First Saturday Mass

9am, December 3 at Assumption.

World Aids Day

We will be commemorating World AIDS Day after the 11:15 Mass at St. Boniface on Sunday, December 4. If you lost a loved one to the AIDS epidemic and would like their name added to the list of names to be read during the service, please contact Ben Kulos, ben.kulos@gmail.com

Turkana Christmas Cards and Crafts from Kenya

On Dec 4 and Dec 11, do a little Christmas shopping and help support our Sister Parish in Turkana. Christmas Cards made in Turkana, and Christmas ornaments and other crafts made in Kenya, will be available for sale at the back of the church after the 11:15 Mass at St Boniface. Find something out of the ordinary!

“Confronting Antisemitism:” Registration by Adult Faith Formation

A Brooklyn Oratory Small Groups sign up form is available for the rolling registration for the monthly group gathering for discussions on “Confronting Antisemitism.” The next meeting is on Tuesday, December 6. If you have already registered for this group, you do not need to do so again. Please invite family and friends to the discussions by sharing the link below.

Please see details and register here:

https://forms.gle/85vD1cEBsiYR4T589

Any questions or concerns? Please contact Virginia Navarro, affc@oratorychurch.org. 

ADVENT RETREAT by Adult Faith Formation

Saturday, December 10, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. All are welcome to spend a morning of renewal and reflection on "Advent: Season of Divine Encounter." As we anticipate the arrival of Jesus as the Word made flesh, Scripture will guide us to recall and recognize the ways God comes into our daily lives and our world. Please join us and Fr. Mark Paul Amatrucola in the Assumption Parish Hall. Invite family and friends by sharing the link below.

Please let us know you're coming by completing this form, though walk-ins are welcome:

https://forms.gle/XiWieqqcUYL3PyvK9

Questions about the retreat may be sent to Virginia Navarro at affc@oratorychurch.org. 

Assumption Advent Giving Tree

You can help make Christmas brighter for a child in need by joining Assumption’s Annual Giving Tree project. We will collect gifts through Sunday, December 18. We hope to provide at least 125 gifts to children and youth served by Hour Children.

Ways to participate:

• Purchase a gift for a boy or a girl, ages 3 through 14. Bring your gift, unwrapped, and leave in the narthex of the church, or at the Oratory Residence.
• Order a gift online, and have it shipped directly to the Oratory Residence at Assumption, noting that the order is a gift in the recipient line (see below):

Parish Office– Hour Children Gifts

64 Middagh Street Brooklyn, NY 11201

If the shipping directions require a phone number, please use the parish office number: (718) 875-2096.

Families, Fathers & Children

Families, Fathers & Children is an annual Christmas Party for children and families that have been impacted by incarceration. The Social Justice Action Committee of the Oratory parishes is working with the organizers to provide the party this year. The party will be on Saturday, December 17th, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at St. Monica’s Hall, 27 Sterling Place, Brooklyn.

 If you can donate toys, call (718) 789-5321 for drop off information.

Email JRBHorn66@yahoo.com for a list of ethnically appropriate dolls and toys. If you can donate food, please bring the food to St. Monica’s Hall on 12/17. Trays of your favorite recipe are most welcome as are drink boxes and desserts.

If you can help with the party, including set-up, clean-up and helping children do crafts at the party, please do. Questions?

Call (718) 789-5321.

SAVE THE DATE - The Assumption Christmas Pageant

Mark your calendars and save the date for the annual Assumption Christmas pageant.

Assumption Parish Hall, Friday, December 16, 7:00pm.

Christmas Bach and Bonds in Carnegie Hall

This Advent, what could be better than experiencing the wonder and choral magic of J.S. Bach's Baroque choral masterworks Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio (Section V) paired with Margaret Bonds' taut and rousing The Ballad of the Brown King, based on the Langston Hughes Nativity poem, in the grandest of concert halls? A handful members of our Oratory communities (including two from the Oratory choir) are singing in the 100+ strong Cecilia Chorus with orchestra and wonderful soloists in Carnegie Hall, Sunday, December 11 at 2 pm. With such an early afternoon concert, travel will be easier and it will still be light outside when the concert is over. Text (718) 490-1694 or email (torkilheggstad@gmail.com) soon for more information and the best possible discount on tickets. Tell your friends and family as well. We would love to see you there!

Baptism Preparation for Parents

If you are expecting a child or are new to our communities and would like to have your child baptized in our parishes, please register for the next Baptism Preparation Session which is offered through Zoom.

Send your inquiry to: info@oratorychurch.org and we will follow up to register you and send you the print materials.

Click here for upcoming dates: https://oratorychurch.org/baptisms

Upcoming Calendar

December

12/02.....Sacred Heart Novena following 8am Mass

12/03.....First Saturday 9am Mass ABVM

12/04.....Family Mass ABVM

12/08.....Feast of the Immaculate Conception

12/16......Christmas Pageant

12/25......Nativity of Our Lord

Please Keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Frances Koegel, Olivia Zicchinolfi, Norman Landsberg, Marie Smith, Ernie Tracy, Faye Chu, Kim Manzi, John Pinto.

Rest In Peace: Carole Weidmann, Fred Lasker, Enrico Antonio Bazzoni, Rodolfo Pascual, Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley.

Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Second Sunday of Advent

Assumption

12-03.....5:00pm.....Elaine Vekassy

12-04.....9:30am......For the People of the Parish

12-05.....No Mass

12-06.....8:00am.....Rosemarie Mason

12-07.....8:00am.....Salvatore Loi

12-08.....8:00am.....James Austin (Intentions)

12-08......6:00pm.....For the People of the Parish

12-09......9:00am......Catherine Lobur

St. Boniface

12-04.....11:15am.....,For the People of the Parish

12-04.....6:00pm......Spencer Tracey

12-05.....12:10pm.....Owen McConnell

12-07.....12:10pm.....Emma Coogan

12-08.....12:10pm.....Fr. Lee Smith

12-08......12:10pm.....For the People of the Parish

12-09......No Mass

Mass Times and Church Hours

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

Weekday hours: 7:45am - 9:00am Tuesday through Friday.

Weekday Mass: 8:00am Tuesday through Friday

Weekend Masses

5:00pm Saturday and 9:30am Sunday

Confessions Saturday: 4:15pm - 4:45pm

Prayer and Devotions

Tuesday - St. Anthony Novena (after 8am Mass)

Thursday - Rosary (after 8am Mass)

First Friday - Sacred Heart Novena (after 8am Mass)

First Saturday Mass - 9am with Rosary, Meditation and Benediction

The church is closed on Mondays.

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St. Boniface

Weekday hours 11:30am - 1:00pm

Weekday Mass at 12:10pm Monday through Thursday

Sunday Masses: 11:15am and 6:00pm

Sunday hours 11:00am - 12:30 pm & 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Confessions on Wednesdays (11:45 - noon) and before Mass on Sunday (5:15pm - 5:45pm).

Prayer and Devotions

Tuesday to Friday - Rosary (after 12:10 Mass)

The church is closed on Fridays and Saturdays.

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 St. Boniface: https://pushpay.com/g/oratorychurchbrooklyn?src=hpp

For Assumption: https://pushpay.com/g/oratorychurch?src=hpp

St. Boniface

Assumption

Or mail checks or envelopes to:

64 Middagh St

Brooklyn NY 11201

Attn: Assumption or St. Boniface

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