Thank you to everyone who volunteered to work anything and everything surrounding the garage sale! Thank you to everyone who donated items! Thank you to everyone who shopped the event! Thank you to our core team! The parish was able to raise around $21,787.37! For this to be possible, we had more than 100 parishioners and at least 10 from outside the parish that helped with the garage sale, and 9 people participated for the first time. This is incredible and God is so very good! SAVE THE DATES FOR OUR FALL GARAGE SALE: October 12, 13, & 14, 2023.

The Dubuque Area Vocation Association is sponsoring a vocation discernment weekend March 31 - April 1 in Dubuque for single women, ages 18-45, who are curious or seriously exploring a call to religious life. Participants will have an opportunity to visit the Franciscan, Presentation, Dominican, and Trappestine religious communities in or near Dubuque. Overnight accommodations will be provided. To learn more and register, please visit: https://bit.ly/DubuquesGotSisters.

IMPACT is open to any Catholic adult who desires a deeper relationship with Christ and a greater understanding of the Catholic faith in order to better serve others in their parish and community. This two-year formation program includes monthly sessions with dynamic presenters, spiritual reading, and retreat/prayer experiences to provide formation in living the Catholic faith. The next cohort begins this September 2023 and will be held in Dubuque! If you have questions, please contact Maggie in the office or for more information visit www.dbqarch.org/IMPACT.

On February 6, 2023, a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey & Syria, leaving tens of thousands dead & injured. The instability in the region, along with winter weather, has made this crisis compounded for survivors who now face homelessness in a hostile environment. To learn how you can help, please click on this article.

Don't forget that St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry is still the FOURTH WEEKEND OF EACH MONTH! Items can also be dropped off any day of the week during regular office hours for the SVdP Food Pantry. Specific needs are: - Food: Peanut butter, cereal, soup, saltine crackers, mac 'n cheese, apple juice, canned fruit, Spaghetti O's, V-8 Juice (for chili, chili beans, diced tomatoes, and chili seasoning mix. - Household Items: Comet, bathroom cleaner, toilet cleaner, dish soap, shampoo, toothpaste & toothbrushes.

If you go to the hospital or are in the hospital...We hope you don't need hospitalization, but if you end up in the hospital, call the Blessed Sacrament Rectory (319.233.6179) or have your family, the chaplain, or nurse call and ask the office secretary to notify Fr. Tony and Deb Lundberg. (CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE)

St. Vincent de Paul is looking to add several volunteers to strengthen our ability to help the needy in our community. Opportunities vary from interviewing clients for financial assistance or making up food boxes to sorting and sizing clothes or organizational management. Normal requirements are for up to three (3) hours, one day per week, between 9am and Noon. We are an all-volunteer organization and have need of people with every type of talent! The only real requirement is a dedication to the poor we serve. If interested, please contact our Parish Conference members, Patti Young (319-504-3825) or Gary Vent (319-610-5064). Thank You!

I will continue to celebrate the scheduled daily Mass (except in cases of a funeral), even if school is cancelled. However, with that being said, parking lots and sidewalks may not be cleared in time for daily Mass. Please use caution, stay safe, or even stay home. Mass will still be live streamed. If out of necessity the daily Mass needs to be cancelled due to weather, we will try to publish a notice of cancellation through KWWL and KCRG TV stations.

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.

Sr. Madonna is moving to Clare House in Dubuque on November 16th or 17th. Her new address & phone numbers are: Sr. Madonna Friedman, OSF, 3340 Windsor Ave., Dubuque, IA 52001-1300. Primary Phone: 319-830-6349 or Clare House: 563-583-9786 (an operator will connect you to her).

Participation in one of the many liturgical ministries is such a powerful witness to the dignity of all baptized Catholics. We continually need people to share in these sacred roles. Volunteers will be trained and provided guidelines and background information. We need more altar servers (youth and adult), ushers, eucharistic ministers, sacristans, and camera operators for livestream (great for high school kids). Want to be more behind-the-scenes? If you have an eye for decorating or a green thumb, our church environment (decorating) group is always looking for more help. Please contact Maggie England in the office if you can help us with any of the above.

St. Vincent de Paul is in need of peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, noodles for tuna casserole, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, tomato soup, chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers, V8 tomato juice, chili dry mix, chili beans, petite cut tomatoes. We need laundry soap, bath soap, toothbrushes, shampoo (2-in-1 preferred), dish soap, bathroom cleaner. We are asking for lightly used small appliances, toasters, crockpots, George Foreman's, coffee pots, pots and pans, silverware. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Is this your first time back to Mass in a while, or have you been coming to Blessed Sacrament for some time now, but have not yet registered with the Parish? It is not something that everyone thinks about, but it is important. We invite and encourage you to register with Blessed Sacrament. By registering with a parish, one is provided with a sense of belonging, a sense of identity. It also provides us a way to welcome you, to support YOU in times of JOY, and in times of STRUGGLE. It gives us a way to connect and communicate with you. If you are just visiting us from out of town, do you belong to a parish near your home? If not, we encourage you to do the same there. Find a parish to call home. In this world, which seems to be off its axis once again, we all need a faith community to call home, and to come home to. TO REGISTER, PLEASE CONTACT MAGGIE ENGLAND in the office: 319-233-6179, email: dbq208s2@dbqarch.org.

We need more altar servers! We recently conducted altar server training and are very thankful for those who have begun to serve again; however, we are in need of more servers, especially at our 4:30pm Mass. Remember, altar server training is for anyone from 4th grade up to 100 years of age! It is a great opportunity for adult friends to work together, or parents and children to serve together -- Moms/Sons, Fathers/Daughters, Moms/Daughters, or Fathers/Sons. Training will be provided for you - do not be afraid! Please contact Server Coordinator, Greg Bazan, at 319-415-8810 or gpbazan57@gmail.com, or the Parish Office, if interested. Thank you!

If you would like to honor a loved one on an anniversary or celebrate a special occasion in your life - birthday, graduation, anniversary or just because you like to see fresh flowers on the altar, contact Donna to make arrangements at 319-240-8703. We would also welcome flowers from your garden any time during the summer and fall.

FORMED is back in action for Blessed Sacrament Parish! Diving into the beauty of the Faith has never been easier: at home, on the go, or from any internet connected device. Discover thousands of books, audio talks, movies, documentaries, and studies...there is something for every member of the family to help them grow closer to Christ and His Church. Signup is easier now than ever before. Simply click on this article or visit signup.FORMED.org, then enter our zip code: 50701. Select Blessed Sacrament, enter your name and email, and that is it, you are in! Questions? Call the office at 319-233-6179.

Volunteers are needed for the Funeral Ministry. We need volunteers to be sacristans at funerals. We also have a need for help with the funeral dinners. Please help us in these works of mercy in putting to rest our loved ones. Please contact Deb Lundberg at 319-464-0648 or the Parish office at 319-233-6179.

The ministry of the sick and homebound is still in need of volunteers. We need a spiritual companion to take communion to the Denver area once a week for up to 30 minutes.We are desperately in need of someone to go to Allen Hospital once a month to give communion to all of the Catholics. Please consider being a volunteer in this work of Mercy. Contact Deb Lundberg at 319-464-0648 or email: deborah.lundberg5@gmail.com. You can also contact the Church office at 319-233-6179. God bless!

Think about the people, organizations, and charities that are the most meaningful to you. Make sure your will is written so your intentions are clearly spelled out. Make sure your loved ones also know about these intentions. We pray that you consider Blessed Sacrament in your estate planning. If you would like more information about leaving a legacy gift to Blessed Sacrament, contact Fr. Tony Kruse at the Parish Office at 319-233-6179.

Prayer Cards and Envelopes are available in the Votive Candle Space. If there is someone special in your life whom you are remembering in your prayers at Mass or by lighting a candle, let them know by sending them a prayer card. Cards are available for a free-will donation. Simply take a card and envelope from the votive candle box and place your free-will donation in the donation envelope. This is a grat way to share your love and concern for those you are praying for.