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Blessed Sacrament Mission
Elk, California

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Blessed Sacrament Mission
Elk, California

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Blessed Sacrament Mission
Elk, California

Blessed Sacrament Mission Church

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.  


Church History 


Cuffey's Cove Catholic Cemetery

Blessed Sacrament Mission Church

5750 S Highway 1, Elk, CA 95432

(707) 877-3275 (please leave message)

Hours and Mass Times

Mass Times:


Saturday:   4 PM (ordinary form)


Sunday: 10 AM (extraordinary form)

 

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


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Rosary Prayer Mondays at 6 PM Pacific Time

Information

Monday evenings at 6 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 just before 6 PM:  602-580-9514


When prompted, enter this code: 8089124


The host will recite the prayers and you are invited to respond.  Audio only!


This week our prayers will be for a special friend recently diagnosed with liver cancer and for a breakthrough in treatment for this condition.


Current Mass Schedule

We're OPEN!

 

Hello everyone!  I hope you all are doing well as we progress into 2021! 


Hopefully we might be able to soon turn the corner and come out of this health crisis.  


The Bishop has allowed us, following the recent Supreme Court decision, to return to church for our weekend Sunday Masses.


Saturday 4 pm Mass continues at Blessed Sacrament Mission in Elk.


We are also coming up on Lent and Ash Wednesday will be here on February 17th year.   On Ash Wednesday we will have Masses at 8:30am as well as a 5:30pm both held in the church.


We normally receive extra booklets for following the Mass during Lent so anyone who would like is welcome to take one home to follow the daily readings during Lent as well as the meditations that are provided. 


Thank you all so dearly for your financial support during these difficult times. It is most dearly appreciated.   We also received a very positive response to our Appeal Letter - for a mailing of this sort we received a fairly high percentage of response.   Likewise donations were given from across the country as well as across the community.   Again, thank you for your generosity! 


During Lent I will try doing a weekly ‘sermonette’ - a 3-5 minute video on the Gospel of the following Sunday.   Look for these in your email boxes on consecutive Thursday’s. 


These are trying times but we must remain steadfast in our Faith. God is greater than our difficulties and He has called us to something greater!   Let us be mindful as well of those vulnerable in our community and let us pray for their psychological, moral and physical welfare. 


You all remain present in my daily prayers.   Hopefully before too long we will all be reunited in our parish here.  May God bless you all!


~ Fr Rob

 

Donations

Many expenses of our Parishes continue during this time of "shelter in place" during the Covid-19 virus parish closures.    You can donate by Venmo (click this link) or by PayPal (button below) or by mailing a check to either Parish (see addresses below).

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Donations to Parishes

For donations to Blessed Sacrament, make checks payable to Blessed Sacrament and mail to:


Blessed Sacrament Church 

PO Box 28

Elk California  95432

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Our Pastor

Father Robert "Rob" Torczynski

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


Our Parishes

St. Anthony's Parish in Mendocino, CA

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St. Anthony's Webpage

Blessed Sacrament in Elk, CA

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Blessed Sacrament Webpage

Mass and Vespers in Latin

Father Arsenius, the resident Hermit Priest of the Annunciation Hermitage at Blessed Sacrament Church in Elk, CA, presents the Mass and vespers in Latin. 


You do not need a Facebook account to view this just click "Not Now" when you are asked for a log on.  


On the sidebar on the Facebook page, select "Videos" to view  recordings of Masses or other religious services.


Click here to Visit the Blessed Sacrament Facebook page


Click on Father Arsenius' image to visit his Facebook Page

For Latin Mass Schedule

Traditional Latin Mass Schedule

News

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"


 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. 

Organist Visit at Blessed Sacrament

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"

Before the Coronavirus forced these lockdowns, we had a special visitor to the Church and he provided us with a tune on our historic organ.  Click the image to listen to it.

Bishop Vasa's Message of Hope

KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"

Bishop Vasa's Message of Hope

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.

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Donations

Catholic Movie Suggestions

Catholic Movie Suggestions

Click the image to donate to help our Parishes "keep the lights on" while Masses are suspended during this period of "shelter in place".


Go To Donations

Catholic Movie Suggestions

Catholic Movie Suggestions

Catholic Movie Suggestions

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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EWTN Daily Mass

Catholic Movie Suggestions

EWTN Daily Mass

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Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

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.

Windsor Chapel-model Reed Organ, Built in Chicago c. 1900

"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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Cuffeys' Cove Catholic Cemetery

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Diocese of Santa Rosa
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