Blessing of Animals

The Annual Blessing of Animals at Assumption on Sunday, October 6, went to the dogs! Thirty canine friends of St. Francis came with their companions for a blessing. Fr. Kishore and Br. Greg Cellini (Franciscan Brother of Brooklyn) led a prayer service which reminded all that we are all creatures of the one God and should care for and respect one another. Amen! (or Arf!)

Joy-Us Together Mass

St. Boniface and Assumption will have a joint celebration of Mass on at Assumption Church, 55 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn. This is great opportunity for the two Oratory parishes to pray together, meet one another, and catch up at a coffee hour.

In observance of this, there will be no 11:15 am Mass

at St. Boniface on this Sunday.

Sunday, October 20 at Assumption, 9:30am Mass

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day. Monday, October 14.

No Weekday Masses for the holiday,

and the parish office will also be closed.

Adult Faith Formation, Scripture Study

Bro. Andy will present on the “Synoptic Gospels,” Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Come and explore who wrote them and why. Learn about the historical events that shaped them. Light refreshments will be served. This talk will be a foundation for Fr. Kishore’s prayer and study group on the Gospel of Luke in the following months. More information and registration:https://bit.ly/4gNI3jI

Wednesday, October 16, from 7-8pm at the ABVM Hall

Enter through the Office Door on Middagh Street.

Youth Altar Server Training for both Parishes

Fr. Mark Paul will hold a training for young people interested in serving as Youth Altar Servers. Youth Altar Servers contribute to the beauty of our worship and engage their faith in action. Altar servers volunteer as often as they like and their schedules allow. They must have completed their First Communion and be in 4th grade or older. If your child is interested but cannot make this training, please email Coleen coleen.mcgrath@gmail.com, for ABVM or Marcela marcelah@aol.com, for St. Boniface.

October 20, ABVM, immediately following the 9:30am Mass

Family Faith Registration is Open!

If you have NOT registered for next year’s programs, please register here: https://bit.ly/3Yt9zws. Once you register, watch your email for a calendar and more information about our offerings for families, parents and children.

Please make your payment where you are a parishioner.

Popcorn with the Pope, Oratory Film Series

In 1995, 100 years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican compiled a list of the most significant films, each exploring something fundamental about the human condition, such as religious faith, love, suffering, pursuit of justice, morality, and ultimate meaning.

Next Showing: “Winter Light” (1963).

Wednesday, Oct 23 at 7pm in ABVM Hall.

(Enter on Cranberry Street through the side garden using large glass doors.)

Oratory Parishes: Let’s Get Involved

We hope you are thinking/praying with the handout you received on Homecoming weekend that listed the parish ministries/groups. There are close to 30 opportunities for you to get involved. What can you do in service to your community? Please fill out the online form to express your interest.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsB8ZXknduakTD6lVK65QnfpO6CMaYliSbI 7i0iPMFeHpX5Q/viewform

Are you high school or college-aged and never completed the sacraments of Holy Communion or Confirmation in the Catholic faith?

We invite you to become part of the“Carlo Acutis Program,”which will assist you in your faith journey. The program begins in February and lasts 8 weeks during Lent and Easter Seasons. It culminates in May with the reception of HolyCommunion and Confirmation. If you are interested or know someone who might be interested, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with Fr. Vin Biagi, S.J. vbiagi@oratorychurch.org.

Upcoming Diocesan Collection

World Mission Sunday Diocesan Collection.

Donations can be made on Pushpay.

October 13,2024

Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekly Readings:

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

Assumption

10-12....5:00pm... Phillippa McMahon

10-13....9:30am... For the People of the Parish 

10-14....No Mass

10-15...8:00am.... Healing-Janice Clark

10-16...8:00am.... Lucy Acerra

10-17.. 8:00am... John and Elaine Vekassy

10-18...8:00am... Cho Family-Marriage Blessing

St. Boniface

10-13...11:15am.... Estelle Miller

10-13...6:00pm.... For the People of the Parish 

10-14.. No Mass

10-15...12:10pm ...Effie Adassa Spencer

10-16...12:10pm....Mary Healey Donnelly

10-17.. 12:10pm... Fr. Ted Kazenecki

10-18...12:10pm... Effie Adassa Spencer

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Gail Gleason Kupec, Richard Vekassy, George Garber, Evelyn Kalibala, Evelyn Castillo, Virginia Albert, Maureen O’Neil, Janice Clarke, William Gould, Maria Fusco, James McGrath, Maria Lopez, Glenda Horn, Lorenzo Cabrero, Violet Huey, Douglas Potter Walker, Alice Mulholland, Kathy Slater, Mary Simon Charles, George Slater, Mary Cella, Kim Manzi.

Rest In Peace: Joan Kelleher, Jose Angel Hernandez, Jimmy Lina, George Slover, Anna Frubell, Robert J. Coll, Brett T. Bailey, Sue Rasmussen, Orezina Sonoiki, Susana Escareal, Louis Rossi, Stephen Danko, Eleanore O’Neil, Sr. M. Rose Golden, RDC, Mary Ann Cassidy.

Upcoming Calendar

October

10/13.... StB Baptisms

10/16..... Scripture Study

10/19..... Confirmation Class, 5pm

10/20.... Joy-Us Together Joint Mass @ABVM

10/20.... ABVM Coffee Hr

10/23.... Oratory Film Night, 7pm, ABVM Hall

10/27.... F3 9:30am Mass

Candle Dedications at Assumption

Sanctuary candle offered by Jimmy and Annie Cho

St Joseph candle offered by Connie Leone

Blessed Mother candle offered by Kathy Reynolds

St. Jude candle offered by Notre Thomas

Prayer for Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

55 Cranberry St. between Henry and Hicks

Brooklyn Heights

Church of St. Boniface

190 Duffield St.

Downtown Brooklyn

Daily Masses

Monday - Friday, 8:00am at Assumption

Monday - Friday, 12:10pm at St. Boniface

Weekend Masses

Saturdays, 5:00pm at Assumption

Sundays, 9:30am at Assumption

Sundays, 11:15am and 6:00pm at St. Boniface

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The Sacrament of Penance

Saturdays, 4:15 - 4:45pm at Assumption

Wednesdays, 12:30pm at St. Boniface

Sundays, 5:15 - 5:45pm at St. Boniface

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Weekday Church Hours

Monday through Friday, 11:30am - 1:00pm at St. Boniface

Monday through Friday, 7:30am - 9:00am at Assumption

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Prayers and Devotions

Rosary, Tuesdays & Thursdays after the 12:10pm Mass at St. Boniface,

Thursdays after 8:00am Mass at Assumption

St. Anthony Novena, Tuesdays after 8:00am Mass at Assumption

First Fridays, Sacred Heart Novena after 8:00am Mass at Assumption

First Saturdays, 9:00am Mass with Rosary, Meditation and Benediction at Assumption

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