Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Link

The newsletter for The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes

"I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons."

-St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, C.O.

The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Boniface

August 6, 2021

Visit our website for more information: www.oratorychurch.org

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Ruth Isaacs, Andrea Greer, Michael O’Malley, Dennis Bligh.

Rest In Peace: Luigi Otiniano, Jacqueline Maxwell, Louis Blair, Rita Stumbo.

Summer Mission Appeal at the Oratory Parishes

As we do each year, we will have the opportunity to support the Catholic mission work. This weekend an appeal will be offered on behalf of the Maranatha Caring Mission at St Boniface and the Diocese of Bomadi at Assumption.

Maranatha Caring Mission works in Nigeria among peasant farmers. They provide otherwise inaccessible eye as well as hernia, appendix and other surgeries. There are currently 200 patients awaiting these life transforming surgeries. $100 for cataract surgery. $20 a month follow up care. $50 for Appendectomy or Herniorrhaphy. We need your HELP to continue to provide free medical care to these impoverished patients on the waiting list. Your donation can be made on Pushpay by selecting the Summer Mission Appeal Fund.

Our Sisters and Brothers in Bomadi Need Clean Water

The Diocese of Bomadi, in the South of Nigeria, is an area where the faith is growing. The people are abjectly poor, and the people struggle to have potable water. Oil exploitation has significantly polluted the main river from which the people draw their water for drinking, cleaning and livestock. Their Bishop, Hyacinth Egbebo, MSP, has written to ask our help to bring clean water to communities through our support of the summer mission appeal. Your donation can be made on Pushpay by selecting the Summer Mission Appeal Fund.

Anti-Racism Task Force Update

Last summer our community had a series of conversations on race and racism in the wake of George Floyd's murder and global protests against racism and racial profiling. In the fall, a group of parishioners from both St. Boniface and Assumption began meeting in an anti-racism task force to continue to examine how our community can build on those conversations. Since September, this group has conducted a survey of ministry and committee leaders on racial and diversity issues, organized a spring art project on images of the Virgin Mary that also included a community conversation, and has begun to collect ideas for greater representation of diverse perspectives in our community. We are in the process of planning another series of community conversations this fall, organizing a Nativity project for the Advent season, and building a speaker series to help our community to learn and grow on issues of race and racism. If you would like more information on the work of the anti-racism task force, or if you would like to be a part of this group, please contact Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, tracygarrisonfeinberg@gmail.com.

Join us for an Engaging Farm-to-Table Horticultural Event

Explore the benefits of Horticultural Therapy, which uses gardening and other plant- based activities to improve mental and physical health. Enjoy light bites while our Memory Care Program Director discusses Watermark’s innovated approach and our Chef shares details on his rooftop kitchen gardens. Horticultural Therapy is just one of the enriching programs The Watermark provides to help our residents thrive.

Location: The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights

21 Clark St., Brooklyn, August 10, 5:30 PM

RSVP by August 8 to Ann Murtagh at 347-343-4900 or aomurtagh@watermarkcommunities.com.

About The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights

At The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights, a modern community for seniors, an enriching lifestyle awaits. Here, Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care feature refined residences, personalized care, upscale dining experiences, and a wealth of amenities—just minutes from the best Brooklyn has to offer.

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

You will notice new QR codes in both of our church sites which you can scan with your smartphone and connect to Pushpay to support stewardship.