Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

July 30, 2021

Visit our website for more information: www.oratorychurch.org

Summer Weekend Mass Schedule

through September 5, 2021

St. Boniface

9:00am and 6:00pm

Assumption

5:00pm Vigil on Saturdays 10:30am on Sundays

No First Saturday Mass at Assumption during the summer months.

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Ruth Isaacs, Andrew James Straub, Sally Larson.

Rest In Peace: Luigi Otiniano, Jacqueline Maxwell, Louis Blair, Rita Stumbo, John McGrath.

Assumption and St. Boniface participate in Mission Appeal next weekend.

As we do each year, we will have the opportunity to support the Catholic mission work. On the Weekend of August 7/8 an appeal will be offered on behalf of the Maranatha Caring Mission at St Boniface and the Diocese of Bomadi at Assumption.

Maranatha Caring Mission works in Nigeria among peasant farmers. They provide otherwise inaccessible eye as well as hernia, appendix and other surgeries. There are currently 200 patients awaiting these life transforming surgeries. $100 for cataract surgery. $20 a month follow up care. $50 for Appendectomy or Herniorrhaphy. We need your HELP to continue to provide free medical care to these impoverished patients on the waiting list.

Our Sisters and Brothers in Bomadi need Clean Water

The Diocese of Bomadi, in the South of Nigeria, is an area where the faith is growing. The people are abjectly poor, and the people struggle to have potable water. Oil exploitation has significantly polluted the main river from which the people draw their water for drinking, cleaning and livestock. Their Bishop, Hyacinth Egbebo, MSP, has written to ask our help to bring clean water to communities through our support of the summer mission appeal.

Family-Based Faith Formation and Sacraments at the Oratory 2021-2022

Oratory families are invited to join a hybrid program this year, including Family Masses, Faith Pods, Small Family Gatherings, and weekly resources at home. Children preparing for First Communion will also join a First Eucharist class meeting once a month with a parent or guardian.

Confirmation kids will participate both online at their own pace and in person/online once a month to do service together.

Registration is open now! For more information, please contact Christina Matone at cmatone@oratorychurch.org.

RCIA: A Journey into the Catholic Tradition

God is always awakening in us a desire for something more in our lives. We may hear God’s call when faced with a major life event, like marriage or having a child. We may hear it in a time of crisis, like the loss of a loved one, or during the pandemic. When we

feel a pull towards a deeper relationship with God, it is good to have a community with which to explore it.

The Catholic Church has a process for adults who are considering the Catholic way of life. The “Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults” (RCIA) is for men and women who want to journey deeper into the Catholic faith. Some come with little or no religious background. Some were baptized or raised in other Christian denominations and now feel called to explore Catholicism. Others are engaged to or married to Catholics and want to learn more. And some are baptized Catholics who practiced their faith up to a certain point in their lives and now wish to complete the sacraments of initiation. RCIA aims to support you wherever you are.

The 2021/2022 RCIA program will begin in late September, meeting on Wednesday evenings, both on Zoom and in person. All inquiries are welcome and will be kept confidential. For more information, contact RCIA coordinators Rob and Nadine at faith@oratorychurch.org, or one of our pastors, Fr. Mark

Lane, mlane@oratorychurch.org or Fr. Michael Callaghan, mcallaghan@oratorychurch.org.

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

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

You will notice new QR codes in both of our church sites which you can scan with your smartphone and connect to Pushpay to support stewardship.