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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: stjeromerectory@hotmail.com
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.
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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/
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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
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