Blessed Sacrament

Guidelines and sign-up instructions will be available later this week on our website and through our electronic messaging service.  We will continue to livestream and broadcast weekend Mass as well.

• Communion will be distributed on Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 AM and again from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM 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.

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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.

Here is what Blessed Sacrament is doing to allow you to practice your faith as fully as possible during this crisis.

• There will be no public masses until further notice. Everyone has a dispensation from the weekly obligation to attend Mass. There will be no daily Masses for the public starting immediately. Weekend Mass at Blessed Sacrament can be viewed online - there is a link here on the website.   You can make a spiritual communion. You can also call the parish for all other spiritual and sacramental needs.
  
  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. There may be times that the maintenance crew is cleaning in the church and it may not be as quiet as you like. We apologize for the inconvenience.

• The parish is not closed - questions can be directed to 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 every morning 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 are heard Monday through Friday from noon to 1 PM. Confessionals are being sanitized daily.

• 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.  With everything severely curtailed, our finances have suffered. Please remember to mail in your contribution or donate online through the secure link on our stewardship/parish giving page.  This will help us meet our obligations. Call the parish office to sign up for ACH (automatic contributions). Many parishioners are also suffering financially from this crisis.

• 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 will be handled through the parish office while the school is closed.