Because our hearts are burning within us, we the Community of Blessed Sacrament are disciples of Christ, witnessing the love of God through worship, service and lifelong faith formation.
The Spirit led people of Blessed Sacrament will be a joyful, Christ-centered, sacramental community of love, service, and peace, standing with God's people as a beacon of hope.
Easter Vigil 2023 Guide: Table of Contents The Roman Missal borrows a quote from St. Augustine when it refers to the Easter Vigil as “the mother of all holy vigils.” Anyone who has attended this...
Holy Week 2023 Schedule The season of Lent gives way to the celebration of Easter in Holy Week, the most sacred period of the liturgical calendar. Holy Week includes both the Church’s most solemn...
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE VATICAN CHOOSES NEW BISHOPS? TUESDAY, JUNE 27: 6:00 - 8:00 PM Lower Level - Majestic Moon Event Center, Waterloo This is the first in the Waterloo Parish's summer enrichment series for adults and young adults. Bishop Richard Pates, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, will explain the process and criteria by which the Vatican chooses new bishops. FREE and Open to the Public. No pre-registration. Snacks provided; bar service available. Find out more at waterloocatholics.org/summer-forum.
Are you interested in a Catholic education for your child? CVCS is now enrolling for the 2023-2024 school year! Visit www.cvcatholic.org to learn more about the CVCS system and how education savings accounts may make it possible for your child to attend CVCS with zero out-of-pocket expense to your family! The deadline to apply for Education Savings Account funds for the 2023-2024 school year is June 30, 2023. Representatives from CVCS will be available after the 10:30am Mass at Blessed Sacrament on June 25th to share more information about Education Savings Accounts and to assist families with the application process!
Are you downsizing and have things to get rid of? Are you clearing household goods from an estate? Blessed Sacrament parishioners are offering Estate of Grace Sale Services for those willing to donate the proceeds back to Blessed Sacrament parish. At your location, we will set up for a sale, advertise the sale, staff the sale, and dispose of what remains after the sale. If you are interested in discussing or scheduling a sale with us, please call Margaret Klein at 319-429-1907.
Come work for the Waterloo Catholic Faith Formation Team! We are hiring a Director of School Age and Young Family Formation. This is a full-time ministry position serving the four Waterloo parishes. This person would be responsible for planning, integrating, overseeing, and evaluating parish religious education programs and sacramental preparation for children in grades K - 8. For more information or an application, please contact Becky McElroy at beckymcelroyff@gmail.com or call 319-233-0498.
Once again, we've unfortunately received reports of persons receiving fraudulent text messages and/or emails from persons posing as Fr. Tony. Please remember that Fr. Tony will never send a generic text message or email asking if you are available to manage a request or ask for a generic favor, or gift cards, or money or anything else through such communications. He will NEVER ask you to "be discreet" or immediately respond back by email or text message. If you ever receive a message like this, DO NOT RESPOND to the sender and delete the message or email. If ever in doubt, please contact the office. Please be careful!