Welcome to Blessed Sacrament Church

We believe our lives are journeys in Faith; where sometimes the road is straight, but at times the road is twisting and bumpy. No matter where you are in your journey, we want to help you in your continued spiritual growth as a Catholic Christian, to this end, we offer you this website of our Parish.

We hope that you will find this webite helpful. It lists all of the ministries of our Parish. Whether you are seeking guidance, education, or fellowship, I am confident we have a ministry for you. If you are looking to get more involved in the Parish, I hope that the Lord's calling to you can be fulfilled by one of these ministries. Either way, we hope that at least you can see the ways that your Parish is living out Jesus' call to spread the Good News.

Catholic News

• Dublin's archbishop, Irish prime minister clash on proposed abortion law  -  View More
  Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has protested that a proposed change in Ireland's ban on abortion could lead to the death of unborn children who are capable of independent survival ...
  
  
• Escalating violence in Nigeria; prominent Protestant pastor murdered  -  View More
  Amid escalating violence committed by the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states. Shortly ...
  
  
• Vatican envoy: consumerism, attitudes towards women help foster human trafficking  -  View More
  Addressing a UN meeting on human trafficking, a leading Vatican diplomat called upon the international community to take "concrete actions on the ground" against human trafficking and to ...
  
  
• Failure to repent sin is fundamental problem, Pope tells congregation  -  View More
  "The problem is not that we are sinners," Pope Francis told the congregation at his morning Mass on May 17. "The problem is not repenting of sin, not being ashamed of what we have ...
  
  
• Cardinal Dolan not questioning governor's Catholic standing, spokesman says  -  View More
  After New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan told a radio interviewer that he has talked directly with Governor Andrew Cuomo about the latter's standing in the Church, a spokesman for the ...
  
  
• New Hampshire diocese settles case about priest's questions to boy in confessional  -  View More
  The Manchester, New Hampshire diocese has agreed to pay $2,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a couple who charged that a priest had asked their son inappropriate questions during a ...
  
  
• Syrian prelate: �tolls' extracted by rebels have dramatically increased price of food  -  View More
  A Syrian Catholic prelate has told the Fides news agency that "tolls" levied by rebels have increased the price of food "almost tenfold" in some areas of the country. "The militias of ...
  
  
• English bishops urge House of Commons not to approve same-sex marriage  -  View More
  Archbishops Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Peter Smith of Southwark are urging members of the House of Commons not to alter the definition of marriage to include homosexual couples. ...
  
  
• Missionary work is a demand, not an option, for all Christians: Pope  -  View More
  Pope Francis met on May 17 with directors of the Pontifical Missionary Works (POM), and urged them to "keep evangelization, the paradigm of every act of the Church, alive." The Pope ...
  
  
• Pope's liturgical schedule for May-June-July  -  View More
  The Vatican has released the public schedule of liturgical ceremonies at which Pope Francis will preside during the months of May, June, and July 2013. During the remaining days of May, ...
  
  
• Italian police arrest suspected 'Anonymous' hackers  -  View More
  Italian police have arrested four suspected members of the internet hackers' collaborative known as "Anonymous," who are believed to be responsible for attacks on the internet sites of the ...
  
  
• Vatican conference focus on new sects, religious movements  -  View More
  About 40 Church officials participated in a May 16 conference at the Vatican on the challenges posed by new sects. The conference participants, drawn from different Vatican offices and ...
  
  
• American missionary priest in Kenya suspended in dispute over control of hospitals  -  View More
  An American missionary priest in Kenya who became embroiled in a legal dispute over the ownership of hospitals has been suspended from the priesthood. The Maryknoll Society suspended ...
  
  
• Holy See diplomat condemns terrorism in Africa  -  View More
  Addressing a recent United Nations Security Council discussion of terrorism in Africa, the Holy See's leading representative at the UN recalled the recent terrorist attack on a Catholic ...
  
  
• Religious-freedom award to Indonesian leader draws protests  -  View More
  Catholic leaders in Indonesia are protesting the decision of an American foundation to honor the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his contributions to inter-religious ...
  
  
• 'Cult of money' produces injustice and misery, Pope warns  -  View More
  "We have started down the path of a disposable culture," Pope Francis said in a May 16 address to four new ambassadors to the Holy See. In his remarks to the new envoys, the Pope spoke ...
  
  
• Pope praises apostolic zeal of St. Paul, contrasts it with 'backseat Christians'  -  View More
  St. Paul exhibited a "healthy madness" that made him an effective evangelist, Pope Francis said in his homily at a Mass on May 16. "Paul is a nuisance," the Pope told the congregation ...
  
  
• Vatican cardinal reflects on contentious issues in relations with Jews  -  View More
  Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews, has fielded questions on important issues in Jewish-Catholic relations, including the ...
  
  
• Oregon researchers clone human embryos for sake of stem cells  -  View More
  Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have succeeded in cloning human embryos in order to obtain their stem cells, according to press reports. The researchers removed ...
  
  
• Brazil approves same-sex marriage  -  View More
  Brazil's top legal body has ruled that marriage licenses cannot be denied to same-sex couples. The ruling by the National Council of Justice makes Brazil the 3rd nation in Latin ...
  
  
• Kansas City diocese settles child-porn lawsuit claims for $600,000  -  View More
  The Diocese of Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from child-pornography charges against a priest of the diocese. The family of a young girl ...
  
  
• Pope hails Edict of Milan, welcomes Orthodox leader to celebration  -  View More
  As the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople visits Milan to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, Pope Francis has sent a message of greeting, hailing "the ...
  
  
• Ecumenical Patriarchate, European bishops to commemorate Edict of Milan  -  View More
  The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, in conjunction with the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE), is commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan ...
  
  
• Minnesota legalizes same-sex marriage  -  View More
  Following votes of 75-39 in the state house and 37-30 in the state senate, Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota has signed legislation altering the definition of marriage to include same-sex ...
  
  
• Vatican envoy at UN urges action to end bloodshed in Syria  -  View More
  The Vatican's representative at UN headquarters in New York has underlined "the grave concern with which the Holy See has been following the unceasing spiral of violence by which Syria has ...
  
  
• Former archdiocesan accountant pleads guilty on embezzlement charges  -  View More
  A former accountant for the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota, has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling $670,000 in archdiocesan funds. Scott Joseph Domeier, who worked for the ...
  
  
• USCCB: statement on Gosnell conviction  -  View More
  The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities has issued a statement on the conviction of Kermit Gosnell, who had performed late-term ...
  
  
• Pray daily for guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pope exhorts audience  -  View More
  The truth "isn't a possession," Pope Francis told his weekly public audience on May 15. "It is an encounter with a Person." "We are living in an age when we are rather skeptical ...
  
  
• Vatican confirms Cardinal O'Brien will leave Scotland  -  View More
  The Vatican has confirmed that Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned in February from his post as Archbishop of Edinburgh, Scotland, will leave that country "for several months for the ...
  
  
• Vatican bank will make annual report available online  -  View More
  The Vatican has confirmed that the Vatican Bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), will begin making a public disclosure of its accounts. By the end of this year, the Vatican ...