The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Boniface
October 23, 2020
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From Our Pastors
Traditionally, at this time of the year our parishes have held a Homecoming Sunday. Apart from welcoming everyone back from the hiatus to regular programing that often occurs over the summer, the occasion provides two important opportunities.
One, to announce the committees, ministries and programming for the upcoming liturgical year, and two, to solicit support and participation in those activities.
Given the restrictions around COVID, this year’s Homecoming has a slightly different flavor. Thought supported by messaging at masses, our Homecoming this year is virtual.
Below you will find a list of committees and activities. Despite the restrictions we remain active and engaged.
There is one notable absence from this year’s listing, our liturgical ministries. Because of the limits on numbers and a concern for safety we are holding off asking for further participants at his time. Hopefully the New Year will bring the opportunity to return to some version of normal.
In these unusual times, many of us are looking for ways to maintain hope and enjoy the gift of life. Living faith, like anything organic, requires regular care and nourishment. Please look through the listings. You will find plenty of ways to stay connected, contribute to good works, and, just as importantly, keep faith, hope, and love alive.
Fr. Mark Lane, C.O. and Fr. Michael Callaghan, C.O.
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Homecoming 2020
Parish committees and planned activities for
2020-2021
Outreach & Social Justice Action provides education, advocacy, and direct support.
- Social Justice Action "virtual" Planning Retreat Sunday, 10/25 from 12pm to 1:30pm
Zoom Meeting Information:
Topic: SJA Planning Retreat
Time: Oct 25, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 862 8292 7944 Passcode: 544693
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Food Security - Thanksgiving Food Drive. The annual Assumption food drive will begin the weekend of Oct.31/Nov.1, and continue through the Thanksgiving Vigil Mass on Nov. 25 at 6 pm at Assumption. Food will benefit Hour Children, which support families in the diocese of Brooklyn/Queens, particularly women with children re-entering daily life after incarceration. We will be publishing a list of needed items and details for safe participation next week in The Link. A Food Fund will be established in PushPay to facilitate financial contributions for purchasing bulk items for the pantries.
- Newman Ministry College Food Pantry: Our work with college students over the past several years has revealed a growing food insecurity among students, particularly those living in our neighborhoods, independent of families. We are launching a pantry in collaboration with the residence hall of St. Francis College to assist students experiencing food insecurity.
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Standing subcommittees lead advocacy efforts in: Immigration, Criminal Justice, and Health Care. Meets on Zoom the 3rd Sunday of the month at 9am. Contact stbonifacesjc@gmail.com. For more information or to be added to the SJA mailing list.
- Christmas Gift Drive: Benefitting the children of Hour Children, we will again collect gifts for children whose mothers are working to reintegrate into society following incarceration. We will provide a digital list of gifts and ways to safely participate. The drive runs from November 28th through December 15th. More details in the coming weeks.
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Family Faith Formation
- Children’s faith education (previously called OSD) is now Family Faith Formation
- During COVID 19 small family groups meet online
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Enrollment is still open. Contact Christina Matone at cmatone@oratorychurch.org for more information.
Teen Group
Planned events
- October 23, Friday, 4pm. Free Minds Workshop. Participants learn about incarceration in the U.S. before reading and responding to poetry written by incarcerated youth.
- Friday, Jan. 31, 2021 Giving Circle
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April 16th. Earth Day Recognition. Watch The Link for detailed information.
Adult Faith Formation
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RCIA If you are a Catholic who wishes to complete your sacraments, or if you, or someone you know, feels called to explore Catholicism, we hope you, or they, will join us. We meet on Wednesdays at the same time, from 7 - 8:15pm. This year’s program is entirely on Zoom. Please contact Nadine and Rob at faith@oratorychurch.org.
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Upcoming Workshop on Centering Prayer and a class on different forms of prayer. Save the Date - Saturday, December 5, 2020, 12:30pm-3:30pm. Presented by parishioner, Jim Connell. Click here.
- Women in the Church Lecture - Spring date to be announced.
Community Life
- Open Air Mass is planned, when conditions allow.
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Oratory Christmas Greens Sale upcoming—watch The Link for details.
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Virtual Coffee Hour—Monthly, 2nd Sunday each month at 12:30pm—watch The Link for the Zoom connection.
Women’s Group
The Oratory Women’s Community announces new events on an ongoing basis. Watch for activities and sign-up instructions on The Link, on the Oratory Women’s Community’s Facebook page, and email blasts.
The Sister Parish Committee of St. Boniface
We celebrate the almost two decades of our sister parish relationship with St. Mark’s Parish in Lokitaung, Turkana, Kenya, which we also support financially. This vast parish lies in a drought and poverty ravaged, largely undeveloped region. Our sisters and brothers in Christ are largely semi-nomadic pastoralists. They are noted for their courage, music, basket weaving, and rearing of goats and other livestock. Our blessed relationship connects us more directly in a meaningful way with the vast universal Catholic Church. We regularly pray for each other and celebrate each other’s feast days.
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Assumption
October 25, 2020
5pm Frank Acerra
10am For the People of the Parish
Monday, 26 October
No Mass
Tuesday, 27 October
9am Nicholas Anselmo
Wednesday, 28 October
9am Carmen Aquilone
Thursday, 29 October
9am Margaret Fissinger
Friday, 30 October
9am Carl Leone
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St. Boniface
October 25, 2020
10:00am Steve Lim
11:15am For the People of the Parish
6:00pm Felicita Menendez, Tomasa Gonzalez and Laura Flores
Monday, 26 October
12:10pm For the Elections
Tuesday, 27 October
12:10pm John Dalton
Wednesday, 28 October
12:10pm Rosemarie Manthey
Thursday, 29 October
12:10pm Margaret Mary Fissinger
Friday, 30 October
12:10pm Oratorian Vocations
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Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers: Mary Kogut, Ian Lau, Marilyn Shaw, Wanda Morgan.
Rest In Peace: David Lorenzo, William Patterson, Thomasa Gonzalez, Angela Ryan.
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The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Boniface
Roman Catholic Communities in
Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights
Both parishes operate from one office:
64 Middagh Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.875.2096
718.625.1161
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