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The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 20th, 2016

Church

of the

Blessed Sacrament

Manhattan

Rev. John P. Duffell, Pastor Rev. D’Angelo Jimenez, Parochial Vicar Rev. Ernest Izummuo, Sunday Associate

Rev. James O’Shea, CP, Sunday Associate Tina Silvestro, Director of Religious Education

Caroline Sliney, School Principal

CHURCH: 152 West 71st Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10023 Ph: 212-877-3111 SCHOOL: 147 West 70th Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10023 .Ph: 212-724-7561 MASSES:

Fax: 212-799-6233 Fax: 212-724-0735

NEW PARISHIONERS:

www.blessedsacramentnyc.org www.sblsnyc.org

SUNDAY Masses: Sat. evening at 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:30, 10:00 (Family Mass) 11:15 (Spanish), 12:30 (choir) & 5:30PM WEEKDAYS: 7:30 AM; 12:10 PM; 5:30 PM SATURDAYS: 7:30 AM, 12:10 PM HOLY DAYS & EVES. OF HOLY DAYS: As Announced.

BAPTISM:

Arrangements must be made at the Rectory. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics. Parents, and also godparents when possible, must attend the Pre-Baptismal conference which is held on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm in the rectory.

CONFESSIONS: Saturday afternoons 4:30 to 5:15 pm, and anytime at the Rectory.

MARRIAGES: Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance at the rectory to ensure the date and the hour desired. The Nuptial Mass is the ordinary form of celebrating Christian marriage, and should be strongly considered when making Wedding plans. Attendance at the Pre-Cana Conferences, or the equivalent, is required by the Archbishop.

PARISH BOUNDARIES: Central Park West to the Hudson River, from the South side of 77th Street down to the North side of 65th Street.

We welcome new parishioners, and invite them to register at the Rectory. The registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of our parish. If you move to another Parish, or change your address within the Parish, please notify us.

FATIMA DEVOTIONS: The Rosary is said daily after the 12:10 pm Mass. Friday from 6-7 pm there is a holy hour.

BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: First Friday - Exposition: 12:35 pm. Adoration: All day; Benediction: 5:15 PM.

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: Mondays, before the 12:10 Mass and before the 5:30 pm Mass.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS:

Classes in Religion for Catholic children/teenagers, Pre- kindergarten - High School take place on Sundays. The Family Mass begins at 10:00 a.m. in the Church followed by class instruction in the school. Ongoing religious education is important for the religious development of your children. A child must have at least one year of religious instruction before enrolling in the First Communion or Confirmation class. Sunday School Website: www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org


PARISH NEWS Dear Parishioners and Friends, Thanksgiving Day Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM. That will be the only Mass of the day, however, the church will remain open during the day for personal prayer. The Rectory will be closed Thursday and reopen Friday. This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, wherein we renew our desire to make Jesus lord of our hearts and of the world. It is his Spirit that renews the face of the earth, and it is that same Spirit we call upon as we struggle to be loving and just citizens of this nation and world. The co-chair of our parish Pastoral Council and chair of our parish Social Action Committee, Luke Mayville, recently wrote a letter to committee members and others. With his permission I offer it in place of my weekly Bulletin column. Darkness, Light, and Hope On Tuesday night, President Obama attempted to console the nation by reassuring us that the sun would still rise in the morning. But many of us woke up in the dark. On Wednesday morning it felt as if we had suddenly shifted from a sunny nation, run by an enlightened, dignified, and humane President, to an utterly dark and dystopian future, a country represented and ruled by a man who has denigrated women and the disabled; who has disregarded the most basic norms of civility; who has called for a ban of all Muslims from entering America; who has called immigrants rapists and who has described climate change as a hoax. And yet, if it feels that the light has suddenly gone out, and that we have entered a new age of darkness, it is important to recognize that our nation was not all sunlight before Tuesday. In so many ways, we’ve been in the dark all along. To give one glaring example, when our prison system is compared to those of other countries, it becomes clear that we are by far the most punitive of any major democratic nation. We account for only 5% of the world’s population, but we lock up 25% of the world’s prisoners. Even our white incarceration rate is about 2.5 times the rate of the most punitive countries in Western Europe. Meanwhile, our black incarceration rate is a staggering 2,300 per 100,000, far exceeding the incarceration rate of the Soviet Union at the height of Stalin’s gulags. For anyone captured in the web of our prison system, America was a dark place long before Tuesday, and it remains dark today. Much the same could be said of so many other injustices: child hunger, opioid addiction, and environmental degradation, to name a few. All of this is to say that we have lived amidst darkness before. We face some grave new challenges now that we didn’t face just days ago. There are new threats to things we cherish that we will need to recognize and vigorously resist. But our condition this week is not fundamentally different than it was last week. The question might be more urgent now, but it is the same as it has always been: How can one live amidst so much darkness without losing hope? The first part of my answer is simply to say that, for all of the darkness, there is still so much light in this country. The United States has aspired to be the “Shining City on a Hill,” a beacon of light and hope for the world. Perhaps we never fully deserved that mantle, and it may be that Tuesday’s election has made that aspiration impossible for the time being. But for all of the bleak realities we face, there remains so much in this country that is good and beautiful. I was stunned to silence by Tuesday night’s news, but I was stunned in a different way on Wednesday morning by the beauty of the Nature Sanctuary in Central Park. It was as if the colors of the leaves were

changing before my eyes. Dew from the rain hovered over the pond while cormorants and geese dashed in and out of the water. I was inspired to write a list of things I love about this country: New England foliage, the Sierra Nevada, Grand Central Station, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson, Shakespeare Festivals, Redwood trees, small businesses, teachers, soup kitchens, Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day, Abraham Lincoln, pocket Constitutions, the way we’ve committed to our young by building community colleges and public universities that are the envy of the world; the way we’ve affirmed the dignity of our elderly by enacting Medicare and Social Security. It is true that there is profound darkness in this country. There is injustice and ugliness of such scale that the good and beautiful things are sometimes difficult to perceive. But there remains so much wonder and light. If you doubt this, take a moment to list the things you cherish. Most important of all, there is us. As my wife reminded me Wednesday morning, it is we, the members of the body of Christ, who have been called by the Sermon on the Mount to be the light of the world. Where others might find only despair in darkness, we find hope. We recognize the darkness of this world, and we confess that we ourselves are often complicit in that darkness. But it is an article of our faith that darkness will one day vanish, and that one day we will live in the perfect light of God. This is what Kierkegaard meant when he said “faith sees best in the dark.” In God there is no darkness. This is what enables us, as people of faith who have brought God into our hearts, to live in hope even in the midst of darkness, and to strive to bring light to a darkened world. This is what will give me hope in the months and years ahead. And this is what gives me renewed resolve to continue working with you all to build a community of love and light. God Bless, Luke

BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL Applications are currently being accepted for the School of the Blessed Sacrament Early Childhood Program. Interested families should visit our website www.sblsnyc.org or contact Julie Park by phone (646-998-3037) or email ([email protected]). The next opportunity to visit our school will be on Tuesday, December 6th at our Touring Tuesday.

NOVEMBER GAY FELLOWSHIP MEETING Please join us after the 5:30PM Mass this Sunday, November 20th, for our monthly Gay Fellowship meeting. The meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of the rectory from 6:45PM-8:00PM. The group is a safe and comfortable place to share and meet other LGBT Catholics. All parishioners are welcome. For more information, please call John Gasdaska at 646-345-7350 or Chris Williams at 304-377-1252.


NOTICIAS PARROQUIALES Queridos Feligreses y Amigos; La Misa del Día de Acción de Gracias será celebrada a las 10:30AM. Será la única Misa del día pero la iglesia estará abierta todo el día . La Rectoría estará cerrada el jueves y reabrirá el viernes. Este domingo celebramos la Fiesta de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo, día en que tratamos de renovar nuestro deseo de hacer de Jesus el dueño de nuestros corazones y del mundo. Es su espíritu el que renueva cada día el rostro del universo, y es el mismo espíritu al que acudimos cuando luchamos por ser buenos y justos ciudadanos de esta nación y del mundo. Luke Melville, miembro de nuestro Consejo Pastoral y del Comité de Accion Social, escribió recientemente una carta a los miembros de estos grupos así como a otras personas. Con el permiso de Luke, se la ofrezco en lugar de mi boletín semanal. Oscuridad, Luz, y Esperanza. El martes en la noche el Presidente Obama trató de consolar la nación asegurándonos que el sol aun brillaría la próxima mañana. Pero muchos de nosotros despertamos en la oscuridad. y el miércoles por la mañana sentimos que habíamos cambiado de ser una nación soleada , administrada por un Presidente digno, inteligente y humano a un futuro completamente oscuro, a un país representado y administrado por un hombre que ha denigrado a las mujeres y a los descapacitados; sin respeto a las normas mas básicas de civilidad; que ha llamado a prohibir la entrada de los musulmanes a nuestro país; que ha catalogado a los inmigrantes como violadores y que ha declarado que el cambio climático no es mas que un engaño. Pero si sentimos que la luz de momento se ha apagado y que hemos entrado en una era de oscuridad, es importante reconocer que no todo antes del martes era soleado. En alguna forma hemos estado en la oscuridad por mucho tiempo. Les doy un ejemplo: cuando comparamos nuestro sistema carcelario con otros países, tenemos el mas fuerte entre todas las naciones democráticas. Somos solo el 5% de la población mundial, pero tenemos en la carcel el 25% de los prisioneros en el mundo. La tasa de individuos blancos en la carcel es 2.5% mas que en aquellos países mas gravosos en la Europa Occidental. Mientras tanto la tasa de individuos negros en nuestras carceles es 2,300 personas de cada 100,000, excediendo así la tasa de encarcelados en los campos de la Union Sovietica durante la era de Stalin. Para aquellos envueltos en la red de nuestro sistema penitenciario America era un lugar muy oscuro mucho antes del martes, y continua oscuro al día de hoy. Lo mismo se puede decir de otras tantas injusticias: niños hambrientos, el consumo de drogas, la degradación del medio ambiente, por nombrar solo algunas. Todo esto nos indica que anteriormente hemos vivido en la oscuridad. Nos enfrentamos ahora a desafíos que no teníamos hace unos días. Hay nuevas amenazas a ciertas cosas que deberemos reconocer y tratar de resistir. Pero nuestra situación esta semana no es fundamentalmente diferente de lo que era la semana pasada. La cuestión es ahora mas urgente, pero es lo que siempre ha sido. Como se puede vivir en tanta oscuridad sin perder la esperanza? La primera parte de mi respuesta es simplemente decir que no importa lo oscuro que parezca, aun hay mucha luz en nuestra nación. Los Estados Unidos siempre han aspirado a ser la “Ciudad que Brilla en la Colina.” A lo mejor nunca merecimos ese manto, y puede ser que el resultado de la elección del martes haga por el momento imposible esta aspiración. Pero a pesar de la realidad desoladora a la que nos enfrentamos, aun queda mucho en nuestro país que es bueno y maravilloso. Fue un gran sorpresa para mi la noticia del martes en la noche. Pero estuve aun mas sorprendido cuando el miércoles por la mañana observé la belleza del Santuario Natural en Central Park. Fue como si los colores de las hojas cambiaran antes mis ojos.. El rocío se apoyaba en el estanque mientras los gansos y cormorán entraban y salían del agua. Tuve la inspiración de escribir una lista de las cosas que amo de este país: el foliage de Nueva Inglaterra, la Sierra Nevada, la estación de Grand Central, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson, el festival de Shakespeare,

los arboles Secoya, los pequeños negocios, maestros, comedores públicos, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Abraham Lincoln, la forma en que nos preocupamos por nuestra juventud estableciendo colegios comunitarios y universidades publicas que son la envidia mundial; y como afirmamos la dignidad de nuestros mayores a través de Medicare y la Seguridad Social. Es una realidad que existe una oscuridad profunda en nuestro país. Hay injusticia y fealdad de tal magnitud que lo bueno y maravilloso son difíciles de percibir. Pero todavía queda mucha luz. Y si aun dudan, tomen un momento y hagan una lista de lo que de verdad aprecian. Y lo mas importante de todo, estamos nosotros. Mi esposa me recordó el miércoles por la mañana que somos nosotros, como parte del cuerpo de Cristo quienes hemos sido llamados por el Sermón de la Montaña a ser la luz del mundo. Mientras otros encuentran desesperación en la oscuridad, nosotros encontramos la esperanza. Después de todo, es un articulo de nuestra fe que la oscuridad desaparecerá un día y que a partir de ese día viviremos en la luz perfecta del Señor. Esto es lo que Kierkegaard quiso decir cuando menciono que “la fe ve mejor en la oscuridad.” En Dios no hay tinieblas. Esto es lo que nos permite como personas de fe que hemos recibido a Dios en nuestros corazones vivir con esperanza en los peores momentos y el tratar de traer luz a un mundo ensombrecido. Es también lo que me dará la esperanza en los meses y años a venir. Y es lo que me da la determinación a continuar trabajando con ustedes para construir una comunidad de amor y luz. Dios los bendiga. Luke Una Comunidad de Católicos Romanos de Discípulos de Cristo Nosotros Acogemos. Nosotros Adoramos. Nosotros Anunciamos. En muchos años, nuestra Comunidad Hispana ha acogido a gente y familias de muchos poblados de New York para celebrar el regalo más preciado que tenemos: La Eucaristía, compartiendo el Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo. Desde este regalo, estamos atentos a la Santa Palabra de Dios y como testigos anunciamos su poderosa salvación. Nuestra comunidad de fe consiste en gente de más de siete (7) naciones de Latinoamérica. Estamos agradecidos con Dios, y expresamos nuestra gratitud sirviéndonos unos a otros con amor. Muchos de ellos quienes sirven en nuestra comunidad participando en la Santa Eucaristía como Monaguillos, Lectores, Ministros de la Santa Comunión, Cantando en el Coro y dando la bienvenida como ministros de hospitalidad. Los Sacramentos de Iniciación Cristiana En nuestra comunidad ofrecemos en español la formación y celebración de los Sacramentos de Bautismo y Matrimonio. Para los Sacramentos de Reconciliación contacte a Padre Dangelo Jimenez [email protected] Si desea tener mayor información. Para información acerca de la Comunidad Hispana, saber de cómo unirse a nuestra Iglesia o si esta interesado en la preparación de nuestras actividades Pastorales favor comunicarse al mismo email. Misa en Español – Segundo y Cuarto Miércoles del Mes a las 7:00pm, Domingo a las 11:15am Talleres de formación en sacramentos – Segundo y Cuarto miércoles a las 8:00pm en la rectoría. La próxima misa será el dia 30 de noviembre. "Las obras de misericordia despiertan en nosotros la exigencia y la capacidad de hacer de viva y operante la Fe con la caridad. Estoy convencido que a través de estos simples gestos cotidianos podemos cumplir una verdadera revolución cultural como lo ha sido en el pasado".

Papa Francisco


Finance Committee Corner

Last Sunday $9,254 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $4,028.5 was received through Parish

Pay, for a total of $13,282.5. Our average weekly operating budget is $15,000. Thank you for so generously giving to

our regular collection.

Esquina Financiera La suma de la colecta durante las Misas del domingo pasado fue $9,254. Recibimos $4,028.5 a través de Parish Pay para un total de $13,282.5. Nuestro presupuesto de operación

semanal promedio es $15,000. Gracias por dar tan generosamente a nuestra colección regular.

ANNUAL NEW YORK CARES COAT DRIVE On behalf of the needy within our local community, members of the Social Action and Youth Adults Committees will be accepting used-coat donations at the entrance to the church before each of the Masses on the weekend of December 10th and 13th. Coats for adults and children should be “gently used”, just cleaned and in fair condition or better.

JESSE TREE The JoyJ Initiative will again this year host the Jesse Tree for our Homeless Outreach, which will be held in January, 2017. We will be requesting new items including McDonald or Subway gift cards; hats; gloves; scarves; warm socks; and sweatshirts. If you cannot provide an item, please consider a cash donation instead. Thank you. We will be collecting the items or donation in the vestibule of the Church on Saturday, December 17th and Sunday December 18th. God bless you for your generosity and Merry Christmas!

POT LUCK DINNER On Monday November 21 at 7pm, you are invited to join the Social Action Committee for a potluck dinner and conversation in honor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the patron saint of indigenous peoples. Please bring a dish to share if you can (though no one will be turned away). Enter at 152 W 71nd St. For more information, contact Sara at: (925) 528-9978.

YOUTH CHOIR Children (from grade 3 up) and Teenagers are invited to JOIN the CHRISTMAS EVE YOUTH CHOIR which sings at the 5:30 pm Christmas Eve Family Mass. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 4-5 pm in the Church NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 21. The Parent Permission Form to sign up can be found on the Sunday School website under the YOUTH CHOIR tab. (www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org) or you can pick up the form at the rectory office. Please call Tina Silvestro if you need more information 212-877-3111.

ADVENT SIMPLE SUPPERS Please join us during the 4 Wednesdays during Advent: Nov 30th, Dec 7th, Dec 14th and Dec 21st for prayer and meditation followed by a light dinner of soup, salad and bread. Prayers begin promptly at 7pm in the dining room of the rectory. It’s a wonderful and contemplative way to prepare for Christmas. We hope to see you there. For more information please call/ email Chris Williams 304-337-1252/ [email protected] or John Gasdaska 646-345-7350/ [email protected] SPIRIT SUNDAY Please join us 12/4 following the 5:30PM Mass (in the parish hall below the church) for the first Fall Spirit Sunday. Appetizers, drinks, and a whole lot of Spirit will be served! Join us for a drink, a bite, and some friendly fellowship. If you have any questions or would like to be part of the planning for Spirit Sunday, please contact John Gasdaska at 646-345-7350.

Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Eve Service Wednesday, November 23 at 7:00 pm Church of St. Paul & St Andrew (86th Street & West End Avenue) Hosted by Church of St Paul & St Andrew and Congregation B’nai Jeshurun All Welcome! Sponsored by the West Side Clergy Offering will be taken for the West Side Campaign Against Hunger Reception will follow

ST. NICHOLAS INTERNATIONAL FEST! December 6th is the Feast of St. Nicholas. On Sunday December 4th, therefore, we would like to make our regular Coffee Hour a bit more festive to help prepare us for the coming days of Christmas. Christ came for all people, and here at Blessed Sacrament, we are a wonderfully diverse community. To celebrate our richness, we will host an international food fest. Local eateries are graciously donating food, but we would love it if you were able to bring a dish representing your particular culture. Those interested in helping please contact James Palazza at 646.456.8878 OR [email protected]

Saturday Evening, November 19th

5:30 Giuseppe & Rosa Ianni +

Sunday, November 20th 8:30 Intentions of Eileen Cullen 10:00 Lin Cho Tom +

11:15 Joseph E. Caceres III + 12:30 Lizandro Rivera Tapia & Juana Moreno de Rivera + 5:30 Catheryn Arcomano +

Monday, November 21st 7:30 Joseph Kim +

12:10 Joachim Kim + 5:30 Helena Choe +

Tuesday, November 22nd 7:30 Eduardo & Fernando Pando + 12:10 Eileen Knauf Foley + 5:30 For the Children ofNikola & Melissa Simic +

Wednesday, November 23rd 7:30 Margaret Finlay Celentano + 12:10 For the Siblings of Nikola & Melissa Simic + 5:30 Intentions of Thomas Middelhoff

Thursday, November 24th – Thanksgiving Day

10:30

Mara Magnozzi +

Friday, November 25th

7:30

12:10

5:30

Donna DeSolis +

Marilyn Waters +

Intentions of Thomas Middelhoff

Saturday, November 26th

7:30 12:10

Maria Castillo + The Murphy Families +


If you have not registered in the parish and attend our mass regularly, please fill the following form out and return it to the Rectory office. All information will be kept confidential

What is Parish Pay? With ParishPay, it’s simple to make online donations to Blessed Sacrament using a credit or debit card. Simply go online at www.parishpay.com or call 1866-727-4741 ext.1 and--just like your monthly mortgage or other bills--the money will simply be debited from your account and go directly to Blessed Sacrament.

Weekly EM and Lector Schedule Saturday, Nov. 19 5:30 pm

1st Kimberley Orman

2nd Elizabeth Hutton POF CJ Groeschke

EM

Joe Tessitore, Ben V., CJ Groeschke

Sunday, Nov. 20 8:30 am 1st Clare Bush 2nd Brendan Contant POF Thomas Caffrey

EM

Louella Prince, Eileen Simpson, Clare Bush, Brendan Contant, Thomas Caffrey

10:00 am 1st Belinda de la Cruz 2nd Jillian MacDonald POF Eddie Litton

EM

Joan Tedeschi, Julie Tom, Anna-Sophia Leone, Eddie Litton, Belinda de la Cruz, Shirley Rodriguez, Mary Bradley

12:30 pm 1st Ingrid Leacock 2nd Francesca DiPaola POF Loretta Edmonds

EM

Ingrid Leacock, Francesca DiPaola, Elsa Alvarez, Lidia Stempien, Raul Garcia-Moncada

5:30 pm 1st Louise Ulman 2nd Matthew Sitman POF Kathleen LaMagna EM Rob Porell, Helena Maria Lim, Tiffany Riady,

Kathleen LaMagna, John Gasdaska, Elisa Dragu, Ellen Koneck

NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION FORM

Date Your Name Your Spouses Name (Only if BOTH are Registering) Address Apt. # City State Zip Telephone Email Your Occupation Your Spouses Occupation How should we address you? (Check One) Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Would you like to receive weekly offering envelopes? Yes No

If not, would you like us to sign you up for ParishPay?

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