St. Jerome’s R.C. Church
Newkirk and Nostrand Avenues, Brooklyn, New York 11226
Fr. Jean Yvon Pierre, MA, PhD, Administrator
Fr. Luçon Rigaud, MA, M. Div., Parochial Vicar
Mr. Magloire Marcel, Deacon
Mr. Carlos Culajay, Deacon
Mr. Paul Norman, Director of Faith Formation/
Religious Education and Safe Environment Coordinator
Phone Numbers:
Rectory: 718-462-0223
Fax: 718-462-7753
Religious Education: 646-664-6738
Email: [email protected]
October 12, 2014
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Rectory Office Hours
Monday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday through Friday:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
Schedule of Masses
Saturday Evening
5:00 PM Lower Church: English
Sunday
7:45 AM Lower Church: Creole
9:00 AM Upper Church: English
10:30 AM Lower Church: Spanish
11:00 AM Upper Church: English
1:00 PM Upper Church: Creole/French
Weekdays
7:30 AM Monday - Friday: English
9:00 AM Monday - Friday: Creole
8:00 AM Saturday: English
9:00 AM Saturday: Creole
BAPTISM
Baptism registration takes place on Thursdays from 10:00 AM
to 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM in the rectory office.
CONFESSIONS
Saturday, Samedi, Sabado 4:00 PM- 4:45 PM in the Lower
Church and by appointment.
MARRIAGE MATRIMONIO MARIAGE
Call 6 months in advance - Llame 6 meses antes de la fecha
- Appelez 6 mois á l’avance.
Eucharistic Adoration every Friday after the 9:00 AM
Mass with benediction at Noon.
Adoracion Eucaristica el tercer Viernes de cada mes a las 7:00 PM.
PRAYER GROUPS
• English: Wednesday at 7:30 PM in the Rectory.
• Emmanuel: Thursday at 7:00 PM in the Lower Church
• Spanish: Charismatic Group Monday at 7:30 PM in the Rectory
• English: Legion of Mary Tuesday at 7:30 PM in the Rectory
• Haitian: Charismatique pour les Haitiens chaque Mercredi a partir de
7:00 heures du soir au sous-sol de l’Eglise
• Haitian: Legion de Marie pour les Haitiens a 8:30 AM et 4:30 PM
Chaque Samedi dans la cafeteria
ACTIVE GROUPS
• Troupe Éclat meets on Saturday at 6:00 PM in the Rectory
• Témoins du Christ meets on Sunday after the 1:00 PM Mass in the
Rectory
• Les Jeunes disciples de Jesus meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the
month in the cafeteria after the 1:00 PM Mass
• Feu D’amour meets on the 2nd Sunday of the Month after the 1:00 PM
Mass in the cafeteria
• Burning Hearts meets on Fridays at 5:00 PM in the Rectory
• Choeur d’Homme meets on Wednesdays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in
the Lower Church
CHOIRS
• English Youth Choir meets on Sunday after the 11:00 AM Mass in the
Lower Church
• Haitian Choir meets on Saturday at 7:00 PM in the Lower Church
OTHER MINISTRIES
• RCIA English meets every Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the Rectory
• RCIA Spanish meets on Thursday from Sept. to May in the
Rectory
• RCIA pour les Haitiens vous pouvez contacter le Rectory
718-462-0223
• Altar Servers meet on Saturday at 11:00 AM in the Upper Church
PARISH MASS INTENTIONS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2014
5:00 PM
For the people of the Parish
7:45 AM
LOWER CHURCH – MESSE CRÉOLE
Repos de l’âme de ma très chère mère,
Françoise Févry - par Marie Andrée
Etienne-Menard
UPPER CHURCH – ENGLISH MASS
No Mass Intentions
LOWER CHURCH – MISA ESPANOL
No Mass Intentions
UPPER CHURCH – ENGLISH MASS
No Mass Intentions
UPPER CHURCH – MESSE CRÉOLE
Repos des âmes de Mr. et Mme. Anto
Dupiton - par leurs enfants
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2014
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
No Mass Intentions
Repos de l’âme de ma très chère mère,
Mme. Irma Thérese Agnant - par Jeff
Agnant
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2014
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
No Mass Intentions
Remerciement à touts les Saints - par Jean
Joseph
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2014
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
Repose of the soul of Frederic Weinstein by his wife, Suzanne and Sister Norma
No Mass Intentions
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 2014
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
No Mass Intentions
Remerciement à Dieu-anniversaire de
naissance de Familia Bien-Aime - par
Familia Bien-Aime
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2014
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
No Mass Intentions
Repos de l’âme de Alberte Maurice - par
Reine Marie Maurice
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2014
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
No Mass Intentions
No Mass Intentions
Readings for the Week of October 13th, 2014
Monday:
GAL 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1/LK 11:29-32
Tuesday:
GAL 5:1-6/LK 11:37-41
Wednesday: GAL 5:18-25/LK 11:42-46
Thursday:
EPH 1:1-10/LK 11:47-54
Friday:
EPH 1:11-14 LK 12:1-7
Saturday:
2 TM 4:10-17B LK 10:1-9
Sunday:
IS 45:1, 4-6/1 THES 1:1-5B/MT 22:15-21
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, SPECIALLY:
Yvette Bijou, Lydia Christian, Patricia Cummings, Ginette
Fenelus, Gregory Fenelus, Charles François, Cecil Gilbert,
Marie Célia Giles, Juiti Jean, Ann Lambie, Ivianne Levine,
Marlene Louis-Paul, M. Lopez, Luc Moïse, Gaty Paul,
Miraclea Pierre, Yves Préveaut, Sam Riera, Jiovani Romer,
Jane Stevens, Cassandra St. Fort, Robert T., Marie Josephine
Augustine, Gina Williams, Victor Bejan, Jean Colas
From the Administrator’s
Desk
TWENTY- EIGHTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel draws into
itself the imagery of the great feast at the end of time
that God, as the first reading tells us, “will provide for
all peoples,” a feast of “rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines”. At this feast,
“The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every
face.” It is this feast that fulfills the promise in the
second reading that “God will fully supply whatever
you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ
Jesus.” The joy of a feast becomes an image of the
joyous event of the union of our life with God’s life,
when God will consummate human history, wipe away
all its tears, and fill every cup to overflowing.
In the Eucharist that we celebrate every
Sunday we share already in the feast. We come, week
after week, to have our lives joined to the life of God,
to have our tears wiped away, to have our cups filled
to overflowing. We have been called, like the guests in
the parable, to the wedding supper of the Lamb who
has taken away our sins. But the parable is also a
warning not to take lightly so great a call. Though the
actions of the king in the parable seem extreme,
burning down the cities of those who reject the
invitation and throwing out those who arrived
underdressed, the very exaggeration of those actions
drive home the point that this is a call to the feast of
life itself; to decline that invitation is to reject the gift
of life that is offered. The invitation ought neither be
ignored nor accepted lightly; we are to adorn our souls
with the wedding garment of love, a garment that, as
St. Gregory the Great put it, is woven of two strands of
wool; love of God and love of neighbor (Homily 37).
How we respond to God’s invitation is a
matter of life and death, and our weekly presence at
the wedding feast of the Lamb is an obligation that we
should joyfully fulfill: the obligation to let our lives be
joined to God’s, to let our tears be wiped away, to let
our cup be filled to overflowing.
Lord Jesus, you invite us to the banquet of
your love. Help us to respond to that invitation with
our hearts adorned with love of God and neighbor.
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YOUR WEEKLY GIFT TO GOD
Sunday, October 4th:
Regular Contributions $
7,300
Weekly budget
10,525
Difference
–3,225
St. Jerome Feast
3,338
Number of Registered Parishioners 2,000
Number of Envelopes Used
-430
*Parishioners who need to use envelopes
1,570
Thirteen parishioners caught up with their donations.
*Give to God with love by placing your gift inside the
offering envelopes. May God continue to bless you.
The Rectory office will be closed on Monday, October
13, 2014 in observance of the Columbus Day Holiday.
St. Jerome Dinner Dance
The pleasure of your company is requested at our
parish’s annual fund raising Dinner Dance on Friday,
November 7th, 2014 from 8:00pm to 1:00am. The
dinner dance will be held at Glen Terrace, located at
5313 Avenue N. A donation of $100 is requested for
adults and $56 for children 12 years old and under. The
raffle will be drawn at this function.
Collection for Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday, organized by the Propagation of
the Faith, is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to
recommit themselves to the Church's missionary activity
through prayer and sacrifice. Every year the needs of the
Catholic Church in the Missions grow - as new dioceses
are formed, as new seminaries are opened because of the
growing number of young men hearing Christ's call to
follow Him as priests, as areas devastated by war or
natural disaster are rebuilt, and as other areas, long
suppressed, are opening up to hear the message of Christ
and His Church. That is why the involvement and
commitment of Catholics from around the world is so
urgently needed. Next weekend is the National
Collection for Mission Sunday. Please be generous.
Devotions to Mary
The month of October is dedicated to Our Lady of the
Rosary. We take this time to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary
in gratitude for the protection she gives the Church in
answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful. Please
join the Legion of Mary during rosary and devotions to the
Blessed Virgin Mary every Tuesday of October at
7:30pm in the Lower Church. All are invited.
RCIA REGISTRATION 2014
The Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults is a process by
which adults are brought into the Catholic Church.
Adults wishing to become members of the Catholic
Church go through a process of preparation for a period
of time and are then welcomed by the congregation at the
Easter Vigil Mass. Interested adults should contact the
rectory office at (718) 462-0223.
MASS INTENTIONS & BREAD AND WINE
OFFERINGS
Mass Intentions and Bread and Wine offerings are still
available for the remaining months of 2014. A Mass
intention or Bread and Wine offerings can be
requested for a loved one (living or deceased), or for a
friend, or in thanksgiving to God for favors granted
etc. The 2015 Mass Book will be available on
Monday, December 1st, 2014.
Diaconate Ordination
Mr. Yvon Hector will be ordained a transitional
Deacon on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 at St.
Joseph’s Seminary. May the Holy Spirit continue to
enlighten and guide him.
Get Moving Brooklyn Day
The Borough of Brooklyn Ecumenical Advisory
Group will host a Get Moving Brooklyn Day on
Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Prospect Park Band
Shell from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The day includes
physical activities, bike riding classes, a faith walk and
much more. This day is an opportunity where people
of various faiths, physical abilities and ages come
together to connect faith to health. For more
information, please call (718) 637-5400.
Xaverian High School Open House
Xaverian High School invites all 8th young men and their
parents to its Open House on Sunday, October 19th,
2014 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at 7100 Shore Road in
Brooklyn. For more information, call (718) 836-7100 or
visit www.xaverian.org/admissions.
Evening of Spirit
Join New York Methodist Hospital on Thursday,
October 23rd, 2014 from 6:30pm-9:00pm at their
Evening of Spirit event. The evening will be filled
with women’s health information, pampering services,
goody bags, wine tastings and much more. The event
will be held at 506 Sixth St. in Brooklyn. Admission is
$10 for Spirit Members, $15 for non-members. For
more information, please call (855) 696-9355.
Organ Concert
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of St. Thomas More
Church at St. John’s University, the Peragallo Pipe
Organ Company will be giving an organ concert
featuring Dr. Jennifer Pascual, the Director of Music at
St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The concert will be held on
Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30pm in St. Thomas
More Church. Admission is free. For more
information, please call (718) 990-6255.
Flu Shots
Get your free Flu Shot at Duane Reade on the corner of
Nostrand Avenue and Avenue D. Call 718-693-3059.
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