STAFF Pastor .................................................... Rev. Silvio Kaberia Parochial Vicar ................................Rev. Miguel Melendez Coord. of Religious Education ........... Mrs. Valerie Blanton Minister of Youth……………………...Mr. George Brunner Director of Music…………………….Mrs. Janet Edmondson Secretary ............................................. Mrs. Martha Moyers Spanish Ministry Coordinator ……… Mrs. Michelle Lopez Business Manager ..................................... Mr. Bill Brennan Deacon Emeritus…………………….Rev. Mr. Fred La Spina Facilities Manager……………………….Mr. Warren Little

COUNCILS

Parish Council Chair ................................... Mr. Bill Wyatt Parish Council Vice-Chair………………….Mr. Wade Luhn Parish Council Secretary…. ............... Dr. Arlene McCain Parish Council Vice-Secretary…………...Mrs. Tara Witter Finance Council Chair…………...………….Mr. Jason Fink

LITURGY SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday .................................... 12:10 pm Wednesday .................... 6:00 pm; Holy Hour 6:30–7:30 pm Thursday .................12:10 pm (English); 7:00 pm (Español) Saturday................................................................... 5:00 pm Sunday ....................... 8:00 & 10:00 am; 1:00 pm (Español)

Holy Days....................... Check the bulletin mass schedule.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday: 3:30–4:30 pm or by appointment. Communal Services in Advent and Lent.

MINISTERIO HISPANO: 540-434-0849

Coord. para el Ministerio Hispano:

Sra. Michelle Lopez mlopez@bsccva.com

HORAS DE OFICINA

Lunes -Viernes 9:00-4:00 pm

BULLETIN DEADLINE

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154 N. MAIN STREET • HARRISONBURG, VA 22802

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EMAIL: office@bsccva.com FAX: 540-434-5549

OFFICE HOURS: Monday–Friday 9:00 am–4:00 pm

Twinning with St. Isidore on La Gonave, Haiti

December 31, 2017 —Feast of the Holy Family

31 de diciembre de 2017—La Sagrada Familia

Office closed January 1

Happy New Year!

January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Masses 12 noon & 6 pm, English; 7:30 pm Spanish

Religious Ed Classes resume January 7

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Your prayers are requested for the Sick of the Parish: Pete Ad-ams, Susan Berry, Maggie Byler, Elena Cantor, Vivian Cervan-tes, Gladys Cline, Catherine Constantino, Lovell Dean, Cristobal Duque, David Durham, Thomas Downing, Madge Eckenrode, Annie Farwell, Steve Ferguson, Juan Gutierrez, Kamilia Hanna, Jade Henry, Betty Hilson, Linda Hudson, Betty Jenkins, Carol Kagey, Jae Kim, Dorothy Koontz, Terry Le Pera, Raymond Lew-is, George Marrah, Pablo Martinez, Muriel Nicosia, Mildred Norkus, Richard Pariseault, Lynn Picht, Francis Reilly, Nicolas Reyes, Pat Saltzer, the Schwartz Family, Paul Sullivan, Paula Jane Van Ryan, William Wright, all our homebound parishioners and all who care for them. Remember those in our parish family in the military, especially Jeremy Adams, Brian Davis, Dane Geise, Joe Gibson, Scott Hankes, Michael Harner, Christopher Hulse, Gen. Peter James & his battalion, Derek Stroop, Jesse Thomas, and Ryan Wilkes, especially those serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other assign-ments overseas or in harm’s way.

Please pray for peace throughout the world. Please pray for those persecuted for their faith, especially in in the Middle East and Africa. Pray that the right to life would be respected and protected in our country and the world, from conception to natu-ral death. Please pray for all those affected by natural disasters, and those affected by war, crime, and terrorism. Pray for our twin parish of St. Isidore, La Gonave, Haiti, that they be sustained in the many challenges they face.

For Family & Friends of Parishioners: Marianne Appel, Kelly Burns, Blair, Donna Lee Carroll, Sharon Clement, Ed Comer, Randy Cosner, Josie Dee, Rohn Dennis, Gerald DeLoria, Ben Derringer, Viola Dickerson, Dominic Dorazio, Stephanie Fischer, Eddie Foltz, Willie Gardner, Augustin and Miguel Garibay-Alvarez, Lane Goodwin, Ryan Greenwood, Hunter Gregory, Carol Hanna, Samantha Hans, Blair Hansen, Pat Harahan, Maren Clare Heck, Arthur Hemann, Audrey Hereford, Christopher Hernandez Medina, Trevor Hickman, Lisa Hilton, Kathleen Maginn Hufft, Diane Hulvey, David Kane, Tucker Karl, Becky Keoki, Alex Laranjeiro, Linda Lay-man, Dale Lillico, Linda Lery, Claire Lovejoy, JR Martinez, Daniel McCarty, Mary McFadden, Joanne Manfre, Leon Mondelli, Keith Moyers, Madison Nisly, Danielle Pack, Barbara Palau, Glenys Pascarelli, Anibal Perez, Mary Louise Pickeral, Anne Pirato, Hank Price, Jackie Price, Justin & Laura Ray, Emily Ray, Jeremy Ream, Thomas Reilly, Cathy Renalds, Richard Rexrode, Mary Roth, Lillie Ryman, Art Saldana, Bill Sampson, Brian Saulsman, David Schief-er, Deloris Shank, Twila Showalter, Joseph Slipka, Michael Snead, John Marvin Spencer, Joyce Springmier, Diane Stander, Jean Sweigart, Hannah Tringhese, Baylee Wallace, Hilda Ward. Please pray for those who have died, especially Hank Schiefer, and Howard O’Neill, father of Liz DeSmit, that they may be wel-comed into the heavenly kingdom.

Sat. Dec. 30, 5 pm, +Leocadia Laverne Stokes Sun. Dec. 31, Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph; 8 am, +Garrett Campbell; 10 am, +Joan Simon; 1 pm, Misa pro populo Mon. January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (not obligatory THIS YEAR); 12 pm, +Millie Stanell; 6 pm, Misa pro populo Tues. Jan 2 (Ss. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen)12:10 pm, +Hank Schiefer Wed. Jan. 3 (Christmas Wkday); 6 pm, +Clarence Rich Thurs. Jan 4 (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton); 12:10 pm, +Joe Lamastro; 7:00 pm, +Lucila Mirando Fri. Jan. 5 (St. John Neumann), 12:10 pm, +Tamara Wyse Sat. Jan. 6 (St. André Bessette) 5 pm, +Grace Fierro Sun. Jan 7, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord; 8 am, +Fred & +Genevieve Kahwajy; 10 am, People of Blessed Sacrament Parish; 1 pm, +Victor Manuel Hermo-sillo

Office Closed January 1 for New Years Day holiday. January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, English Masses at noon and 6 pm, Spanish at 7:30 pm. Religious Education and Youth Ministry will return January 7 (Epiphany).

The Legion of Mary - Mother of the Holy Eucharist Prasidium invites you to join us in recognition of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God on January 1 after the noon Mass in the library (located in the basement of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church). We will have light refreshments to honor our Auxilia-ry members and answer questions of others in attendance. Realizing the necessity for a strong support of prayer, the Le-gion’s Auxiliary members associate themselves with the Le-gion by undertaking a service of prayer. Thank you for your prayers!

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Pre-Teen—Adult volunteers

still needed

We are looking to add a few more volunteers to our Sun-day, 10:00 mass nursery schedule as well our Children’s Church program that is also during the 10:00am mass. If you have 1 free Sunday a month (from 10-11am) and en-joy helping out with young children, please contact Va-lerie for more information on how you can help out in ei-ther of these ministries:) vblanton@bsccva.com

Dec. 31—NO RE New Year’s Eve Jan. 1— Solemnity of Mary (Holy Day) Masses in English 12 & 6 pm, Spanish 7:30pm Jan. 7— CC and RE classes Resume CC sings at 10am mass for Epiphany Jan. 13—CHICCA resumes at 6:30pm Jan 14—CC & RE classes Jan. 21—CC & RE classes Jan. 27—CHICCA 6;30pm Jan. 28—CC & RE classes

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Dec. 30/31, Social Ministries Jan. 6/7, Twin Parish in Haiti Jan. 13/14, Contingency Jan. 27/28 Respect Life

FINANCIAL BOX SCORE OFFERTORY FY 2017-2018 Needed Actual Difference YTD 2017/2018 totals $321,860 $309,498 ($12,362) December 3, 2017 $12,900 $15,059 $2,159 Online giving week of Dec 3 $1,730 $2,444 $714 December 10, 2017 $12,900 $16,391 $3,491 Online Giving week of Dec 10 $1,730 $5,353 $3,623 December 17, 2017 $12,900 $13,241 $341 Online giving week of Dec17 $1,730 $1,779 $49 Fiscal YTD $365,750 $363,765 ($1,985) Debt Reduction collection -month to date $20,502 THANK YOU! *Total Offertory Budget of $777,000 is based on 52 weeks plus Christmas and Easter and we have shown the losses from snow weekends (if any). Amount Received from Diocese for Living Our Mission to date $75,673.44

Epiphany Celebration

Next Sunday, Jan 7th, our Children’s Church chil-dren will be presenting 2 songs after communion in celebration of the Epiphany. Please make sure and stay to help show them your love and support.

More than $35,000 has been received for debt reduc-tion and contributions are still being received. THANK YOU! This week the parish will make a payment of $30,000 against our loan's principal. In January a sec-ond principal payment will be made with the remaining contributions. Your generosity will have an immediate effect on our financial standing. The reduction in debt will support improvements to our church and allow us to expand our religious edu-cation programs and ministries. Blessed Sacrament’s application for the construction of changes to the floor plan of the church, as outlined during the Living Our Mission campaign, is pending diocesan approval as the new Bishop must be installed and councils ap-pointed. Your contributions demonstrate that Blessed Sacrament has the financial resources for that con-struction. Again, THANK YOU.

BRING TEENS CLOSER TO CHRIST: BE ON THE CORE TEAM! We are looking to double the number of volunteers helping with Youth Ministry this year and we would like you to be a part of that. If you have a passion for working with young people, please consider joining our team! Middle School meets on Sunday mornings from 11:30am-12:40pm and High School meets Sunday evenings from 6-8pm. Also feel free to ask me about opportunities to serve on our Retreat, Environment, Service, and Snack team!!!

Edge—DYC Registration is open to 8th graders ONLY. Lifeteen—DYC Registration—$220 Dec.18-Jan. 5. March for Life— Registration open online or at Youth Ministry. $50 for teens, $65 for adults. RENEW 2018—We are looking for adult chaper-ones for RENEW, June 10-15. Contact George if interested.

Confirmation Date (Please note

change!):Wednesday, May 23rd @ 7pm Confirmation Rehearsal: Tuesday, May 22 @

6pm January 28th 6-8:30pm—Sponsor Night

February 25th 6-8pm March 18th 6-8pm

EDGE:

Parents and/or godparents are asked to come and participate in Edge for our family series, Fuse!!!

No Youth Ministry December 31st. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :-) Edge and Lifeteen resume Sunday, January 7 (Epiphany) No Lifeteen February 4th and 11th. No Edge February 11th.

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Ed & Mary Ann Abbott Beloved departed from the Abbott & Davis Families Elizabeth Adornato Sam Adornato & JoAnn Sampson Greg & Florence Asuagbor James Aloh Nojang, Gabriel Atem Nojang, Jerome Asuagbor, Angela Asuagbor Jack & Virginia Berkley Leander, Ernestine & Evan Martin, Edward & Frances Berkley Carl & Marie Bishop Mary & Laurence Doyle, Joanna, Thomas & Roscoe Bishop, Fred & Sandra Carey, Linwood Liskey Roger & Carole Burke Roger Burke, Sr. Stanley & Terese Burkholder In memory of loved ones Clay & Margaret Clark Jamie Calleran The Cobb, Thomas & Holloway Families Daniel Cobb, Justin Thomas, Theresa Holloway & Reba Moyers Gina Cox Barb Cox Hope Davis Howard Davis, Morton & Rhoda Davis, Rosa Iregui & Linda Cabrera, Teresa Barragan Geri DeLazzari Victor DeLazzari, Janet Walters, the Julian Family Lloyd & Laura Delvaux Grace & Jules Delvaux; Winfred & Mary Livingston Matt & Charlene Di Stefano Angela Hess Ernest & Maureen Fishback Joseph & Nadina Duffy; Arlyn & Irene Fishback Mike & Diane Flood In honor of John Francis & Mary Elizabeth; in memory of the Marking, Lewandowski, Byrnes, and Flood Families Al & Lisel Francfort Margaret Sander Jim Fukumoto Masa Mae Fukumoto, Dr. Donna Fukumoto, Seki Fukumoto, Kumakichi Fukumoto Jim & Addie Gerstenmaier James & Helen Gerstenmaier; Edward & LaVerne Stokes Mary Ann Glova John Glova, John & Millie Stanell, the Stasulli Family Alma Hale-Cooper Bob Hale-Cooper, deceased members of the Christensen & Farrell Families Jim & Jean Hammond Ruth Winchester Nick & Paula Hearne Linda & David Brumbaugh John & Carol Hixson deceased members of Harmond, Schiltz & Hixson Family Stephen & Mary King Dorothea, Ernest & Joe King Aaron & Paula Kiser Mr. & Mrs. ER Smith, II Krystyna Koroscik Wladyslaw Koroscik & Jozef Glabus Clare Lamastro Joe Lamastro; Dee Family Dino Lianez Ninfa Lianez Mary Lingg Charles Lingg & Werner Eichler Wade & Melanie Luhn Carl & Emily Luhn; Alice & Glenn Byerly; Richard & Roger Doyle Hannah Marcoulides Frank Marcoulides Diane Markiewicz Deceased members of the Markiewicz Family Thomas McManus Fred & May Maggiore Gabriel & Marta Meza deceased loved ones Martha & Rex Moyers Peggy Shackelford, Eugene Shackelford, deceased family members Jane Musto Armand Musto, Deceased members of the DiFrancesco, Giuliano, & Maio Families Danny & Gail O’Donnell Hugh, Hazel & Kitty O’Donnell, Deb Juliana, Bob & Suzy Matthews, Susan Edens, Bas Plummer Frank & Mobley Padilla In memory of loved ones John & Virginia Phalen in honor and memory of the former altar boys of the 1930’s and 1940’s Anthony & Eloise Pinneri in memory of loved ones Charles & Anne Marie Pringle In memory of loved ones Bud & Carol Schultz Deceased members of the Elberts, Halpin, Cabit & Schultz families Mary Ann Smith Smith & Harrison Families & Patrick Joseph Robert & Cindy Snipes Shirley Koontz, John & Rita Southern Apeesith Souryvong & Saysamone Xayapheth Thammody Souryvong, Pevan & Muk Xayapheth Kathy Sullivan Members of the Donovan & Sullivan Families, living & deceased Paul & Leah Sullivan Haldeman & Sullivan Families Fidel G. Taparra, Jr. Dominador Santos Johan Urena Hernandez & Cynthia Urena Manuel de Jesus Urena Martinez; Agaptia Mitra-Cuevas, Ramona Anekstein Jane VanPelt Edward VanPelt & Francis & Claude Warren Jack & Barb Warns Hugo & Mildred Warns; Robert & Alice Newton William Wright Ernest & Irene Wright; Eleanor Wright Bill & Peggy Zeh Bill Zeh, Jr., Agnes & Ernest Zeh, Margaret & Leo Falconieri

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Declaración de la Misión Parroquial La Iglesia de Blessed Sacrament aspira a ser Discípulos de Cristo, y un modelo Cristiano para la Comunidad, y estar en Comunión con la Iglesia Universal, en server uno al otro y que así nuestra comunidad crezca. Nosotros inclusive hablamos en diversas lenguas vocas, unidos en nuestra Fe Católica y en

la celebración de la Eucaristía

COMUNIDAD HISPANA

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TRIP TO HAITI You are invited to make a Lenten trip to our twin parish on the Haitian island of La Gonave in February. Our Haiti Min-istry is assembling a team of Blessed Sacrament parish-ioners who will spend a week getting to know and accom-panying the members of our twin parish and their commu-nity. Our team is forming now, so please contact David Fritz at david.c.fritz@gmail.com or 540-255-9973

We’re putting the “FUN” in “FUNdraising”!! Plans are underway for a parish “Mardi Gras” celebration on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018. “Dinner & Dixie” in Johnston Hall will include New Orleans style favorites such as gumbo, jambalaya, grits, and of course, beignets, with live Dixieland Jazz. There will be fun activi-ties for the kids too, so there is something for everyone. We’ll parade into church after dinner for a “Songs for the Soul” concert featuring many of our own musicians. The program will include jazz, spirituals, gospel tunes, favorite hymns, and all the “Hallelujahs” we can sing before pack-ing them away for Lent. We need volunteers to lead and serve on a variety of committees (Food & Beverage, En-tertainment, Facilities, Decorations, Publicity, etc.) Our first meeting will be held in early January, and you are interested, please contact Janet Edmondson at: jedmond-son@bsccva.com .

“Parishioners, students and educators hoping to participate in the joy and excitement of the Jan. 12 Mass of Installation for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond’s new Bishop Barry C. Knestout now have a chance to secure admission to the special Mass by entering a lottery. Seating for the 2 p.m. event at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart will be extremely limited so the faithful are encouraged to enter the drawing for admission tickets by com-pleting the online form here: http://richmonddiocese.org/installation-mass-details/ The last day to enter the drawing is Friday, December 29, 2017. The drawing will be held in early January with two tickets award-ed to each selected registrant. Those selected will have 48 hours to respond before the tickets are released to alternates. Tickets are not transferrable and may not be sold. Questions? Contact newbishop@richmonddiocese.org or (804) 622-5294.”

From the Diocese on the installation Mass for our new Bishop:

Please note that due to the limited availability of seating, if you win tickets in the lottery, you will have to provide your own trans-portation. While we wish it were possible for everyone who wish-es to, to attend, it’s not possible as the Cathedral can only hold a finite number of people.

HAITI MINISTRY NEWS

THANK YOU SO MUCH! To all who helped provide nutritious lunches for the children at St. Bernadette’s School on La Gonave by purchasing our Haiti gift cards. In many cases, this may be the only meal, or only nutritious meal, the children get on school days.

Parish Mission Statement

Blessed Sacrament aspires to be a model Christian com-munity, disciples of Christ, in communication with the Uni-versal Church, in service to each other and the greater community. We speak with diverse and inclusive voices, united by our Catholic faith and Eucharistic celebration.

Entering Canaan - Hope and Healing after Abortion: Have you or someone you know experienced the pain of abortion? There are millions suffering silent-ly. There is a post-abortive healing program available now in our area which offers monthly Gatherings of Hope and Healing and all-day retreats. These events offer con-tinued support and healing for women and men dealing with the many negative effects of abortion in their lives including the effects of the abortions of others.�For more information and confidential reservations please contact: Bobbie 540-383-1634, Pam 434-825-6013 or Dave 505-340-5891

COME and EXPERIENCE THE MERCY and FOR-GIVENESS OF GOD!