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December 18, 2016

Dear Santa,

I haven’t written to you in a long time. There isn’t really anything I want for myself. If there is one thing I would ask

from you it is for our young people and children. With everything that is happening in the world they have so many things

to worry about.

So many people feel a sense of dread for the future. There are many reasons for that feeling of dread. Our politi-

cians are acting like civility doesn’t matter. Wars and rumors of war are a constant concern. Terror, hatred and a lack of

trust seem to dominate the news. Dire predictions of our planets weather and climate change are daily news events.

We seldom hear of the many good things our world has to offer and the many people who work for the good of hu-

manity. What I ask of you is something you have always excelled in. Could you include with every gift you deliver a

sense of hope? Not everyday hope, but a hope that allows people to feel that God still loves them. That God walks with

us and that the birth of his son, which we celebrate next week, was and is a sign of humanity that we can overcome our

problems if we only love as he loves us.

I know it’s a tall order. The world likes to drown out the joy of Christmas and replace it with a consumeristic din.

Dear Saint Nicholas, you gave so freely to help those in need and spread the hope which can only be found in Christ.

Bring that sense of hope back to the world this year. As we gather in prayer or with our families for festivities let hope and

love be the gifts we find under our trees and in our hearts. In that hope in love may we all encounter Christ, the child, the

savior, God’s son, our redeemer and our peace.

Thank you,

Brian

MASS IS CELEBRATED EACH MORNING AT 8AM

MONDAY, December 19; MASS AT ST. ANN’S

Reading: Jgs13:2-7,24-25a/Lk1:5-25

SA Par ishioners of St. Char les-St. Ann

TUESDAY, December 20; MASS AT ST. CHARLES

Reading: Is7:10-14/Lk1:26-38

SC Marcosa Infandado by Jasmine

WEDNESDAY, December 21; MASS AT ST. ANN’S

Reading: Sg2:8-14/Lk1:39-45

SA Raymond and Madalyn Palladino by Family

THURSDAY, December 22; MASS AT ST. CHARLES

Reading: 1Sm1:24-28/Lk1:46-56

SC Eugene Keegan by Al and Bunny Giannino

FRIDAY, December 23; MASS AT ST. ANN’S

Reading: Mal3:1-4,23-24/Lk1:57-66

SA John DeJohn by Family

SATURDAY, December 24; Christmas Eve

Reading: Is62:1-5/Acts13:16-17,22-25/Mt1:1-25

4PM SA CHURCH Ed Kearney by Family

4PM SA GYM Baby Shane Tremper by Family

4PM SC CHURCH Tom and Helen Mahany by Family

SUNDAY, December 25; Merry Christmas! Reading: Is52:7-10/Heb1:1-6/Jn1:1-18

SA 8am Paul Russell by Keith and Ter r i Condon

SC 10am Ida Corso by Family

4pm

Sat. 12/24

SA 8:00am

Sun. 12/25

SC 10am

Sun. 12/25

All Christmas Masses are sign up

Next week’s Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Homilist Altar Servers

Bishop Ludden Minister

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Liam Halligan, Matthew Locke, Andrew Ayres, Joseph Perry, Packy

Guy, Andy Bryant, Joseph Coppo, Owen Alberts, Clare Lowery, Dave

Saxton, David Kaminski, Greg Tayntor

Mary Aigeltinger, Sarah Albright, Joseph Bertalli, Jane Benson, Paul

Blais, Susie Bloomer, Art Brzezinski, Jennifer C., Peter Cappuccilli,

Sr., Sophia Grace Castrilli, Larry Chalk, Christopher Clemons, Phil

Corso, Chrissy Crandall, John Danaher, Mary Dooley, Marion

Drozdz, Mary Dunn, Stever Effler, Sr. Paula Jude Egan, Karl Esmark,

Dominic Farrell, Faye Fox, Rosa Froio, Shawn Garland, Carol

Grayson, Bill Gunter, Josh Hildreth, Jeannine Kane, Rita Kisil, Doug

Kloczko, John Krell, Christine LaPage, Rick Lavin, Ginny Lewis,

Maggie Flynn Loney, Ginny Long, Karen Magnarelli, Mary Marcel-

lus, Virginia Martens, Nancy Medicis, Beverly Mersfelder, Marie

Messina, Mary Morley, Richard Morley, James Onacki, Francis

Ostrom, Michele Dubois Payne, Erny Pechilis, Elsie Parsons, Eleanor

Peters, Mary Petro, Ed Popcun, Bob Pray, Edward Purcell, Mary

Roickle, Maureen Robinson, Jane Ross, Josephine Saccone, Tom

Schlueter, Helena Schmidt, Karen Schmidt, Kimberly Schoemann,

Don Schwanke, Annette Sitnik, Mary Stanley, Mark Sunderman, Jane

Sweeney, Veronica Tario, Norma Taylor, Riley Thayer, Makenna

Grace Turner, Bill Upwood, Kathy Volcano, Linda Walker, Angela

Weeks, Mary Jo Weinheimer, Peg Welch, Rich Worden,

Helen Zarecki, Chuck Zawacki

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Heavenly Father, through the Sacred Heart of your Son, Jesus, we pray

for our brethren with serious medical problems and for those among us

who suffer from age-related disabilities. Amen.

Sunday, December 18…. K-7 Class 9:15-10:45

Rehearsal for Christmas Eve

Pageant– 12:15 SA gym

CYO @ SA 5:30pm vs. St. Joe’s

Monday, December 19….. 7:30pm Alanon @ SA

8:30pm AA @ SA

4-7PM “The Light is on for you”

Tuesday, December 20…...Assumption Milk Mission

HOLY HOUR 4-5pm SC

Wednesday, December 21...Men’s Basketball @ SA

“Build a Bear”

Thursday, December 22…There will NOT be Blessed and

Broken Prayer Group this week.

CYO Holy Family at St. Ann’s

6:30pm

Saturday, December 24… 4pm Mass at SA Church

4pm Mass at SA Gym

4pm Mass at SC Church

Sunday, December 25……8am Mass at St. Ann’s

10am Mass at St. Charles

Merry Christmas!

THIS WEEK AND UPCOMING EVENTS

ST. ANN’S FOOD PANTRY The bags of food have been packed and picked up. Thank you to all who donated food,

packed the bags and help spread the spirit of Christmas to those in need. Merry Christmas to all!

For the second two weeks of December, candles have been lit in

loving memory of Angelo Cupelo and Fiori Monticello

by Rosemary Monticello

For the month of December, candles have

been lit in loving memory of

Phil and Ida Corso by Family

The Giving Tree at St. Ann’s

If you take a tag requesting a gift card… Please do not leave cards under the tree, put the gift cards in the collection basket or drop them off at the rectory

Thank you in advance for your continued generosity to help brighten Christmas for the needy in our community. Questions, call Karen at 476-3355 or email kks@twcny.rr.com

Respect Life

Christmas is not about the birth of a child who became a great

man. It is about a God who created the human family, and then

decided to become a member of that family, thereby joining all of

us to Himself. He joins to His Divinity all who share human nature:

the weak and strong, the exaltation of the human person. That’s

why our “grown up Christmas list” can say “no more lives torn

apart” whether by abortion or anything else. Christmas lists

spring from Christmas hope, and Christmas is all about the victory

of life!

(Priests for Life)

2016-2017 FISCAL YEAR INCOME REPORT

Weekly Budgeted Income $ 13,500.00

Weekly Budgeted Expense 14,250.00

Income from December 11 14,307.00

Rental Income 600.00

Bills Paid this week: Payroll 6,650.00

YIM Cookies for College 216.30

Harrison Bakery 67.20

Thank you for your support!

St. Charles Food Pantry Items in real need: hot chocolate, marshmallows, canned hams, cookies, crackers,

tunafish, mayonnaise. For donations for food or hams, checks should be made out to St. Charles Food Pantry

and placed in the Sunday collection or mailed to Marie Cullen at 404 Parsons Drive, Syr. 13219. Our non-

food wish list: soap, of all kinds, deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo.

There is no deadline to the items on the giving tree. Please consider taking a tag or two and returning the

gift, wrapped, with tag attached. We have many families in need. We are not recipients of the Kiwanis Toy

Drive this year. If you would like to donate a toy for the giving tree, it would be greatly appreciated.

“Act justly, love tenderly, and walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

Penance Service

Monday, December 19 “The Light is on For

You” Campaign– 4-7pm at St. Ann’s

The Blessed and Broken Prayer Group will not meet on December 22nd? You may continue to send your prayer re-quests to Sr. Eileen McGrath at emcgrath1@twcny.rr.com

The prayer group will resume meeting on December 29th. Merry Christmas and May God bless you all!

For your planning purposes….

Our Christmas Mass Schedule is as follows:

Christmas Eve 4pm at St. Ann’s in the gym (children’s pageant), Fr.

Brian, Presider

4pm at St. Ann’s in the Church Visiting Priest, Presider

4pm at St. Charles Church Fr. Joe O’Connor, Presider

Christmas Day 8am at St. Ann’s;

10am at St. Charles,

Fr. Brian, Presider

How is your spiritual preparation for Christmas go-

ing?

When he was Pope, Benedict XVI encouraged us not to

be dazzled by the shopping lights of the season, but to

be focused on the coming of Jesus Christ, “the true light

of the world.”

Honor Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament this Advent

season at a Holy Hour at St. Charles Church, Tuesday

afternoon, December 20th from 4-5pm.

Praying the Rosary, silent meditation and Benediction of

the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Annual World Marriage Day will be celebrated on February 12,

2017 at 2:30pm at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,

Syracuse. The Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham will cele-

brate Mass and witness a Renewal of Commitment to Holy Mar-

riage by all couples in attendance. He will specially honor those

couples celebrating their 25th, 50th, and those celebrating an

anniversary beyond their 50th year.

Please contact the parish office to register.

Finals week for college students is one of the most stressful few days away from home. The fact that it comes at Christmastime is even worse! YIM (Youth in Ministry) again sent out their col-lege care packages better known as “Cookies 4 College”. Thanks to the many bakers and the adults and YIM members who spent their Saturday morning packing, writing Christmas cards, filling up shipping boxes with cookies trays, hot chocolate, candy canes, and all sorts of goodies – over thirty-five boxes were mailed out with love. The boxes arrived on Monday morning to all the New York students and our St.Charles-St.Ann YM Facebook page lit up with photos and thank-you’s. It’s one of our favorite holiday events and we had plenty of cookies to go around and our helpers even got to sample a few. My favorite comment is this: “I better get one of these boxes

when I’m at college!”. And thanks to the support of Fr. Brian, they will!

Thank you to all those who donate their time with the Altar Care at St. Ann’s. We are ever so grateful. Wishing you and your loved ones a

Merry Christmas and many Bless-

ings for the New Year.

Mike and Mary Jo Gehm

INVITING ALTAR SERVERS TO SKY ZONE FUN!!

Father Brian is once again inviting all of our altar servers to Sky Zone on Erie Blvd., during Christmas vacation. It is scheduled for Wednesday, December 28. The arrival time is 11:00 am; jumping fun is from 11:30 until 12:30, followed by lunch-pizza and soda. Pick up time is at 1:00 pm. You must sign up no later than December 18

in the sacristy in either church or call the rectory by Dec. 22.

When you sign up, you must include your date of birth. I have to bring those sign up sheets to Sky Zone a few days before the event. Also, the waivers this sheet this year, unlike last year, can only be done on-line. So two things must be completed in order to at-

tend: 1. sign up and include your date of birth.

2. complete the waiver sheet on line for Sky Zone. Hope you are able to attend! If you have questions, please contact me or Katie

Boyea. (katieboyea@yahoo.com) (aparatore1@verizon.net)

Thanks, and God bless, Dc. Tony

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501 S. Orchard Road St. Charles

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Rev. Mr. Anthony Paratore, Deacon

Sacristans Zach Popp, Jack Root

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Trustees

Jeffrey M. Fetter, Joseph Dwyer

Finance Committee Chairman

Anthony Scott

Parish Pastoral Council Chairman

Christopher Gorman

OFFICE STAFF

Maureen O’Sullivan Office Manager

Ellen Flynn Parish Business Administrator

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Director of Faith Formation K-7

Daryl Hall

Confirmation and Youth Minister

Terri Condon

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

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Joan Gorman– St. Ann’s

Marie Cullen– St. Charles

PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY

Mary Morley

MUSIC MINISTRY

Nick Godzak, Coordinator

Joanne Balduzzi

Dave and Ann Rice

MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS

Ken Eckert, Supervisor

Richard and Katherine Durant

PRAYER GROUPS

Our God Reigns Prayer Group

Mike Strojnowski

Blessed and Broken Prayer Group

Sister Eileen McGrath

Altar care and linens

Mike and Mary Jo Gehm, Lisa Smith

Altar Servers Deacon Tony and

Katie Boyea

Baptismal Preparation Sue Putnam

Bellevue Manor Mary Morley

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Daryl Hall

Coffee and Donuts

Jim and Desiree Dillabough

Eucharistic Ministers Florence Gilber t

Friends Forever Jane Gilheney

Funeral Luncheons Florence Jutton

Funeral Planning Mary Ellen Bruet,

Don Schwanke

Funeral Ushers John Fleming, Bill

Darmody, Bill Herron SA

Joe Alcaro, Ed Blasland,

Al Fuller, Don Zawacki SC

Homebound Ministry Mary Morley

Human Development Georgia Grady

Lectors Florence Gilbert

Oxford Inn Karen Sparkes

Respect Life Joan Brown

Social Ministry Daryl Hall

Betsy Blasland

St. Camillus Deacon Tony

Parish Registration: Welcome to all new

families and individuals. Please register as

soon as possible. Registration forms and a

welcome packet are available in the church

office

Membership is a condition for the reception

of the sacraments of baptism, reconciliation,

first Eucharist, confirmation and marriage.

Registration is also required before the

parish can issue a sponsorship certificate for

those asked to be sacramental sponsors. You

must be a registered, contributing member

for at least three months before a certificate

is provided.

Attendance at Mass is the most meaningful

way we model and live our Catholic faith.

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Baptisms: Second Sunday of each month

Either during Mass or after the 11am.

Baptism Preparation Class for Parents: By

appointment with Sue Putnam. Please call the

Parish Office to schedule.

Marriages: Couples must contact Fr. Brian at

least six months prior to the desired date of the

wedding. To initiate the marriage preparation

process or if you have questions, contact the

Parish Office

Prayer Requests Would you like us to pray for your intentions? Prayer

requests can be emailed to Sister Eileen McGrath at

emcgrath1@twcny.rr.com

Your requests go directly to the Blessed and Broken Prayer Group

and the Our God Reigns Prayer Group who will pray for your in-

tention. All prayer requests are held in confidence and are known only

to the prayer intercessors. “Do not worry about anything, but in

everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your

requests be made know to God.”

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Our God Reigns Prayer Group encourages

you to continue your Advent preparation by

spending an hour in adoration before the

Blessed Sacrament at St. Charles Church,

this Tuesday afternoon, December 20th,

from 4-5pm.

Praying the Rosary, silent

meditation and Benediction.

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