Brooklyn Oratory

a welcoming, inclusive Catholic community rooted in the vision of St Philip Neri, the patron saint of joy

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The Great Vigil of Easter with the choir is tonight at 9 pm. Bring your bells for this most atmospheric and thrilling night. Hear all the readings, with psalm settings you only can hear hear. Prepare for joy! Easter Sunday services (without the choir) are at 11:15 and 11:20 am.

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Come to Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross at 3 pm at St. Boniface to kiss the cross with wonderfully powerful music: "See here the true and most revered Tree. Hasten to kiss it and cry out with faith: You are our help, most revered Cross."

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Come tonight at 7:30pm for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper with church in the round at St. Boniface with the Oratory Choir and the washing of feet. You don't want to miss this beautiful service. Holy week schedule: https://t.co/J3MfdLoVJ6

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Happy Palm Sunday! Remember that the Sung Choir Mass at St. Boniface starts at 11 am outside on the street with Solemn Procession. Come also for the wonderful music: Ah, Holy Jesus, A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth, Christus factus est pro nobis, and Motet for Passion Sunday.

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Please come to Lenten Vespers and sing and pray with us on Laetare Sunday, March 11 at 4 pm. Carmelyn Malalis, Oratory Parishioner and Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights will speak on Deuteronomy 26,16-19. https://t.co/T8Gwr08bHY

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There is power in numbers! So on this Lenten Monday the bishops are asking you to call your congressional representatives and encourage your friends across the country to call their members of Congress for legislative action for the Dreamers. https://t.co/ccSuyLYxrh

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Today's Afternoon and evening Mass and distribution of ashes schedule:
12:10 pm Mass incl. Distrib. of Ashes
12:20 pm Prayer Service with Distrib. of Ashes
(at 111 Willoughby Street NEWMAN HALL)
1:10 pm Mass including Distrib. of Ashes
7:00 pm Mass incl. Distrib. of Ashes

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Getting ready for Ash Wednesday at St. Boniface and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. See you all tomorrow!

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Ash Wednesday Masses with distribution of ashes at St. Boniface are at 7:30 am, 12:10 pm, 1:10 pm and 7:00 pm. There will also be prayer service with distribution at 12:20 pm in Newman Hall. At Assumption the Mass times are 8:00 am, 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

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Come for the newly revised Mass for the Saint of Joy and all the wonderful music and festive anniversary coffee hour after Mass.

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Celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the Oratory with beautiful music including trumpet and cello and great coffee hour at the 11:15 Mass at The Oratory Church of St. Boniface!

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Celebrate Christmas with us at St. Boniface. The Mass of Midnight on Dec. 24 has a half hour prelude with the choir starting at 10 pm. Come early. Christmas Day service is 11:15 am. Morning of Dec. 24 has regular Sunday services. Christmas Mass schedule: https://t.co/wz77TFk5Yj

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So What's There To Sing About These Days?, exploring the stunning Biblical canticles of Advent and Christmas: Benedictus, Magnificat, Gloria in Excelsis, and Nunc Dimitis has been amazing and inspiring. Don't miss the final session at 7 pm tonight in Newman Hall, 111 Willoughby.

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The Assumption parish is putting on its renowned annual Christmas Pageant at 7pm at Assumption church at 55 Cranberry Street, tomorrow Friday, December 15. Before that a fundraising pre-pageant cocktail hour at 6 pm across the street at Hill Hall at Plymouth Church, 57 Cranberry.

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The first two sessions of So What's There To Sing About These Days?, exploring the stunning Biblical canticles of Advent and Christmas: Benedictus, Magnificat, Gloria in Excelsis, and Nunc Dimitis, were amazing. Don't miss the third tonight at 7 pm in Newman Hall, 111 Willoughby.

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Celebrate Christmas at St. Boniface. The Mass of Midnight on Dec. 24 has a half hour prelude with the Oratory choir starting at 10 pm. Come early. Christmas Day service is 11:15 am. Morning of Dec. 24 has regular Sunday services. Christmas Mass schedule: https://t.co/wmFKugGeme

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Happy first Sunday of Advent! The Oratory Christmas Craft Fair is today in Newman Hall from 10 am until 3 pm. Enter through the church or from 111 Willoughby Street. There are both crafts and edibles for sale. Come for fellowship, food, raffles, and shopping!

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Come to So What's There To Sing About These Days? an exploration of the 4 stunning Biblical canticles of the Advent and Christmas seasons: the Benedictus, the Magnificat, Gloria in Excelsis, and the Nunc Dimitis. Tonight 7 pm in Newman Hall, 111 Willoughby https://t.co/kLWkvi9K8y

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Come to the Baronius Lecture in Newman Hall tonight at 6 pm. Charles Scribner III will talk about Caravaggio, whose reofrmation of religious art cast a dramatic new light on familiar subjects, a metaphysical chiaroscuro changing the course of painting. https://t.co/oPYx7St4Yp

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Come a few minutes early to the 11:15 Mass to make sure you hear the organ prelude Pari Intervallo by Argo Pärt