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Fr. George Darling, Pastor
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 3:30 pm or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parish registration of six months is required. Preparation session required. Contact the parish office for details. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact the parish office a minimum of six months prior to the preferred wedding date. Marriage preparation sessions are required.
PASTORAL COUNCIL Scott Ware, Chair. Liz Connell Jim Fochtman Kelly Garbacik Doug Graves Jeremy Reed Kathy Schwartz Mark Steiner Donna Wrona
FINANCE COUNCIL Jim Wila, Chair. Jim Frey, Vice Chair. Tim Callery Tammy Chartier Bob Dean Barb Lawrence Deb Schmalzel Terry Staskey Steve Stoddard
PARISHIONER MEMBERSHIP New members are always welcome to our Parish. Parishioner status is maintained by registration in the parish, active participation in weekend liturgies and full participation in the parish stewardship program. All family members 18 years and older should be indi-vidually registered with the parish. Parish membership and participation is required of those desiring the Sacraments of Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation and Matrimony.
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:30am–4:00pm
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Weekday Mass:
Tuesday — Friday: 8:30am Weekend Mass:
Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am
2275 Diamond Avenue NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505
Telephone: (616) 447-7554 (616) 447-7629
Fax: (616) 447-7548 E-Mail: [email protected]
www.bsacrament.net ASA telephone: 616-447-2997
“Will not God then
secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night?”
Luke 18:7
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BY GEORGE….
Sat, Oct 19 VIGIL: 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:30 pm Tom Jewell; Jim Schmidbauer Sun, Oct 20 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Intention of John Rosendall 11:00 am Parish Family Mon, Oct 21 WEEKDAY **No Mass** Tues, Oct 22 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Fr. Norberto Leyrita Wed, Oct 23 WEEKDAY 10:30 am Irene Chapman Thurs, Oct 24 WEEKDAY 8:30 am Eleanor Thomas Fri, Oct 25 WEEKDAY
8:30 am Donald White Sat, Oct 26 VIGIL: 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:30 pm Leo Boruta; Norton Thompson & Carolyn Szubinski Sun, Oct 27 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am Parish Family 11:00 am Bill & Effie Yob
PASTORAL TEAM Father George E. Darling, Pastor…..…[email protected]
Darrell Beckwith, Business Manager [email protected]
Lori Borek, Parish Secretary…………[email protected]
Jody DeGraw, Dir of Religious Education …[email protected] Vicki Glynn, Religious Ed. Asst….…[email protected]
Marie LeMire, Ministry to the Sick & Elderly …[email protected]
Michael Debri, Principal ASA….……………[email protected]
Masses for the Week
STEWARDSHIP - Week of October 12 & 13
Week 16/53 Adult Envelopes (148 used) $8, 581.00 Automatic Envelopes (60 used) 5,450.00 Youth 27.00 Loose Stewardship 421.38
Total Stewardship this week $14,479.38
YTD $214,284.80 Budget YTD $225,538.46 Last YTD $217,696.82
5% Tithe this week $723.97 YTD Tithe $10,714.24
~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~ Homebound Parishioner of the Week
Multiple times I have written to you about the Our Shepherds - Our Future Capital Campaign, i.e., Bishop Walkowiak's fund drive to raise money to provide for the cost of educating seminarians to become your future priests. In the past I have explained that our parish target for the $33,000,000 campaign is $938,460. In order to help in the process of raising that amount of money we will need the help of many to be in communication with the rest of us to encourage and assist us in the donating of the money. Those helpers are being called "ambassadors". In the past I have explained that we will need about 30-40 ambassa-dors to make the process work smoothly. So far we have received notice from you that we are up to19 of you are willing to help. Hence we need many more willing to serve as ambassadors. I have suggested that this might be a good way for some of you who are on the younger side to have a role in helping to build the Church as those who will be seminarians whose educational costs are assisted by this fund will be the priests of the future who will serve you and your families in years to come long after us older folks are gone. I have received notice that the training sessions for "ambassadors" will take place on these following dates and at the following times: Wednesday, October 23, 6:30-8:00 pm, Cathedral Square Thursday, October 24, 6:30-8:00 pm, Cathedral Square Monday, October 28, 6:30-8:00 pm, Cathedral Square Tuesday, October 29, 6:30-8:00 pm, Cathedral Square Ambassadors would attend one of the above train-ing sessions to learn what it is we are being asked to do. Therefore now is another time for you to think about this, pray about this, and if you are willing to help you can just attend one of the training sessions even if you have not contacted Lori to let her know you will help with this. Or you could attend one of the training sessions as part of your deciding if you would be willing to help and listen first hand to the job description and then decide if you would be willing to help. It appears that the work of the ambassadors will be to help and encourage others to return their pledge cards to the Parish Office. They are not involved in any “arm twisting” or anything like that if that is your fear. They won’t even know the amounts that others will be donating or asked to donate. They are just to help in the communi-cation with other parishioners to get pledge forms returned in a timely manner. Even if we don't meet our target we will have been considered to have a successful campaign if we make a "good faith effort" to get as many parishioners as possible involved in the effort both by assisting as ambas-sadors and as donors of amounts large and small. In order to do that we need your help, for which I am asking again now. I would hate to see a “target” be turned into an “assessment” because we didn’t make that “good faith ef-fort” of having people involved in this effort on behalf of the Bishop.
Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of October 20, 2019 Sunday 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14—4:2; Lk 18:1-8 Monday Rom 4:20-25; (Ps) Lk 1:69-75; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40:7-10,17 Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday Rom 6:12-18; ps 124:1b-8; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 12:49-53 Friday Rom 7:18-25a; Ps 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1b-4b, 5-6; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14
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~This Week in our Parish~ Tues Oct 22: 9:15am-3pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Church 9:15am Adult Bible Study, MPR 2:30pm A Matter of Balance 6:00pm Zumba, School music room #208 6:00pm Pickleball, Family Center 6:20-6:50pm Children’s Choir rehearsal, MPR 6:50-7:20pm Honor Choir rehearsal, MPR 7:30pm Adult Choir rehearsal, MPR Wed Oct 23: 6:30pm Finance Council Meeting, Rectory conference room Thurs Oct 24: 6:30pm Religious Ed Class, Classrooms Sun Oct 27: noon Adult Choir rehearsal, MPR
Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is Wiley & Company Novelty. Please see
this ad on the back of the bulletin.
These advertisers help to defray all publishing costs which the Church would otherwise incur. Please pat-ronize the sponsors on the back of this bulletin and thank them for their kind generosity.
2233 Diamond Ave./447-2997 4 Mile Rd./363-7725
Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org
No School Oct 25
Due to a professional develop-ment day for faculty, there is no school for grades P-8 on Friday, Oc-tober 25, 2019. Child Care is open that day, but reservations must be made in advance in the child care rooms.
Support Community Partners and Sponsors
Al l Saints Academy and business-es on the northeast side of Grand Rapids are working together to as-sist our students through the Com-munity Partners and Sponsors Pro-gram. These businesses have made a donation to ASA and will make additional donations every time you make a qualifying purchase. Just mention All Saints when you make your purchase and let us know you shopped at a Community Partner by calling the school office at 447-2997 or e-mailing us at [email protected] . You’ll get their best deal and All Saints Academy will get another contribution. You can see the full list of our Partners and all the program details at our website, www.asagr.org. Just click on the Community Partners page. Your family can “shop locally,” save mon-ey and help All Saints Academy at the same time. Some of the participating busi-ness right now include: Bastien Chi-ropractic, CarStar, Cornerstone Companies, Dale Gould Insurance, Decker and Sons, DeGraaf Interiors, DeVries Jewelers, Frey Family Den-tistry, Green Home Cleaning/Restoration.
~Outside the Parish~
Volunteer Eucharistic Ministers
Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids is looking for volunteers to help two days a month (time fits your schedule) to offer the gift of Holy Communion to patients coping with a hospital stay. Thank you for prayer-fully considering this privileged op-portunity!
You can contact Lenore Nowicki, Coordinator, Volunteer Eucharistic Ministry Program Spectrum Health Hospitals by phone at 616-391-1957 or by email at Lenore.nowicki@ spectrumhealth.org.
St. Jude Rummage Sale
St. Jude Fall Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday October 26th from 8:30am to 6pm, 1120 Four Mile Rd. NE. Bag Special at 4pm.
Please stop in the Church narthex to fill out a remembrance card with the name of your deceased family member or friend. They will be remembered in a special way at all Masses in the month of November.
Holiday Craft Show
Holy Family Parish in Sparta, will be holding their 31
st Annual Holiday Craft
Show & Bazaar on Saturday, Novem-ber 2, 2019, from 9:00am to 2:00pm at 425 S. State St., Sparta. 34 booths with a variety of Crafts, Gifts, Décor & More. Also offered are, Mini Raffle, Bake Sale, Children’s Activities, Door Prizes and lunch. Admission is free! Come and join in the fun and festivi-ties! Visit www.holyfamilysparta.org for more information.
Catholic Central's Discovery Day
November 3, 2019, 1:00pm
Find out what could be NEXT in your education. Register to attend at grcatholiccentral.org.
St Mary Magdalen Craft Show & Bake Sale
Join us Saturday, November 9th from 10am - 3pm. Enjoy hand crafted items for sale, a bake sale, and a luncheon is available. No admission fee.
Harvest Pies with Sister Darlene Wessling, FSE
This event will be held at the Francis-can Life Process Center, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell on Tuesday, November 5 from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Join us to learn how to make delicious pie crusts. Celebrate the joy of the harvest by making a fresh apple pie using apples grown at the Center to bake at home. Go to oamkhar vestpies.eventbrite.com to register.