Church of the Blessed Sacrament

PASTOR
Rev. William Luciano

PAROCHIAL VICARS
Rev. Biju Peter, C.M.I
Rev. George Obeng-Yeboah-Asuamah

DEACONS

Deacon Francis B. Orlando
Deacon Angel Camacho

PARISH OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs. Luz Maldonado

DIRECTOR OF
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Deacon Francis B. Orlando

DIRECTOR OF
MUSIC & ORGANIST
Mr. Jonathan Mercado

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs. Gladis Kann

HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY
OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs. Noreen Orlando

THE CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
15 Shea Place
New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
 

Tel: (914) 632 - 3700
Fax: (914) 632 - 0732
E-mail: 15shea@optonline.net
Website:: blessedsacramentnr.com

For many years we (and every Parish in the Archdiocese of New York and perhaps every Diocese around us) have been running into a problem in regards to parents who have their child receive First Holy Communion and then don't have their child come back to the Religious Education program until it is time to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. These children receive an inadequate religious education. In addition, anyone who attends the 9am Mass on Sundays knows that when Religious Education classes end for the academic year the children disappear from Mass. This also leads to an inadequate practice of the Roman Catholic Faith.

We need to do something! First, beginning this coming September we have made some changes to the Blessed Sacrament Religious Education Program. Every year we say that in order to be a part of the Religious Education Program the family must be registered parishioners. We took their word for it but now we are going to check to make sure what is said is true. Secondly, if a child leaves the program after receiving First Communion and then shows up for the pre-Confirmation Class (usually 7th grade—since the Confirmation program is a two year program) that child will have to take a twenty -five question test covering the topics that would have been covered between third and sixth grades in our Program. If they don't pass they will have to do an additional year of study (to cover these topics) before they can be admitted into the pre- Confirmation class. Third, if a child has not been Baptized (over the age of seven), or has been baptized in another Christian denomination, they cannot be admitted into the Religious Education Program until the parents have spoken to one of the priests to find out why this has occurred and an appropriate course of study is mapped out between the priest, the Director of Religious Education and the parents. Fourth, attendance at Mass is not an option, it is mandated by the Roman Catholic Church and to miss Mass on a Sunday is a mortal sin, which can only be forgiven within the Sacrament of Confession. We are going to monitor attendance at Mass very diligently.
Why go to Religious Education Classes when there is no practice of the Faith.

We have to do something!

We are using an important communication tool in order to connect with our Parishioners. In signing up you will receive reminders of Masses, special events or important communications from the Parish. Over these past several weeks we have wished our parishioners a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and a Happy Saint Joseph’s Day and even a Happy Easter. We have reminded everyone of the times for our Masses and services during this past Holy Week and even we reminded everyone to put their clock ahead one hour when we had to spring ahead. Some people have said to us that they don't mind getting communications from Blessed Sacrament but they don't want anything coming from anyone else. When you sign up you can exclude any other group from sending you a message by delisting them so that you will only get messages from us. Sometimes we need reminders of what is taking place and the time it is taking place.

In order to enroll in our Flocknote program, text bsparishnr to 84576 or visit our Parish at www.flocknote.com/BSNewRochelle