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Here at Sacred Heart -Advent Week 4, MARY – Dec 20th

If you were to ask any Redemptorist about the spirituality of our congregation He would immediately say these words to you!

Crib, Cross Altar and Mary 

Enter into the season of Advent and receive the grace of God is waiting to give us in this Holy Season. Join us for our Advent Mission night and take full advantage of this transformative experience.

4 consecutive Sundays starting Nov 29th at 7pm. You are able to view only all 4 nights here only on our website sacredheartnsb.com also Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SacredHeartCatholicNSB

Click on the link at the top to view!

Advent Week 1, Sunday November 29, 2020

https://youtu.be/Ziv851S2x_Q

Advent Week 2, Sunday December 6, 2020

https://youtu.be/tUDzBE_N5hU

Advent Week 3,

https://youtu.be/f01sakcx9ZI

Advent Week 4,

https://youtu.be/Gsn7MDvnN8Q

REDEMPTORISTS – Join us for a Christmas Novena

The Redemptorists will be presenting a Christmas Novena online from December 16-24, and a Christmas Day Mass on December 25. Videos will be released on Facebook and YouTube at 10 a.m. (EST) each day. Please join us as we celebrate this season.

Also, please mark your calendar for a virtual Novena Prayer Service to Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Saturday, December 19 at 10 a.m. (EST)  on Facebook or on YouTube.

 Jesus, the Most Holy Redeemer, gifted us with His Mother to accompany us on our journey in this world. Under Her title, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, She stands ready to support and comfort us in these uncertain times. The Blessed Mother tells us to pray so that our minds, hearts, and souls may receive the mercy and love promised to us by Her Son, Jesus Christ.

Please also tune into our audio podcasts daily, in both English and Spanish. Those can be found on the homepage of our website. Please also remember we do weekly reflections on Sunday’s gospel readings that post at 10 a.m. every Wednesday on Facebook and Youtube.

 

In the Redeemer,

Very Rev. Paul J. Borowski. C.Ss.R.

Provincial Superior

Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province

Please help support Sister Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana

Dear Sacred Heart families,
The Diocese of Orlando, our Sister Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic and our Mission Office needs our assistance. As you know, this virus has impacted everyone’s budget, but no one’s budget has been impacted more than the Mission Office. The only sources of funding for the Mission Office annually is the 2ndcollection with took place in October and a small portion of income when each missioner goes down to the Dominican Republic. COVID has emptied our churches and we could not have speakers. Combined with the suspension of mission travel, the total mission funding lost was almost 80% of their entire revenue.
As we enter Advent and the season of giving, we would love to help Sister Bernie and our brothers and sisters in the mountains. Just as we have helped in the past with peanut butter, shoes, school supplies and uniform collections, this collection will be our special Advent service project of the season. Please see the attached flyer for more information. God Bless you for your support!

Mass of Christian Burial – Harry Bancroft

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https://www.facebook.com/1161425853/videos/10222635168245500/

Harry Allen Bancroft, 93, of Inlet Shores, New Smyrna Beach, Fl, passed away peacefully at Halifax Hospice Southeast Volusia Care Center in Edgewater, Fl after a 3 ½ year battle with bone cancer. Visitation  Monday, November 30, 2020 at 10 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1 hour before the mass of celebration at 11 am. Masks and social distancing are required. Private committal service will occur Tuesday, December 1, at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery. A celebration of life luncheon will be scheduled in 2021 in Jackson, MI.

New Faith Formation and Evangelization Director

We are pleased to announce that Deacon Stephen Gross has accepted the important position of Director of Faith Formation and Evangelization. His position will oversee our Religious Education Program, adult faith formation, sacrament preparation, inter-denominational faith outreach, and other essential roles in our parish and community.

As the Director of Faith Formation and Evangelization, Deacon Stephen’s work will be part of a new parish initiative called, “Know, Love, and Serve.” All of our current and future parish ministries will fall under the umbrella of this new structure of knowing God (religious education, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, bible study, etc.), loving God (prayer groups, liturgy committee, music ministry, etc.), and serving God (St. Vincent de Paul outreach program, Knights of Columbus, Bereavement Committee, ushers, church and grounds maintenance, etc.). The goal is for Sacred Heart and St. Gerard to be a welcoming community, discerning the needs of both our Catholic membership and the community at large.

If you have a suggestion to help us achieve this goal of inclusion and interaction, please share it with our parish office staff. We are in this together. The Holy Spirit works through all of us!

Sincerely,   Fr. Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.

 

Help Support Sister Diocese Collection October 17-18

https://youtu.be/MLILnlC_Swc

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The annual mission office appeal is the only opportunity available to the Mission Office to attend to the needs of our brothers and sisters in the Dominican Republic while at the same time offering to the people of the Diocese of Orlando, a missionary experience that is safe, affordable and above all spiritually engaging. We continue to believe that what we do in the Mission Office is still a valuable service to the Diocese of Orlando and an important hand up for our friends and families in the mountains of the Dominican Republic.

The video we have prepared speaks to the successes and life transforming opportunities that the Mission Office has been able to facilitate.  It is a story of evangelization and growth and of love and generosity.

Please view Bishop Noonan’s OCA Update video

 

Please read letter and click on link to view.

This has been a challenging year as the coronavirus pandemic has caused illness, loneliness, social disruption and job loss for many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, increasing the needs of our faith community. Fortunately, thousands of faithful Catholics in Central Florida have remained connected to their faith despite the historic challenges that the pandemic has created.

However, challenges remain, so I am writing to ask for your help as our Church continues to adapt to serve the increased needs of our parish community. Our church is livestreaming Mass, using new technology such as video calling to share the Lord’s message of love and hope, and our ministries are adapting to social-distancing guidelines to continue to educate, feed, house and minister to God’s people. Our Church requires support to sustain ministries.

If you have been impacted by the pandemic, please know that I am praying for you and encourage you to reach out to me for support. If you have not been impacted and are able, I ask that you prayerfully consider making a gift to the 2020 Our Catholic Appeal (OCA), which supports every parish, school and ministry in our diocese. Our parish has not yet reached its goal for 2020 and it is my prayer that you will help us achieve it as we continue adapting to challenges caused by the pandemic. Please click on link above to see a video message from Bishop John Noonan explaining how our diocese is adapting to serve parishioners like you.

You may have recently received a letter from The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida, which included an OCA pledge card and reply envelope. Please use that to make your gift today, if possible. You may also choose to make automatic payments with a credit or debit card. If you wish, you may visit the Appeal’s secure website at http://www.cfocf.org/oca/give to make your gift online. For your convenience, pledges may be paid over three or six months.

Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity. May all that we do bear witness to God’s goodness and glory.

Gratefully yours in Christ,

Fr. Kevin MacDonald C.Ss.R.

 

America Needs Fatima – 2020 Rosary Crusade event

“The Traveling Mother of Divine Mercy“ in conjunction with the “Catholic Women’s Association,” ministries of Sacred Heart church would like to extend you an invitation to join us on Saturday, October 10th at 9am for the “America Needs Fatima – 2020 Rosary Crusade.” We will be meeting on the grounds of Sacred Heart in New Smyrna Beach, in front of the Blessed Mother statue at 9 AM. The rosary crusade should last no more than 1-2 hrs. Our intentions are for “Peace in America.” We will be reciting the Holy Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, along with several other well-known prayers. We hope you can join us but if you cannot, please say a rosary at home for our same intentions.
Please note we will be practicing social distancing and staying safe!
BYOC (bring your own chair, water, etc.)
God bless you and we hope to see you there.
Patty, Esper and Mary Ann –  Thank you so much and God Bless.