First Sunday of Advent

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

November 26, 2021

Online giving: https://oratorychurch.org/onlinegiving

Congratulations to Brenna Thomas and Nick Jaeger on the baptism of their son Desmond this past weekend at Assumption. With his baptism delayed because of the pandemic, Desmond turns two just after Christmas and we wish him a happy birthday as well.

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

Jim Carroll, Ethel Louise Byers Wolf, Valerie Samuel, Hubert Samuel, Donnaree Dawson, Orlando Groves, Odean Groves, Suzanne Mollman, Jean Ryan.

Rest In Peace: Patricia LaMarre, Robert Jaeger, Karen Witherspoon, Gerald Russello, Winnie O’Grady, Sister Marie Lane.

World AIDS Day

We will be commemorating World AIDS Day. The names will be read after Mass.

After the 11:15 Mass on November 28, St. Boniface

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 19. We hope to provide at least 125 gifts to children and youth served by Hour Children. Gifts will be picked up by Hour Children on December 22.

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, 64 Middagh Street Brooklyn, NY 11201.

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: 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.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Yes, Handel’s Messiah can once again be experienced in person this Advent in the grandest of halls. Is there any time we could need this holy music more than now? Prepare for some choral magic: A rousing vest-pocket Handel’s Messiah in Mozart's orchestration is paired with the Carnegie Hall premiere of The Ballad of the Brown King by Margaret Bonds, inspired by the Langston Hughes Nativity poem. A few members of our Oratory communities (including two from the Oratory choir) are singing in the 100+ strong Cecilia Chorus with full orchestra and wonderful soloists (from the Met).

Text 718 490-1694 or email torkilheggstad@gmail.com me soon for more information and the best discount on tickets. We would love to see you there. Bring friends and family. All ticket holders must be vaccinated (all performers are as well).

Friday, December 10 at 8 pm, Carnegie Hall

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

Stewardship Renewal Card

If you did not fill out one of the renewal cards at mass, please click on the link for Assumption or St. Boniface to complete your Annual Stewardship renewal form. You can print it and mail it to the parish office at: Assumption or St Boniface -64 Middagh St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 OR drop it in the collection basket on Sunday. Updating your phone and email enables us to keep you informed with the parish LINK and keeps our database current.

Assumption Pledge Renewal • St Boniface Pledge Renewal