BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH CHURCH 4540 El Cerrito Dr. San Diego, CA 92115 Parish Office-Rectory: 619-582-5722 Parish Website: www.blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Parish Office Email: jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org SCHOOL 4551 56th Street San Diego, CA 92115 School Website: www.bsps-sd.org School Office: 619-582-3862 Principal: Anne Egan Parish ID # for United Way Contributions....9753 Pastor: Rev. Jon Kirby, SVD MASSES: ~ Saturday: 8:00AM: 5:00 PM (Sunday Obligation) ~ Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM Coffee & Donuts after Sunday morning Masses ~ Weekdays: Tuesday-Friday 8:00 AM Mondays: Communion Service 8:00AM Only - beginning Aug. 8 ~ Holy Days & Special Services: (as announced) RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 4:00 PM NOVENA: Tuesdays after the 8:00 AM Mass Sacramental Preparation BAPTISM INFORMATION: 619-582-5722 RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults): Church Office 619-582-5722 Sara Dickman 619-840-2983 CONFIRMATION (Teens): 619-582-5722 FAITH FORMATION: for grades 1-8 619-582-5722 Natalie Kathol, Coordinator SDSU NEWMAN CENTER: www.sdsucatholic.org or (619) 583-9181 MARRIAGES:.619-582-5722 Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before date of marriage.
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish Community September 4, 2016 Quarters & Cans Collection This Weekend All quarters & designated monies will be given to Blessed Sacrament Cares for Kids. Cares for Kids provides for the less fortunate in our local hospitals: layettes for premature babies, newborns to 9 months babies & shrouds for deceased infants. All Non-Perishable Food & Personal Care Items will be given to Catholic Charities College Area Center. They serves over 600 families each month, 35% are children. Education about food resources, emergency food, food stamp application & recertification assistance & advocacy services are provided. Please be generous. Thank you for your continued support! Please bring your bags to the altar after the Bread and Wine are presented. Welcome Fr. Jon - Meet & Greet Sunday, Sept. 11 ~ Parish Hall after 8am & 10am masses Join us in welcoming Fr. Jon to Refreshments will be served Sponsor by: Women s Club, Knights of Columbus, and Blessed Sacrament Parish School. Fr. Jon & Bibliodrama Fr. Kirby is a certified psychodramatist and trainer. Besides expertise in group psychotherapy, his certification also includes skills in Bibliodrama, Sociodrama and culture-drama something Fr. Kirby invented to facilitate intercultural and interreligious dialogue. Beginning in October, he will offer a series of Bibliodrama sessions to BSP parishioners. Leading up to this, there will be short descriptions every week in the bulletin. Participants are limited to 20 so please sign up at the parish office for this wonderful source of insight, inspiration and spiritual growth. For more information see this website: www.spiritualityandculture.com. School (Transitional Kindergarten thru grade 8) NOW ENROLLING Interested in our parish school - call the school office (619) 582-3862 or visit our website at www.bsps-sd.org A Community of Faith, Leadership & Service! Small Class Sizes - Come Grow With Us! Fr. Jon s Interculturality Ministry Fr. Jon will travel to the Gulf Coast this week (6-9 Sept) to give a workshop on Interculturality to a group of SVD missionaries working in our Southern Province of the USA. He offers such workshops as one of his tasks as a member of the Intercultural Resource Committee of the Society and will offer one for BSP in the months ahead. While Fr. Jon is away we will have a priest come in to celebrate mass with us. Readings for the Week Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10] Weekly Mass Intentions Sat. Sun. Mon. Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 5:00pm 10:00am 6:00pm Shirley Copeland Leo & Angie Delarosa, int. Baldassare & Caterina Ferrara Lucy Ruiz (Communion Service) Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sept. 6 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Bishop Cirilo Flores Bill Cromwell Women s Club Members Living & Deceased Lucy Ruiz Ernestina Rivas Please pray for the soul of Mary Grame
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time We Are Called To Share the Good News! So what are you waiting for? Become a Catechist for Faith Formation (grade 1-8) and guide our youth to a deeper faith & relationship with God! Catechists must be older than a junior in high school to be considered. For more info. please contact Natalie Kathol at faithform@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org or (619) 582-5722 ext. 124 Collection for Louisiana Flood Response Next Weekend - Sept. 10-11 Second Collection The USCCB has called for a emergency collection to support the humanitarian efforts of Catholic Charities USA & to provide pastoral & rebuilding support to impacted Catholic dioceses there. All are encouraged to contribute to this collection. New Church Office Hours Tuesday - Friday ~ 9:00am - 5:00pm Closed Mondays (Effective Sept. 1) Jubilee Year of Mercy September 4, 2016 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time "If anyone comes to me without hating... father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his [or her] own life" (Luke 14:26). Hating? Can anyone imagine a less appropriate Gospel for the Jubilee Year of Mercy? But scholars call this Semitic hyperbole. Jesus exaggerates to jolt us into confronting lifechanging challenges. Faced with conflicting loyalties, disciples must reorder priorities, even relationships, to give Jesus and the gospel's demands first place. Today's second reading presents a real-life example. Paul challenges his wealthy convert, Philemon, to welcome back Philemon's runaway slave, Onesimus, whom Paul has baptized in prison, with unconditional love, as an equal and brother in Christ. What in my life must I change to accept everyone in Christ like love? Soup & Salad Wednesday (2nd Wed. of each month) Sept. 14 ~ 5:00pm - 7:00pm Parish Hall Soup, Salad, Bread & Beverage $6.00 per person $3.00 Children 5yrs. - 10 yrs. Free Children under 5 yrs. old Come share a meal with your parish community & raise funds for the school. (Proceeds benefit our parish school) Sign Up For: Faith Formation, Teen Confirmation & Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) A member of the Religious Education team will be REGISTERING September 4 & 11 after ALL Sunday Masses Outside the Church All new & returning families need to fill out a registration form. Faith Formation is for ALL children grades 1-8. It will give your child the opportunity to experience God in their lives while increasing their knowledge of faith. Parents will continue to grow in their own faith by attending the Faith Parenting Program. Grades 1-8, Meet 9:05-9:50 AM Sundays Parenting Program Meets 9:10-9:50AM - Sundays Mass 10 AM for parents AND children *Mass is part of the Faith Formation and children are required to come to both.* For more information contact: Natalie Kathol (619)582-5722 ext. 124 Teen Confirmation is a two year program. This program gives teens the opportunity to experience faith more fully and deeply. Faith sessions will also give them a chance to experience different forms of prayer and come to see the presence of the Word in their lives. Teens meet on Sundays at 5:45 PM for Mass and faith sessions. Sessions goes for 45-50 mins. after Mass. Both Mass & Session are Mandatory. For more information contact Justine Coliflores: jcoli@sandiego.edu RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a class for adults interested in learning more about the Catholic faith with the ultimate intention of becoming a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church. Classes meet Sundays from 9:05-9:50 am in the back room of the parish hall. Classes start in September and run through May. All are welcome! For more information please contact Sara Dickman: (619) 840-2983. Classes Begin Sept. 18 ALL Classes REQUIRE Baptism Cert. & $35 Fee More Info: Natalie Kathol (619)582-5722 ext. 124
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Events Beginning Aug. 8 ~ Mondays (Communion Service Only) Sept. 4, 11 ~ Faith Formation, Confirmation, RCIA - Registration after Sunday Masses Sept. 7 ~ Writers Group Mtg. 10am - 12pm, Parish Hall Sept. 8 ~ Women s Club Mtg. 9am, Parish Hall Sept. 11 ~ Fr. Jon Welcoming after Morning Masses Sept. 12 ~ Cares for Kids Mtg. 6pm-7pm, Parish Hall Sept. 14 ~ Soup & Salad (2nd Wed. ea. month) Sept. 18 ~ Catechetical Sunday ~ All Faith Formation Classes Begin WEEKDAY MASS CHANGE Communion Service on Mondays at. No Mass on Monday Mornings Mass: Tuesday - Saturday EVENTS AROUND TOWN Sept. 4 ~ Mass In Honor of Mother Teresa s Canonization, 5pm, St. Jude Shrine of the West, Bishop McElroy presider. Sept. 6 ~ International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Welcome ceremony 11am, Closing ceremony 6pm Sept. 9 ~ National Day of Prayer for Peace, 7pm, St. Joseph Cathedral; Bishop McElroy presider. USCCB calls for service for violence & racial tension in USA. See flyer by church doors. Daily Prayer for Our Priests O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests; for your unfaithful & tepid priests; for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for your tempted priests; for your lonely & desolate priests; for your young priests; for your dying priests; for the souls of your priests in Purgatory. But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptized me, the priests who absolved me from my sins, the priests at whose Masses I assisted & who gave me Your body & blood in Communion, the priests to whom I am indebted any other way especially (name.) O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them abundantly in time & in eternity. Amen. --St. Therese of Lisieux Monday ~ September 5 Rev. Arnel Espenilla Tuesday ~ September 6 Rev. Silverio Espenilla Wednesday ~ September 7 Rev. Reynald Evangelista Thursday ~ September 8 Rev. Abbot Sharbel Ewen, OSB Friday ~ September 9 Rev. John Ezratty, MC Saturday ~ September 10 Rev. Emmet Farrell Sunday ~ September 11 Rev. Paul Farrelly, OSB
Blessed Sacrament Interested in join a ministry group. Contact the person listed below or church office. PARISH MINISTRIES & GROUPS (area codes are (619) except were listed) Adoration Chapel: Church Office...582-5722 Altar Servers: Judy Cromwell..582-5722 Cares For Kids-Blessed Sacrament Teresa Markey..582-2141 Contemporary Choir: (10:00 am & 6 pm Masses).582-5722 Culture of Life: Margie Morrison 582-8651 Eucharistic Ministers: Church Office 582-5722 Knights of Columbus: John Agoh........278-8405 Lectors: Cynthia Gonzales.218-8155 BSPS Parent-Teacher Group (PTG): Kristen Crisostomo (President)..klhbones@aol.com Traditional Choir: Patti Burch (8 am Mass).735-6330 Tuesday Fun Club: Peggy Raynoha 582-3657 Ushers: Church Office....582-5722 Vocations Committee: Dick Reid...583-1081 Women s Club: Pat Luebbers. 262-8522 Youth Ministry (High School Students): Parish Office.....582-5722 OTHER GROUPS Catholic Charities College Area Center:..286-1100