The Nativity of the Lord December 25th, 2016

Church

of the

Blessed Sacrament

Manhattan

Rev. John P. Duffell, Pastor Rev. D’Angelo Jimenez, Parochial Vicar Rev. Ernest Izummuo, Sunday Associate

Rev. James O’Shea, CP, Sunday Associate Tina Silvestro, Director of Religious Education

Caroline Sliney, School Principal

CHURCH: 152 West 71st Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10023 Ph: 212-877-3111 SCHOOL: 147 West 70th Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10023 .Ph: 212-724-7561 MASSES:

Fax: 212-799-6233 Fax: 212-724-0735

NEW PARISHIONERS:

www.blessedsacramentnyc.org www.sblsnyc.org

SUNDAY MASSES: Sat. evening at 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:30, 10:00 (Family Mass) 11:15 (Spanish), 12:30 (choir) & 5:30PM WEEKDAYS: 7:30 AM; 12:10 PM; 5:30 PM SATURDAYS: 7:30 AM, 12:10 PM SPANISH WEEKDAY MASS: Second Wednesday of the month HOLY DAYS & EVES. OF HOLY DAYS: As Announced.

BAPTISM:

Arrangements must be made at the Rectory. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics. Parents, and also godparents when possible, must attend the Pre-Baptismal conference which is held on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm in the rectory.

CONFESSIONS: Saturday afternoons 4:30 to 5:15 pm, and anytime at the Rectory.

MARRIAGES: Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance at the rectory to ensure the date and the hour desired. The Nuptial Mass is the ordinary form of celebrating Christian marriage, and should be strongly considered when making Wedding plans. Attendance at the Pre-Cana Conferences, or the equivalent, is required by the Archbishop.

PARISH BOUNDARIES: Central Park West to the Hudson River, from the South side of 77th Street down to the North side of 65th Street.

We welcome new parishioners, and invite them to register at the Rectory. The registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of our parish. If you move to another Parish, or change your address within the Parish, please notify us.

FATIMA DEVOTIONS: The Rosary is said daily after the 12:10 pm Mass. Friday from 6-7 pm there is a holy hour.

BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: First Friday - Exposition: 12:35 pm. Adoration: All day; Benediction: 5:15 PM.

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: Mondays, before the 12:10 Mass and before the 5:30 pm Mass.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS:

Classes in Religion for Catholic children/teenagers, Pre- kindergarten - High School take place on Sundays. The Family Mass begins at 10:00 a.m. in the Church followed by class instruction in the school. Ongoing religious education is important for the religious development of your children. A child must have at least one year of religious instruction before enrolling in the First Communion or Confirmation class. Sunday School Website: www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org

The Nativity of the Lord December 25th, 2016

PARISH NEWS Dear Parishioners and Friends, Merry Christmas and welcome to all who have come today to celebrate this glorious feast. Long before the birth of Christ, as God was preparing His people to receive the gift of His very Son, the prophet Micah proclaimed, Out of you, O Bethlehem, shall come forth the one who is to be ruler in Israel (5:2). For this feast of Christmas, in a way, we find ourselves in Bethlehem. Bethlehem was not the most significant place to be born…Jerusalem was mightier and more socially advanced. God’s ways typically are not our ways…the Almighty became an infant born in a stable in a small village. Bethlehem evokes, too, the idea of roots. It was David’s home, where he was anointed King of Israel, but not where he settled. Can we allow the Incarnation to call each of us back to the roots of our faith? Wherever we find ourselves settled now, where are the roots of our encounter with the living God? Finally, Bethlehem means House of Bread. What we observe today is not just a historical celebration of God’s incarnation, but the prayer that feeds us, as it does every Sunday, the Eucharist. Jesus is with us, and I pray that this is for you a very Merry Christmas, in which we find ourselves consoled by God’s abiding presence and renewed with the desire to be close to one another in faith, hope, and love. Let us be mindful, too, that this Christmas week is filled with feasts. St. Stephen, St. John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents, and the Holy Family. If you are able, why not come and celebrate Eucharist together. These feasts all present to us the models of faith that were struck by the coming of Christ. I write this letter on the Tuesday before Christmas and I have just been told that today we have reached $3,000,000.00 in pledges for the Capital Campaign. I am offering thanks to God and even more I am offering thanks to those 134 families who have so far participated. We still have a-ways to go and I ask each of you to prayerfully consider what you might be able to do. To the right you will see two pictures of some of the damage that needs immediate repair. More pictures of disrepair can be found on the parish website www.blessedsacramentnyc.org. Let us continue to pray for peace. Fr. Duffell

Above the stained glass window lower caststone trim masonry spalling. Typical stained glass window cracked plexiglass, corroding support and

spalled caststone trim. Edge exfoliated slate, discolored slate replacements and dislocated slate on the Main Sanctuary Roof.

The Nativity of the Lord December 25th, 2016

NOTICIAS PARROQUIALES

Queridos Feligreses y Amigos; Feliz Navidad y bienvenidos sean todos ustedes que vienen a celebrar esta gloriosa fiesta. Mucho tiempo antes del nacimiento de Cristo y cuando Dios aun preparaba al mundo para recibir el regalo de Su propio Hijo, el profeta Micah proclamó: De ti, O Belen, vendrá aquel que gobernará en Israel (5:2). Para esta fiesta de Navidad, nos encontramos de alguna forma en Belen. Este no era el lugar más importante para nacer…Jerusalem era mejor y más socialmente avanzado. Pero la formas de Dios típicamente no son las nuestras. el Todopoderoso nació en un establo en una pequeña aldea. Belen evoca la idea de raíces. Era el hogar de David, donde fue proclamado Rey de Israel, pero no donde permaneció. Podemos permitir a la Encarnación llamarnos a las raíces de nuestra fe? Cuando nos encontramos ya establecidos, donde están las raíces de nuestro Señor? Finalmente, Belen significa La Casa del Pan. Lo que hoy celebramos no es solo una celebración histórica de la encarnación del Señor, sino la plegaria que nos alimenta, como hace cada Domingo la Eucaristía. Jesus esta con nosotros y pido que para ustedes esta sea una Feliz Navidad en la cual nos encontremos consolados por la presencia de Dios y con el deseo renovado de estar cerca el uno del otro en la fe, la esperanza y la caridad. También recordemos que esta semana de Navidad celebramos otras fiestas: San Esteban, San Juan Evangelista, los Santos Inocentes y la Sagrada Familia. Si pueden por que no vienen y celebramos juntos la Eucaristía? Estas fiestas nos presentan los modelos de fe iniciados por la llegada de Cristo. Escribo esta carta el martes antes de Navidad y hoy me han confirmado que hemos alcanzado en promesas la cantidad de $3,000,000.00 para la Campaña Capital. Doy gracias a Dios y quiero también expresar mi agradecimiento a las 134 familias que han participado en la misma hasta este momento. Todavía tenemos un largo camino que cubrir y les pido a cada uno de ustedes considerar lo que puedan hacer. En la primera pagina, verán dos fotografías del daño que necesita ser reparado inmediatamente. Pueden ver otras fotografías en nuestro sitio (“website”) www.blessedsacramentnyc.org. Roguemos por la paz. Padre Duffell

The Masses for the Celebration of the New Year (A Holy Day of Obligation)

New Year’s Eve – December 31st

5:30pm (English)

New Year’s Day – January 1st 8:30am (English)

10:00am (English) 11:15am (Spanish) 12:30pm (English) 5:30pm (English)

Saturday Evening, December 24th

11:00p People of the Parish Sunday, December 25th – Christmas Day

8:30 Anne Duffell + 10:00 Donna de Solis + 11:15 Intentions of Thomas Middelhoff 12:30 Robert (Bobby) Lagville +

Monday, December 26th 7:30 Intentions of Eileen Smithe and Family 12:10 People of the Parish 5:30 Intentions of Rita McCarthy on her birthday

Tuesday, December 27th

7:30 Esperidion Mejia + 12:10 Lord and Goldstein Families (living and Deceased) 5:30 Intentions of Thomas Middelhoff

Wednesday, December 28th 7:30 Eugene “Genie” Matti + 12:10 Mark Van Auken + 5:30 Mathew Siemion +

Thursday, December 29th

7:30 12:10 5:30

Carol Sorohan + Intentions of Cathy Lord and Family Robert J. Ross +

Friday, December 30th 7:30 12:10 5:30

The Decker and Carroll Families + Leo Siemon, Jr + Henry Edward Rosen +

Saturday, December 31st 4:00 5:30

Intention of Thomas Middelhoff Robert (Bobby) Lagville

The Nativity of the Lord December 25th, 2016

NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION FORM Date Your Name Your Spouses Name (Only if BOTH are Registering) Address Apt. # City State Zip Telephone Email Your Occupation Your Spouses Occupation How should we address you? (Check One) Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Would you like to receive weekly offering envelopes? Yes No If not, would you like us to sign you up for ParishPay? Yes No

If you have not registered in the parish and attend our mass regularly, please fill the following form out and return it to the Rectory office. All information will be kept confidential

What is Parish Pay? With ParishPay, it’s simple to make online donations to Blessed Sacrament using a credit or debit card. Simply go online at www.parishpay.com or call 1866-727-4741 ext.1 and--just like your monthly mortgage or other bills--the money will simply be debited from your account and go directly to Blessed Sacrament.

Finance Committee Corner Last Sunday $10,764 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $8,253.5 was received through Parish Pay, for a total of $19,017.5. Our average

weekly operating budget is $15,000. Thank you for so generously giving to our regular collection.

Esquina Financiera

La suma de la colecta durante las Misas del domingo pasado fue $10,764. Recibimos $8,253.5 a

través de Parish Pay para un total de $19,017.5. Nuestro presupuesto de operación semanal promedio es $15,000. Gracias por dar tan

generosamente a nuestra colección regular.

Weekly EM and Lector Schedule Saturday, Dec 24

4:00 1st Elizabeth H Brooke Murray 2nd Mia Yabut Wiese POF Elizabeth H Brooke Murray

EM Mia Yabut Wiese, John Gibbons, Elizabeth H Brooke Murray, Stehen T. Whelan

5:30 1st Mark Murphy

2nd Andrew Fitzsimmons

POF Gabriel Keane

EM

James Palazza, Mark Murphy, Stephen T. Whelan, Peter Diggins, Andrew Jenkins, Andrew Fitzsimmons

7:30 1st Cindy Ochoa 2nd Oscar Henk

POF Marina Che

EM

Junior Santiago, Lourdes Lopez, Cecilia Navarro

11:00 1st Thomas Davis

2nd Elizabeth Occhipinti

POF Damien Begley

EM

Shirley Rodriguez, JoDell Sheilds, Anna-Sophia Leonea, Elizabeth Hutton, Elizabeth Occhipinti, Damien Begley, Paula Djabbarah

Sunday, Dec 25

8:30 1st Mary Steffany

2nd John Hunt POF Bredan Contant

EM

Hugh Regan, Vivian Villaluz, Mary Steffany, John Hunt, Brendan Contant

10:00 1st Shirley Rodriguez

2nd Thomas Davis

POF Shirley Rodriguez

EM

Shirley Rodriguez, Julie Tom, Nellie Gonzalez-Arce, Thomas Davis

11:15 1st Cindy Ochoa

2nd Marina Che POF Marina Che EM Junior Santiago, Lourdes Lopez, Celia Navarro

12:30 1st Loretta Edmonds

2nd Loretta Edmonds POF Vivienne Singer

EM Carlos Sosa, Vivienne Singer, Ed Casey, Lidia Stempien, Thomas Alexander

The Rectory Office will observe the following hours for the upcoming Holidays:

December 25(Christmas) : 9AM-2PM December 26: Rectory Closed

January 1 (New Years) : 9AM-7PM January 2: Rectory Closed

The Nativity of the Lord December 25th, 2016

The flowers that decorate the sanctuary for Christmas have been offered in memory of and the intentions of the following

Coca Badiu+

Gheorghe Badiu+ Marilena Barladeanu+

Raymond Barrau+ Mr. Fabio Bragato+

Zoltan Busak+ Jeane & Philip Caffrey+

Ivan Campbell+ Benedicto Celino+ Esperanza Celino+

Alfred & Ernestine Cerice+ Elaine Chermol+

Elizabeth Chermol + Dr. Edward J. Chermol Sr.+

Florence & Rudolph Cizmarick+ Mr. & Mrs. Wilbrod Cloutier+

Michel M. Contant+ Rita Coppa+

Richard Coyle Sr.+ William Coyle Sr.+ Dr. Joseph Croce+

Olga Croce+ Rudolph Croce+

James & Dorothy Delaney+ Marian & Jim Delaney+ Francis & Ann Delano+

Nena Dichupa+ Thomas & Catherine Fallon+

Vicente & Demetria Fesalbon+ Beth Fletcher+ Gene Fletcher+ Bernard Frank+

Al & Sevara Freeman + Mary Frost+

Angelina Garcia+ Robert M. Gillin+

George Samuel Grey+ Suzanne Grey+

Enid Grey+

Winston & Carolyn Grey+ George Samuel Grey+

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Hanley+ Catherine & George Hennessy+

Winston & Carolyn Hill+ Fred & Deborah Horstmann+

Pedro Jalandoni+ Terri Jordan+ Sarah Judson+

Terry Keenan Kass+ John & Frances Kaufman+

Dr. Paul & Patricia Keating+ Myrtle Kikstad+

Jeno Kiss Jr.+ Jeno Kiss Sr.+

Karolina Kunicka+ Josefa Kunicka+

Wladyslaw Kunicki+ Prospera Lake+

Marie Therese Lake Barrau+ Luke Laroche+ Isidro G Lee+ Ilona Legradi+

Mr. & Mrs. Luis Lepine+ Jeane & Philip Lesieux+ Pedro & Purita Limson+

Ruth Livingston+ Harold Livingston+ Ethel Livingston+

Doña Margarita Lopez+ Agnes Lumsden+

Sandra Macdonald Dixon + Mr. Shawn Maresh+

Don McCollum+ Bernadette McGuire+

Beatrice McKeon+ John & Frances McKeon+

Lena Melbourne+ John Melbourne+

Jan Misiewicz+

Buzz Moschetto+ Arcely & Ronnie Nocon+

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. O' Hehir+ Grace O'Connell+

Mauricio O'Connell+ Teal Pohley+

Fred & Frances Polistena+ William John Porell+

Alice C. Porell+ Mildred Quinones+

Alex Risoli+ Rosenda Robledu+

Son Russell+ Adolph & Karen Schrijver+

Joseph Silvestri+ Madeleine Sionneau+

Zoila Solano + Nora Stark+

Mrs. Mary Ellen Szawlowski+ Thomas Tedeschi+ Ruben Toledo+

Emma Valeriano+ Federico P. Ventura Jr.+ Francisco & Nery Viray+

Mercedes & Crisanta Viray+ Kenneth Wright+ Elena Yasinova+ Patricia Z. Lee

Leila McCollum Joan Tedeschi

Napoleon Valeriano II Jalandoni Family

Lisse Family Ferrario Family

Blom & Pennings Family Montalvo Family

Vargas Family