Dear Friends of Blessed Sacrament, Every school year, our classrooms, instructional spaces, and offices are dedicated to the Saints of our Catholic Church.  It is our hope that by invoking the names of these holy men and women, their protection and intercession will assist our faculty, staff, and students.  I invite you to […]

  During the school year, there are many things that make me happy. For example, school days with minimal interruptions or morning tardies or the school liturgy that goes with such ease and grace that I can listen to the homily. Other things like completing Spike’s News before leaving on a Friday afternoon or receiving […]

In the very near future, our Catholic Church will enter a holy season of personal and communal renewal.  On Ash Wednesday, Catholics across our global community will gather as the One Body of Christ and accept the mark of our immortality and imperfection.  Following that humble moment, however, we begin a journey of reconciliation and […]

Blessed Sacrament Catholic School 2022 Catholic Schools Week Schedule of Activities and Events Sunday, January 30, 2022 – Celebrating Our Parish Due to the recent surge in COVID-19, this’s year’s Catholic Schools Week Opening Mass will be postponed until Sunday, February 27, 2022. Monday, January 31, 2022 – Celebrating Our Community Faculty, Staff, and Students […]

Friends of Blessed Sacrament, This weekend, our Catholic Church ushers in the Holy Season of Advent. Advent is the season of preparation for the commemoration of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. In her wisdom, our Catholic Church sets aside four weeks to help the faithful to prepare our hearts to welcome the […]

Friends of Blessed Sacrament, In a few short weeks, we will once again gather around the dinner table to give thanks for the many blessings we have experienced in our lives.  Time honored traditions of preparing the perfect Thanksgiving meal will be invoked with the sound of laughter and football in the background.  In the […]

The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the […]

As some of you know, I enjoy biking along the Mission Reach Trail.  During a stretch between Mission Espada and Mission San Juan Capistrano, I noticed large portions of vegetation had been intentionally scorched.  At first, my heart became filled with sorrow believing something or someone had damaged this beautiful area. Then I saw a […]

First and foremost, I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation for all the prayers and messages of encouragement during the longest, craziest, weirdest school year in the history of mankind.  In the words of my friend Father Jack O’Donoghue, “Now you know why Jesus wept.”  When things got tough and it felt that we could […]

As partners in the education of the Catholic faith, we ask our parents to work with their children during the summer months to learn the following prayers.  By making these prayers part of your daily schedule and family activities, it ensures our students understand the importance of prayer in their lives. Kindergarten and First Grade […]