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| Marriage: 6-Month Preparation. Call Fr. Finn: (815)625-1134, ext. 11
Reconciliation: Saturdays, 4:30-5:00 p.m., or by appointment. Baptism: By appointment. Pre-Baptismal class required. Call office: 815-625-1134. | |
DEACON RON SZAKATITS |
June 12,1948 - March 9, 2010
God saw he was getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around him and whispered come with me. With tearful eyes we watched him suffer and saw him fade away. Although we loved him dearly, we could not make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. |
| Sacred Heart Parish wishes to extend our deepest sympathy to family and friends of Marilyn Curry who passed away recently.
May our dear Lord welcome her into His eternal kingdom of peace. | |
| Sun., Mar. 14 8:30 AM RCIA
9:30 AM PreK-5th RE 2nd Gr. RE Parent Mtg 12:00 PM Confirmation Class 6:00 PM Middle School R.E. Tue., Mar. 16 7:00 PM Catholics Ret. Home Wed., Mar. 17 5:30 PM Communion Service 5:45 PM Soup Supper 6:30 PM Stations of the Cross 7:00 PM Choir Sat., Mar. 20 7:30AM Al-anon Meeting 8:30 AM Bible Study | |
| Sacred Heart Parish Raffle
WINNER: Patricia Ballard CONGRATULATIONS! | |
| 1st Place- Al Dieterle, Sr.
2nd Place- Jerry Evans 3rd Place - Mary Jean Baroncini 4th Place - Kathy Burner CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! | |
| Amount required weekly: $6,519.23
Collected total 3/7/10: 7,143.00 YTD required (Week 36): 234,692.28 YTD Collected: 216,987.76 Total envelope holders: 573 Envelopes used: 201 (35% contributed) | |
| Last Week - Habitat for Humanity - $283
This week - Self Help Next week - NHS Scholarship Fund | |
| Sunday, March 14, St. Patrick’s, Amboy, at 4:00 p.m.
Thur., March 18, St. Mary’s, Morrison at 6:30 p.m. Sun., March 21, St. Patrick’s, Dixon at 4:00 p.m. There will be a Communal Penance Service for the Sterling-Rock Falls area on Tuesday, March 23, 7:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. | |
| Anyone who would like to contribute toward Easter flowers this year and would like to have their loved ones names included in a special bulletin insert are asked to respond to the office by Sunday, March 21st.
Use the special envelope included with your monthly contribution envelopes, or simply send in $10 for each flower requested and list in whose memory you are donating. Be sure to include your name as well. | |
| Please mark your calendars NOW for Newman’s spring play, Fiddler on the Roof.
March 19, 20 & 21, 2010. Productions will be performed at the Sterling Centennial Auditorium. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7 p.m., and Sunday will be at 2 p.m. Tickets are available now in the front office during office hours. Adults $9.00 - Senior Citizens $7.00 - Students $5.00 For ticket info, call 815-625-0500, ext. 10. | |
| Sincere congratulations to Floyd & Janet Bennett as they celebrate their 61st Wedding Anniversary on Friday, March 19, 2010.
Sacred Heart wishes them joy as they continue to celebrate a lifetime of love together. | |
| A Day of Healing, Care & Welcome For Divorced Catholics
With Rose Sweet, Catholic Author, Teacher & Popular Motivational Speaker March 21, 2010 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bishop Lane Retreat Center- Rockford Join Rose as she brings a message that offers real solutions for real needs, helping find Peace, Power and Passion after Divorce…even if it has been some time or you’ve remarried. Rose’s teaching is firmly rooted in the spiritual treasures found in Scripture and Sacred Tradition, & the hope found in Pope John Paul II’s profound teaching on the Theology of the Body. Reconciliation with Adoration & Sunday Liturgy will be included. Cost for the day is $25 & will include lunch and refreshments. Register by phone at 815-965-5011, online at www.familylife.dpsrfd.org, or mail name, address and phone # with fee to: Family Life Office, 7708 E. McGregor Rd., Rockford, IL 61102 | |
| "Praying with the Saints"
March 16, 10 a.m. -Mar. 17, 1:00 p.m. at Bishop Lane Retreat House, Rockford. Retreat Leader is Msgr. Robert Wilhite. Travel with the Saints in this Lenten Season as they guide us in our thoughts, our prayer, our worship and in the Sacraments. Daily Mass, Reconciliation and other Lenten Devotions. Cost per person is $60 or $90 for married couples. Call The Office of Family Life to register at 815-965-5011 or go online to: www.familylife.dpsrfd.org. | |
| Engaged Encounter is one and a half unique days away giving couples planning marriage an opportunity to look honestly and intensively at their prospective lives together as husband and wife.
The next Engaged Encounter Weekend is March 19-20 at Bishop Lane Retreat Center, Rockford. For more information or to register, please visit the Family Life Office website at www.familylife.dpsrfd.org. | |
| WEDNESDAY EVENINGS DURING LENT AT SACRED HEART CHURCH
5:30 p.m. Communion Service 5:45 p.m. Soup supper in parish hall (free-will donation for soup fromParkway Restaurant) 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross | |
| Children’s Home & Aid
Sunday, Marcy 21, 2010 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. KSB Hospital - Private Dining Room (Use Emergency Room Entrance) How to do a Domestic Infant Agency Adoption (2 p.m.) How to Do an International Adoption (3 p.m.) For reservations call: 815-962-1043 Walk-ins are welcome. | |
| This year beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17th, parishioners were asked to grab a baby bottle from the narthex and begin saving change during Lent.
The bottles should be returned by Palm Sunday, March 28th. The money benefits Gianna’s House, which currently serves over 200 clients with basic living necessities for families with children. | |
| We do have Confirmation class
The remaining schedule is: Sunday, April 25th,- 11 a.m. Rite of Covenant at Mass followed by class at noon. The tradition of Sacred Heart Parish is one year of class preparation with Confirmation to follow in the fall. Our anticipated date for Confirmation will be Fall 2010. As soon as we receive word from the Bishop that we have been given a date, every family will be notified via mail, so proper planning can take place for the candidate, sponsor and family. Thanks to everyone for your support and prayers as our Confirmation Class 2009-10 continue their journey. | |
| Trinity Men’s Quartet
Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:30 p.m. At First Lutheran West Jordan, Sterling (north on Highway 40) Free-Will Donation For more information call 815-225-7410 | |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY
WHERE: St. Mary’s Parish Center 600 Avenue B, Sterling WHEN: Mar. 19, 26, and Apr. 2 TIME: 5 - 7:00 p.m. COST: Baked White Fish Dinner: $7 Deep Fried Catfish Dinner: $7 Deep Fried Perch Dinner: $7 Children’s portions: $3.50 All dinners include cole slaw, French fries or baked potato, roll and butter, coffee, milk. Pop - $1 CARRY OUTS AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT 5 p.m. 815-632-0561 | |
| That’s right! Just like the "good ol' days".
Rock Falls Kiwanis Club will be pumping gas and washing windshields for seniors and others who might need assistance. Casey’s General Store 900 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls 8:30-11:00 a.m., Saturday’s: Mar. 27 Apr. 10 Apr. 24 Mark your calendars and enjoy full service! | |
| Lent invites us to look at our commitment to follow Jesus. "My way" Jesus says, "requires you to deny yourself and carry a cross."
It means answering the call of Jesus even when the call is to something we would not choose. It also means being so committed to Christ that we see him brighter and more clearly than we see the hard road. |
| My son, you should rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come back to life... | ...He was lost and is found. |
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