Assumption Christmas Pageant 2024

Congratulations to our talented young people and their families!

Invitation for a Discussion of Advent with Family Faith Parents 

Please join Dennis Corcoran and other parents from the parishes for an online gathering where we will discuss Advent and ways to hold traditions of the Faith in our families this holiday season. All are welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 839 4250 3882

Passcode: 398730

Thursday, December 19th, 7pm

Schedule of Masses for the Christmas Season

Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24

5:00pm Family Mass at Assumption, prelude at 4:30pm

9:30pm Mass at St. Boniface, prelude at 9:00pm

Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25

9:30am Mass at Assumption, prelude at 9:15am

11:15am Mass at St. Boniface, prelude at 11:00am

No 6:00pm Mass

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

Saturday, December 28

5:00pm Mass at Assumption

Sunday, December 29

9:30am Mass at Assumption

11:00am Sunday, at St. James Cathedral

Beginning of Jubilee Year, Pilgrims of Hope

No 11:15am Sunday, at St. Boniface



Sunday, December 29

6:00pm Mass at St. Boniface

Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God Tuesday, December 31

5:00pm Mass at Assumption 

Wednesday, January 1

9:30am Mass at Assumption

11:15am Mass at St. Boniface

No 6:00pm Mass

Change in Mass Schedule St. Boniface, December 29

On Sunday, December 29, the 11:15 Mass will not be celebrated at St. Boniface. We are invited to celebrate Mass at St. James Cathedral at 11am for a special Mass inaugurating the 2025 Jubilee Year. The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, something which happens every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and climate crisis.

For more on the Jubilee Year see: https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html

Alert!

Weekday Mass Schedule Changes for Dec 24~ 31

No 8:00am and 12:10pm Mass at either parish on Tuesday, Dec 24.

No 12:10pm Mass on December 26 at St. Boniface.

No 8:00am and 12:10pm Mass at either parish on Tuesday, Dec 31.

Blankets, Coats and Outerwear Collection

Thank You for the amazing response to help newly arrived migrants stay warm this winter. You generously donated blankets, coats, hats, gloves and scarves for the Catholic Charities pop-up shop at St. Mary Star of the Sea. Several car loads of clothing and blankets were collected the past two weekends. A few people made their own drop-offs adding to the donations. We are so grateful.

We also want to thank the collectors, drivers and deliverers, Pat and Joe Vitacco, the Oratory Women's Community, Kathy Weigel, Maureen Kelly Stewart, Michael Murphy, Beata Szpura, Aldervan Daly, Kathy Reynolds, Julie Fissinger, Marybeth Zeman, Kathy Lynch Gaffney, Fr. Mark Paul, Anne-Elizabeth and David Straub, Carole Fabrizio, and Fr. Anthony.

Chris Meloro, Julie Fissinger, Jan Horn (Social Justice Action)

Advent Update from our Sister Parish

Fr. Edwin recently sent us a message containing Advent greetings and an update on parish activities:



St. Mark’s Lokitaung is fine and we thank God for your prayers. There have been many days of rain and animals have food. We are very happy to hear that you are thinking of coming to visit [in the summer of 2025]. We welcome you for as long as you will stay.

Some things happening at St Mark’s: we have started a Christian Men’s group and a Christian Women’s group, we are trying to start a choir, and have built a grotto. Some youth events are coming up and we have registered several infants for baptism near Christmas time. Budget constraints have limited our fuel project and our development of more outstations.

God bless you all as we continue to pray for each other. Happy and blessed Advent.

Turkana Christmas Cards, Thank You!

Thank you to the Oratory Community of both parishes for supporting this year’s sale of Christmas Cards made in Turkana and crafts made elsewhere in Kenya. We will be able to add approximately $500 to our next quarterly stipend for our Sister Parish. We anticipate that Fr. Edwin will use the additional funds to support various programs engaging youth and adults at St Mark’s parish. With gratitude for your generosity and support.

Homeless Shelter 2025

Please Sign Up! Thanks to a grant that CAMBA has received, the Respite Bed Program (Shelter) is resuming this year and Assumption will be participating in the program from January 6th – 30th. As in the past, our guests will be 10-12 MEN who we will welcome four nights a week (Monday – Thursday). For the shelter to be successful, volunteers are needed to open, cook and stay overnight.

If you have questions or wish to schedule a date to volunteer, contact Kathy Reynolds: kbridgeview@aol.com (subject: Shelter 2025)

Please consider volunteering for this important and rewarding ministry.

Ministry Morning: Save the Date

All liturgical ministers from both Oratory Parishes (lectors, EM's, MC's, and hospitality) are invited to this gathering.



Saturday, January, 11, 2025, from 9am-noon in Assumption Hall

Pilgrimage Trip to Paris, October 11-18, 2025

It’s almost a year away, but not too soon to consider joining a pilgrimage to the City of Light.

Join Fr. Vincent Biagi, SJ, art historian Dr. Rob Meadows-Rogers, and Paris-phile Nadine Hundertmark as we visit some of Paris’ most beautiful churches and important spiritual sites. We're calling our pilgrimage "Five Saints in Paris: The Ultimate Tour Guides,” with visits to sacred places connected with St. Denis, St. Genevieve, St. Louis, St. Ignatius, and St. Margaret Mary Alocoque. Daily devotions will be inspired by the teachings of St. Ignatius. Along the way, we will provide theological, historical, and artistic orientation to the sites we visit.

As with the 2019 pilgrimage to Rome, participants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging. (We will offer suggestions.) We’ll arrange for two group dinners, a cruise on the Seine, and visits to the Louvre and the Musée Cluny. In addition to our daily itinerary of prayer, worship, and site visits, the schedule will allow some free time to visit other museums and Paris highlights, which we will help participants choose and arrange.

While we’re in the early planning stages with more details to follow, including costs, we need to see how many might be interested in this pilgrimage, note that we need to cap the number of participants at 20.

Contact Rob and Nadine at 5saintsinparis@gmail.com to indicate interest and ask any questions.

Oratory Parishes Family Faith Formation (F3) Information

https://tinyurl.com/F3-Page

Christmas Diocesan Collection for Catholic Charities

Donations can be made on Pushpay by selecting the Catholic Charities fund.

Parish Office Hours

The Parish Office will be closed December 24 -26.

We will be open on Friday, December 27.

The Parish office will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

Pro Vita Mass at St. James Cathedral

Sunday, January 19, 2025, 11:00am

Honoring Fr. Michael Panicali with the Blessed Michael J. McGivney Medal for Life.

Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Weekly Readings:

.https://bible.usccb.org/readings

Assumption

12-21... 5:00pm... Frank Acerra

12-22... 9:30am... For the People of the Parish 

12-23... 8:00am... Priest's Intention

12-24... No 8:00am Mass

12-24... 5:00pm... For the People of the Parish

12-25... 9:30am ...For the People of the Parish

12-26... 8:00am... Oratory Community Prayer

12-27... 8:00am... Olga Zaccour & Family

St. Boniface

12-22... 11:15am... For the People of the Parish 

12-22... 6:00pm... For the Holy Souls in Purgatory

12-23... 12:10pm... Pauline Guigli

12-24... No 12:10pm Mass

12-24... 9:30pm... Christmas Flower Remembrances

12-25... 11:15pm... For the People of the Parish

12-26... No 12:10pm Mass

12-27... 12:10pm... Thanksgiving-Rose Joseph

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Michael Manza, Riley Forelli, Pina Gallaro, Madeline Kiner, Patricia Jung, Elaine Donlin, Laurie Rising, Richard Vekassy, Janice Clarke, William Gould, Maria Fusco, James McGrath, Maria Lopez, Alice Mulholland, Kathy Slater, Mary Simon Charles, George Slater, Mary Cella, Kim Manzi, Marie Turley.

Rest In Peace: Gianfranco Sorrentino, Joann Cassar, Jack Knower, Connie DeFalco, Edward Acerra, Jose Angel Hernandez, Jimmy Lina.

Prayer List

If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, email the parish office at info@oratorychurch.org or go to the website: https://oratorychurch.org/contact-us and complete the information there.

Upcoming Calendar

December

12/25....The Nativity of the Lord

12/29....***No 11:15am Mass at St. Boniface***

January

1/1....The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

1/4....First Saturday Mass, ABVM

1/6....CAMBA Shelter (1/6 - 1/30)

1/6....Oratory Eve Prayer, 6:15pm, ABVM

1/11....Ministry Morning

Candle Dedications at Assumption

Sanctuary candle offered by Connie Leone

St Joseph candle offered by Connie Leone

Blessed Mother candle offered by Kathy Reynolds

St. Jude candle offered by Notre Thomas

Stewardship

Your faithful stewardship has helped sustain our communities and maintain vital ministries and services. Thank you for keeping faith with us and supporting our common work of the gospel. You can make your donation online through Pushpay by clicking on one of the links.

For Assumption: https://pushpay.com/g/oratorychurch?src=hpp

For St. Boniface: https://pushpay.com/g/oratorychurchbrooklyn?src=hpp

Or mail checks or envelopes payable to “Assumption RC Church” or “St. Boniface RC Church” to:

64 Middagh St

Brooklyn NY 11201

Attn: Assumption or St. Boniface