FINANCE COMMITTEE CORNER
Last Sunday $6,882 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $3,695 was received through WeShare, for a total of $10,577.
Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection. The second collection in support of our Soup Kitchen totaled $2,558.
An additional $500 was received towards our Christmas collection bringing the total to $66,395.
The women's group is launching a Toiletry Pantry Campaign. We need both volunteers and toiletries. Please contact Kimberly LaMarque: [email protected] or Jackie Baligian: [email protected].
We will be giving unopened toiletries to individuals who receive items from our food pantry and will be donating opened items to a homeless shelter that accepts specific types of opened items. We will be collecting them after Masses on January 25/26 weekend and once monthly after that.
We are accepting the following toiletries:
Unopened: Body Wash, Bar Soap, Body Lotion, Shampoo and Conditioner, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes Floss, Mouthwash, Shaving Products
Opened: Body wash, Body lotion, Shampoo and Conditioner, Shaving Cream, Nail polish
SAVE THE DATE - HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL DOLAN TO SAY MASS AT BLESSED SACRAMENT
In celebration of the Parish’s upcoming 100 year anniversary of our present church building, His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan will celebrate Mass on Saturday, October 3rd at 5:30 pm. Please mark your calendar for this blessed event. More to come.
GAY FELLOWSHIP
Please join us after the 5:30PM Mass this Sunday evening, January 19th for the Gay Fellowship. The meeting will be held on the Rectory dining room immediately following the 5:30 Mass. The group is a safe and comfortable place to share and meet other LGBT Catholics. All are welcome.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR CELEBRATION
On Monday, January 20th, the country will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life.At 2:00 PM, Holy Name Church, 207 West 96th Street New York, NY 10025, will hold a gathering for prayers and a refection by Fr. Ben Taylor, OFM, the Friar who established Project CREATE, a social outreach and treatment center in Harlem. Fr.Ben will reflect on his experiences of Dr. King and the Social Justice directive that he entrusted to us.
*Please note, this will not be a march from church-to-church, but an event in which the neighborhood churches will join at Holy Name. We hope many of you will join for the 19th Annual Martin Luther King Peace event Monday, January 20th, at 2:00 PM.
The Thomas Merton Society at Corpus Christi Church presents: MICHAEL HIGGINS, Distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought at Sacred Heart University in CT For a talk and gathering. “The Trappist Twist: Merton and Nouwen in Conversation”
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25,
2:00-4:00 P.M.
529 West 121st Street, just east of Broadway,
All are Welcome!
HOMELESS IS NOT HOPELESSNESS
Seeing a person sleeping on the street in the cold of winter is so disturbing. We often feel at a loss as to how we can help. Join Catholic Charities on Monday, January 27 from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM, as it participates in New York City’s Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE), an annual initiative to count the number of people living on the street.
To register for the count visit http://bit.ly/HOPECT and select “Catholic Charities” for “How did you hear about HOPE.”
ARCHDIOCESAN - WIDE FOOD CAMPAIGN
Once again, Blessed Sacrament Parish will participate in Feeding Our Neighbors, an Archdiocesan - Wide Drive to replenish dwindling Food Pantries in our community. From January 18 through January 26, you can Feed Our Neighbors by replenishing the Blessed Sacrament Food Pantry and our sister pantries at the Kennedy Center on West 134 Street and St. Joseph of the Holy Family on West 125 Street. It only takes one small action to feed the hungry. Together we can change lives.
Four simple ways to participate are:
(1) Bring non-perishable foods to Saturday and Sunday Masses between January 18th and January 26th.
(2) Support by donating money during the second collection on January 25/26 or make an on-line donation at www.catholiccharitiesny.org/feedingourneighbors
(3) Volunteer at a Food Pantry near you and 4) Tell your legislators we must feed children at risk of hunger by using Bread for the World at bread.org/write-congress.
Pick up a flyer with Feeding Our Neighbors information and food list at the church entrance.