Through my time as a volunteer at Blessed Sacrament, St. Polycarp, but primarily St. Barbara, I've been able to see a lot of brokenness, not only in the communities I serve but also in the people who I serve alongside. What has been a constant reminder for myself is the old church saying: "The Church isn't a museum for saints but a hospital for sinners." In a strange way, our imperfections are a clear indication that God is leading and not us. "I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:32) With St. Barbara, being my main parish, I definitely resonate with some details shared with a particular review here. I understand, have seen, and even dealt with some difficulties myself. With that I'll say that I am happy that the parishioner has been able to find a "landing spot" at Blessed Sacrament and would like to reassure them (and anyone reading) that we have a younger generation of leaders coming up who are currently sincerely (and imperfectly) fighting the good fight and pursuing holiness at St. Barbara. Until then, I'll also second what that reviewer had to say about Blessed Sacrament. It is led by a great pastor and a strong Youth Ministry team. Any leader who comes from their Anchored Youth Ministry is solid in faith and compassionate by default. I find myself coming here to be a participant to get my own nourishment and would highly recommend everyone else to as well. As for the Mass. Highly recommend. 10/10 would do it again (every week of course)... at any parish in our One, Holy, and Apostolic Catholic Church (all Masses are the same after all). read more

Why do they always want MONEY. Anywho I asked if I can get tiny bit of ashes so I can have my sister can put it on him. He is NOT able to walk or get in a car. He has trouble with his legs. Person who answer the phone told me. That it's not allowed to give ashes out. I told her covid time I did he tiny cup of ashes due to both of my parents where sick with covid. Now I can get any for my dad for ash Wednesday. Unless I pay someone from the church to give to him. My dad is on hospice my mom passed away 4 months ago. You would think catholic church would step in and help. My parent been going there for YEARS. we had few wedding held there. So glad I don't go there anymore. read more

It is the most peaceful catholic church I have ever attended. Great community, happy parishioners, and great priests.

I have never actually been to mass here. I've always visited the statue of Mother Mary and I've been to confession here a couple of times. Basically, I'm only here when I'm in the area. I do feel at peace when I am here. For me, the attraction is the Mary statue. I don't know what it is but something about Mary being surrounded by all those fresh flowers brings serenity. It could be easily overlooked because it's tucked away in the corner but I feel people should visit there for even just 5 minutes. It'll make you feel at ease. read more

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This Parish is Beautiful and reminds of the days back in Western Day. Small Church but it makes you feel like home. The people there are very friendly and always very helpful to the community especially when people who are need of help of food or water come. They always offer them refreshments and even listen to them talk. I will continue to go to this parish! read more

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I am a regular parishioner and attend mass on Sunday's. I went to mass on Ash Wednesday even though I had a bit of a cough. Once inside it started to fill up. I started to have a small cough, so I stepped outside to get some air. My family stayed inside. To my disbelief the doors were locked from inside and not allowing people to enter. I was in shock this is the house of God and should welcome everyone. Luckily, I had my purse and car keys. I had to stay in my car in the cold for an hour waiting for my family to hear mass. During this time I saw lots of families that were running to attend mass and sadly walking back to their cars and leaving. How sad that the Catholic Church our church is pushing people away? Now I realized why people leave and go to other religions. I recently have been disappointed with Father Douglas and do not to attend his masses he is rude and comes across cold. Unfortunately, I have started to see other options as I have noticed that the Catholic Church is not what it used to be. read more

So every year this church have a carnival So I called today to see what time the band will be playing and girl doesn't know NOTHING. All she told me. Was yes we have carnival right now No I don't know whos playing or what time anything going on!! HUMMMMM! if I worked at a office. Like that wouldn't. You tink I should get some info about what's going on here!! wtf!! Dunce! read more

This review is in regards to the wedding ceremony staff.. if you dont want to read the entire review all you need to know is they ruined my ceremony and i would never ever want any couple to feel the way we felt on our wedding day and the weeks after. i cant even watch the video of our ceremony because it brings me to tears it was so awful. if i could give negative stars i would! We were very excited to find a church that seemed to be low maintenance in regards to the wedding ceremony process and charge a minimal fee compared to surrounding churches... well i guess its true you get what you pay for! we were assigned a church coordinator which was very disorganized. Every time we met with her i only got more confused about what we were supposed to do. i like to know exactly what procedures are going to happen during a wedding and there was no clear outline. we confirmed with her we could bring in our own music and decor. i asked for clear instructions on dos/donts as i wanted to honor the church. We met with our first priest and really liked him. 3 weeks before our ceremony he called us to tell us that he was no longer with the parish and was going to reassign our wedding. we asked for a priest that spoke english clearly as we had many spanish speakers attending the wedding and older family members that have hearing loss so the clearer the mass the better. the priest we got made us come down for yet another interview. he checked our paper work and was going to dismiss us without even asking us any questions or finding anything out about us. i objected and made sure he found out details about us. he seemed to be not interested in understanding us or personalizing the ceremony his exact words were "its a basic and stard 35 mins in and out" sorry but my only wedding should not be standard or basic! at this time i provided all of the readings and information they needed for the ceremony in written format. the day of rehearsal was a complete mess. the church coordinator was very unclear about what we were supposed to do. rushed us and said it would all workout the next day (red flag!!!! i should have put my foot down to slow down and have a proper rehersal) Wedding day: 10 minutes before our ceremony is supposed to start i recieved a text that the priest didnt have our readings (what are you kidding???) thank God! i had taken pictures and notes and had my phone on me in the limo as i waited for my grand entrance. the church coordinator started my ceremony 10 mins early and many of my guests missed my grand entrance she rushed my wedding party down the aisle and didnt allow my wedding party to enter how i had wanted and instructed. my flower girl was so sad that she didnt get to slowly walk down to the song we had selected for her. i then was told i had to hurry down the aisle but refused as it was my wedding day. i was told the priest was waiting at the altar even though i had paid for an hour of his time and we started 10 mins early! The ceremony: what a complete mess... the priest skipped readings i had bridesmaids that had practiced that never got to read the ceremony was completely out of order. his sermon was quite offensive as he told my husband to love my face in the morning because no woman wakes up looking like she does on her wedding day! i was going to pronounce us husband and wife before we were allowed to do our own vows and before we presented the virgin with flowers. he forgot our last name and he still pronounced us husband and wife and then said that we had prayers for each other to receit. no! we had prepared our vows. vows that i had carefully crafted for my husband as we stood there with a lasso in union in front of God and our family. at the end we were stopped before our grand exit and our witnesses had to sign our liscense. of course the priest was no where to be found as he ran off the altar as soon as his portion was done as if we were keeping him from some appointment as i was landed in europe to start our honeymoon i received a call from the church that the correct paper work had not been signed. Again another error by the church. We were very intentional about who signed our license as it meant the world to us to have my mother and his fathers signature on it. of course at this point we had to find whomever could go down to sign it. upon entering the church my sister and brother overheard the staff discussing our wedding and the staff was speaking ill of us. last time i checked its a church they shouldnt be passing judgement or talking about people!!!!!!! the day that i had been dreaming of my entire life was completely ruined by the staff here. it was a nightmare. i cant even watch the video b/c it makes me so mad. i would have rather not been married in the catholic church if it meant i had an officiant that cared about us and our union. i feel like they "serviced us" quickly to get the "job" done for our $500 read more

What a beautiful little church! It has the best stained glass and beautiful hanging lamps. It makes you feel a little bit of heaven just to be there! Kind and caring priests. Wonderful outreach to the needy also. I am so happy that this is my church! read more

We have had a loved one who is a member of the church just pass away and the church was not comforting, warm or compassionate with us. We had a date for the priest to come out and sit with my family member before she passed and then pulled a "no-show". I had to go to another catholic church and ask if they could do something for us, and within a few hours the priest from Blessed Sacrament showed up at a my loved ones bedside. After my loved one had passed, my mother called the church to make funeral arrangements and was told "You're not Catholic? Well even if you are not Catholic, God will save a place for you." Are you kidding me!!!!! We are devoted Christians. This was VERY insensitive and VERY unprofessional. Whoever it was in administration on the phone with my mother does not represent the church well at all. When the morning came for the funeral and we were told to be there by a certain time and to have the coach and loved one there at a certain time........we waited for 20-30 minutes before anyone was there to greet us. I could go on and on about the things that have gone wrong, but anyone reading this has surely gotten the picture by now. I respect the Catholic religion very much and have attended many masses, but I truly feel that as Christians we all believe in God, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.......one form of Christian belief should consider themselves better than another. read more

Let me start by saying I didn't even want to give a star but had to at least put 1 in order to begin. My review is on their so called BINGO.... What a nightmare!!! I have been playing bingo for over 35 years. I have played bingo all across our wonderful states. This is by far the WORST bingo I have ever been to... I am going to try and keep this short but I have so much to say... To start, the temperature was almost 100 yesterday and there in NO AC, and bingo is in the gym... Not very helpful at all... old fashioned hand held machines that you have to punch the #'s in and you can't even see what you have/or don't have. 2 machine helpers (very helpful) but alot of machine issues. Very un-even speeds of calling, can't keep up with machine and paper at times because of the different speeds. First night with new calling machine and put a trainee caller on. What the heck!! I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. They handed out $5.00 bingo bucks to everyone and we just gave ours away. We will never refer this bingo or return. Very disappointing and an awful way to start off my birthday week of bingo, by the way, their birthday discount was a card for the next week, I gave that away as well, I wouldn't return, even if they paid me. It was pretty sad... read more

I love this church! My family and I have been attending this church for 40+ years. We've had many special events throughout the years and have always been happy with the services. Everyone is always nice and welcoming! read more

I been coming to this church my whole life with my family and friends, always loved it more then any other church since it holds so much value to me and my family. The priests were very helpful, even to those who aren't catholic, although things have been changing lately between new priests and all here plenty of parking. I still go to the gym that they have to play volleyball or basketball with friends since long ago, but no AC though, bingo nights are pretty cool and huge prices if your lucky. read more

One of my favorite churches. I've been coming here for years and always feel welcomed. It's truly a spiritual place to be.

Very loving community and priests. We love Blessed Sacrament and feel so blessed and lucky to have found this church. Good, humble people and everyone is welcome. Definitely a prime example of Catholic values. read more

I played bingo here last night. In short I yelled bingo a worker yelled my bingo for me as well. The manager Loren said the caller didn't hear me she couldn't have she wasn't paying attention (a bingo player told me she was talking to someone else ) she called another number and they said I couldn't collect what I had won because of that. The whole night the caller was making errors (we are not perfect) that's ok though. I paid money to play fair and square to them how can you cheat someone due to your own negligence. I also gave the worker a donation and it was never announced where did that go?? Several players were upset and witnessed what had happened and even complained that it was not fair. People if you play there pay attention and do not donate to them directly give it to the church. read more

I am a parent at Blessed Sacrament School for 12 years. The school is a great school and the principal and teachers are great also. It took us many years to finally raised enough money to fix the grass field. Currently the grass field is not ready for kids to play on due to the newly grown grass have not matured and strongly rooted yet. But the parish allowed parishioners to park cars on the field. I find this irresponsible behavior extremely disturbing. Blessed Sacrament Church needs to have better parking attendants working during church activities. I feel that many hours, days, months, even years of hard work from the students, parents, and parishioners is wasted! This is a horrible action from bad management of the Blessed Sacrament Church! $20,000 plus could have been spent on other needs for the school, instead, the church spent it on the grass field and have no plan to keep it up. What a waste of money! I pray that the church will be more responsible with the hard earn money donated from the parishioners. read more