DECEMBER 3, 2017 ♥ FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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. -Sat. 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

Sunday:

English-7:30am & 11:30am

Spanish 9:30am; Kreyol 1:30pm

Office Staff

Secretary: Sharon Andrews

D.R.E.: Steven Horka

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

Deacons

Roy George

Dennis DaCosta

Nickie Colon

Website: www.stmatthewrc.org

St. Matthew Parish

1st Sunday of Advent: Hope in the CCU Waiting Room

An essential part of the ministry of a parish priest is to care for people in hospitals. I want to begin today by speaking about one of the rooms in the hospital, the critical care waiting room. This is the room where family and friends wait while the doctors care for their loved ones who have suffered a devastating stroke, a serious heart attack, a horrible car accident or some other catastrophic event. I hope you have never had occa-sion to be in that waiting room, but if you have, you know that it is a place very different from any other place in the world. The people who wait there are bound together like no other people in the world.

Family members and friends can’t do enough for each other. No one is proud. No one stands on cere-mony or protocol. Petty disputes and hurts are nowhere to be found. Perhaps there are several patients whose family and friends are waiting in that room. These com-plete strangers feel bound in their shared hope for their loved ones. Class and race melt away. Each person in that room is a parent or spouse or child or close friend of the suffering one first. He or she is a white, black or Asian, a blue collar or white collar worker second. Eve-ryone in the waiting room pulls for each other. If one family receives good news, there is hope and joy for all. If another family hears sad news, everyone in the room feels their grief.

In the critical care waiting room, the world changes. Vanity and pretense vanish. The entire uni-verse is focused on the doctor’s next report. All eyes continually glance at the door. The critical care waiting room is a place of hoping. It is a place of anticipating, a place of expecting. It is a place of Advent. We live in this waiting room. We keep an eye out for the doctor, the Divine Healer, to come. We hope to ex-perience his good news. We long for him to say, “the patient, your loved one, is fine. He or she is going to recover, is going to live.”

Who is this Loved One about whom we are so concerned? The Loved One is not another person. The Loved One is that part of each of us and all of us that is right when all else seems wrong. The Loved One is that which is good when all else seems malicious. The Loved One is that within us that is spiritual in a material-istic world. The Loved One is our sharing in the Life of Jesus Christ himself. The Loved One is our soul. But the Loved One is in critical care. Evil forces are trying to destroy this presence. We sit in the waiting room of life, longing for the Divine Doctor to come and tell us that the presence of the Lord is well and strong within us and among us. We call out, “Come! Rend the heavens and come! We are the clay. You are the potter. Mold us back into your own. Come!”

And so we watch. We watch for the Divine Healer to come and lead us into His Love. We watch for the times, more than we could imagine, when God extends His Love to us. We watch for the times when we can serve His Love by serving others. We watch for the opportunities to unite ourselves closer to His Love through prayer and sacri-fice. We wait. We watch. We watch for opportunities to grow. Advent, the time of watching, reminds us that our entire lives must be a watching for ways that we can grow more spiritual, grow closer to Christ.

We have to watch. If we don’t prepare for Christ’s coming, if we don’t live our lives in such a way that we are always open to His Presence, then we will be caught nap-ping. Perhaps the end of our personal world will come be-fore the end of the universe. It makes no difference. We have to be prepared for Christ. We have to watch.

We sit in the critical care waiting room of life long-ing to live with the Loved One. We need the Lord. We need Him in our lives to make sense of life. Without Him, our lives are chaos. Without the Lord our lives are a mad dashing about from place to place, person to person, doing for the sake of doing, wandering aimlessly only because everyone else is wandering aimlessly. But with the Lord, sin, chaos, is conquered. With the Lord, everything falls into place. Even the most difficult experiences of our lives, even suffering and death have meaning when they be-come an expression and renewal of the life and death of Jesus Christ.

We long for our Lord’s Presence. If we deny this need, this necessity for God to be in our lives, then we chance becoming useless shells, Christians on the outside, but not much on the inside. But if we fight off our inclina-tion to embrace chaos, if we fight off being overwhelmed by the fluff of the world and allow our need for Christ to transform our lives, then we can be what he created us to be, images of His Love on earth. We can be whole. We can be Christians.

Advent is the season of hope. The promise of the prophets will be fulfilled. The Messiah will come to return the world to God’s original plan. Our thirst for the Messiah will be quenched by the celebration of his birth and life within our own lives. We wait. We watch. We prepare to celebrate.

To the extent that we do this well, to the extent that our lives are a celebration of the presence of Christ in the world, to that extent, our entire lives are a celebration of Christmas.

Adoration in the Chapel: Monday – Friday

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

reposition. Benediction every First Friday at Noon

Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will repair for evils of the world and bring about peace on earth “Let us be generous with our time in going to

meet Jesus. (Pope John II)

BREAD & WINE, CANDLE, BLESSINGS MASS INTENTIONS

ST. MATTHEW: MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday December 2

8:00pm– Birthday blessings for Jean Abraham by Cecilia Abraham

Sunday December 3, 1st Sunday of Advent

7:30am– Members of the Altar Rosary Society

9:30am–a. In loving memory of Clemencia Norales by the Rochez

family b. R.I.P. Rosa Walker by Jackie &

family C. Por la familia de Guzman por la

salud y accion de gracias

11:30am– B’day blessings Brent Joseph by Dawn Seales

1:30pm– For the people of the parish

Monday December 4

7:30am– R.I.P. Winnie Adams by Cita Ferguson

9:00am– Blessings for Nesta Constantine & her sons by Ann Marie

Constantine

Tuesday December 5

7:30am– In loving memory of Albertha Walcott by Paulette Coppin

9:00am– Repose of the soul of Teodoro George by Racquel George

Wednesday December 6

7:30am– B’day blessings Kenrick Pierre by Althea Pierre

9:00am– Healing for Lydia

Thursday December 7

7:30am– Blessings & wedding anniversary for the Jones family by

Althea Pierre

9:00am– Physical, mental emotional & spiritual healing for my children

Friday December 8

7:30am– In loving memory of Theresa Caton & family by Remy Alexander

9:00am– Thanksgiving by Maria McGhee

7:30pm– Happy Mothers’Day to all Panamanians by Fulvia

Saturday December 9

8:00am– Thanksgiving & Birthday blessings for Maria Clouden

WEEKLY READINGS

Sun Dec. 3 Is 63:16-17,19, 64: 2-7;1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37

Mon Dec. 4 Is 2:1-5; Mt 8:5–11

Tue Dec. 5 Is 11:1-10; Lk 10:21–24

Wed Dec. 6 Is 25:6-10; Mt 13:29–37

Thu Dec. 7 Is 26:1-6; Mt 7:21,24-27

Fri Dec. 8 Gn 3:9-15, 20; Eph1:3-6,11-12; Lk 1:26–38

Sat Dec. 9 Is 30:19-21,23-26; Mt 9:35—10:1,5,6-8

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS - O.L.C.

Andre Catus, Eulin Robin, Jaden Hazard, Ella Griffith, Amber Smith, Kurtie Bobb, James P. Newson Jr., We pray to the Lord.

ALTAR BREAD and WINE : For the month of December is donate by Juliet Wilson in Thanksgiving for God’s grace and mercy, We pray to the Lord.

DEATH : We regret to announce the death of Christina Garth she is the daughter of Deacon James & Yvonne Lacy, funeral arrangement pending, We pray to the Lord

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY : Mr. & Mrs. Cuthbert Joseph , We pray to the Lord.

ST. GREGORY: MASS INTENTIONS

BREAD — 68th Birthday Blessings for Princess Frank

CANDLE -- In loving memory of Dennis 12/03 - 12/09 Ruffin requested by wife,

Catherine Ruffin

First Saturday Dec. 2nd

5 PM Vigil Mass for Mary Corriette, R.I.P., Requested by

The Fontenelle Family

Sunday, Dec. 3rd

11:30 AM Mass for Constance Sangster, R.I.P., Requested by

The Family

Tuesday, Dec. 5th

8:30 AM Mass for Nitza Lopez, Birthday Blessings, Requested by

Marjorie Lopez

Thursday, Dec. 7th

8:30 AM Mass for Maria Clouden, Birthday Blessings, Health,

Strength & Blessings with the 7 Gifts of The Holy Spirit

Friday, Dec. 8th

9 AM Mass for Savenise Gelin R.I.P., Requested by Jonathan

Figaro &

7 PM Mass for the sick parishioners and those in our faith community that are in hospitals,

nursing homes and or homebound

Saturday, Dec. 9th

5 PM Vigil Mass for Carl Gervis, R.I.P., Requested by Disciples In Mission

WEEKLY MEETINGS REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

For the homebound, hospitalized and sick

Carmen Allen, Armelle Amilcar, Monica Bain Lewis, Wisel Barber, Constant Barreau, Evelyn Barreau, Ejannah Barrett, Catherine Bernard, Elma Figaro

Bernard, Mother Juanita Brathwaite, Marjorie Brathwaite-Pierre, Silvester Brathwaite, Ismay Brewster, Diandra Brown, Evelyn Brown,

Cadore & Allen families, Virginia Caesar, Germaine Charles, Amy Clough, Martha Cortez, Louisa

Cummins, Mother Veronica Dale, Shirley Daniels, Mother Jessey Danzy, Carmen Desilva, Berard

Desrosiers, Deacon Roy Dudley, John Edgehill, Stella Emmanuel, Gloria Farley, William Forrester,

Mother Carrie Frasier, Lorna Fyffe, Angela Gabriel, Cynthia Gairy, Muriel Gomez, Rosalia Grajales, Violetta Hamilton, Gwendolyn Harding, Florence

Edna Haynes, Estes Holder, Joie Horsford, Keine Hospedales, Danielle Huie, Enid Huntley, Annastal Jasmine,

Antoinette Jones, Kallel Joseph, Elaine King, Viola King, Deacon James Lacy, Roger Lewis, Percival

Lewis, Sampson Lewis, Stephanie Logan, Francisco Lopez, Carmen D. Lorenzo, Jocelyn Lynch,

Darsen Marcellin, Virginia Marcellin, Theresa Marriott, Mother Pearl Matthews, Dorothy Mazzio,

Vera McArthur, Dylan Stephens- McKee, Kerry Mills, Edson Mitchell, Isai Monroe, Alicia Mungo, David

Isaie Munoz, Nelson Munoz, Patricia Nazire, Wilmot Nedd, Edith Neuman,Mother Dolores Olff, Gabrielle

Ortiz, Cynthia Pilgrim, Maria Pitt, Lettuce Rayson, Fr. Robert Seay,Carl Serrette, Pamela Smith,Leonora Speid, Cynthia Thomas, Edris Thomas, Mary Tho-mas, Mother Margaret Thompson, Janet Throne,

Carmen Valentin, Audrey Williams, Russell Wilson.

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR : Lacy family, Vida Boyea, Kerry Mills, Oliver Joseph,

Marva Richardson, Tresa Bascombe, Dawne Lewis, Marva Richardson,

Emillio Holder, Griffith, Sandiford, Lewis and Crockwell families, Arjoon & Critchlow families. All

students, teachers and principals, President Donald Trump & family, our Government, prayers and

petitions in our prayer basket, for all Priests especially those serving at Charity, for Religious Vocations, and

an increase in Religious Vocations, all men and women serving our country, the elders, all who are

incarcerated, and unexpressed prayers, We pray to the Lord.

WEEK OF SUNDAY 12/03/17 @ ST. GREGORY + 10 AM Senior Choir Rehearsal –Church

+ 10:30 AM Rosary Recitation-Church

+ GIFT SHOP+ CREDIT UNION

MONDAY 12/04/17

+ 10 AM Immaculate Conception 9 Day Novena-Chapel

+ 7:30 PM Choir Rehearsal for Senior, Schola & Vigil Choirs

- Church

TUESDAY 12/05/17 + 10 AM Immaculate Conception 9 Day Novena-Chapel

+ 7:15 PM Bible Study-Chapel

WEDNESDAY 12/06/17 + 10 AM Immaculate Conception 9 Day Novena-Chapel

THURSDAY 12/07/17

+ 10 AM Immaculate Conception 9 Day Novena-Chapel

FRIDAY 12/08/17 – Immaculate Conception + 9 AM Mass – Church

+ 10 AM Immaculate Conception 9 Day Novena-Chapel

+ 7PM Mass - Church

SATURDAY 12/09/17

+ 9:30 AM Advent Mini Brunch with Sr. Ave Clark-Rectory

basement

+ 4 PM-Vigil Choir Rehearsal - Church

+ 6 PM Light Fest Prayer Group – Church

WEEK OF SUNDAY 12/03/17 @ ST. MATTHEW + 11:45am Legion nidi de la Presentation

+ 1:30pm Youth Ministry

MONDAY 12/04/17

+ 7:00 PM Narcotics Anonymous

+ 7:00 PM Haitian Charismatic Prayer Group

WEDNESDAY 12/06/17

+ 11am– Senior Group

FRIDAY 12/08/17

+ 5 PM English Legion of Mary

+ 7 PM Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group

SATURDAY 12/09/17

+ 4 PM-Youth Choir Rehearsal

+ 4:15 PM Haitian Legion of Mary

O. L C WEEKLY MEETING SCHEDULE

+ 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

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

CHRISTMAS CONCERT @ ST.MATTHEW

Sunday, December 17th at 5:30 PM featuring the choirs of St. Matthew, St.

Gregory and Our Lady of Charity. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. You can purchase tickets at

the rectory or from Choir members. Our raffle will be drawn during the concert. 1st Prize— $2,000.00, 2nd Prize— $1,500.00, 3rd Prize— $1,000.00

HOLY NAME SOCIETY CHRISTMAS DINNER Sunday December 10th from 2PM to 6 PM, in the Parish Center. $30 for adults and $15 for children.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN

We are collecting new, unwrapped nonviolent toys as well as gift cards. Deadline for bringing in all

gifts is Sunday, December 17th. Be sure to drop off the gift cards @ the rectory.

CHRISTMAS PARANG

On Friday, December 15TH AT 8PM. At ST. Matthew Parish Center

FREE Food and Music **Love donation of at least $5 is requested to help

hurricane relief for Dominica

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Friday, December 8th at 7:30, 9 AM and 7:30 PM.

This is a Holy Day of Obligation. After the 7:30 PM

Mass we will have the Tree Lightning Ceremony in

front of the Church

1000 HAIL MARY’S

The three communities will pray the 1000 Hail Mary’s

on Saturday December 9th at 9;30 AM in the chapel

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

The Spanish community will celebrate the Feast of Guadalupe on December 11th and 12th. The Mass on Monday, December 11th will be at 8 pm followed by

music and prayer until midnight. On Tuesday, December 12

th the Antorcha will arrive at the Church

at 3 PM followed by Mass.

NEW YEAR’S PARTY

St. Matthew Fundraising committee will have a New

Year’s party on Sunday, December 31st after the

midnight mass. The cost will be $50 in advance and

$55 at the door. Food is included in the price and

drinks will be on sale. Tickets will be available from

the members or in the rectory. Tickets are limited.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR @ ST. GREGORY

On Friday, December 8th the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass will be at 9 AM and at 7 PM in the Church. (There will be NO 8:30 AM

Mass in the Chapel)

Immaculate Concept 9 Day Novena hosted by The Disciples In Mission starts on Thursday, November 30th thru Friday, December 8th @ 10 AM. All are

encouraged to attend.

Advent Mini Brunch with Sr. Ave Clark sponsored by Disciples In Mission on Saturday, December 9th from 9:30 AM to 1 PM in the Rectory basement. Free Will

offering will be appreciated to help support Sr. Ave Heart to Heart Ministries. All are invited to

attend.

Precinct Council Meeting will be held at St. Gregory the Great Rectory basement on Monday, December

11th, 2017 at 7:30 P.M.

On Monday, December 18th, 2017 from 3 PM to 9PM is Reconciliation & Confessions in the Church.

The Advent Candle Light Renewal Service will be held on Monday, December 18th, 2017 at 7PM in

Church. All are encouraged to attend.

If you know of any parishioner who is ill and shut-in or in the hospital please contact Ms. Estela Caesar, Parish Group Leader of the Luminaries of Hope

Ministers at 718-774-8029 or contact the Rectory office at 718-773-0100, ext. 100. Please kindly leave a detailed message and contact information and a

Minister of the Luminaries of Hope Ministry can follow up. Thank you for your consideration

Food Pantry is every other Wednesday from 12-

1PM. Sandwiches served Monday through Friday

from 12-1pm @ St. Gregory

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OUR LADY OF CHARITY

On Saturday, December 9th, OLC Fundraising Committee will be hosting a Curry Q event. Tickets are $20 with a free glass of juice.

@ Our Lady of Charity

OLC Thanksgiving Committee takes this opportunity to thank those who donated food, money, drinks,

water, cooks, drivers, servers, the packers, the Feather Men Fraternity, volunteers, the prayer

warriors, everyone who help us feed those in need on Thanksgiving Day .

ST. GREGORY

OUR LADY OF CHARITY

COLLECTION 11/18—11/19

ST. MATTHEW

Mass

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Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

5:00 pm

12 212.00 58.00 270.00

11:30AM

37 1,761.19 325.00 2,086.19

Grand

Total 49 1,973.19 383.00 2,356.19

Mass

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Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Total

10am 46 1,976.84 54.00 2,030.84

Free will

8

177.00 — 177.00

Grand

Total 54 2,153.84 54.00 2,207.84

COLLECTION 11/25—11/26

GENERAL WEEKLY EXPENSES—

ST. MATTHEW ;OUR LADY OF CHARITY AND ST. GREGORY —$ 27,000.00

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

their money into the temple treasury. Many rich peo-ple 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.”

Mass

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lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

8 PM 57 1,505.00 165.85 1,670.85

7:30 AM 114 2,192.00 225.15 2,417.15

9:30 AM 66 955.00 206.00 1,161.00

11:30 AM 95 3,437.00 666.12 4,103.12

1:30 PM 48 645.00 124.75 769.75

L.I.R. 17 426.00 — 426.00

TOTAL 397 9,160.00 1,387.87 10,547.87

ST. MATTHEW

Mass

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Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

8 PM 67 1,754.65 440.00 2,194.65

7:30 AM 125 2,771.00 484.51 3,255.51

9:30 AM 60 979.00 302.32 1,281.32

11:30 AM 107 2,143.50 652.80 2,796.30

1:30 PM 43 564.00 129.50 693.50

L.I.R. 24 852.00 — 852.00

TOTAL 426 9,064.15 2,009.13 11,073.28

Thanks-

giving 1,454.04 1,454.04

ST. GREGORY

Mass

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lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Totals

5:00 pm 27 741.00 160.00 901.00

11:30AM 67 1,560.00 329.92 1,889.92

Grand

Total 94 2,301.00 489.92 2,790.92

Thanks

giving 406.00 — 406.00

OUR LADY OF CHARITY

Mass

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lopes

Used

Envelope

Collection

Loose

money Total

10am 62 3510.00 36.00 3546.00

Free will 7

317.06 317.06

Grand

Total 69 3,827.06 36.00 3,863.06

SACRAMENTS & REGISTRATION

SACRAMENTS & REGISTRATION

BAPTISM: .

To have your child baptized in the

Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, you must show:

1. Proof that you live in the geographical boundaries

of the Church you wish to have the baby baptized.

(e.g. electric bill). If you live outside the bounda-

ries of the Church you wish to have your baby

baptized , you must get a permission letter from

the Catholic church closest to where you live

granting you permission to have your baby bap-

tized outside of the geographical area .

2. Your baby is allowed one god mother and one

god father, each must be Catholic, practicing

their faith (letter from the Church stating this), and

have their confirmation certificate. The baby can

be baptized with only one god parent.

3. One parent must be baptized Catholic and have

their baptism certificate as proof.

4. Once these requirements are fulfilled, we encour-

age you to call and set a date. Children 7 & under

can be baptized w/o CCD classes.

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 the name we give to the process that guides

people in their decision to enjoy full communion with

the Catholic Church.

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

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 is ongoing

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RECONCILIATION:

Confessions @ 7:30pm Saturday’s or by appointment

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 to administer anointing of the sick, we

encourage you to call the chaplain of the hospital or

call our rectory

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.

PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY

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

telephone number in the rectory.