Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

SOAR! Visits / Open House for New Aggregation Members in New York

SOAR! Visits to See Their Grants Fulfilled

We are always grateful to our benefactors and sponsors who help us with our various projects, staffing, and other needs of our religious life, especially for our international and senior religious. One organization that has supported us for over 10 years is called SOAR! – Support Our Aging Religious! (Yes, there is an exclamation point in the name- initials.) This organization, founded in the 1980s, is independent from the Catholic church or religious orders/institutes.

Photo: SOAR! Site visit with left to right Father Lane SSS, our Provincial, Sister Kathleen from SOAR!, Carol Kelley, PhD, our nurse, Father Roger Bourgeois SSS, Bethany Center resident, Ray Frato, SSS Maintenance Supervisor, Paula Beatrez, Accountant and grant writer, Kristen from SOAR and Fr Joseph Kiet Nguyen SSS, local superior. Not available for the photo, Brother Gary LaVerdiere SSS, House Manager

Open House for New Aggregation Members in New York and Chance to Visit with the New Pastor

On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, our Center for Eucharistic Evangelization Director (CEE) Mona Grigsby-Suarez and Provincial and pastor-elect Father John Thomas Lane SSS were invited to make a presentation to 25 candidates for the Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament and their discernment at our Blessed Sacrament parish, Église Saint Jean Baptiste, New York, NY. One of the interesting takes for the evening: they were also invited by the current pastor, Father John Kamas SSS, to be more intentionally part of the parish’s life as a young adult group.

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Articles continue – Read more in Grapevine 2026-11 pdf