• Dec. 14/15 LOSH Bake Sale after all Masses in Classrooms A & B
• Registration open for Women of Hope Retreat Jan. 31 & Feb. 1. Go to www.womenofhopear.org for more information.
• To help with the Filly Bags for Oaklawn workers, contact Shaila Harrison at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Filled bags must be returned at the Jan. 13 General Meeting.
Remember to recycle your aluminum beverage cans at the bin in the large church parking lot.
• Registration open for Women of Hope Retreat Jan. 31 & Feb. 1. Go to www.womenofhopear.org for more information.
• To help with the Filly Bags for Oaklawn workers, contact Shaila Harrison at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Filled bags must be returned at the Jan. 13 General Meeting.
Remember to recycle your aluminum beverage cans at the bin in the large church parking lot.
In case you couldn't make it for Reconciliation on December 13, the following are opportunities to receive the Sacrament before Christmas. On December 17, St. Mary's in downtown Hot Springs (200 Central Avenue) will have a a Reconciliation service at 5:30 pm with individual receipt of the Sacrament In addition, Fr. Bill will offer the Sacrament on Saturday, December 21 from 1 - 2:00 pm and 4 - 4:45 pm. At Sacred Heart, he always offers Reconciliation weekdays (M, T, Th and F) from 8:40 - 8:55 am and on Wednesday from 3:30 - 3:55 pm.
Just for today, help me, God, to remember that my life is a gift, that my health is a blessing, that this new day is filled with awesome potential, that I have the capacity to bring something wholly new and unique and good into this world.
Just for today, help me, God, to remember to be kind and patient to the people who love me and to those who work with me too. Teach me to see all the beauty that I so often ignore and to listen to the silent longing of my own soul.
Just for today, help me, God, to remember You. Let this be a good day, God, full of joy and love. Amen
Just for today, help me, God, to remember to be kind and patient to the people who love me and to those who work with me too. Teach me to see all the beauty that I so often ignore and to listen to the silent longing of my own soul.
Just for today, help me, God, to remember You. Let this be a good day, God, full of joy and love. Amen
Join us on Sunday, December 15, for a Knights of Columbus parish breakfast following both Masses. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage patties, hash browns, biscuits & gravy, juice, coffee, tea and water. Please provide a good will offering (cash and checks made payable to K of C to be accepted). All proceeds are used to fund Knight charitable events throughout the year. Thank you.
Deadline for returning all gifts is Sunday, Dec. 8.
Return the wrapped gift to the tree with the Angel tag taped to the top and the Angel information showing. Another label will be place over the original to hide the package's contents. Thank you for your support of the Angel Tree program and helping provide gifts for children this Christmas season.
Return the wrapped gift to the tree with the Angel tag taped to the top and the Angel information showing. Another label will be place over the original to hide the package's contents. Thank you for your support of the Angel Tree program and helping provide gifts for children this Christmas season.
Monday, December 9, the Catholic Church will celebrate the Solemnity of Mary's Immaculate Conception and its significance in God's plan of salvation for the world. It is a Holyday of Obligation. We will celebrate this Mass on Monday, December 9 at 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Our Advent Reconciliation service will be this Friday, December 13, starting at 3:00 pm with a brief Liturgy of the Word service. Up to nine priests will be available for individual reception of the Sacrament until 5:00 pm. Come and make straight the way of the Lord as we continue our preparations for the celebration of the Incarnation and the Christmas season.
Sacred Heart will once again offer an opportunity for parishioners and guests to enjoy delicious food (from Chef Johnna) and fellowship on Christmas Day in the Lower Hall. We will soon advertise the menu and cost and start getting commitments to participate in this annual gathering. Be on the look out for more details!
For those volunteers delivering Christmas Food Baskets, please note that Men's Club members will be available December 14 & 15 from 1-3:00 pm to load your cars. You will need the letter and number ID of your family. The men will load all presents and non-perishable food into your vehicles. Location is the Lower Hall entrance.
Our Sociable Six will return for the months of January, February and March 2025. Three couples will be grouped together and then arrange among them-selves to share a simple brunch, lunch or dinner at alternate homes, once each month. Participants will enjoy getting to know their fellow parishioners in an informal setting. It is a great way for newcomers to get acquainted with members of our parish family. To sign up call Nancy or Howard Emery 815 861-0820 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please provide your name, address, phone number and email address. Final sign up for this session is Dec. 27. You will receive a letter/email with the three couples in your group the first week of January.
In the Silence of Eucharistic Adoration
Let Him transform your heart. Jesus waits for you. Come rest in the presence of Jesus Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. The racing mind finds calm and the restless heart discovers direction. Spending even one hour in His presence has a ripple effect bringing clarity, strength and a renewed spirit into every aspect of life. The peace you've been searching for is closer than you think waiting in the silence of Adoration.
Cynthia Norlin
Contact Mike Ritch regarding PEA 832 231-7469
Let Him transform your heart. Jesus waits for you. Come rest in the presence of Jesus Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. The racing mind finds calm and the restless heart discovers direction. Spending even one hour in His presence has a ripple effect bringing clarity, strength and a renewed spirit into every aspect of life. The peace you've been searching for is closer than you think waiting in the silence of Adoration.
Cynthia Norlin
Contact Mike Ritch regarding PEA 832 231-7469
Are you looking to enrich your Advent experience this year? Start each day of Advent by listening to Dr. Michael Barber's short Advent reflections on his video series "The True Meaning of Christmas". You will learn where many of your favorite Christmas traditions originated by watching the twenty short episodes. In less than seven minutes you will be inspired to make this Advent one of you most mean-ingful preparations for Christmas. You may register for our free parish subscription at www.FORMED.org.
The collection at all Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be dedicated to the Clergy Welfare Fund. This fund provides retirement and health care benefits to retired and infirm priests in and around our diocese. Our priests spend every day of their adult lives as humble and devoted servants, doing God's work and serving us until age or illness calls them to retirement. Your contributions to the Clergy Welfare Fund make our priests' retirement possible. Please share with them the generosity that they continue to share with us.
Chris & Jackie Midolo, 43 years on December 17
Walter & Judy Free, 64 years on December 17
Happy Belated to Bob & Bonnie Lennen,
33 years on December 7
* Call the church office to provide your anniversary date.
Walter & Judy Free, 64 years on December 17
Happy Belated to Bob & Bonnie Lennen,
33 years on December 7
* Call the church office to provide your anniversary date.
You are cordially invited to attend the Sacred Heart Singles Ministry party.
Date: December 17 at 2:00 pm
Place: DeSoto Country Club
Cost: $20 pp Purchase tickets by Dec.10. Contact Debbie or Susan or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Menu: Caesar salad, Italian buffet to include lasa-gna Bolognese, sausage & peppers with penne, four cheese ravioli, pasta primavera and for dessert, Italian cream cake. Water, coffee and tea included. Other beverages available for purchase.
** Optional participation in the Dirty Santa gift exchange. Gift value $15-20.
Date: December 17 at 2:00 pm
Place: DeSoto Country Club
Cost: $20 pp Purchase tickets by Dec.10. Contact Debbie or Susan or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Menu: Caesar salad, Italian buffet to include lasa-gna Bolognese, sausage & peppers with penne, four cheese ravioli, pasta primavera and for dessert, Italian cream cake. Water, coffee and tea included. Other beverages available for purchase.
** Optional participation in the Dirty Santa gift exchange. Gift value $15-20.
Catholic Extension is experiencing delays in production on the 2025 calendars. "Due to unforeseen circumstances in our production facility and the breakdown of a major binding machine, we are experiencing delivery delays at this time," said Dan Stremel, Senior Director of Calendar Operations. "We are working as quickly as we can to accurately fil all our calendar orders." Orders to be delivered by the end of December or early January.