LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Mass: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am Wednesday: 10:30am Weekend Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am

OFFICE HOURS: Monday—friday, 8:30am –4:00pm

2275 Diamond Avenue NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Telephone: (616) 361-7339 Fax: (616) 361-1327 E-Mail: church@bsacrament.net www.bsacrament.net

Fr. George Darling, Pastor

FINANCE COUNCIL Charlie Goode, Chair. Jim Wila, Vice Chair.

Tim Callery Tammy Chartier

Bob Dean Jim Frey

Beth Eliopoulos Barb Lawrence

Terry Staskey

PASTORAL COUNCIL Dan Armock, Chair. Laura Ellis Mary Kahnoski Jeremy Reed Brian Schaab Kathy Schwartz Joe Townshend Scott Ware Donna Wrona

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 3:30 pm or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parish registration of six months is required. Preparation session required. Contact the parish office for details. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact the parish office a minimum of six months prior to the preferred wedding date. Marriage preparation sessions are required.

PARISHIONER MEMBERSHIP New members are always welcome to our Parish. Parish-ioner status is maintained by registration in the parish, active participation in weekend liturgies and full par-ticipation in the parish stewardship program. All family members 18 years and older should be individually registered with the parish. Parish membership and participation is required of those desiring the Sacraments of Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation and Matrimony.

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BY GEORGE….

Sat, Apr 7 VIGIL: 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER

4:30 pm Ken, Jean & Emmit Amidon; Leo Boruta Sun, Apr 8 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER 9:00 am Tony Hehl; Fr. John Wisnesski 11:00 am Parish Family Mon, Apr 9 THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD **No Mass** Tues, Apr 10 EASTER WEEKDAY 8:30 am Mitchell Paniwozik Wed, Apr 11 ST. STANISLAUS, BISHOP 10:30 am Fr. Tom Schiller Thurs, Apr 12 EASTER WEEKDAY **No Mass** Fri, Apr 13 EASTER WEEKDAY **No Mass** Sat, Apr 14 VIGIL: 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER 4:30 pm Art Choma; Gene Borek Sun, Apr 15 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER 9:00 am Fr. John Wisneski; Ken Nikodemski & Mary Vierheilig 11:00 am Parish Family

PASTORAL TEAM Father George E. Darling, Pastor…..…father@bsacrament.net

Lori Borek, Parish Secretary…………church@bsacrament.net

Mary Bristol, Business Manager…...mbristol@bsacrament.net

Jody DeGraw, Dir of Religious Education ….jdegraw@bsacrament.net Vicki Glynn, Religious Ed. Asst….…...vglynn@bsacrament.net

Marie LeMire, Ministry to the Sick & Elderly ….mlemire@bsacrament.net

Michael Debri, Principal ASA….……………..mdebri@asagr.org

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of April 8, 2018 Sunday 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 Monday The Annunciation of the Lord Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday St. Stanislaus, Bishop Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 189-10; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48

Mass Schedule

STEWARDSHIP - Week ending March 31 & April 1

Week 40/52 Adult Envelopes (258 used) $14,608.60 Automatic Envelopes (31 used) 1,367.50 Youth 86.18 Loose Stewardship 1,472.68 Total Stewardship this week $17,534.96

YTD $595,633.56 Budget YTD $596,153.85 Last YTD $595,857.06

5% Tithe this week $876.75 YTD Tithe $29,781.68

I recently received the following thank you letters for a recent Dea-con George Social Justice Fund donation to the Children's Healing Center: "Dear Father George, On behalf of our families at the Children's Healing Center we would like to thank you for your generous donation. We will use this money wisely and spend it on programs for our members. In two weeks we have our Spring Break camps. Our children cannot go away for the holiday, but they can come play at our safe, germ-free facility. What a blessing your Church, Blessed Sacrament is to us. Thanks again, Deb and the CHC Staff"

and

"Dear Fr. George Darling and Blessed Sacrament Parish, We want to express our appreciation for your gift of $2,000. We are grateful for your generosity and thoughtfulness! Since opening our doors in 2015, we have welcomed over 615 members resulting in a whopping 201,749 minutes of play. That's a lot of giggles, games, art projects and fun! Our programming has seen incredible growth as we continue to fill a gap in the continuum of care available to kids with compromised immune systems. One parent says, 'we loved our first day. It's a great place to bring siblings - my active and healthy two-year-old had spent the greater part of the last 8 months being isolated. I wish we could've found it sooner. Our days revolved around hospital visits and it will be good to add something fun to our schedule.' With your support, we continue our mission in giving kids with weak immune systems a clean, safe place to play. With Gratitude, Melissa Black and the Children's Healing Center Family" As we have come to the end of the month of March we have also come to the end of the third quarter of our present fiscal year. That means it is once again time to distribute the tithing funds. If you would like to nominate a charity to be the recipient of a grant remember that it must be an organization that is involved outside of the Parish in the works of social justice, and it cannot be involved in any type of activity which is contrary to the teachings or practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Applications for nominations can be found in the stewardship tower in the Church narthex, on the Parish web site, or contact Lori in the Parish Office and she can provide you with one either by email, U.S. Postal Mail, or you can pick up one in person from her. The deadline for nominations will be Sunday, April 29.

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2233 Diamond Ave./364-9453 4 Mile Rd./363-7725

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Would you like to help All Saints Academy just by shopping in our neighborhood? Any time you make a qualifying purchase at one of our Community Partner businesses, they’ll rebate a portion of your pur-chase to ASA. Just tell them that you’re part of the All Saints Academy family, and either call us (364-9453) or email us (jmatlak@asagr.org) at the school office and tell us you spent money with one of our Partners. You’ll get a great, “neighborhood” deal and our students will benefit! See our website (click on Community Partners) for more information.

Current Community Partners Bastien Chiropractic Carstar Cornerstone Companies Realty Dale Gould Insurance Decker & Sons Appliances DeGraaf Interiors Den Ketelaar Plumbing DeVries Jewelers Frey Family Dentistry Green Home Cleaning & Restoration Heritage Auto Service Center Herremans Orthodontics Hoogerhyde Safe & Lock Kroon & Mitchell Asset Management Lake Michigan Electric Northwoods Audio & Video Schaafsma Heating & Cooling Stonesthrow Furniture Tony Betten & Sons Ford Turning Point Builders Van Andel & Flikkema Chrysler/Jeep Village Motor Sports Weatherhead & Sons West Michigan Band & Instruments Woodland Travel Center

You can make your CSA dona-tion online by visiting our parish website. On the main page there is a link to the Diocese of Grand Rapids website. Go to that link and it will tell you how to make your donation. Don’t forget to reference Blessed Sacrament when filling out the form.

~This Week in our Parish~

Sun/Apr 8: 12:00pm Adult Choir rehearsal, Church MPR Mon/Apr 9: 11:00am Book Club, Church MPR 7:00pm Knights of Columbus, Conference Room Tues/Apr 10: 9:15am-3pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Church 9:15am Adult Bible Study, Church MPR 6:00pm Zumba, Family Center 6:20-6:50pm Honor Choir rehearsal, Church MPR 6:50-7:20pm Children’s Choir rehearsal, Church MPR Thurs/Apr 12: 6:30pm Religious Ed Class, school classrooms Sun/Apr 15: 6:30pm Confirmation Class, Church MPR

Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is Weath-erhead & Sons. Please see this

ad on the back of the bulletin.

These advertisers help to defray all publishing costs which the Church would otherwise incur. Please pat-ronize the sponsors on the back of this bulletin and thank them for their kind generosity.

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~ Homebound Parishioner of the Week

Euchre Night/Potluck

Join us on Saturday, April 28th, from 5:30-9pm in the Church multi-purpose room. There will be a Pot-luck dinner starting at 5:30pm and then Euchre begins are 6:30pm. Invite your family and friends! If you do not have a partner, we will find one for you. For more information or any questions, please contact Marie LeMire, 361-7339 or mlemire@bsac rament.net.

The family of Gene Borek would like to extend our sincere thanks to the parish family of Blessed Sacrament for all the support, prayers and many cards sent to the family during this difficult time. Our thanks and grati-tude to Fr. George for helping us cele-brate Gene’s life in a most memorable way. For the beautiful music played and sung at his Funeral Mass, a big thank you to Katie Jandernoa and Mary Frey. Also, thank you to the la-dies of the Funeral committee for a wonderful luncheon. We can’t thank all of you enough for the part you played in helping us say goodbye to our husband and dad.

Save the Date

The dates for this year’s Vacation Bible School are June 25th thru the 28th, 9:30am to 12:00pm. Please see next week’s bulletin for more information about how to register.