BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

On the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month we have Bereavement Support Groups - General Bereavement at 5:30 p.m. and Perinatal Loss (for individuals and couples who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death) at 6:30 p.m. Both groups will meet in the Rectory on November 7th. For more information, please contact at the Rectory at 212-877- 3111. No registration is required. There is no fee.

COLLECTION

Our collection last Sunday came to $10,345. We also received $1,500 from those using ParishPay, bringing the total to $11,845.

SOUP KITCHEN

Today we have the collection for our Soup Kitchen. Each Sunday our volunteers prepare lunch for 75 -100 people. Your donations of money and theirs of time and talent make this possible. We are truly grateful as are those who are fed.

INTERFAITH MARRIAGE

A Concern for Jews, Christians & Muslims: Lecture on Tues., Nov. 11 @6p.m. (12th Fl. Lounge/113 W. 60th St./Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham U.) Free and open to the public. For more info, please call 718-817-4745 or em ail: m cgchair@fordham .edu.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS TRAINING SESSIONS

will take place on Tuesday, November. 11 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, November 15 at 4 p.m. If you would like to serve as an EM this year, please attend one of the training sessions. Contact Brian Fallon with any questions at: fallon,[email protected].

SPECIAL NEEDS MASS AT BLESSED SACRAMENT

You're invited! Please join us today at 4p.m. for a bi-monthly Special Needs Mass, welcoming families with loved ones on the autism spectrum and other challenging behaviors. Next Mass is November 16th at 4 p.m. All families' are invited. Please send inquiries to members [email protected]

CATHOLIC MOMS SUPPORT GROUP

We are holding our first meeting on November 5th at 7p.m. in the Rectory and all moms are invited. The purpose of this initial meeting is to brainstorm, share ideas, get to know each other and get input from everyone. If you are at all interested in being in this group, please join us. Please RSVP to: [email protected]

VISITING FRIENDS PROGRAM

Blessed Sacrament Church is starting a new and exciting ministry called The Visiting Friends Program. Volunteers will visit the homebound (the elderly, disabled, ill) in the neighborhood to provide the comfort of company and social interaction. To start, we?ll be visiting only people confined to their homes rather than those in nursing homes. If you know of someone (relative, friend, neighbor) who might benefit from and would welcome such a service, please contact us by email at the following address: [email protected]. Be sure to put ?Visiting Friends Program? in the subject box. Please include your name, address, phone and email address as well as the same information of the person you?re referring to us. If you prefer, you can leave this information at the Rectory, noting it?s intended for the Visiting Friends Program. Referrals need not necessarily be parishioners, but we request that they live within the geographic confines of our parish. This program is provided with the assistance of JoyJ members.

FIRST FRIDAY

This Friday is the first Friday of November. We have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 12:10 p.m. Mass and adoration during the afternoon. We close with Benediction at 5:15 p.m. Please come and spend some time in prayer.

IN SECULARISM WE TRUST?
The Fate of Religion in the 21st Century Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 6p.m. at Fordham University, (113 W. 60th St.) 12th fl. Lounge, E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center. Secularism is alternately decried as a threat to the nation?s moral core and hailed as indispensable to democratic values.

But what exactly is ?secularism?? And how will it continue to shape the future of faith as a matter of both personal commitment and public engagement? This lecture is free and open to the public. RSVP: [email protected] or call 212-636-7347.

PARISHPAY

If you sign up for this program, Parish Pay will collect monthly contributions from your checking, savings or credit card account and then send it to the parish. There is no cost to you to participate in the program. You may log on to www.parishpay.com or you can call 1-866-727-4741ext.1.