For the fourth year, we are working with HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services to provide gift cards for young people leaving foster care. This is especially important for those who have children themselves. You can give online or drop off a check in the collection box or with the rectory.

The American Dream Program provides students in foster care with robust academic, social-emotional, and career development supports from middle school through age 26.  The ADP Scholars have big dreams, and our one-on-one coaching model helps them make plans for their futures and provides them with the tools they need to be successful.  Navigating adulthood without a supportive family can be devastating. The American Dream Program is there to fill in gaps and help our young people reach their full potential.

HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services has:

• 120 families currently living in shelter;
• 500 families who are at risk of losing children to foster care;  and
• 400 children living away from their parents in foster care. 

Their everyday struggles are hard to comprehend. Let’s come together and bring joy to as many families within our community as possible this December.

Join us, and sponsor one of our families. 

Our Sunday Bible study group recently finished the Book of Isaiah and will be doing something lighter and festive during the Advent season.

We will share our favorite Christmas art, music, and poetry. Please join us.

The group meets on the parish Zoom channel on Sundays at 5 PM. The Advent sessions will occur on December 5, 12, and 19 (there is no session this Sunday).

Fr. Tumino, pastor at St. Augustine – St. Francis Xavier invites our parishioners to attend the annual World Aids Day commemoration on Dec. 1 at 7 PM at St Augustine’s (116 6th Ave. in Park Slope).

*** Below are the details about the event ***

Our annual World AIDS Day Prayer Service will be held on December 1 at 7 PM, at the St. Augustine worship site. Every year we remember friends and family who have died of AIDS by placing red ribbons with their names on the church fence in November. Then those names are read as part of the prayer service.

For those who may wish to remember a loved one, not included already, please contact the St. Augustine – St. Francis Xavier Parish Office at (718) 638-1880.

Our parish has several opportunities to give gifts to children this upcoming Christmas season:

Toy Drive: In what has been a strong eleven-year tradition, we are partnering with the Custom House, to support the Catholic Charities toy drive. The toys and baby items collected will be brought together in a “toy store” for parents to choose which toys they think best for their children. Please place your toys in the rear of the Church.

Gift Cards: For the fifth year, we are working with HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services to provide gift cards for young people leaving foster care. This is especially important for those who have children themselves. You can give online or drop off a check in the collection box or with the rectory.