All Are Welcome


Our Church is OPEN for Mass, the celebration of Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals

The church is open everyday for Morning Prayer at 8:00 am
and on Sunday’s Schedule of 5:00 pm Saturday, 8:30 am, 10:15 am, and 12:00 noon on Sunday.

 

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St. Mary Star of the Sea Church Mass Schedule
Saturday 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am
Tuesday – Thursday 9:30 am

 

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Lent 2024 

Wednesdays: Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church

Thursdays: Bible Study (Gospel of St. Mark) 7:00 pm at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church

Fridays: Station of the Cross 7:00 pm at Sacred Hearts – St. Stephen Church

 

Holy Week 

at Sacred Hearts – St. Stephen Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This Sunday’s Hymns & Music

For March 24, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Lent

As this week concludes the season of Lent, we continue to sing the Eucharistic responses in their traditional Chant melodies, in English.  You can find these printed with the text of the Eucharistic Prayers in Today’s Missal, pages 89-100.  There will be songsheets for you at the Procession to the 10am Mass, they will include the following hymns:
  • To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
  • All Glory, Laud, and Honor
  • At the Name of Jesus
The Parish Choir will lead the hymns at 10:15 Mass:
  • O Sacred Head, Surrounded 154
  • Broken for the Broken
  • Unless a Grain of Wheat 332
  • Take Up Your Cross 713
At the same Mass, the Children’s Choir will sing:
  • Hosanna to the Son of David 142
  • Jerusalem, My Destiny (“Let no one walk alone, the journey makes us one.”)
  • You Alone 661
  • Jesus, Remember Me 413
We encourage you to take full advantage of the musical richness of Holy Week, by opening up your songbooks and following along with the great texts of these hymns, and by joining your voice with others to experience the sound of the whole church singing together.



 
  

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Let us pray for the children in Brooklyn and Queens, that we who are the church, may continue to educate the next generation in our faith and good works through sustainable Catholic Schools, engaging parish religious education programs and the Catholic Youth Initiative; may our support of the Annual Catholic Appeal be transformative as the church works to pass on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Make your donation here today at annualcatholicappeal.org, or text DONATE to 917-336-1255.

 


 

 

Nostra Aetate

A Message From Monsignor Massie:

As we hear and meditate on the Passion/ Death and Resurrection of Christ during this week and Holy Week I ask all to keep in mind that these events are the founding events of our faith. Please all remember the following:

“Even though the Jewish authorities and those who followed their lead pressed for the death of Christ neither all Jews indiscriminately at that time, nor Jews today can be charged with the crimes committed during his passion. It is true that the Church is the new people of God, yet the Jews should not be spoken of as rejected or accursed as if this followed from the holy Scriptures. Consequently, all must take care, lest in catechizing or preaching the Word of God, they teach anything which is not in accord with the truth of the Gospel message or the spirit of Christ.

Indeed the Church proves every form of persecution against whomsoever it may be directed. Remembering, then, her common heritage with the Jews and moved not by any political consideration, but solely by religious motivation of Christian charity, she (the Church) deplores all hatreds, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism leveled at any time or from any source against the Jews.

The Church always held and continues to hold that Christ out of love freely underwent suffering and death because of the sins of all men, so that all might attain salvation. It is the duty of the Church, therefore, in her preaching to proclaim the cross of Christ as a sign of God’s universal love and source of all grace. (Nostra Aetate 28 October 1965 Vatican II Document)


 

 


Have you tried Formed yet?

We’ve renewed our annual subscription!

Take advantage of another year of informative and enlightening video and audio highlighting stories and information behind our Catholic Faith.

Remember as a member of our parish you have free access to Formed.org by clicking “sign up” then click “sign up as parishioner” and search for our parish name which is listed as  “Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary” (108 Carroll Street, Carroll Gardens NY) then click “next” and provide your name and email for free access to Catholic movie and video content.Click the image below for more info!

 


On Mother Cabrini’s Day we publish this wonderful work on DVD produced by Tabor Producciones which contains the story of Saint Francesca Cabrini told to children but also to adults with colourful cartoons. 🤝💜👣

Watch it on YouTube in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
👉https://youtu.be/R17hYEkno00
#CabriniWorldMSC #CabriniDay

Cabrini World – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus MSC
on Friday


 

 


 

 

 

I am the Church, You are the Church, We are the Church, Together!  – Where are you in your faith journey?

Evangelization – the essential mission of the Church. As Jesus said at the end of the Gospel of Matthew: “Go and make disciples of all nations.” To evangelize means to bring the good news of the Gospel to all we encounter by teaching, being channels of the gift of grace, reconciling sinners with God, and perpetuating Christ’s sacrifice in the Mass. The fruit of evangelization is new disciples of Jesus.

Disciple – a person who accepts and assists in the spreading of the good news of Jesus Christ. Christian discipleship is the process by which disciples grow in the Lord Jesus Christ and are equipped by the Holy Spirit, who resides in our hearts, to overcome the pressures and trials of this present life and become more and more Christlike. This process requires believers to respond to the Holy Spirit’s prompting to examine their thoughts, words and actions and compare them with the Word of God and the Tradition of the Church as good stewards.

Steward – a person who accepts the responsibility that Christians have in maintaining and using wisely the gifts that God has bestowed. God wishes us to be his collaborators in the work of creation, redemption and sanctification. A good steward gives of their time, talent and treasure in order to be an collaborator in the work of evangelization.


Interested in being more involved?

We welcome your deeper involvement in the life of the parish through our ministry programs. If you are willing to do more at the parish, please email us today at Info@SacredHearts-StStephen.com with the ministry you may be interested in or let us know a little about who you are and we can pair you with a need we currently have…I am the Church, You are the Church…We are the Church together!


 

 

Feel free to E-mail us at info@sacredhearts-ststephen.com

Parish Celebrates 150th Anniversary

Sacred Hearts – St. Stephen on TV Show City of Churches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHyngWVUBSA
https://www.youtube.com/embed/E_zkuyWusPI