Please join us at the 9AM Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, January 5, 2025. Bishop Dolan will lead this very special Mass to dedicate the Peace Pole and to begin our year as a Jubilee Year Pilgrimage Parish. This Mass will begin with readings outside the church and the blessing of the Peace Pole followed by a procession to the Church, a sprinkling rite and Mass celebrated by the Bishop. Please join us!

Please see the attached flyer and the links below for more information.

https://vimeo.com/1040929016/2d94ef6b64

https://youtu.be/oZQpwM_ndUA

The Christmas Mass schedule is as follows:

Confessions in Preparation for Christmas – December 18 – 5-7PM

December 24 – Christmas Eve Vigil Masses:

4PM

7PM

10PM

December 25 – Christmas Day Masses:

7AM

9AM

11AM

1PM (Spanish)

Merry Christmas!

As we approach the end of the liturgical year and prepare for a new liturgical year, we want to make you aware of several important events coming up:

December 18 – Advent Confessions – 5-7PM

December 20 – Parish Office closes at noon for Staff Christmas Party

December 24-25 – Christmas Masses (see separate post)

December 24 – Parish office closes at noon.

January 1 – Parish Office Closed for New Year’s Day

January 1 – Mary. Mother of God – Holy Day of Obligation – Masses January 1 at 9AM and noon only. There will be no vigil Mass.

On November 2 and 3, Sacred Heart hosted a Light of the World retreat which was very well-attended.

This retreat offers a combination of presentations about the faith, witness testimony, song, small group meetings and much more. The retreat was extremely successful and below are photos of the whole group as well as the retreat team. Thank you to all who attended.

We were blessed with a very special Heritage Week! All of our many events went well. Thank you to all our parishioners for their support. Welcome to all new parishioners. Below are some photos of the New Parishioner Dinner, Silver Rose Ceremony (led by the Knights of Columbus) and the Heritage Festival itself.

Thank you to all staff and volunteers who helped make these events possible.

In light of Mission Sunday on October 20, here is a history of the Society of Divine Word, of which Father Chris and Father Biju are members,

SVD History – Mission Sunday

Please click on the link below to hear Bishop Dolan’s discussion about his first pastoral letter.

Bishop Dolan’s pastoral message

The month of October is Respect Life Month. The Parish will be publishing several bulletin articles and providing prayer cards for parishioners.  Here is a prayer for life from the USCCB :

“O Jesus, you came that we might have life-and have it in abundance. Together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, you form us in our mothers’ wombs and call us to love you for eternity.

As your most precious gift of human life is attacked, draw us ever closer to your Real Presence in the Eucharist. Dispel the darkness of the culture of death , for you are the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.

By the power of your Eucharistic Presence, help us to defend the life of every human person at every stage. Transform our hearts to protect and cherish all whose lives are most vulnerable.

For you are God forever and ever. Amen”

-Copyright: Nabre 2010; USCCB 2024

Mark your calendar for these other important October events!

October 4- Feast of St. Francis of Assisi – Blessing of the animals at 5PM outside the church.

October 17 – Dinner to welcome new parishioners from the past year (invitations have been sent out).

October 18 – Living Rosary by our school students at noon in the school gym; Silver Rose Ceremony by Knights of Columbus – 5PM in English and 6PM in Spanish in the Church.

October 20 – Heritage Festival starting at 10AM in the school gym and on school grounds.

Please join us for the many activities of our very vibrant parish!