St Boniface Church

About

Sunday Masses 9:00AM and 11:15 AM
Mon - Friday Mass 12:10pm
More info here.
http://www.oratorychurch.org/mass-times

Story

The Oratory Church of Saint Boniface, a Roman Catholic parish in downtown Brooklyn, is a community with a rich history and a deep commitment to joyfully welcoming the challenge of growing as people of God. Though most of us live in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, many also come from the broader metropolitan area, including Manhattan, Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. Our priests belong to the Community of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri and have the responsibility of administering St. Boniface Church by contract with the Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Our community is dedicated to celebrating the Gospel with reverence, to affection and openness towards all, to ministering to the spiritual and material needs within and beyond our community, and to engaging the moral questions of our day under the guidance of God's wisdom.

Music is an integral part of our liturgical life here at Saint Boniface, as is reflective prayer and study. In addition, we are grateful and proud to have a dynamic and dedicated parish that gives of its time and talents to continually create a loving and joyous community.

Please read more about us here:
http://www.oratory-church.org/aboutus_welcome.asp

Also read about the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri that administers our parish, about our parish history, about the exciting events going on here, our excellent education programs, and much more.

And, if you live nearby or are just in the area, please stop by the beautiful church we have inherited, and that our community has lovingly restored.

Following the joyous example of Saint Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory, we proclaim that the foundation of our community is Jesus, the stone once rejected by the builders. Through Jesus, we become a spiritual home, peacemakers, a royal priesthood, living stones.

Mission

We, the community of the Oratory Church of St. Boniface, joyfully welcome the challenge to grow as people of God, baptized in Jesus Christ and within the Catholic and Apostolic faith.

We proclaim that the foundation of our community is Jesus, the stone once rejected by the builders.

Awed by God's beauty, we celebrate reverent and time-honored liturgies.

Nourished by God's love, we greet each other by name with affection and openness, welcoming strangers, guests and all pilgrim people.

Relying on God's truth, we seek to deepen our experience of the divine spirit through reflective prayer and study for ourselves, our youth and our children.

Guided by God's wisdom, we search through revelation and experience to engage the moral questions of our day so as to inform our individual and corporate actions.

Touched by God's healing, we endeavor to ease the human pains and predicaments which we both cause and experience.

Comforted by God's compassion, we minister to the spiritual and material needs within and beyond our community. We extend ourselves in the spirit of reconciliation, to forgive and to be forgiven.

Challenged by God's justice, we foster the gifts, diversity and full participation of all within our society and our Church.

Reflecting God's light, we cultivate the arts in their illumination of the human experience.

Blessed by God's strength, we sustain our community through gifts of time, talent and treasure.

Following the joyous example of Saint Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory, we proclaim that the foundation of our community is Jesus, the stone once rejected by the builders. Through Jesus, we become a spiritual home, peacemakers, a royal priesthood, living stones.

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Mass times are as follows:
Sunday Masses at 9:00am, 11:15am & 6:00pm

Summer Sunday Mass times at 8:30am, 10:00am, & 6:00pm

Monday - Friday Masses at 12:10pm

Holy Days Masses at 7:30am, 12:10pm, 1:10pm and 7:00pm.

Masses are held on the day of the feast.

Lenten and Advent Vespers Sundays at 4:00pm

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Music

Whether it is through the singing of hymns, the appreciation for majestic organ solos or the preservation of chanted dialogue between priest and assembly, worship at the Oratory Church of Saint Boniface is enhanced - and even made possible by - music.

Of special importance for us is the tradition of choral singing. To that end, Dr. James Bowyer, Associate Director of Music/Choir Director, and Christopher J. Hatcher, Associate Director of Music/Organist, collaborate with the approximately 25 paid and volunteer members of the Oratory Choir in order to plan liturgical events that display a wide sampling of sacred music.

This repertoire spans from the treasures of Gregorian plainsong, through to the polyphonic masterpieces of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the impressive sung compositions of the Romantic era, and even to choral works composed in our own time.

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Education & Sacraments

Education and the sacraments stand at the core of what the Oratory Church of Saint Boniface provides to the community.

Whether you are seeking sacramental preparation, the broadening and deepening of your faith through programs, liturgical classes for children, or a book club to discuss contemporary works of literature with other parishioners, Saint Boniface offers opportunities for learning, guidance, and reflection.

Saint Boniface offers opportunities for learning, guidance, and reflection.
To find formal and informal programs for you or your children, please read through our Youth offerings and our Adult offerings. Also, please check the Calendar of Events for other opportunities that are taking place in the community.