Have you or are you experiencing a sense of grief or loss?

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi will be offering a new Bereavement Group beginning on Wednesday, June 14th. The group will run for 5 weeks from 6:30—7:30 pm. This is an in-person group and is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. This small group format allows everyone to share their experiences and feelings.

Our Bereavement Support Group will meet on five Wednesdays from

Wednesday, June 14th to July 12th 
6:30 to 7:30 pm
in the first-floor conference room in the Francis house

Fr. Michael Carnevale and Fr. Steve Patti will co-facilitate the group.

Space is limited, if you are interested, please contact Fr. Michael Carnevale at carnevale1@me.com to inquire.

Interested persons should be at least three months into the grieving process and no more than 2 years after the loss.

While this is a faith-based group, everyone is welcome regardless of their beliefs.

Pre-registration is required.

We invite everyone to join us for the Feast of St. Anthony, Tuesday, June 13. We will be celebrating our beloved saint throughout the day with bread being distributed at our 32^nd street entrance as well as a sacred space with a reliquary in San Damiano Hall. The mass and confession schedule is as follows:

Masses

7:30am
9:30am
11am
12pm
1pm
2:30pm (Spanish)
4:30pm
5:30pm
6:30pm (Haitian Kreyol) – upper church
6:30pm (Filipino) – lower church

Confessions

7:30 am – 9:00am
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Veneration of the Relic of St. Anthony

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
San Damiano Hall

Distribution of blessed St. Anthony Bread

8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
31st Street and 32nd Street

There is a free performance of highlights of Puccini’s opera Tosca at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on Sunday, May 28th at 2:30 PM.

It is free an open to the public.  A free will offering will be taken up to offset the costs of production.  See the flyer below for details.

All are Welcome!

The Feast of the Ascension is Thursday May 18, 2023. We will celebrate the Feast at the Vigil Mass on Wednesday, May 17th at 5:30 PM

and Masses on Thursday are at 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM.

Join us at the 23rd annual fundraising Bazaar hosted by the St. Francis of Assisi church, Korean community!

Date: May 21, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Broadway between 31st and 32nd street

Come and experience the joy of giving back to the underprivileged communities while indulging in delicious Korean food, exciting cultural activities, and amazing performances!

As part of our fundraising efforts, we will be graciously accepting donations and provide numbered tickets in return ($15 for 6), which will be used later in the day to announce surprise donor appreciation gifts.

Funds rasised/donated will be used to support Catholic charity and evangelization.

Don’t hesitate to mark your calendar and invite your friends and family to join us for a day of fun and generosity! Remember, “In your choirs, bless God” (Psalms 68:27).

The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola is hosting a talk entitled “Women in the Church” as part of the launch of Dr. Phyllis Zagano’s book, Just Church: Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality and Women

Dr. Phyllis Zagano will be speaking

Tuesday May 16, 2023
7 PM in Wallace Hall
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
980 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10028

Phyllis Zagano is an internationally acclaimed Catholic scholar and lecturer on contemporary spirituality and women’s issues in the church. Pope Francis appointed her to the Papal Commission for the Study of Women in the Diaconate, which convened in Rome November 2016. Her new book Just Church reviews Catholic social teaching and modern synods in relation to current and prospective ministry by women. With an eye to the intersection of synodality and women’s concerns, Dr. Zagano argues for an increased presence of women in the apostolic, liturgical, and governance sectors of the Church, and in this vein the ordination of women to the diaconate.

Join us to pray for our friars celebrating their Golden and Silver Jubilees of Profession.

Tuesday, May 16th
5:30 PM Mass

Golden Jubilee of Profession
1973-2023

David I. Convertino, OFM

Richard C. Flaherty, OFM

Ronald Gliatta, OFM

Roberto O. Gonzalez, OFM

Daniel Grigassy, OFM

Thomas J. Kornacki, OFM

Richard P. McFeely, OFM

Daniel F. Murray, OFM

Daniel C. Nelson, OFM

John W. Rudy, OFM

David W. Schlatter, OFM

Silver Jubilee of Profession
1998-2023

Michael D. Calabria, OFM

Octavio A. Duran, OFM

C. Raymond Selker, OFM

The traditional “Thirteen Tuesdays” before the Feast of St. Anthony begin on Tuesday, March 21st.

Devotions to St. Anthony are prayed after our daily Masses at 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
Please join us!

Click here for a PDF of the Novena book we use at St. Francis for the 13 Tuesdays.

The Feast of St. Anthony will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

Our Converge @St.Francis Ministry is hosting a 3 week book club to discuss C.S. Lewis classic The Great Divorce.
The meetings are open to all parishioners and friends, but pre-registration is required.

Book Club Meetings:
May 8, May 15 and May 22, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Francis Room (lower level of the St. Francis House)

About The Great Divorce:

C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven. An extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment, Lewis’s revolutionary idea in the The Great Divorce is that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis’ The Great Divorce will change the way we think about good and evil.

The book can be purchased in many bookstores and online here: The Great Divorce: Lewis, C. S.: 9780060652951: Amazon.com: Books

Members of the Converge ministry will guide the discussion each week.  We ask that you read the book prior to the discussions.

This is a free event open to all.

Pre-Registration is due by May 7, 2023
Participants are welcome to bring snacks / refreshments.