Click HERE for the CLI Survey

Click HERE for the CLI survey

Click HEREfor the CLI Survey

Heavenly Father; the joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter your son, Jesus Christ. Rain down the fire of the Holy Spirit on our parish family so that we may be filled with the same courage and joy that led Mary to respond, fiat, let it be done, when as the first disciple she heard the invitation, “Come, follow me.”

We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

For those of you who missed Father Drew’s homily last Sunday, he preached about the Holy Spirit and how the wind surrounded the first Apostles to strengthen them in their faith.  The breath of the Holy Spirit strengthens us on our faith journey too.  This day presents us with an

The Parish as a Community of Disciples

Our parish vision is to create disciples and live the stewardship way of life.   To create a culture of discipleship, we need to create different opportunities for people to personally encounter Jesus.  This can be through prayer, scripture, the sacraments, retreats, a book study, a relationship with a disciple, and many more.   Our parish offers a broad range of opportunities for our parishioners to connect and draw closer to Jesus Christ.   I would like to share with you two opportunities for discipleship:

Forming

I am pleased to provide you with this update on the Parish Priority Plan and its progress.  This update represents an outpouring of perseverance, prayer, and planning.  It is clear the Holy Spirit is at work within our parish.  For any plan to work, it must be reviewed regularly.  This article provides some accomplishments since the Parish Priority Plan was first published.

     Cultivating the Spiritual Life – The goal of this priority is to encourage those habits that lead us to experience the deep joy of encountering the Lord through a better prayer life.   

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How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations?

By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples.

Please join us for our Parish Mission: 

Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell

February 10th 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New Gym 

There are immense challenges facing the Church today. Come walk with the presenter, Sherry

In 2011, we had the wild idea to give every person in the pew at Christmas Mass a book.   Since then, we have distributed  12 titles (over 15,000 books) and started “The Parish Book Program”.    The Parish Book Program has changed people lives!   Small groups to discuss the books are formed following the distribution of the Christmas and Easter book.   Our experience has shown that these small groups foster close relationships, create the space for sharing, and encourage learning and thus helping us live our Parish Priority Plan vision of “Creating Disciples and Living Stewardship Way of Life”.

I am

News from our Parish Life Coordinator 

I am pleased to provide you with this update on the Parish Priority Plan and its progress. This update represents an outpouring of perseverance, prayer, and planning. It is clear the Holy Spirit is at work within our parish. For any plan to work, it must be reviewed regularly. this article provides some accomplishments since the Parish Priority Plan was first published. 

Cultivating the Spiritual Life – The goal of this priority is to encourage those habits that lead us to experience the deep joy of encountering the Lord through a better prayer life. In response to this basic need for prayer, Father Jirak

This year’s stewardship renewal poster is both a silhouette of a young man on his phone and a silhouette of Saint Peter with his fishing nets. Peter has chosen to follow Jesus; but the young man is distracted. Distractions are everywhere in our society today. What is distracting us from following

I recently had the privilege of taking a pilgrimage to Fatima. My knowledge of Fatima was very limited. I knew that Mary had appeared to three young peasant children, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinto. That was about it. To prepare, I read Fatima for Today. I thought I was prepared. 

What I experienced shocked me! On the first day as we reached Fatima I could not stop myself from running to the exact place where Mary appeared. Everything I read came alive. To stand where Mary appeared only 100 years ago was very powerful. I was so moved that I Face-timed each member of my family so they could experience it as

Want to experience something life changing? Join other parishioners encountering the love of God through the series Discovering Christ, which begins on August 30th. Discovering Christ is a 7-week experience where anyone and everyone, from the baptized in the pews to the unbaptized, is invited to hear the Good News and personally encounter Jesus Christ. is series is part of our Living the New Evangelization Priority. The goal of which is “to equip Blessed Sacrament parishioners with the skills needed to share their faith in an inviting and compelling way.” 

What others are saying about Christ Life…. “I

News from our Parish Life Coordinator

April 30, 2017 Parish Life Coordinator Update

I am pleased to provide this update on the Parish Priority Plan and its progress.  This update represents an outpouring of perseverance, prayer, and planning.  It is clear the Holy Spirit is at work within our parish.  

Cultivating the Spiritual Life – The goal of this priority is to encourage those habits that lead us to experience the deep joy of encountering the Lord through a better prayer