Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion • March 24

Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm

Sunday Masses: 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM (Korean), 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:00 PM

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Monday – Wednesday • March 25, 26, and 27

Daily Masses: 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 5:30 PM

Confessions: 8:00 – 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 4:30 – 5:30 PM

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Holy Thursday • March 28

12:00 PM Mass

Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of the Feet and Procession to the Repository: 6:00 PM

Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of the Feet and Procession to the Repository: 8:00 PM (Korean)

Confessions: 8:00 – 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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Good Friday • March 29

The Seven Last Words: 12:00 Noon

Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion: 3:00 PM

Stations of the Cross: 5:00 PM

Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion: 7:00 PM (Korean)

Confessions: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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Holy Saturday • March 30

The Great Vigil of Easter: 6:30 PM

The Great Vigil of Easter: 10:00 PM (Korean)

The Upper Church will remain closed until 6:00 PM.

No confessions on Holy Saturday.

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Easter Sunday • March 31

Masses: 8:00, 9:15 (Korean), 11:00 AM, & 12:30

There is no 5:00 PM Mass or confessions on Easter Sunday.

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Easter Monday • April 1

Mass at 12:00 PM only

There are no confessions on Easter Monday and the church offices are closed.

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All of our Liturgies will also be available on Livestream on our website and on our Facebook page.

There’s A New Kid in Town

The Climate Museum, a temporary pop-up, is now scaling up to become a permanent, year-round presence here in New York City. For now though, you can see the exhibition “The End of Fossil Fuel” through April 30th in its downtown space.

You’ll see art, learn, and get some guidance on what to do. There’s a kid’s corner and a station for writing postcards to elected officials. There’s help with addresses, postcards are provided, and when you’re done, the Museum will take care of the postage and mailing. We are in the middle of a crucial shift in our culture. The fossil fuel industry is weaker than you think and clean energy is astoundingly popular and bi-partisan. The Climate Museum provides a communal space to learn and talk to each other.

Free admission. Wed thru Sun 1-6 at 105 Wooster Street. Learn more at www.climatemuseum.org

“We are all one – and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.” Bayard Rustin

For more information about the Laudato Si Circle here at St. Francis or to share your own tip of the week, email: stfrancislaudatosi@gmail.com

Click here to go to our page on the website for St. Francis Church.

In a few short weeks we will celebrate Easter. Consider donating Easter flowers in remembrance of those who hold a special place in your heart. Your generous contribution will not only add beauty to our Easter celebrations but also serve as a heartfelt tribute to those who have touched our lives.

With each bloom, we honor their legacy and keep their spirit alive and celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord.

Flower donations received by Wednesday, March 27, 2024 will be listed on our website and parish email for Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024

Jesus Falls A Third Time

Pray the Stations of the Cross using this guide that relates what is happening to Jesus on his way to Calvary with what is happening to our common home and people with the climate crisis.

Visit https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/resources/stations-of-the-cross-in-the-wake-of -the-climate-crisis/

Jesus’ journey nears the end, and the weight of evil in the world bears down on Him as he grows weaker and falls a third time. As climate change intensifies, our crosses will become heavier and our commitment may wane, causing us to fall again. Yet the cries of the poor and the earth motivate us to get up from our fall and remain steadfast in our response as Christians.

“Despite all attempts to deny, conceal, gloss over or relativize the issue, the signs of climate change are here and increasingly evident.” Pope Francis (LD 5)

For more information about the Laudato Si Circle here at St. Francis or to share your own tip of the week, email: stfrancislaudatosi@gmail.com

Click here to go to our page on the website for St. Francis Church.

The 2024 Cardinal’s Appeal has begun!

“Blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” (Psalm 2)

In our Archdiocese, 2.8 million Catholics and countless of our non-Catholic brothers and sisters take refuge in the Lord through His Church and her ministries. The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal exists to fund the expansive efforts of our Archdiocese to provide every person with an encounter with Jesus and a confidence that He, present in every church in the most Holy Eucharist, is our refuge.

The funds that we give to this year’s Appeal will be used to address the following needs of the archdiocese:

• Financially Vulnerable Parishes
• Charitable Outreach and Pastoral Support
• Evangelization, Communications, and Catholic Education
• Formation of New Parish Priests
• Care for Retired Priests

For more information about what your contribution is used for click here.

DONATE NOW:

If you would like to make a contribution to this year’s appeal click HERE.

Please remember to select “Direct my gift to” and select “St. Francis of Assisi, New York” from the drop-down menu.  This does not mean that St. Francis will receive these funds, it just means that the Archdiocese knows that your donation came from our community.

Here is a message from Cardinal Dolan for this year’s appeal:

The Stations of the Cross
In the wake of our climate crisis

Created by:
The Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement
MNYCCM@gmail.com

A chapter of the global Laudato Si’ Movement
For information about our own Laudato Si Circle at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi click HERE.

Click on the image below for the full pdf of these Stations of the Cross

Laudato Si Stations of the Cross

Each of the Stations of the Cross includes a quote from the environmental encyclical of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home (2015), indicated with an (LS), or a quote
from the Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023), identified with an (LD). These texts can be found online at the website of The Holy See at https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html

The images for the Stations are paintings by the German artist, Gebhard Fugel (1863-1939), renowned for his religious art. The photos of the paintings are now in the public domain.
https://www.messe.forumactif.org/t8370-gebhard-fugel-1863-1939-peintre-allemand-d-artsacre

These Stations were created to be shared and were originally posted on the website of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Particular thanks go to the following individuals for their work in writing these: Tom Hinchen, Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, Brooklyn; Julia McGinnity, Church of Holy Name of Jesus and St. Gregory the Great, Manhattan; Terry Michaud, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Manhattan; and Nancy Lorence, Church of St. Francis Xavier, Manhattan.

Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement is grateful for their work.

Give Up Calling People Names

“Once and for all, let us put an end to the irresponsible derision that would present this issue [the climate crisis] as something purely ecological, “green,” romantic, frequently subject to
ridicule by economic interests. Let us finally admit that it is a human and social problem on any number of levels. For this reason, it calls for involvement on the part of all. In Conferences on the climate, the actions of groups negatively portrayed as “radicalized” tend to attract attention. But in reality, they are filling a space left empty by society as a whole, which ought to exercise a healthy “pressure”, since every family ought to realize that the future of their children is at stake.” Pope Francis (LD58)

“It’s not easy being green.” Kermit the Frog (On YouTube here: https://youtu.be/51BQfPeSK8k?si=QTUAgZixZBdmoYQI)

For more information about the Laudato Si Circle here at St. Francis or to share your own tip of the week, email: stfrancislaudatosi@gmail.com

Click here to go to our page on the website for St. Francis Church.