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.

PASTORAL COUNCIL Scott Ware, Chair. Liz Connell Jim Fochtman Kelly Garbacik Doug Graves Jeremy Reed Kathy Schwartz Mark Steiner Donna Wrona

FINANCE COUNCIL Jim Wila, Chair.

Jim Frey, Vice Chair. Tim Callery

Tammy Chartier Bob Dean

Barb Lawrence Deb Schmalzel Terry Staskey

Steve Stoddard

PARISHIONER MEMBERSHIP New members are always welcome to our Parish. Parishioner status is maintained by registration in the parish, active participation in weekend liturgies and full participation 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.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Thursday, 8:00am–4:30pm

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Mass:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am Wednesday: 10:30am

Weekend Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm

Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am

2275 Diamond Avenue NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Telephone: (616) 447-7554 (616) 447-7629 Fax: (616) 447-7548 E-Mail: church@bsacrament.net www.bsacrament.net ASA telephone: 616-447-2997

Blessed Sacrament Parish

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH PAGE 2 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

BY GEORGE….

Sat, June 6 VIGIL: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 4:30 pm Leo Boruta; George Alicki Sun, June 7 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 9:00 am Mary Hartig 11:00 am Parish Family Mon, June 8 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Tues, June 9 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Wed, June 10 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Thurs, June 11 ST. BARNABAS, APOSTLE **No Mass** Fri, June 12 WEEKDAY

**No Mass** Sat, June 13 VIGIL: THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST 4:30 pm Parish Family Sun, June 14 THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST 9:00 am Chet & Harriet Liszewski 11:00 am Louise Connell

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

Darrell Beckwith, Business Manager ....dbeckwith@bsacrament.net

Lori Borek, Parish Secretary…………church@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

Masses for the Week This past weekend we were able to once again gather for Masses. At 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday we had 38 participants. At 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday we had 48 participants. At 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday we had 33 participants. Obviously we had no trouble keeping our so-cial distance in a church nave that holds 700 people. It was an interesting site from the sanctuary looking out on a crowd of different and various styles of facemasks that peo-ple were wearing. I am curious (of course being a "George") to see if the facemasks become the newest form of fashion statement or the way of expressing our differing personal tastes and identities. I received no complaints after Mass about the homily being too long, but then I didn't stand in the narthex after the Mass to chat with people due to the requirements of social distancing. In general, people seemed happy to be back at church and we will see what the coming weeks bring with regard to returning to a more normal way of life and if Covid-19 flares up once we do or if it takes a vacation for the summer. For those of you who have not yet returned your pledge card for the Catholic Services Appeal we are not able to carry out the campaign as we have done in the past as at this time in the process we would have pledge cards in the pews and would be inviting you to complete one and turn it in to one of the ushers after Mass. We can't do that normal procedure this year since many of you are not in the pews to pick up the pledge cards, and we cannot have the pledge cards in the pews where they might be handled by multiple people as that would violate the guidelines for pro-tection from passing Covid-19. This year as in the past there should be a second mailing of CSA materials with a second pledge card coming from the diocesan offices to those who have not yet participated by returning their pledge card. In the past that second mailing used to take place in June or July. In the original planning for the cam-paign this year we did sign up for that second mailing. When it will happen this year I am not certain given how things have changed on the calendar due to our experience with Covid-19. The point is that there is supposed to be a second mailing again this year as in the past years to those of you who have not yet returned a pledge card and when-ever that happens you will then have a second chance to participate in this year's Catholic Services Appeal even though you haven't been able to have a second or third or fourth chance of picking up a pledge card from the pew and returning it to the parish office. Again thank you to all of you who have participated so far this year by already re-turning your pledge card to us. With regard to the violence that resulted from some of the recent protests I would suggest that we all go back and study once again the words and example of Dr. Martin Luther King from my younger days. His choice of non-violence as a method of conflict resolution was because of the knowledge that violence never brings about anything but more violence down the road somewhere at some other time. His goal was to have a colorblind society where a person would be judged on the "content of their character" and not by the color of their skin. I have been reflecting on my four years living in Belgium which was such a colorblind society never having known the scourge of slavery. Maybe our prayer should be that in this sense we might become more like the society in which I lived when I lived in color-blind Belgium.

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of June 7, 2020 Sunday The Most Holy Trinity Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; (Ps) Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:”11-13; Jn

3:16-18 Monday 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1b-8; Mt 5:1-12 Tuesday 1 gs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 5:13-16 Wednesday 1 Kgs 18_20-39; Ps 16:1b-2a, 4-5, 8, 11; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday St. Barnabas, Apostle Acts 11:21b-26, 13:1-3; Ps 98:1-6; Mt 5:20-26 Friday 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-9c, 13-14; Mt 5:27-32 Saturday St. Anthony of Padua, Priest 1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1b-2b, 5, 7-10; Mt 5:33-37 Sunday The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10: 16-17; Jn 6:51-58

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STEWARDSHIP - Week of May 30 & 31

Week 49/53 Adult Envelopes (85 used) $8,278.00 Automatic Envelopes (34 used) 1,411.00 Youth 20.50 Loose Stewardship 648.00

Total Stewardship this week $10,357.50

YTD $647,615.16 Budget YTD $690,711.54 Last YTD $688,210.92

5% Tithe this week $517.88 YTD Tithe $32,380.76

~This Week in our Parish~ Sun Jun 7: Watch Mass on TV or come to Mass Mon June 8: Send collection envelope to the Parish Office Tues June 9: Send CSA pledge card to the Parish Office Wed June 10: Pray for our Parish Family Thurs June 11: Pray for the Bishop Fri June 12: Pray for the Pope Sat June 13: Pray for the Governor Sun June 14: Watch Mass on TV or come to Mass

Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is Mikula Chiropractic P.C.. Please see

this ad on the back of the bulletin.

These advertisers help to defray all publishing costs which the Church would otherwise incur. Please patron-ize the sponsors on the back of this bulletin and thank them for their kind generosity.

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~ Homebound Parishioner of the Week

1st Banns

Christine Cybulskis & Gary Heeringa

2233 Diamond Ave./447-2997 4 Mile Rd./363-7725

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Summer Office Hours The elementary office will be open all summer, M-F 9am - 4pm June 17 through August 18. The middle school campus is closed until Au-gust 10. The MS office reopens with summer hours August 10-18.

Would you like to give your child a firm academic and

spiritual foundation? All Saints Academy has a superior academic reputation, while also feeding the spiritual side of your child with the rich Catholic faith. Our Early Childhood program cares for and educates children 18 months old to 5 years old. The Elementary and Middle School programs edu-cate children in Kindergarten through 8th grade. Child care is available year-round for toddlers through 8th graders. More infor-mation can be found on our web-site, www.asagr.org\prospective-families, or by contacting us at 447-2997, or emailing Michael Debri (mdebri@asagr.org). Information about tuition assistance is available at www.asagr.org./financial-assistance. Catholic school educa-tion may be more affordable than you think!

You can make your CSA donation by credit card online by visiting our parish website. On the main page there is a link to the Diocese of Grand Rapids website, grdiocese.org. That link will tell you how to make your donation. Don’t forget to reference Blessed Sac-rament when filling out the form.

Summer Office Hours

The Parish Office will be closed on Friday’s during the summer, now through Labor Day. The office will be open Monday through Thurs-day, 8:00am-4:30pm.

Summer or Covid-19 Tithing

Now that summer is here and many of you will be away on vacation, have you remembered to drop off your contribution envelopes? If not, automatic giving might be a good solution for you. You can make your weekly or monthly Parish con-tribution via an automatic deduction from your checking or savings ac-count. You can find a form in the stewardship tower in the narthex, in the Parish Office or on our website. Fill out the form and return it to the Parish office by mail, hand deliver it, or you can drop it in the collection basket at Mass on the weekend.