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] December 21, 2014 4th Sunday of Advent 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 • Choeur d’Homme meets on Wednesdays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Lower Church • Cursillo de Cristiandad ultreya todos los Miercoles a las 8:00PM en la rectoría 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, DECEMBER 20TH, 2014 5:00 PM No Mass Intentions SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2014 7:45 AM LOWER CHURCH – MESSE CRÉOLE Repos de l’âme de Simone Celius - par Marie Sanon 9:00 AM UPPER CHURCH – ENGLISH MASS No Mass Intentions 10:30 AM LOWER CHURCH – MISA ESPANOL For the People of the Parish 11:00 AM UPPER CHURCH – ENGLISH MASS No Mass Intentions 1:00 PM UPPER CHURCH – MESSE CRÉOLE Repos de l’âme de Marie Marthe Telemaque - par Rosette Jean MONDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2014 7:30 AM 9:00 AM No Mass Intentions Repos des âmes de Francine Verna et Durocher Jeanty - par leur fille, Marie José Jeanty TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 2014 7:30 AM 9:00 AM No Mass Intentions No Mass Intentions WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 2014 7:30 AM Repose of the soul of my beloved mother Marie Thelemaque - by Yolette Anne Thelemaque and Family 9:00 AM En l’honneur de St. Matthieu - par Mireille Hall 9:00 PM No Mass Intentions Midnight. Remerciement á Dieu-anniversaire de naissance de Emmanuella Desrosiers - par Emmanuella THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, 2014 10:30 AM 12:00 PM No Mass Intentions Remerciement á Dieu-anniversaire de naissance de Thelisma et Marie Odette Etienne par Thelisma Etienne FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26TH, 2014 7:30 AM 9:00 AM No Mass Intentions Repos des âmes de Josiane et Luckner Beausjour - par leur fils, Fred Beausjour SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2014 8:00 AM 9:00 AM No Mass Intentions No Mass Intentions Church Bells The Church bells, this week, will be rung in memory of Vincent Congemi by Ingrid Seunarine. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, SPECIALLY: Victor Bejan, Barbara Carrington, Jean Colas, Patricia Cummings, Cecile Gilbert, Vilma M. Johnson, Ann Lambie, Ivianne Levine, M. Lopez, Christopher Louis, Miraclea Pierre, Anthony Preddie, Sam Riera, Bienvenida Rodriguez, Jiovanni Romero, Robert T., Gina Williams FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In today’s reading, David decides that the time has come for the God of Israel to have a fitting temple, a house in which to dwell among the people. But through the prophet Nathan God informs David that it is not his place to build a house for God. Though David’s son Solomon will eventually build a temple in Jerusalem, here the message seems to be that no temple built with humans hands could be a suitable dwelling place for God. Rather, it is God who will build David’s “house”- that is, God will establish David’s lineage and his heir shall inherit a throne that will last forever. Christians have long interpreted this promise as finding its fulfillment in Jesus. As the angel tells Mary in the Gospel reading, God will give Jesus “the throne of David his father.” Jesus is the rightful heir to David: he is the one whose kingdom shall last forever. In the birth of Jesus, God is building David’s house. But in another sense, God is also building a dwelling place for the divine presence. The dwelling place for God in the midst of the chosen people, which David sought to build, is now definitively established in Jesus: he is the true temple of God, built not by human hands, but by the work of the Spirit. What we will celebrate at Christmas is the advent of the new dwelling place of God in the humanity of Jesus. Come and dwell among us, O God -we who await the day of your coming. Live with us, so that we may know and love. Remember to shop through WWW.SHOP.COM/STJEROMECHURCH. St Jerome’s receives a donation every time you shop! Readings for the Week of December 22nd, 2014 Monday: 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56/ Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 Wednesday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/ Lk 1:67-79 Thursday: Is 52:7-10/Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 Saturday: 1 JN 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a and 2-8 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 Lk 2:22-40/ #417 St. Jerome THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In many parishes the Gospel reading from Luke, proclaimed at the Mass during the Night, is repeated on Christmas day, so that people won’t miss out on “the Christmas story.” But the Prologue to John’s Gospel also tells the Christmas story, though from a different angle. In John’s telling, Christmas is the story of God’s Word, the Word through which God spoke creation, coming to dwell with us as one of us, so that we might become through grace what is by nature: children of God. The birth that is the focus of John’s “Christmas story” “is not the birth of the Christ child, but our new birth as God’s beloved children. The Letter to the Hebrews echoes John’s Christmas story: the sending of Jesus into the world is placed in the context of God speaking, in this case through the prophets of Israel. But while the word of God spoken through the prophets was partial and fragmentary, now God has spoken fully and definitively in the person of Jesus, in whom God’s glory shines forth. What we celebrate at Christmas is that God’s word appears to us as fully “personal” in Jesus. John and the author of Hebrews, no less than Luke, have a Christmas story to tell. But their story is less about what occurred in Bethlehem two millennia ago than it is about what Jesus does in our lives today, when we are reborn through the Holy Spirit and live the life of grace as God’s beloved children. Lord Jesus, Word of God, speak in our hearts this day. Speak to us a word of comfort; speak to us a word of challenge; speak to us a word of love. Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! Feliz Navidad! SUNDAY ENVELOPES & COLLECTIONS The collection for December 14th will be reported in next week’s bulletin. MASS INTENTIONS & BREAD AND WINE OFFERINGS Mass Intentions and Bread and Wine offerings are still available for December 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 is now available. You may request a maximum of 10 Mass intentions at once. Donations for Christmas Flowers The Parish is in need of donations to purchase flowers for the Altar for the Christmas season. Please bring your donations to Mass in the envelope marked Christmas flowers. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Special Collection for Catholic Charities We will have a special collection for Catholic Charities on Thursday, December 25 at all parish Masses. Catholic Charities sponsors over 160 programs and services for children and youth, adults and seniors, the developmentally disabled, the mentally ill, the hungry and the homeless. Please be generous. Please be aware that the rectory office will be closed from Wednesday, December 24th at 3pm until Friday, December 26th, 2014. The office will re-open on Saturday, December 27th, 2014. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS SCHEDULE PROGRAMME DE NOEL ET 1ER JANVIER CHRISTMAS / NOËL / NAVIDAD NEW YEARS / 1ER JAN. / 1 DE ENERO Regular Morning Masses Wed., December 24, 7:30 & 9:00 AM Lower Church English & Spanish Christmas Carols Wed., December 24, 8 PM Upper Church English & Spanish Christmas Vigil Mass Wed., December 24, 9 PM Upper Church Chant de Noel Wed., December 24, 11 PM Upper Church Regular Morning Masses Wed., December 31, 7:30 & 9:00 AM Lower Church Adoration English & Spanish Wed., December 31, 8 PM Upper Church English & Spanish New Year’s Vigil Mass Wed., December 31, 9 PM Upper Church Adoration Haïtienne Wed., December 31, 11 PM Upper Church Messe de Minuit Thurs., December 31, 12 AM Upper Church English & Spanish New Year’s Mass Thurs., January 1, 10:30 AM Upper Church Messe de Minuit Thurs., December 25, 12 AM Upper Church English & Spanish Christmas Day Mass Thurs., December 25, 10:30 AM Upper Church La Messe Le Jour De Noel Thurs., December 25, 12 PM Upper Church Messe Haïtienne Thurs., January 1, 12 PM Upper Church #417 St. Jerome LA BAGUETTE SHOP Th e est French Cari bean B FRANK J. 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