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"We know that our God and our Redeemer is really present in the Most Blessed , and that He speaks to our hearts, and awakens good thoughts and good resolutions within us ... We should consider these moments spent before the as the happiest ofour lives." St. lean-Marie Vianney We wish to thank Notre Dame du Lac (Our Lady ofthe Lake) for the many graces that she gains for all who come to adore her Son in the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel.

We are also grateful to the Most Reverend James A. Murray for his permission and blessing on Sacred Heart Eucharistic Chapel as a place ofPerpetual Adoration for all in St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Stevensville and the surrounding area.

Welcome Adorers This booklet has been prepared by the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Committee to provide the infonnation you need as a Guardian of the . The committee is a team of volunteers who will support you in your adoration of the Eucharist. A head coordinator and a division leader for your adoration hour are available to answer questions. Names and contact information of these resource people appear on page 5 and hour coordinators are found on the inside of the back cover of this booklet. For your convenience, page 10 has a form for you to record the names and contact infonnation of resource people and substitute adorers for your adoration hour.

Sacred Heart Eucharistic Adoration Chapel is located on the southeast corner of Saint Joseph in Saint Joseph. The church is located at 211 Church Street. Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Chapel. For your security, the outdoor entrance to the chapel is equipped with an entrance keypad and the Knights of Columbus guard the entrance to the chapel from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.

2 Dear Adorer,

Thank you for answering His call to adore His Real Presence in the Eucharist. By saying "yes" to Him who has invited you, you become one of a long line of worshipers throughout the centuries who have answered His Call, extending from the the angels, shepherds, and Magi at the stable in Bethlehem to our Adorers here, in St. Joseph. This mystical union of adoring souls has sustained the very heart of the Church.

Perpetual Adoration is the giving of your time to the Lord. For such a commitment, the graces and blessings that will be bestowed upon you and your loved ones will abound in this life and will be beyond measure in the next.

We are grateful that you have chosen to make the Eucharistic Presence of a priority in your life. This is a sign of the strength of your Faith and the strength of your belief in the power of prayer through silent adoration of our Lord in the Eucharist.

May He who is ever present bless you and protect you. May our Most Holy Mother, Mary, under her title of our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, draw you ever closer to her Son in His Real Presence in the Eucharisl.

Welcome to Sacred Heart Eucharistic Adoration Chapel where our Blessed Lord awaits you.

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Committee

3 Duties of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Team

Head Coordinator The Head Coordinator is in charge program and is responsible to Pastor to ensure of the Eucharistic Adoration are observed Law and wishes of Pastor.

Division Lea(J'ers There are four Division Leaders. Each is responsible for one of four time divisions: Night (Midnight 6:00 a.m), Morning, (6:00 a.m. - Noon), Afternoon, (Noon - 6:00 p.m), Evening (6:00 - Midnight). oversee are responsible for six Hour Coordinators in their time In addition, will assistance to the Head

Hour Coordinators malO of an Hour Coordinator is to ensure that an Adorer is always present during or her hour. Hour Coordinator will check the to insure that assigned Adorers have signed-in. When an Adorer has not the Hour Coordinator should cause for this correct situation. an emergency prevents an Adorer from serving, hour coordinator find a for Adorer or cover hour In addition, hour coordinator will continue to inspire and Adorers and solicit new substitutes.

For personnel problems or schedule, as the addition or deletion the Hour Coordinator will notify Division Leader who, in turn, will notify the Coordinator.

4 Adoration Committee

Pastor Rev. Monsignor Osborn

Head Coordinator Joan Emlong 983-6807 [email protected] Division Leaders

Midnight to 6:00 A.M. Adam Kohler 369-8916 adam. pc.kohler@gmail .com

6:00A.M. to Noon Serena and Dave Spear 429-5567 d.s [email protected]

Noon to 6 P.M. Julie Hoffman 269-267 -2529 269-561-2457 [email protected]

6:00 P.M . to Midnight Tina Kohler 369-5257 [email protected]

Computer Consultant Joe Campbell 208-6015 joe@sw michcatholics.com

Chapel Librarian Tina Kohler 369-5257

Artist Merrie Rohm 429-7817 mer1225@atLnet 5 General Information for Adorer

Your commitment to adore is a blessing from the Lord. As a Guardian of the Eucharist during your hour, it is your responsibility to insure that the Blessed Sacrament is never left alone. Each time you adore, you must sign-in before entering the Chapel.

If you cannot be present in the Chapel at your assigned time follow this procedure:

a) Contact the people who are assigned to adore at the same hour you are and let them know you will not be there.

b) If your fellow hour-adorers are also unable to be present or if you are the only one covering your hour, you must get a substitute. Become familiar with the Adorers who adore during your hour on other days of of the week. From among them, you may locate a substitute.

c) Call a substitute listed on the schedule of Adorers for that block of hours.

d) If you cannot get a substitute, you should contact your Hour Coordinator. If your Hour Coordinator is not available, call your Division Leader

e) If all else fails, contact the Head Coordinator.

Remember, you should be able to depend upon each other because of your valuable commitment to the Lord.

6 Chapel Procedures

To insure that the Blessed Sacrament is never left alone, please observe these procedures:

Sign in at the beginning of your assigned hour of adoration. This way, the Adorer you are relieving can check the sign-in sheet before leaving the Chapel area to confirm that you are the Adorer who is scheduled for the next hour. This will inform the departing Adorer that you are relieving him or her for the entire next hour and not someone who has arri ved for a short visit.

When leaving after your hour of Adoration, be sure to check the sign-in sheet to verify that you are being relieved for the next hour.

If the Adorer after your hour is not present and you choose to be the substitute for the next hour, sign your name on the sign­ in sheet and write "substitute" after your name. This "viii signal the Hour CoordInator that an unscheduled absence took place. Your Coordinator can then take steps to prevent this problem In the future.

Nothing is to be placed on the of repose.

Spiritual reading material provided is never to be removed from the Chapel area. Personal copies may be obtained by contacting the Chapel Librarian, Tina Kohler.

No material of any kind is to be pJaced in the Chapel or Chapel area unless authorized by the Pastor

7 Chapel Decorum

Respect jor Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is displayed the following ways:

1. Genuflect upon entering the presence of the Lord. (This can be a full kneeling position with head bowed to the floor, or with head bowed. In case of physical limitations, a respectful bowing of the head is acceptable).

mindful of , respectful, and modest

Maintain an austere reverence (no talking) of Our Leave the Chapel if there is a to someone and hold your conversation area.

spontaneous unscheduled events, distracting behavior, or is allowed. Silence and quiet Our Lord ensures that others are not distracted or undue attention is drawn to oneself.

5. eat or drink in the Chapel. Chewing gum or in the Chapel is not respectful.

6. Radios, CD players, tape players, cellular phones and other such devices are not to be used in the ChapeL

8 Eucharistic Chapel Emergency Procedures

If you should have any problems during your hour of adoration, such as illness, or if the Adorer who is to follow you in adoration does not show up, or if you sense something out of the going on, please use the phone provided for the Chapel to call one of the following:

If you become ill during your hour or need advice, call the Hour Coordinator for your hour. (All important telephone numbers will be posted near the phone.)

If the Adorer \vho is to relieve you does not show up and you cannot stay on for an extra hour, call the Hour Coordinator for the hour following yours. (The Hour Coordinators and their contact information are found on the inside of the back cover of this booklet.)

If you cannot reach the Hour Coordinator following your hour, then call the appropriate Division Leader. (The Division Leaders and their contact information are found on page 5 of his booklet.)

If you cannot reach the Division Leader, call the Head Coordinator.

If an emergency of a serious nature arises, call the appropriate emergency numbers that will be posted near the phone and notify the Rectory.

The phone is there to be used only for the secunty of the Adoration Chapel and for Adorers performing their duties as Guardians of the Eucharist.

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Important Adorer Information

Day and Hour for Adoration:------­

Hour CoordinatorlPhone No:------­

Division LeaderlPhone No:------­

Access Code:

Other Adorers committed to the same hour on your day: Name/Phone No. ------­

Other Adorers committed to the same hour during the week (name/day/phone number/email)

10 Exerpts from Adoration of the Holy International by His Holiness Pope John Paul II

... "Know that I am wilh you all days until the end of world" (ML 20). These are the words of C ascending into heaven on the Christ is indeed the Emmanuel, until the end of time. And IS

and now is here, when true the Father in the spirit this to the Samari tan woman at The adoration of the Eucharist and recognition ojthe real presence of outside ofthe celebration of lhe If is a real dialogical encounter by means of which ... ourselves To the experience oj God .... It is equally with the needs and with the needy 0/ world." (Documentbase of the And adoration, by its own spiritual dynamic, must oflove and justice for the JaiThJul.

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"Panis Angelicus fit Panis Hominum; Dat panis Coelicus figuris terminum: Ores mirabilis! Manducat Dominum, Pauper, servus et homilis."

The angelic bread becomes the bread of men; The heavenly bread ends all prefigurations: \Vhat wonder! a poor and humble servant consumes the Lord.

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12 Hour Coordinators

MIDNIGHT to1:00 a.m. Jason DeVoir 921-4168 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Peter Drabbant 921-3233 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Barry Kalenevi tch 556-9154 3:00 a. m. to 4:00 a.m . Joe Scrima 861-2266 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Dale Bieri 944-3640 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Darla/Ed Nickel 925-273 I

6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m . Mark Globensky 983 -2845 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mary Dudding 429-1464 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m . Sandra Stapulionis 927-2679 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. JoAnne Gonzalez 429-4848 10:00 a.m. to11 :00 a.m. Joan Ziebarth 429-9597 11 :00 a.m. to NOON Joyce Kalenevi tch 556-9514

NOON to 1:00 p.m. Maureen Scott 408-1954 1:00 p.m. [02:00 p.m. Alison Jones 934-0255 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cleo Hein 428-7490 3:00 p.m . to 4:00 p.m. Carol Williams 429-8163 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cecilia DeVoir 429-3504 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Margaret Sil verthom 983-2224 6:00 p.m . to 7:00 p.m. Chlis Conner 429-2567 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Claudette Becher 429-4193 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mary Murray 983- 1630 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Gloria Agay 429-3594 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Anne Campbell 429-5883 ] 1:00 p.m. to MIDNIGHT Eric & Mary Baker 429-1295

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