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 August 28, 2016 Quarters & Cans Collection Next 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 pickup a reusable bag by the church door & return it next weekend with your donations. Bring your bags to the altar after the Bread and Wine are presented. WEEKDAY MASS CHANGE Fr. Jon s day off is Monday. We are now a one priest parish. Beginning Monday, August 8 we will have a Communion Service on Mondays at. No Mass on Monday Mornings Mass: Tuesday - Saturday 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! Welcome Fr. Jon Meet and Greet Sunday, Sept. 11 Parish Hall after 8am & 10am masses Join us in welcoming Fr. Jon to Refreshments will be served Sponsor by the Women s Club, Knights of Columbus, and School. Soup & Salad Wednesday (2nd Wed. of each month) Sept. 14 ~ 5:00pm - 7:00pm Parish Hall Soup, Salad, Bread & Beverage (Proceeds benefit our parish school) Readings for the Week Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97-102; Mk 6:17-29 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15; Ps 145:17-21; Lk 6:1-5 Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b; Ps 90:3-6, 12-17; Phlm 9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 Sat. Sun. Mon. Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 5:00pm 10:00am 6:00pm Weekly Mass Intentions Settimio Porco Dick Schumann Oscar Torres Parishioners (Communion Service) Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Nga Nguyen, int. Josephine Scafidi Nghia Nguyen, int. Jan Heid, int. Parishioners Please pray for all our students returning to school.
Twenty-Second 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 Jubilee Year of Mercy August 28, 2016 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time "Alms atone for sins" (Sirach 2:29). Alms are mercy translated into hands-on compassion. Jesus confirms Sirach's wisdom, "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (Matthew 5:7). "Conduct your affairs with humility" (Sirach 3:17). Humility: we're all alike and special, for we're children of God. Jesus confirms that wisdom, too: "Do not recline at table in the place of honor. Take the lowest place" (Luke 14:8, 10). Mercy is measured not by our delight in welcoming those we like most or who can repay us best, but by sincerely embracing those we like least, who cannot repay us at all. Utter humility inspires pure mercy; pure mercy leads to eternal joy. --Peter Scagnelli, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Fr. Jon s Trip to Korea Over the course of nine days Aug 8-17, Fr. Jon was in Korea participating in two conferences. The first was with 14 of his fellow SVD missiology professors who came together to plan a new book with the title: Engaging Glocal Contexts Through Missionary Discipleship. The second was an international ecumenical conference on "Conversions and Transformations: Missiological Approaches to Religious Change organized by the International Association of Mission Studies (IAMS). This meeting of over 400 scholars takes place every four years in different parts of the world. Fr. Jon s paper, Religious Diversity and Conflict Styles was one out of 160 scholarly papers presented amid a recordbreaking heatwave. Exposure experiences included trips to megachurches, special ministries (e.g., helping North Korean defectors), the DMZ, the Juldusan Martyrdom Monument, the Myungdong Cathedral, and the Gyungbok Palace and ethnological museum. Fr. Jon says he is glad to be back in cool SD. Fr. Jon s Interculturality Ministry Fr. Jon will travel to the Gulf Coast next 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. Sign Up For: Faith Formation, Teen Confirmation & Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) A member of the Religious Education team will be REGISTERING August 28 and 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) Aug. 28; Sept. 4, 11 ~ Faith Formation, Confirmation, RCIA - Registration after Sunday Masses Aug. 29 ~ School Begins Sept. 2 ~ (Year of Mercy) Penance Service, 6-6:30pm Sept. 3 ~ (Year of Mercy) Anointing of the Sick, 8am Sept. 8 ~ Women s Club Mtg. 9am, Parish Hall Sept. 7 ~ Writers Group Mtg. 10am - 12pm, 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 EVENTS AROUND TOWN Sept. 12 ~ Father Joe s Village Ladies Guild Membership Luncheon, 11am at All Hallows Church, Info. Janet Salus at jsbolts@san.rr.com or by phone at 858-483-7911 Sept. 24 ~ Lord, Teach Me To Pray (LTMTP) Prayer Series, Facilitator Training-Retreat, No charge. www.lordteachmetopray.com or see the church bulletin board for more info. 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 ~ August 29 Rev. Msgr. William Elliott Tuesday ~ August 30 Rev. Peter Escalante Wednesday ~ August 31 Rev. Armando Escurel Thursday ~ September 1 Pope Francis Friday ~ September 2 Bishop Robert McElroy Saturday ~ September 3 Bishop Robert Brom Sunday ~ September 4 Bishop Gilbert Chavez
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