You are welcome at Sacred Heart this Holy Week for confession and/or personal prayer at the following times:

• Thursday-Church open from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Friday-Church open for private prayer: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  Confessions begin at 12 noon
• Saturday-Church open for private prayer: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  Confessions begin at 12 noon
• Sunday
  Church open for private prayer: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  No confession Easter Sunday

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Weekly bulletins will still be available on our sacredheartgr.org website and on myParishApp as always!

We have compiled a small booklet with Family Ideas to incorporate into your home during Holy Week and Easter. Each idea is accompanied by directions for you. May these suggestions enrich your prayers and assist you in your solemn and joyful celebration of these Sacred Days.

Here is the booklet:

Holy Week and Easter Home Celebrations

Our Director of Religious Education came across this great resource for parish and academy families with ideas of how to celebrate Holy Week.  Visit Look to Him

If you’re looking for Holy Week activities and resources for you and your family, please visit Holy Week at Home.

Sacred Heart of Jesus is keeping in contact with all parishioners during this time of Covid-19 quarantine.  Most of our parishioners are doing ok at this time and many have engaged in the effort to meet temporal needs expressed.  Some of our parishioners have expressed prayer needs. In our efforts to remain united and supportive to each other in our parish we will be keeping a list of prayer needs.  We are calling on all in our parish community to begin praying for these needs. Let’s support each other and be united in our prayer. If you have a specific request please either contact the person who left their contact information with you when the parish made its most recent round of calls or contact the parish office.   If your prayer has been answered on the list let us know. We want to give God the Glory!  

Specific prayers have been requested for:

• • Pray for a parishioners niece who is having a baby on May 5th
  • Parishioner who is a single mother
  • Parishioner’s spouse who is in Italy
  • Parishioner’s family
  • Parishioner’s sister who died on Christmas Eve
  • Strength and trust in God
  • Parishioner’s friends with financial strain
  • Father Sirico’s relations in Italy
  • Parishioner’s infant with a severe medical condition
  • For recently deceased and those who mourn them
  • New baby 
  • Parishioner’s small business
  • Parishioner’s daughter who works for local hospital 
  • Elderly parents who live far away
  • Friend who is pregnant who is a nurse and for family’s conversion
  • Parishioner being laid off.
  • Parishioner’s recovery from vertigo and headaches
  • Parishioner who just turned 89
  • Parishioner’s daughter who is a pulmonary nurse
  • Parishioners who are homeschooling
  • Parishioner’s health problems and healing of relationships
  • Parishioner’s healing from triple bypass heart surgery

Our Director of Religious Education found a wonderful talk on the Rosary. View it here:

Faith and Reason Conference talk on Rosary

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Here is a great way for all of our families to continue Catechesis at home. This is the same material we use for Family First Saturdays! Check it out!

Bishop Walkowiak has a message for all as we enter Holy Week.

Please read it here:

Bishop-Walkowiak-Holy-Week-Easter-Letter-2020

Bishop-Walkowiak-Holy-Week-Easter-Letter-2020-Spanish