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Finance Committee Corner
Last Sunday $6,927 was received in the offertory
baskets at Mass and $3,389 was received through Parish Pay, for a total of $10,316. 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 $9,684 this week.
Our second collection in support of our Soup Kitchen totaled $2,171.00. 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.
The Body-Subject: Workshops for WomenThe Body-Subject is a workshop for women who wish to foster compassion toward self and body. Sadly, we live in a society saturated with messages that we must have a ‘perfect’ body. And sadly, summer time can make us feel even more lacking and unacceptable. The Body-Subject therefore invites women to come together to think about how our culture shapes our experience and how we might gently pave the way for a kinder, non-judgmental relationship with ourselves.
Approved by the Women’s Therapy Center Institute (WTCI) and Endangered Bodies New York, the Body-Subject is a psycho-educational workshop facilitated by Alison Afra PhD. Activities include thinking deeply about how the media affect us, enhancing awareness of the mind-body connection, personal reflections, sharing stories if desired, bodily meditations, yoga, and more.
Days and times will be decided once enough participants have registered an interest but we aim to run the workshops over the months of June and July. They will take place in the rectory. Individuals are welcome to decide how much they want to / are able to donate. All proceeds go toward the work of Church of the Blessed Sacrament. For further details or to register, contact alisonafra@gmail.com / 917-375-4418. The Body-Subject is open to women from all walks of life.
Clean Energy MarchSunday, 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.
For more information you can contact Metro NY Climate Movement mnyccm@gmail.com or n.lorence2013@gmail.com (Nancy Laurence)
JOY J
The Blessed Sacrament/JoyJ group is seeking volunteers, who are Eucharistic Ministers or who are interested in becoming one, to distribute communion to the Catholic residents at The Riverside Premier Rehabilitation & Healing Center located at 150 Riverside Drive/87 th Street. Volunteers should be available on Wednesdays from 1:15 pm to 3:00 pm. To some of these residents receiving the Body of Christ is the highlight of their day and it is truly a blessing to be able to assist them. If you are interested, please contact Helena Maria Lim who heads up this wonderful program at mottalim@aol.com or leave your name and contact information at the Rectory. Thank you and God bless.
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.
ABC’s of Catholic Relief ServiceCRS/Afghanistan: Agriculture, education and disaster response are the key areas where American Catholics are represented by CRS in Afghanistan. The most remote areas of the country are reached with teacher training programs designed to reach thousands of young girls and agricultural projects built around conservation. Last week - CRS/Zambia. Next week - CRS//Bosnia. For more info visit: www.crs.org