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Blessed Sacrament Parish – August 16, 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
Please keep these things in mind:
The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation is still suspended by our Bishop.
You can view all Masses listed below on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BSCWV/
Worship aids for each Mass will be sent to all by separate emails.
Mass Schedule
Day Date Time Intention
Sunday (public) 8/16 10:00am + Helen Huzoski by Peg Nagem
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday (closed) 8/19 Noon + Lillian DiGiorgi by Helen Scragg
Thursday (closed) 8/20 Noon + Pete Sylvester by Mary Ann Johnson
Friday (closed) 8/21 Noon + Michael Habenschuss by Jerry & Jane Roy
Saturday
Sunday (public) 8/23 10:00am + Pete Higgs by Mary Ann Johnson
We Remember in Our Prayers Bill Abbot, Barbara Baldy, Patrick Burriss, Elizabeth Coleman, Matthew Crabtree, Rhonda Crede, Karol Dunford,
Joe Eisel, Janine Estep, Marietta Fenton, Andrew Field, Rose Finch, Patty Geissinger, Joe Gregg, Kathleen Groom,
Bogdan (Danny) Gumowski, John Hanna, Ann Henderson, John & Claire Johnson, John Lordan, Bob Lucas,
Louann Lynch-Kelley, Alec Mansfield, Buz and Barbara McCormick, Mike McCready, Caleb Milton, Mary Ann Shear,
Nicholas Taylor, Sandy Wheeler, and Lily Woolwine.
Pray She Rests in Peace: Tom Aluise’s mother, Chloe Aluise
Seminarian Celebration John Soplinski, a third-year seminarian, has a birthday on August 23rd. If you would like to send him your prayers and
encouragement, his address is: Mt. St. Mary Seminary, 16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd., Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Important Notes 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 always 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 24/7.
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 8/15 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 8/16 10:00am Mass
facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Parish Hall – limited seating
11:30am Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot
Mon 8/17
Tue 8/18
Wed 8/19 10:00am Bible Study – Old Testament ZOOM
Noon Mass (private) facebook.com/BSCWV/
1:00pm Bible Study – Isaiah ZOOM
6:00pm Energy Efficiency Group ZOOM
7:00pm Bible Study – Sunday Readings ZOOM
Thu 8/20 Noon Mass (private) facebook.com/BSCWV/
1:00pm Bible Study – Grades 2-5 ZOOM
7:00pm Summer Inquiry Session - Catholicism ZOOM
Fri 8/21 Noon Mass (private) facebook.com/BSCWV/
Sat 8/22 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM
Sun 8/23 10:00am Mass
facebook.com/BSCWV/
blessedsacramentwv.org
Parish Hall – limited seating
11:30am Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot
1:00pm Confirmation Candidates/Sponsors Meetings ZOOM
3:00pm Confirmation Candidates/Sponsors Meetings ZOOM
Our Middle School and High School youth groups will meet again via Zoom on Sept. 1 and Sept. 3.
Do You Know Someone Interested in the Catholic Faith?
Invite and accompany them to another
Summer Inquiry Session via Zoom!
Thursday, August 20th
7:00PM
Email [email protected]
for a Zoom invitation!
No pressure! Friendly Q & A!
Recycling News
We’ve become aware that the cities of Charleston and South Charleston are no longer able to take recycling to Raleigh
County to be recycled as that facility has had to close. The Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority has a recycling center
on Slack Street in Charleston for certain recyclables, but ONLY if those materials are brought to the center pre-separated.
For example, newspapers and #2 plastics can be recycled at the Slack Street facility but only if they are in separate bags –
they cannot be mixed together. For more information about what can be recycled at the facility, or to find out where you
can recycle items Slack Street does not take, go to their website: https://www.kanawharecycles.org/locations/Kanawha-County-Solid-Waste-Authority.aspx
Recycling Ministry? Many places/organizations around our world have figured out ways to improve recycling opportunities in their
communities. Do you feel called to do this in our community? We would like to help these individuals find each other
and get started in what would be a great ministry. Please let us know if you would like to be part of this group. You can
email us at [email protected].
Thank you to the folks who have already indicated their interest in this important ministry!
On Thursday, August 27th, for the Memorial of St. Monica,
Fr. John will celebrate a Mass for the Conversion of Lost Souls, at noon.
The fourth-century saint, Monica, was a Christian, but her husband was a pagan. Monica’s virtues and prayers, however,
converted him, and he was baptized a year before his death. When her son, Augustine, went astray in faith and morals,
Monica’s tears and prayers for her son were incessant. She followed him where he went to teach, and there continued to
storm heaven with prayers for her son. Finally, she had the joy of witnessing Augustine being baptized.
In addition to being one of the patron saints of mothers, St. Monica is most often invoked for the conversion of children
who have left the Church. We will celebrate this Mass on her feast day to pray in a special way for all those who have
wandered from the faith.
You may submit names of individuals to be especially entrusted to the powerful intercession of St. Monica during the
Mass. (Fr. John will not read aloud each name, but offer the group up for prayer.) We will have a basket present in the
breezeway where you can write names on a slip of paper. Specific names are not needed – a prayer for “my
grandchildren” would be very appropriate, for example. You can drop off notes with names when you come through
Communion in cars. You can also email names you wish to have included ([email protected]).
Baptism Anniversaries
We would love to recognize everyone’s anniversary of Baptism, but we do not know the dates for most of our
parishioners. Please send us an email/letter with your household’s names and dates of Baptism. If you do not know your
date of Baptism, you can request this information from the church where you were baptised. (Every Catholic church is
required to keep a record of all Baptisms that occurred there.) If you were baptized here at Blessed Sacrament, just
indicate the year and we'll look up the actual date for you.
Next Sunday's Mass Readings – August 23, 2020
Reading 1 Isaiah 22:19-23
Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace: “I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your
station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with
your sash, and give over to him your authority. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of
Judah. I will place the key of the House of David on Eliakim’s shoulder; when he opens, no one shall shut when he shuts,
no one shall open. I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to be a place of honor for his family.”
Responsorial Psalm Psalms 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, or you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
I will give thanks to your name, because of your kindness and your truth:
When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
The LORD is exalted, yet the lowly he sees, and the proud he knows from afar.
Your kindness, O LORD, endures forever; forsake not the work of your hands.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
Reading II Romans 11:33-36
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how
unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the
Lord anything that he may be repaid? For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever.
Amen.
Gospel Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But
who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in
reply, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not
prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he
was the Christ.
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 Mary Odin E-mail: [email protected]
Our Pastoral Council
Laura Jennings, facilitator Rick Brennan Tiffany Wilson Danny Scalise Tim Norris
Reagan Whitmyer John F. Gianola Ken Holz Jack Dever Ann Dever
Joe Jenkins Joe Gresham 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
PASTOR'S PAGES
PARISH PICNIC With great reluctance, I accept the verdict that we will simply not be able to hold our Parish Picnic as usual on the Sunday after Labor Day. Some folks have made some creative suggestions about other – safe – ways that we can enjoy one another. If you have any ideas, please let me know!
ARTICLES WHAT CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING SAYS ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/08/04/catholic-social-teaching-property-rights-pompeo-commission LOCAL FAMILY HIT HARD BY CORONAVIRUS AFTER FUNERAL https://www.herald-dispatch.com/wcn/wc_news/local-family-hit-hard-by-coronavirus-after-funeral/article_90da5dc3-a339-52a7-9b1b-2face47d3806.html POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE: IF WE DO NOT TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER, WE CANNOT HEAL THE WORLD https://zenit.org/2020/08/12/popes-general-audience-if-we-do-not-take-care-of-one-another-we-cannot-heal-the-world-full-text/ CHRISTIAN CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE AT AUSCHWITZ http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
QUOTABLE Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is a prolife activity. It’s not a political act, it’s a moral one, intended to love your neighbors as yourself. You don’t know whether the person in the supermarket is a cancer survivor or has other risks. Protect them. Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh When receiving the Eucharist each person must remember that he is falling into the arms of God like someone dying of hunger in the wilderness of this life. Hans Urs Von Balthasar The Holy Spirit gives creativity as well as fidelity. When it comes to schools, parishes and evangelization, this is a time when we have to be open to new things. Let history strengthen you to face new challenges with confidence, rather than bind you to old ways of doing things. retiring Archbishop of St. Louis Robert Carlson
Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley
THE MISSION of Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley is to support the independent living of older adults in the communities we serve by lending a helping hand, neighbor to neighbor.
Blessed Sacrament is one of the "Cornerstone Congregations" that supports FIAGKV with a monthly allotment.
A case story from director Jennifer Waggener We never know what journey the next phone call to our office holds. Nearly every week we have the opportunity to meet people facing significant obstacles or overwhelming challenges in their lives that have brought them to a desperate place. Sometimes they've been on the phone for days with no answers. Other times they've trusted family or friends and been devastated to learn it was a mistake. Too often, by the time our phone rings, the person on the other end is convinced that nobody cares and that there is no way out of their situation. Too often, they feel alone in the world. We got one of those calls last week from an elderly woman in Putnam County. She has been paying family members a "fee" she can't afford so they will "help" her get groceries. The last two times they said they would help, she ended up with about a third of the groceries she'd paid for and was told to be grateful for it. She called us in tears. She said she'd been living on canned corn and soup for several days. When I finally got her to calm down a bit, I asked her what she needed immediately. "What can we bring you now to get you through until we find you a regular volunteer?" Her answer? Cat food and litter. "We'll absolutely get that, but what about for *you*?" I asked. "Taking care of my babies will do more for me right now than a sandwich will," she replied. "They're my heart." Well. Mine broke in two just then. We placed a full order for a variety of groceries, fit for her and for her cats. One of our amazing volunteers will pick it all up and deliver the goods to her this afternoon. As the details fell into place for us to help this woman, I couldn't help but feel so blessed to have the chance to meet her where she is, to fill a great need, no questions asked, because we can. I'm deeply grateful for the grace of decent people with a heart for their fellow neighbors. I strive to be one every morning I wake up. I don't always succeed, but it sure makes this walk through life feel a whole lot more meaningful just
to try. ❤️ Be kind. Love your neighbors. Give grace whenever possible. Isn't that what we all want from each other? It starts with me. It starts with you. We can do this life right, together.
Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley
We are extending an open invitation for you to join us. There are a multitude of ways you can be part of this volunteer movement, dedicated to helping our older neighbors live their best lives in their golden years. You can DONATE! Financial support of our work is vital to its sustainability and is the constant struggle of our small but mighty nonprofit. Your contribution is 100% tax deductible and received with gratitude. You can VOLUNTEER! We often say, "Many are needed, all our welcome!" And it's true! Our programs are built to ensure that anyone who wants to serve will have an opportunity. Whether you have a couple of hours a month to give or are looking to get heavily involved - we've got you covered. You can SPREAD THE WORD! Are you a member of a community organization? Does the company you own or work for facilitate volunteer work days? Is your congregation open to innovative ways to serve their community through mission and service? We'd love to talk to you! You can LIKE & SHARE our social media posts - we're everywhere! Instagram? YEP. Twitter? YOU KNOW IT. Facebook? OH YEAH. We've even got a LinkedIn page, if that's MORE YOUR THING. Our mission is not that complicated: to support the independent living of older adults in the communities we serve by lending a helping hand, neighbor to neighbor. But we can't do it without your support. Our invitation stands...today and always. We hope you'll join us.
The 2020 Summit on Race Matters in West Virginia, presented by The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (in which we have some of our parish reserve funds invested), had a spectacular launch last week. 36 donors' financial contributions made the Summit possible. More than 850 attendees took time out of their busy lives to join in enlightening conversations about race. To view the recorded video of that first summit session go to: https://racematterswv.tv/ses1vid/ and use this password: SORM2020 You can also visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3SPk7CBl2vdTq-0gOiqU1aH3Bh2dPkh/view to see a unique graphic art summary of session 1 done by artist Emily Marko. The next Summit Session on Race Matters session will be held on Thursday, September 10 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30pm and will focus on Criminal Justice. Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q81kkLdiTIKiRxLOCyyLVg to register. New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones, will be the keynote speaker and the panelists will be Professor Alex Vitale, Professor Jim Nolan, Damion Shade, and Lida Shepherd.
This one is Charlie Wilson's fault!
You can blame Colleen O'Neill for these!
