September 15 , 2025

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, MI will host a year-long choral festival called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community.

1 Year. 12 Monthly Events. Each event contains:

-a Choral Meditation
-Solemn Mass
-Reception Afterwards

GAUDETE GRAND RAPIDS
Missa de Beata Virgine à 4
The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

5:30 PM Choral Meditation
7:00 PM Solemn Mass
8:30 PM Reception

Help us fund Palestrina 500: https://palestrina500.org

Special nod to our festival media partner, Blue Lake Public Radio. 

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Palestrina 500 is proud to partner with Blue Lake Public Radio for this year-long music festival.

Sacred Heart will host a year-long choral festival called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community. There will be monthly events starting December 2024 and ending December 2025 each with a Choral Meditation, Solemn Mass, and Reception.

We have decided that moving forward we would have one sign up per monthly event. Thank you for donating your time. The full list of dates is below.  If you are able to sign up for all events, let us know and we will sign you up.  Mike Tober dre@shgr.org or Laureen Fish lfish@shgr.org

If you’d like to volunteer at any upcoming event, click on a date below.  If you can help at the remaining events, please let us know and we will sign you up

Monday, September 15, 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025

Any questions or to sign up, please reach out to Mike Tober dre@shgr.org or Laureen Fish lfish@shgr.org. 

Descriptions for the various volunteer positions can be found here. 

Parish Office:

Monday thru Thursday 8:45am – 4:00pm.

Academy Office:

Monday thru Friday 8:00am-4:00pm when school is in session.

FAMILY FIRST SATURDAY RETURNS! Join us, September 6th – Remember, while first Saturdays are great for families, everyone is invited!! We would be so glad to have you join us for some really special things:

1. Holy Mass

2. Rosary After Mass

3. Confession (Pending Priest Availability)

4. Potluck Breakfast*

5. Catechesis

6. Child Supervision

–Sprouts (Wee little ones)

–The Holy Barbarians (Boys)

–Little Flowers (5+ Young Ladies)

–Daughters of Mary (Elder Young Ladies)

The Potluck and Catechesis is held in the Academy Cafeteria after the Rosary which is after the Mass. You can take the tunnel into the school through the Marian side exit of the parish. *We are hosting a dietary restrictions table for foods reserved for allergen safety. *  You will also be able to access the cafeteria prior to Mass to drop off food and keep food hot. We would love to see you!

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting “The Soccer Challenge” held on Tuesday September 9th during the Academy lunch hour. Entry forms are available in the academy office or online at sacredheartkofc.org. All are welcome.

Please join us for Authenticum with Martin Cothron, Provost of Memoria College. His lecture is titled: THE “DEMON IRONY”: How Modern Literature and Art Have Turned Our Critical Faculties Upside Down

MARTIN COTHRAN is the Spokesperson and Sr. Policy Analyst for The Family Foundation. He is also the co-founder of Memoria Press and Highlands Latin School. He is editor of the Classical Teacher magazine, director of the Classical Latin School Association, and currently serves as provost for Memoria College. He has authored several widely used educational textbooks, including Traditional Logic, Books I and II, Material Logic: A Course on How to Think, Classical Rhetoric: A Study of Aristotle’s Principles of Persuasion, and Lingua Biblica: Old Testament Stories in Latin.

Wine & Cheese Social 6:30pm  
LECTURE BEGINS: 7:00PM

Authenticum Lectures are now available in podcast format through Spotify, Anchor, and Sacred Heart Parish Website. ALL ADULTS OF EVERY AGE ARE INVITED. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

Authenticum presentations are approved for Catechetical Credit in the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring the 21st Annual Baby Bottle Boomerang again beginning the end of August and running until the end of September. All proceeds collected will go to HELP Pregnancy Center. Baby bottles will be available after all Mases later this month.

Baby Bottle Boomerang

We are so excited for our first ever Hearts in Harmony event coming this October 2025! Spend time with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate all of the good things happening at Sacred Heart with a night out!

Purchase tickets at the button or use the QR code below:

When: Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 p.m.

Where: The Broadway Avenue, 1140 Broadway Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Attire: Cocktail

Come enjoy:
Live music & performances
Appetizers, strolling dinner & drinks
A chance to connect with neighbors old and new

We can’t wait to see you there!