Holy Family R. C. Church9719 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236

Website: www.HolyFamilyCanarsie.org

SERVED BYVERY REV. EDWARD R. P. KANE, PASTOR

Rev. John J. Amann, PERev. Michael McGee

Rev. Yvon-Hector AurelienDeacon Jean Rameau

Director of Spiritual Development: Mr. Brendan EgonuDirector of Music: Mr. Everett Wilson

Mr. Reginald MagloireParish Secretary: Mrs. Lucy DouglasIf you wish to speak privately to a priest,

please call for an appointment.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURSWEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 to 4:30 p.mSATURDAY: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.SUNDAYS: ClosedOther times by appointment only.

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MASSESWEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m.SATURDAYS: 9:00 a.m.; Vigil Mass at 5:00 p.m.SUNDAYS: 8:00, 9:15, (Creole) 11:15 a.m. (Children’sChoir) & 12:45 p.m. (Adult Choir)HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: 9:00, 7:30 p.m.

RECONCILIATION (Confession):SATURDAY: 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. in the Church.WEEKDAYS: in Rectory by appointment

BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the 2nd and 4thSundays in English, 1st Sunday in Creole at 1:45. Parents must make anappointment to see a Priest at the Rectory for an interview, presentation ofchild’s birth certificate, and attend instructions prior to the ceremony. BothGod-Parents must be practicing Catholics.

MARRIAGES: By Diocesan Directives, arrangements must be made atleast six months prior to any marriage commitment by a Parish. For yourconvenience, please phone for an appointment with a Priest.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Urgent calls will be responded to at anytime. Parishioners who through sickness or old age are unable to attendMass should receive Holy Communion once a month at home. It is not fairfor your loved ones if they have to wait until the last minute to receiveGod’s lifegiving Sacraments. Kindly call the Rectory to make arrangementsfor a priest to administer the Sacraments to the Sick

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Holy Hour each First Fridayfollowing the 9 a.m. Mass.

ROSARY DEVOTIONS: Each weekday following the 9 a.m. Mass.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP: Every family in the parish must beproperly registered and every adult should be receiving a monthly set ofenvelopes and use them. Registration of new parishioners should be done atthe Rectory as soon as possible. The registration is our only means ofcertifying anyone as a member of our parish. If you move to another parish,please leave the information also at the Rectory.

Our Lady of Trust School: 718-241-6633Pre-K 3, Pre K 4, Kindergarten to Grade 8Principal: Mrs Arleen Barcia

Spiritual Development Office:Director: Mr. Brendan EgonuOffice Hours: Monday to Thursday - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

PROGRAMS AVAILABLESundays 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 Noon (includes 11:15 Mass)

Religious Education: Time: 9:30a.m. to 12:15p.m. (includes 11:15 Mass)Early Childhood: This group (known as “Little Catholics”) serves childrenbetween the ages of four and five.Elementary Division: this division serves children in grades one throughfive.Middle School Division: This division serves students in grades sixthrough eight and prepares them for the reception of the sacrament ofconfirmation at the completion of their second year.RCIA adapted for Children (preparing older children to receive thesacraments of baptism, Penance, Eucharist & Confirmation)Adult Confirmation Group - As ScheduledRCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult). As scheduled.The RCIA is a process in which men and women are guided and cared foras they awaken in faith and are gradually introduced to the Catholic way oflife.Youth Group: 2nd & 4th Fridays @ 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Mission StatementWe, the Roman Catholic Community of HolyFamily Parish in Canarsie, having been fed andnourished by the Word and Eucharist, strive forunity in our diversity of culture, race andlanguages. We are committed to live ourBaptismal call to Holiness by acknowledging andaffirming the diversity of gifts and talents each ofus brings for the building of Godʼs Kingdom. Asa family we welcome everyone and challengeone another to be sharers of our time, talent andtreasure, so that together we too, as the HolyFamily of Nazareth, will grow in doing Godʼs willhere in our community.

Masses For The Week

Sunday, December 2, 2018 5:00 - Parishioners of Holy Family 8:00 - Parishioners of Holy Family 9:15 - In memory Anne Yolande Cherestal by family 11:15 - Parishioners of Holy Family 12:45 - Parishioners of Holy Family In memory of Robert Joseph Casimir by family In memory of Enid Francis by Simone Francis Healing Prayer to Gregory Philogene by family Monday, December 3, 2018 9:00 - Thanksgiving to St. Elena by Filomena Rosario

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:00 - Deliverance Gregory Philogene by family Wednesday, December 5, 2018 9:00 - B’day Blessings for Jennifer Warrington Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:00 - B’day Blessings for Lance Russell by family Friday, December 7, 2018 9:00 - B’day Blessings for Romulo Devilla by family Saturday, December 8, 2018 9:00 - B’day Bless for Janna & Mark Natividad by Erlinda 5:00 - Parishioners of Holy Family Sunday, December 9, 2018 8:00 - Parishioners of Holy Family 9:15 - In memory of Carmen Touissaint by G. Volmar 11:15 - Thnksgiving to Ethlyne Ferrai by Ferrai family 12:45 - Parishioners of Holy Family B’day Blessings Yubad E. Navas by family In memory of Frank Salvato by Daisy Valenti Parishioners of Holy Family

Sanctuary Candles Birthday Blessings for Jennifer Warrington

In memory of Robert Joseph Cosimir by family In memory of Beautrice Chery by Cordelia Eze

Guidance and Healing for Patricia Joseph by Mom Parishioners of Holy Family

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK of the Parish, our friends and rela-tives particularly Bernadett Morgan Hall, Patricia Jo-seph, Lucy Douglas, Edward Rang, Carmen Cisneros, John Sacerdote, Sam Albano, Salvatore Vega, Marie Ann Joseph, Patricia Nulty, Maureen Greaney, Barbara Dowie, Glenna McIntosh, Pearl Thorne, Patricia Dempsey, Lisa Dinisie ALL THE DECEASED Parishioners and Priests of our Diocese, particularly Bobby Brown, Rachel Arbouet BREAD & WINE for this week’s Masses have been offered :

Parishioners of Holy Family

Thank you to all who helped cooked and served the

Thanksgiving meals that were given out on Thanksgiving

Day. God bless the families who have received these meals.

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Christmas Giving Tree. This year is to benefit preg-nant women and their families served by the Sisters of Life. At Christmas time, we celebrate the gift of the Christ Child and every birth of a child is a renewal of this great gift. This Sisters of Life thank you for helping them to celebrate! The name of an item needed is on each tag on the tree that would benefit the women and children in need. Please take a tag or tags as you are able and return the items unwrapped to the tree in the back of the Church. All items are due back to the parish by Sunday, Decem-ber 9th. Thank you so much for your generosity! The giving tree tags will be on the trees in the back of the Church. * * * * Immaculate Conception is Saturday, December 8th a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be at 9 AM. * * * * Its Popcorn Season! We call first dibs, we all must get a bag. The money raised will go back to the preparation of Holy Family Triduum on December 12th, 13th, 14th, and the Church’s Feast Day on December 29th. So lets celebrate grandiosely for our parish. For more info please contact Patrick 718-930-6006/ Erick 347-737-1474 * * * * Advent Reconciliation Monday is on Monday, Decem-ber 17th. On this special day all the parishes of our dio-ceses will offer the sacrament of Reconciliation from 4PM to 8PM. * * * * Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Jordan & Egypt with Fr. Michael McGee on August 7th through 20th. More info please contact Lucymar 347-410-3102/ Teresita 646-353-3968/ Emma 917-770-0707

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

PARISH FINANCES

Weekly budget $12,500.00

Offertory collection: $9,373.00

December 2, 2018

While We Wait for God

They had to wait for it, and so do we. Advent is the consecration of waiting in our lives.

Human life is full of waiting people wait for trains, buses and planes; they stand in lines at

shops; they sit nervously in dentists’ waiting rooms; they wait in anguish for news of a lost

loved one. They wait for the slow process of healing to take its time; they wait for the birth

of a child. Waiting can be very different in these different situations, according to our

attitude. In an age of “instant” products any delay can be viewed as purely negative, for

“time is money.” Yet some things cannot be skimped or hurried; we have to let them take

the time they need. You can’t make the grass grow by pulling it, as the proverb wisely

warns.

[We often think] of faith as a breakthrough, the leap towards the invitation of the

Lover. But it is not like that all the time. In between those obviously creative moments,

faith can demand long, patient waiting, when nothing seems to be happening, and this is

just as necessary to growth. We sometimes have to go on doing the small, ordinary things,

while we wait for God, as May did while she waited for the birth of Jesus; we have to wait

for his moment, and wait for his work to ripen in ourselves. It may sometimes be more

fruitful in the end if we live with a lingering question, and grow slowly towards wisdom,

than if we find a quick answer partly dictated by our own desires. The waiting changes us,

schools us, teaches us to know God.

* * * * Holy Family Church presents its first annual Holiday Wreath Fundraiser. These memorial wreaths will be inside and outside the church. The red ribbon will have the name of your deceased loved one. At the end of the Christmas Season and the wreaths are ready to be put away for the next year, you will be given the memorial ribbon to keep. These memorial wreaths are first come, first serve. The first 10 parishioners to pay cash and submit the form will get the name of their loved one put on the ribbon. Inside Church wreath $60.00 each. Wreath on the outside of the Church $100.00 Wreath on the outside Rectory door $70.00 For more info please contact Elba or the Rectory Deadline is Sunday, December 16th

The Cluster Food Pantry is available to those of

our parishes who are in need of food. The Pantry

is located in the basement of Our Lady of

Miracles Rectory (757 E. 86th St. Between

Flatlands Ave. & Glenwood Rd.) Entrance

through parking lot, back of rectory. Open from 10:00 AM

to 11:30 AM Saturdays ONLY There is a box in the back of the church for food donations

for the pantry. Please bring non-perishables to church with

you and leave in the back of the church. We will be sure to

send it to Our Lady of Miracles food pantry. The Pantry is

being stocked by volunteers from the cluster parishes.

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Holy Family Bereavement Group

You are invited to join a group that is meant to provide heal-ing for the mind, body and spirit. This group is for all of us who have lost someone or something important in our lives; whether through death or separation. Personal loss may apply to a person, a pet, a job, a house, or anything else that has been lost. We will get together to talk about the loss as well as to do help us process this experience. The bereave-ment group at Holy Family provides a safe and confidential environment for us to develop a supportive network and build coping skills to help us through challenges of grief and loss through our daily lives. The bereavement group will be conducted by Maureen Welsh. Each group will consist of 8-10 members. The group start potentially in March as the group roster is developed. Please call Mrs. Welsh at 718 709-6172 or the Rectory 718 257-4423 to sign-up. The bereave-ment facilitator will contact you in a timely manner.

Ministries: Sister in Spirit every 1st Sunday after 11:15 Mass in chapel Men’s Group: Every 1st Saturday of the month after 5:00 PM Mass Rosary Society: Meets every 3rd Sunday of the month, after the 12:45 PM Mass in the Chapel. English Legion of Mary: Mondays 7:00 PM in Rectory English Prayer Group: Tuesdays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the church Haitian Prayer Group: Wednesdays 7:00 PM- in the church Mother’s Prayer Group Fridays 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the chapel Haitian Legion of Mary Sundays 11:00 AM in the school Choir: Adults English-Thursdays 7:30 PM in Church Haitian– Saturdays 6:00 PM church Children-Sundays after 11:15 AM Mass Chapel Religious Education: For children and adults every Sunday at 9:30 AM. Please call Mr. Brendan at 718 257-8016 for more info. Young Adult Group: 17 yr olds with per-mission, 18-adults. Meet every 2nd & 4th Friday in chapel at 7:00 PM Marian Praise: every Last Sunday of the Month at 7:00 PM in Church.

Upcoming Second Collections

Christmas Flower Offering...December 2nd

Immaculate Conception...December 8th

Catholic Schools...December 16th

Help Catholic Charities...December 25th

Solemnity of Mary...January 1st

Diocesan Mission...January 6th

Fuel Collection...January 13th

My Special Offering...January 20th

Catholic Schools...January 27th

SCRIPTURES FOR THE WEEK For those who wish to pray with the Church each day, we offer a listing of the readings for the Masses of the week:

SUNDAY, December 2, 2018 Jer 33 14-16; 1 Thes 3:12—4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36

MONDAY, December 3, 2018

Is 2:1-5; Mt 8:5-11

TUESDAY, December 4, 2018 Is 11:1-10; Lk 10:21-24

WEDNESDAY, December 5, 2018

Is 25:6-10; Mt 15:29-37

THURSDAY, 6, 2018 Is 26:1-6; Mt 7:21, 24-27

FRIDAY, December 7, 2018

Is 29:17-24; Mt 9:27-31

SATURDAY, December 8, 2018 Gn 3:9-15, 20; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38

SUNDAY, December 9, 2018

Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

MASSES

Saturday, December 22nd

5:00 PM Vigil

Sunday, December 23rd 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM Creole, 11:15 AM & 12:45 PM

Christmas Eve-Monday, Dec. 24th

5PM Vigil 11PM Choir

12AM Midnight Mass

Christmas Day-Tuesday, Dec. 25th 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM Creole, 11:15 AM & 12:45 PM

Saturday, December 29th

5PM Vigil Mass & Parish Celebration of the Feast of the Holy Family

Sunday, Dec. 30th-Feast of the Holy

Family 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM Creole, 11:15 AM & 12:45 PM

Monday, Dec. 31st-New Year’s Eve

5PM Vigil Mass 11PM Prayer Service 12AM Midnight Mass

Tuesday, January 1st-New Year’s Day

(Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God) 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM Creole, 11:15 AM & 12:45 PM

PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE YOUR PARISH ENVELOPES.

If you are a registered parishioners and NOT receiv-ing the envelopes every 2 months, PLEASE call the Rectory. If you do receive the envelopes, PLEASE USE THEM. It is important Your Gift to Your God For proving that you attend church For support of your church For tax purposes. To be a sponsor for Baptism/Confirmation The Diocesan 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal is ongoing for the next 8 months. Our goal is $70,002.00. We are a parish of 1,000 parishioners strong. If we all give from our hearts what we can, we will make or even pass our goal. Any amount over our goal comes back to the parish. If we do not meet the goal, the parish still has to pay the balance to reach the goal. Please help. It is not too late...if you have not pledge or given your one time payment, please ask in church for a form or call the Rectory office.

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL 2018

Goal $70,002.00 —— —$57,161.75 Pledged Paid $41,302.25

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