CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES

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

JUNE 7, 2020 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

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

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

8:30, 12:00 and 7:30 PM

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LITURGY CORNER MONDAY – JUNE 8 8:30 - Thomas J. Sheridan—Mem. 12:00 - Peter Mulroy —Mem. TUESDAY - JUNE 9 8:30 - John C. Somerville—Mem. 12:00—Susan Noonan—Mem. WEDNESDAY - JUNE 10 8:30—Anthony Starita—Mem. 12:00—Nina Savaglia—Mem. THURSDAY—JUNE 11 8:30—Rose Pasquariello—Ann. 12:00—Maria & Joseph Caruso—Mem. FRIDAY—JUNE 12 8:30—Family of Baby Lily Jo Jurgens—Mem. 12:00—Mario Rotondo, Frank & Rosa Marzella SATURDAY - JUNE 13 8:30—Charles Riordan Family—Mem. 4:00—Anthony A LoGatto—Ann. 5:30—Anthony & Lillie Tozzi—Mem. SUNDAY - JUNE 14 8:15—Richard DiFilippo—Mem. 9:30—Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45—Florence & James McDonald —Mem. 12:00—Mary M. Failla—Ann. 1:15—Mario Tatulli—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 - April 15 at 7:30 PM; rectory

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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Creating a Sacred Space We feel sorrow about not being able to gather together for Mass. During this time as we con-sider the health of our community, we keep vigil together from our homes. Though we are apart for now, we recommend that we all set an intention this weekend to prepare to receive Christ into our homes so that we can worship Him there. We are excited to gather with you digitally through our livestream of the Mass on Facebook. Let us remember that the Church teaches that our families’ homes are the Domes-tic Church. “The Church is nothing other that ‘the family of God.’ From the beginning, the core of the Church was often made of those who had become believers ‘together with all their househould’.” This means that St. Charles is built up of many churches because each of your homes is a Domestic Church. So let’s make our homes sacred spaces and soon we will be back in our church building, St. Charles.

Morning Offering O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sac-rifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month. Amen.

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

Herb VanHouten Amalia Rosario

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 3: 16-18

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not be-lieved in the name of the only Son of God.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Isaiah 54: 10 Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace by shaken, says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

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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 first and fourth Tuesdays from 11—1 (July 14th and 21st). 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. Suggested 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 rectory 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

PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART…. The above title was a song that was recorded by Jackie DeShannon way back in the late 1960’s. For some reason the tune, which I had not heard in several years, popped into my head last week. You see, I was listening to all the bad news about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As you already know, Floyd was the black man who died at the hands of one police officer’s brutal and inhumane treatment after his arrest. The aftermath of this incident brought a flood of violence in cities all across the nation, in-cluding our own. Stores and buildings have been burned, including one police station. Remember, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, the head of the civil rights movement in this country who champi-oned non violent protests. He certainly would be appalled at what I saw on television the other night. The protestors have every right to be angry but not a right to destroy. America was once a nation directed by Judaeo-Christian principles. Not any longer. When freedom is equated with licence and the ability to do whatever you please, then we are in real trou-ble in this country. As Catholics and as Christians, we follow the teachings of Christ who preached love of neighbor and peace. The night Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, one of the Lord’s apostles, Peter, took a sword and began to swing it about violently. He cut off the ear of the high priests’ servant. Jesus healed the man and said to his apostles: “Those who take the sword perish by the sword.” What that means is that violence begets violence and this is what exactly is occurring as I write this article. The Christian way is different. We are called to love all people and to practice charity. That is not easy at times when mercy, compassion and kindness are considered as weaknesses. On the local scene, there was evidence of that right here on Staten Island a few weeks ago. A woman, not wearing a mask was cursed at and berated by people at a local Shoprite. Again, it was not right for her to enter a store without a mask, but the reaction was horrible and verbally violent. Christians are supposed to be like Christ, and as the song says, to “put a little love” in our hearts! Where can we discover that love? We find it, of course, in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The beautiful month of June that we have now entered is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. That big red heart is always the symbol of love. But the Sacred Heart of Jesus is just a bit different. The Heart of our Lord as St. Margaret Mary described it in her revelations was pierced sur-rounded by thorns and capped with flame and cross. That heart exemplifies love in the face of ex-treme suffering. For instance, when Jesus was insulted, he did not offer an insult in return. When he was made to suffer, he did not counter with threats. Rather, the love of his compassionate heart led him to forgive those who had perpetrated terrible violence and injustice against him. In the situations of our own lives, we need to love the way Jesus did. Let’s remember that the Sacred Heart of Jesus is ever present in the tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament. We can come to him and ask him as God, “To put a little love in our hearts...and the world will be a better place-for you and for me-just wait and see!” Sincerely in Christ, Fr. Jerome

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