Tomorrow is Memorial Day, a time for us to remember all who have sacrificed their lives in the service and protection of our freedom and our lives. Over the years many women and men have laid down their lives all over the world so that we, in this great land of ours, might live in peace and freedom. Please remember them in your prayers so that their sacrifice may always be appreciated and bear fruit. Mass will be at 9 AM in the church; a very good way to begin the celebration of this very special day.
It is always very good to pray for the dead. Remember that there are many people who have died who have no one to pray for them. There are many Christian churches that do not believe in praying for the dead so many have no one to pray for them. Since the very early Church we have always prayed for the dead every time the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated. May they all rest in peace.
It is graduation time again. Many young people are graduating from grade schools, high schools, and colleges. Our 8th Grade class here at Sacred Heart School will graduate on Wednesday evening at 7 PM with a Mass in the church. Congratulations and God’s blessing on all our graduates. We pray that these young people will always be very much aware of God’s love and presence in their lives and that they will continue to grow in their knowledge and love for God. Congratulations also to our graduates from Wadsworth High School, Highland High School, Hoban High School, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Walsh Jesuit High School, and all those graduating from area high schools as well as colleges. May God bless you and may you continue to grow in your faith in God as well as your love for Him and others.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. The Feast of the Sacred Heart this year is on Friday, June 27. Since the Feast of the Scared Heart occurs on a Friday, we are permitted to move the celebration to the weekend because it is our patronal feast. So, we will celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the weekend of June 28 and 29 at all the Masses. Following the 5 PM Mass on Sunday, June 29, we will hold our parish picnic. The Family Life Commission and the Parish Council will be working to plan the event, but more help and ideas would be most welcome. So, if you would like to help plan this parish gathering, please call the parish office as soon as you can. In the meantime, we can all pray for good weather, or we will have to have our “picnic” downstairs in McMahon Hall.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is on Sunday, June 22nd. We will again have an outdoor procession with the Blessed Sacrament after the 10:30AM Mass, weather permitting. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to gather and publicly express our devotion to and our belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Please plan to join us for this very special time of prayer.
ELECTION RESULTS: You may recall that two weeks ago we held elections for the Parish Pastoral Council. Five of your fellow parishioners have been chosen to serve on the parish council. Congratulations and God’s blessings to: Brad Brigeman, Justin Fahey, Pat Milo, Stephanie Saniga, and Cortney Skidmore. They have been elected to a three-year term which will begin in August. I am very grateful to those who have completed their term of office for their three years of service to our parish community on the parish council: Bill Adams, Alan Beery, Donna Bishop, Nancy Goddard, and Tricia Husser. May God bless you all for your willingness to serve God and His people.
On June 6, at 6 PM, Bishop Malesic will be at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to about 50 candidates. Please keep them in your prayers. This is a very important time for these candidates as it is the beginning of their adult formation in the Catholic Faith. Thanks to Fr. Joe Robinson, Deacon Rich, Maggie McCarron, and several volunteers who have developed a very fine program for the candidates after Confirmation.
Our school year comes to an end on Friday, May 30. It has been another good year for Sacred Heart School. We continue to improve and grow as a community of faith. We have so many wonderful teachers and staff headed up by our principal John Czaplicki who are always working to make Sacred Heart School thoroughly Catholic inside and out. As I tell our parents who are new to the school, our teachers and staff are very dedicated to sharing and modeling the Catholic Faith to our students. To them this is more than a job, it is truly ministering to our students in the ways of the Gospel. Please pray for our school and for all who are ministers there. May God bless them for their hard work and devotion.
