blessed sacrament parish october 17, 2021
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BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH October 17, 2021 Staten Island, New York 10310
Reverend Monsignor Ferdinando Berardi, Pastor Reverend Francisco Lanzaderas Reverend Marius Fernando Deacon Christopher Wodzinski David Birkdale, Seminarian Reverend Monsignor Peter G. Finn, Pastor Emeritus MASSES: Saturday in the Church: 5:00 PM (Vigil), Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM. Weekdays in the Church: 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Saturday in the Church: 9:00 AM. Holy Days in the Church: 7:00 PM (Vigil), 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 12:00 to 1:00 PM; 4:00 to 4:45 PM. Anytime upon reasonable request. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Sunday at 2:00 PM. (Except during July & August, then only on the First and Third Sunday and other specified days) Arrangements should be made at least one month in advance with the priest of the Parish. Parents of a first child and parents who are new to Blessed Sacrament must attend a Baptism Instruction Class which is held at 7:30 P.M. in the Church. Call Parish Office for dates. Godparents should be Practicing Catholics, and must obtain a Sponsor Certificate from their Parish.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
Arrangements should be made about six months in advance, with a priest of the Parish. Couples must attend Pre-Cana Conferences.
SICK CALLS - At any time. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA - Every Monday after the 9:00 AM Mass. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - First Friday from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. NEW PARISHIONERS - Welcome to our Parish.
We invite all parishioners to participate fully in our spiritual and social life. If you are new in the parish, please introduce yourself after Mass and register at the Parish House Office weekdays 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Kindly notify us if you change your address.
PARISH HOUSE PARISH ORGANIZATIONS 30 Manor Road Adult Choir/Children’s Choir 442-1581 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion http://www.blessedsacramentchurchsi.org Holy Name Society Lectors SCHOOL Parent’s Guild Mr. Joseph Cocozello Prayer Group Principal Saint Joseph Guild 830 Delafield Avenue Saint Vincent de Paul Society 442-3090 Seniors Titan League RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ushers Sister Anne Dolores Van Wagenen, C.S.JB. - D.R.E. Interested in joining? Call the Parish House for contact 830 Delafield Avenue information. 448-0378
PAGE TWO OCTOBER 17, 2021 RE-SCHEDULED WEATHERIZATION WORKSHOP The New York Power Authority invites you to a free Energy Education and Weatherization Workshop and complimentary meal on Nov. 7th after the 12:30pm Mass.
Learn simple ways you can lower your electric bill
Learn how to install weatherization measures using no tools
Receive a free weatherization kit Enjoy a free meal before the workshop
Attendance is limited to 30 people, and we need at least 20 people to attend, so sign up today. Contact the parish house office if interested. **Event will follow COVID-19 protocols and social distancing guidelines. Attendees will be asked to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 testing results within the past 72 hours.** SETON FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING
Seton Sunday Raffle Drawing Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Grand Prize: $5,000 If anyone would like to purchase raffle tickets, please contact Seton Foundation for Learning at 718-982-5084 or email Stephanie at [email protected].
SUNDAY COLLECTION 2010 2009 $5495.00 (Weekly) $6144.00 (Weekly) $1961.00 (AirCondition) $2136.00 (AirCondition) ATTENDANCE
2010 2009 776 (Adults) 755 (Adults)
179 (Children) 198 (Children) 955 953
THE SANCTUARY LAMP KEEPS ITS SILENT VIGIL
BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN LOVING MEMORY OF BEATRICE CRISCIONE
PRAY FOR THE SICK The sick are comforted just knowing that you pray for them In your charity please remember: Douglas Pfleging, Jr., Ann Socci, Mary Kenny, Jean Carter, Robert Tursi, Nicholas Toto, Peggy Travers, Jean Cunningham, Jean Elmadary, Grayce Novaro, Katherine Barbera, Barbara Brown, Michael Caruso, Patricia Connelly, Mary Belli, Mark Volpe, Marco Antonio Gonzalez, Kathy Quinlan, Jose Ruiz, Catherine Vitale, Jack McGarry, Brian Nelson, James McGarrigle, James Finnigan, Lelia Moran, Gail Kees, Cara Healy, Marion Coolen, Michael Roskowinski, Jeff Orr, Debbie Caporale, Ana Ely Diaz, Ruth Orr, John G. Ferriera, Gina King, Joan Callahan, Joyce McDonough, Lucille D’Arpe, Joanne Karundeny, Louis Raiola, Mike Mancuso, Patrick Foley, Lorraine Esposito, Linda Gagliardi, Vincent Gallo, Jeanne Pace, Maria & Giuseppe Esposito, Nicholas Kinahan, Baby Andrew Haggerty, Bobby DelGatto, Angelina Danton, Denise Leprine, Anthony LoCasto, Rosemary McManus, Christopher McNulty, Infant Bennett Berardi, Bill Bonner, Jeanne Leonard, Rosemary Callahan, James Carrozza, Helen Dennie, Lenora Smallman, Matthew Hokana, Thomas Drabik, Angelica Chirco, Molly Casaro, Darlene Andersen, Mathilda Farrell, Larry Taylor, Eugene Laperuta, Alan Fortin, Margaret Flynn, Nilsa Lopez and Nicholas Radenberg
SYMPATHY
Remember the souls for whom Mass will be offered during the week, especially: MONDAY 7:00 Joseph & Maria Guastella (wedding anniv.) 9:00 John Greeley TUESDAY 7:00 Gerard Michael Malara 9:00 Louise Vigliotti WEDNESDAY 7:00 Mary & James Deignan 9:00 Helen & Harry Bavaro THURSDAY 7:00 Joseph Guastella 9:00 Vincent Cataldo FRIDAY 7:00 Maria Guastella 9:00 Tino Buscema SATURDAY 9:00 Rocco Grieco 5:00 John Abbate, Sr. SUNDAY 8:00 Josephine & Michelangelo Patti 9:30 Johanna Lamagna 12:30 Lois Bieber
SUNDAY COLLECTION 2021 2020 $3,454 (Weekly) $3,773 (Weekly) $1,123 <Debt Reduction> $ 926 ATTENDANCE
2021 2020 479 (Adults) 343 (Adults)
80 (Children) 41 (Children) 559 384
PAGE THREE TWENTY- NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 24, 2021 ALTAR SERVERS LECTORS 5:00 PM Vigil Madison Laffey M. Semon 8:00 AM Michael Avitto C. Burns 9:30 AM Emma Gigantiello M. Boyd 11:00 AM Annie Falcone D. Maj 12:30 PM Mia Bavaro K. Kelley WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS We are so happy you have chosen to belong to our community! The Parish Family would like to welcome you warmly into our community. We invite you to join us at the 11am Mass on Sunday, November 14th at which all new members will receive a special blessing. Following Mass we invite you to greet fellow parishioners at our monthly coffee Sunday reception. In order to properly prepare for the welcome Mass and reception, we ask that you call the parish office (718) 442-1581and inform us of your participation. BLESSED SACRAMENT SENIORS The Seniors will have a meeting on October 18th in the Parish Center Meeting Room starting at 1:30pm. Please use the Greenleaf Parking Lot entrance only. For your protection and the protection of others, please bring a mask. Coffee and cake will be served. All are welcome! MANRESA CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNITY Christian Life Community is a worldwide organization composed of small groups of men and women who come together twice a month to share community, spirituality and mission, bringing gospel values to family, workplace and community. Recognized as a lay vocation within the Church, the unifying experience among those CLC groups is the Spirtual Exercises of St. Ignatius as a way of life. You are invited to an introductory meeting and Mass, Tues., Oct. 19th at 7pm at St. Sylvester Parish’s Moore Conference Room, 854 Targee St., Enter thru side walkway beneath the Parish House.
SPONSOR CERTIFICATES Sponsor certificates can only be issued to members of our parish, who are registered at least six months, regularly attend Mass, and receive the sacraments. Regular use of envelopes indicates attendances at Mass. Sponsors are to be Baptized, Confirmed, and if married, have done so in conformity with the laws of the Church. Out of town, college students should receive a certificate from their campus minister. People in the military should receive a certificate from their Chaplain.
BEYOND SUNDAY MORNING In order to become great, we must serve! In this Sunday’s Gospel, Our Lord tells James and John not to look at where they can sit, but where they can love. Our model of greatness, Jesus Himself, loved all the way to the end. He held nothing back, and we are meant to do the same. St. John Paul II famously wrote, “Man cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself.”
We too are often tempted to put earthly goods before our relationship with God the Father. Therefore, we must practice this laying down of our lives – in our time, in our talent, and in our treasure. As you have heard, we are using these weeks to invite all parishioners to renew their annual offertory commitments. This is not just about offertory; this is about asking the Lord what we might be tempted to prioritize over Him. This could be money, but it could also be health, or recognition, or even other people. As a next step, simply offer that to the Lord in humility: Lord, I recognize that an earthly good has laid claim to my heart, and I lay this down for you at the foot of the altar. I ask you to take this offering and use it for Your glory.
PAGE FOUR OFFICE OF THE CARDINAL 1011 FIRSTAVENUE NEWYORK, NY 10022 October 17, 2021 Month of the Holy Rosary Year of St. Joseph Dear friends in the Lord: This year the worldwide Eucharistic celebration for World Mission Sunday will be celebrated on the weekend of October 24. This important day in the life of the Church universal fortifies our understanding of our shared call to mission, bestowed upon us at Baptism. As I write to you today ,I express my gratitude for last year's contribution of $237,077. Pope Francis, in his message for World Mission Sunday reflects on the theme: "We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard"(Acts 4:20). The Holy Father shares his zeal, reminding us that, "as Christians, we cannot keep the Lord to ourselves," as we "recall with gratitude all those men and women who by their testimony of life help us to renew our baptismal commitment to be generous and joyful apostles of the Gospel." He invites us to speak of our faith. World Mission Sunday provides us with that very opportunity. We can speak about our faith and respond to our missionary call- through prayer, participation in the Eucharist, and giving generously to the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith on that special day. Your gifts support and sustain priests, religious and lay pastoral leaders in more than 1,100 mission dioceses in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe as they proclaim the Gospel, build the Church, serve the poor- and speak of our shared faith in all corners of the world. "The recent global pandemic has amplified the pain, the solitude, the poverty, and the injustices experienced by so many people," reminds Pope Francis. This year, as the world recovers from the loss and the challenges that resulted, let us respond with reciprocal generosity to the fullest extent that we are able. If you were unable to support missionaries last year arising from the pandemic, I urge you to double your generosity for those most in need. As we rebuild our lives, help us to also reach out in solidarity and support for the Mission Church, and the work and witness of missionaries in the Pope's missions. In this spirit, I offer my sincere personal gratitude and prayerful best wishes for your kind missionary heart. Faithfully in Christ,
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York
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