Mercy Night

Come experience Mercy Night... on Friday, August 21st, from 8:00pm to 11:00pm, Blessed Sacrament Parish will be hosting a special evening of prayer and Adoration, with worship music and testimonies. The sacrament of confession and prayer teams will be available throughout the evening. Come for as little or as long as you like. Bring a friend with you who hasn't been to church in awhile! Questions? Contact Janelle.

Evangelization team meeting/training

TODAY, August 13th, at 7:30pm in the Church

Our parish, Blessed Sacrament, describes itself as a Center of Evangelization. Mercy Night is coming up next week, an evening of prayer/adoration and music, and a big aspect of this prayer event is just that, evangelization. Although we haven't been able to do this much in the past, we are now starting to develop this by bringing together an "Evangelization Team". The role of this group will be to stay outside of the church during Mercy Night, in pairs, on the steps or on the sidewalk (or going even further afield if you wish) and invite people - anyone! - to go inside BSC and pray. This is not about apologetics or defending the Church, but about giving an invitation to spend time with the Lord. Mercy Night is for everyone, not just Catholics, and it is a particularly safe, welcoming, no-pressure environment for non-Catholics to enter into. And especially since Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is there on the altar, whether people know it explicitly or not when they come in, He is present and can touch their hearts powerfully.

We are meeting this Thursday, August 13th at 7:30pm, in the Church to the right of the sanctuary. We'll be discussing the what and how of this and then will have a short prayer time at the end. Sorry for the conflict with TOB, we'll try to avoid that next time.

We want our city to come to know the Lord, do we not?? Join us!

Questions? Email Janelle at bighinatti@gmail.com

LUNCH with the Dominicans!

(Yes, that's right... we said LUNCH!!!)

Mark your calendars for August 16th for another monthly gathering with friends and Father Jordan, too! We'll head out to Tutta Bella after the noon Mass so meet in the back of the church or catch up with us at the restaurant. A great way to connect with the young adult community in a casual setting:)

St. Dominic Cookie Delivery

Join us for some fellowship in the Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall at 10am this upcoming Saturday, August 8th. We will be preparing plates of cookies in honour of the Feast of St. Dominic, the founder of the Order of the Preachers -- the greatest Saint ever**. :) We will then go out in teams of 2 or 3 to deliver the cookies to homebound members of our parish community.

Please bring a batch or two of cookies to contribute to the plates. (If you're feeling especially creative, star*-shaped/themed cookies would be most appropriate and fun!) Thank you. :)

For questions or to RSVP, contact Lara at laraserene@gmail.com

* As seen in this image, St. Dominic is usually depicted with a star upon his forehead.

**Definition of "the greatest Saint ever" by YA-ther Jordan. But, hey, we love our Dominicans, so why would we argue?!

Holy Hour

"The hidden treasure… is Jesus himself, the Kingdom in person. In the Sacred Host, he is present, the true treasure, always waiting for us. Only by adoring this presence do we learn how to receive him properly-we learn the reality of communion"

- Pope Benedict XVI

Join us this upcoming Friday, August 8th from 7-8pm at the Newman Center for Holy Hour and spend an hour with the Lord including time for quiet reflection, song, Scripture and a rosary recitation.

There will be no social event organized after this month's Holy Hour. If anyone would like to take charge of organizing a post-Holy Hour outing, then please feel free to do so. :)