July 31, 2025

📰 News

Mission Appeal Appreciation

The Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love in Ghana send their heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to the pastor and the parish family of the Oratory Churches of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Boniface for the warm reception you gave Fr. Francis Asagba when he visited your parish for the mission appeal on the weekend of July 26 and 27. We are grateful for your generous donations to support our mission of seeing Christ in the abandoned children we serve. Please keep the Sisters and our Apostolate in your thoughts and prayers. Be assured that the Sisters will remember you and your loved ones in our prayers. Click here to learn more about the work of the Sisters.

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A holy day of obligation, Masses will be celebrated at the following times:

August 14

6:30pm at Assumption (with music)

August 15

8:00am at Assumption

12:10pm at St. Boniface (with music)

Since this is the patronal feast of Assumption Parish, after the 6:30pm Mass, we will gather in the hall for wine, soft drinks, appetizers, and dessert. Sign-up forms are on the tables in the summer chapel.

Mass Intention Stipend

As of July 1, as per the directive from the diocese, the offering for a Mass intention has increased to $25.

Family Faith Registration

Registration for the Family Faith Program will open in August.

Summer Fridays

The Parish Office will be closed on Fridays through August 29. However, the phone will be open between 9:00am and 1:00pm.

⛪️ Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekly Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/readings

ASSUMPTION

8/2	5:00pm	Frank Acerra
8/3	9:30am	People of the Parish
8/4	8:00am	Blessings: Dennis Cho
8/5	8:00am	Pina Gallaro
8/6	8:00am	Thanksgiving: Cho Family
8/7	8:00am	Healing: Elizabeth Hooper
8/8	8:00am	Open Intention

ST. BONIFACE

8/3	11:15am	Intentions: Cathy Waterman
8/3	6:00pm	People of the Parish
8/4	12:10pm	Gustavo & Cinara Navarro (36th Wedding Anniversary)
8/5	12:10pm	Intentions: Michael & Lisa O’Connor
8/6	12:10pm	Intentions: Baby Alessandro & Family
8/7	12:10pm	Intentions: Geraldine Varrissi
8/8	12:10pm	Healing: Zhiguang Gao

Mass Intentions

It has been a long tradition in the Church to offer Masses for people to pray, especially for the dead, seeking God’s grace, mercy, and spiritual benefits through Christ’s sacrifice. Usually a modest donation is given for this. In the coming weeks we have several Masses with no particular intentions. If you would like to have a Mass offered for someone (living or deceased), email the parish office at info@oratorychurch.org or click here.

🙏 Prayer List

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers

Zhiguang Gao, Kjell Heggstad, Carl Weiser, Ed Downey, Lucille Gould, Sr. Margaret Farley, CND, Jeannie Tindor, Thom Ryng, Giorgio Micheri, Marietta Banogon, Elizabeth Hooper, Rosemarie Zito, Becky Lewin, Mike Dishaw, Eileen Acheson Bohn, Lou Acerra, Mary Cella, Janice Clarke, Maria Fusco, Alice Mulholland, Mary Simon Charles, Kim Manzi

Rest in Peace

Kerri Kolbay, Maridith Joyce, Mary Ann Costanza, Josephine Cooney, Br. Gary Gaynor

If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, email the parish office at info@oratorychurch.org or click here.

🏙️ Beyond the Oratory

Monday, August 4 & Wednesday, August 6, 6:30–8:00pm (2 parts), Zoom

Ecological Spirituality: A Leavening and Fermenting Agent

Come explore a world view which holds that, "The Universe unfolds in God who fills it completely; that there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a poor person's face" (Laudato si' #233). We'll explore the field of ecological spirituality not only intellectually but also affectively through suggested activities which will open your heart to the reality "that the Divine and the human meet in the slightest detail in the seamless garment of God's creation, in the last speck of the dust of our planet" (Laudato si' #9). Presented by Sr. Margaret Galiardi, OP. Click here to register.