LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Mass:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am

Weekend Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm

Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am

OFFICE HOURS: Monday—Friday, 8:30am –4:00pm

2275 Diamond Avenue NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Telephone: (616) 361-7339 Fax: (616) 361-1327 E-Mail: church@bsacrament.net www.bsacrament.net

Fr. George Darling, Pastor

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 3:30 pm or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parish registration of six months is required. Preparation session required. Contact the parish office for details. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact the parish office a minimum of six months prior to the preferred wedding date. Marriage preparation sessions are required.

PARISHIONER MEMBERSHIP New members are always welcome to our Parish. Parish-ioner status is maintained by registration in the parish, active participation in weekend liturgies and full par-ticipation in the parish stewardship program. All family members 18 years and older should be individually registered with the parish. Parish membership and participation is required of those desiring the Sacraments of Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation and Matrimony.

PASTORAL COUNCIL Dan Armock, Chair. Laura Ellis Mary Kahnoski Jeremy Reed Brian Schaab Kathy Schwartz Joe Townshend Scott Ware Donna Wrona

FINANCE COUNCIL Charlie Goode, Chair. Jim Wila, Vice Chair.

Tim Callery Tammy Chartier

Bob Dean Jim Frey

Beth Eliopoulos Barb Lawrence

Terry Staskey

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BY GEORGE….

Sat, Nov 3 VIGIL: 31st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4:30 pm Leo Boruta; Tony Jaglowski & Agnes Pelletier Sun, Nov 4 31st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Claire & Leon Drongowski 11:00 am Parish Family Mon, Nov 5 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Tues, Nov 6 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Earl Spielmacher Wed, Nov 7 WEEKDAY 10:30 am Rita Snyder Thurs, Nov 8 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Irma Hummel Fri, Nov 9 DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA

8:30 am Gladys Spangler Sat, Nov 10 VIGIL: 32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:30 pm Gene Borek Sun, Nov 11 32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Jim Surman 11:00 am Parish Family

PASTORAL TEAM Father George E. Darling, Pastor…..…father@bsacrament.net

Lori Borek, Parish Secretary…………church@bsacrament.net

Amy Kelley, Business Manager……...akelley@bsacrament.net

Jody DeGraw, Dir of Religious Education ….jdegraw@bsacrament.net Vicki Glynn, Religious Ed. Asst….…...vglynn@bsacrament.net

Marie LeMire, Ministry to the Sick & Elderly ….mlemire@bsacrament.net

Michael Debri, Principal ASA….……………..mdebri@asagr.org

Mass Schedule

STEWARDSHIP - Week ending October 27 & 28

Week 18/52 Adult Envelopes (153 used) $8,645.45 Automatic Envelopes (51 used) 3,576.50 Youth 60.50 Loose Stewardship 511.48

Total Stewardship this week $12,793.93

YTD $242,105.51 Budget YTD $263,561.54 Last YTD $257,529.32

5% Tithe this week $639.70 YTD Tithe $12,105.28

As I write this it is Tuesday evening and we have just finished a Deacon George Social Justice Board meeting. The Board has awarded the following grants: $5,000.00 to ACCESS of West Michigan.

ACCESS is the organization that coordinates the social service assistance in the greater Kent County ar-ea, assisting those who have need for food, financial assistance in avoiding having their electricity or water turned off, sponsoring the annual Hunger Walk, and oth-er general assistance to the poor.

$5,000.00 to Steepletown Neighborhood Services.

Steepletown is the combination of the Basilica of St. Adalbert, St. James Church, and St. Mary Church, on the west side of Grand Rapids. Neighborhood Ser-vices is their ministry to the poor and needy. Our grant to them will be used to assist them in their JobStart pro-gram of taking young men off the street and teaching them the skills that they need to avoid a life of poverty or crime and to be able to gain long-term employment, and opportunity perhaps that they did not have given broken family backgrounds.

$3,000.00 to D.A.Blodgett - St. John's.

The grant will be used to assist those children in the residential program who have come to St. John's due to the experience of the trauma of abuse or neglect.

$2,000.00 to the Glenmary Sisters. The Glenmary Sisters work with the poor and the needy in those areas of Tennessee and Kentucky which are popularly known as Appalachia. Their work includes not only evangelization but also feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and sheltering the home-less.

On a somewhat related note, this week you should be receiving the annual financial report and letter from the Parish Finance Council with regard to the finan-cial status of the Parish. One thing that the Finance Council did not include in the report but wanted me to make sure that you are aware of is the rainy day fund that we have created for capital (i.e., building and grounds), needs. This is the fund from which we took the money to pay for the new air conditioner for the Church this past summer. The plan is to have an amount in the fund equal to one month's expenses for the Parish (about $86,000) for any emergencies that arrive so that we are not in a panic as we were in years past with leaking roofs and no money to repair them. The fund is funded with any money we receive if we ex-ceed our CSA assessment each year, and after we paid off the last debt we have continued to budget the month-ly debt payment to go into this fund to help rebuild it for the next need. As of the end of September this fund has just over $51,000 so hopefully we will not be caught un-prepared for whatever our next need will be -- be it boil-ers, crumbling bricks on the church, or whatever. As always, thank you for your continuing support.

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of November 4, 2018 Sunday 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28b-34 Monday Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1-3; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26-32; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10 Friday Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-7; Jn 2:13-22 Saturday St. Leo the Great, Pope Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 8-9; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44

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2233 Diamond Ave./364-9453

4 Mile Rd./363-7725 Michael Debri, Principal

www.asagr.org Eaglesfest 2018 Eaglefest 2018 is next weekend. This is All Saints Academy's largest fund-raiser of the year and includes an auction, raffles, games and fun! This year we are also raising money for items needed by each of our 4 parish-es. To purchase tickets, volunteer, donate to a teacher wish list or sup-port a parish greatest need, visit https://asagr.ejoinme.org/eaglefest. Support the Parish School With Amazon Smile! If you shop on Amazon, please con-sider using Amazon Smile (https://smile.amazon.com), and designating your support for All Saints Academy. With no other effort on your part, a portion of your purchases will be sent to ASA. Just remember to login to your Amazon Smile site each time you order - the merchandise and prices are the same. Cardinal Dolan of New York and former President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said in his blog: “There is no more tried-and-true way of passing on our Catholic faith to our kids than by sacrificing to put them in a Catholic school. Data proves they persevere in the faith at higher rates, pray better, are more faithful to Sunday Mass, live gospel values, are more generous to their parish, even have happier marriages, vol-unteer more, and transmit the faith to their own children, than those not in a Catholic school.” (http://blog.archny.org/?p=2470)

~This Week in our Parish~

Tues/Nov 6: 9:15am-3pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Church 9:15am Adult Bible Study, Church MPR 6:00pm Zumba, Family Center 6:20-6:50pm Honor Choir rehearsal, Church MPR 6:50-7:20pm Children’s Choir rehearsal, Church MPR 7:30pm Adult Choir rehearsal, Church MPR Wed/Nov 7: 6:00pm Navigating Senior Care, Church MPR 6:30pm RCIA Class, Religious Ed Office 6:30pm ASA Board of Directors mtg, Diocese of Grand Rapids Thurs/Nov 8: 6:30pm Religious Ed Class, Classrooms Sat/Nov 10: 5:30pm Euchre Night/Potluck, Church MPR 5:30pm Eaglefest, Brophy Center

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~ Homebound Parishioner of the

Week

Navigating the Senior Care Maze November 7th at 6:00pm in the Church multi-purpose room

Elizabeth Harrell, senior housing expert and founder of Crossroads, will present:

Housing Decisions - Learn the details, pros and cons, and costs of staying at home, independent senior housing, home services, assisted living, and nursing homes in West Michigan.

Financial and Legal Issues - Learn for what you may qualify! Medicaid, Medicare, Veterans Benefits, Medicaid waiver, power of attorney, specialized insurance, financial needs, and other tough issues are best explored sooner than later.

Community Resources - Whether you are near or far from your elder, community resources can make life better. Explore service availability, costs, and benefits.

Please RSVP at (616) 485-3365 or register online at: https://crossroadseldercare.com/seminar-at-blessedsacrament-catholic-church/ or call Marie LeMire at 260-4685.

Thank you to Father George for celebrating the Funeral Mass of Robert Knight, and to Katie & Mary for the beautiful music they provided. Also a special thanks to the ladies of the funeral committee for a wonder-ful meal.

Doris Knight & family

REMINDER: The Knights of Columbus are hosting an altar server Bowling/Pizza appreciation party at Northfield Lanes on November 10 at 10am. We will be having pizza around noon. Please RSVP by November 8 to Douglas Graves via phone call, text, or e-mail: 616-363-7904 or d.graves@mikofc.org.

There is a blood drive scheduled for Thursday, November 15, from 2 to 7pm. Please sign up in the conference room across from the Sacristy after Mass this weekend and next.

Your Vote Matters Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6, make sure you get out and vote! The Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) and Michigan Bishops do not take a stance on can-didates up for election, but they are providing guidance on the three ballot pro-posals:

Proposal 1: should recreational marijuana use and growth be legalized in the state?

Proposal 2: should Michigan reform its redistricting process? Proposal 3: should voter registration and other voting processes be revised?

The MCC Board and Bishops urge a “No” vote on Proposal 1. They have not taken a position on Proposals 2 and 3. Visit micatholic.org or dioceseofgrandrapids.org for more information on how to prepare to vote as a Catholic.

Learn to Crochet We are combining Prayer Blanket with knitting, crocheting, and crafting on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month at 1pm in the Church multi-purpose room. We hope to use this ministry to help the Pregnancy Crisis Center, homeless shelters, Santa Claus girls and perhaps our own projects. We have something for everyone. Even if you think you can't, we will show you that you can! Join us for fellowship and crafting.