The visit to the Bishop resulted in Father Martin Fallon being asked to establish a Mission in Morton. The Mission was a success with two Masses celebrated each Sunday in the Morton Civic Building on Jefferson Street. Later, the use of the old township hall was given to the Catholic Mission and a "permanent" chapel was set up which accommodated sixty people. The Altar and Rosary and Holy Name Societies were started.

Shortly after Father Gould's arrival, the sought-after property for a church was found, and the current seven and one-half acres of church property was purchased by the Diocese and given to the Mission. The Morton Mission became Blessed Sacrament with Father Gould as the first pastor.

Ground was broken for the present school on March 17, 1957. The building accomodated a chapel as well as school classrooms and a parish hall. It served the new parish of 150 families well. When the building was completed in 1958, the parish chapel was moved. Two of the current classrooms served as a chapel and six classrooms were provided for the school.

With the completion of the school building, a convent was started to accomodate teaching Sisters. In 1958 the School Sisters of Notre Dame from Mequin, Wisconsin arrived. The new Blessed Sacrament School opened in September of 1958 with 141 students and four teaching Sisters. All eight grades were taught, two to a classroom.

The church Building Committee was formed in 1961. With a real need for church space, a building fund pledged, and Finance and Building committess functioning, it was decided to go ahead with plans for the current church building. Final approval for the new church was given in February of 1963 by the Bishop.

In June of 1963, Father E. F. Carney, Blessed Sacrament's first assistant arrived. The church was completed in 1964 and was dedicated by Bishop Franz on June 7th. In February of 1965, Father Gould was transferred.

Blessed Sacrament's second paster was Fr. George Wuellner. Fr. Wuellner guided his young parish through the changes that were decreed by the Second Vatican Council. Fr. Wuellner is remembered for his warmth and pastoral sensitivity. The Morton area continued to grow and the parish school regularly had an enrollment of over three hundred, but Blessed Sacrament struggled under the debt incurred from all the construction of the early 60's.

Father Eugene L. Finnell came to our parish on June 15, 1972. During Fr. Finnell's twenty-eight years at our parish, he was known as an excellent administrator. The parish debt was finally retired during the late 1970s. During the pastorate of Fr. Finnell, Blessed Sacrament doubled in size. Tom Moran became the first permanent deacon at Blessed Sacrament in 1992. A new rectory was constructed in the Fall of 1999. Fr. Finnell retired in June of 2000 and was named Pastor Emeritus. He continues to serve our parish by presiding at liturgies throughout the year.

Fr. Mark A. DeSutter became the fourth pastor at Blessed Sacrament in the Spring of 2000. Fr. DeSutter came to Blessed Sacrament after serving for twelve years in campus ministry at the University of Illinois and later at Western Illinois University. The parish now has approximately 1100 families, 210 children enrolled in the Blessed Sacrament School and 325 in religious education for public school.