Blessed Sacrament

Springfield City Ordinance requires that facial masks be worn in ALL public indoor places (including places of worship).  Please wear your mask at all times in our church building.  Those who fail to do so, may be subject to a fine.

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki announced that, effective April 11, Divine Mercy Sunday, the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days will be modified.  Please click HERE for Frequently Asked Questions regarding the return to Mass.
 

Beginning Divine Mercy Sunday, Bishop Paprocki will lift the special dispensation Catholics have from attending Mass during the pandemic. However, there are exceptions – please click on Messages from Father. Our attendance is still limited to 25% of the church’s seating capacity.  Please sign up ahead of time by clicking the box above and follow instructions.  You can also choose to call the parish office during regular hours and someone will be available to sign you up. Masks and social distancing are still required.

We will continue to livestream the Masses at the regular times and provide communion services to those unable to go to Mass.  Click on the Watch Mass HERE button above.

For those who watch the livestream, we will continue to provide communion services on Sunday morning at 9:45 AM and again at 11:45 AM in the main entrance to school off the south parking lot.

You can call the parish for all other spiritual and sacramental needs.

Daily Mass takes place at 8:00 AM.  No reservations are required.

The church is open each day until 5:00 PM. However we ask that you come in through the hallway next to the Adoration Chapel or the handicapped entrance in the front.

For questions, contact the Parish office at 217-528-7521. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM.  

Adoration Chapel continues to be open from 5 AM to 10 PM. If there are more than four people in the chapel, you may go into the main church to pray. The chapel is wiped down regularly and wipes are available for you to use for your chair.  We ask that you not pray out loud or in a way that distracts another person trying to pray privately and please do not speak on your cellphone. Please respect other people in the chapel by social distancing (six feet) from them.  If you not feeling well, please be considerate of others.

Holy water is available in the dispenser in the chapel.  Please bring your own container to take it home. If you are taking large amounts, please see one of the priests to have them bless your water.

Confessions will be heard in the Adoration Chapel Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 7:45 AM and on Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM. The area is sanitized regularly.

Visit the parish website at www.bsps.org. This is the best way to know what is going on in the parish. You can also sign up to receive electronic messages at the right hand side of this page.

The parish depends on your stewardship and generosity in order to bring sacraments and spiritual services to you. You may mail in your contribution or donate online through the secure link on our stewardship/parish giving page.  You may also call the parish office to sign up for ACH (automatic contributions). 

A donation to H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People in Emergencies), formerly known as St. Vincent de Paul, will let our parish reach out to them.

Scrip gift cards are currently handled through the parish office.
 

• Communion will be distributed on Sunday morning from 9:45 to 10:15 AM (please arrive by 10:00) and again from 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM (please arrive by noon) at the front entrance to the school.

• Vehicles should enter the parking lot from the Walnut St. entrance closest to the rectory. Park your car and wait (Glenwood entrance will be closed)

• The sidewalk along the north side of the lot will be marked in 6 foot increments. This is the communion line.  You may wait as a family or an individual, but remember, this is not a time for visiting.  It is a time to prepare yourself to receive the Lord. We ask that you pray the Our Father as you approach the school.

• You need to wear a mask as you approach the entrance.

• When you reach the front of the school, there will be a hand sanitizer station for you to clean your hands - please use it.

• Two communion ministers will be stationed at the doors to the school. When it is your turn and the person in front of you has departed, you may approach and receive communion and then exit on the other side.  Be sure to offer a prayer thanking Jesus for allowing you to receive Him today.

• Return to your car and leave the parking lot via the south exit on Walnut.  

• If you are unable to get out of you car because of health reasons, let the attendant know and they will direct your car to a place where communion will be brought to you.

The Parish Office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  You may drop off your contribution envelope or mail it to Blessed Sacrament.  You may choose to make an online payment here or call the parish office at 528-7521  to set up an ongoing monthly or weekly contribution.  View our Parish Giving information under Stewardship by clicking here.

Prayer to St. Corona in a Time of Epidemic

Lord Jesus Christ, You came into this world for our salvation. Look kindly on us now, we pray, that we, and all those who serve You, might be kept safe from this epidemic. 

Heal those who are sick, comfort the suffering, bring back those who have gone astray, and above all, increase our faith, O Lord. 

Give us the grace to follow You and, like the martyr St. Corona, who gave her life for love of You, to take up our crosses daily without fear or hesitation. 

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us and on the whole world. 

St. Corona, patroness of epidemic victims, pray for us.