Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink this Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 11:27

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Blessed Sacrament Church "I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh.

1 Blessed Sacrament Church "I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh." John 6:51-52 SCHEDULE OF MASSES LORD S DAY: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. HOLYDAYS: Vigil: 6:00 p.m. Holyday: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. WEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m. SATURDAYS: First Saturdays only: 8:00 a.m. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink this Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 11:27 BAPTISM: As part of the preparation process an interview with the Pastor and two instructional sessions are required. Please contact the rectory to schedule. ENGAGED COUPLES: Arrangements for your marriage must be made at least nine months in advance of the marriage date. NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you and ask that you register at the Rectory. We want to know and serve you! We hope that you will favor your parish with your prayers, your presence and your talents. Pastor Rev. Timothy J. Campoli Church Rectory 221 Federal Street 182 High Street Greenfield, MA Greenfield, MA blessedsacramentgreenfieldma.org (413) Deacon Calvary Cemetery Deacon John J. Leary Wisdom Way (413) (C) Greenfield deaconjohnleary@gmail.com Director of Organist Religious Education Choir Director Laurie Tilton Stephen Glover lltilton2@gmail.com Alternatives Pregnancy Center P. O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA Pregnancy Tests, Counseling and Support Services Post Abortion Support - (413) Natural Family Planning Hispanic Ministry Ed & Suzi Cottrill Sr. Caritina Olmos, M.P.S Sr. Rosa Torres, M.P.S Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place in the side chapel twenty-four hours a day, every day. All are welcome to come and worship and adore our Eucharistic Lord. Could you not watch one hour with Me? Matthew 26:40

Blessed Sacrament Church Greenfield, MA 01301 Weekend of November 21 & 22 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 TH (Fr.

16 TH St. Margaret of Scotland/St. Gertrude (Fr. Aksamit) 9:00 George Nardacci by Evelyn Luippold TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 TH St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Deacon Candidates) 9:00 Martin Leo & Frances B.

Zak by Jane Fay THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 TH (Deacon Nolan) 9:00 Elvena Blank by Family FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 TH (Deacon Leary) 9:00 Deceased members of the John E. Kiley Family SAT., NOV. 21 ST The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Fr.

22 ND Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Clergy in Purgatory) 8:00 Janet Penfield by Family 10:30 Janet Penfield by Family *************************************************** REMINDER:

2 Blessed Sacrament Church Greenfield, MA Weekend of November 21 & 22 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 TH (Fr. Reardon) 4:00 Campbell and Clark Families by Family SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 TH 33 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Msgr. Yargeau) 8:00 Ann LaFleur by Family 10:30 Janet Penfield by Family MONDAY, NOV. 16 TH St. Margaret of Scotland/St. Gertrude (Fr. Aksamit) 9:00 George Nardacci by Evelyn Luippold TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 TH St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Deacon Candidates) 9:00 Martin Leo & Frances B. Coyne WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 TH The Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul/ St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (Fr. Di Mascola) 9:00 Louis T. Zak by Jane Fay THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 TH (Deacon Nolan) 9:00 Elvena Blank by Family FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 TH (Deacon Leary) 9:00 Deceased members of the John E. Kiley Family SAT., NOV. 21 ST The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Fr. Bermudez) 4:00 Geraldine and John Klima by the Zilch Family SUN., NOV. 22 ND Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Clergy in Purgatory) 8:00 Janet Penfield by Family 10:30 Janet Penfield by Family *************************************************** REMINDER: Please join with us in praying the Rosary before each daily Mass at 8:15 a.m., before the 4:00 p.m. Saturday Mass and 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass. Confessions after each weekend Mass. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. All are invited to come and pray with us. Blessed Sacrament has a Prayer Chain which is available for anyone. To utilize the Prayer Chain simply contact Annette Canuel at or anet70@comcast.net with your petition. Sponsor Certificates - Many parishes require certificates of sponsorship for Godparents and Confirmation Sponsors. These will be issued only to those who are confirmed adult Catholics, registered in the parish, regular participants at Mass, validly married in the Church (if applicable) and providing for the religious education of their own children (if applicable). Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Saturday, November 21 4:00 Kerry Semaski Holly Elmer Bill Randall Francis Campbell Judie McCarthy Monica McCarthy Hannah Lively Joanne Yestramski Brian Luippold 8:00 David Murphy Kevin O Neil, Jr. Helen Shea Murphy Lionel Martin Ginger Baird Jim Podlesney Kevin O Neil Lynne Podlesney Liza O Neil 10:30 Deacon John Leary Judy Lapointe Donna Leary Bob O Connor Annette Canuel Marie Boynton Mary Jane Bardwell Suzanne Hunter Joyce Thibodo Poet s Seat Nursing Home: Lectors / Cantors: Lionel & Doris Martin Sat., Nov. 21 4:00 Jason Semaski / John Lively Sun., Nov. 22 8:00 Jae Helenek / Betsy Grybko 10:30 Mary Anne Duda / Karlena Henry Saturday, November 21 4:00 Luke Dillon, Siobhan Moore 8:00 Cody Podlesney, Sarah Podlesney, Alex Bacigalupo 10:30 Lauren Ross, Lillian Ross

3 November 15, 2015 Requiescat In Pace Rev. Earl A. Hebert Marielle L. Kordana For the Glory of God and in memory of Larry Jubb, Jr. a donation was made to Blessed Sacrament Church from Mary Frawley Heiser and Family. God Bless you! The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in memory/honor: Albert & Mildred LeBeau from Marie Boynton The Adoration Chapel Candles will burn this week in memory/honor of: 1.) Robert Thibodo from Wife 2.) Edward Peters from the Gebos Families 3.) Rosemary Duffey 4.) For Pope Francis and all Clergy Prayer Groups The Roses for Mary Prayer Group meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary Prayer Group meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the church sacristy. The format includes the Rosary, Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and Scripture reading. All are welcome. Mitten Tree Blessed Sacrament is sponsoring the Mitten Tree during Advent for the needy at Christmas time. Do you knit or crochet? Please start working on hats, scarves and warm socks. If you need yarn, there is a supply available in the sacristy. We will continue to make lap robes and to distribute them to area nursing homes. The robes are 30 x 36 and are knitted, crocheted or sewn. For info., call Annette Canuel at K of C Refundable Bottle and Can Drive The Knights of Columbus in Greenfield are having a refundable bottle and can drive to help support the different programs with which the Knights are involved. Drop off your clean bottles and cans at the rear entrance of the church in the barrel or at 18 Shattuck Street in Greenfield. Please call Jerry Ethier at or Jay Dillon at for pick-up. Christmas Wreath Sale A Christmas Wreath Sale will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Greenfield on Fri., Nov. 27 th and Sat., Nov. 28 th from 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and on Sat. and Sun. before and after the Masses. Wreath with bow - $15 / Decorated wreath - $ Proceeds to benefit Holy Trinity Church. St. Nicholas Day Bazaar Our Lady of Czestochowa Church annual St. Nicholas Day Bazaar will take place on Saturday, December 5 th starting at 9:00 a.m. Arts and crafts, Polish food sale, Chinese auctions, etc., will be featured. Please save that day for super bargains for your Christmas shopping. Anyone who would like to rent a table for this popular holiday event may call Shirley Webb at for information and to reserve a space. Catholic Cruise to the Caribbean Come and sail away on a 7-night Catholic Caribbean Cruise with Fr. Vicente Jazmines Dec. 5 th Dec. 12 th, 2015 on Holland America Westerdam out of Fr. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Fl. Ports of Call: Grand Turk Island, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI, Half Moon Cay Bahamas (Cruiseline Private Island). Prices begin at $1269 for two passengers which includes all port fees and taxes. Daily Mass offered. Deposits of only $350/person will reserve your cabin. Space is limited. For more info. or to register, contact Doug or Eileen at Doug@CatholicCruisesandTours.com. Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time First Communion Parent Meeting The Parent Meeting for First Communion families will be held on Sunday, November 15 th at 9:10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Rectory, 182 High Street. Holy Hour for the Sick and Dying A Holy Hour is observed each Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel at Blessed Sacrament Church. Included are the singing of hymns, recitation of the Rosary, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the Sick and the Dying. The hour concludes with Benediction. If you know of someone who is ailing and in need of special graces and prayer, come and spend an hour for his/her intention. Food Pantry Please remember to leave your non-perishable food donations at the doors of the church for our Food Pantry. We especially need peanut butter, ravioli, spaghetti sauce, cereal, hearty soup, canned beans, crackers/cookies, and jello/puddings. Thank you! Rosary and Novena The Rosary and Novena is prayed every evening in the Adoration Chapel during November at 7 p.m. for the Souls in Purgatory. We will pray especially for all of the deceased members of Blessed Sacrament Church and for your family members. Please join us to pray for these souls, and they when they reach Heaven, they will in turn intercede for you. Volunteer Cleaners - Adoration Chapel A great big thank you to the volunteers who came forward to help clean the Adoration Chapel once a month. May God Bless you for your kindness. We are still in need of more volunteers to help with the weekly cleaning. Four teams of volunteers help clean the Adoration Chapel once a month. The Adoration Chapel is open 24/7 and we clean it every Monday. It only requires about 30 minutes of your valuable time. The normal time for cleaning is from 7:00 a.m. to about 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. on Mondays. Please prayerfully consider helping us by volunteering for this important ministry. For more information and to sign up, please call Pat Earley at Thank you! World Youth Day - Kraków, Poland 2016 Join Bishop Mitchell Rozanski and Fr. Piotr Calik on a pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Kraków, Poland, July 22 August 3, Several sites important in the life of Pope St. John Paul II will be visited. For more information, contact Stacy Dibbern at or stacy.dibbern@diospringfield.org. Second Annual Purple Mass The second annual Purple Mass, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of St. Peter Claver, will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 at 4 p.m.at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. The Mass offers prayerful support and an increased awareness of Alzheimer s disease and other forms of dementia. All are welcome to attend this special Mass and a reception will follow the Mass with not only food but information about Alzheimer s disease. Is God Calling You? The moment of death provides the most beautiful experience of all: to be in God s immediate presence. Let the angels sing, the saints applaud. Let the heavens rejoice. Another person has fulfilled the vocation to be one with God forever. This beautiful experience will be ours when we are faithful to the vocation to which God calls us. If you feel God may be calling you to a religious vocation in His Church, contact Fr. Gary Dailey at g.dailey@diospringfield.org or Visit the website at

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852) Rose Philippine Duchesne grew up in the midst of the French Revolution and its religious inconveniences.

4 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne ( ) Rose Philippine Duchesne grew up in the midst of the French Revolution and its religious inconveniences. The daughter of a prominent civic leader of Grenoble, she entered the Visitation Order in 1788 despite her father's objections, but in 1792 she was ousted from the community when the French revolutionary government closed all convents. During the decade that followed, Rose, once more a laywoman willy-nilly, devoted her time to teaching poor children, nursing the sick, and sheltering priests pursued by the government. When the war subsided she gained possession of her former Visitandine Convent, hoping to re-establish it. This proved impossible because the sisters had been so widely scattered. Therefore, in 1804 she and some other women joined a new religious order lately founded by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Rose made her old convent available to Mother Barat, so it was reopened as the second house of the Sacred Heart nuns. Mother Duchesne soon became a leading figure in the new religious community. In 1815 she was given the task of opening its first Parisian convent. Four years later Mother Barat sent Rose Philippine and four other nuns to establish their first foundation in the New World at St. Charles, Missouri, then in the diocese of New Orleans. At St. Charles, Mother Duchesne opened the first free school west of the Mississippi. In 1819 she built another convent at Florissant, Mo. There she set up a second free parish school, a small orphanage, a school for Indian girls (which did not long survive), and a private boarding academy for girls. Florissant also became the novitiate for the Religious of the Sacred Heart. Gradually groups of nuns went forth to found new convents and schools across the U.S.A., including (1849, 1855) Rochester, New York. In 1827 Mother Rose accepted the invitation to establish a convent school in St. Louis itself. Mother Duchesne's earliest American years were therefore occupied mostly by administrative tasks. Only in 1840 did she achieve her dream to unshoulder these responsibilities and devote her time to teaching Indian girls. Now aged 71, she was assigned to teach in a school for Potawatomi Indians at Sugar Creek, Kansas. She stayed there only one year, however. Despite her good-will she could not learn the Potawatomi language. But she could and did aid the work by praying for her Indians. The Indians were aware of her devotion, and dubbed her, in praise, "The Woman Who Always Prays". It was during these last years that Rose reached the spiritual heights of a career that had always been devout. We must appreciate what a trial was Mother Duchesne's whole American venture. She arrived in America when already 50 years old, a highly cultured French woman who would always find Americans hard to understand. Her apostolate involved many trials: cold, yellow fever, slanders directed against her schools, disappointment with the Indian women, who were as much addicted to whiskey as the Indian men. But as an almost Franciscan devotee of poverty, she used these frustrations as means to achieve still greater detachment. During her last years her room was a tiny one without creature comforts: one window in which paper replaced the broken panes, a thin mattress laid out nightly on the floor for a bed, one old coarse blanket as a coverlet. While these austerities were private, their result was not. The famous Jesuit missionary, Father Pierre DeSmit, would say at her death, "No greater saint ever died in Missouri, or perhaps in the whole Union." As she lay dead in 1852, her nuns had a daguerreotype photo taken of Rose Philippine "in case she may one day be canonized." Pius XII did declare her "blessed" in 1940, and Pope John Paul II canonized her on July 3, Her feast day is November Father Robert F. McNamara

5 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary By Fr. Samuel Medley, SOLT HYTHE, KENT, UK (Catholic Online) - Today is the memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which, by an ancient custom, we celebrate the mystery that the Blessed Virgin Mary was marvelously prepared to receive the coming of Jesus Christ by being presented to God in the temple by her parents at a very young age to hasten the coming of the Messiah. This feast happens every year immediately before Advent, an entire season when we focus on preparing the way for the Lord. The last two weeks of the Church's year the readings and liturgy are all about the final coming of God to consummate the ages with God's final victory over evil and judgment over all mankind. The readings for today reveal this. The first reading, taken from the book of Revelation, or the Apocalypse, speaks about the vision of God in heaven, where all will prostrate themselves before the majesty and sovereignty of the Lord. Throughout the Church's year we do not look at Jesus as the Just Judge, the perfect and all-holy One. We look at him rather as the Crucified One, the meek and persecuted Lord, who comes to us in gentleness and in peace, knocking quietly at the door of our hearts. These last two weeks of the Church's year, however, we see his power, might, authority, and elevation over all, to remind us that the time will come when we will all have to render an account to the one who scrutinizes all our actions. The Gospel also speaks about the Second Coming of Christ. It is a parable that shows that the master has gone away but will return and expect an accounting of the gifts that he has generously given. We hear from the Lord Jesus those exacting words, "to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." This means that we cannot allow the gifts of God to sit on the shelf but must act and bring about a return for what has been given. If you hear these words with faith, the normal reaction is to have your knees knock a little bit, to have a little holy fear, and to ask the question, "What am I doing for God, and what gifts has he given me that he will expect a return?" No human person has been given more than the Blessed Virgin Mary. She, unlike every other human person, was conceived without original sin. Great wisdom is given to us when we ponder how then she was prepared to give this gift back to God. Just as the Blessed Virgin Mary was prepared to give the gift of her life back to God in the temple by meditating on the Word of God and participation in the temple liturgy, we are prepared in a most excellent way to give our gifts back to God by the Word of God and by participation in the Sacred Liturgy of the Church, especially the Most Holy Eucharist, which is the source, summit, and center, of all the gifts that we have been given. The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us (1324), "The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch." The Eucharist not only is the source and summit of all gifts, but THE greatest gift we can receive. It is safe therefore to assume, that if you go to Mass frequently and participate devoutly in the mystery, you have been richly endowed with the greatest gift possible on earth - receiving God himself. Make you tremble even more? Yep it is a bit scary knowing that your faith makes you more accountable, but be not afraid! God would never give you this gift without helping you to make it fruitful. The best way to give this gift back to God is through the prayers, intercession, and motherly mediation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Just as she was presented to God in the temple by her parents to prepare her for giving Christ to the world, so too, the Blessed Virgin Mary presents you in the Church to God to give the gift of your life back to him. May her prayers and intercession help us to respond generously to the call of the Lord that on that great and terrible day of reckoning we may be able to offer a good accounting of our gifts.

Christ the King. Could you not watch one hour with Me? Matthew 26:40

Christ the King. Could you not watch one hour with Me? Matthew 26:40 Blessed Sacrament Church "I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh." John 6:51-52 SCHEDULE OF MASSES LORD