COLLECTION Thank you so very much for your generous response to the needs of the parish. Our collection last Sunday was $6,235. $3,014. was received through ParishPay for a total of $9,249. Also, thank you for your donations of $1,680. for our Soup Kitchen.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES Begin this weekend, September 13th. Our Family Mass is at 10:00am. Classes take place in the school right after Mass. You cannot register the first day of class. Registration is now closed but will reopen on Monday, September 14th. Registration forms can be found on the
Sunday School website:
www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org or picked up at the parish office. Please call Tina Silvestro at 212-877-3111 for information.
SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 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 call Tina Silvestro at the parish office (212-877-3111) to register or seek information
PREPARE THE WAY FOR POPE FRANCIS: MASS AND HOLY HOUR Come together in prayer for the historic visit of our Holy Father! On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Avenue at 50th Street) we will have our regularly scheduled Mass at 5:30pm, followed by a Holy Hour and Eucharistic Procession in honor of Our Holy Father’s visit. We will conclude with Benediction at around 7:00pm. For more information please visit:
[email protected]
FOOD FOR FAMILIES COLLECTION JUST A REMINDER: NEXT WEEKEND is our monthly non-perishable grocery collection for FOOD FOR FAMILIES.
(In order to provide the highest quality service to those who seek our help, we may only accept freshly bought, unopened non-perishable items. If this is not convenient, we also accept monetary donations
DIANNE R. CARR Pianist and musician, Dianne is seeking others to join her in musically enriching the weekday 7:30am Masses at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Please contact Dianne at:
[email protected]
PAX CHRISTI METRO NEW YORK Pax Christi Metro New York, September 11th for Peaceful Tomorrows, the Loretto Community, the Curran Center at Fordham University, and Westchester Interfaith Connection invite you to a commemoration of September 11th, 2001 and UN International Peace Day. In honor of these important days we will be showing the film “In our Son’s Name” about the transformation that Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez experienced after their son Greg died in the World Trade Center. This moving portrait of a positive response to violence challenges conventional concepts of healing and justice. Phyllis and Orlando will be with us to facilitate discussion. Join us at 2 PM, Sunday, September 13th, in Casserly Hall, St. Joseph’s Greenwich Village Church, Washington Place and Sixth Avenue. Suggested donation: $5-$10, more if you have it, less if you don’t.
ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY COLLECTION. This month, St. Joseph’s Seminary begins its 119th year focused on forming and ordaining holy, faithful and dedicated priests. Please give prayerful consideration to this year’s Annual Seminary Appeal this. weekend Our priests have responded to a very special call to serve, guide, and teach so as to share with others the mystery of God’s love for all of us. Your support during this time of preparation is deeply appreciated.
REGIS HIGH SCHOOL An all-scholarship Jesuit secondary school for Catholic boys, announces its Open House for 8th graders and their parents, on Wednesday, October 7th, from 5:30—8:30pm.
For more information, please write, e-mail or call: Eric DiMichele, Director of Admissions, Regis High School, 55 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y. 10028.
212-288-1100 Ext. 2057,
[email protected].