Published: September 24, 2009 12:00 am      

Blessed Sacrament Chuch to hold final Eucharist

SPRINGFIELD — The Catholic Community of St. Thomas the Apostle, Blessed Sacrament, and St. Mary’s announce and invite the public to attend the celebration of the final Eucharist at Blessed Sacrament Church located at 128 Public Landing Road in Springfield Center, on Saturday, September 26 at 5 p.m. Blessed Sacrament, a mission church of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, is being closed as part of the Called to Be Church, the Pastoral Planning Restructuring of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany (www.rcda.org)á Throughout this summer, a white banner has been displayed in Blessed Sacrament Church.á This banner will be displayed in St. Thomas the Apostle Church starting on October 4 to be joined with the green banner at St. Thomas as a symbol of the two communities joining together to become one. Father John Roos, Sacramental Minister, will be the celebrant of the mass. Karen Walker, parish life associate at St. Thomas the Apostle, will accept the Blessed Sacrament Church sacramental records and the alter cloth on behalf of the parish. For additional information, contact Walker at the Parish House at 264-3779 (stthomas@pronetisp.net) or Dennis B. Laughlin, transition team facilitator at 264-9988 (dennis@donovanlaughlin. com).