Blessed Sacrament Organ Project

The 112-year-old Church of the Blessed Sacrament has never seen the installation of a permanent pipe organ . . . until now.

With a long history of music and liturgical excellence, and emerging from COVID-19 pandemic restriction, a renewed vision for the music department was envisioned. Critical to this new vision, which seeks to engage substantially with volunteer singers of all ages, is the installation of a substantial, fully equipped pipe organ. Though the church has housed two organs for many decades, they are both too small to serve their purpose, and in the case of one, have become mechanically unreliable.

Working collaboratively, the staff, the friars, an independent third-party consultant, and a group of volunteers have proposed a two-phase plan to both support our already bourgeoning music program and plan for its future expansion. This plan also completes the major architectural vision for our church to house magnificent instruments. The first phase – to install a neo-classical organ in the loft and commission the building of a small portable organ for use wherever needed – is well underway, with an appropriate instrument found, tested, and purchased with existing funds, and a builder for the small organ selected. The second phase – to install a larger organ in the chancel chambers – will be triggered by agreed upon metrics for performance growth, likely in the next 10-20 years.