Please join the Ugnayan Filipino Ministry on the Feast Day of San Lorenzo Ruiz
Thursday, September 28, at 6:30 PM
Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Upper Church)
135 W. 31st New York, NY 10001
Prayer Intention envelopes are available at the reception desk.
They will also be distributed before the Mass.
Find out about St. Lorenzo Ruiz here.
On Tuesday, September 5, the Trump administration announced the dismantling of the DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) program and threatened some 750,000 Dreamers with the possibility of deportation and a life in the shadows. By its decision to end DACA, the Trump administration sows uncertainty and anxiety among law-abiding Dreamers, young people who have been able to live productive lives and who call this country home. Their hopes of pursuing opportunities for a brighter future have been dimmed, if not entirely extinguished. We stand with the Dreamers and will defend them against this attack!
Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:00 PM
San Damiano Hall, 129 W. 31st Street
To register, call The Migrant Center at 212-736-8500, Ext. 305/328 or Cris Hilo at 347-342-2702.
Join us for our annual Ministry Fair in San Damiano Hall this Sunday, September 17, after the 11:00, 12:30, 5:00 and 6:15 Masses for hospitality and the final Sundae Sunday for this year.
Take a few moments to explore some of the many opportunities to get involved at St. Francis!
Representatives from various ministries will be available to answer your questions.
• 10 Days: March 7-16, 2018
• $2,479 from New York
• Hosted by Fr. Andrew Reitz, O.F.M.
To receive a detailed color brochure, please contact Fr. Andrew Reitz, O.F.M. at 212-736-8500, or email [email protected].
Please note: If you are interested in this pilgrimage, please note that it may not be for you since there is more walking than usual. In Assisi there are hills to be climbed that are generally not part of a pilgrimage to Assisi.
Also, the ability to keep up with the group is important. Walking in New York is one thing, walking in Assisi is more challenging. In Rome also, there are some sites that are generally not part of most pilgrimages, e.g., the Franciscan Church of Santa Maria Aracoeli with 124 steps. Consider this when making your plans.
Monday-Friday, August 21-25, 2017
After the 11:30 and 4:30 Masses
Vigil Masses on Monday, August 14,
at 4:30 and 5:30 PM
Masses on Tuesday, August 15,
at 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 11:30 AM;
12:15, 1:15, 4:30 and 5:30 PM
The roots of the feast:
The roots of this week’s feast of the Assumption can be traced back at least to the fifth century, when it is noted in the Armenian lectionary. Celebrated in Jerusalem, the feast in honor of the Theotokos, the Mother of God, became the principal feast of Mary throughout the Christian world. The place of celebration was at the tomb of Mary in Gethsemane and was therefore known as the “Dormition of Mary.” In some cultures this feast is celebrated today with a resting statue of Mary, much like a wake service of modern times.
The liturgy of this feast provides images of “the place of your rest” in Psalm 132, and reverence for the Ark of the Covenant that held the signs of the Promise. Like that Ark, Mary is for us the ark of the Savior, the one who bore the Son of God. When the doctrine of the Assumption was defined in 1950 the Gospel reading for the feast was changed to include the verses of Mary’s song, the Magnificat.
The scripture readings for both the vigil Mass and the Mass of the day speak to us of life after death as well as the path to be followed in order to reach it. The key to this promised immortality is found as we take to heart the words of the vigil’s Gospel, “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” —James Field
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII solemnly declared: “By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory” (Munificentissimus Deus, 44)
The St. Francis Ugnayan Filipino Ministry invites you to experience Philippine Culture and Cuisine at Piyestang Pinoy (Filipino Festival) on
Saturday, July 22, 2017
from 1:00 to 5:00 PM
in SanDamiano Hall.
Tickets are $20.
For more information, contact Zeny at 718-672-0596 ([email protected]),
Carla at 718-503-4637 ([email protected]), or
email: [email protected].
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We invite you a Triduum of Prayer dedicated to Parents and Grandparents in honor of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, and grandparents of Jesus.
Special prayers will be said after the
11:30 AM and 4:30 PM Masses on
Monday, July 24,
Tuesday, July 25, and
Wednesday, July 26.
Envelopes will be available on which you may write the names of parents and grandparents whom you would like to have remembered on these days.
Fr. James Martin, S.J. is coming to the Church of St. Francis of Assisi to discuss his new book, Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community can enter into a relationship of respect, compassion and sensitivity.
Books will be on sale and Fr. Martin will be available to sign them after the talk.
Join us Thursday, July 13 at 7:00 PM in the upper church.
Here is a description of the book from Harper Collins Publisher, Inc.’s website (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062694317/building-a-bridge):
The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book.
On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James Martin S.J. posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters. “The largest mass shooting in US history took place at a gay club and the LGBT community has been profoundly affected,” he began. He then implored his fellow Catholics—and people everywhere—to “stand not only with the people of Orlando but also with their LGBT brothers and sisters.” A powerful call for tolerance, acceptance, and support—and a reminder of Jesus’ message for us to love one another—Father Martin’s post went viral and was viewed more than 1.6 million times.
Now, Martin expands on his reflections in this moving and inspiring book, offering a powerful, loving, and much-needed voice in a time marked by anger, prejudice, and divisiveness. Adapted from an address he gave to New Ways Ministry, a group that ministers to and advocates for LGBT Catholics, Building a Bridge provides a roadmap for repairing and strengthening the bonds that unite all of us as God’s children. Martin uses the image of a two-way bridge to enable LGBT Catholics and the Church to come together in a call to end the “us” versus “them” mentality. Turning to the Catechism, he draws on the three criteria at the heart of the Christian ministry—”respect, compassion, and sensitivity”—as a model for how the Catholic Church should relate to the LGBT community.
The Migrant Center at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi and the Church of St. Francis Xavier Immigration Initiative wish to respond to the Pope’s call to be the voices of the poor through Immigration Detention Visits. If you feel called to answer the Pope’s challenge and want to participate in future visits, please join us for an orientation workshop on
Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM
in the Mary Chapel of the Church of St. Francis Xavier,
55 West 15th Street, New York City
For more information and to register, please contact Alex Truex at: [email protected].
