3rd Year Anniversary of the Province Aggregation Council
By Greg Dufour, ABS Houston, Chair of the Province Aggregation Council
As the Saint Ann (USA) Province Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament (ABS) Council marks its third-year anniversary, I want to share how the council has come together over the past year to continue to serve as a resource and a community builder, supporting the Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing (CEE) and the Aggregation leaders and members.
The current council has an executive team which consists of the Chair (me at present), Co-Vice Chairs Alex Petrilak and Jim Ziegler, and Secretary Annmarie Nicora. The ex-officio members are CEE Director Mona Grigsby-Suarez, CEE Director Emeritus Father William Fickel SSS, and Provincial Father John Thomas Lane SSS. The council representatives from the province’s Aggregation branches are from Northeast Ohio, San Antonio, New York City, Houston, the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, the Diocese of Orlando, and the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in Waterville, Maine. (Sometimes a representative from Norwalk, CT, and Albuquerque, NM, join us too.)
We have set meaningful goals and collaborated to complete important tasks. We look forward to continuing to support and serve one another as the Eymardian family. Together, our experiences and gifts strengthen our Aggregation community as we live out the Eucharistic charism with conviction and joy.
New Aggregation Welcomed Members in Holiday, Florida
On Saturday, October 24, 2026, the parish community of Saint Vincent de Paul, Holiday, Florida, welcomes newly formed Aggregation members into the Eymard Family. In a unique collaboration, members of this Aggregation group will join the Martyrs in Vietnam Province of the Eymard Family because they speak Vietnamese. Blessed Sacrament Father and Parochial Vicar Martin Hien Tran SSS received the 15 new members’ promises in a special celebration following the Mass. The photo…also shows the local SSS superior, Joseph Thai Minh Tran SSS, and Father Joseph Kiet Nguyen SSS, who gave the Mission Appeal for the SSS Students in Vietnam. Congratulations and welcome into the Eymard Family!
Passionist Community Welcomes Brother Matthew
On Friday, October 23, 2026, Brother Matthew Vlastelica SSS, our student preparing for ordination to the priesthood, arrived safely in Chicago, Illinois, after traveling from Australia. He lives across the street from Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in the Passionists Community Student House.
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-Please Keep in Your Prayers – Father Ernest Falardeau SSS
