Finance Committee Corner Last Sunday $9,479 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $4,661 was received through Parish Pay,
for a total of $14,164. Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection. The second collection in support of the Church in Latin America totaled $2,773. Thank you!
September 17 Soup Kitchen. Blessed Sacrament’s Soup Kitchen meets every Sunday at 2PM on 70
th Street. Staffed by many wonderful parish volunteers, the Soup Kitchen prepares delicious meals for locals in need.
SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION HAS REOPENED.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSESFOR 2017-2018 began on Sunday, September 10. Religious instruction is held in the school from 11:00 -12:15.
Re-registration forms have been emailed to current students and posted on the Sunday School website. Students must register each year. For students who will be new to the program please send your email to:
[email protected] or pick up a packet at the rectory or go to the Sunday school website:
blessedsacramentsundayschool.org PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THE COMPLETED FORMS BACK!!! Please send by postal mail or drop off completed forms with a $150 check per family at the rectory office.
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 or email Tina Silvestro for more information. 212-877-3111 or
[email protected] .
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS RCIA is the process designed by the Church for adults to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion. The goals are to give a complete overview of Catholic teaching and practice and to begin to deepen a Christian spiritual life centered in the Sunday Scripture readings. The sacraments are received at the Easter Vigil Mass.
Inquiry discussions for adults will begin on Monday, September 25 at 6:30 pm. If you (or anyone you know) are interested in learning more about our program or registering, please call Tina Silvestro at 212-877-3111.
FAMILY-MINISTRY We are launching a Family Ministry at Blessed Sacrament this year. The Family Ministry’s mission is to strengthen our faith community through participation in the sacraments, prayer, and service. All of our service projects are fulfilled as a family. By strengthening the connections between our home, our faith, and society, these bonds of fellowship and friendship form the foundation of who we are as a faith community.
Our Ministry is organized through a committee of parents that represents
the diversity of our parish.
FAMILY MASS A worship aid will make it easier for parishioners and newcomers to follow mass and sing along. The Music Ministry is forming a children’s choir and inviting musicians in the congregation to join the instrumental ensemble. Children of varying ages will have an opportunity to actively serve in Liturgical and Hospitality roles.
Please join our mailing list or for more information on the Family Ministry or Mass, please contact the Family Ministry Coordinator, Mrs. Thu Nguyen at [email protected].
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.
GAY FELLOWSHIP FIRST FALL MEETING We are both pleased and honored to extend an invitation to the entire parish, as we welcome our special guest speaker, Father James Martin, to our first Gay Fellowship Meeting of the season: Sunday evening September 17, after the 5:30PM Mass. Father Martin is a well-known American
Jesuit priest, a writer, and
editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine
America. He is also an amazing speaker and has been gracious enough to speak to our parish and to comment and address any questions on his lecture, A Two Way Bridge, as well as to introduce us to his newest book, Building a Bridge. Both focus on bringing together LGBT Catholics and the institutional church. The meeting will be held on the meeting will be held in the social hall below the church beginning at 6:45PM until 8PM. There will also be books for purchase and light refreshments. We hope to see you then to offer Father Martin the warm and welcoming hospitality which makes Blessed Sacrament so very special. For all questions, please contact John Gasdaska at #
646-345-7350. We look forward to seeing you then!
THOMAS MERTON & DAVID JONES: CELTIC VISIONARIES FOR OUR TIME The NYC Corpus Christi Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society invites you to attend their season opening as Dr. Michael Higgins explores the key ideas that linked Merton with Celtic poet David Jones in their shared dread and abhorrence of violence. In a time of national foreboding and menace, the liberating insights of these two kindred spirits--particularly the need to create a culture of peace grounded in the witness of the Prince of Peace--has never been more timely.
Dr. Michael W. Higgins is an author, scholar, Vatican Affairs Specialist for The Globe and Mail, Papal Commentator for the CTV Network, educator, CBC Radio documentarian, columnist, and currently Distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought at Sacred Heart University.
Saturday, Sept 30, 2:00-4:00pm. $20; free for students & members of Thomas Merton NYC. New location: 3041 Bway @ W 121st St., Rm 207. #1 subway to 116th Street; M4 or M104 buses.
thomasmertonnyc.org/events.
ALL ARE WELCOME! FREE COMPLETE SCREENING OF CLASSIC DEKALOG FILM SERIES
This acclaimed film series raises the great moral questions embedded in real life, often lived out in difficult circumstances. In his ten hour-long films, the late and legendary director and co-writer Krzysztof Kieslowski explores the theme and challenge of each Commandment through characters living in a typical Soviet-era housing complex.
Come join us starting October 11
th from 7:30pm – 9:00pm for this thought provoking series and for a discussion after each film.
Visit our website for complete schedule. The Manhattan Catholic School Region is hosting Songs for Students, a benefit concert featuring Harry Connick Jr. at the Apollo Theatre on Monday, September 25 at 7:00 pm. Proceeds will support Catholic schools in Manhattan.