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Blessed Sacrament Church is a Roman Catholic Parish committed to worshiping God and serving Jesus Christ.
For more information about our diocese filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for reorganization, please visit: www.RCDA.org/reorganization
The upcoming Masses in Urdu on Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM will be held on:
12 March 2023
19 March
2 April – Palm Sunday
9 April – Easter Sunday
23 April – 3rd Sunday of Easter
March 25 at 6:00 PM – Sung Calvary Service in the Church, followed by dinner in the Blessed Sacrament School Gym
During Lent – Stations of the Cross in Urdu every Friday at 6:00 PM
Tea & Short Reads

This 6-week series of discussions (and tea!) will explore a different short story or poem each week.
commitment, life & death, childhood, and war. Discussion will be facilitated by
Rev. Daniel Quinn, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church.
- Mar. 8 – “Leaf by Niggle” – https://wp.lps.org/mpayant/files/2010/08/LEAF-BY-NIGGLE.pdf
- Mar. 15 – “The Man Who Planted Trees” – https://kugelmass.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/the_man_who_planted_trees.pdf
- (Or Christpher Plummer could read it to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybeK8mTlOTk)
- Mar. 22 – “The Hound of Heaven” – http://www.houndofheaven.com/poem
- Mar. 29 – “Lepanto” – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47917/lepanto
- April 5 – “The River” – https://www.doxaweb.com/assets/The_River.pdf
- April 12 – “Parker’s Back” – https://jpcatholic.edu/NCUpdf/courses/HUMA122-ParkersBack.pdf
Mass is Livestreamed on our FaceBook page
at 9:00 am on Sunday.
You do not need a Facebook account to watch!
Sunday Masses are available on our YouTube channel by 10:30 am on Sunday morning.
Fifth Sunday of Lent – March 26, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Lent – March 2023
Third Sunday of Lent – March 2023
Second Sunday of Lent – March 2023
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 2023
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 2023
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 2023
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 2023
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 2023
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 2023
The Epiphany of The Lord – January 2023
Our Parish Office is open weekdays 9 am – 4 pm
The church is open daily from 7 am – 2 pm for private prayer.
Financial Contributions
Donate once, or set up automatic donations to Blessed Sacrament, our School, our Food Pantry, and the Sister Maureen Joyce Center, through VANCO’s secure website: https://secure.myvanco.com/YHAN/home
To request year-end statements for tax purposes, please contact us!
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Church of the Blessed Sacrament
607 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 482-3375
Office Hours
Weekdays 9 am - 4 p, Closed Civil HolidaysMass Times
- Monday - 7:00 am
- Tuesday - 12 Noon, followed by Adoration, Confession, & Benediction at 1:30
- Wednesday - 7:00 am
- Thursday - 12 Noon, followed by Adoration, Confession, & Benediction at 1:30
- Friday - May -> October: 7:00 PM, 6-7 Holy Hour;
- Winter -> Lent: Noon (during Lent, followed by Stations of the Cross)
- First Saturdays - 8:00 Adoration, 9:00 Mass
- Saturday Anticipated Mass - 4:00 pm
- Sunday - 9:00am,
- 6:00 pm in Urdu 1st & 3rd Sundays
Faith Formation Every Other Sunday 10-11:15
Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas
273 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 465-3685
Mass Times
- Sunday 9:00 am - English
- Sunday 11:00 am - Spanish
- Friday 6:30 pm - Spanish