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

Friday, August 15, 2025
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. 

August 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

HIS MAJESTY’S MEN
Missa Regina caeli à 5
Assumption

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

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

Underwritten by the Latin Liturgy Association. 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.

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

Thurs, August 14, Vigil Mass in English at 5:30pm
Friday, August 15, Latin Masses at 8am and 7pm.

The evening Mass is part of our Palestrina 500 event and will be sung by His Majesty’s Men. Those wishing to consecrate themselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary may do so on August 14th or 15th at 6:30PM.

Check out the Hearts in Harmony page to receive details and join us for this exciting new fall event highlighting our Sacred Heart Community!

We are now processing online donations and other online payments using Flocknote. We will be discontinuing our use of Faith Direct and we need your help to switch your current recurring gift to Flocknote. If you have a recurring donation set up through Faith Direct, you should have received an email with steps to change over. Any questions, please email Laureen Fish lfish@shgr.org

IF YOU ARE EXPECTING YOUR FIRST BABY and want to schedule a baptism here at Sacred Heart, please contact Noelle in the parish office (616-459-8362) to sign up for the mandatory baptism class. These are only held quarterly and are required for first-time parents. The next class is Thurs, August 21 at 6pm in Cebelak Hall. (Please register in case there is a change in location.)

The new window is installed and looks beautiful! Thus far we’ve raised over $50,000 and need $30,000 for another window. Every little bit counts! Donations to the window fund may be dropped in the offering basket (write “windows” on the memo line) or made online through Flocknote here:

https://shojgr.flocknote.com/give/32082

Sacred Heart will provide the opportunity for individuals to come together in a group setting to learn more about the Catholic Christian Faith. Sessions are suitable for both those seeking to deepen their understanding of the Faith and those seeking to discern more fully entering into full communion with the Catholic Church through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). Sessions begin Monday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. in Cebelak Hall. 

For further information or to register for the class please contact Michael Tober at dre@shgr.org