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Finance Committee Corner
Last Sunday $7,724 was received in the offertory
baskets at Mass and $4,560 was received through WeShare, for a total of $12,284. Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection. Thank You! The second collection in support our Soup Kitchen totaled $2,240.
An additional $205 was received toward the Christmas collection bringing the total to $93,874. The collection is open until the end of January. Thank you.
FOOD CAMPAIGN
Once again, Blessed Sacrament Parish will hold Feeding Our Neighbors to help replenish Food Pantries in our community. From January 27 through February 4, you can Feed Our Neighbors by replenishing the Blessed Sacrament Food Pantry, our sister pantry at the
Kennedy Center on West 134th Street. It only takes one small action to feed the hungry. Together we can change lives.
Four simple ways to participate are: (1) Bring non-perishable foods to Saturday and Sunday Masses between January 27th and February 4th (2) Support by donating money during a Mass collection (3) Volunteer at a Food Pantry near you and 4) Tell your legislators we must feed children at risk of hunger by using Bread for the World at bread.org/write-congress.
Pick up a flyer with Feeding Our Neighbors information and food list at the church entrance.
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
PEACEMAKING THROUGH THE ARTS, 2018
On Sunday afternoon, January 28 th, 2018, Pax Christi will be hosting the internationally acclaimed folk band Windborne whose music spans many continents and cultures, but is deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions and promotes social action. You can get a taste of their beautiful harmony at http://www.windbornesingers.com/. Location: Casserly Hall, St. Joseph’s Church, Greenwich Village, NY. Time: 3:00-5:00 PM. Donation: $35 in honor of PCMNY’s 35 years of peacemaking.
BLESSED SACRAMENT ALTAR SERVERS
Serving at the altar is a privileged way to grow closer to Jesus and to share the joy that we receive by being close to the Lord. Training sessions will be held for any young person interested and who has received First Holy Communion. Please contact Chris Miller and Marlon Hosang at cmiller2925@aol.com, 917.612.7833, or leave your name and number at the rectory office at 212.877.3111.
HOSPITALITY SUNDAYS
Thank you to all who help organize and participate in our Hospitality Sundays, with Coffee Hour after the morning Masses and Spirit Sunday after the evening Mass. Please note that Hospitality Sundays switch to the last Sunday of each month beginning in January: January 28, February 25, March 25, April 29, May- TBD.
SPECIAL NEEDS MASSES
On January 21 st at 4:00pm we will celebrate our Special Needs Mass. Your children are especially welcome at this warm, family celebration.
The following are dates for future 4:00pm Special Needs Masses.
February 4th & 18th, 2018, March 4th, 18th & 25th (Palm Sunday) 2018, April 15th, 2018, May 6th & 20th, 2018, June 3rd & 17th, 2018. Please join us.
NEW REVERENCE FOR GOD’S CREATION
On behalf of all parishes of the West Side Deanery, Holy Name of Jesus-St. Gregory's is hosting a two-Saturday morning opportunity to learn about and reflect on the mystery and wonder of our earthly home and our human destiny. Our discussion will be stimulated by our desire to understand the wonder and power of our Creator God and through a video, Journey of the Universe by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker that helps us to read the book of Creation as the first revelation of God’s Presence.
This offering will be on Saturday January 27th and February 3, from 9:30 to 12pm. To register, please call the parish office of Holy Name at 212 749-0276 ext. 112 or email Jackie at: jespinal.hn@gmail.com to register.
FORDHAM CENTER RELIGION AND CULTURE
Civil Religion:
Road to Redemption or American Heresy?
February 13, 2018 at 6:00pm
12 th Floor Lounge, Corrigan Conference Center/ Fordham University
113 West 60 th Street
Free Admission
RSVP: crcevent@fordham.edu - Fordham.edu/crc
ARTS AT BLESSED SACRAMENT & CBU MANAGEMENT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT
NY LOVES PR
A benefit for the healing of the families of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Friday, January 26 th @7:30pm, Theater 71 (located under the church) Tickets $20 – sold at the door (cash or credit) or https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3233936
Visit the parishes website for more info.
FRANCIS@FIVE:
Assessing the Legacy of Pope Francis Five Years After His Election
January 31, 2018 | 6 p.m.
12th-Floor Lounge | Fordham University
113 West 60th Street | New York City
From the moment of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has surprised, and often shocked, the Catholic world. Not only was he the first Jesuit to be elected pope, the first from Latin America, and the first to take the name Francis, but he has resolutely pushed the Church to adopt a more pastoral mode of ministry that emphasizes discernment over rules, and privileges mercy as the chief doctrine.
As we approach the fifth anniversary of this historic pontificate, a leading Catholic theologian and a leading Catholic journalist who have taken contrasting views of Francis engage in a public debate over his impact.
Cosponsored by
The Fordham Center on Religion and Culture and Religion News Service
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP: crcprogram@fordham.edu
SPEAKERS
Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. He is a convert to Catholicism who writes on politics, religion, moral values and higher education - and frequently on Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. Douthat is the author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, published in 2012, and his latest book is To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism.
Massimo Faggioli is an Italian-born professor of theology at Villanova University and a leading authority on the history of the Catholic Church, the papacy, and Vatican II. A contributing editor to Commonweal magazine and a prolific writer on Pope Francis, Faggioli's latest book is Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century.
Moderated by David Gibson, director of Fordham's Center on Religion & Culture