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
April 26, 2022
The Whole Fifty Days
It is not by accident that while Lent is forty days, the full Easter season runs to fifty. While Lent invites us to strip away whatever needs pruning in our lives which may prevent us from being fully alive and open to Christ, the Easter seasons rather invites us to rejoice that no matter what bumps, bruises, or barnacles we may still be nursing, the Risen Christ still loves and has redeemed us. And this latter and longer season invites us to do this with a bit more time and intensity than what we were invited to do during Lent. As we prepare to celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter, may we deeply remember that we are loved, redeemed, and called to live with and for Christ and to do so with a joyful spirit that reaches out to one another.
Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteers Lawyers Project in Partnership with St. Boniface Social Justice Action
Presents: Consumer Debt & Debt Collection

April 28, 7:30pm
St Boniface Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) Seeking Nominations for Members–At–Large
If you have been seeking to perform an act of service to your faith community, opportunity knocks! Please consider nominating yourself or someone you admire to assist St. Boniface as it emerges from the challenges of the pandemic and looks towards a vibrant future in downtown Brooklyn as our new development project gets underway.

Responsibilities include attending a monthly meeting, being a conduit for communication between community members and the PPC, and assuming a leadership role with new or current initiatives of the PPC.

We are accepting up to six (6) nominations for the election of three (3) positions for a two-year term. We hope to attract a diversity of nominees.

To nominate yourself or someone else, please contact Nancy Dawes, Vice Chair, at nancydawes61@gmail.com.
Franciscan Gratitude
Special thanks to the parishioners of Assumption and St. Boniface for your generous donations that helped create the Career Closet Concept at St. Francis College.
Upcoming Dates/Events

May
Family Mass May 1, 11:15am, StB
Outdoor Coffee Hour, May 1, StB
First Friday of the month, May 6
First Saturday, May 7, 9am Mass, ABVM
Concert, May 8, 3pm, StB
Baptism Sunday, May 15, StB
St. Philip’s Feast Day, May 26
Summer Mass Schedule begins May 29

June
First Friday of the month, June 3
First Saturday, June 4, 9am Mass, ABVM
Family Mass, June 5 10am, ABVM
Mass of Rededication, Feast of St. Boniface June 5, 11:15am
Vespers & Lecture, June 5, 3pm, StB
First Communions, June 11 & 12
Baptism Sunday, June 26, 9:30am, ABVM
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