Provincial Updates
Who We Are?
The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament was founded in Paris, France, in the year 1856, by Saint Peter Julian Eymard. As he searched for response to the needs and challenges of his time, he found the answer in the love of God manifested in a special way in the Eucharist. Inspired by this sacrament, he inaugurated a new way of life in the church, one completely shaped by the Eucharist celebrated, contemplated, and lived in communion.
We are a Catholic religious congregation who answer’s the call of God, by sharing the riches of God’s love manifested in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the center of our life and faith, a Sacrament and a Sacrifice, the Eucharist is Christ; it has the power to transform society and in all people. For the Eucharist is the royal truth of faith; it is the virtue and sovereign act of love, the whole of religion in action. Our founder, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, understood this and proclaimed it with his whole heart and being. All his life, he searched for an answer to the deep spiritual hungers of his day, and he discovered it in the Eucharist.