ARCHDIOCESAN - WIDE FOOD CAMPAIGN
This year, Blessed Sacrament Parish will participate in Feeding Our Neighbors, an Archdiocesan - Wide Drive to replenish dwindling Food Pantries in our community. From January 24 through February 1, you can Feed Our Neighbors by replenishing the Blessed Sacrament pantry for our 15 families, our sister pantry at the Kennedy Center on West 134 St. and pantries across the Archdiocese. It only takes one small action to feed the hungry. Together we can change lives.
Three simple ways to participate in the campaign are: (1)Bring non-perishable foods to Saturday and Sunday Masses between January 24th and February 1st (see the food list) (2)Support by donating money during a Mass collection, make an on-line donation at www.catholiccharitiesny.org/feedingourneighbors or make a quick $10 donation by texting “CCHOPE” to 85944 and (3)Volunteer at a Food Pantry near you.
Members of the parish Social Action Committee and others will be distributing Feeding Our Neighbors information and food lists at the church entrance.
SLAVE LABOR + CONSUMERISM
You are invited to a workshop on Thursday, February 5th, at Wallace Hall, St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Avenue and 84th Street at 7:00 p.m. to learn about the many ways slave labor produces the goods we use in our daily living. RSVP by February 1st to [email protected] or 212 288-3588.
YOUNG ADULTS RETREAT
February 13-15 (Friday till Sunday 1pm)
Mariuanist Family Retreat Center
Cape May Point, NJ 08212
609-884-3829 or www.capemaymarianists.org.
This weekend is for young adults (age 22-35, married or single) who wish to examine their personal faith in relation to God, self, co-workers and others. There will be a time for Eucharist, prayer experiences, faith sharing, social interaction and free time to explore Cape May and Cape May Point.
BEYOND EXTREMISM: RECLAIMING RELIGION’S PEACEBUILDING CAPACITY IN AN UNSTABLE WORLD
How can religious leaders and foreign policy makers work together to lay the foundations for peace in hotspots around the globe? Join us on Tuesday, January 27th for a forum on the intersection where secular politics and the world’s faith traditions meet. Place: Constantino Room/Fordham Law School, 150 West 62nd Street. For more information, visit fordham.edu/crc.
OUR Inheritance: Vatican II at 50. The Post-Conciliar Generation Looks at the Next Half Century.
Monday, March 9, 2015 / 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 / 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
12th floor Lounge—E. Corrigan Conference Center
113 West 60th St.—Fordham University, New York
How will Vatican II continue to shape the church and its engagement with the wider world? What are the emerging horizons in politics, society , and the intellectual life toward which Catholic scholars should orient their attention? An impressive gathering of leading Catholic thinkers from the generation that came of age in a post-Conciliar world will explore these questions. For complete agenda please visit: Fordham.edu/CRC.
RSVP: [email protected]
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC