teresa Deegan Frank Deegan Judy DeSilva Andrew DiPadova Virginia Duffy Joseph Elia Rose Falcone Mary Lou Fiore Dorothy Fleming James Gallagher Isabella Gallo Lou Gioia William Grasso Cathy Harris Emily Harris Paula Herbst Jim Hlavac Cheryl Houss Tony Imperatrice Helen Rinato Istico Daniel Jacobs Ellen James Colleen Kaplan

Jeannette Castelao Keane Rosaria Ladaro Thomas Willam Larson Elizabeth Linton Anthony Locicero Jr. Lissette Lopez Barbara Marino John Marco, Sr. Lauren Marie Virginia McBride Mary McKeever Jeannette Mendes Alfred Merendino Mary Messias Benita Mitchell MaryAnn Mongiello Kelly Ann Morici Peter Morici Steven Morvillo Julian Nierva Christine O’Brien Helen O’Brien Eileen O’Neill Kathy Pappas Rita Paragone Christian Pepo Eileen Raineri Ella Reilly Deborah Rossetti Dorothy Sabatell James SanFilippo Dolores & Tony Sclafani Anthony Scocco Marie Starita Abigail Taylor Jude Riley Taylor Alex Trebek Andrew Varela Theresa Verry Fred Volk Maria Volpe Christopher Wandy

WEDDING MUSIC If you are planning a wedding in the near future and would like to arrange for music, please, call the rectory two months prior to the wedding, and leave a message for Paul Light, our Music Director at (718) 987-2670.

WESHARE

For your convenience, we offer the opportunity to make your envelope payments electronically through WeShare. For more information, go to www.churchgiving.com or a direct link on our website (www.stcharlessi.org). 6

PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION

Next week, we will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection, which provides Pope Francis with the funds to carry out his charitable

works around the world. The proceeds benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of socie-ty, including victims of war, oppression, and disasters. Please be generous. For more infor-mation, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence. En-velopes can be found in your packet or in the vestibule of the church.

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

PLUG INTO THE POWER… Recently I read about some funny signs that made me think. One sign read: “Toilet out of order, please use floor below.” In a London department store: “Bargain basement upstairs.” In a safari park: “Elephants please stay in your cars.” Seen at a conference: “For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is a day care on the first floor.” Notice in a farmer’s field: “The farmer allows walkers to cross the field, but the bull charges.” And this sign on a repair shop door: “We can repair almost anything. (Please knock hard on the door-the bell doesn’t work). All of us rely on signs to provide vital information. A sign represents something other than itself. Smoke is a sign of fire. A red light is a sign of danger. Dark clouds are a sign of rain. A siren is a sign usual-ly of some emergency such as a fire or an accident. A flag is a sign of one’s country. The Lord Jesus has given us certain signs in the church. These signs are the seven sacraments. Recall a definition from the Catechism about what a sacrament is: “an outward sign instituted by Christ that gives us grace.” Grace can be described as God’s life within our souls. The more grace, the better! Each sacrament confers God’s grace in a special way. There are three different categories of sacraments-initiation, healing and service. The initiation sacraments are those of Baptism, Holy Eucharist and Confirmation. The sacraments of healing consist of Penance (Reconciliation) and the Anointing of the Sick. Those sacraments at the service of the community of the Church are Holy Orders and Matrimony. Some sacraments can be received only once-Baptism, Holy Orders and Confirmation. However, there are other sacraments that may be received frequent-ly such as Penance and the Holy Eucharist. Of course, Holy Communion should be received every Sunday if we are in the state of grace. Out of all the sacraments, the Eucharist is the most important one since all the others flow from it. That’s why it’s so important to be “plugged in” to the power of God’s grace that is given to us in Holy Communion by attending Mass each week. Cut off from this power source, the life of our soul will wither and die. In this regard, last year I received an Amazon “Alexa” from one of our parishioners. For the past few months, “Alexa” has been gathering dust because I did not know how to set it up. When it comes to technolo-gy, I am a little backwards! Well, thank God our own Father Mendis came to my rescue by showing me how to operate it. Actually, he needed my iPhone in order to complete the set up. When I handed the phone to him, he said, “But Father, you need to charge this.” Thank G od that at least I knew how to do that! I connected the phone to the charger and everything was ok. Naturally, our phones and other devices need to be connected to a power source in order to function. It’s just common sense. Well, as Catholics we need a strong connection, not the internet but rather to God’s grace which is given abundantly in the Holy Eucharist. It is a great sign of the God’s presence in our world. The Blessed Sacrament fosters union with Christ, destroys sin in our souls, preserves us from serious sin and gives us new life. What can be better than that? After receiving the Eucharist, then we should really be “Other Christs” who are signs of His presence in our world this very day! Sincerely in the Lord, Father Jerome 10