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Blessed Sacrament Church "I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh." John 6:51-52

SCHEDULE OF MASSES LORD’S DAY: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. HOLYDAYS: Vigil: 6:00 p.m. Holyday: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. WEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m. SATURDAYS: First Saturdays only: 8:00 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment

BAPTISM: As part of the preparation process an interview with the Pastor and two instructional sessions are required. Please contact the rectory to schedule.

ENGAGED COUPLES: Arrangements for your marriage must be made at least nine months in advance of the marriage date.

NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you and ask that you register at the Rectory. We want to know and serve you! We hope that you will favor your parish with your prayers, your presence and your talents.

Pastor Rev. Timothy J. Campoli

Church Rectory 221 Federal Street 182 High Street Greenfield, MA 01301 Greenfield, MA 01301 blessedsacramentgreenfieldma.org (413) 773-3311

Deacons Deacon John Leary Deacon George Nolan (413) 219-2734 (C) (508) 304-2763 (C) [email protected] [email protected]

Director of Organist Religious Education Choir Director Laurie Tilton Stephen Glover 774-2918 772-0532 [email protected]

Alternatives Pregnancy Ctr. Calvary Cemetery Pregnancy Tests, Counseling, Support Wisdom Way Post Abortion Support Greenfield (413) 774-6010 773-3311

Hispanic Ministry “Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink this Sr. Caritina Olmos, M.P.S. Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of Natural Family Planning 413-777-5115 the Body and Blood of the Lord.” Ed & Suzi Cottrill Sr. Rosa Torres, M.P.S. 1 Corinthians 11:27 413-772-6062 413-459-7052

Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place in the side chapel twenty- four hours a day, every day. All are welcome to come and worship and adore our Eucharistic Lord.

“Could you not watch one hour with Me?” Matthew 26:40

Blessed Sacrament Church Greenfield, MA 01301

Weekend of October 1 & 2

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Saturday, October 1

4:00 Deacon George Nolan Cynnie Erho Kerry Semaski Holly Elmer

Bill Randall Francis Campbell SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH (Fr. Bombardier) Hannah Lively Monica McCarthy 4:00 Geraldine and John Klima – by Zilch Family Brian Luippold SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH –26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. O’Mannion) Sunday, October 2

8:00 George D. Nolan – by Nolan Family 8:00 Deacon John Leary Liza O’Neil 10:30 Patricia Louise Unaitis – by Susie Unaitis Murphy Lionel Martin MON., SEPT. 26TH – Sts. Cosmas and Damian (Clergy in Purgatory) Helen Shea Murphy Jim Podlesney 9:00 Dorothy Verrier – by Bea & Al Sommer Ginger Baird Lynne Podlesney TUESDAY, SEPT. 27TH – St. Vincent de Paul (Deacon Leary) Kevin O’Neil 9:00 Jonathan P. Provencal – by Mary Paquette and Jeanne Rice, SFO 10:30 Bob Page Wayne Cottrill WED., SEPT. 28TH – St. Wenceslaus/St. Lawrence Ruiz & Comps. Judy Lapointe Annette Canuel (Clergy who are sick) Bob O’Connor Mary Jane Bardwell Marie Boynton Joyce Thibodo 9:00 Frederick Hoth – by Ed & Mary Lou Bueno TH Suzanne Hunter THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 – Sts. , and (Fr. Bermudez) Poet’s Seat Nursing Home: 9:00 Rev. Jack Lemay – by Mary Paquette and Sunday, October 2 Deacon John and Donna Leary Jeanne Rice

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH – St. (Deacon Culliton) Lectors / Cantors: 9:00 Deceased members of the John E. Kiley Family FIRST SATURDAY, OCT. 1ST – St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus Sat., Oct. 1 4:00 Jason Semaski / John Lively (Bishop McDonnell) Sun., Oct. 2 8:00 Laurie Tilton / Karlena Henry 8:00 Raymond G. Perry, Jr. – by Jeanne Rice and 0:30 Wayne Cottrill / Jackie Jurewicz Mary Paquette 4:00 Geraldine and John Klima – by Zilch Family SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Campoli) 8:00 Departed members of the Baruzzi Family – by Walter Lauttenbach 10:30 Deceased members of the Knights of Columbus – By K of C Council #133 ************************************************** REMINDER:  Please join with us in praying the Rosary before each daily Mass at 8:15 a.m., before the 4:00 p.m. Saturday Mass and 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass.  Confessions after each weekend Mass.

 The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. All are invited to come and pray Saturday, October 1 with us.  Blessed Sacrament has a Prayer Chain which is available for 4:00 Leo Martinez, Jason Semaski anyone. Simply contact Marie Boynton at 413-772-5858 or memeboynton@comcast with your petition. Sunday, October 2

 Sponsor Certificates - Many parishes require certificates of 8:00 Crimson Helenek, Jae Helenek sponsorship for Godparents and Confirmation Sponsors. These will be issued only to those who are confirmed adult Catholics, 10:30 Christi, Ezra Christi, Casey Christi registered in the parish, regular participants at Mass, validly married in the Church (if applicable) and providing for the religious education of their own children (if applicable).

September 25, 2016 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in memory/honor: Community Meal In Thanksgiving for Prayers Answered - from Anonymous Blessed Sacrament Parish will sponsor the Community Meal at The Adoration Chapel Candles will burn this week in the Second Congregational Church on Tuesday, September 27th memory/honor of: at 5:30 p.m. If you can help with a casserole, salad, dessert, or a 1.) Bob Thibodo – from Wife financial contribution, please call Ken and Melissa Bacigalupo 2.) Health & Blessings for Fr. Timothy Campoli – from at 413-801-9156 or 413-325-8078. Jackie Jurewicz Calvary Cemetery 3.) Health & Blessings for James Farquhar IV – from Robin Reminder: October 1st is the time set each year for the 4.) Francis Gochinski – from Family removal of pots and flowers from the graves at Calvary First Saturday Mass Cemetery because of the fall cleanup. Thank you! Saturday, October 1st is the First Saturday of the month in honor Help Wanted Part Time Custodian of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mass is at 8:00 a.m. Holy Trinity Parish is seeking an individual for the position of Holy Hour for Nonbelievers custodian. The hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 We will have a Holy Hour on Sunday, October 2nd from 6:00- a.m., 20 hours/week, with occasional call-in as needed. Anyone 7:00 a.m. and again in the evening from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the interested can find the description posted on the parish's Adoration Chapel to pray for nonbelievers. We encourage and website or you can obtain one and an employment application invite everyone to come. by calling Gary Longley at the parish office at 774-2884. Pilgrimage to Italy National Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima th A pilgrimage to Italy will leave from Boston on October 15, On Wednesday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m., the statue of Our 2017 returning October 26. Flights from other cities can be Lady of Fatima will visit Holy Family Parish in South Deerfield arranged. Spiritual Directors are Msgr. Ronald Yargeau and after traveling throughout the Diocese of Springfield bringing Fr. Timothy Campoli who will offer daily Mass. We will the graces of Fatima and Our Lady’s message of hope, peace begin in Rome for three nights, take many tours in Rome, and and salvation to those unable to travel to Fatima. The evening attend an audience with Francis in St. Peter's begins with mediation, adoration and Mass followed by a talk Square. Then we will travel to Monte Cassino, Pompeii, on the message of Fatima as well as fellowship and Sorrento, San Giovanni Rotundo, Monte Sant Angelo, Cascia, refreshments. Please join us for this very special event! Assisi, Siena and Orvieto. These holy places are associated Pro Life Chain with many including St. Benedict, St. , St. Pio, Please join Pro-life of Pioneer Valley's Life Chain on th St. Michael, St. Rita, St. Catherine, St. Clare, and St. Francis. Saturday, October 15 at 11:00 a.m.-12Noon. Please gather at We will travel along the famous Amalfi coast, through the St. Mary's Church on Longmeadow Street at 10:30 a.m. to get a vineyards and visit historic towns and sites including the sign. We will then line up along Longmeadow Street heading remains of Pompeii. The cost is $4,499 which includes airfare, towards the Springfield line. This is a peaceful demonstration to wonderful hotels for 10 nights, two meals a day, admission fees help bring awareness of pro-life issues and to defend the right to and tour guides. A bus to Boston may be rented if there is life. For more information, call Marilyn at 567-6085. enough interest. Please help spread the word and contact Helen Come and See! Shea Murphy at [email protected] or 413-773- St. Scholastica Priory invites you to a Monastic Experience 8890 with questions and to receive a flyer. Weekend on October 7-9, 2016. Single women aged 18-40 RCIA Informational Meeting years are invited to experience life in a house of contemplative Is RCIA right for you or someone you know? Benedictine nuns. Pray, eat and work with them. Listen to · Do you have a friend or family member who has asked conferences on monastic life and prayer. Learn discernment about the ? tools. Hear the nun’s stories of their own journey into the · Were you baptized in the Church but never received First monastery. For more information, contact Sr. Mary Frances at Holy Communion and/or Confirmation? [email protected], 271 North Main Street, Petersham, MA · Do you feel you just don’t know what the Church teaches? 01366 or call 978-724-3213. · Would you like to know your Faith better? Is God Calling You? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Rite of Who do you identify with – the rich man or Lazarus? Choose to Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is for you! There will be notice others and to reach out to those in need. Support those an informational meeting about RCIA on Tuesday, September who serve the poor. (Luke 16: 19-31) If you think God is 27th at 7:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Rectory located at 182 calling you to serve Him in a very special way through the High Street. Please call Laurie Tilton at 774-2918 or e-mail her priesthood, contact Fr. Gary Dailey at 413-452-0816 or at [email protected] for further information. [email protected] . Website: myvocation.com. CHS Class of 1949 Reunion Candles for Intentions The Cathedral High School Class of 1949 is holding a th The four candles that burn around the Blessed Sacrament in the 67 luncheon reunion at The Monte Carlo Restaurant, 1020 Adoration Chapel as well as the one Sanctuary Candle next to Memorial Drive, West Springfield, MA, Tuesday, October 11, the Tabernacle in the main church are available as votive 2016. The luncheon will begin at 12:00 noon. Guests will order candles. Each candle will burn for two weeks for your petitions from the menu and separate checks will be prepared. Please call or in memory of a loved one. The donation for each candle is either Peg (Keith) Talty 413-733-0200, Rene Dube, 413-596- $10. The intentions for which the candles are burning are listed 6809, Rosemary (Burns) Messier, 413-789-0217, or Lucille in the bulletin each week. Envelopes are available on the desk (Bouchard) Drewnowski, 413-786-1236 to make your at the entrance to the chapel and at the rectory. reservation before October 1!

From Slavery to Model of Mercy The Powerful Story of Julia Greeley

Julia Greeley was a familiar sight on the streets of “She stood out because of how extraordinary she in the late 1800s and early 1900s. was,” David Uebbing, chancellor of the Archdiocese Wearing a floppy hat, of Denver, told the Denver oversized shoes, and dabbing Catholic. her bad eye with a “Even though she was handkerchief, Greeley was only earning $10 to $12 a often seen pulling her red month cleaning and cooking, wagon of goods to deliver to she was using it to help other the poor and homeless of the people who were poor,” he city. She had a particularly said. special devotion to the Sacred “That spoke volumes Heart, and would deliver about the charitable heart she images and information about had. In addition, she had the icon to firefighters great devotion to the Sacred throughout Denver every Heart of Jesus and was month. known for walking (monthly) Her charitable work to 20 different firehouses to earned her the title of a "one- give (felt) badges of the person St. Vincent de Paul and tracts to Society" from one writer, and firemen. That brings to life has made her the local model the corporal and spiritual of mercy for the Jubilee Year works of mercy this holy of Mercy. year is dedicated to.” Born a slave in Hannibal, Julia Greeley died on June sometime between 7, 1918 - the Feast of the 1833 and 1848, Greeley Sacred Heart. Although her endured some horrific death came unexpectedly, treatment – once, a whip caught her right eye and she was able to receive last rites. It is estimated that destroyed it as a slave master beat Greeley’s mother. she was around 80 years old, though because she was One of many slaves freed by Lincoln's born into slavery, her exact age was never known. Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Greeley’s work After her death, her body lay in state in a Catholic with the family of William Gilpin, ’s first parish for five hours, during which a constant stream territorial governor, brought her to Denver in 1878. of people came to pay their last respects to the well- After leaving the Gilpins' service, Greeley found known, well-loved woman. odd jobs around the city, and came upon the Sacred A documentary about Greeley, based on the book Heart Parish of Denver, where she would convert to In Secret Service of the Sacred Heart: The Life and Catholicism in 1880. She was an enthusiastic Virtues of Julia Greeley, has been produced by the parishioner, a daily communicant, and became an Archdiocese of Denver for the year of Mercy. active member of the Mary Leisring, president of the Julia Greeley starting in 1901. The Jesuit priests at her parish Guild, told Denver Catholic that she was happy about recognized her as the most fervent promoter of the recognition Greeley was receiving during the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Year of Mercy. Despite her own poverty, Greeley spent much of “We had a walking the streets of Denver, yet her time collecting food, clothing and other goods for very few people know about her.” the poor. She would often do her work at night, so as to avoid embarrassing the people she was assisting. Denver, Colo., Sep 7, 2016 / 11:06 am (CNA/EWTN News)