CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES

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

JUNE 2, 2019 THE ASCENSION 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

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 – JUNE 3 8:30 - Stella & Walter Motyka - Mem. 12:00 - Michael Spelman & William West-Mem. TUESDAY - JUNE 4 8:30 - Catherine & Michael Fagan - Mem. 12:00 - Gaetano LaBargo - Mem. WEDNESDAY - JUNE 5 8:30 - Virginia Zangari - Mem. 12:00 - John Browne & Richard Schwarz - Mem. THURSDAY - JUNE 6 8:30 - Catherine & Michael Fagan - Mem. 12:00 - Erin Holterman - Ann. FRIDAY - JUNE 7 8:30 - Anthony & Filomena Bottislierro - Ann. 12:00 - Thomas W. Burke - Mem. SATURDAY - JUNE 8 8:30 - Thomas J. Sheridan - Ann. 4:00 - Thomas W. Burke - Mem. 5:30 - Kathleen Owens - Mem. SUNDAY - JUNE 9 8:15 - Frank & Anna Lombardi - Mem. 9:30 - Parishioners of St. Charles 10:45 - Luigi DiRe - Mem. 12:00 - Harry Bolten, Sr. - Mem. 1:15 - Anthony Starita - Mem.

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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

The Wine & Hosts for the week of June 2, - June 8, 2019 are offered in loving memory of Louise M. So-lan at the request of her daughter, Barbara. 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.

June 8 / June 9 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. 3

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 Fall 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 Religious Education Classes Monday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 6 & 7 Wednesday 3:45 - 5:15 PM Grades 1-5 Special Needs: Wednesday 5:10 - 5:45 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 Worship Wednesdays

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Our Religious Education Program is now regis-tering students for the 2019-2020 academic year. Students entering 1st grade should be registered by June. Classes are available for PreK and Kin-dergarten. After school and evening appoint-ments can only be scheduled by email request at stcharlesccd10306@gmail.com or by calling the Religious Education Office (718-979-6800).

USHERS NEEDED If you are interested in serving as an usher for St. Charles Church (men, women and high school students), please call the parish secretary and leave your name and phone number.

COLLECTION FOR FR. MARIUS IN SRI LANKA

We have been informed by Fr. Marius that the church he is serving at is in need of a security system in light of the tragic bombings in Sri Lanka. Churches are still in danger of future bombings, and they feel that a security system will help protect themselves against these ter-rorist acts. If you would like to make a small donation to help them purchase this system, please drop it off at the rectory labeled Sri Lanka. Fr. Marius is so grateful for any assis-tance we can provide. Thank you for your generosity. 4

ST. JOSEPH RETREAT CENTER SUMMER CALENDAR

The St. Joseph Retreat Center will host the fol-lowing events during the summer months: Lord Teach us to Pray Series (Tuesday, June 11th 18th and 25th Life in the Spirit Seminar (July 19 - 21) Summer Overnight Retreats For more details and information, please call 718-720-1097 or email stjretreatcenter@gmail.com

PARISH NEWS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

June 3, - June 9, 2019

Monday - June 3 Spiritual Direction - 7:30 PM; rectory Monday Night Prayer Group & Holy Hour - 7:30 PM; church Tuesday - June 4 Bingo at 7:30 PM; doors open at 6:00 PM; early bird 7:15 PM Youth Ministry Meeting - 7:30 PM; school Baptism Class - 8:00 PM; rectory Wednesday - June 5 Adult Faith Formation - 1:30 PM; rectory Legion of Mary - 4:00 PM; rectory chapel Secular Franciscan Formation Class - 7:00 PM; rectory Thursday - June 6 Caregivers - 9:30 AM; rectory Friday - June 7 8th Grade Graduation - 4:00 PM; church Cub Scouts - 7:00 PM; auditorium Saturday - June 8 Sunday - June 9 Baptism - 2:30 PM; church Teen Club - 7:00 PM; auditorium

ST. CHARLES CHARGERS SPORTS

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Please join us for food and fun on July 7th from 12 - 5

at the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, 1131 Manor Road. Tickets can be purchased online at stcharleschargers.com. Early bird special - purchased by June 20th is $15.00 per person. After June 20th price goes up to $20.00 per person. Ticket includes an All-American BBQ (hamburgers, hot dogs, sal-ads), water and ice cream, 2 pools with life-guards, basketball court, baseball field, raf-fles, BYOB. It will be a fun day spent with family and friends!

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Purchase a voucher to be used at any 2019 SIY home game; you decide. Take in the spectacular view of the New York City sky-line as you enjoy the game! To purchase tickets, please use an envelope marked SCS SI Yankees tickets, attention: Jim Petruccio and drop off at the rectory or give it to your child’s baseball/softball coach. Please be sure that your name and phone number are on the envelope. Deadline to order tickets is June 7th. If you have further questions, please email jim@stcharleschargers.com

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THANK YOU FROM THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

The members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society thank you for your very generous response to the baby shower. The many gifts for the babies and their moms were so thoughtful and beauti-ful and are very much appreciated.

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

Keith Alaimo Paul Alaimo Sr. Judith Astuto Joseph Bisking Joan Boragi The Briuante & Vlahos Family & Mary P. Madeline Buonpane Jim Campitelli Mary Campitelli Lee Canning Marietta Canning Jerry Casey Judy Casey Marty Casey Nick Castagna Grace Castelao Lawrence Ciminieri Elaine Cupak Judy DeSilva Andrew DiPadova Joseph Elia Dorothy Fleming Danielle Flores Emily Harris T. Harris Paula Herbst Cheryl Houss Tony Imperatrice Helen Rinato Istico Daniel Jacobs Colleen Kaplan Gary & Harriette Kaye Jeannette Castelao Keane Rosaria Lardaro Kathleen Leonard Elizabeth Linton

Anthony Locicero Jr. Carol Ann Lopez Ariana Lore John Marco Lauren Marie Barbara Marino Virginia McBride Peter McKenna Alfred Merendino Benita Mitchell Jean Molinaro Kelly Ann Morici Peter Morici Judy Naples Kerri Naples Virginia Novaro Eileen O’Neill Christian Pepo Eileen Raineri Ella Reilly Lee Rhatigan Deborah Rossetti Dorothy Sabatell Vincent Santore Dolores & Tony Sclafani Anthony Scocco Jerry Scotti Weslee Sernitsky Maureen Shaughnessy Marie Starita Theresa Verry Fred Volk Maria Volpe Christopher Wandy Ella Weaver

MARRIAGE BANNS We Celebrate

We ask the family of St.

Charles to pray for the following couples who will receive the Sacrament of Marriage

ANNUAL WHITE MASS Celebrating the Dedicated Work of Healthcare

Professionals and Caregivers - Wednesday, June 26th at 10:00 AM at

St. Patrick’s Cathedral His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan,

Principal Celebrant and Homilist. All are welcome!

WEEKLY COFFEE HOUR

Just a reminder that you are invited every week after the 9:30 Mass for coffee and donuts in the auditorium.

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PARISH NEWS

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. 7

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

We will be providing prayer shawls/blankets to our homebound parishioners. If you know of anyone in our parish who would like to have one of these shawls/blankets, please call the rectory and leave your name and number, and we will arrange to have it delivered. Also, if you would like to make a monetary donation to this ministry in order for us to purchase sup-plies, you can do so by dropping it off at the rectory labeled “prayer shawl ministry”. If you like to knit or crochet and would like to join this ministry, our next meeting will be held in the rectory on Friday, June 21st at 10:00 AM.

2020 MASS BOOK OPENING The Mass Book for 2020 will be opening on Satur-day, June 15th from 9:00 - 2:00 in the school audi-torium. We ask that you come prepared with a list of Masses you wish to reserve for 2020 and an alternate date or time in case the first preference is not available. Limit 6 Mass requests per family and only 3 on Saturday/Sunday.

SPRING CONCERT The choir of St. Charles Parish will present a concert of music on Sunday, June 30th at 3:00 PM in the church. Come listen

to the beautiful music of our choir. Admission is free.

ST. ANTHONY’S FEAST DAY Please join for coffee and rolls in the auditorium after the 8:30 AM Mass on Thursday, June 13th in celebration of St. Anthony’s Feast Day.

FATHER’S DAY NOVENA The Father’s Day Novena will begin on Mon-day, June 17th through Wednesday, June 19th at the 8:30 AM Masses for all fathers, living and deceased. Envelopes are available in the vesti-bule of the church and in your envelope packet and they will be kept on the altar for the month of June.

2019 MINTY AWARDS Come see Staten island’s finest high school theatre performers at the 2019 Minty Awards. This year’s ceremony will be on Sunday, June 2nd at 7:00 PM at the St. George theatre. All six Catholic high schools will be performing and 13 awards will be handed out during the evening. The evening will also feature a celebration of the 55th anniversary of the first musical presented on Staten Island, St. Peter’s Boys 1964 production of “Oklahoma!”. The Minty Organization, which has donated over $75,000 back to our Catholic high schools, will once again be awarding monetary prizes to all the nominees of the St. Genesius Award for Outstand-ing Musical. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door. More information can be found at www.mintys.org or by calling 718-442-2900.

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THE “ HEART” OF THE MATTER A few weeks ago on Mother’s Day, I took my mom to see the great singer Paul Anka perform at the Saint George Theatre. Paul Anka, although 77 years old, gave a great, energetic concert and sang all his old songs plus several new ones as well. During the concert in Saint George, he told a joke about the Church which I thought was funny. He said, “These are tough times for the Catholic Church. The other day I was on line for confession. When I saw the priest, I said, ‘You first Father!” Everybody laughed but what he said is definitely true-that it is tough times for the Church. Well, just in case you were wondering, priests do have to go to confession! Perhaps more so in these difficult days that we are experiencing. Why do we (priests and everyone) come to Jesus Christ to have our sins absolved? Obvi-ously because Jesus is merciful and compassionate. He loves all of us very much despite our gaps and imper-fections. One way that we can truly experience the kindness and compassion of the Lord is to pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The month of June that we have now entered upon is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. I think that most of us as Catholics are familiar with the Sacred Heart. We have a statue of it in the back of the Church here at Saint Charles. The devotion to the Sacred Heart is really Biblical. In the Gospel, we read of how much Jesus loves poor sinners. Saint Matthew tells us: “At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’s heart was moved with pity for them-because they were troubled and abandoned like sheep without a shepherd.” He tells us to learn from him, be-cause he is “meek and humble of heart.” In Saint John’s gospel, we read about the soldier who pierced the Lord’s heart with a spear. The modern devotion to the Sacred Heart is traced back to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque who lived in the Seventeenth Century. Saint Margaret Mary was a nun who was favored with visions of the heart of Jesus when she was at prayer. The greatest of these came in June, 1675. The Lord appeared to her and showed her his heart and said, “Behold this heart which loves humanity so much and yet in return receives nothing but contempt and ingrat-itude.” The Sacred Heart Saint Margaret Mary saw was circled with a crown of thorns, capped with a cross out of which flames were glowing. The glowing fire characterized the great love of Jesus Christ for sinners and that is each and every one of us! When we feel tempted, discouraged and perhaps overwhelmed with the cares and anxieties of this life, we should submerge everything within the Sacred Heart of Jesus. When we think about the heart, it has come to mean much more than just an organ that keeps the blood flowing through our bodies. The heart is perceived as the seat of our emotions and love. A child might say to his mother, “Mom, I love you from the bottom of my heart!” It is good for us during the month of June to look at the heart of Christ and realize that Jesus does in-deed love all of us “from the bottom of His heart!” Let us cast our cares upon Him who does indeed care for us. Pope Francis reminds us: “The Lord is always watching us with mercy. Let us not be afraid to approach Him. He has a merciful heart. He always forgives us; He is pure mercy. Let us go to Jesus!” Sincerely in Christ, Father Jerome 10