4540 El Cerrito Dr. San Diego, CA 92115 Parish Office: 619-582-5722 MASSES: Saturday: 8:00AM; 5:00 PM (Vigil) Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM Weekdays: Tuesday-Friday 8:00 AM (Mondays: 8:00 AM Communion Service) Holy Days & Special Services: see bulletin RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 4:00 PM PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA: Tuesdays 8:30 AM BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH MARRIAGES: Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before date of marriage. Parish Website: www.blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Parish E-Mail: jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Fr. Jon P. Kirby, SVD: Pastor Tony Albers: Deacon Herb Kelsey: Deacon Parish ID # for United Way Contributions....9753 BAPTISM INFORMATION 619-582-5722 RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults).619-582-5722 Sara Dickman........619-840-2983 FAITH FORMATION, grade 1-8....619-582-5722 Natalie Kathol, Coordinator CONFIRMATION, Teens...619-582-5722 Justine Coliflores BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH SCHOOL 619-582-3862 Anne Egan, Principal School Website: www.bsps-sd.org
FINANCIAL UPDATE 2017 Quarter Collection for El Nido Apt. $374.00 March Soup & Salad for BSPS $606.73 March 12 weekend $5,775.50 BSP Sound System Received $ Sound System Pledged $ Thank you for your continued support. Sound System Pledge We are ready to begin & need your help. Total Cost: $25,000. We still need $5,000. unavailable at this time A Big Thanks for your generous support! Seder Mass & Last Supper All Blessed Sacrament parishioners are cordially invited to celebrate Seder Mass and Last Supper 5-7pm - April 12, Wed. of Holy Week Mark Your Calendar! From The Pastor A Lenten Message from Pope Francis The following is from part of Pope Francis s Lenten message entitled: The Word is a gift, other persons are a gift. Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Even when we sin, he patiently awaits our return; by that patient expectation, he shows us his readiness to forgive. Lent is the favorable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor. The Lord, who overcame the deceptions of the Tempter during the forty days in the desert, shows us the path we must take. May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God s word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need. Let us pray for one another so that, by sharing in the victory of Christ, we may open our doors to the weak and poor. Then we will be able to experience and share to the full the joy of Easter. Women s Club Card & Bingo Party Sat. April 29 -- 10am - 2:30pm Parish Hall $15 per person (includes lunch) Catered by Cupid s Catering RSVP Pat Luebbers: 619-262-8522 Next Weekend March 25-26 Annual Lenten Collection Special envelopes will be available for the collection which supports the works of Catholic Relief Services, the Church in Africa and the Church in Latin America. Please prepare to respond generously to this worthwhile collection. Make checks payable to BSP. Weekly Mass Intentions Sat. Sun. Mon. Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 5:00pm 10:00am 6:00pm Leona Clemente St. Joseph Family Parishioners Kate Levesque Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Dan Nobles David & Carmen Castro Josefina Valenzuela Gabriel Nava, Jr. Ellen Heid
Blessed Sacrament Retreat Fri, Mar 24 Sun, Mar 26 in the Church Fri Mar 24 (7:00 PM) The Gift of the Cross & Stations Sat Mar 25 (10:00 AM) Mary, the Cause of our Joy Sat Mar 25 (3:00 PM) Gifts of the Spirit: Our Mission Homily (All Weekend Masses) Restored Sight to the Blind Spiritual Direction Opportunity after Presentations Presenters: Fr Joe Miller, SVD (Diocesan Missions Office) & Esther Delao (Spiritual Director) BSPS Parents and Parishioners Retreat Sat. March 25-8am-10:30am in the Faith Formation Room Help Make BSP BEAUTIFUL GOT PALMS or FLOWERS? Join our Lenten Retreat with Mass at 8am, then light refreshments, prayer, reflective talks, group conversation, and personal journaling. Priority given to Faith Formation and Parish School Families. Please RSVP to Natalie Kathol (619) 582-5722 ext. 124 or faithform@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org (Suggested donation: $5.00) Home Masses We have begun Home Masses. Pleased contact the office if you wish to host a Mass. Annual Catholic Appeal Pledged: $34,558.00 Received: $13,779.00 Goal: $26,000 -- Everything over goal is ours! Help our School by buying Scrips! Pease help our school in their fundraising. Each weekend a we will be selling School Scrips at the back of the church. & Palms Needed for Palm Sunday (branches or trees) Date, Fan, Sago, Halleluya --you name it! Flowers Needed for Holy Thursday Easter, Calla Lilies, Pastel Flowers for Easter. Contact: Cathie Senoff (619-582-6439) Prepare for a Blessed Easter! Stations of the Cross Every Friday in Lent at 7 PM Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) Weekdays 7:30 AM (Before Mass) Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays (After Mass)
Women s Club Want You! What is preventing you from being a member of BSP s Women s Club? NOTHING!!! Area Lenten Penance Services Tues. March 28 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 7pm Mon. April 3 St. Martin of Tours, 6pm Tues. April 4 Mission San Diego De Alcala 7:30pm Tues. April 11 - Blessed Sacrament, 7pm YOU ARE OUR FUTURE Come and participate in our three fund raising events. All our proceeds go to the upkeep of our altar, purchasing the wine, hosts, oil, candles, etc. Please contact Pat Luebbers (President) at 619-262-8522 for further information. ANNUAL MISSION MASS The Diocesan Office for Missions Invites BSP Parishoners to attend the Annual Mission Mass March 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Our Mother of Confidence Parish. We will gather to praise God and recognize the efforts of our Catholic School and Religious Education children to the global mission of the Church through the Missionary Childhood Association. Students will lead the songs, share the word, offer petitions and present gifts. Fr. Joseph Miller SVD, Celebrant Fr. Patrick Mulcahy, Homilist Lunch afterwards at the Parish Hall when we will recognize schools who participated in Missionary Childhood activities during the 2015-2016 school year with entertainment by the Students who participated in the Song Contest with the theme Children Helping Children. RSVP Fr. Joseph Miller, SVD jmiller@sdcatholic.org Readings for the Week Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 Bibliodrama Next session will be in the Parish Hall Library Monday March 27, 6:30pm. PROVE IT What does it take to convince us of the truth? Some of us need simply to hear from a trusted authority. Others need time to think an argument through for themselves, step by step. Many of us tend to learn the hard way, experiencing life's lessons in dramatic and personal ways. Various kinds of evidence work differently on each of us. For the parched and wandering Israelites, a miraculous source of water persuades them to return to belief in God. For the Samaritan woman, Jesus' prophetic knowledge of the intimate details of her life suffices. What will it be for us? What can convince us, forever, that God made us, saved us from death, and treasures us as beloved children? Saint Paul urges us to stop asking for proof; we need look no further than the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He reminds us how unusual it is for good people to sacrifice themselves for other good people; it is utterly preposterous for a good person to give his life for "the ungodly," for sinners. Yet that is precisely what Jesus does for us. LIVE IT Our insatiable need for proof is nothing to be ashamed of. Hunger for evidence points to an active intellect. Even after we learn an important truth, we need to nurture that knowledge throughout our whole lives. Most of us first heard about Jesus when we were children. We must continue to deepen our understanding as we mature. In a similar way, the Samaritans first believe their fellow townswoman simply because of her testimony about Jesus. Then, after encountering him themselves, they are convinced Jesus is the savior of the world: "We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the savor of the world." Personal experience confirms and deepens their faith. "Harden not your hearts," the Psalmist tells us. Let's keep learning from God's signs all around us.
Parish Events Stations of the Cross 7pm(every Fri. during Lent) 1st Wed. Writer s Group Meetings are Cancelled March 24-26 - BSP Retreat presented by Fr. Miller March 27 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PH Library April 3 - Cares for Kids Mtg. 6-7pm PH April 11 - Parish Lenten Penance Service 7pm April 12 - Anointing of the Sick after 8am Mass April 12 - Seder Mass & Last Supper 5pm-7pm April 13 - Holy Thursday Mass 7pm, Adoration to 12am April 14 - Good Friday, The Lord s Passion 1pm & 7pm April 15 - Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil Mass 8pm April 16 - Easter Sunday Mass: 8am, 10am & 6pm April 20 - Women s Club Mtg. 9am (date change) April 23 - Divine Mercy Sunday Celebration 2-3:30pm April 29 - Women s Club Card Party 10am PH PARISH MINISTRIES & GROUPS Interested in joining a ministry group? Contact the person listed below or church office. (area codes are (619) except were listed) Adoration Chapel..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 Prayer Chain Maria Contreras...917-5850 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 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 ~ March 20 Very Rev. Michael Sinor Tuesday ~ March 21 Rev. Romeo Smith, Jr. Wednesday ~ March 22 Rev. Louis Solcia, CRSP Thursday ~ March 23 Rev. José Sosa, Sch.P Friday ~ March 24 Rev. John Sostrich Saturday ~ March 25 Very Rev. Matthew Spahr Sunday ~ March 26 Rev. William Springer AROUND TOWN March 24, St. Therese Fish Fry Dinner, 5:30-6:30PM, Social Center; Cod, Calamari & Shrimp $9; Preorder Baked Salmon $10 - Call Mo (619) 994-9818 (Proceeds go to Friends of the Missions) May 5-7 Beginning Experience Weekend at Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside; helping divorced, widowed & separated people heal & move beyond grief; Info. Cathy Savel 619-222-9093, Rose Sheehan 619-504- 4410; Spanish Nish Carmedy 330-607-8774 July 14-16 SUMMER FAMILY CAMP at Whispering Winds in Julian for BSP parishioners, Fun activities: zipline, pool, horseback riding, & more. Spiritual enrichment programs are tailored for children, teens & adults; Online registration is now open at www.whisperingwinds.org; More info. Matt & Brianne Kojis 619-964-6174 or mattkojis@gmail.com College Sub Shop will donate 20% to BSPS during 2017! 6150 El Cajon Blvd. Mention Blessed Sacrament at your time of purchase. THANK YOU, College Subs!
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