We are pleased that you are visiting our website to learn more about our lovely little church. Visitors to our church and community will always receive a warm and heartfelt welcome.
We are a very small congregation striving to attend to the spiritual needs of our small Catholic community as well as visitors from wherever they may come.
Blessed Sacrament Mission Church is situated on the ocean bluff with magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean.
5750 S Highway 1, Elk, CA 95432
(707) 877-3275 (please leave message)
Mass Times:
Saturday: 4 PM (ordinary form)
Sunday: 10 AM (extraordinary form - Traditional Latin Mass)
Please wear masks and practice social distancing from those not in your immediate household.
Pastor:
Father Robert "Rob" Torczynski
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
On Saturday, May 21. Father Rob will celebrate his Silver Anniversary of his Ordination. Our parish will honor him with a potluck at 1 PM, followed by celebration of the Mass at 4 PM.
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa, is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.
The Black Madonna can be found both in Catholic and Orthodox countries and so represents a unifying figure especially during this troubled time of war and suffering. Pray the Rosary and ask for the Blessed Mother to intervene and warm cold hearts and return peace to all good people in Ukraine and Russia and everywhere where people are suffering.
For centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the entire month of Mary to honor Mary, Mother of God. Not just a day in May, mind you, but the entire month.
Monday evenings at 5:45 PM you are invited to pray the Rosary on a conference call with the parishioners of St. Anthony's and Blessed Sacrament Parishes in Mendocino County California.
Dial this number: 602-580-9514 When prompted, enter this code: 8089124
We meet from 5:45 to 6 PM to discuss Catholic issues and prayer requests, then start praying the Rosary promptly at 6 PM.
We rotate the Mysteries weekly (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, Glorious) and the host will introduce each decade. If you want to lead the prayers within a decade (Our Father, 10 Hail Mary's, Glory Be), just let us know which decade you'd like to lead.
Click here to learn How to Pray the Rosary
We want to keep our Parish open and available to visitors to the Mendocino Coast. We are a small congregation and welcome visitors throughout the year to our Masses. But expenses continue when people aren't visiting. Please help with a donation to our Parish.
You can donate by Venmo (click this link) or by PayPal (button below) or by mailing a check to our Parish (see addresses below).
For donations to Blessed Sacrament by check, make your check payable to Blessed Sacrament and mail to:
Blessed Sacrament Church
PO Box 28
Elk California 95432
Blessed Sacrament Mission Church
Many people have asked about where I come from so I thought I would give you a little bio of myself.
I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964. My father grew up in Chicago and was fascinated by electronics in his youth and went to work in avionics for American Airlines. He worked first in New York at La Guardia and then in Tulsa since the principal maintenance base for American was located there. My mother is from the South and her family goes back to Revolutionary times. She met my dad while working at La Guardia and entered the Catholic Church five years after they were married. We lived in Tulsa on Route 66 on an acreage my father had bought. Our parish, seven miles away, was run by the Polish Capuchins, the same ethnicity as my father.
I went to parochial school and public school and then to Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa. After graduating, I went with friends to the University of Kansas. It was there that I discovered Professor John Senior and his Great Books Program. There was also a swell of Catholic activity and I greatly deepened Faith as a student there. He recommended that I spend time in a Benedictine Abbey and suggested Fontgombault in France. I spent nine months there and was proposed the Carthusian life. The Carthusian Order imitates the solitary life of the monks in the desert. I practiced this life for 28 years most of which were in France and then came out of the life mainly for health reasons dealing with sleep apnea, fatigue, stress and tension.
I spent a year teaching St John’s Seminary in Camarillo, Ca and then 18 months at Mission San Miguel in the Central Coast region. This last year I was the chaplain at the Newman Center at Sonoma State Univ. while residing and helping out at the cathedral of St Eugene.
I am happy to be with you all here as we walk together in our Faith coming closer to God as a community each day.
Peace be with you, Fr Rob
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Father Arsenius, the resident Hermit Priest of the Annunciation Hermitage at Blessed Sacrament Church in Elk, CA, presents the Mass and vespers in Latin.
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The first American parish priest to be beatified, McGivney will soon be declared "blessed." An additional miracle would need to be attributed to him in order for McGivney to be canonized as a saint, the Vatican said.
Bishop Vasa and the Priests, Deacons, Principals and Parishioners from across the Diocese offer a message of Hope in the Easter Season. Click on the image to read it.
Click the image to donate to help our Parishes "keep the lights on" while Masses are suspended during this period of "shelter in place".
Consider checking out these movies that are suggested by the Knights of Columbus for inspiration. The KofC provides a study guide to accompany each of the suggested movies and a synopsis of the plots. Coming soon: how to stream or view these movies at home.
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Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the Divine Power of God,
cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
"Chorale" from the “12 Original Compositions for the Organ or Harmonium” by Alfred Redhead (1855-1937). Expertly played by Michael Hendron, recorded March 14, 2020. Used with permission.
This is the original organ in Blessed Sacrament Church; another modern organ is near the sanctuary.
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Join us as we pray the Rosary each week. Dial -in at 5:45 PM for 15 minutes of sharing. The Rosary starts at 6 PM.
Dial this number: 602-580-9514
When prompted, enter this code: 8089124