San Lorenzo Ruiz Feast Day Mass
Join UGNAYAN, our Filipino Ministry, for the Feast Day Mass for San Lorenzo Ruiz. The Mass will be held Saturday, September 28 at 2pm in the Upper Church. Fr. Frank Critch will be presiding. All are welcome!
Join UGNAYAN, our Filipino Ministry, for the Feast Day Mass for San Lorenzo Ruiz. The Mass will be held Saturday, September 28 at 2pm in the Upper Church. Fr. Frank Critch will be presiding. All are welcome!
You are invited to FrancisFest 2024, our annual Octoberfest celebration hosted by CONVERGE @St.Francis – our parish life ministry supporting life, faith and community at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
Join us in the San Damiano Hall for Beers and Brats and Pretzels and good times with parishioners and friends of St. Francis of Assisi.
Sunday, September 29
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Tickets: $25.00 until September 22th.
$30 after September 22nd and at the door
See a video from FrancisFest2023 here!
Increase the fun of the day, and take home a souvenir. FrancisFest custom glass beer mugs will be on sale that day for $20.00 each but you can pre-order yours and save $5.00 on the cost of the event.
This smiling saint will cheer your heart and remind us of the great joy that is ours because of the Gospel.
Supplies are limited and when they are gone, they are gone.
Do you love your pet?
Well, God does too!
St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and it’s part of our Franciscan tradition to bless our furry friends on or near Francis’ feast day.
So bring your cat or dog, fish or frog, or any friend you have to get blessed.
Sunday, September 29th at 1:30 PM
Please gather with your pet near the entrance of the church on W. 31st Street. We will process in together for the blessing.
You are invited to join the Converge @ St. Francis Ministry for a screening of the documentary Building a Bridge, produced with Martin Scorcese and starring author and priest Fr. James Martin. This film follows Fr. Martin on his journey to bring the Catholic Church and the LGBT community closer together by building a bridge.
As a culmination of our 4-week study of the book by the same name, we will be showing the documentary during our last scheduled Book Club meeting of the fall. Join us Monday, September 30th at 6:30 PM downstairs in the Francis Room. Please join us, even if you have not been part of the Book Club or read the book. All are welcome.
The Laudato Si Circle at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is organizing another group walk on the High Line. This time there will be a giant treat waiting for us at our destination in the meatpacking district. The Great Elephant Migration is arriving in New York City. This powerful and captivating art installation features 100 life-size elephant sculptures that are making their way across the country raising awareness about conservation. Join others who share your passion for nature and art.
No registration is necessary. Just show up at 9am on Saturday, September 21st at the entrance to the church on 32nd Street. The raindate will be Saturday, September 28.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Join us at 10:30am for a 9/11 Remembrance Day Mass with FDNY Battalion 7.
Our regular daily Masses at 7:30am, 12pm, and 5:30pm will also be held that day.
The Converge @St. Francis Ministry invites you to a 4-week book club. We will be reading:
Building a Bridge by James Martin, S.J.
Jesuit priest and NYT bestselling author James Martin issues an impassioned plea for Catholic leaders to relate to their LGBT flock in a new way, one characterized by compassion and openness. In this inspiring book, Father Martin turns to three virtues from the Catechism of the Catholic Church—“respect, compassion, and sensitivity”—as a model for how Catholic leadership and LGBT Catholics can move together on a “two-way bridge” toward reconciliation and love.
This groundbreaking new book includes spiritual and biblical resources for LGBT people and their families, friends, and allies. Building a Bridge is a compassionate book desperately needed in today’s climate of divisiveness.
Details:
MONDAYS, September 9, 16, 23, 30
6:30 PM
Francis Room
This is a free event, but registration is required.
These giants in the Carmelite tradition will be our guides for this course. They will show us how to deepen our prayer life, how to deal with darkness and addiction and how to live simply in this complex world. We will delve into their writings and capture their vision to help us in our spiritual journey and the issues we face today.
Instructor: Fr. Anthony Ciorra, PhD
Wednesdays, Oct. 16 – Nov. 6
12:30-2:00
Clare Room
Fee: $ 60.00
Celebrated in her native Chicago for both her political activism and her poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks was a key figure in the Black Arts movement. Ranging in style from modernism to political protest and witness to what Brooks named “versejournalism, Brooks’ poems will take us on a journey through much of the twentieth century., for, in Brooks’ definition, “Poetry is life distilled.”
Course text: Selected Poems Gwendolyn Brooks, Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (available in paperback)
Instructor: Sr. Fran McManus, RSM
Mondays Oct. 7 – Dec. 16 ,2024 (No class on Oct. 14, Oct. 21 or Nov. 11)
6-8PM on ZOOM
Fee: $60.00
On August 15th the Church around the world, both Catholic and Orthodox celebrate Mary’s entrance into eternal life in heaven.
Vigil Mass: 5:30 PM Mass on Wednesday, August 14th
Feastday Masses: 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM Masses on Thursday, August 15th.
Mary had said yes to the Father’s call. She enjoyed all of the joys and blessings that came with the mission God gave her and she endured all of the hardships and sadness that it also brought her. When her life’s journey was complete, like all of the saints, she was granted a share in the fullness of her son Jesus’ victory over death.
Mary is the Mother of God. She is also a devoted disciple. She is a prophet and a faithful servant of God. Her prophetic words still echo through history and inspire believers in each generation:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
for he has looked with favour on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.