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 […]

Friends of Blessed Sacrament, One of my favorite Easter stories is a passage illustrating the Risen Christ’s appearance on the road to Emmaus. Feeling defeated, lonely, confused and scared, the two disciples become amazed at the one man who does not appear to know “of the things that have taken place” in Jerusalem. Once they […]

Friends of Blessed Sacrament, On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, our Catholic Church enters the holy season of Lent. Unlike the preparation season of Advent, Lent is a time for us to pause, repent and clean our hearts and minds ahead of Easter. During the 40 Days of Lent, Christians around the world take time to […]