On Monday, January 15, 2018 our nation will commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Masses will be celebrated at 8:00 and 11:30 AM.
There will be no confessions, and the church offices will be closed for the day.
Thursday, January 11th
6:30 – 8:00 PM in the Francis Room
Fr. Julian Jagudilla, O.F.M., Director of the Migrant Center at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, will speak about the plight of immigrants and the human and societal costs of detention and deportation of undocumented persons. He will also speak of the work of the Migrant Center and the detention center visits that he has been organizing to visit detained people. Detained people have minimal contact with the outside world including family and friends and often do not have legal counsel.
The Young Adult Ministry is hosting this lecture which is open to the parish. Those interested in attending the lecture are also invited to stay for a brief training session offered at the end of the discussion for anyone interested in visiting a detention center with the Migrant Center and the Young Adult Ministry in the future. The Young Adult Ministry is committed to supporting the Migrant Center and its efforts of promoting the human dignity and welfare of immigrants and migrants in our community.
Free and Open to the Public
DECEMBER 31: FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
Masses at 8:00, 9:15 (Korean), 9:30 (Lower Church), 11:00 AM; 12:30, 5:00 AND 6:15 PM
There will be no Confessions.
JANUARY 1, 2018: NEW YEAR’S DAY
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Mass at 11:30 AM
There will be no Confessions.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO CELEBRATE
THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi Music Ministry is hosting our
5th annual Christmas Carols with the Choir
3:00 PM, Sunday, December 17th
in the Upper Church
A free will offering to support the music ministry will be taken up.
Sunday, December 24th at 5:00 PM, 6:30 PM
11:30 PM -Christmas choral prelude followed by Midnight Mass
Christmas Day Masses:December 25, 2017 at 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM & 12:30 PM
In memory of:
Carlina Apolinaris Acebedo
Bessie Anderson
Francisco Castro Astacio
Bernadette Jean Augustin
Jerome Abellard Augustin
Monika Bauwerker Klier
Annelore Bauwerker Mitchell
Madeline & George Bory
Jonathan Boyer
Margaret & Thomas Canning
James & Dinah Cassell
Germaine Cassell
Cassell Family
Mary & Michael Cosie
Uchenna Chukwajekwy
John Davis
Armande Debrecourt
Josephine Deocampo
Mary & James Dunleavy
Anna & Michael Dunleavy, Sr.
Members of the Dunleavy & Brown Families
Thomas & Theresa Dolan
Members of the Fernan Family
Cecilia Astorga Ferraro
Andrea Figueroa
Christy Findlay
Members of the Foley, Byrne, & Quirk Welsh Families
E. Friend
Shirley Gallina
Peter Gallagher, Jr.
Margaret & Joseph Gallagher
Luisa Lorna Z. Gatchalian
Candida & Rose Gerchow
Thomas Aquinas Gilbride
Joan Dorothy Gilbride
Clara Giovanniello
Members of the Gotaco Lee family
J. Lloyd Grant
Rachael Greenwood
Mary V. Grimes
Fr. Mike Guglielmelli
Dora Guglielmelli
Piotr Hanusek
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Heger
R. Isaacs
Jane R. & Charles Janiak
Austin Janowski
Rosaire Jean
Mary King
M. Knowles
M. Kuerzi
Sr. Jo Laurienzo, S.N.D.
Lydia & Charles Lawrence
Members of the Le, Kane & McCarthy Families
Members of the Lizurej & Kolej Families
Ralph Frank Love
Ania Lozowska
Members of the Lucia & Catalina Families
Bernice F. McCray
Holly Jean McCready
Thomas “Al” McCready
Fr. Michael P. McDonnell, O.F.M.
McGee & Schneider Families
Helen McKeon
Bernabe V. Mendoza
Inez Jeanne Metellus
Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Jr.
Francesco Nuzzi
Members of the Nuzzi and D’Amato Families
Carol O’Brien
O’Hara & Keane Family
Onesefero & Marcelina Pacina
Carmen Pietri
Frances & Robert Pouzar
Betty Prendergast
Mike Prendergast
Sean Prendergast
Maggie Rittler
Eric A. Rivera
Carmen Rivera
JoAnn Schneck
Karen Scott
Olman Sevilla
Enrique Solano
Maria Mercedes Solano
Jessie Q. Sotto
Anne & Kenneth Taylor
Christopher Temple
Ruth & Larry Thorne
Ronald Townes
Wally Travers
Anne & Walter Travers
Regina & Edward Trochimczuk
Michael Vahey Anthony Valenti
Eugenia Vasallo
Dorothy Wendt
Jennie & Charles Wildes, Sr.
Carl Williams
Sharon Yellin
Julian Young
Lourdes Young
Ann Young
Ben Young
For the special intentions of:
Ron & Pat Ketcham
Ruby Martin
Fr. Tom Walters, OFM
The traditional novena of Masses before Christmas (“Simbang Gabi Misa de Aguinaldo”) will be celebrated in the lower church.
Friday & Saturday, December 15-16, at 6:15 PM
Sunday, December 17 at 4:30 PM
Monday-Saturday, December 18-23 at 6:15 PM
3:00 PM, Sunday, December 17th
in the Upper Church
A free will offering to support the music ministry will be taken up.
The Christmas trees, the wreaths and the poinsettias which adorn our sanctuary at Christmas are offered to honor the birth of Christ and to glorify God
We invite you to memorialize members of your family, friends or other loved ones with a donation for our Christmas decorations. Donations and the names of those received by December 14th will be included in the bulletin of December 20th.
Thank you for helping make our church beautiful for Christmas.
Friday, December 8, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It is the patron feast day of the United States, and a holy day of obligation.
Our regular weekday Mass schedule will be in effect:
7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 11:30 AM; 12:15, 1:15, 4:30 and 5:30 PM.
The 4:30 and 5:30 Masses on Thursday, December 7, will also be celebrated for the Solemnity.
Join our LGBT and Young Adult ministries as we delve into the scriptures of Advent.
All are welcome.
Grab your skates and meet us at Bryant Park for some ice skating!
Monday, December 11th
at 6:00 PM (until we all feel like leaving)
in Bryant Park (located on 6th Avenue between 40th & 42nd streets0
The Young Adult ministry is once again heading out to Bryant Park for a night of skating to celebrate the Holiday season.
Not a fan of skating? Grab a hot cocoa and wander around the Winter Village Christmas shops! We will all meet up after skating for one last cocoa (or something like that…)
If you are new to the ministry, some of our coordinators will be wearing a sticker with our logo (below) so you can find us. Please introduce yourselves!
Or if you like, meet at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi before 6 PM and some of us will walk over together.
It’s free… you only have to pay to rent skates if you don’t have them.
All St. Francis of Assisi young adults and friends are welcome!
Join us!
Don’t forget to join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/stfrancis.youngadults/
