BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH July 21, 2019 Staten Island, New York 10310

Reverend Monsignor Ferdinando Berardi, Pastor Reverend Francisco Lanzaderas Reverend Roland Antony Raj, MMI Deacon Christopher Wodzinski Reverend Monsignor Peter G. Finn, Pastor Emeritus MASSES: Saturday in the Church: 5:00 PM (Vigil), Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM. Weekdays in the Church: 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Saturday in the Church: 9:00 AM. Holy Days in the Church: 7:00 PM (Vigil), 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 12:00 to 1:00 PM; 4:15 to 5:00 PM. Anytime upon reasonable request. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Sunday at 2:00 PM. (Except during July & August, then only on the First and Third Sunday and other specified days) Arrangements should be made at least one month in advance with the priest of the Parish. Parents of a first child and parents who are new to Blessed Sacrament must attend a Baptism Instruction Class which is held the second Tuesday evening of every month (except July and August) at 7:30 P.M. in the Parish House Meeting Room. Godparents should be Practicing Catholics, and must obtain a Sponsor Certificate from their Parish.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

Arrangements should be made about six months in advance, with a priest of the Parish. Couples must attend Pre-Cana Conferences.

SICK CALLS - At any time. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA - Every Monday after the 9:00 AM Mass. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - First Friday from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. NEW PARISHIONERS - Welcome to our Parish.

We invite all parishioners to participate fully in our spiritual and social life. If you are new in the parish, please introduce yourself after Mass and register at the Parish House Office weekdays 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Kindly notify us if you change your address.

PARISH HOUSE

30 Manor Road 442-1581

http://www.blessedsacramentchurchsi.org

SCHOOL Mr. Joseph Cocozello

Principal 830 Delafield Avenue

442-3090

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Sister Anne Dolores Van Wagenen, C.S.JB. - D.R.E.

830 Delafield Avenue 448-0378

PAGE TWO JULY 21, 2019 TITAN LEAGUE BREAKFAST CLUB The Titan League Breakfast Club will meet on Thursday, July 25th at 10am at the Dakota Diner. THE FIELD AFAR The movie, “The Field Afar, the Life of Fr. Vincent Capodanno” will be shown on Sunday, Aug. 11th at 7pm at the Monmouth Film Festival, Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ. Go to www.monmouthfilmfestival.org/field-afar to purchase tickets. RETROUVAILLE Stress in Your Marriage? Do you feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage? Are you constantly fighting? Have you thought about separation or divorce? Retrouvaille is a Lifeline to Help Couples Heal and Renew their Marriages. The program consists of a weekend experience for married couples (no group discussions) with six follow-up sessions. Upcoming Weekend: August 23-24. For information and to register: Call Rich Colasuonno: 732-236-0671 or email: 3024@retrouvaille.org. OUT OF THE MOUTH’S OF BABES The Sunday School teacher had just told her class the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus fleeing into Egypt to escape Herod, and then she asked her students to draw a picture about the story. She came to a little boy’s drawing and was slightly puzzled to see he had drawn a picture of an airplane so she asked him to explain. Joey responded, “Well, this is the “Flight into Egypt”. Here in the back of the plane are Mary, Joseph and Jesus.” The teacher pointed to the stick figure leaning out of the cockpit of the plane and asked, “Who is this person?” “Oh,” Joey responded, “That’s Pontius the Pilot!”

SUNDAY COLLECTION 2010 2009 $5495.00 (Weekly) $6144.00 (Weekly) $1961.00 (AirCondition) $2136.00 (AirCondition) ATTENDANCE

2010 2009 776 (Adults) 755 (Adults)

179 (Children) 198 (Children)

THE SANCTUARY LAMP KEEPS ITS SILENT VIGIL

BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN LOVING MEMORY OF

CECELIA & JAMES JOCKERS

PRAY FOR THE SICK The sick are comforted just knowing that you pray for them In your charity please remember: Douglas Pfleging, Jr., Phyllis Ribaudo, Ann Socci, Concetta Chicolo, Mary Kenny, Jean Carter, Carolyn DeStefano, Robert Tursi, Nicholas Toto, Marykate Rose, Peggy Travers, Mary Anne Blaine, Jean Cunningham, Jean Elmadary, Alan March, Sebastian Lattuga, Grayce Novaro, Angela Siuzdak, Helen Ramsey, Katherine Barbera, Margaret Romani, Barbara Brown, Michael Caruso, Patricia Connelly, Mary Belli, Mark Volpe, Linda Hansen, Marco Antonio Gonzalez, Larry Taylor, Jr., Kathy Quinlan, Jose Ruiz, Rosemary Callahan, Robert Hammerton, Catherine Vitale, Capala Lusi, Jack McGarry, Brian Nelson, James McGarrigle, James Finnigan, Lelia Moran, Gail Kees, Cara Healy, Marion Coolen, Michael Roskowinski, Jeff Orr, Debbie Caporale, Ana Ely Diaz, Ruth Orr, John G. Ferriera, Gina King, Elinor Walshe, Joan Callahan, Joyce McDonough, Eileen Doran, Lorrayne P., Lucille D’Arpe, Joanne Karundeny, Louis Raiola, Mike Mancuso, Lucinda Bieber, Patrick Stach, Lorraine Esposito, Joseph Cashin, Ursula Cashin, Erna Hammerton, and Linda Gagliardi

SYMPATHY

Remember the souls for whom Mass will be offered during the week, especially: MONDAY 7:00 Conversion of Gov. Cuomo 9:00 Joan Weeks TUESDAY 7:00 Margie Galicia (Living) 9:00 Stella Dumlao WEDNESDAY 7:00 Phyllis M. Morrell 9:00 Albert Ciampi THURSDAY 7:00 Msgr. James K. Vaughey 9:00 Maria Sarah Rose Giovanoni FRIDAY 7:00 John N. Gerard Catania (Living) 9:00 Sr. Elaine Owens, SC SATURDAY 9:00 Msgr. John G. Woolsey 5:00 Members of the Jacobsen Family SUNDAY 8:00 Catherine Pignata 9:30 Geraldine & Larry Puca and Carmela Sofio 12:30 Mary Patricia Peters (31st Anniv.)

SUNDAY COLLECTION 2019 2018 $4,570 (Weekly) $3,931 (Weekly) $ 942 (Black & Indian Missions) $1,756 (Monthly) ATTENDANCE

2019 2018 598 (Adults) 531 (Adults)

110 (Children) 99 (Children) 708 630

PAGE THREE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SCHEDULE FOR JULY 28, 2019 ALTAR SERVERS LECTORS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 5:00 PM Vigil Team 4 K. HANLEY D. VIGLIOTTI & J. WRIGHT 8:00 AM Team 5 C. BURNS A. MORRELL & E. HODGENS 9:30 AM Team 1 L. PILLARELLA K. FALCONE & K. BYRNE 11:00 AM Team 2 R. HELBOCK B. BOYD & H. WODZINSKI 12:30 PM Team 3 M. CONIGATTI MR. & MRS. HUDSON TOUR OF ITALY/ITALIAN TREASURERS St. Adalbert-St. Roch’s will sponsor a Tour of Italy beginning Nov. 4th. 11 spiritually uplifting-fun filled days. Cost: $2865 per person/double occupancy (includes round trip airfare, meals, hotels, transfers). 11 days, 17meals. Full breakfast daily, Tuscan style dinner in Montecatini and Farewell Dinner in Rome. We will travel to Assisi, Florence, Ancient Rome, Christian Rome, Padua, Venice and Montecatini. There will be an information night with a representative from Nuovo tours on August 1st at 7pm in the Parish hall. Everyone welcome. ST. JOSEPH RETREAT CENTER Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles (Silent Retreat) Sunday, August 11th to Friday, August 16th Arrival Sunday 4pm - Departure Friday 10:30am Fee: $450 single occupant; $400 double occupant. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is due by Aug. 1st. Commuter Rate: $300 Mary Magdalene is a familiar name in Christian Scriptures. She enjoyed a unique relationship with Jesus, the Apostles and the early Christian Community. How did this extraordinary woman seek, know and proclaim Christ? What does she say to us as Christians of the 21st Century? BLUE ARMY SHRINE First Saturday, Aug. 3rd, please join us to honor Our Lady’s plea requesting Five First Saturday’s of Reparation for five consecutive months. 12:15pm Mass w/Speaker/Celebrant Rev. Matthew Mauriello. See www.bluearmy.com for remaining schedule. Blue Army Shrine, 674 Mountain View Road East, Asbury, NJ 08802

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION There’s a different pace to a summer Sunday, especially on those days when we dream of air conditioning and wave any available paper to stir the air. Yet we persist in gathering, even with so many breaks from the usual routines. We distance ourselves not only from routines, but from schedules and familiar well-worn paths. These are playful days and contemplative days. We see long-lost friends and visit almost-forgotten places. We have more leisure than any people before in the history of the world, and we need it because our lives are so care-worn and tiring. More of us walk barefoot and look up at the stars or dip our toes in the lake or sea, sing around campfires, read novels on the beach, and eat comfort food with our fingers. We see how beautiful life can be, and are more aware than usual of how God is always breaking in with signs of love. In Genesis today, Abraham and Sarah practice hospitality to their visitors, who turn out to be God dropping in. During the summer months, God practices hospitality in return, inviting us into a season of celebration. Keeping Sunday holy is a good habit to cultivate in these days when our spirits are especially receptive to God’s deep desire for us to know divine love. --James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

PAGE FOUR JULY REFLECTIONS Summer and July are twins of possibility when the hectic pace of school, work, family et.al dominates September to June and too often beyond. But then, there is summer and the pace slows down or does it. ABC News’ Paula Faris in an interview with Tony Rossi, Director of Communications, The Christophers relates how her:

“Season of Hell Leads to Journeys of Faith”

ABC News’s Paula Faris seemingly had it all: a great husband, wonderful kids, and high profile jobs as co-anchor of “Good Morning America’s” weekend edition and co-host of “The View”. But she also felt overextended, as if God was telling her to step back from some of her professional commitments. She didn’t listen to that still small voice, however, until she endured a self-described “season of hell.” Now, Paula has achieved a better work-life balance, and also created a podcast that features conversations about faith in a mainstream media venue. During an interview on “Christopher Closeup,” Paula recalled that in 2017, she realized that her family was taking a backseat to her career: “They were getting the leftovers - the rest of me, not the best of me.” She discussed stepping away from her jobs at “Weekend GMA” and “The View” with a network executive, who told her, “You’d be crazy to do that.” Paula said, “I allowed fear to paralyze me from doing what I knew was right, from doing what I felt that God had pressed on my heart.” Then, her “season of hell” began. Paula suffered a miscarriage that required emergency surgery. Not long after, she was on location reporting a segment when someone hurled an apple at her head so hard that she suffered a serious concussion. She was out of work for three weeks. On the day she got cleared to return, a woman ran a red light and crashed head-on into the car Paula was driving, leaving her with more injuries. And a few months after that, she caught the flu, which turned into pneumonia. During that period, Paula felt like God was trying to get her attention about taking a step back from her work. She also realized that she had invested “too much of my identity in what I did and not who I was as a child of God.” And so, she listened and trusted. She asked her bosses if she could work on stories Monday to Friday instead. She also suggested starting a podcast in which she would interview newsmakers about their spiritual beliefs. It was an idea that was almost unheard of on a mainstream platform. But ABC News obliged Paula’s requests. And she has since completed season two of her podcast, “Journeys of Faith,” which is available on iTunes and elsewhere. “The genesis of the podcast,” said Paula “is my own personal faith. It’s been my rock, my glue, my foundation. It has kept my marriage together. It has pulled me through the most difficult and trying times.” Though Paula is a lifelong Christian, she doesn’t talk only with people who believe exactly as she does. That’s evident from her guest list, which included believer Tim Tebow, as well as atheist Sam Harris. Why that approach? Paula said, “Jesus was out there talking with people that didn’t see eye to eye with Him. He was with the worst of sinners, and yet having conversations - even some tough conversations…This is me sitting down and listening or respecting somebody else’s faith…and also showing them, hopefully, the love of Christ in me as well. But we can agree to disagree, and we can do so respectfully… I think you will earn people’s respect if you just sit down and engage in a conversation with them, and show them the love of Christ. Really, that’s the calling, isn’t it? To love God and love people. We overcomplicate it. That’s what I’m trying to accomplish here.” Perhaps we can all take a little time on a July summer day to listen for our inner voice and respond in our lives and those of our loved ones on our journey of faith! God bless you Msgr. Finn

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