Parish News

On Saturday July 27 at the 5PM Vigil Mass, Bishop John Dolan will preside and formally install our new pastor, Father Krysztof Bogdan Pipa, SVD and Parochial Vicar, Father Biju Thomas Mandapam, SVD. All parishioners are invited to attend. Please note that this Mass will likely be quite crowded, so please plan accordingly.

There will be a reception following the Mass in the school gym.

Please join us to welcome our new priests!

A few photos from our very impactful Eucharistic revival on July 29. We had participation from 12 parishes throughout the diocese and over 200 people in total. All thanks be to God for bringing people closer to the Eucharist!

Our Youth Minister, Amanda, will be leaving her job following the birth of her second child. Therefore, we are in need of hiring a new youth minister as soon as possible. The job description is below. Anyone interested should submit a resume to the Parish Office as soon as possible. Please pray for us to find the right candidate.

Job Description – Youth Minister

On May 1, Bishop John Dolan announced that priests of the Society of Divine Word (“SVD”) will be coming to Sacred Heart when the Claretian Order leaves in July. The new Pastor will be formally installed by the Bishop on July 27, 2024. These are the priests currently assigned to Sacred Heart:

• Fr. Krysztof Bogdan Pipa, SVD has been appointed as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Prescott, effective August 1, 2024.
• Fr. Biju Thomas Mandapam, SVD has been appointed as Parochial Vicar of Sacred Heart Parish in Prescott, effective August 1, 2024.

Please pray for our current priests, our incoming priests and for an increase in vocations to the priesthood.

As always, thank you for your generosity!

Second collections 2024

FREE for Teens and Parents! Join us on August 17 from 7-9PM, to hear Michael Villanueva, Coordinator of the Catholic Academy for Life Leadership (CALL), engage the burning questions of the teen heart in his Keynote Address and Q & A!

The CALL Kick-off is just the place! Teens and parents, bring your anonymous written questions about gender, sex, life, and love. You’ll also have a chance to learn more about the coming CALL year, meet the presenters, new board members, and fellow students and parents.

Learn more about the C.A.L.L. Kick-off (PDF)

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Beginning the weekend of September 3-4, the Rosary will be prayed starting thirty minutes before each Mass. There will be a Rosary leader for each Mass. Please join us in participating in this important devotion to our Blessed Mother.

http://www.eucharisticrevival.org/

Please click on the above link to receive a free newsletter about the Eucharistic renewal initiative that is so important in our Diocese.

Several months ago,  after meeting with numerous groups of parishioners, our parish submitted a synod report to the Diocese. The Diocese has now compiled a report to send to the USCCB. Please follow the attached link to read this report.

https://dphx.org/synod-for-a-synodal-church-diocesan-synthesis/

Please consult the attached calendar for the main events occurring in our parish for the next fiscal year (July 2022-June 2023).

Sacred Heart Events Calendar 2022-23

Having just celebrated Corpus Christi and the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart , we need to maintain our focus on the Eucharist. Blessed Carlo Acutis who died of leukemia at 15 and was beatified in 2020, created a beautiful accounting of Eucharistic miracles over the centuries. Please use the link below to read about these beautiful miracles.

http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/

Pope Francis Appoints New Bishop To Diocese of Phoenix

There is a press conference at 10AM on the Diocese of Phoenix website

Diocese of Phoenix Statement on Dobbs Case

Please refer to the attached link for a communication from Bishop Olmsted and Bishop Nevares.

Thank you all for your participation in the Synod process. Over 225 parishioners participated in 18 different groups. The summarized report with the major themes was submitted to the Diocese on April 6. The link to this report may be found below. The other links provide a history of the process. We will now be working to implement the common suggestions.

Sacred Heart Prescott Synod Final Report

Sacred Heart Prescott Synod Final Report – Spanish

Synod Update 2-20-22

Suggested-tools-for-reflecting-sharing (1) Synod bulletin announcement Synod Story 2022

Synod update January 28

Synodal Process Update as of 2-4-22

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ANNULMENT PROCESS?

Just a reminder that a popular current scam all over the country is to send a text or email that purportedly comes from a priest (usually the pastor) asking for monetary help (usually purchase and donation of gift cards for a specified “cause”).  Please be assured that no priest from Sacred Heart would ever contact you in that way asking for financial support. The best thing to do is not respond at all, and block the phone number or email. Parish staff has reported this to the authorities several times, but these people are almost impossible to catch. Please share this information with friends and relatives. The best way to foil these scams is to not even respond.  Thank you

We continue to livestream the 9AM Mass on Sundays. Mass can be viewed directly on the Parish website. Remember that, if you are able to attend Mass in person, the weekly obligation to attend Mass was fully reinstated on July 1.  If you cannot be physically present, please go to the website just before 9AM. From the main page, look under “Watch Mass Online” and select “Click Here for Livestream”. You will then be able to watch Mass live. It is highly recommended that, if you cannot physically attend Mass, that you watch the live Mass rather than a recorded version.

We are now offering the option to watch the recorded Mass, for the most recent week’s Mass only.  The video will be overwritten every week. To watch the recorded Mass, select “Click Here for Livestream” and then select “View Most Recent Mass.” Please keep in mind that, depending on staff availability to post the Mass, it may not be immediately available.

We understand that the music can be sporadic coming through the livestream; however, the readings, homily and the Mass itself comes through very clearly using this method rather than Facebook. In addition, this eliminates the need to go through Facebook, which many parishioners did not want to do. The livestream is not perfect, but we are doing the best that we can.

Weekday Mass will be live-streamed to Facebook generally only on Mondays and Thursdays starting the week of July 26.

Thank you for your continued support.

Bishop Olmsted Apostolic Exhortation

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