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This year's first meeting of the Catholic Book Club will convene on Thursday, September 24, in the Church Library at Our Lady of Sorrows. We are continuing to work our way through "Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls" by John Bergsma. Click here for more information.

St Anthony High School Class of 1976, celebrating their 50th anniversary of graduation, cordially invites all alumni and their guests to a Mass to the celebrated at Thrive Charter School (formerly St. Anthony High School) on Saturday, September 19 at 10:00 am. Refreshments will be served after Mass in the Cafeteria. Click here for a link to more information.

The parish picnic has been moved indoors due to the forecast of inclement weather! Please still join us for food and fun indoors, in Holy Family Hall (below the church), after the 11:00 Mass!

Your help is needed. Click here for more information on how you can help.

In honor of our nation's 250th birthday, our parish is sponsoring a trip to Philadelphia, featuring Old St. Joseph's Church (the first in the city of Philadelphia), lunch, and the Museum of the American Revolution. Click here for details.

Our parish extends best wishes and prayers to our bookkeeper, Clara Gioe, as she retires on July 1! Her departure brings to a close a long and dedicated career, twenty-six years of which have been spent with our parish! Click here for more information.

Today is the First Day of Summer…Does it matter what I wear to mass? In a word? Yes! Our choice of attire reflects the importance we place on an event. While it is certainly true that the Lord knows our hearts and that all are welcome in His House, the choices we make regarding our appearance are a way of providing a witness to our brothers and sisters that worship is important, and that the Church is no ordinary place. Give it some thought!

Please join with Sacred Heart Parish to celebrate the 10th Priestly Anniversary of Fr. Jean Felicien on May 25th at the 5:15 Mass. Click here for more information.

Click here to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of March 9.

Please notify the parish office when your organization or ministry changes leadership. It is important for us to know the correct person to contact regarding 2021-2022 facility scheduling. Click the article title for contact information.

Don’t miss out on all the latest parish news—just fill out our email registration form (click on the article title for the link). It asks for some information beyond your email address, but is not the same as the parish registration. Thanks!

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 17. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week (February 6/7), there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

Check out the Monitor News Update for February to see the Bishop's reflection on Lent, a new Diocesan Lenten video series, an update on the Diocesan Youth Conference, and an article on the Catholic press online. You'll find this under Documents on the Adult Faith Formation page.

If you get an email supposedly from Msgr. Gervasio, that asks you to buy gift cards for him and send him the PIN numbers of the cards, ignore it...or report it to the police. This is a scam. Msgr. Gervasio would NEVER ask you to do this! Click the article title for more information on how to protect yourself from this type of scam.

After 65 years of the diocesan newspaper "The Monitor", we are moving to a new, dynamic model featuring a monthly magazine, expanded web presence, and regular posting of Monitor news briefs in parish bulletins and on parish websites. Click the article title for more information.

If you get an email supposedly from Msgr. Gervasio (or any other OLS-SA staff member), that asks you to do him a favor, buy gift cards for him and send him the PIN numbers of the cards, ignore it...or report it to the police. This is a scam. Msgr. Gervasio would never ask you to do this!

Are you thinking about marriage or planning a wedding? Check out the Matrimony page, under Worship & Liturgy > The Sacraments, for basic information about the sacrament of marriage and church teaching on marriage. For information specific to planning a wedding, look under Worship & Liturgy > Weddings. There you’ll find information on what you can and can’t do in a Catholic wedding ceremony, as well as a series of pages on preparing for marriage, including information on scheduling your wedding, marriage preparation programs, the wedding liturgy and music, and suggested offerings.

Mark your calendars now to celebrate the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne with your grandchildren on Friday, July 26, at 12:15 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Check back here for details!

If you haven't already done so, please submit, prior to June 30, all requests for your group’s use of facilities at Our Lady of Sorrows and/or St. Anthony campus from July 2019 through June 2020. Click the article title for more information.