FINANCE COMMITTEE CORNER
Last Sunday $7,588 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $5,260 was received through WeShare, for a total of $12,848. Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection. The second collectionin support of Retired Religious totaled $2,663.
2019 Parish Annual Appeal
Blessed Sacrament is conducting an annual appeal. Our goal is to raise $350,000. 100% of the monies collected from the appeal go directly to the parish. The money will be used to cover our operating deficit of -$100,000. In addition, our old church, parish hall, and rectory are in constant need of repair, and we need to repair the church and school roofs and begin to look at repairing the church windows.
PLEASE be generous as all of the money from the Appeal will go directly to the parish. Donations can be made using the envelopes located near the church entrance or online at
https://blessedsacramentnyc.churchgiving.com/parishappeal
JOY J JESSE TREE
The JoyJ Initiative's Jesse Tree will be placed on the altar in front of the Blessed Mother on Saturday, December 7th. The Tree will have ornaments on it with a request for certain items or a donation. These items include a hat, scarf, gloves, sweatshirt (Extra Large) and a $10 McDonald's or Subway card. All items will be used for our Homeless Outreach and added to the comfort bags distributed to our less fortunate Brothers and Sisters living on the Streets of New York. 100% of your donation will be used to buy the items to be placed in the bags. The “UNWRAPPED” items will be collected before the Masses on Saturday, December 21st and Sunday, December 22nd. After that, they can be brought to the Rectory. God bless you and have a very Merry Christmas!
TOILETRY PANTRY CAMPAIGN
The women's group is creating a Toiletry Pantry Campaign that we are launching on the weekend of January 4th & 5th and we need toiletry donations, as well as monetary donations.
We will be collecting one weekend per month and would also love volunteers to help collect items before/after mass and making announcements at mass.
Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Kimberly LaMarque: Kimberly.lamarque@gmail.com or Jackie Baligian: Jbaligian67@gmail.com
We will happily take any size, trial or full size.
We are accepting the following:
Unopened: body wash, bar soap, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner, dental products: toothpaste, toothbrushes floss, mouthwash, shaving creams/ lotions/ razors
The Blessed Sacrament Choir is looking for singers, particularly tenors and basses, to join us in singing for the 12:30 mass each Sunday. Rehearsals are on Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Singers of all ages and abilities are invited to audition. Please contact Jason Roberts at jroberts@blessedsacramentnyc.org.