Pastor

Fr. John Ludanha

Father John Ludanha was born and raised in Tanzania. He came to the United States in 2009 as a Seminarian and attended Mundelein Seminary (Chicago) for his Theological studies and Masters’ Degree. In 2015, he made his way to Colorado, and his first parish was St. John the Evangelist in Loveland. He has also served at St. Thomas More Parish, and Most Precious Blood Parish before he was assigned at Blessed Sacrament as a pastor. Now he is here at Blessed Sacrament to serve you and seek holiness with you. As St. Augustine once said, “From you I am your son, with you I am your brother, and for you I am your priest.”

Principal

Mrs. Sara Alkayali

Sara Alkayali is a Denver native, and married with two grown daughters who both attended Blessed Sacrament Catholic School Kindergarten through 8th grades. Known as “Miss A,” she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Secondary Education from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Humanities degree from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from the University of Notre Dame.

Mrs. Alkayali shares the following about herself, “I was a Denver Public Schools English teacher before getting married and starting a family. As a stay-at-home mother, I taught evening and online classes at Metropolitan State University until my oldest daughter was school-age. Seeking a school for my soon-to-be-kindergartener was a daunting task; we weren’t happy with a single school that we visited. Walking into Blessed Sacrament Catholic School on a tour that I scheduled “on a whim,” I was greeted by the open arms of our Mother who seemed to be welcoming me home. That enrollment led to me hear the Lord’s voice and become Catholic only a few years later, and also launched me into Catholic education where I spent the next 11 years as middle school teacher and assistant principal at Blessed Sacrament. In 2016, I was invited by Archbishop Aquila to help open Frassati Catholic Academy in Thornton, Colorado. I served as the President and Principal there until 2022, when I took a brief leave from education to work in the business world. God has called me back to my Catholic home as the principal of Blessed Sacrament School this fall, and I couldn’t feel more blessed. The school has a beautiful, authentic Catholic culture that is vibrant and joyful; I look forward to this year continuing the work that my predecessors began in continuing to enrich the Catholicity and implement the newly updated Archdiocese of Denver curricula.”