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Blessed Sacrament Parish – December 29, 2019
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
Mass Schedule
Day Date Time Intention
Saturday Dec. 28 5:30pm + Deacon Don Wise by Ro DeBias
Sunday Dec. 29 9:00am + Joseph Yosuico by the Veloso Yosuico Family
11:30am + Intentions of Our Parish Family
Solemnity of Mary
Tuesday Dec. 31 5:30pm + Deacon John Lynch by Ro DeBias
Wednesday Jan. 1 10:00am + Intentions of Our Parish Family
Thursday Jan. 2 Noon + Sandy Zachwieja by Bill & Patty Frame
Friday Jan. 3 Noon + John Maier by Jerry & Jane Roy
Saturday Jan. 4 5:30pm + Christopher Brian Teufel by the Teufel Family
Sunday Jan. 5 9:00am + Mary Beth Cahill by the Dever Family
11:30am + Intentions of Our Parish Family
We Remember in Our Prayers Amber Lynch Bell, Susan Churchill, Elizabeth Coleman, Matthew Crabtree, Rhonda Crede, Judy Dumont, Karol Dunford,
Joe Eisel, Marietta Fenton, Rose Finch, Patty Geissinger, Joe Gregg, Kathleen Groom, John Hanna, Ann Henderson,
John & Claire Johnson, Mary Katherine Lingsch, Bob Lucas, Louann Lynch-Kelley, Mary Ann Shear, Gary Sutton,
Sandy Wheeler, Lily Woolwine, and Marge Young
This Week at Blessed Sacrament Parish
***The office will be closed through Wednesday, January 1st. ***
Day Date Time Event Location
Sat 12/28 9:00am Men’s Bible Study (Guide: John Finnell) Room 5
11:00am Visitation for Cheep Safreed Sanctuary
12noon Funeral Mass for Cheep Safreed Sanctuary
4:30 – 5:00pm Confessions Reconciliation Room
5:30pm Mass Sanctuary
Sun 12/29 Child Care is available during
Sunday morning Masses Nursery
9:00am Mass Sanctuary
We will not have Pre-School Faith Formation
nor Adult Faith Formation sessions today.
11:30am Mass Sanctuary
Mon 12/30
Tues 12/31 5:30pm Mass – Solemnity of Mary Sanctuary
Wed 1/1 10:00am Mass – Solemnity of Mary Sanctuary
Thur 1/2 Noon Mass Chapel
Fri 1/3 Noon Mass Chapel
4:30pm Youth Room Unveiling
(upstairs by the gym) Youth Room!
5:30pm - midnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Sat 1/4 9:00am Men’s Bible Study (Guide: John Finnell) Room 5
4:30 – 5:00pm Confessions Reconciliation Room
4:15 – 5:15pm The New Testament (Guide: Rick Brennan) Conference Room
5:30pm Mass Sanctuary
Sun 1/5 Child Care is available during
Sunday morning Masses Nursery
9:00am Mass Sanctuary
9:00am Pre-School Faith Formation Room 2
10:15am Children’s Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary
10:15am The New Testament (Guide: Rick Brennan) Conference Room
11:30am Mass Sanctuary
1:00pm Whole Parish Faith Formation – Holy Orders
(Speaker: Fr. John Finnell) and Consecrated
Life (Speaker: Sr. Molly Maloney)
Parish Hall
Coming Events at Blessed Sacrament
Our office will be closed from Tuesday, December 24th through Wednesday, January 1st.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
December 31st 5:30pm Mass
January 1st 10:00am Mass
We will unveil our new Youth Room on Friday, January 3 at 4:30 PM.
Pizza the be served. Fun and games to be had! Come and see!
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday, January 3rd from 5:30pm to Midnight in the Chapel.
Please sign-up for a 30-minute time slot on the schedule in the gathering space. Drop-ins are fine too!
Whole Parish Faith Formation
Sunday, January 5th – 1:00pm in the Parish Hall
Topics: Holy Orders, with Fr. John Finnell and
Consecrated Life, with Sr. Molly Maloney
Our Partners in Community Service
Good Shepherd, Coalburg - Christmas Food Basket Donations –
You did it! Woohoo! Additional donations received will give us a jump on next Christmas’s baskets. Thank you!
Blessed Sacrament Parish provided Christmas food baskets for about 300 families in the Coalburg, WV area. All of the
food is ordered wholesale and Blessed Sacrament pays for it – about $14,000.
Other Items of Interest
FaithInWV.org – This is a new website our diocese created to share the good news of the beautiful people in our pews, schools, and organizations throughout West Virginia. We will share stories from FaithinWV on our Facebook page. Check out the first series of stories – which include our own Mary Henderson and PURLS – by visiting: faithinwv.org, also https://faithinwv.org/2019/11/20/purls-of-wisdom-founder-of-south-charleston-knitting-ministry-wraps-despairing-women-and-children-with-love/
Belt Donations Sought: The Charleston overnight warming center operated by the Salvation Army and United Way for
use by the homeless when temperatures drop below 15 degrees has a need for belts. If you have any utilitarian (not just
for fashion) belts, particularly men’s, that you would be willing to donate, a bin for receipt of belts is in the gathering
space. If you have a favorite thrift store, perhaps check there for some good deals on men’s belts.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide provides free tax-filing help to those who need it most. Volunteer in your community
today! We are looking for compassionate and friendly individuals to join our volunteer team this upcoming tax season.
We’ll provide the training and support to help you learn new skills, and you’ll get a great feeling from helping someone
else. Join our team today! Apply at: aarpfoundation.org/taxaide or call 1-888-227-7669.
Lay Ministers – December 28 and 29 – Holy Family
5:30pm 9:00am 11:30am
Lectors
TBD David Elliott Peg Nagem
Cantors
Joe Deegan Dave Haas John Shawler
Communion:
Principals
Chalice
To Sick/Shut-Ins
Colleen O’Leary
Jane Roy
Theresa O’Leary
Diane Lordan
Sr. Molly Maloney
Jackie Lilly
Christine Fernandes
Maureen Runyon
Bridget Smith
Pam Grady
Missy Summey
Mike Burgess
Laura Hayes
Alex Huy
Sally Cline
Alison Corbin
Betty Denny
Jamie Knox
Altar Servers
Nathaniel Simonton
Eli Simonton
Will Stella
Katherine Dent
Jeanne Jarrett
Jaiden Wilson
Greeters/Ushers
McNeil Family
Ross Family
Ayers Family
Nursery
Need a Sub Libby Phillips
Coffee Set-Up and Cookies: Barbara Williams
Manna Meal Workers: Dec. 25 – John Providenti and Don Becher
Please be at St. John’s by 11:15am Jan. 1 – TBD
Jan. 8 - TBD
On the weekend of 12/28 and 29, a volunteer will take home the Traveling Prayer Chalice.
Lay Ministers – December 31/January 1 – Solemnity of Mary
5:30pm 10:00am
Lectors
Carla Stricker Patty Frame
Cantors
TBD TBD
Communion:
Principals
Chalice
Tony Ciliberti
Mike McCready
Tina McCready
Ro DeBias
Mary Pat Peck
Sharisse Smith
Sr. Fran Kirtley
Diane Lordan
Altar Servers
Matthew Benincosa
Julia Legg
Jeanne Jarrett
Mary Gargarella
Greeters/Ushers
Ayers Family
Colleen O’Neill
Need a Volunteer
Lay Ministers – January 4 and 5 – Epiphany of the Lord
5:30pm 9:00am 11:30am
Lectors
Diane Lordan Brian Caldwell Heidi Adams
Cantors
TBD TBD TBD
Communion:
Principals
Chalice
To Sick/Shut-Ins
John McGarrity
Margaret McGarrity
Bill Frame
Matt Higgs
John Priestley
Christine Fernandes
Bob Sherrard
Jackie Lilly
Tina Caldwell
Sharon Cibrik
Bob Sherrard
Jackie Lilly
Ann Bradley
Sally Cline
Jacky Aluise
Pat Garnett
Kathy Lester
Chris Malon
Altar Servers
Jackson Davis
Karen Lewia
Henry Davis
Jeanne Jarrett
Eli Simonton
Nathaniel Simonton
Greeters/Ushers
Jerry Roy
David Lewia
Joe Gresham
Barbara Williams
Young Family
Nursery
Andrea Herrick Amy Gannon
Coffee Set-Up and Cookies: TBD
Manna Meal Workers: Jan. 1 - TBD
Please be at St. John’s by 11:15am Jan. 8 – TBD
Jan. 15 - TBD
On the weekend of Jan. 4 and 5, a volunteer will take home the Traveling Prayer Chalice.
Did you know……? Even though we actively recruit new ministers at certain times of the year, we are
happy to hear from anyone who is interested at ANY time!
We are eager to assist EVERY member of our parish to participate in at least one
Liturgical Ministry and we ask only a one year commitment!
Our coordinators will happily arrange a one-on-one training session to help you
get started soon.
We especially encourage family groups to become usher/greeters and altar servers
– it is a wonderful way for all members of a family to worship God together and to
understand the Mass more deeply!
We always try to accommodate a person's/family's Mass time preference.
You may volunteer to be a cross-bearer or an offertory gift-bearer by speaking to
one of the ushers as you arrive for Mass.
If you want to make a new year resolution to do a little more for God and our
parish, please contact Jeanne Haas at [email protected] today!
Mass Readings
December 29, 2019 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Reading 1 SIRACH 3:2-6, 12-14
God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother's authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father
atones for sins, and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother.
Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard. Whoever reveres his father will live a
long life; he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother.
My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his mind fail, be considerate of
him; revile him not all the days of his life; kindness to a father will not be forgotten, firmly planted against the debt of your
sins —a house raised in justice to you.
Responsorial Psalm PSALMS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; your children like olive plants around your table.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Reading 2 17
Brothers and sisters:
Put on, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you,
so must you also do.
And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace
into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Gospel MATTHEW 2:13-15, 19-23
When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,
"Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you.
Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him." Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night
and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might
be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.
When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said,
"Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over
Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he
departed for the region of Galilee. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through
the prophets might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazorean.
Mass Readings
January 5, 2019 The Epiphany of the Lord
Reading 1 ISAIAH 60:1-6
Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the LORD shines, and over you appears
his glory. Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance. Raise your eyes and look about; they all
gather and come to you: your sons come from afar, and your daughters in the arms of their nurses.
Then you shall be radiant at what you see, your heart shall throb and overflow, for the riches of the sea shall be emptied
out before you, the wealth of nations shall be brought to you. Caravans of camels shall fill you, dromedaries from Midian
and Ephah; all from Sheba shall come bearing gold and frankincense, and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm PSALMS 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son;
He shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts; the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.
All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Reading 2 EPHESIANS 3:2-3A, 5-6
Brothers and sisters:
You have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for your benefit, namely, that the mystery was
made known to me by revelation. It was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed
to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and copartners in
the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Gospel MATTHEW 2:1-12
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”
When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the
scribes of the people, He inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for
thus it has been written through the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers
of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.” Then Herod called the magi secretly and
ascertained from them the time of the star’s appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently
for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage.” After their audience with
the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over
the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with
Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts
of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their
country by another way.
Parish / Staff Contacts & Other Information Our office hours are from 9am – 3pm, Monday – Friday.
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: 1.304.377.3560
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 Mark Haas E-mail: [email protected]
Our Pastoral Council
Joe Gresham, facilitator Rick Brennan Tiffany Wilson Tim Norris
Reagan Whitmyer John F. Gianola Ken Holz Jack and Ann Dever
Joe Jenkins Laura Jennings Matt Hayes Philip Maramba
Minutes from the Parish Pastoral Council can be found on our webpage.
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
To report an incidence of suspected child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or you may
confidentially contact WV Child Protective Services at 800.352.6513. To report suspected cases of sexual abuse by
personnel of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to the Diocese, please contact one of the Bishop’s designees at
888.434.6237 or 304.233.0880: Sister Ellen Dunn, ext. 264; Mr. Bryan Minor, ext. 263; Mr. Tim Bishop, ext. 353; Fr. Dennis
Schuelkens, ext. 270 or call the Office of Safe Environment at 304.230.1504
Let us give thanks and praise to God for the good stewards who:
- went the extra mile to provide liturgical ministries at all Christmas Masses! - brought food, set up, managed kitchen, cleaned up and enjoyed our parish Christmas Dinner! - made generous contributions to the special collection for Catholic Charities! - made generous contributions to fund the Coalburg Christmas Food Baskets and helped to deliver them! - participated in our parish Communal Penance Service last Sunday! - gave an excellent reflection at the parish Communal Penance Service! - helped to hear confessions - made generous end-of-year contributions to our parish! - take time to read these announcements! - sustain our parish mission with year-round dedication to their ministries! - affirm our parish staff with lovely cards and gifts!
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