Ash Wednesday is February 18th this year. Here is our schedule of Masses, the Sacrament of Reconciliation and distribution of Ashes. Let us begin the journey of Lent together.
7:30 AM
12:00 PM
1:15 PM
4:30 PM (en español)
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
We will impose ashes in the Lower Church from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM.
8:00 to 9:00 AM
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
The Converge @ St. Francis Ministry invites you to join us for Mardi Gras Hospitality on Sunday, February 15, immediately following the 5:00 PM Mass at the Clare Room.
Come enjoy festive treats and good fellowship as we celebrate together.
All are welcome!
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi is again offering a WINTER RETREAT FOR MINISTERS, VOLUNTEERS & PARISHIONERS.
Step away from the busy-ness of life and find renewal in God’s presence. Join us for our parish retreat—a time to rest, reflect, and reconnect in faith.
This retreat is a chance for parishioners to escape the city for a couple of days to connect with one another and reconnect with God. There will be time to pray, hear talks, discuss the faith, and enjoy quiet time on the beautiful property of the Mt. Alvernia Franciscan Retreat Center in Wappingers Falls, NY.
Join us to spend time with other parishioners to pray, reflect and reconnect with God and each other.
WHEN:
Friday, January 30- Sunday, February 1, 2026 (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon)
WHO:
The retreat is for parishioners of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi and their friends.
WHERE:
The Mt. Alvernia Franciscan Retreat Center is located in Wappingers Falls, NY, about a two-hour train ride from Grand Central Station. Travel details will be given to all registrants.a
TRAVEL INFORMATION & PREPARATION FOR RETREAT:
Upon completion of your registration, you will be sent more information regarding travel to and from the retreat center and items to bring.
QUESTIONS:
For more information contact our Pastor – Fr. Brain Jordan, OFM at bjordan@stfrancisnyc.org.
The Converge @ St. Francis Parish Life Ministry is the Ministry lead for this retreat.
Registration is now closed.
Please join us for an adult education seminar entitled “Catholic Social Teaching.” This seminar will focus on the seven primary points of Catholic Social Teaching. The presenters for this seminar are Father Brian Jordan, OFM, our pastor and Professor Ronald Schramm of Columbia University and also the chairperson of the Social Concerns Committee of the parish. The seminar is free and all parishioners and friends are welcome to participate. Light refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, December 24: Christmas Eve
Confessions
8:00 am – 9:30 am
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Masses
4:00 pm
5:30 pm
7:00 pm (Korean)
10:00 pm
Thursday, December 25: Christmas Day
Masses
8:00 am
9:15 am (Korean)
11:00 am
12:30 pm
Friday, December 26: Day After Christmas
Parish office will be closed and there will be no confessions.
There will be one Mass at 12 noon.
The Christmas flowers and wreaths which adorn our church at Christmas are offered to honor the birth of Christ and to glorify God. It is also a way to remember your loved ones and share the beauty of the season with the whole community. We thank everyone who made a donation to decorate our church for the Christmas holiday. We remember those on the following list and everyone in our hearts.
Christmas 2025 Intentions
Abbey of Regina Laudis
Alice & Willie Stward, Brcio Moohan, Francis Fischetti
All living and deceased members of the Armiger and Badami familiies
All the souls in purgatory
Amy Coughlin
Ann Marie McCarthy and Family
Ann Marie McCarthy and Family
Anna & Michael Dunleavy, Sr. (Deceased) Joan Melone (Deceased) Robert Carter (D
Anne Donnelly, Pone Ferrand
Anthony Greco
Anthony Randazzo
Antoinette and Charles Badami, deceased Veronica and Gordon Thomas Armiger, de
Antoinette Owen and William O’Connor
Barbara and Henry Sonntag
Barnaby Family
Batherine Canavan, Mary Frank, Blume Family
Bernadette and Sean McGuiness
Bill and Miriam Chenoweth, deceased
Billy Cipriani (deceased) Mike LaMagna (deceased)
Brendan G. Smith and Family
Brian Carter – deceased
Brian Coughlin
Bridget Moore
Camille Breen
Carmelite and Victror Maynard
Catalina Paredes
Charles, Michael & Molly Doherty
Corazon Oliquiano- living Teresita Rubio & family- living
Cynthia Weidner
Deceased members of the Almonte, Agusta, Girardi, Hamilton, O’Shaughnessy, and S
Deceased of the Le, Kane, Tran, Pham & Mc
Denny Long, Joe Long and Family
Dr. Barbara Ward
Dunleavy Family (Deceased) Wildes Family (Deceased) Brown Family (Deceased)
Dustin Dean Gunter, deceased Harry Sawyer, deceased John Armiger, deceased
E. Friend
E. N. O’Hagan and Donagh O’Hagan
Elisa Mary Clarke (Deceased) Ellen Traina (Deceased) Gwynne Bloomfield-Pike (De
Elna Reduta
Evelyn & Italo Colozzi [deceased] Deceased members of the DeLuca Family
F. Pelham
Floralba Rodriguez
Fr. Tobe James Patrick
Francos Family
Gail Cunningham
Gloria Meilosi and Family, Lawrence, Hill, P
Gonzalez girls
Grace Ventura & Family
Graciela Cabanas
Guzman/Shane family special intention
Hilary, Ed and Daphne
In memory of my parents: Robert and Joan A
Ingrid Fuchs, Marita and Jim McCrea
James and Anne Hussey and Family
James H. Perkins (deceased) Fondine O. Perkins (deceased) Kiah A. Traverso (deceased)
Jane R. and Charles Janiak (Deceased)
Jenny Briones
Jessie Q. Sotto (deceased)
Joan Loftus and John Sazaklis
Joanne McGlynn
Joaquin and Felix SY -deceased Catalina Oliquiano-deceased
Joe Eleazar
John J. Kilcoyne, Mary E, Kilcoyne
John Nicholls
Jose Medina- Deceased Esther Medina- Dece
Joseph Grennan and Family
Josephine Brickley, deceased
Julia Hennessy, Chris Kepler, Elizabeth Kepler
Karen Anderson and Robert Juliano
Karin St. Gnor
Kathry Pasternak and Family
Kay Vega
Kelly Ann Gorham
Kevin O’Connell
Kevin, Nora and Wilma McCauley
Kiean and Paul Mullin, Noreen Mullin
Klein Families
Laura Thompson
Lawrence, Hill, Peter Family
Linda Lambert and Family
Lucille and Michael Forzano
M V. Family
M. and R. Knowles
M. Kuerzi
Maeve O’Connell
Mairead Julie Fox and John Fox
Margaret and Michael Gavigan
Margaret and Peter Leddy
Margarita and Jorge Raez
Marie L. Cipriani (deceased) William R. Cipriani (deceased
Marsha Lou Bright (My beloved cousin, deceased)
Martin & Bridget Garrett
Mary & James Dunleavy (Deceased) Jennie & Charles Wildes, Sr. (Deceased)
Mary & Mala Mullen, Fr. Pearse Mullen
Mary and Charlie Pandolfo
Mary and Ed Andriessen
Mary and Liam Moran
Mary Ellen and John Byrnes, deceased
Mary Finuala Beale
Mary O’Brien
Mary Shea, John Sheehan, Patrick Sheehan
Maryellen and Eamonn Stanford, deceased Richard and Shirley Armiger, deceased
Maura and Noel Gammell
Maureen Ayres and Family
Maureen O’Connor and Thomas Lee
McDonnell and McGuane Families
Meghan Coughlin
Melissa Ivers
Michael Morfe
Michael Spartonos deceased Jerome A Spartonos deceased
Michael, Mary and Frank Cosie deceased
Mickey & Pat St. John
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Merrick
Mrs. Concetta Burke, John Royce Mathis
My children: Matthew (wife Monika), Elizabe
Nicole Thompson and Israel Sanches
Olive O’Neill and Breda O’Neill
Oliver and Jo-Ann O’Neill
Ometa Dautrich (Deceased)
Patricia Leibell and Family
Paul Lostritto – special intention
Pepi Powell
Perry Martijena
Peter and Una O’Hagan
Phlip and Angela McKillip
R. Isaacs
Rev. Anthony Cincotta-deceased Rev. Raymond Wadas-deceased
Rev. Bruno Masotti-deceased Joseph A. Bottner-deceased
Rev. Fr. James Miara
Robyn Carlson
Roche Family
Romy Oliquiano & family- living Roselle Oliquiano -living
Rosa Raschella and Enrico Marando
Rosemarie Rao Perachio
Ruby O’Connell
S. Ross
Sean and Anne Marie Moran
Sharon Boland
Sheila Moran and Caroline Moran
Stanley Wilson
Susan and Dennis Curry
Susie & Terrance Leonard, Breda Molloy, Pat & Marie Molloy
Suzanne Fischetti, Bridie McNeely, Mary Calhoun
Tanya Lukowiak
Teresa and Frank Badami, deceased Aggie and Al Albenda, deceased
Terri Brady, Sr. Mary T. Donlon, CSJ
The Caronna Family (special intention)
Theresa Palmich, Yadvish Familiy
Thomas Kilcoyne Family
Tim Brown
Tom & Theresa Dolan (D) Helen McKeon (D) Dorthey Wendt (D)
Tom and Jack McGowan
Tracey Andrejko Thank you and God Bless
Vincent Leibell and Family
Walter Jackson, Diane Leifer, Janet Larsen
William O’Connor
The UGNAYAN Filipino Ministry invites you to the Simbang Gabi (9-Day Advent Novena Masses)
Monday, December 15 to Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Weekdays at 6:15 PM, Lower Church
Weekends at 3:00 PM Lower Church
For more information, please email: filipinoministry@stfrancisnyc.org.
On this Holy Night, let us ask for the grace of wonder. Before this mystery, before this reality, so tender, so beautiful, so close to our hearts, may the Lord grant us the grace of wonder to encounter Him, to be close to Him, to be close to each other.
Words of Pope Francis from his Christmas Eve homily, December 2024
Dear brothers and sisters,
Recall the glorious lyrics of the beloved Christmas hymn O Holy Night: “O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining; it is the night of our dear Savior’s birth.” Christmas Eve is truly one of the holiest nights on our liturgical calendar!
This timeless hymn evokes the best of emotions and transcendence both before and in our current challenging times. For example, in light of conflicts and wars in our present world, this lyric applies: “The thrill of hope the weary world rejoices.”
In times of loneliness and despair during the Christmas holidays, these lyrics also apply: “In all our trials born to be our Friend; He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger.”
In times of racial and cultural tensions, these lyrics invite Jesus, the Prince of Peace: “Truly He taught us to love one another; His law of love and His gospel is peace.”
Since the time of St. Francis of Assisi in medieval Italy to the present, Franciscan friars have been inspired by the Christmas season. St. Francis had a profound love for this holy season and saw in the birth of Christ the perfect expression of God’s humility and love. It was St. Francis who first created the live Nativity scene in the little town of Greccio, so that people could see and feel the wonder of God made flesh.
His devotion continues to inspire us to celebrate Christmas joy, as we truly share that Christmas joy with the People of God throughout the world. We Franciscans are deeply grateful for your faithful support and for being such a vital part of our parish’s mission. This Christmas, we humbly ask you to consider an extra measure of generosity in your Christmas gift to our beloved parish. Rising costs for electricity, heat, and water have placed a strain on our budget, especially during the cold and hard winter days. Your help is essential to keep our church warm, welcoming, and open to all who come seeking peace and hope.
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi is a spiritual oasis in Midtown Manhattan. Since 1844, Franciscan Friars have preached about this Gospel verse from St. Matthew 1:23 “The virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.” They preached that God is always with us in mind, body, soul and heart—not just Christmas but all year round. Your continual prayers and financial support have kept the doors, the pews, the confessionals, the altar, and the sanctuary OPEN every day for the People of God for prayer, healing, praise, and serenity. Let us not only celebrate this “O Holy Night,” but also this “O Holy Season.” Thank you so much for your generous Christmas spirit!
On behalf of the Franciscan Friars and the parish staff of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, I want you to know that we will remember you and your most special intentions in our Christmas Mass. I wish you and your loved ones a Blessed Christmas and a Happy and Holy New Year
Blessings to you,
Father Brian Jordan, OFM
Pastor
Please join us for an Advent Day of Reflection “Our Living Hope” which will led by Professor Natalia Imperatori-Lee, a theology professor at Fordham University.
This will take place on Saturday afternoon, December 6 from 12 noon till 3:30 pm in San Damiano Hall. After light refreshments, Professor Imperatori-Lee will discuss the closing month of the Jubilee Year of Hope with the message of synodality both inspired during the papacy of the late Pope Francis.
A free will donation is welcome at the door.
All parishioners and friends of the parish are most welcome to join us on this day of Advent Spirituality.
Join us on Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30 PM for our Mass of Remembrance as we honor the lives of loved ones who have gone before us.
At St. Francis of Assisi, many of us come from other places and often grieve our loved ones from afar. This celebration allows us to come together as one community of faith and memory. Names submitted by mail or online will be placed in the sanctuary. Our community is also invited to bring or submit a photo or memento of someone you’ve lost to be placed near the altar during Mass.
Our Book of Names of the Dead will be available in the Pietà Chapel to inscribe the names of those you wish to remember throughout November until Advent begins.
2025 ALL SOULS REMEBRANCE
Roberta Gabriel Carls, Miguel, Jose, Katherine, Dulcesimon Gabriel,Bomiu
Buena Ventura Quipanes, Gregoria Hallay O Abelis,
Alma Sabina Bruce
Howell Family members Stephen and Josephine Zimbaldi
Members of the Vivo family, living and deceased Members of the McLaughlin family,
Living and deceased Members of the Lewin family, living and deceased Members of the Eide family, living and deceased
Lorna Scott McBarnette John McBarnette John Scott Nikki Scott Frances “BaBa” Johnson Malcolm Scott Georgianna Wilson Scott
Raymond Black Virgina Black Violet Rivera
In loving memory of our dear friend, Enrico G. Adelman.
In loving memory of my dear father, Alberto Joseph Gomez
Theadore (Teddy) Babolsay Helen Elliott Donald Ross Elliott
Mary & James Dunleavy Anna & Michael Dunleavy, Sr, Jennie & Charles Wildes, Sr.
For the heavenly repose of my husband’s father who died early this morning. His name was Jerzy Stefan Maksymowicz. May he rest in peace.
Archie McMullen Emilio Hernandez Connie Douglas
Sofia Violeta G. Roa Pedro “Boyboy” B. Roa Jr. Joan Cecelia Mah-Lee
Oloy N. Roa Sr. Benedicta B. Roa Luciano Gunabe Brigida T. Gunabe
Nestor Mayo Jim Alvarez Miguel Gozum Margaret Rozmus Mike Gruss
Gregorio Y. Ramos Sr., Ana Socorro T. Laxa, Socorro Tionko
Maximiano Veloso Sr., Lourdes Veloso, Bet Ramos, Lita Lorenzana
Pope Francis: may he rest in peace. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to remember him as he always asked for our prayers
Godfather and Uncle: John J. Scudellari, Jean Thom
My mother: Edith J. Scudellari, father: Robert D. Scudellari and Father Bart Daly (M.H.M.)
Ann and Peter Picariello Sr. Virginia O’Brien Mary and Ralph Paride
Christine Findlay Mona and Mary Lou Paride Louis Paride
Joseph Nemia Thomas Nemia Mary Nemia Grace Mamo Frank Barila
Concetta Barila Frank Nemia Catherine Caraciolla-Nemia Rudy Wallner
José Alberto Castillo Leonor C Álvarez Eduardo J Alvarez
Roberto Serantes Enrique Julian Alvarez Francesca Dolores Santos
Mabel Serantes Hilda Serantes Alvarez
Lina Ammatuna Carlo Ammatuna John Di Stefano Ceceila Boccone
Santo Agosta Vanessa Testani Michael Armenia Maria Cesarano
Michael & Mary Cosie Frank W Cosie Baby Cosie
Cuthbert Family Stonley Family Petit-Clair Family Scharteg Family Salzano Family Stephen Crane
CHARLES B. WILEY, BERTHA WILEY, ALBERTO GOMEZ, LOUIS GOMEZ
LOURDES GOMEZ , ENRICO ADELMAN, AND George ADELMAN, Jackie ZAVALLA, JOE ZAVALLA, ETTA Lucas, BEVERLY Grayson
Ben RIESIN..and our BELOVED POPE FRANCIS
Mary & John Naughten, Delia & George DeBell, Bridget & Luke Naughten, Bridget & John O’Loughlin
Thomas O’Loughln, Vanessa Naughten, John Sullivan, Andrew Cliff, Nora & Bridie O’Loughlin
Members of The Naughten, O’Loughlin, Logan & Fitzpatrick Families. All Great Grandparents and others not included above including Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Also, Lesley Gould, Charlene & George Harris, Alphonse Normandia, Anthony & Frances Mandano and Rose Rinella.
Margarito, Exaltacion, Rosalina, Oliva, Sancha and all souls in Purgatory
Victor Ryan Forbes Carol J. Burke Anthony B. DiBattista Anthony & Grace DiBattista
Edward & Kathleen Wiederkehr Rocco & Nannette Itri Joseph & Gladys Nista
Paul L Kergoat, Marie Kergoat, Yvonne Kergoat, Rafael Franceschini, Juana Ramona Segarra de Franceschini, Fransico Antonio Franceschini,
Rudecindo Franceschini, Sara Gonzalez, Irma Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez, Emilia Franceschini, Luis Torres
Luz Maria Torres, Hector Franceschini, Hector Luis Franceschini
Laura Gonzalez, Rudecindo Franceschini Jr., Edad Enid Franceschini
Gonzalez, Carlos Juan Franceschini Gonzalez, Vicente Belgodere, Alan Belgodere Ramos
Ana Marta Ecehvarria, William Ecehvarria, Yolanda Gonzalez Franceschini, Rafael Cordona,
Rafael Cordona, Neftali Soler Rodriguez, Francis Soler, Giovanni Matos, Rosemarie D’Angelo
Rosalía Arango de Munera Gisela Vélez All souls in purgatory
Rose and Phil DeCara, my parents
Carlos Perez Antonia Contreras Daniel Contreras David Martinez
Contreras Hilaria Gomez Jimmy Maximino Perez Juaquina Colon
Mr & Mrs Montho Dsouza, Micheal Dsouza, Mr & Mrs Johny Vaz, Mr & Mrs Dennies Gomes
Mr & Mrs Louis Gomes, Lucy Dsouza, Oswal Nazarath, Josquiem Dsouza, Philip Dsouza
Mr & Mrs Castelino, Franky D’sa, Simon Castelino, Johny Dsouza.
Amanda Rogers
