FEBRUARY 3, 2019 ♥ FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

St. Gregory the Great

224 Brooklyn Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11213

Tel 718- 773-0100

Fax 718- 773-4198

Email: faithcommstgreg@aol.com

Mass Schedule:

Mon. –Fri 8:30am; Sat.Vigil-5pm

Sunday 11:30am

Saturday: Reconciliation-4:00 pm

Office Staff

Secretary: Rosanne Barber Ext.100

D.R.E: Monica Flemmings

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm

Saint Gregory the Great

Catholic Academy

Spiritual & Academic Excellence

2520 Church Ave.

Brooklyn N.Y.11226

Tel 718-282-2770;

Fax 718-774-3332

Principal: Mr. Rudolph Cyrus

St. Matthew

1123 Eastern Pkwy.,

Brooklyn, NY 11213

Tel 718- 774-6747;

Fax 718- 953-4895

Email: stmatthew1123@aol.com

Mass Schedule:

Monday-Friday 7:30am &

9:00am

Saturday 8:00am & 8:00pm

Saturday: Reconciliation-7:30 pm

or by appointment

Sunday:

English-7:30am & 11:30am

Spanish 9:30am; Kreyol 1:30pm

Office Staff

Secretary: Sharon Andrews

D.R.E.: Clare McCallan

Office Hours:

Monday:9:30am-4:00pm

Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday:

9:30am-7:00pm

Thursday: 9:30am-9:00pm

Saturday: 10:00am-7:00pm

Sunday: 9:00am-4:00pm

Our Lady Of Charity

1669 Dean St.,

Brooklyn, NY 11213

Tel 718- 774-5100;

Fax 718- 778-3335

Email: OlcharityRC@aol.com

Mass Schedule:

Sunday: Rosary 9:00am

9:30am-Praise & Worship

10am-Mass

Office Staff:

Secretary: Patricia Romain

D.R.E.: Ethel Andoh-Menson

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday:10am-6pm

Catholic Cemeteries–

80-01 Metropolitan Ave.

Middle Village, NY 11379

Tel:718 – 894-4888

Pastoral Staff Pastor

Fr. Frank Black

In Residence Bishop Guy Sansaricq

Priests

Fr. Jean–Augustin

Francois

Fr. Juan Luxama

Fr. Apollinaris Anyomi

Deacons

Roy George

Nickie Colon

Website: www.stmatthewrc.org

St. Matthew Parish

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Before I formed you in the womb.... They wanted to kill Him for saying this. They rushed Him out of town. They brought Him to a cliff and were about to push Him off, push Him to his death, but it wasn’t his time

to die yet. His Father was with Him. Jesus just turned and walked through the crowd. What a scene!

The prophecy about the results of proclaiming the truth given in Jeremiah and witnessed in Jesus’ life on earth continues with us. Some people don’t want to hear us

when we proclaim God’s truth with our lives as well as our words. They mock us. They insult us. They vilify us. They want to push us off the cliff of respectability. But the One who called us from before we were conceived, will not de-sert us. His way, His truth will prevail. There is nothing

that anyone can do to us that will force God to leave us. “What can separate us from the Love of God,” St. Paul asks in Romans 8: 38. Nothing can take God from us. If he

is for us, who could be against us?

We have to proclaim all that is right and moral and God’s way, but we have to speak with charity. The great praise of love of 1 Corinthians 13, Love is patient, love is kind, and so forth, is far more than a wonderful reading for a wed-

ding. It is God telling us how we are to care for peo-ple. We are to proclaim his truth with patience and kind-ness, and not with all the negatives of the passage from

today’s second reading. We cannot proclaim God’s love if we are arrogant, jealous, selfish, angry, and vengeful. If in

our determination to proclaim God’s truth, others cannot see the love of God behind our words and actions, then we are not proclaiming His Kingdom. We cannot be using the truth like a two by four to beat people over the head and

into submission. If we let our anger determine our actions, even anger over horrible things like abortion, we will get no

where. If that’s our way of acting, then we need to grow up. That’s why St. Paul adds in the reading, “When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, think like a child, and rea-son like a child, but when I became a man I put childish

things aside.” God is calling us to be patient and kind with others, even those, especially those, who do horrendous

things.

He called us from before we were in our mothers’ wombs. How wonderful is that? He has always loved each

of us as individuals. He entrusts us with the mandate to proclaim His Kingdom in a loving way. He assures us that

whatever happens in our lives or in our world, whatever dangers lurk, from Islamic terrorism on the extreme right to the exaltation of immorality on the extreme left, even if the worst should happen to the world, to our nation, or to any of us, faith, hope and love will remain. And the greatest of these is love, for God is love and He will never desert us.

To each of us, God is saying today, “I knew you Sharon, Bob, Phil and Mary; add your own name here. I knew you from before you were even conceived. I have called you to proclaim my truth, to be authentic to whom you are, my daughter, my son. I have called you to pro-claim the Truth with love. And I promise you, no matter

what results from your proclamation, I will always be with you.”

Today’s first reading is from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah lived 600 years before the Lord. 600 years is a long time. Imagine us reading something from 1419. Jeremiah prophesied before the King and the lead-

ers of the people. Then he spoke to the everyday peo-ple. He told them all that their lifestyle had brought suffer-ing upon themselves. He told them not to make treaties

with the pagans, treaties which would demand they sacri-fice to pagan gods and participate in pagan immorality. He told them to trust in God. For this he was persecuted, at-

tacked, even left to die in a cistern. Still, Jeremiah re-mained true to the Word he had been given. He wouldn’t refrain from preaching or even refine his preaching. He complained that he wished he could keep quiet, but the

Word of God was burning like a fire within him. He had to prophesy. Yet, it was not all gloom and doom in

Jeremiah. He prophesied that a time would come when God’s covenant would be written within His people’s

hearts.

Those are the some of the main points of the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. But for us, perhaps the most im-portant message of the prophet is contained in today’s first reading from the beginning of the book. The Lord said to

Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Now, there are many levels to prophetic state-

ments. There is the level that refers to the prophet and his or her time. God was telling Jeremiah that he had picked him out to be his prophet before Jeremiah was even con-

ceived. There is a level that looks down from the prophecy to the time of the Messiah. “Before I formed you in the

womb, I knew you,” speaks about the presence of the Eter-nal Word of God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, and God’s plan for the Word to become Flesh, a plan put

into motion by Mary’s agreeing to be the Mother of the Lord at the Annunciation.

There is still another level to the prophecy though. It is the level that looks down through the ages, 2,600 years, that looks to us. The overwhelmingly Good News is that

before each of us was born, or even conceived, God knew us, each of us. Think about that. God knew you and knew me before our mothers and fathers ever met. He was ex-

cited to bring us into being. He was thrilled to call us to pro-claim His truth. We are not just random results of na-

ture. We are individuals whom God has been fascinated with from before our existence.

And He calls us to proclaim His Truth. But his call comes with the warning that was given to Jeremiah, “They will

fight against you, but I am with you to deliver you.” He will be with us as we proclaim the authentic way of life, living

for the Kingdom of God. Jesus proclaimed the truth in the Synagogue in Nazareth. The people there had heard that He had performed miracles, and they wanted Him to per-

form some for them. But they didn’t have any faith in Him. They couldn’t get past His family background. So He

told them that as in the past, with Elijah and Elisha, he would only perform miracles for those with faith, even if

they were Gentiles.

BREAD & WINE, CANDLE, BLESSINGS MASS INTENTIONS

ST. MATTHEW: MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday February 2

8:00pm– Birthday blessings for Kobyn Henry by grandma, Lyonette Tribie

Sunday February 3

4th Sunday of Ordinary

Time

7:30am– Altar Rosary Society & healing for Florence Holder

9:30am–a.In loving memory of Joseph Cabey by son, Ricardo Cabey

b. In loving memory of Lydia Lasalle by Martin Ortiz

11:30am– B’day blessings in heaven Ian Fleming by Fleming, Alexander &

Thomas family

1:30pm– Birthday blessings Betty Desrosiers by family

Monday February 4

7:30am– Prosperity & guidance for Jasician & Kamaia Farray by Jasician

9:00am– Thanksgiving for Patricia Nkari

Tuesday February 5

7:30am– Healing & blessings for the Church & the world

9:00am– For all who are suffering from despair & loneliness

Wednesday February 6

7:30am– Healing & blessings for Nyla

9:00am– In loving memory of Deacon Florencio Cruz by wife & family

Thursday February 7

7:30am– In loving memory of John Howell by granddaughter, Debbie

Howell

9:00am– In loving memory of Martha Jean Peters by Leon Hernandez &

family

Friday February 8

7:30am–Birthday blessings for Dorian Rowe by Angela Dielingen

9:00am–B’day blessings Victoria Mendozo & Bertha Faustin by Giselda

Lopez

Saturday February 9

8:00am– B’day blessings Kerlyne Hyppolite by Jocelyne Hyppolite

WEEKLY READINGS

OUR LADY OF CHARITY: MASS INTENTIONS

ST. GREGORY: MASS INTENTIONS

Sun Feb 3 Jer 1:4-5,17-19; 1 Cor 12:31-13:13 or 13:4-13 Lk 4:21-30

Mon Feb 4 Heb 11:32-40 ; Mk 5:1-20

Tue Feb 5 Heb 12: 1-4 ;Mk 5:21-43

Wed Feb 6 Heb 12: 4-7,11-15 ; Mk 6:1-6

Thu Feb 7 Heb 12: 18-19,21-24 ; Mk 6:7-13

Fri Feb 8 Heb 13: 1-8 ; Mk 6:14-29

Sat Feb 9 Heb 13:15-17,20-21;Mk 6:30-34

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS:

Milani Gabriel, Joutvany Vazquez. Dawne Lewis, Sherriann Douglas, Kerdal Wilson, La Chaun

Mc Donald, Natalie Chan, Andrew Huie, Belinda Tillsey, Gwendolyn White, Blaine Robinson,

Iolani Bernard, Motunrayo Mims,

We pray to the Lord.

TODAY’S MASS : For our parishioners,

We pray to the Lord.

BREAD & WINE : Bread and Wine for the month of January , February & March, is donated by Haynes

family,

We pray to the Lord

WEDDING ANNVERSARIES : For all married Couples, that God will bind them with chords that

cannot be broken

We pray to the Lord

PARISH PRAYER: For our parish, that the three communities of St. Matthew, St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Charity, learn how to merge and grow together spiritually and become financially

sound as three and yet one,

We pray to the Lord.

BREAD — Birthday blessings for Cecil Beard

Healing for the Church.

ST. MATTHEW-BREAD & WINE - FEBRUARY

CANDLE FEBRUARY 3-9

First

Saturday,

Feb. 2nd

5 PM Vigil Mass In Memory of Leroy Morales

R.I.P.

Sunday,

Feb. 3rd

11:30 AM Mass for Joseph McArthur, R.I.P., Requested by

Leonce Family

WEEKLY MEETINGS REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

For the homebound, hospitalized and sick

Carmen Allen, Armelle Amilcar, Michelle Bertrand, Patricia Bowen, Silvestre Brathwaite, Ismay Brewster,

Paulita Caberra, Yolande Cadet, Delcia Charles, Jemma & Charles Christian, Enide Clarke, Maurice Earl Cunningham, Mother Veronica Dale, Calvert Davis, Polly Davis, Catherine DeLeon, Eulalia Diaz, Dorothy Edwards, Yvonne Edwards, Stella Emmanuel, Mother Carrie Frasier, Cynthia Gairy, John Gale, Muriel Gomez, Trina Gonzalez, Jose Guerrero, Zita Hamilton, Gwendolyn Harding, Joan Hudson, Danielle Huie, Enid Huntley, Janice

Hutchings, Kerlyne Hyppolite, Serge Jaboui, Marie Rose Jabouin Fernando James, Ian Kellman, Albert Kirton, Deacon

James Lacy, Percival Lewis, Sampson Lewis, Barbara Manuel, Luis Manuel Lorenzo, Madelin Lorenzo, Jean Lubin, Barbara Manuel, Mother

Virginia Marcellin, Judith Matthew, Mother Pearl Matthews, Leticia McDowell, Vernita McDowell, ,

Kerry Mills, Marcelina & Roy Moralesa, Isai Munoz, Marta Munoz, Nelson Munoz, Suzanna Neil, Mother

Dolores Olff, Marie Pierre, Sonia Prescot, Clyde Pryce, Dorothy Irons Reid, Catherine Richards,

Carlos Rudas, Rita Salandy,Elizabeth Sampson, Lidia Saunders, Carl Serrette, Frances Smith,Pamela Smith, Lisa Scott Spencer, Javier Talango, Cynthia

Thomas, Edris Thomas, Irvine Thomas, Ethel Thompson, Mother Margaret Thompson, Lyonette

Tribie, Janet Throne, Carmen Valentine, Martel Vendryes, Audrey Williams, Elodia Zuniga,

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR : Omari Ausby, Edna King, Vernice Chambers , Paul Hawker, Patricia &

Dexter Marshall & family, Cecil Bowen, Marcella De Sandies , Griffith families , all families

represented here today.

All students, teachers and principals, President Don-ald Trump & family, our Government, prayers and

petitions in our prayer basket, for the all Priest espe-cially those who serve here at Charity, Religious Vo-cations, and an increase in Religious Vocations, all men and women serving our country, the elders, all

who are incarcerated, and unexpressed prayers, for immigrants, the DACA program, the mentally sick,

and for world peace,

We pray to the Lord.

WEEK OF SUNDAY 02/03/19 @ ST. GREGORY + 9:30 AM Sunday School Classes

+ 10 AM Senior Choir Rehearsal

+ 10:30 AM Rosary Recitation Every Sunday-All Parish-

ioners are encouraged to join the Rosary Society.

+ 11:30 AM Mass - Black History month

+ CREDIT UNION OPEN & GIFT SHOP OPEN

MONDAY 02/04/19

+ 7:30 PM Senior Choir Rehearsal

TUESDAY 02/05/19

+7:15 PM Bible Study – Rectory basement

WEDNESDAY 02/06/18

+ CLOSED – ARISE Creole

+CLOSED – ARISE English

THURSDAY 02/07/19

+ After Senior Bible Study & ARISE with Dolores Sykes –

Rectory basement

SATURDAY 02/09/19

+ 4 PM Vigil Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room + 6 PM- Light Fest – Church

+CLOSED – ARISE ( St. Matthew)

WEEK OF SUNDAY 02/03/19 @ ST. MATTHEW + 11:45am Legion nidi de la Presentation

+ 1:30pm Youth Ministry

MONDAY 02/04/19

+ 7:00 pm Narcotics Anonymous

+ 7:00pm Haitian Charismatic Prayer Group

TUESDAY 02/05/19

+ 7:00pm The Bible in our lives

WEDNESDAY 02/06/19

+ 11am– Senior Group

SATURDAY 02/09/19

+ 4pm-Youth Choir Rehearsal

+4:15pm-Haitian Legion of Mary

OUR LADY OF CHARITY

+ 1st, 2nd & 3rd, Mondays A .A Group 6pm—9pm

+ 3rd Tuesdays 7pm

Liturgy Meeting 7pm

AA Group 6pm-9pm

Thursdays A. A. Group 6pm —9pm

NO Praise & Worship Team 7pm

+ Fridays -Feather Men 5pm

2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays

Bible & Culture 10am—noon

+ Every Saturday Prayer Group 8 am-10

2nd & 4th Saturdays Liturgical Dancers

Every Saturday Feathers Meeting 5pm

Every Sunday after Mass- Choir Rehearsal

+ 3rd Sunday-Baptism

+ 1st & 3rd Sunday -Apologetics

UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS—ST. MATTHEW

WORLD DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE On Sunday, February 3rd, we celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life. We recognize and give thanks for those who have consecrated their lives to God

and the Church through vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Some join a religious congregation as sisters, brothers or religious priests. Some join a secular institute. Others remain single and make

profession to God through the local bishop and are known as consecrated virgins. May the light of Christ shine brightly through men and women who choose

the consecrated life to live out their baptismal commitment, especially those who serve in the

Diocese of Brooklyn now, or who have been part of our history.

FR. APOLLO’S BIBLE CLASS

Fr. Apollo’s new Bible series continues on Tuesdays in the Parish Center at 7PM.

WORLD MARRIAGE DAY Sunday, February 17th. All couples married in the

Catholic Church are invited to renew their vows at the 11:30 AM Mass. If you have not previously presented your marriage certificate you are required to do so.

All participating couples MUST register in the rectory.

@ St. Matthew.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

If you would like information on Affordable housing in Brooklyn, Harlem and the Bronx please stop by the

rectory and pick up a flyer.

TAX CONTRIBUTION LETTER

Tax contribution letters are available upon request. If you would like to receive your information, please

stop by or call the rectory.

CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA

The Heritage Committee of St. Gregory Church

presents a cultural explosive evening featuring Music,

Drama, Poetry, Dance, Fashion and Quake USA.

Dinner will be served and there will be a Raffle

drawing. Adults $20, children $10. Admission tickets

and raffle tickets are available in the rectory.

MOTHERS’ DAY DINNER DANCE

“The Fundraising Committee will be celebrating Mother’s Day with a dinner dance

at Afrika House on Sunday, May 19,2019 Additional information to follow.

UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS—ST. GREGORY

Singers for Black Heritage Month

Rosanne Barber Saturday 02/02/19

Sunday Carolyn Jack 02/03/19

Brother Ronald Nethersole & Janet Wepler Saturday 02/09/19

Nicole Davis Sunday 02/10/19

Lennox Calder Saturday 02/16/19

Juliet. Davilar Sunday 02/17/19

Juliet Davilar Saturday 02/23/19

Children day Sunday 02/24/19

Extravaganza Sunday 02-24-19

St. Matthew Parish Center @ 4 PM

See members of the Heritage Committee to purchase Tickets and Raffle books

The Office of Multicultural Diversity Catholics of African -Ancestry-Haitian American Apostolate

Ministry Diocese of Rockville Centre invites you to the annual Black History Month Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Feb. 17th, 2019 at 4 PM location: Immaculate

Conception Parkway Douglaston, NY 11362

ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SCHOOL: PARENT ALERT:

Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Academy’s Kindergarten registration has started for the 2019-

2020 school year. The Tuition Assistance Program will open on January 14th, 2019. This allows children

to receive a quality Catholic education when the family income is challenged. Registration for all grades starts on January 14th, 2019. The phone

number is 718-774-3330.

Please support St. Gregory the Great Chocolate

Candy Drive. Chocolate bars are $1. Please

support their fundraising efforts. See Margaret

Mary Casey.

SCHOOL OF RELIGION @ ST. MATTHEW

SACRAMENTS & REGISTRATION

PARISH REGISTRATION

We urge everyone to register in the parish. Any letter concerning sponsorship for the sacraments or

testimonial letters will only be issued to registered parishioners of 6+ months. Please register @ the

rectory, you can fill out the form on the left and bring to the rectory

BAPTISM: .

To have your child baptized in St. Matthew, you must

pick up a list of requirements in the rectory

MARRIAGE:

Marriage sacrament requires a time of spiritual

preparation. Therefore, couples should make ar-

rangements six months to a year before the planned

date, by making an appointment with the parish priest

ANOINTING OF THE SICK:

If you or a loved one is near death or very ill and need

a priest , we encourage you to call the chaplain of the

hospital or call our rectory

PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY

If anyone is interested in joining the Pastoral Care Homebound Ministry please leave your name and

telephone number in the rectory.

RCIA

RCIA stands for RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION

OF ADULTS and is composed of a series of sessions

bringing people together to experience the prayer life

of the church as well as learn about its doctrines and

teachings. Using the readings from the Bible which

we hear daily at Mass, the Sacred Liturgy as well as

the Catechism of the Catholic Church, teens and

adults who have not yet done so prepare themselves

to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation &

Holy Eucharist.

RCIA is offered in Spanish, Kreyol & English and

is for people who:

Were baptized in the Catholic Church but have

not received the sacrament of Confirmation,

First Holy Communion or First Confession

Were baptized in another Christian denomination

and wish to join the Catholic Church

Were never baptized & wish to fully worship in the

Catholic Church

Want to know more about what it means to be

Catholic?

The sessions begin in October. If you are interested

in knowing more, please contact the rectory.

School of Religion @ St. Matthew

IS NOW CLOSED

School of Religion @ Our Lady of Charity

Registration for school of religion is ongoing

School of Religion @ St. Gregory

Registration for Sacrament classes is now taking

place

PARISH REGISTRATION

Adoration in the Chapel: Monday – Friday

After 9:00 am Mass until 12:00 noon. The Divine Mercy is recited during the reposition. There is Benediction every

First Friday at Noon.

Full Name______________________

Address 1_______________________

Address 2________________________

Telephone Number _________________

Email Address ______________________

Were you registered before ____________

If yes, registration # __________

Today’s Date____________________

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

ST. GREGORY

OUR LADY OF CHARITY

COLLECTION 01/26 — 01/27

ST. MATTHEW

Mass

Enve-

lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

5:00 pm 20 503.00 173.00 676.00

11:30AM 40 1,165.00 319.00 1,484.00

Grand

Total 60 1,668.00 492.00 2,160.00

Mass

Enve-

lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Total

10am 72 2,676.00 43.00 2,719.00

Free will 8 398.00 — 398.00

Grand

Total 80 3,074.00 43.00 3,117.00

Mass

Enve-

lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

8 PM 55 1,288.44 248.55 1,536.99

7:30 AM 143 4,044.00 502.00 4,546.00

9:30 AM 61 923.00 297.16 1,220.16

11:30 AM 111 2,256.00 654.00 2,910.00

1:30 PM 54 713.00 99.50 812.50

L.I.R. 17 500.00 — 500.00

TOTAL 441 9,724.44 1,801.21 11,525.65

GENERAL WEEKLY EXPENSES

ST. MATTHEW , OUR LADY OF CHARITY AND

ST. GREGORY — $ 27,000.00

The Widow’s Offering

ST. MATTHEW HEALTH CORNER

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease by which the body becomes insulin deficient ( Type 1) or insulin irresponsive (Type 2) thus resulting in poorly regu-

lated high blood sugar levels which can result in fatigue and blindness.

Over 2.2 million African Americans have diabetes and many more who suffer with this disease go undiagnosed. The good news about diabetes is

the fact that most cases can be prevented by sim-ple lifestyle changes through one’s nutritional diet. These changes involve limiting the intake of sugary

high starch foods and soft drinks.

The common symptoms of diabetes are: frequent urination, excessive thirst, fatigue, unusual weight

loss, blurred vision, as well as tingling sensations in hands or feet. Self - testing blood glucose devices

are also available at local pharmacies for those who may have limited access to healthcare. The

American diabetes Association recommends keeping blood sugar ranges between 80-120mg/dl

(before meals) and 100-140mg/dl (at bedtime)

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into

the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small

copper coins, worth only a few cents.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the

others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Source of all life, we offer you our praise and thanks for creating us out of your abundant love.

You sent your Son, Jesus, to teach us and show us the way to live.

You summon us to proclaim the Good News of Jesus’ power to heal

You call each of us to holiness.

Strengthen our commitment to prayer and service. Bless our Church with men and women who dedicate

their lives to you in consecrated life.

May we, your people, proclaim the Gospel whether it is convenient or inconvenient.

We trust that you will empower us through the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Amen.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS