BOOK CLUB Our next book club meets Sept. 9th from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the rectory. We’ll be reading “The Moviegoer”, winner of the 1961 National Book Award, written by Walker Percy, one of the most significant Catholic Southern writers of the 20th Century. It’s a short novel, humorous but at the same time raising important questions about the purpose of life. Do we sometimes treat life like watching a movie, instead of living it? What can we do to find happiness without being sunk in the “everydayness” of life?
COLLECTION Thank you so very much for your generous response to the needs of the parish. Our collection last Sunday was $7,135. $3,014. was received through ParishPay for a total of $10,149.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES Begin next Sunday, September 13th immediately following our 10:00am Family Mass. Registration is closed dfor attending on the first day of class but will reopen on Monday, September 14th for unfilled classes. Registration forms can be found on the Sunday School website: www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org or picked up at the parish office. Please call Tina Silvestro at 212-877-3111 for information.
SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Sunday School teachers and Assistants are needed to serve in this important Parish Ministry. Volunteers who work with children follow a screening process as required by the Archdiocese. Please call Tina Silvestro (212-877-3111) for more information.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Thinking of becoming a Catholic: Are you Catholic but have not received Communion or Confirmation? Inquiry discussions for adults will begin on Monday, September 28 at 6:30pm. Please call Tina Silvestro at the parish office (212-877-3111) to register or seek information
ABC’S OF CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES...This week: CRS/Nepal. Over three months after a devastating earthquake Catholic Relief Services continues to provide life saving support in some of the most remote areas of Nepal. Over 20,000 families have been provided shelter materials, water, living supplies and hygiene kits. Long term recovery efforts start in October. For more info visit: www.crs.org.
DIANNE R. CARR Pianist and musician, Dianne is seeking others to join her in musically enriching the weekday 7:30am Masses at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Please contact Dianne at:
diannercarr@yahoo.com
PAX CHRISTI METRO NEW YORK Pax Christi Metro New York, September 11th for Peaceful Tomorrows, the Loretto Community, the Curran Center at Fordham University, and Westchester Interfaith Connection invite you to a commemoration of September 11th, 2001 and UN International Peace Day. In honor of these important days we will be showing the film “In our Son’s Name” about the transformation that Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez experienced after their son Greg died in the World Trade Center. This moving portrait of a positive response to violence challenges conventional concepts of healing and justice. Phyllis and Orlando will be with us to facilitate discussion. Join us at 2 PM, Sunday, September 13th, in Casserly Hall, St. Joseph’s Greenwich Village Church, Washington Place and Sixth Avenue. Suggested donation: $5-$10, more if you have it, less if you don’t.
ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY COLLECTION. This month, St. Joseph’s Seminary begins its 119thyear focused on forming and ordaining holy, faithful and dedicated priests. Please give prayerful consideration to this year’s Annual Seminary Appeal next weekend Sept. 12/13. Our priests have responded to a very special call to serve, guide, and teach so as to share with others the mystery of God’s love for all of us. Your support during this time of preparation is deeply appreciated.
REGIS HIGH SCHOOL An all-scholarship Jesuit secondary school for Catholic boys, announces its Open House for 8th graders and their parents, on Wednesday, October 7th, from 5:30—8:30pm.
For more information, please write, e-mail or call: Eric DiMichele, Director of Admissions, Regis High School, 55 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y. 10028.
212-288-1100 Ext. 2057,
edimichele@regis-nyc.org.
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.
BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS The Baptism preparation class will take place on September 8th at 7:30pm in the rectory. And on Sunday, September 20th we will have the Sacrament of Baptism at 2:00pm