Santa Maria Parish (2352 St. Raymond's Avenue, Bronx) is offering FREE English classes on Tuesdays from 7:30 - 9 pm. Si quieres progress...y mejorarte a ti mismo... even participa de las CLASES DE INGLES COMO SEGUNDO ISIOMA: todas los martes de 7:30 - 9 pm.

There is a completely free website that provides Catholic news and allows you to stream about 70 churches, convents, and abbeys in Ireland 24/7, even when there are no services. This is great for those with Irish ancestry or who may be sick. Visit: http://www.churchservices.tv

We encourage you to call with the name of family members who are ill and you wish to be remembered in prayer in the Sunday Liturgies and listed in the weekly Bulletin. In order to respect everyone's privacy, these names must be given by a family member. It is the responsibility of the person requesting a name on the list to update the parish office list every two weeks. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that your family member may be taken off the list. Continuing prayer for those we love is very important to all involved; therefore we ask that you call the Rectory at 718-892-3232 so we may provide a current and meaningful prayer list. Before you place someone's name in prayer, either at petition time of our weekday liturgies or by adding it to the weekend liturgy, be certain to have permission from that person to publicly announce their illness.

Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church's process for annulling marriages, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and simplify the procedure.