THIRIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 29TH 2017 LECTORS SATURDAY, October 28th 10/28 4:30 p.m. Pete LeRose 8:30 A.M. + Douglas Taylor 10/29 8:00 a.m. Lori Youssefbaik Req. by his Mother 10/29 10:30 a.m. Julie & Michael Weatherly 4:30 P.M. +William Accurso 10/31 and 11/01 Masses NEED VOLUNTEERS Req. by the Lyons Family 11/04 4:30 p.m. Peter LeRose SUNDAY, October 29th 30th Sunday Ordinary Time 11/05 8:00 a.m. Kathleen Fowler 8:00 A.M. + Anna Naclerio 11/05 10:30 a.m. 4th Grade Parents Req. by Al & Cathy Naclerio 10:30 A.M. People of the Parish EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF EUCHARIST MONDAY, October 30th 8:00 A.M. + Michael Passaic 10/28 4:30 p.m. Ann Gulbrandsen, Peter LeRose, Req. by his Wife Marguerite Violante TUESDAY, October 31st Vigil Mass All Saints Day 10/29 8:00 a.m Ed & Gladys Collins, Cathy Naclerio 5:30 P.M. People of the Parish 10/29 10:30 a.m. Alice Heidecker, Emily Mele, Ed WEDNESDAY, November 1st All Saints Day Provanzana 8:00 A.M. + Carla Aumick 10/31 and 11/01 Masses NEED VOLUNTEERS Req. by her Family 11/04 4:30 p.m. Renna Meyer, Marguerite Violante, Ann 7:00 P.M. + Maxine Cuciti Gulbrandsen Req. by her Husband 11/05 8:00 a.m. Ginny Gravatt, Cathy Naclerio, Janet THURSDAY, November 2nd All Souls Day Betanzos 8:00 A.M. All Souls 11/05 10:30 a.m. Jamie Hoyt, Emily Mele, Alice FRIDAY, November 3rd First Friday Heidecker 8:00 A.M. All Souls SATURDAY, November 4th Feast of St. Charles Borromeo ALTAR SERVERS 8:30 A.M. In Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary 10.28 4.30 p.m. Devin Egan Req. by Renna Meyer 10/29 8:00 a.m. Frank Seelmann, Jack Cook, Travis Titmas 4:30 P.M. Dec’d members of the Harcher and LeRose 10/29 10:30 a.m. Jessie Timm, Olivia Lowery Families 10/31 and 11/01 Masses NEED VOLUNTEERS Req. by Peter & Jean LeRose 11/04 4:30 p.m. Devin Egan, Need Volunteers SUNDAY, November 5th 31st Sunday Ordinary Time 11/05 8:00 a.m. Frank Seelmann, Jack 8:00 A.M. + Helen Harcourt Cook Req. by her Husband 11/05 10:30 a.m. Jesse Timm, Need Volunteers 10:30 A.M. People of the Parish IF YOU HAVE ARRANGED FOR A MASS TO BE SAID, WE ST. CHARLES FOUR SEASON CLUB REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP First Week’s Winner: Eileen Horgan THE GIFTS– PLEASE SEE THE USHERS BEFORE MASS Second’s week’s winner: Sharon Dedek BEGINS. THANK YOU. Please enter our next Four Season Club. PLEASE PRAY FOR AN INCREASE IN VOCATIONS. Entry forms are in the Church vestibules. Think about ****************************************************** giving an entry as a gift……it gives the recipient 15 chances PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL LAW to win. ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. MEMORIALS This week’s Sanctuary Flowers is given in loving memory of Trenton Masterson by the Cardillo Family. MaryAnn Herzog, Stewart Glenn, Gloria Sorrentino, Frank Alonzo, Arrangements for Memorials can be made in the rectory Richard Continanzi. Mary Verdi, Rich Carlson, Andrew Avellino, office. You may call or stop in. Nancy Bedard, Gil Senescu, Carmen Esposito, Judy & Jim Callahan, Mary DiVincenzo, John Laskowsky, Michael Croce, Kathy Witheral, John Grote, Anna Denton, Angela Pagano, Tiffany Connolly, Fay Lord Jesus Christ, You are our light in the Carfizzi, Eva Gangemi, Tessie Feminella, Ella Reid, Janet Reid, Paul darkness of the night. Enlighten yourself Vinett, Linda Webb, John Lodato, Charles Sr. and Aurelia Montrose, with a good book from our library. READ, Dorothy O’Hagan, Maureen St. John. If you know of someone in need of prayer - please let us know RETURN OR PASS IT ON. by calling the rectory. Our parish family warmly welcomes new members. You may register by coming to the rectory office or completing the form on the front cover of the Let us not forget…. bulletin. Registration is necessary for Sacramental For Catholics, Mass attendance is a vital part of weekly life. It is participation and Religious Education. For letters of eligibility, the time to gather together in God’s presence, to be nourished by God you must be registered in the parish and actively participating in and by one another. We listen to the words of the Scripture, we pray our parish. together and we share the Body & Blood of Christ. THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26 THIS WEEKEND TO PURCHASE This passage from the book of Exodus enjoins all to adhere to TICKETS TO ATTEND specific religious and social laws. It urges all to act with justice and compassion towards others. Celebrate All Saints, All Souls and the Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 Feast Day of our Patron Saint ~ Saint Charles Borromeo Paul praises the Thessalonians for receiving the word of God so Saturday, November 4th at 5:30 PM eagerly and totally. Word of their faithfulness has spread There is a $5 donation, per family for this event.. throughout Macedonia and Greece; they have become a model We look forward to seeing you there! For more information: for all Christians. contact Christina Wynn [email protected] Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40 Matthew recounts the incident in which a lawyer, seeking to entrap Jesus, asks, “Teacher, which commandment of the law is Here at St. Charles the greatest?” With simplicity and authority, Jesus responds th that the first commandment is to love God with one’s entire This Sunday, October 29 at 4 pm being; the second is to love one’s neighbor as oneself. There will be a Holy Hour for Life with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Scripture Readings, Recitation of a Rosary for Life, Silent Meditation and conclude with A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUNDAY READINGS benediction. Come join us. HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly “Thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not molest or oppress the alien, for you were once alien yourselves in the land of November 1st Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever All Saint’s Day is a holy day of obligation. Vigil Mass will be you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear held on October 31st at 5:30 pm. Mass on All Saints Day, their cry… If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am November 1st will be held at 8 am and 7 pm. compassionate.” From the earliest pages of the bible, concern for aliens, widows and orphans were a priority. In the Acts of the Apostles, the life November 2nd of the first Christians, the same vulnerable persons were The faithful on earth can help save a soul by offering prayers addressed, leading to the vocation of the first deacons. and good deeds, and by the Sacrifice of the Mass. All Souls Day Remembrance envelopes are available in both vestibules, as well as in the envelope packets you received in the mail. Today we seem to overlook the helplessness of refugees, those The names of your loved ones will be kept on the altar fleeing war, poverty and famine. How many persons have been throughout the month of November and the souls of your loved forced to leave home, family in search of freedom and humane ones will be remembered at all Masses. conditions. Unfortunately they seem only to be a statistic. People do not want to leave their land and their family to live in A Blessing of Our Cemetery will take place on November camps with oppressive heat, little food and unhealthy 2nd after the 8 am Mass. It is only natural that those who share conditions. They are forced to do so fleeing cartels and gangs. the same faith in life will wish to carry on that sense of In the United States years ago, they were called DP’s, and community in death. When it comes to the issue of death, the displaced persons were looking for a welcome and harbor was sensibilities and needs of Catholics are unique and call for certain practices in the handling and care of the remains of the given to them. As we read the book of Moses today, take a deceased. Therefore, in the blessed grounds of a Catholic moment to consider the plight of those who are c cemetery there are safeguards – mandated by the Church’s Canon Law – which guarantee permanence, reverence and respect for the remains of the deceased. Our mission here at St. Charles Cemetery is to keep those ATTENDANCE & COLLECTION – safeguards. Call the rectory – if you would like more October 21st & 22nd information on our Cemetery. Attendance 232 ( 219 Adults – 13 Children) rd Collection: $2692.00 World Mission: $858.00 THIS Friday, November 3 is the First Fuel: $10.00 Friday of the month. We welcome everyone to come in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. We ask that if you plan to cover an hour, Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 please sign up in the vestibule TODAY. The list will be used to ensure that the Blessed Sacrament will hour next Saturday, November 4th. never be unattended. Signing the sheet does not commit you every first Friday. KNIGHTS CORNER Veterans lunch will be held on Monday, November 13 at noon. If you know a Veteran that would like to attend please let us About our parish patron saint: know.