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 MARRIAGES: Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before date of marriage.

4540 El Cerrito Dr. San Diego, CA 92115

Parish Office: 619-582-5722

BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH 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

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FINANCIAL UPDATE 2017

April 2 weekend $ (not available at this time)

BSP Sound System Received $19,219.00 Sound System Pledged $1,370.00

Thank you for your continued support.

Annual Catholic Appeal

Pledged: $35,730.00

Received: $14,301.00

Goal: $26,000 -- Everything over goal is ours!

Palm Sunday: April 9

Penance Service: April 11, 7 PM

Anointing of the Sick: April 12, 8 AM

Holy Thursday April 13

Mass of the Lord’s Passion 7 PM (No 8am Mass)

Adoration until midnight

Good Friday: April 14 The Lord’s Passion 1:00 & 7:00 PM

(No 8am Mass)

Holy Saturday: April 15 Easter Vigil 8 PM

(No 8am Mass)

Easter Sunday: 8 AM, 10 AM, & 6 PM

Seder Mass and Soup & Salad

All invited to celebrate Seder Mass followed by Soup & Salad

April 12, Wed. of Holy Week in the Parish Hall

Mass: 5pm-6pm Soup & Salad: 6pm-7pm

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after Sunday Masses - April 8-9 weekend Adults $6 | Children $3

Sound System Pledge

We are ready to begin & need your help. Total Cost: $25,000.

We still need $4,411

A Big Thanks for your generous support!

Parish Penance Services

Tuesday, April 11 - 7pm We will have extra priest for Confession.

Welcome New Parishioners

Registration Forms available on paper or by email from Church Office.

Pick-Up Your Name Tag

Those who signed up for name tags can pick them up after Mass in the vestibule.

Bibliodrama

Next session will be in the Parish Hall Library Monday April 17, 6:30pm.

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Newman Lenten Blurb

John Henry Newman offers fruitful re-flection for our Lenten journey. In a text, entitled, “My Mission” he challenges our Lenten service. The text begins:

“God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons.”

Cardinal Newman’s essay challenges all of us. He vis-its some of the darker places of the dying and rising that are at the heart of the Paschal Mystery. He speaks of a trust which we all need especially in times of rap-id change.

“I will trust God. Whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him. In perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He

knows what He is about….He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.”

Trusting in God, especially in the most demanding of situations, is the sure path to abiding joy. More than once I have had to trust completely in God. But with the steady, prayerful support and flexible collabora-tion of many confreres and coworkers, I have found my way. So despite all the difficulties in service, it has given me great joy. So, what comes after Trust and Joy? Newman pro-posed a full, deepening surrender to the will of God.

“He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, (even while not intending it), if I do but keep His commandments.”

In a world where so many seek to impose their will upon others, our faith commitment urges unity among all people under the sovereignty of God’s will.

From The Pastor

Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat.

5:00pm 8:00am 10:00am 6:00pm 8:00am

Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10

Sat. Sun. Mon.

8:00am 8:00am 7:00pm 1pm & 7pm 8:00pm

Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15

Weekly Mass Intentions Fr. James O’Malley † James Cozzie † Parishioners Fr. John Sorce †

Ministerio Biblico Verbo Divino at L.A. Religious Education Congress

Divine Word Bible Ministry in collaboration with the Editorial Verbo Divino, Spain had their exhibition at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim Feb 23-26. Many months of hard work by Fr. Joseph Scott SVD and his staff went into the prepara-tion which was very well received by thou-sands of visitors who purchased many Bibles and Bible related literature. Adam Grondziel and Guillermo Santamaria represented Spain who publish many of Divine Word’s books and publications.

Fr. Bill Rowland, int.

Parishioners

Holy Week Services

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Monday: Is 42:1-7; 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 -- 53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 -- 19:42 Saturday: Gn 1:1, 26-31a; Ex 14:15 -- 15:1; Is 55:1-11; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Epistle Rom 6:3-11; Mt 28:1-10 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; 1 Cor 5:7b-8a; Jn 20:1-9 (evening Lk 24:13-35)

Readings for the Week

Blessed Sacrament Parish School

(Transitional Kindergarten - grade 8)

Monthly Campus Tours 10:30am-11:30am (or by appointment)

Contact: admissions@bsps-sd.org (619) 582-3862 | www.bsps-sd.org

Growing great minds and great hearts

to be servant leaders.

Prepare for a Blessed Easter!

Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) Weekdays 7:30 AM (Before Mass)

Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays (After Mass)

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

Home Masses

We have begun Home Masses. Pleased contact the office if you wish to host a Mass.

Help Make BSP BEAUTIFUL

BRING FLOWERS!

Flowers Needed for Holy Thursday Easter, Calla Lilies, Pastel Flowers for Easter.

Contact: Cathie Senoff (619-582-6439)

Divine Mercy Sunday

April 23 / 2:00pm - 3:30pm in the Church

Presenter: Jerry Moriarty

• Scripture

• Adoration

• Holy Hour

• Benediction

Diocesan African Mass Now Changed to First Sundays

Sunday, April 2 - 1:00 PM All are Welcome

&

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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

PARISH MINISTRIES & GROUPS

April 21, St. Therese Fish Fry Dinner, 5:30-6:30PM, Social Center; Cod, Calamari & Shrimp $9; Pre-order 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 & Bri-anne Kojis 619-964-6174 or mattkojis@gmail.com Custodian/Maintenance Laborer full-time job position at St. Therese Parish San Diego. Responsible for care & maintenance of parish facilities. Information call church office (619) 582-3716

Monday ~ April 10 Rev. Christopher Tozzi Tuesday ~ April 11 Rev. Michael Tran Wednesday ~ April 12 Rev. Corey Tufford Thursday ~ April 13 Rev. Matthias Tumulty,OFM Friday ~ April 14 Rev. Edwin Tutor Saturday ~ April 15 Rev. Derek Twilliger Sunday ~ April 16 Rev. José Arturo Uribe,CSsR

AROUND TOWN

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

Parish Events Wed. Writer’s Group has ended

April 11 - Parish Lenten Penance Service 7pm April 12 - Anointing of the Sick after 8am Mass April 12 - Seder Mass and Soup & Salad 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 Masses: 8am, 10am & 6pm April 17 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PH Library 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 May 1 - Cares for Kids Mtg. 6-7pm PH May 1 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PH Library

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