Due to the high winds and heavy rain, we will not hold Faith Formation classes this Sunday, September 27. Classes will resume next Sunday, October 4.

Due to the expected rain this Sunday, our parish cookout will be rescheduled to Sunday, October 4 starting at 11:30 AM. We will close down Aitken Place for grilling, activities for young children, and time to gather on St. Francis’s feast day. Hope to see you there!
 
Can you help by assisting with setting up, serving food, or cleaning up? If so, please contact the rectory.

Brownstone Brooklyn & Beyond, an inter-parish book group in which our parish participates, will next read The Bible With and Without Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler. The book explores how Jews and Christians interpret many of the same biblical passages differently. One of the authors, Amy-Jill Levine, was recently elected president of the Catholic Biblical Association, becoming the first Jewish president in the organization’s history.

Discussions begin this Thursday, September 10 when the group will discuss the preface and the first two chapters. The group meets weekly on Thursdays at 7:30 PM on the parish Zoom channel (see connection details at the bottom of this email). 

We’ll soon starting our next Bible Study session. The group will study the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel from which the Sunday Gospel readings are predominantly taken this year. The discussions will be based on the Gospel According to Matthew, Part One study guide published by Little Rock Scriptural Studies. The study guide covers the birth of Jesus through the first prediction of his passion.

We plan to hold ten sessions: starting on Sunday, September 27 and ending on Sunday, December 13, with no sessions on October 11(Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day) or November 29 (Thanksgiving weekend). The group will meet online on Sundays at 5 PM on the parish Zoom channel (see connection details at the end of this email). Newcomers welcome.

Saturday, August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Since it falls on a Saturday, it is not a holy day of obligation this year. We will celebrate a 9 AM Mass that day at St. Charles Borromeo.