Thanksgiving Week Mass Schedule

Wednesday, Nov 23rd

No 8am Mass at Assumption

12:10pm Mass at St. Boniface

6:00pm Mass at Assumption (with music)

Note: Please bring your mashed potatoes to the 6pm Mass at Assumption. Early on Thanksgiving morning, the food will be delivered to Harlem.

Thursday, Nov 24th, Thanksgiving Day

8am Mass at Assumption

Friday, Nov 25

8am Mass at Assumption

Parish Office Closed

The parish office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Friday, November 25th.

Good News: Another Grant to Assumption Parish

We are happy to report that the Breukelein Institute has just awarded another grant to Assumption Parish in the amount of $25,000 toward the completion of the elevator which will make both the church and the hall fully accessible. With this latest grant, the total in grants amount awarded to Assumption directly from the Breukelein or from granting agencies associated with it amounts to $200,000, all of which has been earmarked toward accessibility. Special thanks to all those who contributed to the recent Gaudium Awards Dinner from which these latest funds have come.

Advent Daily Reflections Booklet

As this weekend we will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, Advent booklets containing daily reflections will be available in both churches free of charge. A limited number will be available in Spanish as well.

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, and please 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, 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.

Day of Remembrance

During this month of November in which we engage in our Catholic tradition to remember and pray for our dead, since 1999 November 20 has become a day set aside to remember and pray for all those lost to violence against members of the transgender community. We invite you to include this intention in your prayers for the dead this month as we pray for an end to violence against LGBT persons especially as this community has experienced another mass shooting this past weekend in Colorado.

World Aids Day

We will be commemorating World AIDS Day after the 11:15 Mass at St Boniface on 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.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception- December 8th

Schedule of Masses

8:00am at Assumption

6:00pm at Assumption (with music)

12:10pm at St. Boniface

Tips for Saving Energy and Money

When Using the Stove or range, here are some tips to help you save energy. Keep range-top burners and reflectors clean as they will reflect the heat better. And, if possible, cover pots and pans when cooking. The food cooks faster and so you will use less energy. Match the size of the pan to the size of the burner on the stove. This will allow the food to cook more evenly and, therefore, more efficiently. If you have smaller appliances such as toaster ovens, electric pressure cookers, microwave ovens or convection ovens, or crock pots use them whenever possible for smaller meals rather than your large stove or oven.

Upcoming Calendar

November

11/23.....Thanksgiving Vigil Mass at ABVM 6pm

• NO 8am Mass on 11/23

11/24.....Thanksgiving Day, 8am at ABVM

11/27.....1st Sunday of Advent

December

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

12/04.....Family Mass ABVM

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

12/16......Christmas Pageant

Please Keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

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

Rest In Peace: Rodolfo Pascual, Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, Father Richard Lewkiewicz, Fr. James Devine, Ettra Magniccari, Eleanor Santiago.

Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

TFirst Sunday of Advent

Assumption

11-26.....5:00pm.....Anna & Salvatore Acerra

11-27.....9:30am......For the People of the Parish

11-28.....No Mass

11-29.....8:00am.....Moisas Abad

11-30.....8:00am.....John Vekassy

12-01.....8:00am.....Moisas Abad

12-02.....8:00am.....Bettina & Antonio Acerra

12-03.....9:00am.....Girlie Genabe (Intentions)

St. Boniface

11-27......11:15am......For the People of the Parish

11-27......6:00pm......St. Margaret Buckley - Healing

11-28.....12:10pm.....Ernest Kolano

11-29.....12:10pm.....Edward Kennedy

11-30.....12:10pm.....Helena Kim

12-01.....12:10pm.....Priest's Intention

12-02.....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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