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Blessed Sacrament Parish – May 17, 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
Mass Schedule No public Masses are scheduled until further notice.
You can view all private 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.
Day Date Time Intention
Sunday 5/17 10:00am + Celine Yosuico by the Yosuico Veloso Family
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday 5/20 12noon + Joseph A. DeBias by Ro DeBias
Thursday 5/21 12noon + Alejandrina Portales by Nora Matuszkiewicz
Friday 5/22 12noon + Celine Yosuico by the Yosuico Veloso family
Saturday
Sunday 5/24 10:00am Paul Manahan by John & Arlene Hanna
Would you like to schedule a Mass intention?
Please send a list to Natalie at [email protected] or USPS mail to
Blessed Sacrament, 305 E St., So. Charleston, 25303.
Donations are welcome but not required. You can mail a donation to us at the same address.
We can notify someone about the upcoming Mass intention if you share their name with us.
(If the person to be notified is not a parishioner, please include his/her address.)
We can also provide a beautiful greeting card for you to send.
We Remember in Our Prayers
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, Michael
Habenschuss (son of Mike & Pat), John Hanna, Ann Henderson, John & Claire Johnson, Mary Katherine Lingsch, Bob
Lucas, Louann Lynch-Kelley, Alec Mansfield, Mary Ann Shear, Sandy Wheeler, and Lily Woolwine.
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 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.
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 5/16 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 5/17 10:00am Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Mon 5/18 7:00pm RCIA ZOOM
Tue 5/19
Wed 5/20 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 5/21 12:00noon Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
1:00pm Bible Study Grades 2-5 (see below) ZOOM
6:00pm Rosary with Karen Lewia see below
Fri 5/22 12:00noon Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
Sat 5/23 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 5/24 10:00am Mass facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Rosary on Thursday at 6:00pm can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2679257222308886/
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!
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)!
How are you “caring for our common home?”
Blessed Sacrament Parishoners:
Let us know what changes you have made during Lent and during the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders that you think you
will keep doing once we are free to move about again.
Will you be driving less? Have you started using a rain barrel for your garden?
Are you growing vegetables to give to food pantries? Recycling?
Please share what you are doing with us by replying to this email. We’ll share your actions (anonymously) in future
announcements – maybe you will inspire others!
"”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.
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 below.
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 Mark Haas 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
Next Sunday's Mass Readings
May 24, 2020 – Ascension of the Lord
Reading 1 Acts 1:1-11
In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them by many
proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While meeting
with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you
have heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a
cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in
white garments stood beside them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus
who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
Responsorial Psalm Psalms 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
R. Alleluia.
All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness,
For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth.
R. Alleluia.
God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise.
R. Alleluia.
For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne.
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2 Ephesians 1:17-23
Brothers and sisters:
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in
knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his
call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power
for us who believe, in accord with the exercise of his great might, which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead
and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every
name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him
as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they
worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given
to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end
of the age.”
Pastor's Pages
MANY, MANY, MANY THANKS TO GOD FOR THE GOOD STEWARDS WHO:
- continue to seek God's will for their life with patience and perseverance!
- continue to pray, dream, work and discuss wonderful ideas for a virtual Camp Leon!
- provide us with beautiful examples of caring for sick family members!
- participated in a long, intense and productive Zoom meeting of our Pastoral Council!
- launder our altar linens even during quarantine!
- keep our indoor plants happy and healthy awaiting the return of their friends!
- respond to the pastor's requests to help those in need!
- foster holy "communion" with all parishioners through Facebook posts!
- lead and participate in praying the Rosary together!
- reach out to check on those who live alone!
- participated in the Zoom meeting of the PURLS ministry!
- participated in the Zoom meeting of our RCIA team and continue to "gather" with our elect and candidates!!
- welcome newcomers warmly, even if only virtually!
- share their garden flowers to adorn God's altar!
- find ways to continue their financial support of our parish!
- participated in a very fruitful interview of our new director of music and youth ministries!
- has donated a 55 gallon drum of hand sanitizer to our parish!
- keep reminding the pastor to care for his own health and safety!
Although we still have to work out some details I am quite sure that we have found and will hire an excellent new director of music and youth ministries! More to come in the near future! Although we still have to work out some details, we have tentative plans for the resumption of Mass open to the public. More to come in the near future! Some of those details may be simplified by the gift from our bishop of a substantial supply of necessary safety items We already have 2 persons interested in joining our RCIA group for 2020-21! Thanks to the initiative of our Diocesan Finance Office, our diocese has received a substantial "loan" (forgiveable) from the U.S. federal government to support the continued employment of our employees. (Let's remember this when we rant about politicians!) Here at Blessed Sacrament we had already made the decision that we would not reduce any of our employees' wages during quanantine, but we are particularly grateful to have received $39,000.00 of the federal grant to our diocese! God continues to give our parish what God knows our parish needs to carry out our part in the great plan of God's salvation of the world!
