July 10, 2025

📰 News

Summer Mission Appeal

Fr. Francis Asagba, the Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Brooklyn, will be visiting our parishes for a mission appeal during the weekend of July 26–27. He will speak on behalf of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love in Ghana. The Sisters provide a home for children with special needs who are often rejected or even ritually killed by their families and communities due to superstitious beliefs that associate congenital disabilities with witchcraft. In addition to providing care, the Sisters also focus on raising awareness and educating the community. Your generous donations will directly impact the lives of these children by providing them with a safe home and education. Please make all checks for this appeal payable to our parish, noting "2025 Mission Appeal" in the memo. Click here to learn more about the work of the Sisters.

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. 

Family Faith Registration

Registration for the Family Faith Program will open mid-August.

Mass Intentions 

We have some open Mass intentions in the coming weeks. If you would like to request a Mass for someone living or deceased, Mass intentions are available. Email info@oratorychurch.org to make arrangements. The offering is $25. Please pay by using Pushpay or by mailing a check to 64 Middagh St, Brooklyn.

🗓️ Upcoming Events

Wednesday, July 16, 7:00pm, Assumption Community Room

📖 Join Br. Andy for Scriptural Study – The Holiness Code of Leviticus

Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee

“Be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy!” With this command the people of Israel are called to live by an ethical code, projecting God’s goodness into the world and being a role model for all people. Many scholars see the Holiness Code as a theological pinnacle of the Pentateuch, pulling together the many thematic threads of the Old Testament. It is the Holiness Code that Jesus is citing at the Sermon on the Mount when he says, “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt 5:48. The Holiness Code may be seen as a foundational source for modern Catholic Social Justice teaching. Click here to register.

⛪️ Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekly Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/readings

ASSUMPTION

ST. BONIFACE

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

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

Mary Ann Costanza, Josephine Cooney, Patricia Langsdale, Michael Ball, Michael Stallone, Robert Nixon, Olga Renzi, James O’Neil, Ruth Sanchez, 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.



🕯️ Candle Dedications at Assumption

• Sanctuary candle offered by Connie Leone
• Blessed Mother candle offered by Kathy Reynolds
• St. Joseph candle offered by Connie Leone

👋 Get Involved

Become a member of the Oratory community by joining some of our many volunteer groups and ministries. Learn about opportunities to connect here.



Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

55 Cranberry St.

Brooklyn Heights

Church of St. Boniface

190 Duffield St.

Downtown Brooklyn

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