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4402 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Telephone #: 718-451-1500

Fax #: 718-451-1502 Email: stthereselis@gmail.com Website: stthereseoflisieuxchurch.org

Sunday March 17th, 2019

Second Sunday of Lent

Administrator

Rev. Fr. Rony Mendes

Parochial Vicar Rev. Fr. Michel Pierre -Louis

Music Director

Mr. Edsen-Samy Renaud

Office Staff

Cassan Guerrier

Mass Schedule

Monday/Lundi 9:00am and 7:00pm

Tuesday-Saturday/Mardi-Samedi

9:00am

Saturday/Samedi: 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass for Sunday)

Sunday/Dimanche: 9:00 am (English)

11:00 am (English) 1:00 pm (Creole)

St. Catherine of Genoa ~

St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy

4410 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: 718-629-9330

Fax: 718-629-6854 Website: www.scgstl.org

Principal: Mrs. Jeannette Charles The Academy offers a welcoming,

safe, faith-filled environment where children from grades Pre-K to 8th

can learn and grow to their potential.

Financial aid is available.

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Parish Office-Rectory

Office Hours

Monday/Lundi *Tuesday/Mardi *Thursday/Jeudi: 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday/Mercredi

10:00 am– 7:00 pm

Friday/Vendredi: 9:00 am– 3:00pm

Saturday/Samedi: Closed Sunday/Dimanche: Closed

The Rectory Office is closed each day from 12:30PM-1:30PM.

Adoration Eucharistique Friday (Vendredi)

Confession (Konfesyon)

Saturday (Samedi) 4:00 – 4:45PM Confessions may be scheduled by appointment .

Monday, March 18th

SCGSTLCA Board Mtg (acr)

Eng. Prayer Group Mtg. 7:45pm (Gym)

Haitian Prayer Group 7:45pm (Convent Chapel)

Tuesday, March 19th

Wednesday, March 20th

English Choir Practice (Church) 7:30pm

PPC MTG (acr) 7:30

Thursday, March 21st

Vocation Committee Monthly Mtg (recory) 7:30pm Friday, March 22nd

Saturday, March 23rd Haitian Legion of Mary 10:00am

(Auditorium) St Don Bosco Youth Group Mtg 1:00pm

(Auditorium Stage)

Youth Choir (Church) 2:00pm

DEVOTIONS

The Little Flower Novena is prayed every Monday after the 9:00am and 7:00pm mass.

Nou priye Nevènn St. Therèse Chak Lendi apre mès 9:00 nan aswè-a. The Miraculous Medal Novena is prayed after the 9:00am mass every Tuesday. Nou priye Nevènn Meday Mirakilez-la chak jou apre mès 9:00 nan maten-a.

St. Catherine of Genoa ~ St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy

4410 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: 718-629-9330

Fax: 718-629-6854 Website: www.scgstl.org Principal: Mrs.

Jeannette Charles The Academy offers a welcoming, safe,

faith-filled environment where children from grades Pre-K to 8th can learn and grow to their

potential. Financial aid is available for eligible student

in grade K to 8th, TO APPLY : Starting January 14, 2019 go to

www.futuresineducation.org From the main menu, click SCHOLARSHIP

and Then Apply.

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Readings for this Week/Lectures de la Semaine

Sunday/Dimanche: SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Gn 15: 5-12, 17-18 / Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14 / Phil 3:17—4:1 / Lk 9: 28b-36 Monday/Lundi: Lenten Weekday Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop Doctor of the Church Dn 9: 4b-10 / Ps 79: 8-9, 11,13 / Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday/ Mardi: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 / Ps 89: 2-5, 27, 29 / Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22 / Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Wednesday/Mercredi: Lenten Weekday Jer 18:18-20 / Ps 31: 5-6, 14-16 / Mt 20: 17-28 Thursday/Jeudi: Lenten Weekday Jer 17:5-10 / Ps 1:1-4,6 / Lk 16 :19-31 Friday/Vendredi: Lenten Weekday Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a / Ps 105: 16-21 / Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday/Samedi: Lenten Weekday Saint Tu-ribius of Mogrovejo, Bishop Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 / Ps 103:1-4,9-12 / Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

Next Sunday’s Readings/

Lectures du Dimanche Prochain Sunday/Dimanche: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

First Reading/1ere Lecture: Ex 3: 1-8a, 13-15 Psalm/Psaume: Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11 Second Reading/2eme Lecture: 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 Gospel / Evangile Lk 13: 1-9

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK/ INTENTIONS DES MESSES DE LA SEMAINE

Sunday/Dimanche:

9:00am : In Memory of Saint Fort & Jean

Baptiste Family

11:00am: Jackie , Dexter and Charles Garrett

Birthday / Thanksgiving

1:00pm: Sayanna Michaelle Hillaire

In Thanksgiving

Mr & Mrs Ronald Agnant In Thanksgiving

Yvette Martino In Thanksgiving

Bread & Wine

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Sanctuary Lights

Gemma Holder

Monday/Lundi:

9:00am: In Memory of Boswell McEwen

&Margarett Sharon McEwen

7:00pm: St Joseph Spouse of the Blessed

Virgin Mary In Thanksgiving

Tuesday/Mardi:

9:00am: Pierre Pyram In Thanksgiving

Jason Eli Birthday / Thanksgiving

Richardson J. Larochelle

Birthday / Thanksgiving

Wednesday/Mercredi: 9:00am: In Memory of Octavia Clark

Thursday/ Jeudi: 9:00am: : In Memory of Margarett Mark &

Michael Z. Mark

Friday/Vendredi:

9:00am: NO INTENTIONS

Saturday/Samedi:

9:00am: NO INTENTIONS

5: 00pm: NO INTENTIONS

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+ LENT 2019 ST THERESE OF LISIEUX PARISH MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2019

“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God” (Rm 8: 19)

Dear brothers and sisters, the “lenten” period of forty days spent by the Son of God in the desert of creation had the goal of making it once more that garden of communion with God that it was before original sin (cf. Mk 1:12-13; Is 51:3). May our Lent this year be a journey along that same path, bringing the hope of Christ also to creation, so that it may be “set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God” (Rom 8:21). Let us not allow this season of grace to pass in vain! Let us ask God to help us set out on a path of true conversion. Let us leave behind our selfishness and self-absorption, and turn to Jesus’ Pasch. Let us stand beside our brothers and sisters in need, sharing our spiritual and material goods with them. In this way, by concretely welcoming Christ’s victory over sin and death into our lives, we will also radiate its transforming power to all of creation. From the Vatican, 4 October 2018 Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi

We are invited to read the complete letter of his Holiness a copy is posted in the church. MAKE SMART GOALS FOR LENT K.I.S.S: KEEP IT SIMPLE SERVANTS

With 3 PILLARS: Pray, Fast, Almsgiving For examples 1 - You can join us every day. We say the liturgy of the hours every morning 30 minutes before Mass at 8:30 am books are available

2- You can sign up to adore the LORD during the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 PM follow by the stations of the cross Penitential psalms 3- You can pray with the 7 Penitential Psalms: 6 – 32- 38 – 51 – 102- 130-143 4- Go to confession before Easter. 5- You can come to Church every day at 3:00 pm to say the Divine Mercy chaplet followed by the Stations of the Cross. 6- You can Adopt someone to pray for; it could be a priest, a religious sister, etc. 7- Share wisely your time, talent, and treas-ure with the needy

+ LENT Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking

Fast & Abstinence

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the

norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until

age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat

one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that

together are not equal to a full meal. The norms

concerning abstinence from meat are binding up-

on members of the Latin Catholic Church from age

14 onwards. Read Mt 25

Corporal Works of Mercy

Feeding the hungry

Sheltering the homeless

Clothing the naked

Visiting the sick

Visiting the imprisoned

Giving drink to the thirsty

Burying the dead

Spiritual Works of Mercy

Converting sinners

Instructing the ignorant

Advising the doubtful

Comforting the sorrowful

Bearing wrongs patiently

Forgiving injuries

Praying for the living and dead

Remember the Kiss principle: Keep

it simple servants

Do your best God will do the rest

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LENTEN RETREAT The Parish Lenten Mission (English) will be held on Monday April 1st,

Tuesday , April 2nd and Wednesday April 3rd , at 7:30PM in the Church.

The speaker will be Fr. Kieran Udeze from St. Thomas Aquinas parish

+++++ The Parish Lenten Retreat (Creole), will be held ,

Thursday , April 4h, Friday, April 5th , Saturday,

April 6th at 7:30PM. will be lead by Fr. Berette and Fr. Jomanas Eustache from Haiti

Fr. Eustache will also celebrate mass for the Haitian community on April 7, 2019

ALL DAY EXPOSITION

OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

During the Lenten season the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on

Fridays (March 8th, March 15th, March 22nd, , March 29th, , April 5th, and April 12th) from the conclusion

of the 9:00AM Mass to 7:00PM, followed by Benediction. PLEASE SET ASIDE ONE HOUR TO SPEND WITH JESUS on each Friday during

Lent.

Stations of the Cross – will be prayed on Fridays

during Lent @ 7:30PM after benediction.

French/Creole and English books will be utilized. .

LENT/EASTER SEASON MASS & SERVICE SCHEDULE

EVANGELICAL CAFE—March 17h

You are invited to journey through lent in a Evangelical Café in the Auditorium starting

the first Sunday in Lent at 4:00pm Please come in experience the meaning of Lent

PALM SUNDAY—April 14th

Procession will Start in the School yard 15 minutes

before Mass 8:45amfor 9:00am

10:45am for 11:00am 12:45 Noon for 1:00am

RECONCILIATION MONDAY—April 15th 9:00am-12:00pm Confessions will be heard in

the Church 7:00-9:00pm as well in ay other Catholic

Church in New York

TENEBRAE SERVICE—April 17th You are invited to a Tenebrae Service on the

Wednesday of Holy Week.

HOLY THURSDAY—April 18th

9:00am: Morning Prayer 7:30PM: Evening Mass of the Lord ‘s

Super (Bilingual) followed by a procession to the place of repose (Auditorium)

GOOD FRIDAY— April 19th

9:00am: Morning Prayer 10:00am: Stations of the Cross around

Holy Cross Cemetery 10:00am 3:00pm: Service (English) 7:30pm: Service (Creole)

HOLY SATURDAY— April 20th 9:00am: Morning Prayer

8:00pm: Easter Virgil Mass

EASTER SUNDAY— April 21st

9:00am: Mass (English) 11:00am: Mass (English)

1:00am: Mass (Creole)

Never been baptized in the Catholic church?

Have not received the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharistic?

Baptized in another religion? RCIA is for you. Meets on Sunday’s after the 11 AM Mass on the 2nd floor of the school. If interested please contact Fran McCormick : email sttheresereled@hotmail.com or leave a

message on 718 451-1671

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Number of Parishioners

and Friends present for

March 2nd March 3rd

Saturday (Samedi) 5pm Mass: 77

Sunday (Dimanche): 9:00am Mass: 184 11:00am Mass: 69

1:00pm Mass: 155

Total: 485

Number of Parishioners

and Friends present for

March 9th March 10th

Saturday (Samedi) 5pm Mass: 82

Sunday (Dimanche): 9:00am Mass: 136 11:00am Mass: 66

1:00pm Mass: 141

Total: 425

Collections received for March 2nd March 3rd

Tithing Envelopes: Saturday (Samedi)

5pm: $ 1, 294

(Dimanche): 9:00am Mass:

$ 2, 223. 80 11:00am Mass

$ 917 1:00pm Mass

$ 1, 039

Total: $ 5, 473. 80

Collections received for March 9th

March 10th Tithing Envelopes: Saturday (Samedi)

5pm: $ 1, 359

(Dimanche): 9:00am Mass:

$ 1, 256 11:00am Mass

$ 1,225 1:00pm Mass

$ 1, 530

Total: $ 5, 370

March 3rd

March 10th

March 17th

March 24th

March 31st

Regular Offering

Black and Indian Mis-sions

Regular Offering

Regular Offering

Catholic Relief Services

Overall collections decreased by $ 103.80 across the weeks indicated above.

Church Attendance

The 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal supports the daily work of

our Church throughout Brooklyn and Queens in ways no one

parish can accomplish alone by supporting the following

ministries:

Catholic Charities; Hospital, College and Prison Chaplains;

Diocesan Vocations Office; Catholic Migration Services;

Parish Assistance Program; Office of Faith Formation;

Bishop Mugavero Residence for infirmed clergy;

Futures in Education Scholarship Foundation Please remain assured that your gift to the Annual Catholic

Appeal

cannot be used in the settlement of abuse claims or for anything other than their above listed intended

purpose.

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BAPTISM SCHEDULE To have your children receive the

Sacrament of Baptism, at least one parent and one godparent must be

Catholic. For registration, parents must bring a copy

of the child’s Birth Certificate. Godparents must bring to registration a

signed and stamped sponsor letter from the church they attend.

BAPTISM SCHEDULE FOR 2019

May - June Baptism Registration

Wednesday, May 1st at 7:30 First Baptism Class:

Wednesday, May 15th at 7:30PM Second Baptism Class:

Wednesday, May 22nd at 7:30PM English Baptism Ceremony: Saturday, May 25th at 1:00PM Creole Baptism Ceremony: Saturday, June 1st at 1:00PM

St. Therese of Lisieux Upcoming Events/Fundraisers for

2019 Keep checking the bulletin for more in-

formation on each event.

DATE/TIME EVENT LOCA-TION

2019

Good Friday, April 19th 12:30pm-2:30pm

5:00pm –7:00pm

Fellowship Fish Fry

Gym

Saturday April 27

Haitian fellowship bus

trip Atlantic City

Sunday May 11

Men's Ministry Mother's Day Celebration

Auditorium

Saturday June 15

Father's Day Celebration

Auditorium

Thursday July 4th

Fellowship Parish

Barbecue School Yard

OUTDOOR PLANTING COMMITTEE

It’s time to create a more serene, welcoming outdoor church environment for St. Therese. If you wish to donate to the efforts of this minis-try, an outdoor Planting Committee Envelop will

be place in the back of the Church. Please take one for your donation and place it into the collection basket, or drop it off at the Rectory Office. Donations will be applied to the purchase of flowers and various items for the upkeep of the soil. Should you have any questions regarding this ministry, please contact: Edna Haywood at 646-372-2495. Thank you to those who have already donated their treas-ure towards the success of this ministry.

Parish Nurses Recycle

Are you in need of any medical supplies?

We have Free Supplies, walkers, commodes, adult diapers, bed protectors and crutches. We are in need of wheelchairs and canes Call the rectory 718 451 1500 leave your name and phone number and we will make arrangements for delivery or pick up . Thank You.

Thank you to Denise Rolston and Conrod Mitchell for informative presentation on Heart Disease

Thanks to all who participated

YOUTH SUNDAY We invite all the youth of the parish to

a special

Liturgy on Sunday, March 24th at the 9am Mass.