Blessed Sacrament 

Catholic Church & School

For several years now, the parish has offered a service whereby monetary contributions can be charged to checking or saving accounts via direct debit on a weekly, semimonthly or monthly basis. A number of parishioners have taken advantage of this and are very pleased with the convenience it affords them. Perhaps you might like to use the service in meeting your cash budgeting needs. If you would like any information concerning this service, please call Tom at the Parish Office or come to the office during regular business hours.

We will have one (1) Penance Service on Saturday, December 15th at 10:00 AM. There will be an opportunity for individual confession. We encourage as many people as possible to take advantage of this service to minimize long waits for Saturday afternoon confession.

Oplatki (Christmas Wafers) are again available for your Christmas celebrations. A donation of $2.00 is requested for a package of three white wafers and one pink wafer. The oplatki are located only next to the small prayer box in front of the Blessed Virgin icon. Please place your donations in the basket, using the envelopes provided there or at the ushers’ stations. The change in location is due to security concerns.

The presents collected will be distributed to approximately five hundred households that request Christmas Holiday Gift Boxes from the Capuchins. The families usually include 2 - 3 children each. The House of Peace is seeking gifts of new, unwrapped toys for children (ages birth to 10 years of age), both boys and girls. Some suggested items include: Playdoh sets, Hot Wheel cars and trucks, coloring sets and easels, action figures, character stuffed plush animals, Etch-A-Sketchs, basketballs, footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, and children’s books. We will be collecting items through Sunday, December 16th.