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
October 22, 2021
Welcome Harry Connor Perkins who was baptized last weekend by his grandfather Deacon Perkins at St. Boniface. Congratulations to his parents, mom Kristen and dad Stephen.
Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:
Marcos Alboronoz, Winnie O’Grady, Maurice Beshlian, Eliza Lazzarini, Adama Brown.

Rest In Peace: Dolores Perez Valerio, Pablo Rodriguez, Gaudencia Cora, Sr. James Annette McCauley.
Outdoor Coffee Hour

October 24, following the 11:15am Mass at St. Boniface
Baronius Lecture
You are invited to the Oratory’s annual Baronius Lecture in Church history. Our presenter will be Professor Cecilia Moore of the University of Dayton. In anticipation of November which is Black Catholic History Month, her topic will be: Catholic Activism in the Civil Rights Movement by Three Religious Communities in the South."

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
Passcode: 258200

Tuesday, October 26 at 6:30pm via Zoom
Save the Date
Sister Marion DeFeis, CSJ 70th Anniversary/Jubilee

Celebrate Sister Marion, a pivotal woman in the spiritual development of many members of our Oratory community. She has joyfully served 70 years in religious life as a Sister of St. Joseph.

Outdoor Coffee hour to follow.

Please email Pat Vitacco at pbvitacco@gmail.com if you would like to contribute or help with this celebration and coffee hour.

November 7, St. Boniface 11:15am Mass
Heights and Hills Caregivers Program is offering two zoom based workshops. Click here for details & workshop info.

November 3, 12:00pm—1:00pm: Caring for the
Caregiver/Home Care Options

November 17, 12:00pm—1:00pm: Demystifying Dementia/Long Distance Caregiving
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.

Upcoming:
  • World Mission Sunday 10/24
  • Holy Days: All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day
  • Thanksgiving Food Drive–Poor Box Fund
St. Boniface
Assumption
Or mail checks or envelopes to:
64 Middagh St
 Brooklyn NY 11201
Attn: Assumption or St. Boniface
The Month of October dedicated to Our Lady
let us ask her intercession:
O Mary, a simple girl from a small village in Galilee, pray for us, for our brothers and sisters so that we can experience the love of God within us, a love that gives us the courage here and now to carry forward what God asks of us, living our faith without hiding it. Contemplating your love, my heart is full of joy, as we learn to love God above all things, and to love each other as Jesus has loved us. Help us to respond promptly and joyfully to the vocation to love in this life, communicating the joy of the Gospel to our brothers and sisters in Christ, especially the weakest and poorest of society. Amen. Alleluia!

Pope Francis
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