Blessed Sacrament Parish

14 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03103, 603-622-5445

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Pastor's Corner, May 12-13, 2012 PDF Print E-mail

Fr. John J. Bucchino, ofm

I remember my parents dancing to a very beautiful song, that even to this day I sing in my mind: "Love is a many splendor-ed thing."  Love is the greatest spiritual gift, St. Paul tells us, and helps us to hope all things and endure all things.  It also seems true that "there is no surprise more magical than that of being loved.  It is God's finger on our shoulder."  The reason love is so powerful and magical is because it is what our hearts hunger for the most.  In fact, he only definition we receive from the Scriptures about who God is, is that "God is Love!"  We oftentimes look to fill our hearts hungers in all the wrong places: fame, fortune, good looks, health, great achievements, power, pleasure and possessions.  Though these are good in themselves, they will never satisfy our deepest hungers, because we come from God who is Love, thus making our truest nature "Love-beings.'  If we make an act of surrender and trust this God who is overflowing love, our hungers will be filled in ways that are unimaginable.  Next time you hear one of you favorite love songs, dance your heart into the everlasting dwelling place of God's Love which is our home!

                                                                                  ~ Fr. John

 

 
 
Save this date! JUNE 3, 2013 PDF Print E-mail

Saying goodbye is never easy.  At the end of this month, both Sr. Olivia and Br. Charlie will be starting new journeys.  Sr. Olivia is retiring effective May 31 and Br. Charlie is being transferred to Onset, MA effective May 24.

To honor them for their wonderful service to our parish, we will have a reception on S'unday, June 3 at 12 p.m. in the church hall.  Please join us to wish them well and thank them for sharing their many gifts with all of us. 

Br. Charlies new address:  St. Joseph Friary, PO Box 63, Onset, MA 02558-0063
 
St. Anthony's Food Pantry PDF Print E-mail

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help in the Food Pantry for specific tasks:

1.  Strong volunteers, able to lift 40 pounds, are needed to help unload food supplies.  The hours would be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings around 9 a.m. (If you can only do one morning, that would be helpful).
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Mass Schedule

Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday    
8:30 a.m.
Saturday Vigil        
4:00 p.m.
Sunday 
7:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Holy Days
Vigil Mass
6:00 p.m.
Holy Day Mass
8:30 a.m.

Reconciliation
Saturday (Church) 3:00 p.m. 

Sacramental Programs   
Marriage:  Arrangements need to be made at least six months in advance.  Call for an appointment.

Baptism:  Is celebrated the last Sunday of each month.  Call to make arrangements.

Sick Calls:  Please inform us when the aged and sick cannot attend Mass or  request the Sacrament of the Sick.   

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Ministry Schedule
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Coming Events

Monday, May 14
Boy Scouts, 6 p.m., church hall
Spirits Alive!, 6:30 p.m., OLOM House 

Tuesday, May 15
Devotion to St. Anthony, 9 a.m., church
ESL classes 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m., church hall
Finance Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Friary

Wednesday, May 16
St. Anne's Closet, closed
Food Pantry, last names  A-L, 1-3 p.m.
Parish Nurse, 1:30-3 p.m., church hall
Youth Faith Formation, 6 p.m., church hall
Vigil Mass for the Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 17
Prayer Shawl Ministry, 9:15 a.m., OLOM House
Cub Scouts, 6 p.m., church hall

Friday, May 18
Speaker Presentation: Philippines Orphanage, 7 p.m., church hall

Sunday, May 20
Religious Ed/Youth Faith Formation, Water Project presentation and reception, 11:30 a.m.

   
Other Upcoming Events

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Bulletins

Please access our bulletins from previous Sundays. They contain important temporal information about our church, not necessarily available on this web site.

New Roman Missal

Changes are coming this fall with the new Roman Missal. In order to prepare for the changes, each week we will be including a handout in the bulletin to help explain these changes. Also, Fr. John and Br. Charles will also give us updates from the pulpit.

Mission Statement

Blessed Sacrament Parish is a Roman Catholic Faith Community.  We gather in Eucharistic celebration and prayer, living and sharing the gospel with faith, hope and love.  As disciples of Jesus Christ, we place ourselves at the service of all.