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Mass
Intentions for the Week of January 27th
Monday Thomas Aquinas, priest,
doctor 8:15 A.M.
Liturgy of the Word & Communion
Tuesday Weekday 8:15 A.M.
Special Intention for Deacon Patrick Wilson (3rd Anniversary of Ordination) by Kathy
Wednesday Weekday 8:15 A.M.
Walter Kreim by Dick & Mary Ellen Bechtel
Thursday John Bosco, priest 8:15 A.M.
Betty Pleasant by Mike & Judy Healy
Friday Weekday 8:45 A.M.
Rose Stokes by Mr. & Mrs. Joe Finkle
Saturday The Presentation of the Lord 6:00 P.M.
Barney Susi by Gene & Donna Francis
Sunday Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Times 8:00 A.M.
For the People of the Parish
10:30
A.M.
Mike Hannah by Mike & Judy Healy
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Servers Schedule for Week of January 27th
Weekdays: Jan.
29th, Jan. 30th, Jan. 31st, Feb. 1st
Saturday,
February 2nd 6:00 P.M.
James Amore
Saturday,
February 3rd 8:00 A.M.
Kaycie Brown Allison
Ernest Tanner Ernest
10:30 A.M.
Jacob Cormican Sarah Scott Daniel Miller
Courtney Butler
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Lector & Eucharistic Minister’s Schedule
Saturday,
February 2nd 6:00 P.M.
Christine Billig, Judy Healy (L), Deacon Bob
Bev Donaldson, Trudie Bormann,
Joann Warthen, Tina Frischen
Saturday,
February 3rd 8:00 A.M.
Patricia Laughman, Phyllis Williams (L), Deacon Pat
Charlie & Pat Molnar, Gerry Hall, Barb Rue
10:30 A.M.
Sarah Ewing, Evey Fuller-Moore (L), Deacon Pat & Kathy
Karen Gross, Pam Deal, Sue Hannah
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Remember in your prayers all parishioners who are ill especially for
Lilly Ghiloni, Ronald Martin, and for those who are homebound or in healthcare
facilities.
Our
love, prayers & sympathy for the family & friends of Rosa Clark, Helen
Smith, sister of Mary Lusk, & Theresa Hickman, Dorothy Wilkins, parishioner. May they rest in the arms of Our Risen
Savior.
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A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR
Dear Parishioners:
To all who participated in the Parish
I invite you to gather together your
thoughts from the experience of Fr. Pat and to share them with others who were
not able to be with us. What did you
hear? What new do you see? Are you more aware of the Love God has for
you and its implications in your life?
We are all called by God to make known
His Love in our broken lives. We are
invited to allow God to transform what might be experienced as negative into a
means of God’s opening up the Presence of His Kingdom. Do you hear God’s voice calling you to
receive His Love?
Blessings
to all who made Fr. Pat feel so welcome among us. I am sure that we have not seen the last of
him! He has seven different retreats,
and we have experienced three of them.
Let your friends and families in other parishes know about him. Perhaps he’ll come back soon to a parish
nearby.
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He Loves Me
He Loves Me is a song given
to Brother Patrick A. Martin on April 14, 1977
He loves me! He loves me!
He loves me as I am, oh yes, He loves me!
Yes He loved me yesterday, and yes,
He'll love me still tomorrow!
For He loves me just today, the way I am!
He loves me! He loves me!
And all He asks is that I let Him love me!
Let Him love me as He chooses
With no thoughts of wins or loses,
Let Him love me as I am is all He asks!
He knows me! He knows me!
Better than I know myself, oh yes He knows me!
Who I was the other day,
And who I will become tomorrow!
But He loves me just the same the way I am!
He calls me! He calls me!
He calls me as I am to spread His love!
Knowing well who I have been,
Who I will be, and who I am,
Yet He calls me just the same to spread His love.
He frees me! He frees me!
He frees me to say YES whenever He calls me!
Showing me His own compassion,
Love and care and understanding!
He frees me to say my YES when He calls me!
He loves me! He loves me!
He loves me as I am, oh yes, He loves me!
Finding me wherever I am,
He gently guides me by the hand,
For He loves me as I am, oh He loves me!
For He loves me as I am, oh, He loves me!
*Lyrics and
music for "He Loves Me" Copyright 2000 by Father Patrick A. Martin
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Our
Stewardship Collection
January 13th
Registered Families 660
Budgeted per
week $8,450.00
Stewardship (165 envelopes) $5,286.00
Loose Cash $ 290.86
Total $5,576.86
Deficit for the Week $2,873.14
Propagation of
Faith $ 758.00
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The Marriage & Family Life Office and Marriage
Ministries Leadership Council call your attention to World Marriage Day,
February 10, 2008. Plan to celebrate this special day at St. Elizabeth
Church,
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DID
YOU KNOW that speaking of our own goals and plans is one step in discerning
God’s call? We have desires and longings
in our hearts that come out only when we try to share them. Have you ever said something in response to a
question you were asked that helped you clarify your thoughts? This is a natural way of allowing our call to
unfold. What do you want to be when you
grow up? You may or may not end up doing
whatever you answer, but in trying to answer, you are expressing something
inside that wants to come out.
God has a
dream for us that is bigger than we can dream for ourselves. And yet, He does
help us to begin to find our way through touching our hearts with
happiness. It has been said that if you
want to make God laugh, all you have to do is tell Him your plans. But it is also true that if you tell God what
you are thinking, He can help you to refine your vision to encompass what He
has in mind for you.
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What we have learned together: Every experience of a person
is just one moment in a lifetime.
Scripture says not to call anyone happy until the whole life is
revealed. It is also true that a person
who is sad or mean or grouchy can be transformed if we hang in there long
enough. We have to thank God for those
who hang in there with us. It is our
responsibility to keep our hearts open even to the most closed persons. You never know when the walls will come
tumbling down.
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Wednesday, January 30th is the last day available to schedule your family for the new Parish Pictorial Directory. Contact Michele Shaw at 740-975-5005 to schedule your time with the Photographer from Olan Mills who will be in the School Cafeteria from 3pm to 9:30pm. Every family who sits for an Olan Mills photo will receive a free 8x10 & a free parish directory. Also, any pictures purchased are 20% off! Remember the directory will not be complete without You!
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This Week at Blessed Sacrament
SVdP Collection
Donut
Sunday in the Cafeteria
Catholic Schools Week
Scholastic
Book Fair through Feb. 1st
Sun. Jan. 27 7:30
a.m. Rosary
8:00 a.m. Mass
9:05 a.m. CCD Classes
9:15 a.m. RCIA
10:30 a.m. Mass, School Staff Blessing
11:30 a.m. BSS
Open House
11:30 a.m. 2nd Graders Parent Mtg.
Classroom
12:00 p.m. Baptisms
12:00 p.m. Annex – Drama Practice
Mon. Jan. 28 8:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word &
Communion
12:00 p.m. Adoration in the Chapel
6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts - Annex
Tues. Jan. 29 7:55 a.m. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass
12:00 p.m. Adoration in the Chapel
6:30 p.m. Meeting Conf.. Rm.
7:00 p.m. Choir Practice
Wed. Jan. 30 7:55
a.m. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass
9:00 a.m. Adoration until Midnight
3:00
p.m. Olan Mills - Pictures for
Parish Directory till 9:30 pm in Cafeteria
Thurs. Jan. 31 7:55 a.m. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass
9:00 a.m.
Study – Rectory
12:00 p.m. Adoration in the Chapel
Fri. Feb. 1 7:55 a.m. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass
10:30
a.m. Grandparents Day
School
Mass
12:00
p.m. Grandparents Luncheon –
Cafeteria
Sat. Feb. 2 10:00 a.m. Mass at Children of Mary
10:00 a.m. Scrapbooking in Cafeteria
4:30 p.m. Reconciliation
6:00 p.m. Mass
Blessing
of Throats at all Masses
Catholic Times subscription $15.00
Pancake Breakfast after all Masses in Café
by Religious Ed Program
Sun. Feb. 3 7:30
a.m. Rosary
8:00 a.m. Mass
9:05 a.m. CCD Classes
9:15 a.m. RCIA
10:30 a.m. Mass
12:00 p.m. Annex – Drama Practice
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Blessed Sacrament Holy Name
Society is sponsoring a St. Valentine’s Dinner at The Place Off The Square, 50 N.
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Blessed Sacrament School is hosting their Annual Scholastic Book Fair now through Feb. 1st in the school Library. We will be open on school days from 9-11am, 2-4pm & Wednesday until 6pm. Stop by & see what is available after all Masses this weekend, January 26th & during the Open House on Sunday, January 27th from 11am-2:30pm.
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Next week is our parish collection for the Catholic Times weekly newspaper. Subscription envelopes are included in your
February collection packet. For $15 per
year, subscribers receive a Catholic perspective on the world around us. Local, national, worldwide and Vatican news, as
well as diocesan, parish, and school stories, articles and events are delivered
right to your home. Bishop Campbell
encourages every Catholic family to subscribe to the Catholic Times. Look for
your envelope and sign up for, or re-subscribe to the newspaper of our diocese.
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Help Needed..Five individuals needed to prepare a meal for Father Tim one day a month. Call Barb Ghiloni at 345-1122 for more information or to volunteer. Thank you.
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2008 – The Year of Vocations: Begins with the first Sunday of Advent
Patrons:
St. Gabriel,
Blessed Mother Teresa of
Servant of God, Pope John Paul II
Theme for January: Sharing
Vision
Theme for February: Generosity
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The Marriage and Family Life Office and Marriage
Ministries Leadership Council call your attention to World Marriage Day, February 10th. Plan to celebrate
this special day at St. Elizabeth Church,
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Choose Life… Writing in the world’s most prestigious bioethics
journal, Hastings Center Report (2007),
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Forgiveness And Healing - How to grow closer
to God with Keynote Speaker Johnette Benkovic, founder of Women of
Grace, program host on EWTN & St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, will be the theme
for the first Columbus Catholic Women's
Conference to be held on Saturday, February 16th from
8am to 2pm at St. Andrew,
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The Young Married Couples in Christ Group at St. Mary Church, Delaware, Ohio is hosting an incredible conference on Saturday, February 16, 2008: “Marriage Matters: Life & Love Unlimited!” The Young Married Couples in Christ Group believes this is an absolutely “no miss” opportunity for you to deepen your love for you spouse, family and for God. Featured speaker is Sr. Renee Mirkes who has spent eleven years counseling couples on marital ethics and helping them reap unlimited love & life benefits from their marriage. All married & engaged couples are encouraged to mark your calendars and reap the benefits of this amazing presentation. Information/registration flyers are available at the church door entries. Take one home today!
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Time For A Home Improvement Project?
Remember, home improvement is not about hammers & nails — it’s about relationships. To improve your home, enrich your marriage … consider taking a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend. The next two Marriage Encounter weekends are Feb. 22nd-24th & April 18th-20th. Let us know that you’re interested as soon as you can! For more information or to register, contact Paul & Marilou Clouse at 740-746-9003 or visit our website at www.wwmecolumbus.org
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The St. Vincent de Paul Center is in need of used furniture in good condition and clean mattresses/box springs. Sorry, we cannot accept large appliances or TV's. Contact Mel at 349-8425 to arrange pickup.
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Serra Club North of Columbus is hosting the Annual Life Awareness Youth Luncheon on Wednesday, February 27th, 11:45am until 1pm in the Jessing Center , Josephinum, for all Catholic High School Campus Ministry Ohio Dominican University Guided tours of the Josephinum will be available from 1pm until 1:30. Please advise if you are interested in the tour as you RSVP. Mark your calendars and sign-up now by contacting Alice Nowacek, Serra President, at 614-436-8918 or anowaczek@yahoo.com. Also check out the article in this week' Catholic Times.
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, a 3-part series sponsored by the diocesan Marriage & Family Life Office, to offer communication skills for parents and caregivers, will be held Thursdays, February 21st, 28th, & March 13th from 7 to 9 pm at Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany. The fee is $30/couple or $25/individual. For more information & to register, call Marriage & Family Life Office (614) 241-2560 or e-mail flomailbox@colsdioc.org.
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Host/Hostess for R.C.I.A. are needed for Sunday mornings throughout
the RCIA schedule. Choose a Sunday Morning to bring a continental
style breakfast, donuts, sweet rolls, or fruit to the Brides room by 8:30
a.m. Sign-up sheets are available in
the back of the church or call
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Reduce, Reuse & Recycle at Blessed Sacrament School.
You are now able to recycle your paper and help Blessed Sacrament School! A paper recycling bin is located in the Annex parking lot. All paper, mail, catalogs may be put in the bin. Please no cardboard or phone books! Let’s Go Green!
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Notice Dust Busters: Those who clean the church, join us to have your picture taken for the parish directory on Wednesday, January 30th at 3:10 pm in the school cafeteria.
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We are a group of mothers and fathers who have suffered the experience of abortion. We gather twice a month to share, heal, and grow. We are now experiencing the gift of God’s healing love. We’ve been there. We understand. Contact us at (614) 718-0277.
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Newark Catholic football fans, the Frame-Up, downtown
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