The Brooklyn Oratory Parishes
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Boniface
December 10, 2021
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Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:
Ruth Isaacs, Philippa McMahon, Valerie Samuel, Hubert Samuel, Donnaree Dawson, Orlando Groves, Odean Groves.
Rest In Peace: Jules Rominger, Laura Van Dusen, Vincenza Meli, Meta & Thomas McMahon,Sr., Jim Carroll, Fr. Jim Dineen, SJ, Sr. Marie Lane.
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The Assumption Christmas Pageant is back!
Mark your calendars and save the date, the annual Assumption Christmas pageant is back! HolyDaze Christmas Spectacular is live at Assumption church. The spectacular will also be live streamed and available on YouTube and through our Facebook page.
Friday, December 17, 7pm
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Assumption Advent Giving Tree
We will collect gifts through Sunday, December 19. We hope to provide at least 125 gifts to children and youth served by Hour Children.
- 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, ship to: Fr Michael Callaghan–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.
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Last Call for St. Boniface SJA Toy Drive - Sunday 12/12
Social Justice Action is partnering with Families, Fathers, and Children, a ministry of St. Augustine/St. Francis Xavier in Park Slope that supports families impacted by incarceration.
We need many kinds of toys, for example: cars, trucks, Legos, art supplies, building blocks, teddy bears, and culturally responsive dolls for Black and Latinx children. Toys should be new and unwrapped.
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Handmade Ornaments from Kenya
Decorate your Christmas tree with handmade ornaments from Kenya and support our Sister Parish in Turkana in the process. Ornaments will be available at St Boniface on Sundays 12/12 and 12/19 after the 11:15 Mass. Let’s share the joy of the holiday season with our friends in faith at St Mark’s Parish in Turkana.
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Christmas Flower Offering in Memoriam and Best Wishes
If you would like to dedicate Christmas flowers in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone, please send in the name(s) to info@oratorychurch.org or write the names on your parish giving envelopes. We will print the names and remember them at the 10am Mass on December 26 at Assumption and the 9am at St. Boniface.
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Assumption Parish
Stewardship/Financial Presentation from Lisa Lambert.
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St. Boniface Parish
Stewardship/Financial Presentation from Bill Weigel.
Please click HERE to listen to Bill's presentation. Click Here to see Finance Committee Report for St Boniface.
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Dec 12, 1:30pm Brentwood, NY
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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 Collections:
- 12/12 Religious Retirement Fund
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Christmas Flowers-Memorial & Best Wishes. Send names to info@oratorychurch.org
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Or mail checks or envelopes to:
64 Middagh St
Brooklyn NY 11201
Attn: Assumption or St. Boniface
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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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