Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation. Masses are as follows:

8:00am @ Assumption

12:10pm @ St. Boniface (with music)

6:00pm @ Assumption (with music)

Diocesan collection this weekend for the Religious Retirement fund.

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.

Guest Preacher and Presider

This Sunday at the 9:30am Mass at Assumption, Fr Zach Presutti, S.J., will be the celebrant and homilist. Fr Zach is the founder and executive director of Thrive for Life (thriveforlife.org), an organization that offers spiritual, educational, and other forms of support for those incarcerated and newly out of prison.

Care of Creation Corner

Holiday Coat Drive

As we celebrate the birth of our Creator and this season of giving, the Social Justice Action Committee asks that you join us in helping to keep others warm this winter by donating gently used coats.

Containers will be available at St. Boniface and at Assumption churches beginning this weekend. Parishioners bring the donated coats to local precincts where the staff distributes them. We thank you for your care of others.

Turkana Christmas Cards and Crafts from Kenya

This Sunday 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!

LGBTQ+ and Friends Christmas Potluck

Thursday, December 15th at 6:30pm

Come get in the holiday spirit! Join us as we continue to build community, share our faith, and support one another. Bring a favorite Christmas treat to share!

To RSVP, email Ben Kulos at ben.kulos@gmail.com.

Reconciliation Monday: December 19

Opportunities for confession:

St Boniface: 2-4pm

Assumption of the BVM: 6-8pm

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 9:30am Mass on December 25 at Assumption and the 10pm on Christmas Eve at St. Boniface.

Calling all youth and young artists at St. Boniface and Assumption BVM!

Join Patti on January 21st from 11:30-1:30 for a pop-up mini-makers retreat. Our time together will include a personal reflection, Visio divina, and a conversation about the relationship between art and prayer in the teen years. Together we will have time to sketch, paint, brainstorm and share ideas. Snacks and a selection of art materials will be provided but feel free to bring whatever you are working on at the moment including a favorite sketch pad, pen set, or even your latest knitting project! Email pdebonis@oratorychurch.org if you plan to attend. RSVP by January 7th so materials can be ordered on time.

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.

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.

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 to 5pm 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, please call 718-789-5321.

Christmas Bach and Bonds in Carnegie Hall

What could be better this Advent than experiencing the wonder and choral magic of J.S. Bach's Baroque choral masterworks Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio (the Epiphany cantata section) paired with New Yorker Margaret Bonds' taut and joyful 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 110+ strong Cecilia Chorus with orchestra and wonderful soloists in Carnegie Hall, this coming Sunday, December 11 at 2 pm. With such an early afternoon concert, travel will be safe and easy. Please use the following discount code for 15% off from Carnegie Hall box office, in person or online: CEC40647. Thank you to those who already bought tickets.

We would love to see more of you there. Tell your friends and family as well.

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

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

12/10....Advent Retreat @ABVM

12/11.....Baptism@ABVM

12/14.....RCIA meeting in person

12/16.....Christmas Pageant, 7pm

12/19.....Reconciliation Monday

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

January

1/8.....F3

1/9.....Camba Program (Homeless Shelter)

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Rodney Ward, 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.

Weekly Mass Intention Schedule

Third Sunday of Advent

Assumption

12-10....5:00pm....Intentions-Immaculada Genabe

12-11....9:30am.....For the People of the Parish

12-12....No Mass

12-13....8:00am....Martha Lobur

12-14....8:00am....Rita Collins

12-15....8:00am....Dolores Smith

12-16....6:00pm....Lillian, Anthony & Chris Brienza

St. Boniface

12-11....11:15am.....Josephine DelPriore

12-11....6:00pm.....Owen McConnell

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

12-13....12:10pm....Enrico Bazzini

12-14....12:10pm....Francesca G. Maisto Eisenberg

12-15....12:10pm....Regina Sigda

12-16....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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