SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
Will begin on Sunday September 13 with the 10:00 am Family Mass in the Church. Religious instruction is held in the school after the Family Mass until 12:15. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JULY 27. SOME CLASSES WILL FILL UP. WE MAY HAVE TO PLACE YOUR CHILD ON A WAITING LIST AFTER JULY 27. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. Re-registration forms and information have been mailed to current students. Information and forms for new students can be picked up at the parish office or found on the Sunday School website: www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org. 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 ccall Tina Silvestro at the parish office (212-877-3111) to register or seek information.



COLLECTION
Thank you so very much for your generous response to the needs of the parish. Our collection last Sunday was $9,171. $2,571was received through ParishPay for a total of $11,742.



BOOK CLUB
Our next Book Club will be held July 2, 6:30 to 8:00pm, when we will be reading G.K. Chesterton’s “The Ball and the Cross”, an allegorical fantasy detailing a heated dispute between a Catholic and an atheist, whose opinions lead to a series of comic misadventures. Entertaining and thought provoking at the same time, it is a vigorous exploration of the debate between theism and atheism, written by G.K. Chesterton, a Catholic convert and called one of the greatest Christian writers of the first half of the twentieth century.



PAX CHRISTI METRO NEW YORK
God did not make death, nor does God rejoice in the destruction of the living (Wisdom 1:13). So Sunday’s readings begin, but it is not where they end. Rather they end with Jesus offering us not one, but two examples of God’s desire for us to have life and to have it to the full. Not only Jesus revive Jairus’ daughterfrom death, but he also heals the woman with the hemorrhage. And he does both with a touch. In the case of the child, Jesus takes her hand and invites her to rise. In the case of the woman, she touches Jesus and the healing happens even before Jesus is aware. But when he realizes that “power had gone out of him,” despite the urgency of Jairus’ plea, Jesus takes the time to reassure the woman. That’s how great God’s will for us to live is! And it doesn’t matter if you are old or young, privileged or not, we, too, have the power to touch —hearts, hands and minds. Let’s take the time, as Jesus did to reach out to offer help and to receive it. We may never know the life we enrich, but it will be enriched indeed.



FIRST FRIDAY
This Friday is the First Friday of July. We have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 12:10pm Mass and adoration during the aternoon. We close with Benediction at 5:15pm. Please come and spend some time in prayer.



BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
On the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month we have Bereavement Support Groups—General Bereavement at 5:30pm and Perinatal Loss (for individuals and coupleas who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death) at 6:30pm. Both groups meet in the Rectory. No registration or fee is required.