July 17, 2025

📰 News

Special Diocesan Collection

This weekend, July 19–20, we will have a special collection for the victims of the devastating floods in Texas. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. You can also contribute on Pushpay using the dropdown “Texas Flood Relief.”

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. Click here to learn more about the work of the Sisters. 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, or online via Pushpay using the dropdown “Summer Mission Appeal.”

Family Faith Registration

Registration for the Family Faith Program will open mid-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.

🗓️ Upcoming Events

Friday, July 25, 3:00pm, St. Frances Cabrini Shrine

⛪ St. Frances Cabrini Shrine Visit

The Social Justice Action Committee (SJAC) invites the Oratory community for a visit to the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine. The group will meet at 3:00pm at the Shrine (701 Ft. Washington Avenue in Manhattan). By public transportation, please take the A train to 190th Street. Our visit will begin at Cabrini Immigrants Services which is on the premises, followed by a tour and talk with a docent from the Shrine, and concluding between 4:15–4:30pm. To RSVP, or if you have questions, please reach out to Pam Guigli at peguigli@gmail.com

⛪️ Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekly Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/readings

ASSUMPTION

7/19	5:00pm	Fiore Matarazzo
7/20	9:30am	People of the Parish
7/21	8:00am	Salvatore Giaimo
7/22	8:00am	Jack Bacon
7/23	8:00am	Gertrude Conway
7/24	8:00am	Communion Service
7/25	8:00am	Carmen Abad

ST. BONIFACE

7/20	11:15am	Janina & Tadeusz Cichowski
7/20	6:00pm	People of the Parish
7/21	12:10pm	Open Intention
7/22	12:10pm	Open Intention
7/23	12:10pm	James Demetriades
7/24	12:10pm	Keri Kolbay
7/25	12:10pm	Michael Stallone

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

Ed Dwoney, 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

Keri 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

Sunday, July 20, 11:30am, St. Francis Xavier Church, 46 W 16th St, New York

Celebration of the Feast of Mary Magdalene

Join us for an 11:30am Mass followed by "The Women Who Stayed," a spiritual conversation in celebration of the Feast of Mary Magdalene from 1:00–2:00pm. Lite refreshments will be served.