CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES

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

JANUARY 5, 2020 EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

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 6 8:30 - Vincent Zangari - Ann. 12:00 - Deceased members of the Leoni Family Mem. TUESDAY - JANUARY 7 8:30 - Josephine D’Amico - Mem. 12:00 - Denice LaFemina - Mem. WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 8 8:30 - Mary Agnello - Mem. 12:00 - Joseph P. Santangelo - Mem. THURSDAY - JANUARY 9 8:30 - Connie Ciesla - Mem. 12:00 - Lillian Mattera - Mem. FRIDAY - JANUARY 10 8:30 - May & William Reilly - Mem. 12:00 - Michael Riccio & Marie Fanelli - Mem. SATURDAY - JANUARY 11 8:30 - Joseph & Teresa Santangelo - Mem. 4:00 - Dolores Laieta & Catherine & Frank Griesi - Mem. 5:30 - Jessica Mills - Mem. SUNDAY - JANUARY 12 8:15 - Marion Koerber - Mem. 9:30 - Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45 - Angelina Piacenti - Mem. 12:00 - Anna Perugini - Mem. 1:15 - Wm. Joseph Richards - Mem.

December 22, 2019 December 23, 2018 $11,030.51 $13,232.51

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

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.

January 11 / January 12 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 Thursdays at 7:30 PM; 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 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 6, - January 12, 2020

Monday - January 6 Debs Cheer Practice - 5:00 PM; auditorium Spiritual Direction - 7:30 PM; rectory Tuesday - January 7 Bingo at 7:30 PM; doors open at 6:00 PM; early bird 7:15 PM Baptism Class - 8:00 PM; rectory Wednesday - January 8 Adult Faith Formation - 1:30 PM; rectory Thursday - January 9 Caregivers - 9:30 AM; rectory Varsity Cheer Practice - 4:00 PM; auditorium Debs Cheer Practice - 6:00 PM; auditorium Friday - January 10 Boy Scouts - 7:00 PM; auditorium Saturday - January 11 Biddy Cheer Practice - 8:00 AM; auditorium Sunday - January 12 Family Mass - 9:30 AM; church Baptism - 2:30 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. Bingo will resume on January 7th.

Members of the St. Vin-cent de Paul Society thank you for your gen-erous donations to our food pantry throughout

the year. Because of your support, we were able to distribute over 900 bags of food to the needy in our community.

The 47th ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE AND MARCH FOR LIFE IN WASH-

INGTON, DC The pilgrimage will take place on Friday, January 24, 2020 and we need your help to ensure that New York has a strong presence at the March this year. This will be the first March for Life since the passing of the devas-tating Reproductive Health Act last January. This is an opportunity for us as New Yorkers to make a pilgrimage on behalf of life, pray-ing for our state and our nation. Buses will be traveling to DC from all over the Archdio-cese. For more information and a complete listing of bus departure locations, go to: lifeofficenyc.org/march-for-life. If you can-not attend, consider providing financial as-sistance for a local school so that young peo-ple can experience this inspiring event (contact sr.virginia.joy@archny.org for more information). We also invite you to join us for the Prayer Vigil for Life on January 22nd, the anniversary at St. Patrick’s Cathe-dral. The church has designated January 22nd- the anniversary of Roe v. Wade - as a day of prayer for the protection of the un-born and penance for sins against the dignity of the human person. Wednesday, January 22 - 6:30 PM - Holy Hour with Music; 7:30 PM - Holy Mass celebrated by Timothy Car-dinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 5

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 Daniel Tomasulo

Rosemarie Callahan John Mastromarino

Isabel Wallace Mario Rucci

Maria Bezzina

Keith Alaimo Paul Alaimo Sr. Debbie Bernfeld Denise Scandiglia Bianchi Joseph Biskin Joan Boragi Madeline Buonpane Mary Burke 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 Dorothy Fleming Isabella Gallo Lou Gioia William Grasso Cathy Harris Emily Harris Paula Herbst 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 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 Frank Rienzo Deborah Rossetti Dorothy Sabatell James SanFilippo Dolores & Tony Sclafani Anthony Scocco Jerry Scotti 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 fu-ture 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).

APARTMENT NEEDED A single lady in her 80’s needs a one-bedroom apartment, preferably on the second floor. Leaver your name and number for Deacon Steve at the rectory.

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WELCOME PACKET If you know someone new to your neighborhood, please contact the rectory to obtain a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” packet which includes a welcome letter from Fr. Jerome, a bulletin and a bottle of holy water. In the spirit of hospitality, your new neighbor does not have to be Catholic, we just want to welcome them to the neighbor-hood. We ask that all of you, our parishioners, be the “welcomers”, but if you do not feel comforta-ble visiting a new neighbor, let us know and we will take care of it.

The second collection this weekend will be in sup-port of Catholic Commu-nications and the Catho-lic University of America. Envelopes can be found

in your packet and in the vestibule of the church. Your generosity is very much appreci-ated.

Our next family Mass will be held on Sunday, January 12 at the 9:30 Mass. Please join us for this spe-cial prayer time with the children.

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GORETTI GROUP The Goretti Group invites you on Friday, Janu-ary 10th from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Holy Fami-ly Church, 366 Watchogue Road, as Ethan Mack from World Youth Alliance speaks about the connection between striving for excellence and promoting human dignity. (Ages 18-42 only). All ages are welcome for Mass at 7:30 PM with confessions at 7:00. The talk will follow the Mass at 8:15 PM. There will be a fellowship fol-lowing the event at Jimmy Max Bar/Restaurant on Watchogue Road.

YOUNG ADULT EVENTS Staten Island Theology on Tap will take place on Tuesday, January 14th at 7:30 PM at The Liberty Tavern, 382 Forest Avenue (new location and new day). Do you have unanswered questions about the Church’s teachings? Well you’re in luck! Join us to find out the “WHY” behind the “WHAT”. Bring friends and coworkers and come excited for a great talk while sipping on a fantastic brew! The Archdiocese will be paying for some appetizers. The venue opens at 7:00 PM, but the talk will start closer to 7:30 PM. Our Lady Star of the Sea, 5411 Amboy Road will host the Staten Island Young Adult Night Eucha-ristic Adoration with live praise and worship music on Saturday, January 18th at 7:30 PM. Young adults in their 20s and 30s are invited. Confessions will be available. The night well end with a social with wine, snacks and fellowship. For more information, all 646-794-3159 or email Kaitlyn.colgan@archny.org.

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SAINTS FOR THE “AINT’S” It happened just a few weeks ago during the last days leading up to the Christmas holiday. I was out driving on Richmond Road and a firetruck, siren blaring, pulled right in back of me. Naturally I pulled over to the right lane to let the firefighters go by. However, as I attempted to get back into traffic, I was “cut off” as they say, by a young man who loudly beeped his horn and got ahead of me. As we both stopped at the light, I then said something I shouldn’t have to this young man. It was not a “dirty word” but not nice at all. The young driver responded with a bad word and started screaming at me. There were some friends of his sitting in the back seat. One turned to me and said shaking his head, “I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” Now I don’t know if he meant that remark for his friend or for me as a “man of the cloth.” After I calmed down, I realized what a poor example I set as a Catholic and more importantly as a priest. Perhaps something like that has happened to you driving on Staten Island! Followers of Christ are meant to be different; in fact we need to be above the common denominator. The writer G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “The best argument against Christianity is Christians themselves!” Certainly that should not be the case. It has often been said that the faith is more often “Caught than taught.” What that means is that most of the time the witness of a sincere, authentic Catholic life speaks volumes to a doubting and unbeliev-ing world. Who were the people who truly took Jesus words seriously and effectively applied them in their own lives? Of course, it was the saints who truly are the heroes and heroines of God. On January 4th, we celebrated the feast of a saint by the name of Elizabeth Ann Seton. Perhaps you might have heard of her. She is a “local” saint as well, having lived here in New York City and for a time right on Staten Island. Mother Seton as she was later called, really was converted to the faith by the power of a good example. Born Elizabeth Bayley in 1774 of a distinguished Episcopalian family, her father was for a time the Rector of Saint Andrew’s Church in Richmondtown. When Elizabeth was nineteen years old, she married William Seton a prominent New York City busi-nessman. When her husband became ill with Yellow Fever, the family went to Italy in hopes that the warm-er climate would be healthier. During her stay there, Elizabeth Seton witnessed the power of a good Catho-lic example. After her husband died, she stayed with a family-the Filicchi’s who were very devout Catholics. Elizabeth was so impressed by their prayer, devotion to the Holy Eucharist and charity. On March 14, 1805, she was received into the Catholic Church at Saint Peter’s in lower Manhattan. The rest, as they say, is “History.” She established the first Catholic school in Baltimore in 1808. The next year Mother Seton founded a religious community in Emmitsburg, Maryland that became known as the Sis-ters of Charity. The Sisters of Charity are still with us today and that order still does a tremendous of good work here in the Archdiocese today. In the life of Mother Seton, we can really see the good that one person can do when they are motivat-ed by the ideals of Jesus Christ in the gospel. Thank God we have the example of the saints who inspire us and teach us that we can “be more” and “do more” as Catholics! As saints we are often the “aint’s!” But may the good example of Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton inspire us this week. Sincerely in Christ, Father Jerome 10