Houston’s Hispanic Community Hosts a Life in the Eucharist Retreat / La comunidad hispana de Houston organiza un retiro sobre la Vida en la Eucaristía
Houston’s Hispanic Community Hosts a Life in the Eucharist Retreat By Mona Grigsby-Suárez, Director of the Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing On Sunday, March 22, 2026, some 60 persons representing the Hispanic Community at our Blessed Sacrament Corpus Christi Parish in Houston, Texas, gathered to share in a Life in the Eucharist retreat offered in Spanish. […]
Orlando Diocese Life in the Eucharist Team Presents
Orlando Diocese Life in the Eucharist Team Presents at Saint Vincent de Paul, Holiday, Florida By Diana McGinty, Orlando Diocese LITE Team Twenty-three members of the Orlando Diocese’s Life in the Eucharist team, led by Father George Dunne SSS, presented the 2-day program to approximately 45 attendees from the Saint Vincent de Paul parish in […]
10 Days and A Million Blessings in San Antonio / 10 días y un millón de bendiciones en San Antonio
10 Days and A Million Blessings in San Antonio By Mona Grigsby-Súarez, Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing I arrived in San Antonio on Thursday evening. I was greeted with the familiar, warm Eymardian family hospitality, as demonstrated by Father Arul Tharcius Dhairiam (from our SSS Indian Province) and Father Anthony Trang Pham (from our SSS Viet […]
Another Visit to Our History Foundations in Australia
By John Thomas Lane SSS, Provincial After my time in Uganda, I spent a few days visiting our two foundations in Australia. My goal was to conduct pastoral planning and research with the Blessed Sacrament Community (SSS) men religious, based on our shared similarities and needs; learn about the affiliate vocation program; and look forward […]
Life in the Eucharist Weekend Corpus Christi Parish in Houston, Texas
By Mona Grigsby-Suarez One of my responsibilities as the Director of the Congregation’s Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing is to support our Spanish-speaking members across our various Blessed Sacrament parishes in enriching their spirituality and knowledge of our Eymardian charism. In response to Father Sekar’s invitation, I organized a weekend visit to Houston, Texas, for the […]
“Most, Welcome, Most Grateful” – Returning to Our SSS Uganda Foundation
In 1959, the Province of Saint Ann (USA), Blessed Sacrament religious (SSS) first came to Masaka, Uganda. They were invited by the local bishop and the Superior General, Godfrey Spiekman SSS, from Rome to establish a parish community. (Uganda is a country on the equator in Eastern Africa, hovering over the second-largest freshwater lake in […]
Florida Fun: Our Last 125th Celebration and Other Events
By John Thomas Lane SSS, Provincial Blessed Sacrament Community Canonical Visit From Thursday, December 4, to Saturday, December 6, I had the privilege of hosting a community meeting at Saint Vincent de Paul in Holiday, Florida. Four men, two American province members, one Filipino province member, and one Vietnamese province member make up this special […]
New Members join the Aggregation / Father General Addresses the Members of the USA Aggregation / New SSS Parochial Vicar Arrives
New Members join the Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament by Greg Dufour, Province Aggregation Council Chair and Local Leader, Houston, Texas This summer, the Associates of the Blessed Sacrament returned to the original name penned by our founder, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, the third branch of his “society,” the Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament. Recently, […]
Quarterly Associates Meeting / Canonical Visit of Father General Ends
Quarterly Associates Meeting Features Uganda Foundation In this 125th Anniversary year, the Province of Saint Ann has placed a strong emphasis on its rich history, with a particular focus on the missionary spirit that has permeated the province. The USA men founded communities which became provinces in Australia, the Philippines, Great Britain and Ireland, Vietnam, […]
The Last Week with the Superior General in the Province of Saint Ann
The three-week-long canonical visitation of the Province of Saint Ann (USA) with Superior General Father Philip Benzy Romician, SSS continued from August 25 – 30 with a crisscrossing of the USA to visit Associates in two communities that do not have religious of the Blessed Sacrament present, and also the first foundation of the province […]