Blessed Sacrament Church 1029 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14209 Pastor Rev. Joseph Porpiglia Deacon Deacon William Hynes Sacristan Josephine Di Liberti Religious Education Program Maureen A. Myers, Director Music Ministry Tony Domzal, Music Director Cory Gallagher, Cantor Parish Trustees MASSES: Paul F. Jones During reopening phase N Saturday: 4:30 p.m. • Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Mary C. McCracken Weekday Masses: 12 noon on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Parish Council President 8:00 a.m. on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Michael P. Pitek III CONFESSIONS: Parish Accountant Please call the rectory for an appointment while the pandemic protocols are Robert Weishaupl in place. Catholic Academy of West Buffalo BAPTISM: Sister Gail Glenn, S.S.J., Principal The Sacrament of Baptism will be celebrated after consultation with 1069 Delaware Ave. | Buffalo, NY 14209 parents. Parents should notify the Parish Office at least a month before the date of Baptism. A PreBaptismal instruction is held for parents. Phone: (716) 8856111 MARRIAGE: Parish Office The prospective bride and groom should make arrangements for their 1035 Delaware Ave. | Buffalo, NY 14209 wedding at least eight months before the wedding date. No weddings may Phone: (716) 8840053 be scheduled at, or near, the times set for parish liturgies (confession, Fax: (716) 8842279 Saturday afternoon Mass, etc.). [email protected] NEW PARISHIONERS: Office Hours Welcome to active participation in our parish life. New families and Weekdays: 9:00 AM M 1:00 PM individuals should register with us at our Parish Office. MOVING AWAY: Parish Website Please notify our office. Our parish will miss you! Please call us at 884 BlessedSacramentBuffalo.org 0053 to give us your new address. Facebook SHUTINS AND HOSPITALIZED: www.facebook.com/ Please notify the Parish Office if you know someone who is in a hospital, nursing home facility, or house bound and in need of visitation. BlessedSacramentBuffalo ORDINARY TIME BLESSED SACRAMENT MASSES GREETERS AND USHERS NEEDED Sunday, August 9 19th Sunday, Ordinary Time We could use your help at the 4:30 PM Mass on 10:00 a.m. The Schalberg Family by John Kopera Saturdays and the 10 AM Mass on Sundays. Dues Monday, August 10 St. Lawrence, deacon & martyr include welcoming parishioners and guests; making 12:00 noon Lucille & Salvatore Tripi sure they are wearing face masks; direcng them to and Sandino Families by estate open pews; and helping to sanize pews a er the Tuesday, August 11 St. Clare, virgin Mass. There is a corps of greeters and ushers but 8:00 a.m. For the Intenons of Sylvia Rinelli addional help is needed as we connue worship by daughters under social distancing guidelines. Please contact Wednesday, August 12 Kathleen McCarthy at [email protected], or 12:00 noon Patricia McQuillen by call 881R2897. Mary Lee Sulkowski Thursday, August 13 HOSPITAL OR HOME VISIT 8:00 a.m. For the Parishioners by Pastor Please let the rectory know if you or a family Friday, August 14 St. Maximillian Kolbe, priest member is in the hospital or confined to their home 12:00 noon Jeffery Sevater by family so we may go to visit them. Call the rectory 884R 0053 if there is anyone you want us to pray for. Saturday, August 15 The Assumpon of the B.V.M. 4:30 p.m. Cesar Bonato by Margo Hudson THE NICARAGUA MISSION COLLECTION Sunday, August 16 20th Sunday, Ordinary Time Due to the coronavirus and the polical situaon in 10:00 a.m. Joseph Dovey by Sandy Fallea Nicaragua, Ann Marie Zon has had to cancel our yearly collecon event at Blessed Sacrament. The SUMMARY OF COLLECTIONS Mission is sll very much in need of monetary donaR Thank you for your generosity to our Parish. ons: $100 buys a cow or a pig for a family; $50 buys a sheep for the leper community; $30R$100 buys the Donaons for the previous weekend : uniform, school supplies, and fees which support Collecons: students from primary grades through high school. Weekly $1,777.00 Any amount will support her work there. The adR Monthly $14.00 dress to send a donaon is: Nicaragua Mission, Insurance Collecon $50.00 Assumpon $20.00 10100 Transit Road, East Amherst, NY 14051. Thank Electronic Giving $4,022.00 you! Total $5,883.00 Special Collecons: VOCATIONS Rered Priests Medical $165.00 Please pray for those who are discerning a vocaon to the priesthood, diaconate or religious life. If you If you would like to donate to the parish electronically, are considering a vocaon to the priesthood, please sign up at BlessedSacramentBuffalo.org/donate. For contact Fr. Andrew Lauricella at (716) 847R5535 or assistance with Electronic Giving, please contact Peter visit BuffaloVocaons.org. Rizzo at (716) 430R7776. FREE BOOKVREDISCOVER THE SAINTS SCRIPTURE SHARINGVSUNDAY READINGS Grow in your spiritual life by taking home a free copy Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. we hold a conference call of Mahew Kelly’s “Rediscover the Saints: TwentyR discussion about the upRcoming Sunday readings. No five Quesons That Will Change Your Life” We have previous Bible knowledge is needed! Simply call 716R free copies available in church. Copies are also 214R3776 a few minutes beforehand. Try it this week. available anyme on the rectory side door porch in We have excellent conversaons about God’s Word. the plasc box. Thank you for reading with us. Please consider joining us this Tuesday. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AUGUST 9, 2020 SUNDAY MASS CALLRIN OPTION HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY & & SPIRITUAL COMMUNION CAREER READINESS Simply call 716R214R3776 by 10:00 A.M. Sunday. All Don’t let the pandemic put your educaon goals on you need is your telephone. No sign in, computer, or pause. If you’re ready to earn your high school equiR passwords are required. The callRin opon allows you valency diploma or become career ready, contact our to hear one another and join those gathered in the Department of Workforce and Educaon at 716R893R church. If you cannot join us for Mass in person, we 3500. Services offered for youth and adults in Erie encourage you to call in. Please share this opon and Niagara Counes include tutoring, high school with your family and friends. There will be silent me equivalency preparaon, basic skills upgrades, emR while people in church are receiving Communion. At ployment readiness preparaon, postRsecondary eduR that me, please make an act of Spiritual CommunR caon planning and more. To learn more, call 716R ion: My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the 893R3500. For more informaon on Catholic ChariR Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things es’ services, please visit www.ccwny.org. and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at BOOKVRIVER OF FIRE least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if We have copies of Sr. Helen Prejean’s book River of you were already there and unite myself wholly to Fire: My Spiritual Journey for purchase in the rectory you. Never permit me to be separated from you. for $20. Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ is also the author of Amen. the wellRknown Dead Man Walking. Please contact the rectory if you are interested. REMINDER V SAFETY PROTOCOL We will have Mass on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and a CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF WEST BUFFALO single Mass at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Daily Masses are There are spaces available at Catholic Academy for held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon and the upcoming academic year beginning in SeptemR Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 a.m. We also offer a berVPreRK through 8th Grade. Please call 885R6111 callRin opon for the 10 am Sunday Mass only. Please or email [email protected]. note: you are under NO obligaon to parcipate at Mass at his me. Safety protocols are in place for Mass. Please wear “O you of lile faith…” a mask. Pews are designated for use. We have a Jesus speaks these words to St. team in place to clean the church a er all Masses. Peter. But noce a detail that is We will give instrucons about receiving communion o en overlooked: “the wind died before and during Mass. We encourage you to bring down” immediately a er Peter is back in the boat. We might even wipes as well. We will have hand sanizer for your say that there was no longer anyR use. We ask you to remain conscious of social disR thing to worry about. tancing before, a er, and during Mass. Thank you for God works like that in our lives too. He is there your understanding. like a “ny whispering sound,” as our reading from the 1st Book of Kings famously says. God never forR MONTHLY FOOD COLLECTION gets us, but we o en overlook His Presence. This week take a lile more me to pray quietly. The food collecon, which supports the Food Pantry Listen for God in your busy life. Carve out just five at the Network of Religious Communies, takes place minutes in your morning or evening roune to rest on the 2nd weekend of each month.We neednonR simply in God’s Presence. perishable items such as canned fruits and vegeR Do this and you will have the faith to see that tables; pasta; cereal; tuna fish; soups; juices; and there is nothing to worry about. God is with you. coffee. Place your donaon in the blue bin located in Quiet faith calms many of life’s storms. the entrance to the church.Thank you. Be sll and know that I am God. 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