LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Mass:

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

Weekend Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm

Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am

Summer OFFICE HOURS: Monday—thursday, 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

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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BY GEORGE….

Sat, July 7 VIGIL: 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4:30 pm Parish Famiy Sun, July 8 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Lynn Heeringa 11:00 am George Alicki Mon, July 9 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Tues, July 10 WEEKDAY 8:30 am John & Mary Kandra Wed, July 11 ST. BENEDICT, ABBOT 8:30 am Harold Parkins Thurs, July 12 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Fri, July 13 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Mary Jane Jordan Sat, July 14 VIGIL: 15th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:30 pm Leo Boruta Sun, July 15 15th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Parish Family 11:00 am Tony Hehl Jr.

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

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of July 8, 2018 Sunday 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a Monday Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9; Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday St. Benedict, Abbot Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16; Mt 10:7-15 Friday Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17; Mt 10:16-23 Saturday St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33 Sunday 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14; Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Mk 6:7-13

Mass Schedule

STEWARDSHIP - Week ending June 30 & July 1

Week 1/52 Adult Envelopes (148 used) $9,462.86 Automatic Envelopes (31 used) 1,367.50 Youth 78.25 Loose Stewardship 571.30 Total Stewardship this week $11,479.91

YTD $11,479.91 Budget YTD $14,807.69 Last YTD $11,039.64

5% Tithe this week $574.00 YTD Tithe $574.00

For most of the past twelve years a great portion of our attention and work has been focused on building needs here at Blessed Sacrament. Presently the pro-ject has been to repair the last section of the school roof that has not been repaired or replaced in these last 12 years. With the completion of this roof project we will have replaced or repaired all of the building roofs for the school, church, offices, and rectory, except for the roof on the rectory garage. In addition to this we have just recently replaced the air conditioner that serves the church and hope the new one will serve for the next 25 years. A few years ago we did the project to replace the roof of the church, add the eaves around the build-ing and provide ventilation into the church attic. Then as a follow up to that we repaired the ceiling in the church. At that same time we had a project to replace the lights in the church ceiling with the LEDS which has worked to save energy but has not worked as well as we were told it would as the lights still flicker and some fixtures some times don't seem to want to work. (we are still following up on this problem with the contractors who don't seem to know what the problem is.) We re-placed the windows in the upper level of the rectory that had rotted as well as put on the new siding to replace the wood siding that had rotted. In addition we have replaced the boiler in the school, even though we still have many problems with thermostats, pipes, radiators, etc. that have outlived their expected life span. We know that we have additional building needs we will have to address in the future such as replacing the win-dows in the gymnasium family center and in the west wing of the school building as these windows are single pane and not energy efficient, and some of the window frames in the gym windows are rusting or rotting away. At the same time that we need to take care of the buildings we have also tried to take care of the needs of the people who use those buildings. For the past few months the Parish Pastoral Council has been reflecting on whether or not we have been meeting those needs as well. One area they have identified in which they feel we are deficient is in the welcoming and greeting of new members of the parish. Presently new members contact the Parish Office and the ladies in the office as-sist them with whatever information they need to know or questions they have and then the individuals or fami-lies often introduce themselves to me at Mass. The Pastoral Council has suggested that we expand what we do by creating a group of parishioners who would serve as a welcoming committee for new members, contacting those members as they join the parish fami-ly, even inviting those new members to their homes for dinners so that they can get to know folks already here. If this might be something to which you feel called or in which you might be interested please just let Lori in the Parish Office know with a phone call or email. Once we have a group who would like to be welcoming to new members then we can get together and decide how we might want to do that and what might work best for all involved.

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2233 Diamond Ave./364-9453 4 Mile Rd./363-7725

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Would you like to give your child a firm academic and spir-itual 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, http://www.asagr.org\prospec tivefamilies, or by contacting us at 364-9453, or emailing Michael De-bri (mdebri@asagr.org). Information about tuition assistance is available at http://www.asagr.org./financial-assistance. If you are new to Catho-lic Schools, the Bishop’s Welcome Scholarship is also available for stu-dents entering Preschool-11th grade, you can find more infor-mation at http://www.asagr.org./step-6ec-welcome-scholarship. Catholic education may be more affordable than you think!

Join us in the ASA garden! During the summer all are invited to help weed and harvest during two weekly sessions. Join school fami-lies and staff beginning June 18th at either 6:30 pm Mondays or 10:00 am Thursdays. The garden is locat-ed behind the middle school (1110 4 Mile NE) next to the playground. Feel free to bring your favorite gar-dening gloves and tools to use. You are welcome to keep any produce you harvest.

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.

~Outside the Parish~

~This Week in our Parish~

Sun/July 8: after Masses Coffee & donuts, Church garden Mon/July 9: 11:00am Book Club, Church MPR

Summer Tithing Now that summer is here and many of you will be away on vacation, have you remembered to drop off your con-tribution envelopes? If not, automatic giving might be a good solution for you. You can make your weekly or monthly Parish contribution via an automatic deduction from your check-ing or savings account. 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 de-liver it, or you can drop it in the collec-tion basket at Mass on the weekend.

Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is Denny’s. 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 pat-ronize the sponsors on the back of this bulletin and thank them for their kind generosity.

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~

Homebound Parishioner of the Week

Help support our seminarians and priests— Bishop Walkowiak wants your feedback!

The Diocese of Grand Rapids will be conducting a feasibility study throughout July and August, and Bishop Walkowiak would like to hear from you. The study will gather feedback on a potential diocesan-wide capital campaign to support our seminarians and priests. A high level of responses from Catholics throughout West Michigan is needed to aid the bishop in making an informed decision on whether to move forward. Potential campaign goals include investing in the edu-cation of our growing number of seminarians, supporting specialized education for our priests, and funding the Priest Retirement Fund. The Steier Group, a Catholic development and fundraising firm, has been hired to conduct the study. A final recommendation on the viability of the campaign will be made in the early fall. Visit dioceseofgrandrapids.org for additional details on how you can partici-pate. Stay tuned to the bulletin throughout the study for regular updates.

Annual Brian Bush memorial Putt-For Life

This event, sponsored by Sty. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will tqake place on Saturday, July 28th from 10am-1pm at Loeschner’s Village Green Min-iature Golf & Games, 4521 Chicago Dr SW. For any donation, please come and enhjoy free: 18 holes of miniature golf, face painting, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, snacks and soda. For additional information please visit the Brian Bush Putt for Life website at 222.puttforlife.com.