Thirty -Second 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

November 5, 2021

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

Sister Marion DeFeis, CSJ 70th Anniversary/Jubilee

Outdoor Coffee hour to follow.

November 7, St. Boniface 11:15am Mass

Join us on Sunday for a Family Mass at Assumption.

Refreshments to follow outside.

November 7, 10:00am

Lectors

The new workbooks have arrived, please pickup your book in the sacristy after mass.

Please keep the sick of the community in your prayers:

MaryAnne Longo, Alexis Zicchinolfi, Marcos Alboronoz.

Rest In Peace: Samara Dedier, Pat Klein, Winnie O’Grady.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Oratory Parishes Thanksgiving Food Drive will begin on Saturday, October 16th, and continue through Sunday, November 21st.

Food collected will be shared between Hour Children and Second Harvest. Some food will be used for the Newman Food Pantry to service the college students in the area.

You may participate in the following way:

Use Pushpay to donate, and your contribution will be used to purchase bulk food for the pantries. Select the “Poor Box” fund.
Bring essential items listed below to Assumption and St. Boniface during the weekend liturgies, or during weekday Mass times.
You can also order online and have it delivered to 64 Middagh Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201-att: Fr. Michael Callaghan
Place your items in the narthex, in the bins marked Food Drive.

Essential Items Needed:

Pasta, Rice, Stuffing Mix, Mashed Potato Mix, Cereal, Tomato/Pasta Sauce, Canned vegetables, Canned Soups, Canned Juices, Canned Fruit, Instant Noodles (bowls/cups), Instant Oatmeal Packets, Mac ‘n Cheese (boxes or bowls), Saltines, Crackers, Hot Chocolate Packets.

Note: On canned items, please choose low sugar and low salt.

Thank you for your generous support.

Faith Cabinet

You are welcome to take and use any of the items in the cabinet. The cabinet is located in the narthex at Assumption. Everything is free.

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.

Upcoming:

Thanksgiving Food Drive–Poor Box Fund

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

A Prayer for Our Earth

By Pope Francis

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe & in the smallest of your creatures.

You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.

Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life & beauty.

Fill us with peace, that we may live

as brothers & sisters, harming no one. O God of the poor,

help us to rescue the abandoned

& forgotten of this earth,

so precious in your eyes.

Bring healing to our lives,

that we may protect the world

& not prey on it,

that we may sow beauty,

not pollution & destruction.

Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor & the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe & contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature

as we journey towards your infinite light.

We thank you for being with us each day.

Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love & peace.

Amen.