Finance Committee Corner Last Sunday $7,291 was received in the offertory
baskets at Mass and $3,389 was received through Parish Pay, for a total of $10,680. However, the weekly operating costs to run our parish, such as salaries, benefits, utilities, office and program expenses, etc., are approximately $20,000. This means
we had an operating deficit of $9,320 this week.
Our second collection for the National Black and Indian Missions totaled $2,101.00. Thank you.
Please try to increase your weekly gifts so that we can eliminate our operating deficit. And please consider signing up for Parish Pay There is no cost to participate in the program. You may log onto
www.parishpay.com or call 1866-727-4741 ext.1 to sign up.
PALANTE - Harlem,
a tenant-advocacy organization, is sponsoring a
free, three-day conference, June 16, 17, and 18, with over 40 workshops on tenants’ rights and how to effectively enlist NYC and NYS agencies to correct unacceptable conditions impacting your apartment. Some of the workshop topics: identifying rent overcharges; getting repairs done; challenging Major Capital Improvements and other fees; how seniors can freeze their rents; succession rights for rent stabilized and rent controlled tenants; managing a tenant association; finding an affordable apartment; landlord harassment and illegal construction; dealing with housing court; and labor rights for supers, porters, and restaurant workers.
Workshop and panel leaders include: US HUD Secretary Julian Castro; top managers from city and state housing, buildings, and law agencies; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; NYS Assembly Housing Chair Keith Wright; City Council Housing Chair Jumaane Williams; City Council Members Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine; and seasoned tenants’ rights lawyers will also be available to discuss your housing issues.
Workshops run 9 am to 5 pm at the NYS Office Building, 163 West 125
th Street (corner of Adam Clayton Blvd). Bring your ID to enter the building. Free breakfast and lunch provided each day. RSVP required for any of the workshops—call (212) 491-2541.
Clean Energy March Sunday, July 24
In Philadelphia at noon.
Inter-faith prayer service at noon; march to begin at 1:00 pm
Promoted by NY Catholic Climate Movement
Sponsor: Food and Water Watch
(reputable organization that we work with).
Three NYC bus locations
Cost is $25, all leaving at 9 am and returning by 7:30
to the same 3 points:
-- West 34th St. / 8th Ave. in front of the Tick Tock Diner
-- St. John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam (at 112th St.)
-- Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush
and Eastern Parkway. Meet on Flatbush side.
If you want to go in groups, purchase your tickets ASAP on
www.CleanEnergyMarch.org Sign up, and put the zip code for a bus location you want.
11238 for Brooklyn,
10001 for mid-town,
10025 for St. John the Divine.
Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement will try to have a member
on each of these three buses so we can meet up in Philadelphia.
Celebrate the Anniversary of Laudato Si’ !! and Care of Our Common Home Friday, June 17, 7:00 pm
Church of St. Francis Xavier, Mary Chapel
55 West 15th St., Manhattan
With special guests Anthony Annett, PhD Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor at the Earth Institute, Columbia University and Carol De Angelo, SC, MSW, M.Div. Director of the Office of Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation for the Sisters of Charity of New York and a GreenFaith Fellow.
SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2016 Registration dates for Sunday School will be published in the bulletin and online in late June.
Reregistration packets for current students will be mailed by the end of June, posted on the Sunday School website (www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org), and available at the Church Office. Parents who would like to register new students can call the office and give us your address for postal mailing, stop by the office for the packet, or check online in late June.
JOY J The JoyJ initiative is pleased to announce that its next Homeless
Outreach is being held on Saturday, June 18th 16, 2016. The packing of the comfort bags will begin at 9:00 A.M. and then all the volunteers will gather at 10:00 A.M. to go out and bring spiritual and physical comfort to our less fortunate Brothers and Sisters who live on the streets of NYC. Please join us in the lower Church down the stairs between the Church and the Rectory. It will do wonders for your soul. Please confirm by email to JOYJ.BLESSED.SACRAMENT@aol.com or call the Rectory at (212) 877-3111 and leave your name. See you there!
Spirit Sunday Please join us on Sunday, June 12, 2016 after the 5:30pm Mass for our last Spirit Sunday celebration until September. In addition to the customary spirits, this month, we will also be serving pizza and cake to celebrate the upcoming wedding of our beloved John Gasdaska.
Contact Francine O'Keeffe at
francine.okeeffe@gmail.com or Chris Williams at
jcw.arts@gmail.com for more information.
ABC’s of Catholic Relief Service CRS/Zambia: Over 500,000 people in Zambia are connected to American Catholics via CRS projects. Over 9,00 of them are farmers who benefit from an agricultural extension service emphasizing conservation agriculture. Agricultural projects can provide a pathway to prosperity for vulnerable rural households. Last week – CRS &Youth. Next week: CRS/Afghanistan. For more info visit:
www.crs.org (IV/52)
Beauty and the Beast Jr. Christian Youth Theater presents Beauty and the Beast Jr the stage adaptation of Disney's beloved animated film. A cast and crew of over 50 students ages 8 - 18 will take the stage at an Off Broadway Theatre in NYC! Only 5 performances: June 24 - June 26 at the Theater at St Jeans (184 E 76th Street, NYC). CYT shows are fun for the whole family! Discount tickets available for groups of 10 or more. To purchase tickets visit www.cytnyc.org/shows . For questions regarding ticketing, email info@cytnyc.org or call (646) 490-0654. Performances June 24 at 7pm June 25 at 3pm & 7pm June 26 at 3pm & 6:30pm.