sacred heart

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.

Lenten Evening of Reflection

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:09:49 +0000

A Lenten Evening of Reflection will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 7pm. The guest speaker for this evening will be Sr. Paula Robillard, SSJ. Sr. Paula is the Springfield, MA Diocesan Director of Faith Formation and has led numerous retreats and retreat days.

Please plan on setting aside this evening to pause and reflect (and be refreshed) on your Lenten journey with Sr. Paula and the rest of our parish community.

Refreshments will be served by the Caregivers.

Funeral Mass: Arthur Guerette

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:52:24 +0000

You are invited to gather with family and friends for the funeral of Art Guerette at Sacred Heart on Tuesday, February 23 at 11:00am. A reception will follow.

Calling hours will be held on Monday, February 22, from 5pm to 8pm 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)

A Prayer after the Earthquake in Haiti

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:26:27 +0000

Lord, at times such as this,
when we realize that the ground beneath our feet
is not as solid as we had imagined,
we plead for your mercy.

As the things we have built crumble about us,
we know too well how small we truly are
on this ever-changing, ever-moving,
fragile planet we call home.
Yet you have promised never to forget us.
Do not forget us now.

Today, so many people are afraid.
They wait in fear of the next tremor.
They hear the cries of the injured amid the rubble.
They roam the streets in shock at what they see.
And they fill the dusty air with wails of grief
and the names of missing dead.

Comfort them, Lord, in this disaster.
Be their rock when the earth refuses to stand still,
and shelter them under your wings when homes no longer exist.

Embrace in your arms those who died so suddenly this day.
Console the hearts of those who mourn,
and ease the pain of bodies on the brink of death.

Pierce, too, our hearts with compassion,
we who watch from afar,
as the poorest on this side of the earth
find only misery upon misery.
Move us to act swiftly this day,
to give generously every day,
to work for justice always,
and to pray unceasingly for those without hope.

And once the shaking has ceased,
the images of destruction have stopped filling the news,
and our thoughts return to life’s daily rumblings,
let us not forget that we are all your children
and they, our brothers and sisters.
We are all the work of your hands.

For though the mountains leave their place
and the hills be tossed to the ground,
your love shall never leave us,
and your promise of peace will never be shaken.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
now and forever. Amen.

Mary, the Mother of God/New Year

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:36:12 +0000

Masses for the Holyday of Mary the Mother of God will be celebrated:

Thursday Evening (New Year’s Eve)

4:00pm at Saint Maurice
5:45pm at Sacred Heart

Friday (New Year’s Day)

10:00am at Sacred Heart
10:00am at Saint Maurice

Sacred Heart Church is at 550 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30) in Vernon, Connecticut.

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.