sacred heart

Our Lenten observances for this year begin on February 6, 2008, Ash Wednesday. Services at 9am, 4pm (convenient for our faith formation students) and 7pm.

What’ll it be: Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras? Shrove Tuesday is a faith community’s day of confession as a way of preparation before entering Lent; Mardi Gras is a day of conspicuous consumption as an hedonistic individual. American Catholics, we shall choose … conspicuous consumption.

So don your funny hats and beads, and celebrate the Gospel of Gluttony in our annual Mardi Gras festivity on Tuesday, February 5 at 6:30pm.

Still no action yet on when the next Haiti vacation will be, but you can start getting ready now. Get your shots and your passport, shave off that beard that makes you look like a terrorist, and pack your bags and stand ready; in the meantime, here are some pictures from the last trip to Haiti to make you oooh and aaah.

The funeral for Bishop Hart will be Friday at 11:00am at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, 213 Broadway, Norwich Connecticut.

Bishop Hart’s body will be received at the Cathedral at 3:00pm on Thursday, and a parish Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral at 7:00pm.

Masses for the Holyday of Obligation - Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God - are:

Monday at 5pm
Tuesday at 10:30am

Masses for Christmas will be:

• Christmas Eve – 4pm, 7:00pm & Midnight
• Christmas Day – Midnight & 10:30am
  (No 8am Mass on Christmas Day)

The parish Communal Penance Service for Advent will be on
Tuesday, December 18 at 7pm. Mark your calendar!

On December 8, the church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (which is an Holyday of Obligation.)

Our Masses wil be on FRIDAY at 7pm and SATURDAY at 10am.

(for the impoverished, neglected, and abused children around us)

Holiday gift tags will be distributed at Masses on November 17&18 and November 24&25. This holiday season, Claire Crane is working with our adopted social worker, Jannette, to provide gifts for eleven families. The goal is to fulfill each child’s gift tag “wish” and to provide additional items, such as grocery store and store gift certificates to make each families holiday a little brighter. These are families in great need, physically and emotionally. Anyone who wishes to make donations by cash or check can do so by giving the  donation to Claire in lieu of a gift tag, and she will do the shopping.

Checks should be made out to Sacred Heart and please also put Covenant to Care in the memo field. All donations and gifts are due on the weekend of December 8&9 at one of the Masses. Questions? Please call Claire at 870-8478.

Sacred Heart gives thanks together as a community on Wednesday evening at 7pm.

Please join us - we all have so much to be thankful for.