Bulldog for Christ Service Program Overview, Requirements, and Suggested Projects Service education has been a hallmark of Catholic education in the United States for generations.  It is an opportunity for students to live their faith and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and Catholic education. All students at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School will […]

Growing up, I learned the meaning of the pidgin-style saying, “Monkey see, monkey do.” Adults would use that saying to explain how children would mimic the behaviors of others without fully understanding the behavior or possible consequences of that behavior. Fast-forwarding to 2023, it seems like “Monkey see, monkey do” can still be used to […]

April 12, 2023 Dear Parents and Guardians, Alleluia! Alleluia! This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Alleluia! Alleluia! As we continue with our Easter season, I would like to provide you with some additional information ahead of your child’s First Communion. First Communion Non-Dress Rehearsal:  Thursday, May 4, […]

Friends of Blessed Sacrament, On Easter Tuesday, I traveled to the Texas Capitol and testified before the Texas House Committee on Public Education in support of HB 4340 which provides Parental Choice in education. This bill, supported by the Texas Conference of Bishops, would provide an Educational Savings Account (ESA) for families, especially the poor […]

In a few short weeks, our Catholic Church will enter the Lenten Season, the 40-day season of preparation for the holiest days of our liturgical year – the Paschal Triduum. Lent is a personal and communal journey that helps us return to our baptismal promises and confront the areas of our lives needing to refocus, […]

  Friends of Blessed Sacrament, Please join us for National Catholic Schools Week, our annual celebration of what makes education at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School outstanding. Starting with Mass at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 29, we have a whole week of activities planned to show what our students are accomplishing and to celebrate the […]

    Friends of Blessed Sacrament, Once again, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School will be coordinating The Forever Grateful Project (Angel Tree) benefiting the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament based in Victoria, Texas.  The Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS) administered our parish school for almost three decades.  Their charism […]

The Matachines are the soldiers of the Virgin Mary and of the Lord; their way of praying is by dancing to Christ and the Blessed Mother. Originally, they danced to the sun, moon, stars, because these were their gods.  When Christopher Columbus introduced Catholicism to the Indigenous, they continued dancing because it was the only […]