Weekly Update from Fr. van Dooren 8.22.25
Dear members and friends of our Little Church family,
We so enjoyed the great summer feast of the Assumption this past Sunday with three bishops and the very best of what we could offer our Blessed Mother in the way of music, liturgy, and loving community! Thank you for your support and presence for that central feast of the Church!
This upcoming Sunday, we return to earth and to what we so affectionately refer to as “Ordinary Time.” This Sunday’s liturgy will be simpler, but no less significant and needed! We have as our Gospel passage and sermon text a beautiful miracle story, the healing of a crippled woman who had suffered for eighteen years (Luke 13:10-17). It is not a famous story, but one that has many lessons and blessings for us who face the complexities of our present age.
Join us for the first concert in A Celebration Year of Esmeralda, honoring our newly donated 1888 Steinway piano “Esmeralda” now at home in the Houghton Hall Arts Community. This special cabaret evening on Sunday, September 7 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm features performers from the Church of the Transfiguration and the Houghton Hall Arts Community, sharing songs and stories inspired by New York City. An elegant night of music, memory, and celebration. Get your tickets here. Tickets are $5 Advance / $10 at the door. The cabaret will be held in the Fred and Adele Astaire Ballroom in Houghton Hall Arts Community (enter at 22 East 30th Street).
Do you love to sing? Do you miss singing with a choir? Are you looking to improve your voice and/or your sight reading skills? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then think about joining the summer choir here at Transfiguration Church! We sing most Sundays through mid-September at the 11am service. We rehearse prior to that in the church from 9:30 to 11:00am. For some special feast day services we have a Saturday morning rehearsal. Please contact Claudia Dumschat at cdumschat@littlechurch.org for more information.
The Holy Rosary will be prayed in the Family chapel at 9:30am this Sunday. We will pray the Luminous mysteries.
We continue to live-stream each Sunday’s mass at 11:00am, and a link is sent out each Sunday morning at 8:00am. We live-stream on Facebook and YouTube. Please email parishoffice@littlechurch.org if you would like to pray the morning and evening offices with us by Zoom.
Thank you for your continued faith, support, and love for the parish.
Fides Opera
With loving wishes,
Fr. van Dooren