Sacred Heart Catholic School is proud to announce our school reopening August 26th for the 2020-21 school year! As we prepare, plan and pray for a positive return to campus with all health and safety protocols in place, students will continue to thrive in our small, secure, supportive, spiritual, and successful academic environment. Limited space available – Proudly serving grade PreK-8 – Call for a tour today!
Guidelines for reopening –
SACRED HEART MASS TIMES – SAT VIGIL 4:00PM & SUNDAY 8:00AM, 10:30AM
ST. GERARD -SUNDAY MASS ONLY AT 10AM
Per Bishop Noonan Sunday Holy Mass obligation has been suspended until further notice.
If you think you might be sick or uneasy about attending Mass at the Church, please stay home and attend our online streamed Masses on the Parish Website, Facebook.
We will be able to allow a limited number of people into the worship space sanctuary to enable appropriate social distancing.
You may be denied permission to enter or asked to leave if our 25% capacity 125 reached.
Only the main entrance and the doors nearest the handicap parking on the school side of the church will be open prior to Mass.
All Holy Water fonts will be empty in keeping with protocols.
Hand Sanitizers will be available at entrances, as well as disposable gloves, if you do not have your own.
We will not be providing masks, though we highly recommend you bring and wear your own.
Will we have a receptacle to dispose of used gloves/masks at the end of Mass.
Seating will follow social distancing guidelines.
You may be directed to appropriate seating, and we thank you for your cooperation.
Masses will be celebrated by one of our Redemptorist priests assisted by our deacons.
We will not, at this time, be utilizing altar servers, lectors, or Eucharistic Ministers.
We will no longer hold hands during the Our Father prayer.
We will offer a bow to one another as the exchange of the Sign of Peace, instead of the customary handshake.
There will be no offertory baskets distributed for collection.
One large basket will be located in the main aisle so you may deposit your offertory upon arriving.
The offertory and gift procession to the altar has been suspended.
Music accompaniment will be our music director and a cantor.
In keeping with Diocesan mandates, distribution of Communion will be in the species of Body only, and reception will be in hand only.
The proper way to receive is with hands extended one under the other, in essence, a throne is formed to receive the Sacred Host.
If gloves are worn, they are to be removed for Communion.
Do not move until the Host has been placed in your hand, permitting the priest or deacon to place the Host without touching your hands.
The faithful are encouraged to wear masks, but are asked to lower the masks to receive Communion.
The Presider is not to wear a mask during the celebration of the Mass, but can wear it to distribute Communion.
Maintain appropriate social distancing. Appropriate spacing for the reception of communion is marked in red on center aisle.
When the celebration of Mass has ended it is important not to congregate into groups, but to clear the Church expediently, for cleaning and disinfecting must begin.
Always maintain proper distance and please, do not make our clergy the enforcers.
Coffee & donuts after Mass has been suspended.
All social gatherings and on campus ministries and classes have been suspended.
As we are a faith family, it is important each of us takes the responsibility of protecting everyone. Therefore, we respectfully request, in the event you witness activity or a brother or sister not in compliance with these rules, politely bring it to their attention and offer the correct practice.
In the unfortunate event, after the counsel, it is not corrected, without a second attempt, bring the matter to either a member of the clergy or designated coordinator.
Please view message from Fr. Tom Burke
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The last three months have turned our lives upside down in so many unimagined ways mainly because of COVID-1: globally, economically, socially (We now speak of social distancing) and religiously as well (Our places of worship were closed, opening only now with stringent safeguards put in place). All of our lives have changed. What will be the new normal?
During this time we have been broadcasting the Mass using the modern tools of communication: the smart phone, the internet and the video camera. We will continue to do for the coming months as well as having the Mass in Church.
During the past few weeks I haven’t been seen saying the Mass with you. Why? A few weeks ago I was working over in the Knights of Columbus hall doing some heavy construction. I felt some pain in my back that I thought was from using different muscles and from age. As always I took Aleve and Tylenol, heating pad, etc. Nothing worked.
Having gone to the doctor it was discovered that I had a compression fracture on my spine. Sadly something else was discovered. I had tumors on my back that ate into five of my vertebrae. An orthopedic surgical procedure called a Kyphoplasty was performed. A biopsy was also performed at the same time. The tumors were cancerous originating from my lungs.
I have lung cancer. 34 years of smoking. I had stopped for the last 5 years. Not surprised yet still surprised. What is next? I am presently over at the Redemptorist Villa (Now an assisted living facility for all my Redemptorist Brothers) receiving 5 radiation treatments while waiting a complete diagnosis. An MRI will be done of my head this coming Wednesday that will be put together with blood panels, CTs etc.so that a proper treatment can treat the cancer.
I honestly asked the oncologist: Do I have 3 months or 5 years? He couldn’t answer me because he still as yet didn’t have all the information and more so because he said tremendous advances have been made during the past 5 years. There is no one way to treat it. There are many other avenues to treating it: immunology’s etc.
When I learn more I will share the information with you. There are 2 things I ask of you. First, don’t draw conclusions until all the information is there, secondly, pray for me! Nothing is impossible for God! Nothing.
My provincial as well as our Bishop have been informed and will continue to be informed as time goes by.
God’s blessing—always, Fr. Tom Burke C.Ss.R.
Please click on the link below to hear Bishop Noonan’s message for First Communicants.
A special tribute to the Sacred Heart Class of 2020 and the 8th grade superstars who have made us so proud! We celebrate you, we miss you and we love you more than you will ever know. In honor of you, this movie was created by our beloved Mrs. B as a virtual thank you from the Faculty and Staff of Sacred Heart Catholic School. It is always a great day to be an EAGLE!
https://www.facebook.com/182011098486696/videos/650960292362244/
Click here to view and join us for a livestream celebration of Holy Mass Pentecost Sunday, May 31st at 4:00 pm. We can be in spiritual union with Our Lord. The Mass will be live-streamed on the parish web site, Youtube and Facebook.
Our Celebrant message is sure to be both comforting and inspirational during this trying time. Peace and blessings to all our sisters and brothers.
Join us in the celebration of Holy Mass Easter Sunday, April 12th at 9:00 AM here at Sacred Heart. The presider will be Fr. Kevin McDonald. Although our physical presence is not possible, we can be in spiritual union with Our Lord. The Mass will be live-streamed on the parish web site, Youtube and Facebook. Fr. Kevin’s message is sure to be both comforting and inspirational during this trying time. Peace and blessings to all our sisters and brothers.
Feb-2020 Drawn @ St. Val DD
Jack Pari – ticket 25 – $50
Stoney Fraley – ticket 82 – $100
Patrick Clark – ticket 100 – $150
Join us for Palm Sunday, via livestream on Sunday, April 5th at 10 a.m.
Please bookmark your favorite way in which to participate in the celebration of the sacred liturgies during Holy Week.
Livestream Options:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrlandoDiocese
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/orlandodiocese
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orlandodiocese
One of the distressing effects of the current global pandemic has been the inability of believers to gather as a community for prayer and worship. Fortunately, there have been successful efforts to “gather” while in our own homes through the use of social media. Redemptorist Missionaries of the Baltimore Province will join these efforts through an online mission with the theme: “A Time for . . . ”
Some of the reflections we will offer are:
• A time for prayer • A time for mercy • A time for Mary
and several others that draw from the deep well of our Catholic Christian faith tradition. Our hope is that hearing the Good News during this time of crisis will nourish our faith, inspire hope, and encourage us to love.
The Mission will begin on Monday, March 30th, and will conclude on Wednesday, April 8th. To join us, “like” and “follow” the Redemptorist Facebook Page (The Redemptorists) and on the day of the mission, around 10am, you will receive a notification that a live “watch party” has begun with an invitation to join. Please feel free to share your prayer requests in the chat, where a Redemptorist missionary will be present and praying for all who join us and, indeed, for the whole world.
You can also share this invitation with those who are not on Facebook with the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/RedemptoristsBaltimore/
Blessing to all, and May Our Mother of Perpetual Help intercede for and watch over us!
In the Spirit of the Redeemer,
Paul J. Borowski, C.Ss.R. provincial@redemptorists.net
