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Mass Intentions for the Week of August 5th

Monday The Transfiguration of the Lord                    8:15 A.M.

   Liturgy of the Word & Communion

Tuesday Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs; Cajetan, priest          8:15 A.M.

   Barbara McKee by Blessed Sacrament Funeral Committee Friends

Wednesday Dominic, priest                                          8:15 A.M.

   Joe & Sylvia Kanes by Jim & Carol Ucker

Thursday Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin, martyr     8:15 A.M.

   Adeline Burkamp by Bill, Mary and Family

Friday Lawrence, Deacon, martyr                                8:15 A.M.

   Del Lewis by Margaret Campolo

Saturday Clare, virgin                                                   6:00 P.M.

   Living & deceased members of St. Francis Class of ‘57

Sunday Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time            8:00 A.M.

   Mary E. Tiburzio by Tiburzio Family

                                                                                      10:30 A.M.

   For the People of the Parish

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Servers Schedule for Week of August 5th

Weekdays: Aug. 7th, Aug. 8th, Aug. 9th, Aug. 10th

   Courtney Butler            Eddie Phelps             Joanna Phelps

Saturday, August 11th                                                    6:00 P.M.

   Giovanna Ghiloni          Bridget Fitzpatrick     Katie Addy

   Daniel Amore

Sunday, August 12th                                                                         8:00 A.M.

   Patricia Laughman        Ray Slavokovsky     Mike Gummer

                                                                                     10:30 A.M.

   Abby Morrow              Mercedes Merrill       Kyle Bigler

   Fiona Van Horn

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Lector & Eucharistic Minister’s Schedule

Saturday, August 11th                                                    6:00 P.M.

To be assigned (x2) (L), Deacon Bob

   EM’s to be assigned (x4)

Sunday, August 12th                                                       8:00 A.M.

Barb Rue, Grace Donaldson (L), Deacon Bob

   Glenna Bowman, Bernard Kreim

     Gerry Hall, James Oberfield

                                                                                      10:30 A.M.

Phyllis Williams, Liz Kaercher (L), Deacon Bob

   Velma Braunbeck, Karen Gross

     Pam Deal, Debbie Bickle

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Remember in your prayers all parishioners who are ill especially for Tim Friesner, and those who are homebound or in healthcare facilities.

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A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR

Dear Parishioners:

Only a few more weeks remain before we see a return to School for our children.  How has your Summer gone?  Are you ready to enter the busy pace of Fall?

Personally, I always hope to get more done in the Summer months than I manage to accomplish.  One thing I have decided to do differently is not to worry about that.  What gets done, gets done.  What does not just wasn’t in the cards yet.

The attitude I am describing here is not disinterest or a lack of caring.  Rather, it is detachment and freedom.  Each moment of our lives is a gift, an unrepeatable experience.  When we are free to accept it, that moment can become an encounter with God in the Present, where He Is always waiting for us.  Our God IS.  His Being can be received only in the moment He gives us, now.

Look around you.  See your world as God’s gift.  Notice those who are part of your daily routine right now.  Appreciate them as your companions on life’s journey at the present moment.  Enjoy your children while you have them with you.  School begins August 22!

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Sign-ups for our Religious Education Program for grades K through 8th and for Pre School (ages 3& 4) begins this weekend, August 4/5 and continues on August 11/12 & 18/19 after all weekend Masses.  Our first class will begin on Sunday, September 9th at 9:05am.  Come, learn more about our Catholic Faith!

There will be a meeting for Teachers of the Religious Education Program on Sunday, August 12th, 9:15am in the school Library.  Anyone interested in teaching or helping with our Religious Education Program plan to attend this meeting.  If you have any questions contact Debbie Wills at 975-4610,

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Our Stewardship Collection

Registered Families                                                             670

Budgeted per week                                                   $8,450.00

Stewardship (174 envelopes)                                    $4,671.00

Loose Cash                                                              $   279.05

Total                                                                         $4,950.05

Deficit for the Week                                                 $3,499.95

St. Vincent de Paul Collection                                $1,758.13

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Forming Disciples

Building One Church

Your generous gift helps fellow Catholics in Latin America and the Caribbean – who are rich in faith but lacking in material resources – not only to participate more fully in the life of the Church but to share it with others as well.  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on the Church in Latin America uses the collection funds to support its pastoral grants program in twentuy-two countries and to support the work of the Department of Social Development and Wold Peace on behalf of the Church in Latin America.  Please share your blessings and live in Stewardship and solidarity Collection for the Church in Latin America this weekend, August 5/6.

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BAA Update

   As of the end of July, our Parish Participation in the 2007 BAA is as follows:

   We have pledges totaling $41,821.12, toward our goal of $44,597.12.  This leaves only $2,776 to go to reach the goal.  We have reached 93.9%.  Let’s push on toward 100% and more.

   Out of 644 households registered with the Diocese of Columbus, 203 are participating, 31.5%.  This leaves 441 households not participating, 68.5%.

   All members of the parish who have not yet made a pledge are invited to assist us in reaching out goal.

   Now is the time for every good soul to come to the aid of our parish and diocese!

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DID YOU KNOW that God calls and human beings respond?  This implies a relationship that is alive at every moment.  How are you doing in your effort to discover God’s call in your life?  If you listen deeply, you will hear God’s voice.  It will not often be a voice that you hear with your ears, though even that is always possible.  Rather, it will be with “inner ears,” that is, with your heart.

God speaks to each of us through the beauty of Creation, and through His Word.  God’s voice is “heard” in the encounters we have with one another, as well as through the moments of quiet when we are striving to listen.

Hear God’s call.  And respond!

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Prayer While Visiting The Most Blessed Sacrament

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar: I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You in this chapel.

I now salute Your most loving Heart: and this for three ends:

1.   In thanksgiving for this great gift;

2.   To make amends to You for all the outrages which You receive in this Sacrament from all Your enemies;

3.   I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are the least revered and the most abandoned.

My Jesus, I love You with all my heart. I grieve for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. I promise with Your grace never more to offend You in the future. Now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I consecrate myself to You without reserve; I give You my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. From now on dispose of me and of all that I have as You please. All that I ask of You and desire is Your holy love, final perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Your will. I recommend to You the souls in purgatory; but especially those who had the greatest devotion to the most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners.

My dear Savior, I unite all my affections with the affections of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to Your eternal Father, and beseech Him in Your name to vouchsafe, for Your love, to accept them.  Amen.

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What we have learned together: Patience is a requirement for anything we do that is really worthwhile.  It is not often that the first suggestion is acknowledged as a good idea.  It is necessary to be persistent if we want to arrive at a goal we set for ourselves.  Perseverance is a Gospel virtue that must be exercised.  Keeping our eyes fixed on what lies ahead, we find our way to wonderful and unexpected places.

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Thank You so much to all who prayed for, assisted with, or provided for the opportunity to have our first Vacation Bible School!  What a wonderful week we had!  A special thank you to all parents who had children attending as well!  What a joy each child gave to each one of us!  We are so blessed to have such a loving, caring and supportive church community.

God Bless

Monica Stanley

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This Week at Blessed Sacrament

Latin America Collection

Blood Pressure Checks after Masses

Sun.      Aug. 5       7:30 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:00 a.m.   Mass with HNS

                             10:30 a.m.   Mass

Mon.     Aug. 6       8:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word &

                                                Communion

                             10:00 a.m.   Stuff Book Bags - Annex

                             12:00 p.m.   Adoration in the Chapel

                               6:30 p.m.   Couples Group – Brides rm

Tues.    Aug. 7       7:55 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:15 a.m. Mass

                             10:00 a.m.   Stuff Book Bags - Annex

                             12:00 p.m.   Adoration in the Chapel

Wed.     Aug. 8       7:55 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:15 a.m. Mass

                               9:00 a.m.   Adoration until Midnight

                               7:00 p.m.   Evening Prayer

Thurs.   Aug. 9       7:55 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:15 a.m. Mass

                               9:00 a.m.   Nazareth Community Bible

                                                Study – Rectory

                             12:00 p.m.   Adoration in the Chapel

                               4:00 p.m.   Deacons Meeting

                               7:00 p.m.   All Parish Mtg. – Café

                                                SVdP Mtg. - Cafe

Fri.        Aug. 10     7:55 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:15 a.m. Mass

                             10:30 a.m.   Chestnut House Service

                               7:00 p.m.   Bingo - Annex

Sat.       Aug. 11     6:30 a.m.   Men’s Prayer Grp. Conf. Rm

                             10:00 a.m.  Single Parent Family Fair

                                                Annex

                               4:30 p.m.   Reconciliation

                               6:00 p.m.   Mass

Sun.      Aug. 12     7:30 a.m.   Rosary

                               8:00 a.m.   Mass

                               9:15 a.m.   Religious Ed Teachers Mtg.

                                                Library

                             10:30 a.m.   Mass

                             12:00 p.m.   Baptisms

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(COLUMN 4)

2007 – The Year of Faith

“Everything is possible to one who has faith.”

(Mark 9:23)

Patron: St. Patrick of Ireland – Chosen by the Children of Blessed Sacrament

Theme for August: Call

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   Volunteer Opportunities: visit nursing home or assisted living residents, especially those who have no regular visitors or may not have family living nearby.

   The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is looking for volunteers to visit residents in nursing home and act as advocates for their care.  Volunteers are provided with a 12-hour initial training program and can be assigned to a nursing home near the volunteers’ home or work.  If you are at least 18 and able to commit about 2 hours a week to visit, contact Ruthie Fortkamp at 614-857-1230 or 800-536-5891 or fax 228-1125 or rfortkamp@colscss.org for more information.

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   On behalf of the Blessed Sacrament Women’s Ministry, A Mother’s Heart, please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donations for the Single Parent Family Fair which will be held on Saturday, August 11th, 10am – 2pm in the Annex & parking lot.

   Beginning 10am on Monday, August 6th we will pack book bags with the school supplies.  If you have time and would like to help with this project just stop by the Annex, 411 East Main St.  We will begin each day during that week at 10 am and work through the evening until all of the book bags are filled.

   On Friday, August 10th following Bingo (approximately 9:30pm), we will meet at the Annex to rearrange tables, place book bags on the bleachers and set-up for the event on Saturday.  Clean-up of the Annex will be immediately after the event.

   Volunteers on Saturday are encouraged to wear red T-shirts (name tags will be provided).

   If you would like to donate any time in helping with any phase of this event, just come!  We appreciate any time you can give, one hour or many hours.  If you have questions contact Monica Stanley 763-4047 or Kathy Wilson 345-4290.

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The St. Joseph’s Picnic will be held August 11th at the St. Joseph’s Hall, 5757 St. Rt. 383, Somerset.  The famous fried chicken & noodle or pork dinner will begin at 4pm-7pm.  Games, raffles, bingo or crafts will continue until 11:30pm.  Join us for Mass at 8pm.  Square dance from 8pm until 12am.  Come, join the fun and support the oldest Catholic Parish in the State of Ohio.  For more information call 740-743-1317.

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BILL BOARD NEWS: Plans are underway to run the Pro Life Bill Board on Rt. 16 starting October 1st.  Thank you for your kind support in getting this started.  If you have not already helped in this campaign there is still time, more help is needed.  Flyers are available on the table in the rear of the church or send tax deductible donations to Pro Life Across America, P.O. Box 18669, Minneapolis, MN 55418.

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Choose Life… California’s stem cell institute revealed recently that not one embryonic stem cell therapy is expected to be approved for market with the next 10 years.  This is in stark contrast to the arguments made before California voters approved Proposition 71 that allocated three billion dollars to embryonic stem cell research.  During the campaign for passage, proponents of the measure clearly implied that miraculous cures were just around the corner (San Diego Union-Tribune 10/05/06)

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Applications are now being accepted for Component I, a five- session education and networking opportunity, for parish laity and men discerning a call to the diaconate.  Developed by our Diocesan Ministry Formation Office, the program benefits participants as they discern personal gifts & talents, consider areas of service, and become more involved in their parish community.  Participants are introduced to the history & structure of the diocese, their rights and responsibilities in canon law, representatives of the diocesan offices & the resources they provide, enhanced communication skills, and the ongoing task of following the Gospel Message in everyday life.  Catechists/Catechetical Leaders will receive enrichment credit; teachers in the Catholic Schools may apply for 2.2 CEUs.  The five-session series will be held on the following Saturdays: Sept. 15th& 22nd, Oct. 6th, & 13th, Nov. 3rd at Sts. Peter & Paul Retreat Center, Newark.  Registrations are due by Wednesday, Sept. 5th.  For a detailed schedule of times/topics and a registration form, contact your parish secretary, call Jean Morris, Ministry Formation Office (614) 241-2544, or go to http://www.colsdioc.org/webpage/mfo.nsf, click on Component I.

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Mission Prayer Partners

Since prayer is such an important aspect of the missions, The Missions Office of the Diocese of Columbus would like to invite all individuals and/or prayer groups throughout the Diocese to offer prayers regularly (at least five minutes a day) for one of our 21 Diocesan missionaries serving in mission areas around the world.  Send an email to mismailbox@colsdioc.org or call the Missions Office at 614-228-8603 to receive your assigned missionary.  A short bio of your missionary will be provided.

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Remember When You Couldn't Wait To Talk To Each Other? You know: when talking was fun, and easy? At a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend, you'll learn some simple but powerful communication tools that will help bring those days back.  Marriage Encounter is 44 hours where married couples can get away from jobs, kids, chores, and phones—and focus only on each other.  Upcoming Marriage Encounter weekends are September 14-16 & November 2-4. Let us know that you’re interested as soon as you can! For more information or to register, contact Paul and Marilou Clouse at 740-746-9003 or visit our website at www.wwmecolumbus.org

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A retreat opportunity: Have you thought about taking some time away to deepen your relationship with God as you reconnect with your inner spirit? A silent, directed retreat will be offered at St.’s Peter & Paul Retreat Center August 20th – 29th with retreat director, Sister Janice Bachman, OP, of St. Mary of the Springs.  Sister is an experienced Retreat & Spiritual Director. At the retreat, each person meets individually with the director, daily, for about 60 minutes, for conversation about one’s own personal spiritual journey. There is time for personal prayer, reflection, and journaling or for enjoying the natural beauty of the retreat center.  You are welcome to be present for the entire time or one, two or three days as your schedule permits. If you have questions or for more information contact: Liz Kaercher at 345-2208.

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The Columbus Diocesan Missions Office regularly receives rosaries crafted by rosary makers across the country.  These devout individuals joyfully give their time and talent to provide rosaries to those who pray this special devotion. Anyone who has a program or an event that includes the recitation or teaching of the rosary can obtain rosaries from the Missions Office – free of charge.  The Missions Office will be glad to prepare a package for you, which could be picked up at the Missions Office at the Catholic Center, 197 East Gay Street, in Columbus. For more information, please call the Missions Office at 614 228 8603 or e-mail at mismailbox@colsdioc.org.

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The Columbus Italian Festival, sponsored by St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, is having a Money Mania Raffle. Grand Prize is - $50,000.00, 1st prize - $2,000.00, & 2nd prize - $1,500.00 which will be drawn on Sunday, October 7th at the festival.  There are "Early Bird” cash prizes of $1,000.00 with the next “Early Bird” drawing on August 29th.  Only 2,000 tickets will be sold. You must be at least 18 years old to enter.  Donation: $100.00/ticket.  Have you purchased your ticket yet?  For more info or to purchase a ticket, contact the parish office 614-294-5319, Monday - Friday, 9am – 4pm or Chuck Agriesti at 614-882-6088 or 614-497-3222.

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