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, Aug 18 VIGIL: 20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4:30 pm Harry & Jeremy Waranica Sun, Aug 19 20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Parish Family 11:00 am Marc Sonefeld Mon, Aug 20 ST. BERNARD, ABBOTT **No Mass** Tues, Aug 21 ST. PIUS X, POPE 8:30 am Ruby Smith Wed, Aug 22 THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 10:30 am Chester Phillips Thurs, Aug 23 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Dolores Herrmann Fri, Aug 24 ST. BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE 8:30 am Eva Clemetsen Sat, Aug 25 VIGIL: 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:30 pm Leo Boruta; Colleen Lewis Sun, Aug 26 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am E.J. Owens 11:00 am Parish Family

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

Mass Schedule

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~ Homebound Parishioner of the Week

If you look at the Mass schedule to the left of this column you will notice that the morning Mass on Wednesday is scheduled for 10:30. That means that school is back in session and the school children will be joining us for Mass. As we begin another school year please keep the students at All Saints Academy and all students in all schools in your prayers that they my have a productive school year and all become brilliant with the knowledge they receive. A while back I wrote here that if you or anyone you know of is looking for some extra work to earn some extra money our parish school, All Saints Academy, is looking for some help in its maintenance department. Work would include general cleaning—vacuuming, mop-ping, etc. This would be a great job opportunity for someone who is in college and would like to work 8-10 hours a week to earn some extra spending money or money to help with their school costs. Or perhaps someone is retired and would like to get out of the house and earn a little extra money by working a few hours each week. If you would be interested please contact the school Principal, Michael Debri, or the school Business Manager, Amy Kelley, or you can chat with me. The following thank you letter I share with you: “Dear Father George and members of the Dea-con George Social Justice Fund: A heartwarming Thank You for the grant award of $5,000 to support Nazareth Prep - Pittsburgh’s first private high school for teens, mostly minority, who face challenges that require intentional and thoughtful sup-port in planning a future that ends generational poverty. The school, which graduated its first senior class in June, focuses on student mindsets: problem solver, entrepreneur, resilient learner, and servant leader. Nazareth Prep provides a competitive, yet per-sonalized, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-ematics (STEM) preparatory program with the heart of its mission focusing on bridging the education to em-ployment gap in the tri-state region. The school’s exclu-sive student experience is the required internship, one full day a week, throughout the school year. This allows teens to build skills that will transform their lives and pre-pare them for a two or four year college, apprenticeship, or job. Thank you for joining us on this journey. Bless-ings to all of you in the work that you do in your commu-nity - and beyond! Sincerely, Sr. Linda Yankoski, EdD Lisa Abel-Palmieri, PhD President & CEO Head of School & Holy Family Institute Chief Learning Officer Nazareth Prep”

Due to office vacation schedules, collection information from the weekend of August 11 & 12 will be published in next week’s bulletin.

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of August 19, 2018 Sunday 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-7; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58 Monday Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Ez 24:15-24; (Ps)Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday Saint Pius X, Pope Ez 28:1-10; (Ps)Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35-36; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13ab, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Saturday Ez 43:1-7b; Ps 85:9ab-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21; Eph 5: 21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32; Jn 6:60-69

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

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Back to school! School starts for grades Pre-8 Tuesday, August 21st. This first day is a full day, and also a uniform day. Welcome back students! We are one and we can all grow!

Regular Office Hours Return Both school offices return to their regular schedule on Tuesday, Au-gust 21st. The Elementary Office is open M-F 7:30 am - 5:00 pm. The Middle School Office is open M-F 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Come worship with us! ASA students in grades K-8 attend Mass each week. The elementary (grades K-3) Mass is at 10:30 am every Wednesday at Blessed Sac-rament Church. The middle school (grades 4-8) Mass is at 8:30 am every Thursday at St. Jude Church. Mass is celebrated by a different priest from our four founding parish-es each week. We believe that all things are possible through Christ!

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/Aug 19: after Masses Coffee & donuts, Church garden Wed/Aug 22: 7:00pm Finance Council Meeting, Rectory conference room Thurs/Aug 23: after 8:30am Mass Coffee & Donuts, Church MPR

Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is North-field Lanes. 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.

Confirmation Candidates Candidates! We will be celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Cathedral of St. Andrew, Bishop Walkowiak will be presiding. If any-one in your family would like to vol-unteer as an Usher, Eucharistic Min-ister, or Altar server please contact me. We meet on Sunday, Septem-ber 9th in the Church multi purpose room from 6–8pm. Be sure to hand in your service project assignments at this time. Don’t forget to remind your sponsors that we meet on Sep-tember 16

th at the 11am Mass. We

gather for lunch and presenting pro-jects until about 2pm.

Tuesday Morning Bible Study Tuesday Morning Bible Study begins September 18th in the Church multi-purpose room from 9:15am -10:45am. Fellowship at 9:15am and Bible class at 9:30am. We are study-ing the Acts of the Apostles, using the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, "Acts of the Apostles," by William S. Kurz, SJ. We hope you can join us!

Religious Education We will be registering students for Re-ligious Education classes in Septem-ber. Instruction begins Thursday, Oc-tober 4th at 6:30pm. A packet of information will be mailed to families who attended last year. If you are new to the parish or to our program, please give us a call, 616-361-7339 ext 1253, so we can get the materials to you. Some of our parish children have spe-cial educational needs. If parents make our office aware of those needs, proper placement can be determined which will most benefit the child. In some cases regular religious educa-tion teachers simply need to be ap-praised of reading difficulties, medical problem, or behavioral techniques that are more effective than others.

Volunteer Opportunities We are looking for a few people to share their faith with our children in the Religious Education program, Children Liturgy of the Word and the RCIA pro-cess. All materials and support are provided. Please call or email if you are interested. If you wish to get in-volved but not sure where you fit, please contact Jody, there is a place for you. Jody DeGraw, jdegraw@bsac rament.net, text 616-340-9041 or call 616-361-7339 ext 1253.

RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an opportunity to learn about the Catholic Church. Inquirers have an opportunity to study the Church with a team of experienced Catholics, in an informal setting through Scrip-ture, Catechism, tradition and personal stories. If you are interested in learn-ing more about this process or know of someone who may be interested con-tact Jody, jdegraw@bsacrament.net or call or text 616-340-9041.

Aquinas College Visit Day Friday, August 31

Aquinas College is hosting an AQDay for all rising high school jun-iors and seniors interested in visiting their beautiful 117-acre campus. The Admissions Office invites you to come and discover what life at AQ is really all about. Get the inside scoop on academics, athletics, scholar-ships, service learning, study abroad, and more. Please visit aquinas.edu/aqday for more details or to register for the event on August 31.

The St. Alphonsus Bridge Club will hold a series of three bridge classes on popular conventions Wednesdays from 6-8pm starting September 12 in the Parish Center lounge. Learn the popular conventions of bridge: Stay-man, Jacoby Transfers, 2 Clubs (strong opening), Weak 2's, and more playing tips. Classes are free and we welcome all... whether you are a be-ginner or you already know how to play. Come alone or with a partner. Advance registration is required by email ednpatti@yahoo.com or call 616-745-6984.