Saint Catherine of Genoa R. C. Church 520 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203 www.stcatherinegenoabrooklyn.com (718) 282-7162 Fax (718) 282-5568 [email protected] ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA~ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX CATHOLIC ACADEMY 4410 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY Phone: (718) 629-9330 • Fax: (718) 629-6854

OFFICE HOURS Weekdays 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sunday & Holidays by appointment only. No office hours Thursday evenings after 4:00 PM.

PARISH STAFF Administrator - Rev. Raphael Munday Kukana Parochial Vicar - Coordinator of the Ghanaian Apostolate - Rev. Anselmus Mawusi SACRAMENTS: are celebrations of the faith Religion Coordinator - TBD community. It is important that our members be registered and participate fully and regularly in the sacramental life Secretary - Bernadette Johannes of the parish.

EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES R.C.I.A. is the Adult Preparation for Sacraments. For more information please call the Weekends: Saturday: 5:00 PM (English) Rectory (718) 282-7162. Sunday: 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM (English), 9:30 AM (Hospital Mass English), SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: 1:00 PM (French & Creole), (CONFESSION) Saturday at 4:00 PM or by Appointment. 5:00 PM (Twi) Weekdays: Monday-Saturday 9:00 AM SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Holy Days: 9:00 AM & 7:00 PM (English) Marriage arrangements must be made at least six 8:00 PM (French & Creole) months prior to the wedding date. Please contact the rectory for complete information about marriage Catholic Cemeteries: for information and availability preparation in the Diocese. please call (718) 894-4888. BAPTISM: is celebrated every 3rd Sunday of the month at PARISH MEMBERSHIP: the 11:00 AM Mass. Baptism Class is offered on the 2nd Catholics should be officially registered in a Parish. Saturday of the month for parents and godparents in the Call the Rectory to register and use the offering envelopes rectory basement at 12 Noon. Please call the rectory to as a sign of your commitment. register for baptism.

July 14, 2019 - The Fifteenth Sunday in ordinary Time- Year C

SATURDAY, JULY 13 Sunday 9: 00 AM Christiane Dabel (d) - Famille 9:45 AM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – RESUMES IN SEPTEMBER 5:00 PM Siliana Marcelin (d) - Renette Lundy Alexis & 6:30 PM GHANAIAN MEN’S FELLOWSHIP - RECTORY BASEMENT Mireille Jean Noel 7:00PM MFANTSEMAN EBUSUA KUW (Ghanaian Group) 7/28, 8/25, 5:00 PM Rosemond Henry (d) - Ray Reyes 9/29, 10/27 & 11/24 - RECTORY BASEMENT 5:00 PM Joseph H. Gray (d) - St. Rose & Gray families Monday 5:00 PM Flordeliza Rafio (d), Rosemond Henry (d) - 7:30 PM ENGLISH CHOIR – CHURCH Doris St. Rose Tuesday SUNDAY, JULY 14 7:00 PM ENGLISH PRAYER GROUP – RECTORY BASEMENT

8:00 AM Veronica Thomas David (d) - Ann Nicholas Wednesday 11:00 AM B.B. Patrick McCallum - Family 7:00 PM DISCIPLES IN MISSION - RECTORY BASEMENT 11:00 AM Jacob & Agatha Snagg (d), Adolphus & Thursday Mona Snagg (d) - Eunice Quashie 10:30 AM S.V.D.P. FOOD PANTRY – Closed till Sept 5 11:00 AM Egbert Morgan (d) - Consuelo Tomlinson 8:00 PM HOLY HOUR – CHURCH 1:00 PM Dieudonne Pierre-Louis (d) - Family 1:00 PM B.B. Karl-Heinz Aimé - Fresner Aimé Friday 1:00 PM Action de Grace Dady Philibert 7:00 PM BOY SCOUTS TROOP 700 – RESUMES IN SEPTEMBER 7:00 PM GHANAIAN PRAYER GROUP - RECTORY BASEMENT 1:00 PM Action de Grace Ronald Edouard & famille Saturday MONDAY, JULY 15 10:00 AM GIRL SCOUTS – RECTORY BASEMENT 9:00 AM B.B. Helena Prince - Friends of St. Catherine 10:00 AM ALTAR SERVERS – RECTORY BASEMENT

11:00 AM GHANAIAN CHOIR - CHURCH TUESDAY, JULY 16 5:00 PM LEGION DE MARIE – RECTORY BASEMENT 9:00 AM Rev. Robert Blauvett (d) 7:30 PM AMBASSADEURS DU CHRIST - RECTORY BASEMENT

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 9:00 AM

THURSDAY, JULY 18 9:00 AM B.B. Ricardo Georges - Georges family 9:00 AM Blessing & Thanksgiving - Moise & St. Jean families MASSES July 07 AMOUNT PEOPLE SATURDAY 5:00 PM ENGLISH 532.00 38 FRIDAY, JULY 19 9:00 AM Rev. Michael Carrano (d) SUNDAY 8:00 AM ENGLISH 2,101.00 93

11:00 AM ENGLISH 1,184.00 95 SATURDAY, JULY 20 9: 00 AM 1:00 PM FRENCH 602.00 86 5:00 PM Gail Reyes (d) - Ray Reyes spouse 5:00 PM TWI 539.00 60 5:00 PM Annette Laundy (d) - Doris St. Rose TOTAL: 4,958.00 372

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37; or Ps 19:8-11; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37

Monday: St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34-11:1 Please call or stop by the Rectory.to add Tuesday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, or remove a name. 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24

Wednesday The Most Holy Trinity, Votive: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Humberto Anderson; Lorenzo Andrea; Rosaline Archer; Enid Ashby; Jamie Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 Axson; Karniff Barton; Harold Brunache; Vilma Bryan Dufresne; Rose Crouch; Dennis Daniel; Bernadine Logan-Daniel; Albertha DeBrossetomas; Coleman Thursday: St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest: Ex 3:13-20 Edwards; Merline Foumiller; Stephanie Frank; Verona Fraser; Norma Haughton Ps 105:1,5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 -Green; Miguel Gray; Lois Harry; John Hinckson; Marjorie Hynese; Elizabeth

Friday: Ex 11:10—12-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-18; Mt 12;1-8 Fahy Lacovara; Winnifred LeBlanc; Ardyne (Merrie) Lee; Yvonne Lecky; Sr. Veronica McCormack; Mary Malouf; Laurel McIntosh; Joyce Neufville; Muriel Saturday St. Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr: Ex 12:37-42 Northe; John Prescott; Elena Princess; Eunice Quashie; Matilda Regis; Joseph Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12;14-21 Rebecca; Joel Rivera; Peggy Shaw; Charlie Simon; Pauline Smith;

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Snagg Family; Eustacia Waldron, Inez Williams; Sharon Williams; and Gavin Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15: 2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 Woodham. From the Pastor’s Desk Fr. Dominic’s Silver Jubilee My dear parishioners, Anniversary Mass

Today’s Gospel, known as the Gospel of the Sing out, heavens and rejoice, Good Samaritan, really challenges us. We all earth, break forth into song you know the commandment that we should love mountains. Is49:13 God and love our neighbor. And certainly most On Sunday July 21, 2019, of us do love our neighbors, or do we? The Fr. Dominic Peprah will celebrate good question is what is posed in the Gospel. his Silver Jubilee Anniversary of Priestly Ordination, “Who is my neighbor?” here at St. Catherine at the 5pm Mass. A time of fellowship Our understanding of a neighbor is a friend, a close relative, will take place right after in the church Parking lot. the person next door, people on our block, the person sitting next to me in the office. In short, my neighbor is the person I know and 2019 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL who knows me and with whom I share something. But today’s FAITH & GOOD WORKS Gospel challenges that understanding. In answering the question “who is my neighbor”, the Lord Parish Goal: $41, 782.00 Jesus gives an example that goes against our way of looking at Donors: 107 Amount Pledged: $27, 181.50 things. The Lord presented a Jewish man (coming from Jerusa- Received: $17, 574.50 lem and going to Jericho) who fell victim to robbers. The neighbor The Christian steward is one who receives God’s gifts gratefully, who came to his rescue was a Samaritan man. Jews and Samari- cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, tan did not get along. They lived apart, and therefore could not shares them in justice and love with others, and returns them with consider themselves neighbors to one another. We can under- increase to the Lord. Not yet Pledged? Support the 2019 Annual stand this better in the example of the encounter of Jesus with Catholic Appeal with Faith and Good Works. the Samaritan woman at the well. When the Lord asked the Envelopes are available at the church entrances.

Samaritan woman for water to drink, the Samaritan woman responded: “How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, Rev. Emmanuel N. Conduah will be joining for a drink? (For Jews use nothing in common with Samari- our Parish effective Sept.1, 2019 as our new tans)” (John 4:9). But it was the Samaritan man who showed Parochial Vicar. We look forward to welcom- mercy to a Jewish man with whom he had nothing in common, ing him here to his new home. thus treating him as his neighbor. What we learn from the story of the Good Samaritan is that New Rectory Office Hours every person we meet in this world is our neighbor, no matter their origin, or the color of their skin, or their immigration status, New rectory office hours, took effect or their occupation in life. Every person deserves our attention, on July 4, 2019. Monday to Friday, and every person deserves to be treated with dignity. 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. God bless you always.

Fr. Raphael PARISH REGISTRATION All parishioners are encouraged to register. We are only

able to give recommendations to those who are regis- ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY tered for at least 6 MONTHS. Please register (or update Please do not forget the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry of our your information if you have recently moved or gotten mar- parish. You may bring non-perishable food whenever you come ried) with the form below. Place to church. The pantry is closed for food distribution until Sept 5, 2019. A special thanks to all who have donated food and their time - we count on your continued support and generosity. Family Name:______Head of Household: ______Spouse:______Address:______Apartment# ______Zip Code ______Telephone#______Email Address______New Registration Moving Out of the Parish Change of Name ______Altar cloths for the ordinary season donated by Leila Felix. Change of Address______Apartment #______Zip Code______ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA-ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX Catholic Academy T H E T A B L ET Get it delivered to your home will your child be 5 years old in 2019? It’s time for Kindergarten. SUBSCRIBE NOW Let your child take flight in our caring, nurturing environment. Great Deal -1 Year $28/ Better Deal -2 Years $50 To learn about the benefits of a values-based education, Best deal - 3 Years $68 Name: ______please contact (718) 629-3330.

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