Vernon Town-Wide Tag Sale

The Youth Group will once again be participating in the Vernon Town-Wide Tag Sale on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 8:00am to 4:00pm (rain or shine).

Come to the Sacred Heart parking lot and do some serious treasure-hunting.

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Gigantic Hanging Flower Plant Sale

The Knights of Columbus Council 4122 Gigantic Hanging Flower Plant Sale will be held MAY 7 AND 8 after the Masses.

$20 PER PLANT – Ivy Geraniums – Million Bells – Super-Tunias

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Holy Week

Celebrate the Holy Week
at Sacred Heart

mass of the lord’s supper
thursday
seven thirty in the evening
(feast of breads follows)

the passion and death of the lord
friday
three in the afternoon
(soup-and-bread supper follows at 5pm)
(living stations of the cross follows at 7pm)

the great vigil of easter

saturday
at half-past-eight in the evening
(note: there is no 4:30pm mass this day)

easter sunday

at eight in the morning
and again
at half-past-ten in the morning

 

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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Palm Sunday is here. Receive Palm Branches and relive the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Stand witness to the Lord’s Passion. All at the same Mass.

Sacred Heart’s Palm Sunday schedule is the usual weekend Mass schedule:

Saturday – 4:30pm            Sunday – 8am & 10:30am

Important Note:
NEXT Saturday is the Easter Vigil, the First Mass for Easter. We, and EVERY other Catholic parish, must always celebrate that Mass after nightfall. Therefore, there is NO daylight Mass in ANY Roman Catholic church next Saturday, including Sacred Heart. Mass NEXT Saturday is at 8:30pm.

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Easter is Coming!

The Youth Group will once again be selling chocolate Easter bunnies and jelly beans from Munson’s Candies. The sale will be held this weekend, Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th after all Masses.

The cost for a 2 1⁄2 ounce bunny is $3.00 each. The cost for a 14 ounce bag of Jelly Beans is $3.75 each.

All money raised will go towards payment for the cost of transportation for their annual Confirmation Retreat.

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The Language of the Mass

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Because the words all Catholics say at Mass in the United States will change on November 26, 2011, we invite you to learn about how this will affect you and the reasons behind the changes at “The Revised Texts of the Missal, with Special Emphasis on Music and Musical Settings” – A morning of enlightenment for all interested parishioners, parish staff & music ministers on Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:30am to 12:30pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Quaker Hill

PRESENTERS: Paul Covino and Paul Melly of Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA

Cost: $10 (Payable at the door) Register by: E mail: worship@norwichdiocese.net or call 860.848.2237 or call the parish office at 860.875.4563

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Lenten Forgiveness Service

Receive the Sacrament of  Reconciliation in a communal celebration at Sacred Heart on Tuesday, April 12 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.

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Mass of Healing and Hope

Come to Sacred Heart on Sunday, March 13 at 2pm as Father Ray Introvigne and Mrs. Judith Hughes lead a Mass of Healing and Hope.

Spiritual Renewal Services is a ministry of the Diocese of Norwich. The Charismatic Renewal Ministry in the Norwich Diocese is not a program, or a doctrine, but rather a spirituality, and an experience, a way of life, very deeply rooted in Sacred Scripture. It is a way of life by which a person develops a relationship with God and experiences the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. There are currently more than 15 million people who have experienced this in the United States alone! At the very heart of the Charismatic Renewal is the personal awareness of the presence and power of God dwelling within a person. Thus, one is encouraged to live one’s life led by the Holy Spirit. Call Spiritual Renewal Services (860) 887-0702 today!

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Ash Wednesday

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 9:00am
  • Wednesday at 7:00pm

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Funeral Mass: Eilene Desrosiers

You are invited to gather with family and friends for a Mass in memory of Eilene Desrosiers at Sacred Heart on Thursday, March 10 at 11:00am. A reception will follow.

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