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admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:41:43 +0000

Sacred Heart is air-conditioned for your comfort!

An All-New Triduum!

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:51:35 +0000

Sacred Heart Church in Vernon is yoked to Saint Maurice Parish in Bolton, so this year, our parishes are coming together to celebrate the triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil in the same place! This year, our combined celebration will be at Sacred Heart in Vernon.

Join the combined parishes of Saint Maurice and Sacred Heart on Holy Thursday at 7:30pm, Good Friday at 3pm and the night before Easter at 8pm at Sacred Heart Church, 550 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon.

Palm Sunday follows the usual Sunday schedule: Sacred Heart’s Palm Sunday Mass is at 10:45am in Vernon, and Saint Maurice’s is at 8:45am in Bolton.

Holy Thursday‘s 7:30pm Mass will be followed by the Feast of Breads – you can bring your favorite breads to share, or just come to taste the yummy baked goods.

Good Friday‘s 3pm liturgy is followed by a meatless Soup & Bread Supper at 5pm. Good Friday is a day of fast & abstinence, so why not have your main meal with us? The Living Stations of the Cross, presented by the Youth Group, follows at 7pm.

The Easter Vigil, the mother of all liturgies, has it all; fire, candles, water, the story of Us, the return of the Alleluia, and much more. This liturgy, which always begins after nightfall, will begin at 8:00pm this year. (No 5:45 Mass this day!)

And for Easter Sunday, the parishes return to their normal schedules and locations – Sacred Heart’s Easter Sunday Mass is at 10:45am in Vernon, and Saint Maurice’s is at 8:45am in Bolton.

Penance Service for Lent

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:16:07 +0000

Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation in a communal celebration at Sacred Heart on Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm.

Prayer, song, examination of conscience, reflection, individual confession, absolution and thanksgiving in a painless setting. Whether you receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation regularly or rarely – come.

Funeral Mass: Chester A. Bator

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:20:59 +0000

You are invited to gather with family and friends for the funeral of Chet Bator at Sacred Heart on Wednesday, March 10 at 11:00am. A reception will follow.

Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, March 9, from 4pm to 7pm in the Sacred Heart Eucharistic Chapel/Oratory.

Ash Wednesday

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:42:21 +0000

Let us receive the announcement of Lent with joy!
For if our forefather Adam had kept the fast,
We would not have been deprived of paradise.
O Lord, who took flesh from the Virgin
in the fullness of time,
Call me back and restore me to Eden!

– Byzantine Vespers

We begin our celebration of Lent with the imposition of ashes on

Wednesday at Noon
Wednesday at 5:30pm

You thumbed grit
into my furrowed brow,
marking me
with the sign of mortality,
the dust of last year’s palms.

The cross you traced
seared, smudged skin,
and I recalled other ashes
etched
into my heart
by those who love too little
or not at all.

– Elizabeth-Anne Vanek in Extraordinary Time

(Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence)

Christmas 2009

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:05:03 +0000

Christmas Masses for 2009 will be celebrated:

Christmas Eve:

4:00pm at Sacred Heart
6:00pm at Saint Maurice

Christmas Day:

10:00 pm Midnight Mass at Saint Maurice
12:00mn Midnight Mass at Sacred Heart
10:00am Mass at Saint Maurice
10:00am Mass at Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart Church is at 550 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30) in Vernon, Connecticut.
Saint Maurice Church is at 32 Hebron Road, Bolton, Connecticut.

Prepare the Way of the Lord

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:07:01 +0000

Come and be reconciled – Wednesday, December 16, 2009. The communal penance service begins at 7:00pm.

Immaculate Conception – Holyday

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:44:07 +0000

The Church unites to celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (in the womb of her mother) on December 8.

Masses will be celebrated:

Monday, December 7 at 7:00pm (at Saint Maurice)
Tuesday, December 8 at 9:00am (at Saint Maurice)
Tuesday, December 8 at 10:30am (at Sacred Heart)
Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00pm (at Sacred Heart)

Thanksgiving

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:47:43 +0000

Gather and give thanks to God for the blessings we have received – Thursday, November 25, 2009 at Seven O’clock in the evening.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:21:22 +0000

Although Assumption is not a holyday of obligation this year, it is still a holyday, and you should probably still go to church and celebrate it. Masses are Saturday, August 15 at 8:30am at Saint Maurice and at 10:30am at Sacred Heart.