Are you interested in praying the Rosary and/or the Chaplet of Divine Mercy after the 9:00 a.m. daily Mass? With all that is going on in our world today, let's pray together as a community for healing. We would pray after the 9:00 a.m. daily Mass in the church to allow for social distancing. Please email Linda Durrett at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 972-768-1574 if you would like to join in prayer. 
The Funeral Ministry is looking for a few parishioners to help out when there is a funeral. You would help out setting up photos, putting out the programs, helping with the guest book and be there to greet the family as they enter church. If you are interested in helping with this ministry, call Chris Frantz at 501-922-5877 for more information. 
The picture of the Sacred Heart Cemetery and Memorial Garden is shown after removal of the large bushes fronting the Cemetery that had been severely damaged due to the snow and freezing weather in February of this year. The four columbaria, the fountain, and statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are now more visible, and the Cemetery Committee feels better displays our beautiful facility.Please consider Sacred Heart's Cemetery as the final resting place for you and your family. The Memorial Garden and Columbaria are on Church grounds and are a beautiful and peaceful place to visit and pray. Contact Gary Wolfer (501-922-1192) or Larry Lipsmeyer (501-922-3283) for information on acquiring a Columbarium niche in our Cemetery.
Our Sacred Heart Single's group is starting back up again and we are beginning with cards. Come join the single's every first and third Wednesday of the month at 1:00 p.m., with the next date to meet on Wednesday, September 1, to play "Hand and Foot." We are looking forward to seeing everyone again. God bless our group! 
Ladies of the Sacred Heart will hold a bake sale on Saturday, October 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in front of church. They will also sale their baked goods before and after the 5:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday and also on Sunday, October 31 before and after both Masses. Please stop and take a look, then purchase these yummy treats! All proceeds benefit local charities. 
Sacred Heart Bowling League bowls on Thursdays, 2:00 p.m. at Fiesta Bowl. The team format of 3 on each team will continue this year. Sign up sheets are in the Narthex. Regular weekly bowlers and substitute bowlers will be welcome. Also, any and all bowlers: whether you haven't bowled in years, or if you want to ask neighbors and friends to join in the fun. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Bowman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 922-6619, 
We will offer the annual blessing of pets, on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in the small church parking lot off Ponderosa Street, this Sunday, October 3, at 1:00 p.m. Please bring your pet on a leash or in a carrier for the blessing. 
Your baby's heartbeat may now be audible through an instrument called a doppler. The fingers and toes are well-defined. Eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes, nails and hair are formed. Teeth and bones become denser. Your baby can even suck his or her thumb, yawn, stretch and make faces. The nervous system is starting to function. The reproductive organs and genitalia are now fully developed and your doctor can see on untrasound if you are having a boy or a girl. By the end of the fourth month, your baby is about 6 inches long and weighs about 4 ounces. 
The Liturgical Environment Ministry will have a planning meeting on Tuesday, September 28th at 9:30 a.m. in Classrooms A & B, to prepare for the Christmas Season. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!! Call Sandy Darnell with any questions, 602-419-3414. 
The Balboa Baptist Church, Barcelona Road Baptist Church, Faith Lutheran Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and Village Bible Church will all be co-sponsoring and participating in the Crosses for Life Memorial in the Village this year during the month of September. This state-wide outreach project was orginally started by Benton County Right To Life and is now managed by Arkansas Right To Life. The crosses represent some of the 2000 plus pre-born children that die daily in the United States of America due to abortion. The displays at each of the churches are to memorialize those children that were aborted and increase public awareness of the devastating effects of abortions. As you drive by the churches and see the crosses, please say a prayer for the end of abortion in the United States. Saint Mother Teresa was a champion of life and was quoted saying the following: "And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another."Crosses will be erected at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Thursday, September 2 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Please contact Bob Bowman (922-6619) to volunteer to help put up crosses. The crosses will be displayed for the complete month of September.
Thomas Sinclair, Jr., son of Peggy and Thomas Sinclair, Sr. will be playing preludes before the 10:00 a.m. Mass THIS Sunday, October 3. Please make plans to arrive early so you will be able to listen to this VERY talented pianist. Thomas is in the seventh grade at Jessieville Middle School. Thank you Thomas for sharing your talent with Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church! 
The Knights of Columbus Fall Fest benefits People with Intellectual Disabilities and will be held in the Lower Hall on Friday, October 1st at 5:00 p.m. The event will feature dinner, live and silent auctions and DJ music. Dinner will include: beef brisket, rosemary potatoes, baby carrots and cheesecake for dessert. Tickets are $20.00 per person and can be reserved early by calling the Knights Ticket Line at 501-404-5195. For questions or information, please call Steve Bishop at 847-875-1996. 
Sacred Heart Family Assistance could use your help. Our church frequently gets calls from families in our area that need some type of assistance. If you have had experience working for charities or if you would be willing to meet with people in need, this committee could use your help. The Mission of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Family Assistance is to provide help to those in need within our community and to serve our Lord Jesus Christ by proclaiming His Good News through these acts of assistance. We help utilize community resources and provide direct aide whenever possible. Please call Marvin Young 501-984-2509 for more information. 
If you enjoy meeting people, have a love for Sacred Heart Parish and desire to inform newcomers of the variety of activities and ministries that are available to them as a member of Sacred Heart Parish, we ask you to prayerfully consider joining our welcoming committee. The committee is open to individuals and couples who will be prepared to meet with new parishioners to provide information and accept questions that they have about our wonderful parish. Please reach out to Debbie and Dwayne Garrett who head up the committee for more information and/or to sign up. You can reach them at 512-460-9903 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 
The Diocese of Little Rock is starting to prepare for its next diaconate class, which will be ordained in 2028. Inquiry meetings will be held at seven locations this fall, with the closest being listed below.Catholic men in good standing with the Church who will be at least 35 years old and probably not more than 60 years old by 2028, are invited to attend. The five-year diaconate formation program, which is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2023, will be explained.
The meetings will be presented in both English and Spanish. Men discerning a vocation to the permanent diaconate should attend one of these meetings:
*Sept. 12, St. John Center, Little Rock
*Sept. 13, Immaculate Conception Church, Fort Smith
*Sept. 20, St. Joseph Church, Pine Bluff
For more information, contact Deacon Mark Verkamp, associate director of permanent diaconate formation, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 479-965-6255. If you would like to talk or get additional information, you can contact Deacon Larry Lipsmeyer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 501-922-3283 or Fr. Bill Elser at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 501-922-2062 ext/ 17.
Trinity Catholic School, in Fort Smith is selling the Football Fundraiser tickets to benefit the school. It's your chance to win $1150 every week for 18 weeks during the 2021 professional leagues football season! A Limited Number of Tickets are Available: $20 each, ORDER NOW! The 2021 Season Week #1 scheduled start date is Thursday, September 9, 2021. A total of $21,700 will be given away during the 18 week season. Please visit the following website for information on how to order the tickets and for a registration form: https://www.thinktrinity.org/nfl. You can make a check out to "Trinity Catholic School" in the amount that corresponds to the number of tickets you want to buy ($20 each). Mail it to Trinity Catholic School, Football Fundraiser, 1205 S. Albert Pike, Fort Smith, AR 72903. Your tickets (cards) will be mailed to you upon receipt of payment. The name on the enveolope you send will be the name of the tickets you buy, unless otherwise indicated.