BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH October 28, 2018 Staten Island, New York 10310

Reverend Monsignor Peter G. Finn, Pastor Reverend Francisco Lanzaderas Reverend Roland Antony Raj, MMI Deacon Christopher Wodzinski 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; 4:15 to 5:00 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 the second Tuesday evening of every month (except July and August) at 7:30 P.M. in the Parish House Meeting Room. 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.

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30 Manor Road 442-1581

http://www.blessedsacramentchurchsi.org

SCHOOL Mr. Joseph Cocozello

Principal 830 Delafield Avenue

442-3090

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Sister Anne Dolores Van Wagenen, C.S.JB. - D.R.E.

830 Delafield Avenue 448-0378

PAGE TWO OCTOBER 28, 2018 ALL SOULS DAY MASS Adhering to the long tradition of honoring our beloved dead on All Souls Day, Mass will be celebrated Nov. 2nd at 11:00am in these cemeteries of the Archdiocese of New York:

Resurrection, Staten Island Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, Westchester County

Ascension, Airmont, Rockland County (First) Calvary, Long Island City, Queens

Please take this opportunity to visit the beautiful, peaceful cemeteries to remember those who have gone before us. ALL SAINTS DAY MASSES All Saints Day is a holy day of obligation. Mass schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Oct. 31st - 7:00p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1st - 7:00am; 9:00am; 11:00am and 7:00p.m. BLESSED SACRAMENT FAMILY COOKBOOK Calling all cooks! Please help our Blessed Sacrament Family with creating an exciting and delicious Blessed Sacrament Family Cookbook. Please note deadline has been extended. Submit your favorite recipes by November 6th for inclusion in our cookbook. Flyers with instructions are located at the entrance to Mass.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS Get ready to set those clocks back one hour. Next Sunday, November 4th is the end of daylight saving time.

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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

ANTHONY RAZZORE The bread and wine this week are offered

in honor of Christopher Wodzinski.

PRAY FOR THE SICK The sick are comforted just knowing that you pray for them In your charity please remember: Margaret Pittman-Boyle, Douglas Pfleging, Jr., Phyllis Ribaudo, Ann Socci, Concetta Chicolo, Mary Kenny, Jean Carter, Jane Redmond, Carolyn DeStefano, Robert Tursi, Nicholas Toto, Marykate Rose, Peggy Travers, Mary Anne Blaine, Jean Cunningham, Jean Elmadary, Alan March, Sebastian Lattuga, Grayce Novaro, Angela Siuzdak, Helen Ramsey, Katherine Barbera, Margaret Romani, Br. William Herbst, Barbara Brown, Michael Caruso, Patricia Connelly, Mary Belli, Mark Volpe, Linda Hansen, Dean Robert Ziegler, Danielle Ziegler, Marco Antonio Gonzalez, Larry Taylor, Jr., Kathy Quinlan, Katie Hanley, Jose Ruiz, Rosemary Callahan, Robert Hammerton, Catherine Vitale, Capala Lusi, Jack McGarry, Robert McQuade, Brian Nelson, Julia Micol, Molly Cafaro, Bob Miuccio, Maryann & Danny Brown, James McGarrigle, James Finnigan, Lelia Moran, Gail Kees, Cara Healy, Eileen Doran, Phyllis Morrell, Marion Coolen, Michael Roskowinski, Barbara Braisted, Jeff Orr, Debbie Caporale, Ana Ely Diaz, Ruth Orr, John G. Ferriera, Gina King, Anna Scampas, Kaitlyn, Elinor Walshe, Joan Callahan, Roy Yates, Joyce McDonough, Ed Checkett, Mike DeRosa

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Remember the souls for whom Mass will be offered during the week, especially: MONDAY 7:00 John Murphy 9:00 Catherine & Maurice Fitzgerald TUESDAY 7:00 Felicidad Tobias (2nd Anniv.) 9:00 James D. Finn WEDNESDAY 7:00 Special Intention 9:00 Manus O’Donnell 7:00 Rev. Erwin Schweigardt THURSDAY 7:00 Sr. Ann Dolores (Living) 9:00 John & Doris O’Toole 11:00 Anna Broerner 7:00 Adeline & Joseph Martine FRIDAY 7:00 Robert Dowling 9:00 Frank Falzetta SATURDAY 9:00 Alex Roskowinski 5:00 Charles DeAngelo SUNDAY 8:00 Thomas F. Kenny, Jr. (11th Anniv.) 9:30 Emily Marie McQuade 12:30 Francisco Tobias

SUNDAY COLLECTION 2018 2016 $4,978 (Weekly) $4,893 (Weekly) $1,243 <World Missions> $ 975 ATTENDANCE

2018 2016 631(Adults) 708 (Adults)

138 (Children) 185 (Children) 769 893

PAGE THREE THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 4. 2018 ALTAR SERVERS LECTORS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 5:00 PM Vigil Team 8 J. HANSEN N. MATA & C. ROONEY 8:00 AM Team 9 R. GRISWOLD B. COLLOREC & A. MORRELL 9:30 AM Team 10 D. MAJ H. WODZINSKI & K. BYRNE 11:00 AM Team 6 R. HELBOCK J. BOYLE & K. BOYLE 12:30 PM Team 7 K. KELLEY J. SPACH & M. SPACH ALL SAINTS TOMBSTONE PROJECT Please support our 7th grade confirmation candidates by visiting their All Saints Tombstone Project (weather permitting) located on the front lawn this Thursday, All Saints Day. RED MASS The 35th Annual Red Mass, which symbolically marks the beginning of the court year, will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 30th at 6:00p.m. All members of the legal community are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served in the Blessed Sacrament Gym immediately following the Mass ST. ANN’S CHINESE AUCTION St. Ann’s, 125 Cromwell Avenue, will hold its Chinese Auction, Friday, Nov. 16th. Doors open at 6pm. Admission: $7.00 For more info, please call 718-351-4343. MOORE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Please join the community of Moore Catholic High School as we celebrate the Tercentenary of Venerable Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters commitment to our Staten Island Catholic schools. Venerable Nano Nagle is the foundress of the Presentation Sisters of the Virgin Mary. We are hosting a Mass of Celebration on Sunday, the 18th of Nov. at 2pm at the Church of Our Lady of Pity. Refreshments to follow. Please RSVP no later than Nov. 1st, Lsimonetti@moorechs.org or call 718-761-9200 ext. 169. ST. JOSEPH RETREAT CENTER “Praying for our Loved Ones” 1:30-3:00pm, Saturday, Nov. 3rd. Fee: $25per person Facilitated by: Pat Stephens Come to pray and share memories of your loved ones who are now resting in God’s embrace. These people need to be remembered in a special way. We will provide a time of peace and sacred space for you to explore your relationship with them. If possible, participates are encouraged to bring a photo of their loved one(s). For more info call 718-720-1097 or SJRetreatCenter.org.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today is the feast of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, the first representative body of many Catholics who died for their faith between 1535 and 1679 to be beatified or canonized. Almost all of them died at Tyburn, a place of public execution near today's Marble Arch in Hyde Park, London. The first to suffer were Carthusian monks who refused to swear an oath supporting Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church in England, and the last was Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Primate Archbishop of Ireland. The method of execution was particularly vile, since the condemned were hanged and their living bodies quartered to be displayed around London as a horrific warning. Today, the tree-like gallows provides the design of a religious symbol, the canopy over the altar of the martyrs in Tyburn Convent. There, at the heart of the bustling city, a monastic community of women practices contemplative prayer and "spiritual hospitality" in the Benedictine tradition. Oddly, the community is French in origin; it was expelled from France a century ago when France outlawed contemplative monastic life. England, where the laws against Catholicism had been lifted, invited the community in. In gratitude to their new homeland, and in honor of those who gave their lives for the Catholic faith, the nuns came to Tyburn. In the public crypt, coats of arms stand for each of the 350 martyrs. A Web site visit is possible at www.tyburnconvent.org.uk. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES A father was at the beach with his children when the four year old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. “Daddy, what happened to him?” the son asked “He died and went to Heaven,” the Dad replied. The boy thought a moment and then said, “Did God throw him back down?”

PAGE FOUR FROM THE PASTOR Changing seasons, dark and dreary days, incredible health challenges, loss of a loved one are a sample of life issues that challenge faith, hope and even love in our ordinary lives. They affect everyone at one time or another in small or significant ways. We are called to respond and it is never easy. Tony Rossi of the Christophers recounts in Light One Candle how:

Friends Pull Singer Out of the Dark

Known for her upbeat and empowering hits like “Good Morning” and “Overcomer,” Grammy Award winning Christian singer-songwriter Mandisa had every confidence in the world that God would heal her friend Kisha Mitchell of the breast cancer which threatened her life. Kisha was pregnant when she was diagnosed, so she lessened the intensity of her chemo treatments to save the life of her unborn son, whom she and her husband named Brennon. Kisha lived for another year, but then succumbed to the cancer. Her death left Mandisa feeling betrayed by God. She sunk into a pit of despair that resulted in her isolating herself from her family and friends for three years and gaining almost 200 pounds. That emptiness and isolation allowed the darkest of thoughts to enter Mandisa’s mind, thoughts of taking her own life. During an interview with me on “Christopher Closeup” about her album “Out of the Dark,” she explained, “If you are somebody who is trying to live a life that is holy and pleasing to the Lord, the enemy’s gonna come harder after us than anybody else…With me, [he said], ‘Mandisa, God does not want you to live in this misery and pain. He says in His word that He wants you to live an abundant life. So, if you were to take your life right now, you could be living in eternity, living that abundant life with Jesus right in this moment.’ And so, it was a little bit of truth, but he twisted it just enough for his perverted purposes. Year one, I probably was quick enough o say, ‘Get behind me, Satan.’ Year three, it was feeling a little more tempting.” Around that time, Mandisa decided to actually leave her house to go see the Christina film “War Room” because one of her songs was used in the movie. She didn’t like the story, though, because everyone got what they prayed for. “I remember thinking that it not reality,” she said. As she left the theater, she was confronted by eight of her friends, who had covered her car with sticky notes containing messages like, “We love you,” “We miss you,” and “Come back to us.” Mandisa recalled, “They had an intervention and basically forced me to go get counseling. I look back at that and feel like God put it on their hearts because I was getting to a bad place. Had that not happened, I don’t know that I would be here today, because I was just starting to contemplate suicide. It was in that moment that my friends were the literal hands and feet of Jesus lifting me out of that dark place.” While Mandisa wishes Kisha were alive today, she says that looking at this - and other - tragedies through the lens of eternity has helped her find a level of peace that allows her to “trust in God’s goodness, even when I don’t understand His plan.” And in keeping with The Christophers’ focus on lighting candles rather than cursing the darkness, Mandisa believes her story and album can do just that. She concludes, “It just takes a flash of light to dispel darkness. For me, those flashes came in the form of my loved ones…We’re called, as brothers and sisters in Christ, to be those flashes of light for other people, because you never know what somebody’s going through. We could be the one that God uses in order to pull somebody out of the dark. God guide us all! God bless you Msgr. Finn

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