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September 2018 COUNCIL CLIPS · The October meeting is Wednesday, October 10th and will be a...
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Blessed Sacrament Council of Catholic Women Fall 2018 Edition September 2018 COUNCIL CLIPS Join CCW! BRING A FRIEND TO OUR MEETINGS! CCW registration and dues of $20.00 for the 2018/2019 year are due. The enclosed form and your dues can be submitted at the September 12th CCW membership meeting or mailed to Carol Hopkins, CCW VP. Thank you! President’s Message Dear CCW Members, The hazy, lazy days of summer are over. The days are getting shorter. Kids are going back to school. CCW is starting a new year of activities. There have been changes made at Blessed Sacrament. Due to the Diocese of Metuchen’s “Protect God’s Children” protocol, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MEETING DAY TO THE 2 ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Adult meetings will be held on Wednesday night. Mark your calenders with this new day. Our first meeting will be Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 12 TH at 7:00pm. The program will be “Stickmen are back: Priest, Prophet and King”. Our presenter will be Shannon Civetti who was the presenter at our Morning of Reflection last fall. Shannon was very well received by those who attended that retreat. She is the daughter of our member, Ro Bersch. The October meeting is Wednesday, October 10 th and will be a presentation on “Healthy Eating” by Samantha Nuzio, a Shop Rite Dietician. Join CCW members on a tour of the Hillsborough Shop Rite in mid-October! Save the calories. We will again be collecting your leftover Halloween candy to use in the Valentine treats that we make in January for the retired nuns at Mt. St. Mary’s, the Vocationist nuns and the parish staff. At the November 14th meeting, we will again make the Jesse Tree tags and wrap the gifts for the children’s Christmas party. Come help make the tags and visit and get to know other members while we work. On Sunday, November 11 th , there will be a CCW Unity mass at 10:30. I am asking that as many members as possible attend. Wear black skirt or pants and a white top. It is a time when we can demonstrate that CCW is an organization that is active in the parish. The annual Christmas social will be Monday, December 10 th at Luna Rossa in Pluckemin. This is an enjoyable evening with lots of laughs during the Yankee Trading gift exchange. The trip to the Radio City Christmas show is a success. It is sold out and there are 8 people on the waiting list. Thank you to Carol Hopkins for organizing the trip and to Jean Mans for taking the reservations. Your help is needed and we welcome your assistance with CCW activities. You can be instrumental in making this a great year. If you can help with a project, small or large, let me know. Talk to me at a meeting or call me and find out if there is something you would like to do. I am looking forward to seeing you all on September 12 th . God Bless You All, Mary Ellen Schleckser CCW Coming Attractions September meeting - Wednesday, September 12 at 7pm “ Stickmen are Back! Priest, Prophet and King” ; Bring Meatloaf!! October meeting – Wednesday, October 10 at 7 pm “Healthy Eating” November Unity Mass – Sunday, November 11 at 10:30 am November meeting – Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm “Jesse Tree Preparation & Parish Gift Wrapping” November Radio City Trip – Tuesday, November 27 th Christmas Social – Monday, December 10 @ Luna Rossa SHIP Soup Kitchen: Mondays – September 24, October 22, November 26
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Blessed Sacrament
Council of Catholic Women
Fall 2018 Edition
September 2018
COUNCIL CLIPS
Join CCW!
BRING A FRIEND TO
OUR MEETINGS!
CCW registration and dues
of $20.00 for the 2018/2019
year are due. The enclosed
form and your dues can be
submitted at the September
12th CCW membership
meeting or mailed to Carol
Hopkins, CCW VP. Thank
you!
President’s Message Dear CCW Members,
The hazy, lazy days of summer are over. The days are getting shorter. Kids are going back to school. CCW is starting a
new year of activities.
There have been changes made at Blessed Sacrament. Due to the Diocese of Metuchen’s “Protect God’s Children”
protocol, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MEETING DAY TO THE 2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Adult
meetings will be held on Wednesday night. Mark your calenders with this new day.
Our first meeting will be Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 12TH at 7:00pm. The program will be “Stickmen are back: Priest,
Prophet and King”. Our presenter will be Shannon Civetti who was the presenter at our Morning of Reflection last fall.
Shannon was very well received by those who attended that retreat. She is the daughter of our member, Ro Bersch.
The October meeting is Wednesday, October 10th and will be a presentation on “Healthy Eating” by Samantha Nuzio, a
Shop Rite Dietician. Join CCW members on a tour of the Hillsborough Shop Rite in mid-October!
Save the calories. We will again be collecting your leftover Halloween candy to use in the Valentine treats that we
make in January for the retired nuns at Mt. St. Mary’s, the Vocationist nuns and the parish staff.
At the November 14th meeting, we will again make the Jesse Tree tags and wrap the gifts for the children’s Christmas
party. Come help make the tags and visit and get to know other members while we work.
On Sunday, November 11th, there will be a CCW Unity mass at 10:30. I am asking that as many members as
possible attend. Wear black skirt or pants and a white top. It is a time when we can demonstrate that CCW is an
organization that is active in the parish.
The annual Christmas social will be Monday, December 10th at Luna Rossa in Pluckemin. This is an enjoyable evening
with lots of laughs during the Yankee Trading gift exchange.
The trip to the Radio City Christmas show is a success. It is sold out and there are 8 people on the waiting list. Thank
you to Carol Hopkins for organizing the trip and to Jean Mans for taking the reservations.
Your help is needed and we welcome your assistance with CCW activities. You can be instrumental in making this a
great year. If you can help with a project, small or large, let me know. Talk to me at a meeting or call me and find out if
there is something you would like to do.
I am looking forward to seeing you all on September 12th. God Bless You All, Mary Ellen Schleckser
God Bless You All, Mary Ellen Schleckser
CCW Coming Attractions
September meeting - Wednesday, September 12 at 7pm
“ Stickmen are Back! Priest, Prophet and King” ; Bring Meatloaf!!
October meeting – Wednesday, October 10 at 7 pm “Healthy Eating”
November Unity Mass – Sunday, November 11 at 10:30 am
November meeting – Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm “Jesse Tree Preparation & Parish Gift Wrapping”
November Radio City Trip – Tuesday, November 27th
Christmas Social – Monday, December 10 @ Luna Rossa SHIP Soup Kitchen:
Mondays – September 24, October 22, November 26
WEDNESDAY, September 12th Meeting – 7 pm
"Stickmen are Back! Priest, Prophet, and King"
Our speaker will be Shannon Civetta who led our Morning of Reflection in October 2017 and presented, “Stickmen and the Scriptures.” Shannon is the daughter of Blessed Sacrament’s own Ro Bersch! She comes to us from Resurrection Parish in Randolph where she has taught CCD for over 10 years and is presently the Director of Family Catechesis at St. James in Basking Ridge. Shannon has long been passionate about evangelizing Scripture awareness, serving as a consultant for Ascension Press Bible Study Company. She has initiated Bible Studies in several parishes and presented Scripture based programs throughout the Diocese of Paterson. Recently she received the Catholic Evangelization Certificate from Seton Hall/St. Paul Inside the Wall.
PLEASE HELP:: WE NEED MEAT LOAVES!
BRING your meatloaf to the September 12th Meeting
The freezer in the church hall kitchen died again. All the meat loaves in it were lost. There are NO meat loaves to serve at the SHIP Galley Soup Kitchen in September. Please make one or more meat loaves, FREEZE them, and bring it/them to the CCW meeting on Wednesday, September 12th. Bake a 2lb. meatloaf, cool it, wrap it in plastic wrap, Put in a ziplock bag and mark it as meatloaf & the date. FREEZE the meatloaf
CCW Financial Summary
7/1/2017– 6/30/2018
Balance carried into 2017/2018 $7,917.21
INCOME: $ 4,501.65
EXPENSES: $ 3,399.77
Balance carried into 2018/2019: $ 9,010.09* (* Includes anonymous $1,000 donation for future Service Awards)
Christmas Social
Join us for our Annual Christmas Social!
Monday, December 10th, from 6:30-9:30PM at Luna Rossa Ristorante in Pluckemin
Enjoy an evening of good food and fun! After a fabulous meal, our regular game will be
played.
Details will follow in October and November.
November 14th Meeting Jesse Tree Tags Preparation
Christmas is around the corner and our Jesse Tree gift program continues this year, our 26th year. Your many helping hands and wonderful generosity spread the joy of Christmas to 400 families last year. Please join us again for this fun CCW holiday tradition. Please bring scissors and hole punches to the meeting. The trees and tags will be placed in the Church area the weekend of November 24 through Sunday, December 9. We need volunteers to replenish the trees with gift tags, taking gifts after masses to the downstairs storage area, packing for delivery and drivers to deliver the gifts. You can volunteer for any of the above at the November 14th CCW meeting or contact Carol Hopkins directly at 908-685-4008 or [email protected]. CCW members will also wrap Parish gifts for the Blessed Sacrament children’s party held annually in December!
2018 Ellie Schifano Service Award Winners
The 2018 Ellie Schifano Service Award was presented at the June CCW meeting, under the leadership of Pat Manfredi. This award is given annually in memory of Ellie Schifano, a deceased CCW member who was known for her service to Blessed Sacrament. The winners this year were:
Melissa Lamporelle Leah Fitzpatrick
CCW congratulates our winners and regrets that Melissa was unable to be at
our meeting and is not in the photo ☹ (Jamie Edwards, Father Rick, Leah Fitzpatrick, Pat Manfredi, and Mary Ellen Schleckser)
Name: _________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________ Telephone: _____________________________ E-Mail: _____________________________
CCW Newsletters are sent by email as much as possible.
Birthday: (just month and day)______________
CCW dues are $20 yearly. Payable in cash or check payable to Council of Catholic Women
Return form and payment to CCW Secretary at the September membership meeting or mail to: Carol Hopkins 1000 Shadow Oak Lane Bridgewater,NJ 08807
Contact Carol with any questions at 908-685-4008 or [email protected]
Dues received __________ Cash _____ Check # ______
Blessed Sacrament Council of
Catholic Women
2018 - 2019 Membership Form
Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel
Patron Saint of CCW
God of Heavenly wisdom, you have given us Mary, Mother of Jesus to be our guide and counselor.
Grant that we may always seek her motherly help in this life and so enjoy her blessed presence in the life to come.
Mother of Good Counsel, patroness of the National Council of Catholic Women, intercede for us, that we may be wise, courageous and loving leaders of the church.
Help us, dear Mother, to know the mind of Jesus, your son. May the Holy Spirit fill us with reverence for God’s creation and compassion for all
God’s children. May our labor of love on earth enhance the reign of God and may God’s gifts of faith and living hope prepare us for the fullness of the world to come. Amen.
