Reconnecting with Our History in the Southwest USA!
by John Thomas Lane SSS The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (SSS) first came to the southwestern United States in 1948 with the mission to start a Blessed Sacrament Shrine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our first priests began this shrine and were quickly applauded for their pastoral zeal and interactions with the lay people to […]
Houston Associates Join for a Retreat Day Followed by Parish Mission
On March 22, 2025 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Houston, Texas, the Spanish- speaking and English-speaking Associates enjoyed a retreat day. For the English-speaking group (29 attended), Father Lane gave an icebreaker and brief history of the Project of Life and its return to the title Saint Peter Julian Eymard gave the document. He […]
The Congregation’s History in San Antonio, Texas / 125th Anniversary in San Antonio / Nocturnal Adoration Society
The Congregation’s History in the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament began ministering in Saint Joseph Parish, Downtown San Antonio, on October 4, 1982…. In 1868, German settlers built the present-day church. They chose San Antonio’s main, busy street, East Commerce, which, in the 1800s, was a center of activity […]
Catholic Schools Week at SPB / Province Associates Quarterly Meeting / Father Superior General and General Consultor to make their Canonical Visit to the USA
Catholic Schools Week at Saint Paschal Baylon Every Catholic Schools Week across the country interesting events celebrate the beauty of our formation in these hallmark schools. Saint Paschal Baylon, Highland Heights, celebrated with a few extra events, including Vocation Days. On Monday, January 26, the…PSR students were able to hear a panel representing the vocations […]
Father Norman Pelletier’s Retreat Presentation / Rule of Life Retreat Summary Document
Father Norman Pelletier’s Retreat Presentation Highland Heights, Ohio By Rosalie Lewis, Associate at Saint Paschal Baylon Parish On December 7, 2024, 25 Associates met for our annual NE Ohio Retreat. Our presenter, Father Norman Pelletier SSS, started the day at 12:30 PM with his first talk on the difference between reliquaries and monstrances. … We […]
LITE Parish Mission-Austin, Texas / Renewal of Associate Promises-Ohio / Young People Inducted as Associates-Tampa, Florida
Life in the Eucharist Parish Mission in Austin, Texas Saint Vincent de Paul Parish, Austin, Texas, welcomed our provincial Father John Thomas Lane SSS for a parish Eucharistic Advent Mission. The four-day event occurred in this large parish of 5,000 families, with a large diocesan Catholic Elementary and Catholic high school on their 35-acre campus. […]
New Parochial Vicar, Father Louis Demba Ndione SSS / Highlights from the 2024 Eymard Pilgrimage
A note from our new Parochial Vicar, Father Louis Demba Ndione SSS I am glad to share these few lines as a short bio of my life journey. I am Louis Demba Ndione, born on December 3, 1988, in a village called Fande ne in Thies in Se ne gal. I wanted to become a […]
Funeral Homily of Fr. Michael J Arkins SSS / FDLC Annual Liturgy Convention Report
Funeral Homily of Fr. Michael James Arkins SSS (1945–2024) by Father John Thomas Lane SSS, Provincial Superior and Pastor I met Father Michael Arkins at our Provincial Chapter in April 1988 in Burlingame, California. I was the first novice to ever get to go to a provincial chapter. … My novice master said, “Help this […]
Notes and Photos of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador
Highlights and Photos by Father John Thomas Lane SSS from the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador For the first time, the Sacramentinos Americas Conference (members from the three provinces of USA – Argentina/Brazil/Chilé – Colombia/Peru) gathered during the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress. The provincials, Father Carlos Sierra Rodriguez SSS (Colombia), Father Marcelo Silva SSS […]
International Eucharistic Congress in Ecuador
The USA SSS Delegation arrives safely Friday morning – Father John Thomas Lane SSS, Co-Director of the CEE & Associate Mona Grigsby-Suarez and Father Jaime Ario Rodriguez Reyes SSS (stationed in Houston but on loan from the Columbian province)…. We met for a walking tour to register for the International Eucharistic Congress, meeting with the […]
