Mass Schedule

Saturday 4:00 pm at Sacred Heart, Lakewood
Sunday 8:30 am at Our Lady of the Snows, Panama
Sunday 10:00 am at Sacred Heart, Lakewood

Daily Mass is short, no collections and very helpful, spiritually. Could you participate sometimes? Check the bulletin for daily Mass Schedule.

 

First Friday devotion on each First Friday of the month at 9:00 am Mass.  Adoration and Benediction follows the Mass

Confessions: Saturday 3:00 – 3:20 pm and upon request

Sacrament of the Sick: Anytime day or night. Anointing and Holy Communion are available to the elderly and infirm upon request. Families are asked to notify the Rectory to arrange a visit.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Following Diocesan guidelines, Catholic parties should contact the parish at least six months before the wedding to allow time for evaluation and sacramental preparation. Church date and arrangements should precede all other wedding plans. No marriages after 1:00 pm Saturday. Pre-Cana is required.

Baptism: Second Sunday of the month and a Baptismal class is required.

Food Collection
First Weekend of the Month.

Handicap parking is available in front of the Rectory &as well as in the and on side of the church.

Hearing Impaired System and projector.

Mission

Sacred Heart Parish will follow the mission of the Church and Jesus Christ – to bring about God’s kingdom – by proclaiming and teaching God’s word, celebrating the Sacred Mysteries and serving the people of the world.

Sacred Heart of Jesus we place our trust in You!

Handicap parking is available in front of the Rectory &as well as in the and on side of the church.

If you or a loved one goes to the hospital, please tell the hospital that you are a Catholic and belong to Sacred Heart Parish and also notify the rectory immediately. Fr. Joe has gone to the hospital and missed parishioners there because no one notified him.

Ministry Schedules

 

Interested in becoming a Catholic or didn’t receive a sacrament?

Classes are held each Monday at 7 pm in the Parish Center. Please call Fr. Joe at 763-2815 and let him know. Several people are already joining us for the classes. We are always happy to bring new members into our faith.

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Parish Calendar

1st Friday of the Month—honoring Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass at 9AM followed by Benediction. Come, praise Jesus!

Out of work job seeker? Are you or is someone you know out of work? You don’t have to go it alone. Contact your Office of Family Life Ministries for your FREE packet containing practical resources, prayers, scripture support and programs designed to support you on your journey. Just call 716-847-2210 or email familylife@buffalodiocese.org. Know we care.

 

Printable copy of the Study Guide for “Rediscovering Catholicism”

Take action today!

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, president of the USCCB, sharply criticized the decision by the Obama administration in which it "ordered almost every employer and insurer in the country to provide sterilization and contraceptives, including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plans....Never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. This shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the Bill of Rights."
He urged Catholics and the public at large to speak out in protest. Watch his video & then take action today.

Pancake Dinner at McDonalds from 4:30 to 7:30 pm on February 22. Tickets are $3 All proceeds will go toward sending our high school youth to the Christian Leadership Institute in June. Many of our present youth have attended and they have returned with their faith much stronger. They are now teaching Religious Ed. Classes and helping out in the parish. It costs over $200 for each student to go, so this will help defray some of the expenses for they youth. And we will also use part of the money on youth activities. The more our youth are involved in our parish, the more our parish will benefit from them. If all tickets are sold, we could see a profit of $900. Please help our youth!

“Faith Moments” Daily Spiritual Radio Message Begun by Christ the King Seminary - Christ the King Seminary recently began airing 60-second spiritual messages on WBEN radio at 7:44 AM. The messages are spoken by Catholic clergy and lay alumni of the Seminary on various topics that relate the weekly scriptures to the daily lives of Western New Yorkers. Listeners will be able to hear the messages Monday through Wednesday every week in 2012. The series of audio messages is also available on the Seminary’s web site or at www.faithmomentsonline.org The program is being made possible through a grant from the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

It was a year ago that I was in the hospital for the first time in my life. The minor surgery meant that I had to stay overnight. When it came time for the dressing change the next day, I thought that I was going to die from the intense pain. Of course my brief experience of pain was nothing compared to the chronic conditions or acute illnesses that so many people suffer each and every day. When you think of all the people in hospitals or nursing homes, and the countless others around the world who endure without any medical care, the enormity of suffer-ing seems overwhelming.

It is no wonder then that in Jesus' time once the crowds had heard that he cured Simon's mother-in-law, they raced to bring to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. If someone could alleviate the pain, cure the sick, and cast out demons this was definitely an opportunity of which to take advantage.

While modern medicine may help us with our physical illness and psychological pain, there is still a spiritual dimension to sickness that we should not ignore. Sickness separates us. It makes us question our faith. Illness strikes at our heart as well as our body. That is why the church offers the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for any who are ill. When we are sick, we are also alone. We need the support of the community of faith. And we need their prayers.

When a loved one is ill-or if you are sick yourself-don't hesitate to request the sacrament of anointing. If your illness confines you for a longer time, ask to receive Communion regularly to nurture you spiritually even as you seek to be strengthened physically. People sought out Jesus in this weekend's Gospel. When we or a loved one is ill, we can seek him out today. ©2011 Liturgical Publications Inc.

‪5th Sunday - Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 -- Jesus heals many.‬