New Year New Hope New Brunch
1/12/25

Brunch is back to help kick off your new year with delicious food, delightful company, and most importantly, the opportunity to deepen our connections with each other. It’s a perfect way to ignite the Hope of this Jubilee Year and break bread in a new way with others in our Xavier community. There’s room for everyone at these tables, where we help keep the conversation flowing so that no one feels like a stranger—and who knows, your raffle ticket just might be a winner! Let’s bring a the light of Hope to each other's new year—see you at Brunch!

Connection takes time and intention.  

Most Sunday afternoons you'll see friend groups, families, first dates and reunions spilling onto Chelsea sidewalk cafés. These small groups are taking time - and sparing no expense - to invest in their relationships. 

Brunch Ministry aims to elevate this experience to a communal one that we share as a parish, where costs are covered and accessibility is considered so that all may come to the table. 

Brunch Ministry is Free for Everyone  

But it definitely has a cost. Contributions of time, talent and treasure make this series self-sustaining! Send us a note at brunchministry@sfxavier.org if you're interested in helping out - especially for any of these 3 big supports we always need:

Clean up Crew

We don’t make a big mess, but we do use shared spaces so it’s really important to “leave no trace.”Many hands makes light work - stick around and help a bit before you go!

Table Facilitator

We want our guests to know we're glad they're here. Facilitators make that happen by


Most importantly, we invite guests to breathe in the soft spirit that is the actual connection. . 

When the fun conversation starters are shown on the screen, facilitators will keep things moving by encouraging those who might be shy, focusing those who might be wandering, reminding all that they're in good, safe company. Overall, if the facilitators are relaxed and going with the flow, the guests will feel that and find themselves enjoying the whole experience as well.



Financial Supporter

Our parish leadership has made a startup investment to help launch of the series, and will always support this ministry in some way. But we hope to free up those parish financial resources for the many necessary services our parish provides by shifting to an community supported ministry, an investment the community makes in itself.   



If you’re able to help cover those costs, we’d love your help making this ministry sustainable. 

Three ways to help:




Our Values: 

Inclusion

Connection

Shared Leadership

Hospitality



Our community is strengthened and our faith deepened 

when we spend time together over food and facilitated conversation. 

Laudato Si' 

“We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.”  

- Pope Francis 

Laudato Sí:  On Care for Creation


Synodality

"The Holy Spirit always surprises us, to suggest new paths and new ways of speaking." 

-Pope Francis

Homily "Opening the Synodal Path"


The Xavier parish report for the Global Synod  valued the blessings we have, and yearned to build on them in ways Brunch Ministry can deliver:

The Theme

Earth Day and celebration of Spring

With a flower in your hair or lapel, your best Easter bonnet, or just your love for Mother Earth, bring your tips on how to live sustainably.  

The Venue

31 West 15th street

Xavier High School's performance and gathering space, elevator accessible - enter on 15th street. 

The Menu

Catering + Events

Our caterers take dietary restrictions and food sensitivities into account. 

The Inspiration

"Social Change moves at the speed of relationship. Relationship moves at the speed of trust."