The Knights of Columbus will be serving breakfast on Sunday, February 19. The menu includes French Toast, Link sausage, hash browns and juice, coffee or milk. Come join us for a delicious breakfast with good friends, good food, and great conversation. We'll be ready to serve you after each of the two Sunday Masses. Breakfast is still $6.00 a plate and kids under 13 eat free. 
Just recently the 2017 Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal began in our parish and throughout the diocese. We will hear about the many beneficiaries of our generosity to this yearly effort to fund a variety of needed services to children, teenagers, young, middle-age and senior adults - as well as our seminarians and our retired and infirmed diocesan priests. Our goal this year is $58,323. Please be ready to make a pledge that can be paid out throughout the year, or at the least, a one-time generous gift. We "all" are God's people whose care and concern, hopefully, reaches far beyond what and who we see, and brings blessings to others and to ourselves as well. 
Do you feel alone, hurting or unforgiven from a past abortion? The Respect Life Office, through Project Rachel, is starting a support group beginning February 13, 2017. The spiritual journey lasts 11 weeks with small groups of 6-8. Groups will be formed in Little Rock, Fayetteville/Rogers, and the Hot Springs area. All names and meeting places are held strictly confidential. For details, call 501-662-0340, extension 357. All inquiries must be made by February 13, 2017. 
On Saturday, February 11, after the 4:00 p.m. Mass, the Knights of Columbus request the pleasure of your company in the Lower Hall at 5:00 p.m. for dinner. The Knights will prepare and serve salad, bread and spaghetti for a requested donation of $8.00 per person. A refreshment center will offer wine, beer and salad for a separate donation to cover refreshment costs. Sign-up sheets will be in the narthex until February 11. Maximum capacity is 220 guests. Carry-out will be available after 5:30 p.m only. 
St. Joseph's Catholic Church is hosting a Worship Conference Friday and Saturday, February 17-18, in Conway, Arkansas. A special call is being made to anyone wanting to deepen their faith through music, including musicians and church ministry leaders. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Anthony Taylor on Saturday, February 18, at 4:00 p.m. Register by mail by sending name, address, phone number and registration fee to: Diocese of Little Rock, Attention: Worship Conference, 2500 North Tyler Street, Little Rock, AR 72207. For questions call Lynn at 501-353-6984. Please click here for more information. 
In a few short weeks it will be April, Palm Sunday, and you could be off to the Men's Retreat at Monteserrat Retreat House for a once-a-year private meeting with Jesus. Yes, the silent retreat will provide you with the opportunity to spend about two and one-half days - just God and you! It will cost you some time and a little money, but it could change the rest of your life in a special way. Attending can be the most rewarding thing that you do this year. Why not give it a try and see what it can do to change your relationship with God. Leave Sunday - home Wednesday. Call Tom Yerina at 922-3062, Gerald Krawczynski at 915-9629, Bill Hartnett at 922-6922, or Bob Honzik at 922-2702 for more details and reservations. 
Those who are celebrating, or have recently celebrated, a 25th or 50th (or more) wedding anniversary (or will some time this year), are encouraged to sign-up for a special Mass with Bishop Taylor as celebrant at which time you will renew your wedding vows and receive a blessing on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, followed by a reception with food and drink in the Lower Hall. Please sign-up on the table in the churh narthex. 
There are vacancies for our outstanding State Couples Retreat at Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas. The dates for attendance are February 3-5, 2017, and registration will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 3. This retreat will be headed by Father Patrick Boland, OSB who is a Religious Studies Teacher and Director of Campus Ministry at Subiaco Abbey. He has a degree in Coummunications and is an outstanding speaker. Included in the program will be the praying of the Vespers with the Abbey Monks which is a beautful, spiritual journey. There will also be time to get to know these wonder men personally. The event will end promptly at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.Cost to attend is $260 per couple or $190 per person. Contact Randy Schnoeblen at 501-204-9486 to reserve your spot today!
The Knights of Columbus Council 10208 and New Beginnings Pregnancy Resource Center in Benton, Arkansas thank each and all for your generosity in the campaign to purchase a GE Ultrasound machine.In the 2016 campaign that just ended, a total of $7,758 was raised at Sacred Heart of Jesus. We had previously raised $6,802 in the 2015 Ultrasound campaign and deposited near that amount in a "special" account. In addition, during a recent gala in Benton, $11,500 was raised to benefit the Ultrasound Fund. So, thanks to you and other generous souls, we have now purchased a new GE Ultrasound machine for New Beginnings at a cost of $30,000 - paid for by our Ultrasound Campaign and $15,000 matching from Knights of Columbus Supreme. The balance left in the fund was returned to New Beginnings for start-up in the operation of the Ultrasound. Additionally, the funds from the 2016 Campaign were distributed as follows: $1,000 to Arkansas Right to Life, $1,000 to Change Point Pregnancy Center in Hot Springs, and $5,578 to New Beginnings to support their Ultrasound operation. The machine was used the very first day, and has shown itself to be very useful on frequent occasions. Many newborn babies and their mothers will be thanking you for years to come.
Paula Doyle, a certified spiritual director since 2001 and Sacred Heart parishionher, is again offering to accompany you on your spiritual journey, now in a private practice from her home. There is no charge for the first visit, and subsequent sessions are subject to a nomimal fee. If you are interested or have questions, please call Paula at 922-5771 or transmit an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 
Commissions/Committee informational sessions will be held after Masses this weekend to introduce parishioners to the wide variety of activities and ministries that happen in our parish through the Commissions of Education, Liturgy, Parish Life and Social Justice and Charitable Outreach. Refreshments will be served during the sessions - wine and cheese on Saturday evening, coffee and doughnuts on Sunday morning. Pleae join us. 
Please - no more book donations! The library is overrun with donations that can't be used. The local thrift stores are a much better place to donate books. Thank you.Christmas Reading:
The featured book shelf, second shelf on the free standing book case in the library, has books for Advent and Christmas reading. Please check them and all items out before removing them from the library.
This is one of the most rewarding ministries in our church. We send rosaries all over the world, and put them into hands of people who probably would not have a rosary. We have, for example, supplied rosaries to Father Nestor's entire village in Tanzania. In our country, we send rosaries to the homeless, street people, prisoners, children, and newly converted families. Won't you please consider joining our group making rosaries? We meet all year long, every Thursday after Mass in the classrooms, Call Marge Newburn at 922-9047. 
A parishioner kindly donated eight DVDs to our library: Book Thief, I Am David, The Keys to the Kingdom, The Letters, Little Boy, Stolen Summer, War Room, When the Games Stand Tall. Please check the DVDs out before taking them from the library, and return them with two weeks. 
The babies we "spiritually" adopted back in April, are due to be born January 9, 2017. To welcome them into the world, we are planning a "Parish Baby Shower." All parishioners are invited to participate. Please purchase a baby item and bring it to the church, UNWRAPPED, beginning Saturday, January 7, and no later than Monday, January 16. The Ladies of the Sacred Heart can consider this their "something extra" for January and bring the gifts to the general meeting. A display area will be set-up in the narthex where the gifts can be left. Items needed include: diapers (preemie size included), crib sheets, blankets, clothing up to 18 months, bath items, diaper bags, formula (Enfamel Gentlease or Similac Sensitive). The donated items will be sorted and then delivered to Catholic Adoption Services in Little Rock and local Pregnancy Help Centers in Hot Springs, Benton and Malvern, based on need. Please help us sort baby items on January 16 at 9:45 a.m. if you can. We need more hands. Call Edie Gray at 922-4694 if you have questions or need additional information. Your donations are appreciated. 
Come and join the Knights of Columbus on Wednesday, January 25, as they present the movie "Greater" at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall. Brandon Burlsworth is perhaps the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreamed of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, but was told he wasn't good enough to play Division 1 ball. Undeterred, Brandon took a risk and walked on in 1994. Written off by fellow teammates and coaches, Brandon displayed dogged determination in the face of staggering odds. The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates and an annoyance to his coaches, ended up becoming the most respected player in the history of the program, changing the lives of all he touched.The Knights will serve a hearty soup/salad dinner at 5:30 p.m. Sodas, beer and wine will be available for a donation. Popcorn will also be available. Please sign-up on the sheet in the narthex if you plan to attend and eat dinner. See you there!