Finance Committee Corner Last Sunday $10,163 was received in the offertory
baskets at Mass and $4,974 was received through WeShare, for a total of $15,137. Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection. Our second collection in support of our Soup Kitchen totaled $2,947.
Additional offerings totaling $3,763 were received for the Easter collection bringing the total to date to $69,014 Again, thank you for your generosity and goodness. CONFIRMATION CLASS FOR ADULTS Confirmation Class for adults who are Baptized Catholic have begun. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, May 19 at 5:30pm. Please call Tina Silvestro at 212-877-3111 to register or for more information.
MOVING WITH THE SPIRIT FUNDRAISER Please mark your calendars for May 5, 2018 at 7PM. The Gay Fellowship in association with the Parish Council presents Moving With The Spirit, a fundraiser to benefit the theatre at Blessed Sacrament and Catholic Relief Services. We welcome all for an evening of cocktails, cabaret, silent auction, dinner, and dancing, featuring special guest emcee, NBC’s Anne Thompson, Senior Communications Director of CRS, Caroline Brennan, and our very own, Father Duffell. Early Bird tickets $125 go on sale this weekend, $150 after April 15 and can be purchased in the Rectory using check/credit/debit.
The Theatre of Light strives to deliver illuminating performances and subject matter that are uplifting, relevant, and compelling and (most important) entertaining to segments of our community whose access to traditional theatre may be restricted. We are welcoming Blessed Sacrament parishioners free of charge for the following performances here at the Theatre at Blessed Sacrament- all performances start at 7PM and run one hour:
Sunday, April 15, Saturday April 21 & Sunday April 22
CATHOLIC FAMILIES GROUP Please join our Blessed Sacrament Catholic Families Group! We offer a range of events to help each other in raising our children as Catholics and becoming better in our own practice of the faith. We also host a monthly moms' group. Sign up at
www.meetup.com/NYC-Catholic-Families/ - free to join and events are free.
THE CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP The Christian Meditation Group will now meet each Wednesday from 5:30pm to 7pm. Come visit us and learn about this ancient form of Christian prayer. For more info visit our website:
www.christianmeditation.us
Jonathan Montaldo,
A Testament of Confession & Witness: The Legacy of Thomas Merton’s Philosophical Life.
The NYC Corpus Christi Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society invites you to a lecture by Jonathan Montaldo as he draws on a broad range of Merton’s writings to explore Merton’s spirituality within his autobiographical writing.
Jonathan Montaldo, MA, is an internationally recognized writer, editor, retreat leader, and conference presenter whose work promotes the legacy of Thomas Merton and inter-spiritual contemplative traditions. He is the former director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.
Saturday, April 21st, 2:00-4:00pm. $20; free for students & members of Thomas Merton NYC. New location: Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Bway @ W 121st St., Rm 207. #1 subway to 116th Street; M4 or M104 buses.
thomasmertonnyc.org/events GAY FELLOWSHIP MEETING Please join us after the 5:30PM Mass on Sunday evening
April 22nd for the Gay Fellowship. The meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of the rectory from 6:45PM-8:15PM. Refreshments served. The group is a safe and comfortable place to share and meet other LGBT Catholics. All are welcome. For more information, please call John Gasdaska at 646-345-7350.
The Social Action Committee invites you to a follow-up Film Series on Food & Climate Change.
All screenings will be held at St. Mary of the Angels Chapel, Holy Name of Jesus Church, 207 West. 96th St. 6:45PM
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Sustainable, with guest Elena Tinschert of Grow NYC
Tuesday, May 15th, End of the Line, with guest George Jackman, Habitat Restoration Manager of Riverkeeper.org
Tuesday, May 22nd, Tomorrow (Demain)
Tuesday, June 5th, Forks Over Knives, with guest Kelly Moltzen of Franciscan Action Network
Please pick up a flyer at the entry of
Blessed Sacrament Church.