MASSES:

Saturday: 8:00AM; 5:00 PM (Vigil) Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM,4:00 PM (Spanish Mass); 6:00 PM

Weekdays: Tuesday-Friday 8:00 AM (Mondays: 8:00 AM Communion Service) Holy Days & Special Services: see bulletin RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 4:00 PM PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA: Tuesdays 8:30 AM MARRIAGES: Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before date of marriage.

4540 El Cerrito Dr. San Diego, CA 92115

Parish Office: 619-582-5722

Parish Website: www.blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Parish E-Mail: jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org

Fr. Jon P. Kirby, SVD: Pastor Tony Albers: Deacon Herb Kelsey: Deacon

Parish ID # for United Way Contributions………..…..9753

BAPTISM INFORMATION…………………………619-582-5722

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) ……….619-582-5722

FAITH FORMATION, grade 1-8.….........619-582-5722, ext. 124 Kerwin Molina, Coordinator

CONFIRMATION, Teens…………………………...619-582-5722 Justine Coliflores

BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH SCHOOL……619-582-3862 Anne Egan, Principal School Website: www.bsps-sd.org

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Second Sunday of Lent — February 25, 2018

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From The Pastor

Global South: The New Catholic Center of Gravity

New Catholic population numbers released for World Mission Day confirm that the southern hemisphere has become the new demographic center of gravity of the Church. Today more than two-thirds of all Catho-lics live outside the West and their numbers are grow-ing by the day.

The missionary news agency Fides releases a statisti-cal overview of the world’s Catholic population which shows there are 1.3 billion Catholics around the globe, representing 18 percent of the global population. Ac-cording to the Vatican, the following are now the larg-est Catholic countries in the world. Their combined totals account for more than half of all Catholics:

Brazil (172.2 million); Mexico (110.9); Philippines (83.6); United States (72.3); Italy (58.0); France (48.3); Colombia (45.3); Spain (43.3); Democratic Republic of Congo (43.2); Argentina (40.8)

Comparing that list to the same totals from 2000, there are two notable shifts: the Philippines has overtaken the United States as the world’s third largest Catholic country, and Poland has disappeared from the top ten altogether in favor of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.

In 1900 there were roughly 266 million Catholics in the world, of whom over 200 million were in Europe and North America. The other 66 million were scat-tered across the rest of the planet and 53 million of these were in Latin America. The cultural and ethnic profile of the Church in 1900 was pretty much the same as it was in the 16th century. By way of contrast, in 2000 there were 1.1 billion Catholics in the world, of whom only 350 million were Europeans and North American. A staggering 720 million lived in Latin America (400 million), Africa and Asia. At that time slightly more than two-thirds of the Catholics lived in the West. Now more than two-thirds live outside the West, and that share is growing rapidly.

The case of Africa is most striking. Over the course of the 20th century, the Catholic population of sub-

Saharan Africa went from 1.9 million to more than 130 million (6,708 percent). Asia too saw impressive growth starting with 1.2 percent of the Asian popula-tion and ending with 3 percent, meaning that the Church more than doubled. India’s Catholic popula-tion grew from under two million to over 17 million, and it will be at least 26 million by mid-century. From 1985 to 2005, the percentage of Catholics in South Korea more than doubled, standing today at just over 11 percent or by 5 million people. In 2000, there were more Catholic baptisms in the Philippines alone than in France, Spain, Italy, and Poland combined. Project-ing forward to year 2025, only one Catholic in five will be a non-Hispanic Caucasian, which observers have described as the most rapid, and most sweeping, demographic transformation of Roman Catholicism in its 2,000-year history.

It’s an arresting exercise to look down the line to the year 2050, drawing on population projections from the United Nations Population Division, and presuming that the Catholic percentage in each nation will remain more or less the same. This may over-estimate the Catholic population in Latin America, where Catholi-cism is losing members to both Pentecostalism and to religious indifference, and in Europe, where seculari-zation continues to eat away at Catholic faith and practice. But it almost certainly under-estimates the African totals, where growth in Catholicism is outpac-ing overall population growth. Nevertheless, based on this formula, here is the projected list of the largest Catholic nations in 2050: Brazil (215 million); Mexi-co (132 million); The Philippines (105 million); Unit-ed States (99 million); Democratic Republic of Congo (97 million); Uganda (56 million); France (49 mil-lion); Italy (49 million); Nigeria (47 million); Argenti-na (46.1 million). By that stage, seven of the ten larg-est Catholic nations in the world will be in the global south. Given that growth, the statistical expert, Philip Jenkins, has said that seen from a global perspective, “any suggestion of the Catholic Church ‘dying’ or even stagnating is so wildly inaccurate as to be comical.”

Welcome New Parishioners

Registration Forms are available in the church office or by email.

Second Sunday of Lent Blessed Sacrament February 25, 2018

Weekly Mass Intentions

Sat. Sun. Mon.

Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26

Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat.

8:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am

Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3

Tom Flahive † Greg Hitosis † Fr. Jerry Hamperzonian Dolly † Helen Nobles †

5:00pm 8:00am 10:00am 6:00pm 8:00am

Refugio & Jorge Olvera † Parishioners Marjorie Lou Featheringill † Joseph & Mary Cheng † Ellen Heid †

FINANCIAL UPDATE 2018

February 18th weekend Not available at this time

Thank you for your continued support.

Vietnamese Mass at BSP! Sunday, March 4 at 1:00 pm

Everyone is welcomed

Catholic Charities Food Collection

This weekend is our monthly food collection. All non-perishable food items will be given to

Catholic Charities College Center.

They are also in need of can openers, hygiene items: soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, etc.

Pick up a reusable green bag by the church doors for your donations and return it next weekend. Then bring your donations to the altar after the bread and wine are presented.

Thank you for your continued support.

No February Coin Collection

Seder Celebration

Wednesday, March 28

Seder Celebration with Mass in Parish Hall 6:00pm

followed by Soup & Salad No Soup & Salad Wed. March 14

Adults $6; Kids (5-10) $3

Limited Seating! Be sure to sign up in advance

at office by March 19

Annual Catholic Appeal (BSP Goal: $27,000)

If you haven’t made your pledge we encourage you to do so. Your donation can be put in the collection basket, sent to the office, donated online at www.giving.sdcatholic.org or checks can be made payable to: “Diocese of San Diego.” We are grateful for your generosity as it will bring joy to all who will benefit from you Sharing God’s gifts

The Bishops of the United States

The Bishops are asking the Catholic community to call their Congressional representatives next Monday, February 26th and register their support for bipartisan legislation to protect the young women and men who will soon lose their legal status and their legal right to work in our nation. This action is so crucial for literally tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters in San Diego and Imperial counties. For more info see flier on the church bulletin board.

Second Sunday of Lent Blessed Sacrament February 25, 2018

BSP Devotions

Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) Weekdays 7:30 AM (Before Mass)

Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays (After Mass)

Parish Events Feb. 25 - Spanish Mass at 4pm CH Feb. 26 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PHL March. 2 - Stations of the Cross 7pm CH March. 4 - Spanish Mass at 4pm CH March. 4– Vietnamese Mass at 1pm CH March. 5 - Cares for Kids 6-7pm CH March 8 - Women’s Club Mtg. 9-11am PH March. 9 - Stations of the Cross 7pm CH March.11 - Diocesan African Mass & Gathering 1pm March.11 - Spanish Mass at 4pm CH March. 12 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PHL March 28 - Seder w/Mass and Soup &Salad 6pm PH March. 26 - Bibliodrama 6:30pm PHL April 28 - Women’s Club Card Party April 28 - BSPS Spring Fundraiser 5:30pm at school

Interested in joining a ministry group? Contact the person listed below or church office.

(area codes are (619) except were listed)

Adoration Chapel…………………………………………………..582-5722

Altar Servers: Judy Cromwell……………………………………………………..582-5722

Cares For Kids-Blessed Sacrament Teresa Markey……………………………………………………..582-2141

Contemporary Choir: (10:00 am & 6 pm Masses)……………………………………….582-5722

Culture of Life: Margie Morrison……………………………………………………582-8651

Eucharistic Ministers: Church Office………………………………………………………582-5722

Knights of Columbus: John Agoh…………..…………………...…………..…………….278-8405

Lectors: Cynthia Gonzales………………………………………………….218-8155

BSPS Parent-Teacher Group (PTG): Kristen Crisostomo (President)…….……………….klhbones@aol.com

Traditional Choir: Patti Burch (8 am Mass)………………………………………….735-6330

Tuesday Fun Club: Peggy Raynoha……………………………………………………582-3657

Ushers: Church Office…………………………………………….………...582-5722

Vocations Committee: Dick Reid…………………………………………………………...583-1081

Women’s Club: Pat Luebbers…………………………………………………….…262-8522

Youth Ministry (High School Students): Parish Office…………………………………………………..…...582-5722

PARISH MINISTRIES & GROUPS

Landscaping Project

Our landscaping looks great but we still need your help to pay for it. Thus Far we have received dona-tions of $19,004.30 . Still $3,995.70 to go. God Bless You! - Fr Jon

Bible Garden Progress

Wow! Our spectacular Bible Garden is finished except for the Scripture Pole “Grace and Peace to You” in six languages (coming soon). Get into the Lenten Season with a stroll through the Holy Land.

Friday Stations of the Cross Every Friday during Lent

at 7 PM in the Church This is a great meditation to prepare for Easter.

Tuesdays after Mass Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Bible Garden Thanks

We thank Steve Dardis and Robert Vadeboncoeur for their professional advice and assistance in mak-ing our Bible Garden a grand addition to the Parish. Steve, the Nursery Garden Lead at Orchard Hard-ware and Nursery, Navajo Rd at I-125, San Diego, helped the Committee with the design of the Garden and the selection of our beautiful Holy Land plants. Robert, the owner of Planter Paradise, East Chase Ave, El Cajon, helped the Committee with the selec-tion and arrangement of our classic pot groupings as well as the delivery of the very weighty concrete pots.

Second Sunday of Lent Blessed Sacrament February 25, 2018

Monday ~ February 26 Rev. Bernard Rapp

Tuesday ~ February 27 Rev. Michael Ratajczak

Wednesday ~ February 28 Rev. Michael Ravenkamp, SJ

Thursday ~ March 1 Pope Francis

Friday ~ March 2 Bishop Robert McElroy

Saturday ~ March 3 Bishop John Dolan

Sunday ~ March 4 Bishop Robert Brom

AROUND TOWN

Daily Prayer for Our Priests O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests; for your unfaithful & tepid priests; for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for your tempted priests; for your lonely & desolate priests; for your young priests; for your dying priests; for the souls of your priests in Purgatory. But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptized me, the priests who absolved me from my sins, the priests at whose Masses I assisted & who gave me Your body & blood in Communion, the priests to whom I am indebted any other way especially (name….) O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them abundantly in time & in eternity. Amen. --St. Therese of Lisieux

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Readings for the Week Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Mt 21:33-43, Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20;Lk 15:1-3, 11 Sunday: Ex 20:1-17; Jn 2:13-25

Home Masses

We continue to have Home Masses. please contact the office if you wish to host a Mass.

February 25 - Second Sunday of Lent

A Vocation View: We are encouraged to listen to Jesus, the Beloved Son of God. Take time to listen in

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Bibliodrama

Monday, February 26 at 6:30pm in PHL

Feb. 25 After-Abortion Healing Retreat, For information/registration call Rosemary Benefield (858) 581-3022 March. 16, St. Therese Parish Fish Fry, 5:30-6:30pm Social Center; Cod, Calamari & Shrimp $9; Pre-order Baked Salmon $10 - Call Mo (619) 994-9818

Whispering Winds Family Camp Priority registration by Feb. 21 for camp dates July 13-15. For more information, contact Matt and Brianne Kojis at mattkojis@gmail.com or 619-964-6174.

A Cultural & Spiritual Journey to Italy 14-Days Join Fr. Bruce Orsborn on a wonderful tour all over Italy. The dates will be from October 7-20, 2018. For a brochure and registration form, please contact Alicia Policarpio at 619-575-2240 x104

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