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Blessed Sacrament Parish – June 7, 2020
We, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Are a Christ-Centered Community,
Committed to Worship the Father, Committed to Respond to the Spirit’s Gifts,
Committed to Loving Service to All God’s People
Nosotros, la Parroquia del Santísimo Sacramento, Somos una Comunidad Centrada en Cristo,
Comprometidos a Adorar al Padre, Comprometidos a Responder a los Dones del Espíritu Santo,
Comprometidos en el Servicio Amoroso a Todo el Pueblo de Dios
Please keep these things in mind:
The obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still suspended by our Bishop.
The seating for our Sunday Mass is limited.
The Sunday Mass is our only PUBLIC Mass.
You can view all Masses listed below on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BSCWV/
You can also view the Sunday Mass directly on our parish website: blessedsacramentwv.org.
Worship aids for each Mass will be sent by separate emails.
Mass Schedule
Day Date Time Intention
Sunday 6/7 10:00am + Eleanor Henson by Jerry & Jane Roy
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday 6/10 12noon Healing for Marjean Kearney and Tom Messier
by Missy Mowrer
Thursday 6/11 12noon + Bunny Crockett by Ronald & Sarah Bogolin
Friday 6/12 12noon + Buz Mowrer by Missy Mowrer
Saturday
Sunday 6/14 10:00am + Celine Yosuico by the Yosuico/Veloso Family
We Remember in Our Prayers
Bill Abbot, Barbara Baldy, Patrick Burriss, Susan Churchill, Elizabeth Coleman, Matthew Crabtree, Rhonda Crede,
Karol Dunford, Joe Eisel, Janine Estep, Marietta Fenton, Rose Finch, Patty Geissinger, Joe Gregg, Kathleen Groom,
John Hanna, Ann Henderson, John & Claire Johnson, Mary Katherine Lingsch, Bob Lucas, Louann Lynch-Kelley,
Alec Mansfield, Mike McCready, Mary Ann Shear, Nicholas Taylor, Sandy Wheeler, and Lily Woolwine.
Important Notes
In-person individual Confessions are available by appointment only.
Contact Fr. John at 304-377-3560 or [email protected]
To visit the Blessed Sacrament
You are always welcome to sit under the canopy of our 4th Ave front entrance
where you can see the tabernacle and sanctuary lamp through the clear window 24/7.
This Week at Blessed Sacrament Parish
All ZOOM gatherings are open only to specific parishioners who have indicated their interest
and who have received a personal email with connection information – so let us know if YOU want "in".
Day Date Time Event Location
Sat 5/30 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 5/31 10:00am Mass
facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Parish Hall – limited seating
Mon 6/1 7:00pm RCIA ZOOM
7:00pm Pastoral Council Meeting ZOOM
Tue 6/2 6:00pm Liturgy Committee Meeting ZOOM
6:00pm Purls Meeting ZOOM
Wed 6/3 10:00am Bible Study – Old Testament ZOOM
12:00noon Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
1:00pm Bible Study – Job ZOOM
7:00pm Bible Study – Sunday Readings ZOOM
Thu 6/4 12:00noon Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
1:00pm Bible Study Grades 2-5 (see below) ZOOM
Fri 6/5 12:00noon Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
Sat 6/6 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 6/7 10:00am Mass
facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Parish Hall – limited seating
Attention Kids! A Bible Study Just for YOU! Jeanne Haas invites all boys and girls in Grades 2--5 to an online bible study starting on Thursdays at 1:00PM. This will be a Zoom session that will discuss the upcoming Sunday readings. Parents please contact Jeanne at [email protected] or text her at 304-382-2631 to register your child. Jeanne will send an email invite to any child interested. Let's check out the bible together!
Our Building/Office
Our building and office will be closed until further notice.
You can still call or email members of our parish staff. For specific phone numbers and emails, please see the contact
information later in these announcements.
Camp Leon is Going Virtual!
While we may not be able to attend Camp Leon in-person in Huttonsville, WV this summer, we are going to
have a Virtual Camp Leon. There has been a camp every year for 54 years, and we aren't going to let a little
CV-19 stop us this year!
Plans are underway to have online activities and gatherings during the week of June 15. Details are still
being finalized, but we intend to have Zoom meetings for each of the camper groups so everyone can see and
talk to their camp friends, art projects, a virtual campfire and mass, and other online videos, activities and
events. We are looking at different platforms, but will likely use Zoom for personal gatherings, Facebook for
live events, and Flipgrid for posting of photos and videos of everyone enjoying our Virtual Camp Leon week. If
you are interested and want to be included, please send your email to [email protected]. Everyone is
welcome (even if you have never attended camp or did not sign up to attend this year)!
For Kids and Families: Standing Up to Racism
This Saturday 10:00am Join us by tuning into a new Town Hall, Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, to help kids and families
discuss racism and the protests taking place nationwide, build empathy, and embrace diversity.
The hour-long special will be hosted by CNN commentator Van Jones and CNN anchor Erica Hill, along
with Sesame Street’s Big Bird, on Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m. on CNN.
“What is the best way for me to continue donating funds to our parish?"
Via U.S Postal Service
Your donations by “snail mail” will be held with all of our mail at the post office until Fr. John picks it up, usually each day.
Be sure to indicate any special intentions in the memo line of your check.
Via Online Banking
Online banking, by definition, means managing your deposit accounts with a computer or mobile device. This includes
transferring funds, depositing checks and paying bills electronically. Most banks and credit unions offer this option to
their customers for a low monthly fee. When making a donation or payment this way, your bank or credit union will mail
checks to the recipients you designate. You can designate if your donation will recur regularly – if it is, it will be mailed to
us automatically on the frequency you choose. You can also note if the donation is to be used for a special purpose.
Here at Blessed Sacrament we use online banking to pay almost all of our bills. The savings in postage easily covers the
monthly fee.
(Soon) Via an “App”.
We are setting up an “app” that can be used on our web page, our Facebook page, and on your smartphone for anyone to
easily make a donation. More information will be coming soon.
Via Our Diocese (This will be available for a limited time)
Our diocese set up an online method for anyone to use and 100% of these donations will come to the parish. To use this
method, have your credit card info handy and go to the diocesan website Change in Procedure: https://dwc.org/support-
your-local-parish/
o When you click on the link a list of parishes will open up. Blessed Sacrament is near the beginning.
o When you find that line in the list, look to the far right edge of the line and click on the word "donate".
o A new screen will allow you indicate how much you wish to donate and your contact details.
Note that you can click on a box marked "recurring" if you want this same gift to continue on a regular basis without
your having to do this process repeatedly (for as long as this temporary portal exists).
o The next screen will ask for your debit/credit card info just as if you were checking out a purchase from other
websites.
o After you complete your donation process, you will receive an email receipt.
The Catholic Spirt
Today, we are launching the e-mail version of The Catholic Spirit. The link is below:
http://thecatholicspiritwv.org/download/spirit_pdf/June-5-2020.pdf
The e-mail version is being made available to enhance communication, but at the same time cutting the cost of printing.
Your are invited to join our new e-list to receive The Catholic Spirit by e-mail. Joining the e-list gives you the option to
receive The Catholic Spirit by e-mail only and to be removed from the list to receive the print version if you choose. To be
added to the e-list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with “The Catholic Spirit e-list” in the subject line. Please let us
know your preference saying: “E-mail only, and remove me from print mailing list” or “I would like both print and e-mail
versions.”
By joining the e-mail list, you will receive an e-mail on each issue date of The Catholic Spirit with a link to the full issue.
Issue dates are the first and third Friday of each month. This is a day earlier than mail delivery of the print version.
Beginning with today’s issue, June 5, 2020, the electronic version of every issue of The Catholic Spirit will now be available
under “Downloadable Spirit” at thecatholicspiritwv.org.
We hope you enjoy this version of The Catholic Spirit!
Colleen Rowan, Executive Editor, The Catholic Spirit, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Timely Offerings from the Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center
NO registration is required! Cost: FREE!
The Covid-19 crisis is stressful for all of us. Many of us have experienced increased irritation, frustration, angry thinking, angry words, and even angry actions. How can a brief workshop help? It can provide: a better understanding of what triggers your anger admission to yourself of how anger is affecting you some simple practical exercises to calm things down a little. Raymond Novaco has been studying anger for over 3 decades. He stresses the high importance of "self-examination." Join us for a talk on how to reduce anger and frustrations when times are tough. Facilitated by Ric Hardison, LPC and Certified Anger Management Specialist (Level II) Location: Online Meeting via Zoom Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Time: 12noon to 1:00pm Use the following link to access the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/3042200088 Or dial in by phone: 929 436 2866 Meeting ID: 304 220 0088
We all have dealt with so much uncertainty in the last few months. 2020 seems like one giant change after another. When this happens, we tend to respond in one of two ways: through our Inner Critic trying to push ourselves to succeed or Acceptance through self-kindness. Our discussion will be focused on self-compassion and how this can impact our work and also protect ourselves from burnout or from our own inner critics. We will practice exercises together to explore what self-compassion is, look at the neuroscience behind why it works, and then apply strategies to our work and our own lives. Facilitated by: Sarah Stanley, MSW, MA, LICSW Intended Audience: Counselors, Social Workers, Other Helping Professionals, anyone who wants to learn more about self-compassion and acceptance Contact Hours Earned: 3 Contact Hours (SW, LPC, RN, NAADAC) Cost to Attend: $40 per person Location: Online Date: Thursday, June 18 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registrants will be provided with zoom meeting instructions prior to the start of the event. To register go to: https://www.eventbee.com/v/selfcompassion-embracing-ourselves-in-a-world-of-uncertainty-online/event?eid=191092852#/tickets or call 304.346.9689 or www.kpcc.com.
Parish / Staff Contacts & Other Information
Our office hours are suspended until further notice
Address: 305 E Street, South Charleston, WV 25303
Telephone (Parish Office): 304.744.5523 E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: www.blessedsacramentwv.org
Our Parish Staff
Pastor Rev. John H. Finnell Cell: 304.377.3560 calls and texts
E-mail: [email protected]
Deacon Rev. Mr. John Hanna Home: 304.935.4646 Cell: 304.389.7255
E-mail: [email protected]
Pastoral Associate Jeanne Haas E-mail: [email protected]
Office Manager Natalie Zellers Office E-mail: [email protected]
Music & Youth Director Mary Odin E-mail: [email protected]
Our Pastoral Council
Joe Gresham, facilitator Rick Brennan Tiffany Wilson Danny Scalise Tim Norris
Reagan Whitmyer John F. Gianola Ken Holz Jack Dever Ann Dever
Joe Jenkins Laura Jennings Matt Hayes Philip Maramba
St. Paul Radio - West Virginia......Presents Catholic radio on:
WLUX 1450 AM Dunbar; WNUX 89.7 FM Beckley; WOUX 105.3 Parkersburg
Visit www.sprwv.org for a link to stream Catholic radio to a smart phone
Disclaimer: I was forced at gunpoint to insert this – just so you know….. JHF
Next Sunday's Mass Readings – June 14, 2020 Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Reading 1 Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A
Moses said to the people:
"Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert,
so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments.
He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers,
in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the
LORD. "Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided
you through the vast and terrible desert with its seraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground;
who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your
fathers."
Responsorial Psalm Psalms 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you.
He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word!
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Reading 2 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Brothers and sisters:
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?
The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
Gospel John 6:51-58
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks
my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the
one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors
who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."
PASTOR'S PAGES
As a contribution to a dialogue about racism in our country, I share, with the author's permission, this message that I received this week
from an African-American Catholic Woman who is not a member of our parish. I wish I wasn’t Catholic. I feel my Protestant black friends not only have the comfort of their pastor who is fighting the same fight because he’s black also, but that the congregation is too. Or I wish that I was back in Chicago with a white Catholic priest with the heart and mind of Father Pfleger to whom I could turn to and who understands. I feel socially distanced in my faith. Lord knows I think the world of my pastor. I turn to him for solace because what happened to George Floyd HURTS, because of the bull crap from the micro aggressions that we have to deal with on a regular basis because of our color, and because the needless loss of life has worn us out and we’re tired of it! By the grace of God I’m still alive behind a deputy with his hand on his firearm while his partner leans up against the wall and looks down at the floor. Right here in Charleston, several years ago, my pastor felt that telling me to stop looking at the news and getting off of Facebook was the answer. I told him, "Padre, turning off the news and Facebook is the easy part but I can’t turn off my skin!!! In a non-Catholic Church the preacher would listen and relate to you and even pray with you. Heck I went to church with my girlfriend one Sunday in Georgia, they sent a card in the mail this year inviting me back and just saying hello. We don’t do that. Bless his heart, my Padre was honest when he said he’s not a black man so he can’t understand. I said it starts with a dialogue, and you don’t have to be black to do that. All we want is what we paid the price for: from building this country and making it rich without recompense, to fighting in every war – but most of all, because the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is supposed to be for everybody and the color of our skin should not be a death sentence or an exception to the rule. My pastor doesn’t get it. The majority of those in my parish don’t get it. A few might and I believe you do. Rather than allow myself to feel so cut off and isolated, (and this Pandemic isn’t making it any easier!), I’m writing to you. And it doesn’t help me to deal with what has happened that my youngest child is retired military and a police officer in another state. I worry about her safety. Again: alone, suffer in silence. No warm hugs and "I’m there with you sister! Let’s pray and ask God....." It’s cold and lonely being a fly in buttermilk. If you would like to respond to this woman's message, please email to me at [email protected].
thanks to Margie Johnson and Mary Ann Johnson for passing this along:
A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION by Jon Gordon
I've worked to help numerous leaders and teams become stronger together. A key part of my process and framework includes difficult conversations teams need to have in order to bring issues to the light, resolve conflict, become connected and committed and find a way forward together. I personally know the benefit of difficult conversations. My wife came to me early in our marriage when I was 31 and told me if I didn't change, she was going to leave me. I listened, I changed and became a better man, husband and father. If you read The Energy Bus, George was based on me. Seeing how divided our country is right now, it's clear we need to have a difficult conversation about race in America. Instead of being separate teams we need to become one team. It starts by listening to and understanding those who are frustrated and hurting. This is not just about George Floyd's death. This is about hundreds of years of slavery, systemic racism, prejudice, and inequality in our country that are still very much with us and felt by African Americans daily. My friend, and head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, Doc Rivers, has been called countless racial slurs throughout his life. He has been pulled over by the police numerous times for no reason and even had his house burned down. My friend and former Georgia football star Rennie Curran told me how the night before a speaking engagement to an elementary school he was pulled over and had his car searched for no reason. If it happens to college and professional athletes and coaches, imagine how often it happens to other African Americans. My friend Quentin Williams, who is a former FBI agent and Federal prosecutor, teaches black NBA players a three-step process of what to do when they get pulled over by the police. The fact that there is a need for this type of training should tell us something. My friend Emmanuel Acho, who I've known since his playing days at the University of Texas and is now an ESPN analyst, told me that African American parents have to have the "talk" with their kids about what it means to be black in America. "You don't get the benefit of the doubt," he said. "In fact, you have to be extra careful so you won't be accused of something you didn't do." Emmanuel told me that whether he's in an elevator, walking down an empty street or getting out of his car in a white friend's neighborhood being black is always in the back of his mind. He must always intentionally make sure that other people know he's not a threat because they look at him like he is. I've never walked in his shoes or lived in his skin so I can't possibly feel and fathom what it must feel like but by listening to Emmanuel, Doc, Rennie, Quentin, Derwin Gray and other friends I can feel the heaviness in their heart, understand their struggle, hear the frustration behind their words, see the tears that flow when they talk and learn and grow from our conversations. We can all grow if we listen. Please know that this is not an attack on police officers. My dad was a NYC police officer. You can honor the overwhelming majority of police officers who selflessly risk their lives each day to protect us and also condemn bad cops who commit evil acts. You can also work to create social justice. It's not either or. You can do all three. This is about being honest and real about our country's flaws so we can get better. This is about addressing the years of prejudice, racism and inequality in our country that still exists today. Let's not hide from it. Ignoring it will not make it go away. Admitting there is a problem, talking abut it, healing it and growing from it is how we all get better.
Quentin Williams and his organization DedicationtoCommunity.org, in addition to helping athletes, also trains police departments how to engage and work with communities while also helping communities work with the police. He brings police departments and communities together to become one team and his program is a model that should be implemented throughout the country. As a society we must create policies and implement solutions that address these systemic issues. Head start programs are a must. Community gardens in inner cities would provide the fruits, vegetables and nourishment for enhanced health and immune systems. We need to spend a lot more on early education programs than we do on prisons. We must work with families who are struggling and must enact criminal justice reform. Currently a small crime puts you into the system and once you are in the system it's hard to get out. This has led to a mass incarceration of African American men who make up a large majority of the prison system. If you want to learn more about this, I encourage you to watch the 13th documentary on Netflix. It was eye opening for me. I want to be transparent and tell that this was hard for me to write. It would be a lot easier for me to talk about organizational issues rather than societal issues and not tackle this subject. But then I wouldn't be living up to the leadership books I write. If I can help teams and organizations, I have an obligation to share what I've learned that will hopefully help others have difficult conversations and help our country. As I write this protests and riots are happening in cities around the country. I know some may want to direct their anger at me for bringing this subject to the light. But let's not take the bait of hate. Let's not let bitterness take root. The truth is you can be pro law enforcement, believe in the right to protest peacefully while also condemning the rioting, looting and violence that is happening. Again, it's not either or. You can do all three. I support the police. I support social justice initiatives. I support conversations and solutions that will make us all better. I condemn violence of any kind. If you disagree with any of this let's talk about it and learn and grow together. Only by having difficult conversations will we become one team working together to create a better future. -Jon P.S., The difficult conversations teaching that I share with teams is from my book The Power of a Positive Team.
FOR REFLECTION
A sheriff put down his baton to listen to protesters. They chanted 'walk with us,' so he did https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/us/flint-michigan-protest-police-trnd/index.html A 30-year-old teacher's Covid-19 death tells us volumes https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/opinions/higher-education-coronavirus-opportunity-for-a-more-just-world-johnson/index.html Nuns praying for looters after attack on Catholic bookstore https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/nuns-praying-for-looters-after-attack-on-catholic-bookstore-89415 Ewtn News/Realclear Opinion Research Poll #2: Finding The Catholic Vote https://www.ewtnnews.com/poll-2.asp Pope launches direct frontal assault on Vatican nepotism, feudalism https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2020/06/pope-launches-direct-frontal-assault-on-vatican-nepotism-feudalism/
