Join us for our annual
United in Love Pre-Pride festive Mass
Saturday | June 24 | 4:00 p.m.

“Inspired by our faith in Jesus Christ,
and rooted in the charism of St. Francis of Assisi,
we actively welcome all people.”

This is the first declaration in our parish mission statement. It is how our community at St. Francis thinks and acts.

We are again celebrating this welcome to all people at our United in Love Pre-Pride Festive Mass.
This is a Weekend of Prayer for and with our LGBT Brothers and Sisters.

We take this opportunity each year for our whole parish community to remember that the Lord invited all people to follow him, regardless of race, ethnicity, economic background, gender or sexual orientation.

It is also an opportunity when we can invite to Mass any of our friends who many not feel welcome at the table of the Lord for whatever reason, but especially if they are gay or lesbian. Take the opportunity to bear witness to the unconditional love of God by reaching out and inviting back a brother or sister who hasn’t been home in a while.

Click here for more information about our LGBT ministry

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

Presider’s Schedule for the Feast of St. Anthony

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