St. Charles Borromeo 1000 Goodyear Blvd. Picayune, MS 39466

• Rev. Bernard J . Papania, Jr.

Pastor

• Rev. Marcin S. Wiktor

Parochial Vicar

• Rev. John Noone

Retired

• Deacon Brian Klause

• Deacon Doug McNair

Mass Times:

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday: 10:40 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Misa en Español

Spanish Mass in Parish Hall

5:00 p.m. Youth Mass

Weekday Masses: 8:10 a.m. on

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., and

6:30 pm Mass on Mon., Tues.,

and Thurs. evenings.

Wednesday: 12:10 p.m.

Divine Mercy Chaplet:

After weekday Masses Mass Intentions Contact the St. Charles Borromeo Church Office October 24th – October 30th Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Trice D’Antoni 1000 Fifth Avenue, Picayune, MS 39466 Kim Abercrombie + Saturday October 24th 4:00 pm 601-798-4779 (office) McCool Germaine Curley + 601-798-4749 (fax)

Email: [email protected]

People of St Charles Sunday October 25th 9:00 am Visit us at www.scborromeo.org Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo Staff: April Zogaib - Parish Secretary Sunday October 25th 10:40 am Joseph Veron + Jill Bordelon - Director of Religious Education 601-798-4779 email: [email protected] Sunday October 25th 11:30 am Rosemary Fleming + If you would like to submit an item for the bulletin Sunday October 25th 5:00 pm Jack Hays or Church announcements, please email it to [email protected]

Monday October 26th 8:10 am Bob Delaney + Would You Like To Volunteer Some Of Your Free Time? Monday October 26th 6:30 pm Charlie Albright + Or Join A Ministry? Milton B. DeRocha, Tuesday October 27th 8:10 am We encourage you to do so! Sr + Please call the office, at 601-798-4779 This Is Your Parish! Tuesday October 27th 6:30 pm Pat Albright Baptisms Wednesday October 28th 12:10 pm Loretta Breath + Baptism classes are held quarterly (January, April, July, & October) on the 3rd Monday of the month. Rodney & Dolores All paperwork must be received at the office Thursday October 29th 8:10 am Poche + no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled baptism.

Confessions Thursday October 29th 6:30 pm Charlie Albright + Confessions are 30 minutes before Mass on weekends and by appointment.

Friday October 30th 8:10 am Rosemary Fleming + Funerals Arrangements may be made by calling the office. Pre-funeral arrangements may also be made. Mass Book is open for your Mass Intentions Weddings $10.00 Mass stipend Weddings are to be scheduled 6 months $40.00 Flowers on the Altar prior to the ceremony. Any information you need regarding any of the $9.00 For the Sanctuary Candle sacraments or events listed above, may be obtained by calling the office. The Flowers on the Altar In Memory of Communion Calls Please notify the church office of the names of Bob and Sylvia Stanton + those who desire to receive Holy Communion at home or in the hospital. The Sanctuary Light Burns Anointing Of The Sick In Memory of Communal Anointing periodically or Charlie Albright + anytime upon request. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 25, 2020 “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Week of October 17th - October 18th — Matthew 22:37 Regular Collection $5,050.00 Online Regular Collection 2,230.00 TODAY’S READINGS Building Maintenance Collection 650.00 First Reading — You shall not oppress an alien, for you Online Building Maintenance Collection 515.00 yourselves were once aliens in Egypt (Exodus 22:20-26). Psalm — I love you, Lord, my strength (Psalm 18). Total $8,445.00 Second Reading — You became imitators of the Lord, so World Mission Sunday 2nd Collection $190.00 that you became a model for all believers Thank You For Your Generosity! (1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10). Gospel — You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself Did You Know… (Matthew 22:34-40). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, that you can send your International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. contribution through our website? READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 4:32 — 5:8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 13:10-17 Tired of forgetting to bring your envelopes Tuesday: Eph 5:21-33; Ps 128:1-5; Lk 13:18-21 to Mass? Prefer to send your tithe fund by Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16 bank draft? Just click on the “Online Giving” Thursday: Eph 6:10-20; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; button on the bottom right side of the Lk 13:31-35 website homepage. Friday: Phil 1:1-11; Ps 111:1-6; Lk 14:1-6 Left click the following links Saturday: Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef; http://www.scborromeo.org/ OR Lk 14:1, 7-11 Sunday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a

BORN TO LOVE We were born to love, we live to love, In an effort to keep our Parish Census and we will die to love still more. current and to keep in touch, you can go —Joseph Cafasso online to our website http://www.scborromeo.org/

And go to the For anyone interested in joining the Catholic Church or anyone who would like to complete their Sacraments of to make any changes in address, phone Initiation through RCIA, please contact the parish office. number, email address that will allow you to RCIA will be held on Mondays at 6:00PM in the parish receive important information from the hall. For anyone interested in helping with RCIA Church. We thank you for your help. or would just like to come for continuous religious in- If you are new to the parish, we welcome struction, please also contact the church office. Due to you to the Parish. Please come by the office, COVID-19, attendance MAY be limited, so for those or go online to the Connect Now to register wishing to participate in RCIA for any reason, you must in our Parish. Your participation is greatly first contact the church office and speak with the RCIA coordinator before attending. appreciated. FIRST READING GOSPEL OF THE MASS A reading from of Exodus A reading from the holy Gospel Exodus 22: 20-26 According to Matthew Thus says the LORD: Matthew 22: 34-40 "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, widows, and your children orphans. "If you lend money to one "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. and the first commandment. The second is like it: If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it You shall love your neighbor as yourself. to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering The whole law and the prophets depend on these two he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? commandments." If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate." The word of the Lord. The Gospel of the Lord Thanks be to God. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM 18 Profession Of Faith R. I love you, Lord, my strength. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of I love you, O LORD, my strength, O LORD, my rock, my heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. fortress, my deliverer. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son R. I love you, Lord, my strength. of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of my Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not salvation, my stronghold! Praised be the LORD, I exclaim, made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all and I am safe from my enemies. things were made. For us men and for our salvation he R. I love you, Lord, my strength. came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was The LORD lives and blessed be my rock! Extolled be God my incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. savior. You who gave great victories to your king For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he and showed kindness to your anointed. suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third R. I love you, Lord, my strength. the peoples with equity. day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy SECOND READING Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the A reading from the First Letter of St. Paul Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is to the Thessalonians adored and glorified, who has spoken through the 1 Thessalonians 1: 5c-10 prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from life of the world to come. Amen. the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, our protection against the wickedness and snares of but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and have no need to say anything. For they themselves openly do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised Amen. from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath. The word of the Lord. Jesus, I Love You, Thanks be to God. and I Trust In You! LIVING JUSTLY PRAY FOR OUR DIOCESAN PRIESTS “You give that back right now!” How many of us have heard that line, probably more than once, as we EACH DAY were growing up? We come home with the trophy of October 25th –October 31st what we thought was a really sweet deal, only to have our parents undo our profits by making us return the Sunday- Frs. Richard Wagner & spoils. They had a different idea of what constituted a Marcin Wiktor “fair trade agreement.” Justice in our dealings with Monday- For Priest & Brothers at St. Augustine others continues to be an important measure of our Seminary & St. Stanislaus High School character, and like a good parent, God cares very Tuesday- For Our Deceased much about how we treat each other and about how Joseph Howze & Roger Morin others treat us. God hears the cry of the poor, and Wednesday- For Our Seminarians answers the call of the oppressed. God’s beloved children Thursday- For Retired, Extern & Deceased are not to behave like bullies. Priests, Brothers, & Deacons Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Friday- For Our Deacons & Deacon Candidates High Mass in Saturday– For Frs. Bernie Papania, Extraordinary Form Marcin Wiktor, & John Noone (Latin Mass ) A prayer attributed to St. Teresa of Ávila , Every Sunday At 12:30 PM which soothing words are known for instilling With Fr. Marcin Wiktor peace in those who pray them, may serve as a Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church more suitable ending: Let nothing disturb you, 228 South Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis, MS Let nothing frighten you. 228-467-6509 All things pass away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing; We are offering both in-person classes and at God alone suffices. st Teresa of Jesus was canonized in 1622 and elevated to Doctor home learning for Grades 1 through High of the Church in 1970 by Pope Paul VI, the first woman to be School, and at home learning for Kindergarten. so honored. Her feast day is Oct. 15. From churchmilitant.com In-person classes for 1st through 8th grade will be only on Wednesdays, at 5:30 pm. In-person classes for 9thgrade Confirmation will be on Sundays, starting with 5:00pm Mass . For more information contact Jill Bordelon – 601-798-4779 or [email protected]. Classes began the week of September 14. Advertiser of the Week:

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St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School 1006 Goodyear Boulevard, Picayune, MS 601-799-0860

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“To Know, Love and Serve God” AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES of Alcantara’s Story Sunday: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 26 Monday: St. Peter of Alcantara Peter was a contemporary of well-known 16th-century Spanish saints, including Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross. He Tuesday: Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza served as confessor to Saint Teresa of Avila. Church reform Wednesday: Ss. Simon and Jude was a major issue in Peter’s day, and he directed most of his Thursday: Saint Narcissus of energies toward that end. His death came one year before the Council of Trent ended. Born into a noble family—his father Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; Halloween was the governor of Alcantara in Spain—Peter studied law at Salamanca University, and at 16 he joined the so-called Observant Franciscans, also known as the discalced friars. SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES While he practiced many penances, he also demonstrated October 28 abilities which were soon recognized. He was named the Saint Jude, apostle and . . . Hollywood success story? superior of a new house even before his ordination as a priest, Indeed! Beyond Simon’s being a “ Zealot” for Israel’s was elected provincial at the age of 39, and he was a very liberation and Jude’s question about Jesus revealing himself successful preacher. Still, he was not above washing dishes and (John 14:22), no historic facts are known about either saint. But cutting wood for the friars. He did not seek attention; indeed, Saint Jude’s well-known patronage of lost causes and hopeless he preferred solitude. Peter’s penitential side was evident when cases is largely due to a desperate vow made just before World it came to food and clothing. It is said that he slept only 90 War II by a struggling entertainer, the son of Arab-American minutes each night. While others talked about Church reform, immigrants, Danny Thomas. Unemployed, his wife about to Peter’s reform began with himself. His patience was so great that a proverb arose: “To bear such an insult one must have the give birth, Danny, attending Mass, impulsively donated his last patience of Peter of Alcantara.” In 1554, Peter received seven dollars to the collection, promising: “Saint Jude, if you permission to form a group of Franciscans who followed help me find my way in life, I will build a shrine in your the Rule of St. Francis with even greater rigor. These friars honor!” Older Americans remember well Danny’s long, were known as Alcantarines. Some of the Spanish friars who successful movie and television career. Grateful parents came to North and South America in the 16th, 17th, and 18th worldwide know the miracles that have taken place for fifty centuries were members of this group. At the end of the 19th years at his Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where century, the Alcantarines were joined with other Observant needy children are cared for regardless of race, religion, or friars to form the Order of Friars Minor. As spiritual director financial resources, and monumental advances continue in to Saint Teresa, Peter encouraged her in promoting the healing and preventing pediatric cancers and catastrophic Carmelite reform. His preaching brought many people to religious life, especially to the Secular Franciscan Order, the childhood diseases. A living, life-giving partnership is this friars, and the Poor Clares. Peter of Alcantara was canonized “Communion of Saints”: Simon, Jude, Danny Thomas—us! —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. in 1669. His Liturgical Feast Day is September 22. From franciscanmedia.org

Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem’s Story Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza’s Story October 29 October 27 Life in second- and third-century Jerusalem couldn’t have been Dominicans honor one of their own today, Blessed easy, but Saint Narcissus managed to live well beyond 100. Bartholomew of Vicenza. This was a man who used his skills Some even speculate he lived to 160. as a preacher to challenge the heresies of his day. Details of his life are sketchy, but there are many reports of his Bartholomew was born in Vicenza around 1200. At 20, he miracles. The miracle for which Narcissus is most remembered entered the Dominicans. Following his ordination, he served in was turning water into oil for use in the church lamps on Holy various leadership positions. As a young priest, he founded a Saturday when the deacons had forgotten to provide any. military order whose purpose was to keep civil peace in towns We do know that Narcissus became of Jerusalem in the throughout Italy. In 1248, Bartholomew was appointed a late second century. He was known for his holiness, but there bishop. For most men, such an appointment is an honor and a are hints that many people found him harsh and rigid in his tribute to their holiness and their demonstrated leadership skills. efforts to impose Church discipline. One of his many detractors But for Bartholomew, it was a form of exile that had been urged accused Narcissus of a serious crime at one point. Though the by an antipapal group that was only too happy to see him leave charges against him did not hold up, he used the occasion to for Cyprus. Not many years later, however, Bartholomew was retire from his role as bishop and live in solitude. transferred back to Vicenza. Despite the antipapal feelings that His disappearance was so sudden and convincing that many were still evident, he worked diligently—especially through his people assumed he had actually died. preaching—to rebuild his diocese and strengthen the people’s Several successors were appointed during his years in isolation. loyalty to Rome. Finally, Narcissus reappeared in Jerusalem and was persuaded During his years as bishop in Cyprus, Bartholomew befriended to resume his duties. By then he had reached an advanced age, King Louis IX of France, who is said to have given the holy so a younger bishop was brought in to assist him until his bishop a relic of Christ’s Crown of Thorns. death. Bartholomew died in 1271. He was beatified in 1793. From franciscanmedia.org From franciscanmedia.org