JOIN BLESSED SACRAMENT’S BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
It’s finally happening and we need your help. The parish’s Buildings and Grounds Committee is forming and still needs volunteers. The committee’s task is to find ways to better use the parish’s buildings’ spaces and improve energy usage. If you have experience with building design, renewable energy, construction, work in the building trades or just interested in helping to optimize the use of the parish’s facilities, the committee needs your help. This is an opportunity to help the parish be a better steward of its funds and the environment by reducing our utility bills and carbon footprint. Please contact Pia Ferrario at pferrario2@icloud.com.
APRIL GAY FELLOWSHIP MEETING Please join us after the 5:30PM Mass on Sunday evening April 23rd for the Gay Fellowship. The meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of the rectory from 6:45PM-8:15PM. Refreshments served. The group is a safe and comfortable place to share and meet other LGBT Catholics. All are welcome.
The next meetings will be May 21st.
For more information, please call John Gasdaska at 646-345-7350.
VISITING FRIENDS PROGAM Do you have a relative, neighbor or friend who is homebound and might appreciate a visitor from time to time? He/she need not be a parishioner or necessarily share our Catholic faith, only live in the neighborhood of our parish. An assigned volunteer will visit your referral once a week for an hour or so to provide companionship and the comfort of social interaction. We are happy to visit people in nearby nursing homes, should they be in need of some company, as well as those in private homes. If you know of someone who might benefit from our program, please email us at
joyj.blessed.sacrament@aol.com (put “Visiting Friends” in the subject box) or leave the information at the Rectory. Our wonderful group of volunteers happily serve in this fine ministry.
DOWNEY SIDE ADOPTION AGENCY Downey Side Adoption Agency are seeking families interested in adoption. Fr. Paul Engel ofm Cap is the Director of the agency that places older children from 7- 17 years old with permanent families. All are welcome to schedule a free orientation meeting to learn more about adoption by calling 212-714-2200. Learn more about Downey Side at
www.downeyside.org