LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Weekday Mass: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am

Wednesday: 10:30am

Weekend Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm

Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am

OFFICE HOURS: MondayOFFICE HOURS: MondayOFFICE HOURS: MondayOFFICE HOURS: Monday————friday, 8:30am friday, 8:30am friday, 8:30am friday, 8:30am ––––4:00pm4:00pm4:00pm4:00pm

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, PastorFr. George Darling, PastorFr. George Darling, PastorFr. George Darling, Pastor

FINANCE COUNCIL

Charlie Goode, Chair. Jim Wila, Vice Chair.

Tim Callery

Tammy Chartier Bob Dean

Jim Frey

Beth Eliopoulos

Barb Lawrence

Terry Staskey

PASTORAL COUNCIL

Dan Armock, Chair. Laura Ellis

Mary Kahnoski Jeremy Reed

Brian Schaab

Kathy Schwartz

Joe Townshend

Scott Ware

Donna Wrona

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.

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Sat, Apr 14 VIGIL: 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER

4:30 pm Art Choma; Gene Borek

Sun, Apr 15 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER

9:00 am Fr. John Wisneski; Ken Nikodemski &

Mary Vierheilig

11:00 am Parish Family

Mon, Apr 16 EASTER WEEKDAY

**No Mass** Tues, Apr 17 EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 am John Stoddard

Wed, Apr 18 EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 am Helen Hansen

Thurs, Apr 19 EASTER WEEKDAY

**No Mass** Fri, Apr 20 EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 am Evelyn Jensen

Sat, Apr 21 VIGIL: 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER

4:30 pm Leo Boruta

Sun, Apr 22 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER

9:00 am Parish Family

11:00 am Dick & Lorraine Dodge

PASTORAL TEAM

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

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

Mary Bristol, Business Manager…...mbristol@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

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Readings for the Week of April 15, 2018 Sunday 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a;

Lk 24:35-48 Monday Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday Acts 7:51– 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab

Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40

Thursday Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1-2; Jn 6:52-59

Saturday Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday 4th Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23; 26, 29; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18

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STEWARDSHIP - Week ending April 7 & 8

Week 41/52

Adult Envelopes (154 used) $9,374.25

Automatic Envelopes (57 used) 4,292.50

Youth 40.06

Loose Stewardship 462.25

Total Stewardship this week $14,169.06

YTD $609,802.62

Budget YTD $611,057.69

Last YTD $611,563.17

5% Tithe this week $708.45

YTD Tithe $30,490.13

I want to share the following letter with you:

“Dear Monsignor, Father, and Pastoral Director, Thank you for your faithful ministry to the people in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Because of your ministry and the prayers of the people, the Catholic Church in West Michi-gan is making steady progress. We have seen three straight years of enrollment growth in our Catholic schools. At Easter, we welcomed nearly 400 candidates and cate-chumens into the Church. We will soon be launching a pas-toral plan for our growing Hispanic ministry. The permanent diaconate program was reintroduced and we have 16 aspir-ants in formation. One of our greatest blessings has been witnessed over the past six years as our number of semi-narians has grown from 18 to 24, with a total enrollment of 34 expected this fall. With great blessings, come financial challenges. One of my greatest challenges as bishop is determining how to fund and sustain these worthwhile initiatives. For example, the cost to educate seminarians has increased from $508,000 six years ago to $1,831,000 for the upcoming fiscal year. While the Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) par-tially funds seminarian education, most of the funding has come from our reserve accounts. While funding seminarian education is an important endeavor, I am also aware of your priestly service. There-fore, I am proposing a diocesan-wide capital campaign to more fully fund our priest pension fund, endow a fund to support seminarian and clergy education and formation, and restore the reserve accounts we have being using to fund seminarian education. I have made this decision fol-lowing consultations with my leadership team and the Presbyteral Council. The Steier Group of Omaha, Nebraska has been cho-sen to lead this effort in conjunction with members of our diocesan staff. Our first step will be to conduct a compre-hensive campaign planning study, which will occur this summer. The results of the study will provide me with vital feedback regarding the proposed goals and structure of the campaign. In June, I will send you a preliminary fact sheet that outlines the potential goals for the effort. I will be asking all of you to participate in a confidential one-on-one interview to share your thoughts, concerns, and sugges-tions regarding the potential goals and structure of the campaign. In the meantime, I am asking for your assis-tance with the following:

Please recommend 25 families from your parish that you believe could help shape the goals of the capital campaign.

I thank you in advance for your support and par-ticipation. You are my closest collaborators in ministry. Your guidance and leadership are important to me and essential in planning for the future of our diocese.

Fraternally yours in Christ, Most Rev. David J. Walkowiak

Bishop of Grand Rapids”

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE 25 FAMILIES I RECOMMEND PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.

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2233 Diamond Ave./364-9453

4 Mile Rd./363-7725

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Does today's technology have you confused? Not sure what devices and apps might be safe… or un-safe… for your kids? Or for you? So many questions, and now there are answers. On Monday, April 30 at 6:30pm at The Brophy Center at St. Jude Parish, All Saints Academy will host Protecting Young Eyes, a presentation by nationally known tech presenter Chris McKenna and his team. Chris will provide infor-mation and the tools you need to help your students "use technology awesomely." No reservations are needed.

Everyone is welcome to this year's All Saints Academy Praise Concert Wednesday, April 18 at 1pm at Blessed Sacrament Church, featur-ing music from our students, kinder-garten through eighth grade.

You can make your CSA dona-tion online by visiting our parish website. On the main page there is a link to the Diocese of Grand Rapids website. Go to that link and it will tell you how to make your donation. Don’t forget to reference Blessed Sacrament when filling out the form.

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Sun/Apr 15: 6:30pm Confirmation Class, Church MPR

Tues/Apr 17: 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/Apr 18: 1:00pm ASA Praise Concert, Church

7:00pm Pastoral Council Meeting, Rectory conference room

Thurs/Apr 19: after 8:30am Mass Coffee & Donuts, Church MPR

1:00pm Prayer Blanket Ministry, Church MPR

6:30pm Religious Ed Class, school classrooms

Sun/Apr 22: 6:30pm Confirmation Class, Church MPR

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

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Join us on Saturday, April 28th, from 5:30-9pm in the Church multi-purpose room. There will be a Pot-luck dinner starting at 5:30pm and then Euchre begins are 6:30pm. Invite your family and friends! If you do not have a partner, we will find one for you. For more information or any questions, please contact Marie LeMire, 361-7339 or mlemire@bsac rament.net.

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Aquinas College is hosting an AQDay for all high school juniors and seniors interested in visiting their beautiful 117-acre campus. The Ad-missions Office invites you to come and discover what life at AQ is really all about. Get the inside scoop on academics, athletics, scholarships, service learning, study abroad, and more. Please visit aquinas.edu/aqday for more details or to register for the event on April 20.

Thank you very much for your gener-ous donations to the fish fry dessert table. Diners of all ages commented that it was hard choosing between the variety of delicious cakes, cookies, cupcakes, brownies, and pies, etc.. Once again, Blessed Sacrament Parish has lived up to its reputation for having the best bakers! Thanks again, Marie LeMire.

This week, Michael Lenz, a repre-sentative from our bulletin publisher, Diocesan Publications, will be seek-ing new and renewing present parish bulletin ads. If you are interested in advertising please call the parish office for contact information. We feel this is an excellent opportunity for local businesses to increase their visibility in the community. Advertis-ing in the bulletin allows this publica-tion to be printed each week at no cost to the parish.