Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

Catholic Church

We are a pilot parish with Dynamic Catholic (2018-2023)

Rectory Office:

34-24 203 Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1152 PH: (718) 229-5929, Fax (718) 229-3354 www.olbs-queens.org

Deanery: queensdeanery5.org

E-Mail Blast (Newsletter): Register with the secretary

YouTube Channel: Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

Church Bayside

We are served by:

Rev. Robert J. Whelan, Pastor

Ext. 124 [email protected]

Rev. Ernest Makata, p/t Associate; p/t Chaplain NYQPH


Rev. Bryan J. Carney, Resident

Ext. 120 (Chaplain - Flushing Hospital)

Sister Nora Gatto, DC, Pastoral Associate


Mrs. Joan Kane, OLBS Catholic Academy Principal

34-45 202 Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1152

(718) 229-4434 Office www.olbsacademy.org

Mrs. Jeannine Iocco, Coordinator of Religious Education

(718) 225-6179 [email protected]

Mrs. Jean Marie Kessel, Secretary

Deacon Ernesto Avallone

[email protected]

Deacon William J. Molloy

[email protected]

Mrs. Kathleen Giuliano, Youth Ministry

[email protected]

Mr. Michael Martinka, Director of Music


Mrs. Marsha Quilang, Secretary/Bookkeeper



Receptionist, Daily Volunteers

During Office Hours, Ext. 111

DAILY MASSES: 25% capacity Monday—Friday: 9am, Saturday 9am Public Holidays: 9am only WEEKEND MASSES: 25% capacity Saturday: Vigil 5pm (as of 7/4/20) Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12 noon (as of 7/5/20)

Holy Days: As Announced in Bulletin/Website

Sacrament Information: See inside front cover

Church open weekdays until 4pm - All are welcome

September 13, 2020

Our 90th Year

S– 12th 5pm Robert Pirone (Sophie Pirone)

Patricia Foley (Eileen Diaz)

Antonio Mottola (Mottola Family)

Domenick Simonelli (Peggy Devine)

Peter L. & Donald Cuomo (Cuomo Family)

S–13th 8am James Sternkopf (OLBS - CYO)

10am Rose & Peter Papagno (Papagno Family)

12pm For the People of our Parish

M-14th 7am John Baginski (Eileen Baginski)

9am Guiseppe Patti (Lucia Patti)

T– 15th 7am Dec’d mem.Mahoney & Calabrese Fam.(Fam.)

9am Antonio Mejia (Robilotta Family)

W–16th 7am Denise Bracco (Marie & Joe Nardi)

9am Antoinette Nici (Carol Pacifico) Th–17th 7am Frank Grigoli (Marie & Joe Nardi)

9am Deogracias & Librada Dayao (Estela D. Portes)

F–18th 7am Angelo, Maria & James Fiore (Tina Tirella)

Mary Donovan (Pat Buchholz)

S– 19th 9am Lilian & William McLoughlin (Mary McLoughlin)

5pm Robert Buchholz (Pat Buchholz)

Pierette Derevlany (Lauren Whalen Nelson /

Gail Rodriguez)

Maureen Sawey (John & Mary Barry)

Lou Tirella (Tina Tirella)

Maureen McGuire (M/M Gerry Gilrane)

S–20th 8am Mary Antoinette Habig (George & Gail Habig)

10am Phil Brady (The Cronan Family)

12pm John Kohler (Michael & Jean Sessa)

PRAY FOR THE SICK

If you have a family member you wish to be prayed

for, please let us know immediately and we will be

happy to pray for them. The names will remain on the

sick list for three weeks and thereafter repeated as re-

quested. Please call the rectory at 718-229-5929 if

someone is in the hospital, nursing home or at home

and wishes a visit from a priest or parish minister.

September 2020 Mass Intentions—(Gift of)

September 13, 2020-p2

Sacraments and Prayer

Eucharistic Adoration:

Fridays: Begins after 9am Mass and ends at 10:30am.

Baptism: During pregnancy, approach any priest or

deacon after Mass for a special blessing of the child in

the womb. Soon after birth, call the secretary to arrange

an interview with a staff member and details on START-

ING POINT, our present enrichment program.

Confession / Reconciliation: Confessions will be

heard on Saturdays from 4pm to 4:45pm, or by appoint-

ment with one of the priests.

Marriage: Soon after engagement, approach any priest

or deacon after Mass for the special blessing of an en-

gaged couple. Call the secretary at least six months prior

to the desired wedding date to begin BETTER TOGETH-

ER, our couple’s enrichment program.

Anointing of the Sick: Please call the rectory to

arrange for a priest to celebrate this sacrament due to se-

rious illness, a planned medical procedure, or advanced

age.

Communion of the Sick: The clergy and Extraor-

dinary Ministers of Holy Communion attend to the home-

bound sick. Please call Agnes at 718 631-4793 or the

secretary to arrange temporary or long-term coverage.

Rosary: Monday thru Friday after 9am Mass

Liturgy of the Hours: Monday to Friday before

Please Pray for our Deceased,

that they may be raised to eternal life

Msgr. Joseph Nagle, Nora McGirkin

and ALL who have died.

“Please pray for the sick…”

- Eileen Kelly, Mary Vincent, Mary Vitobello

- Antonio Ciccone

- Melinda Hyde, Mary Picone, Mary McKnight

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION FOR

ADULTS - RCIA - For information contact

Deacon William Molloy - [email protected]

THE PRAYER PROCESS

GRATITUDE: Begins by thanking God in a personal

dialogue for whatever you are most grateful for today.

AWARENESS: Revisit the times in the past twenty-

four hours when you were and were not the-best-

version-of-yourself. Talk to God about these situations

and what you learned from them.

SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS: Identify something you

experienced in the last twenty-four hours and explore

what God might be trying to say to you through that

event (or person).

PEACE: Ask God to forgive you for any wrong you

have committed (against yourself, another person, or

Him) and to fill you with a deep and abiding peace.

FREEDOM: Speak with God about how He is invit-

ing you to change your life, so that you can experience

the freedom to be the-best-version-of-yourself.

OTHERS: Lift up to God anyone you feel called to

pray for today, asking God to bless and guide them.

Pray the Our Father.

(CTC) Catholic Teen Community

Looking to make new friends? Start off the new school

year by joining our youth group! We will be meeting

virtually for the time being, and our first official meet-

ing of the year will be Monday, Sept 14. Interested

9-12th graders of the parish contact Kathleen at

917-816-6391 or [email protected]

The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being ex-posed to this COVID-19 virus. You can take steps to slow the spread. • Maintain good social distance (about 6 feet). This is

very important in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

• Routinely clean and disinfect frequently touched sur-faces.

• Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html

Religious Education Registration

for 2020-2021 Academic Year

Re-registration and registration is now open to all return-

ing and new families for grades 1-8. The process is all

online and you can also follow the directions for online

payments. https://olbs-queens.org/religious-education/

Classes begin on September 14th.

ACADEMY NEWS We are accepting registrations on-line. The

registration can be processed through Op-

tion C (for both existing and new students

-- see our website) and payments can be processed

through FACTS (you will receive a link following the

registration process). The required forms can be

emailed to [email protected].

Thank You to our Generous Parishioners!

Your response to our appeal for Financial Aid dona-

tions for Academy families is very much appreciated!

So far almost $25,000 has been contributed. Every

penny will distributed as tuition assistance to our fami-

lies. This represents less than half of the need for our

families that are facing financial challenges. If you

have not already made a contribution, consider making

one today by using this link or google GoFundMe and

search for OLBS Academy. https://

www.gofundme.com/f/support-academy-family-

education. You can also donate directly to the Acade-

my on our website at https://olbsacademy.org/. Or you

can leave your donation at the Rectory in an envelope

marked Attn: Mrs. Kane. Please contact Nick at (917)

817-7244 if you have any questions and help us keep

these students in our school. Thank You!

PARISH e-MAIL BLAST!


LAUDATO SI

Season of Creation 2020 Prayer

Creator of Life, in your wisdom, you granted a Sabbath,

a blessed time to rest in gratitude for all you have given;

a time to liberate ourselves from vicious consumption; a

time to allow the land and all creatures to rest from the

burden of production. But these days our living pushes

the planet beyond its limits. Our demands for growth,

and our never'ending cycle of production and consump-

tion are exhausting our world. The forests are leached,

the topsoil erodes, the fields fail, the deserts advance ,

the seas acidify, the storms intensify. We have not al-

lowed the land to observe her Sabbath, and the earth is

struggling to be renewed.

The Religious Education Office in NO longer accepting

Religious articles at this Time. Sorry for the inconven-

ience.

WECOME TO OUR

RECENTLY BAPTIZED

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THANK YOU FOR MEMORIAL GIFTS

Sanctuary Candle Philip & Mary Jane Reilly (Michael & Judy Reilly)

Blood Drive - Thank You!

Thank you to all who donated at the blood drives held

on September 2nd and 3rd in Bay Terrace and the Adria

Hotel. There were 56 donations & 65 donations respec-

tively. That’s 121 donations & over 360 lives!

Sunday Mass Presiders:

September 19th and 20th schedule is subject to change—(in parentheses will preach)

Saturday, 9/19 5pm Fr. Whelan (Fr. Makata)

Sunday, 9/20 8am Fr. Makata (Dcn. Molloy)

10am Fr. Whelan (Fr. Makata)

12pm Fr. Makata (Dcn. Avallone)

MASS ONLINE FROM OLBS

The 5pm Saturday and 10am Sunday Mass is now

livestreamed on our YouTube channel - .Our Lady of

the Blessed Sacrament Church Bayside and our Face-

book Page - www.facebook.com/OLBSbayside/

It can also be accessed at any later time. We are also

livestreaming the daily 9am Mass, along with special

event Masses. Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. You

can also click the link from our website.

https://olbs-queens.org/

OLBS 2020 Elect and Candidates

Congratulations to the following for completing their

Sacraments of Initiation:

Silvia Salamone, London Chong, Robert G. Talia,

Chul Charles Lee, Antonis (AJ) Barous, Isabella Bu-

glione, John Silva

Please continue to pray for our Elect and Candi-

dates for the Sacraments of Initiation. We look for-

ward to scheduling the celebration.

Elect Beharry (Becky) K. Ramlogan, Xavier Marsoobi-an,Carmelo Marsoobian, Jamie Csonka

Candidates Aidan Meeuws


Armed Forces Prayer List

If you would like prayers requested in the bulletin for a loved one in the Armed Forces, please call the rectory at ext: 110. Mark Buckley, Jason & Allison Carter, Conor Crosby, Sheldon Diaz, Eric Hauser, Lieut. Heather O’Donnell,

Michael McHugh, Catherine McManus, Jennifer & Mi-chael Minnick, Adam Mohler, Capt. Andrew Pesature, Lieut. Daniel Pesature, Robert Rendall, William Ren-

dall, Shawn Smith, Major Vidhi Persaud, Bryson Ciam-pa, USMC, Luke Mixon, Rct. Sergio Geico, USMC, Paul Chapman, Lieut. Gavin White, Captain Richard

Dolan, Captain Joseph (J.C) Alessandro, Nicole Shim-inger, Lance Cpl. Andrew Mitchell, Lt Cdr Owen-Miguel

Kavanagh Please visit: Please say a prayer for the men and women serving

our nation here at home and abroad

Dear Parishioners,

There are thousands of books available that offer readers the secret of happiness in this life. I guess none are definitive since more are published each year. How lucky you are that the church will read to you from sacred scripture today about attitudes and actions that can actually lead to your happiness and fulfillment. Let go of anger, the wisdom of Sirach imparts. Forgive your neighbor. Remember the commandments. Overlook faults. If you want to be treated with kindness and mer-cy, treat others that way says Jesus. Maybe the secret to happiness isn’t a secret after all?

In Christ, Father Bob

CATHOLIC EDUCATION COLLECTION

There will be a diocesan collection for Catholic Educa-

tion next weekend. This collection directly benefits our

parish school children. Thank you for your support.

SOUP FOR SENIORS

As the days grow cooler there is nothing better than a

nice warm bowl of homemade soup. This program is

open to all our seniors. We will provide a contact-free

delivery to your home. If you wish to receive soup

please contact Sr. Nora at (718) 229-5929 Ext.121 or

Eileen Baginski (718) 358-1381

Great News - Worldwide Marriage Encounter has gone "Virtual"!

To support married couples during this time of social

distancing, Worldwide Marriage Encounter is sponsor-

ing a virtual marriage experience called Restore – Re-

kindle – Renew. This Enrichment Experience will meet

via Zoom for seven sessions.

Couples will explore their individual personality styles,

improve listening and communication skills, understand

God’s plan for their marriage, and learn how to keep

their relationship a priority. Registration is limited and a

$100 application fee is required. For more information

or to apply, call Richie & Karen Roginski at 877-697-

9963 or visit them at https://bq-wwme.org/.


2020 Annual Catholic Appeal Number of Pledges: 168

Amount Pledged: $89,004.00

Amount Paid To Date: $85,661.80

Goal: $103,438

Thank you for your support!

Thank you to all who have made a pledge to this

year’s ACA. We are about 86% of goal. Since we

did not have an in-pew commitment weekend, we

are asking each household to make their gift or

pledge this week. You can watch the video on our

website or on Constant Contacts to review the im-

portance of this Appeal for the life of our diocese.

THANK YOU

Thank you to all who contributed (594.00) to the

Catholic University of America diocesan collection

last weekend. Thank you also to all who contributed

(763.00) to the Christian Community of Lebanon

Beirut diocesan collection.

STEWARDSHIP — A way of life TITHING: God’s plan for giving…

2019 September 6th 23nd Sun in Ordinary Time 2020

$ 7,468.00 Collection $ 4,308.00

Collection by Mail $ 1,930.00

$ 3,327.00 Faith Direct $ 3,312.71

751 Attendance 245

PLEASE MAIL WEEKLY OFFERINGS

OR SIGN-UP FOR FAITH DIRECT

It’s so convenient, saving checks, time, mailings,

and trips to the rectory. Now you can Text-To-

Give from your smart phone! Simply text the

word enroll to 929-429-4700. You can make a

one-time gift or enter recurring gifts. It can be

used now for Religious Education Fees. We can

also accept payments for other parish organiza-

tions if they set it up with us. You can also con-

tinue to sign-up online at faithdirect.net using our

parish code NY339, or call 866-507-8757.

From the Pastor’s Desk….

Trebuchet MS 14 Box Tops for Education

Words of Life! “By our baptism, we are members of Christ’s body and sharers in his mission. Imitating Christ, we must care for all members of our communities, honoring each per-son as unique, sacred, and created in the image of God.”

USCCB, “Open Wide Our Hearts”

Sister Nora’s Notes

A priest of the Albany Diocese told

this story about how he and his moth-

er would always end their phone calls

by singing together “You are my sun-

shine, my only sunshine…”. One of

the last times he talked with her on

the phone before she died, after they

sang their song together, he said “Thanks, Mom, for

teaching me that song.” She said, “I didn’t teach it to

you, I sang it for you, and you loved it so much you

learned it for yourself”. It seems to me that the same is

true for handing on our faith to our children. We only

need to share our faith, traditions and stories, and they

will love what we have loved, and learn to believe and

trust in a God who is ever present, kind and merci-

ful. Blessings on our Religious Education programs

that begin this week.

Box Tops for Education For those of you not familiar with Box

Tops, General Mills has a program that pays

$.10 for every Box Top that we submit to them. Please

leave them in the box at the main entrance at the church

or put them in an envelope in the collection basket.

Thank you all for your efforts and support of our

school.

HOSPITAL BED

New hospital bed is available for free. Please call or

email the secretary at [email protected] for

details.

2021 Announced Mass Book

The 2021 Mass Book is open now - send in your request

to the rectory - Attention: Mary. We will do our best to

fulfill your request or the closest date possible. Please

be sure to include your phone, and address. Please also

include your check with your request - the donation re-

quested per Mass is still $15. Any questions please call

917 880-1412.

Around the Diocese

*Queens Deanery # 5: see what’s happening in our neighboring parishes: http://www.queensdeanery5.org/

*Diocesan Pilgrimage: Sept 13-21, 2020 - 52nd Int’l Eucha-ristic Congress, Budapest - Vienna/Prague, Bishop James Massa, Spiritual Director, 1 800 Catholi(c) (228-4654) x-250. *Volunteers Needed: Bridge to Life - Rose: 718 463-1810 (OPEN) *Diocesan Pre-Cana Information: Visit www.pre-cana.org *Catholic Family TV: FREE - shalomworld.org/connectedtv *Holy Mass on-line: www.HeartoftheNation.org (for home-bound) *Rachael’s Helpers: A post-abortive Ministry for Women: 347 702-2352

“Whoever believes in the Son of Man will have eter-

nal life.” Are you called to bring faith in Christ and

eternal life to others as a priest, deacon or in the con-

secrated life? contact the Vocation Office at 718 827-

2454 or email: [email protected]

ANNUAL REPORT Pleas submit all annual report articles to the

[email protected]

SOCIETY of ST. VINCENT DePAUL GIVES BACK

For each car, truck or van, running or not,

the Society of St. Vincent DePaul will give

back to our church $50/$100 per vehicle. Maybe you

don’t have a vehicle, but a family member, friend or

neighbor has an old or neglected vehicle in their

driveway that they would like to dispose of. Call 718

491-2525.

Mass /Scripture Readings—September 13, 2020 Mon., The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Tues., Our Lady of Sorrows

Wed., St. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bp., Martyrs

Thurs., St. Robert Bellamine, Bp. and Dr. of the Church

Fri., 1 Cor. 15:12-20; Lk. 8:1-3

Sat., St. Januarius, Bp. and Martyr

September 20th Is. 55:6-9 Phil. 1:20c-24, 27a Mt. 20:1-16a September 13, 2020-p6

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