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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil	5:30 p.m.
Sunday	8:00, 9:30, & 11:00 a.m.
Weekdays	8:00 a.m.
Saturday	9:00 a.m.
Holydays	8:00 a.m., 12 Noon, & 5:30 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
Saturday	4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Pre-Baptism class required; please call rectory.

Parish Directory

1040 - 39th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 452-4136

Msgr Robert P. Walton, Pastor
Fr. Aldrin Basarte, Parochial Vicar
Gilbert Parra, Deacon
William Reihl, Deacon
Sr. Mary Martin RSM, Pastoral Associate, 452-4830
Theresa Sparks, School Principal Parish School
Kristin Hansen, Rel. Ed. Coordinator, 454-3640
Dr. Donald Kendrick, Music Director, 278-6805
Joe Sison, Youth Minister, 529-3907

Sacred Heart Parish

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Morning Prayer

Please join us for Morning Prayer. We meet by the statue of St. Joseph. Start your day with praise and blessing. Come join us before work!

Mon-Fri at 7:30 a.m.
Sat at 8:30 a.m.

Childrens' Church

During the school year, we offer nursery care for toddler’s and a Sunday School program for children three to six. The children meet each week in the Parish Hall during 9:30 a.m. Mass. New families are always welcome. For more information please call Rachelle Cook at 453-1966.

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The mission of Sacred Heart Church is to call people to develop a personal relationship with God, to build a community of faith and worship, to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by serving the needs of all people through the guidance of the Holiy Spirit.

Enhancing our Parish, Advancing our School

As of: October 29, 2008

Parishioner support for the Parish Capital Campaign has been very successful. To date, we have raised $2,264,360 in pledged commitments payable over the next 5 years! This very generous response has come from 432 of our 1,100 households, that is, 40% of our families.

We thank all families who have already responded to the campaign. Several parishioners have indicated that they are still thinking about the gift they will make. If you are not among the 40% of the parish families who have made a pledge to this extraordinary opportunity, there is still time for you to do so.

There are campaign brochures, special pledge cards, and reply envelopes in the church vestibule for you to pick up after Mass.

Our goal is 100% participation.

We are all asked to make a gift at whatever level is appropriate to you and your family. Thank you for your anticipated support of this important effort to enhance our Parish and advance our School ministry.

New School Update

Check our School Construction page for current status.

Run to feed the Hungry

Sacred Heart Parish has formed a team to run in the annual Sacramento Food Bank Services fundraiser. Sacred Heart team captains Celeste Holben (age 14) ande Alex Brocchini (age 13) invite fellow parishioners to join them for the 15th annual Run to Feed the Hungry this Thanksgiving Day. The run/walk is a great way for people of all ages and abilities to start their Thanksgiving Day by helping the less fortunate in our community. The event benefits the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services in Oak Park. The 5K and 10K course starts at CSUS at 9:00 a.m. and winds through East Sacramento.

As a team member you will receive VIP parking, breakfast before the event, Team Sacred Heart shirt and Run to Feed the Hungry shirt, and a team photograph. If you are out of town or not interested in running or walking, please consider making a donation on behalf of Team Sacred Heart. You may register online or by completing the application in the church vestibule. To register online go to: https://secure2.merchantcart.net/fth/registration.cfm?new=1 (Our team # is 601.)

You may sponsor Team Sacred Heart by completing the donation card in the vestibule. To donate online go to https://secure2.merchantcart.net/fth/teamwebpage.cfm?pid=5310 (Our team # is 601.)

Prayer for the Week

Father in heaven, ever-living source of all that is good, from the beginning of time you promised us salvation through the future coming of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Help us to drink of his truth & expand our hearts with the joy of his promises, so that we may serve you in faith & in love & know forever the joy of your presence. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Grace

Grace Throughout the centuries, Catholics have been saying a grace—prayer of gratitude—before meals whether alone or together in groups. The most common such prayer runs like this: "Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive through thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen."

Here is a grace prayer used by the Magnificat Women’s Group in Phoenix. It is sung to the tune of "Edelweiss," made famous for Americans by its prominence in the musical The Sound of Music: "Bless our friends, bless our food, Come, O Lord, and be with us. May our talk glow with peace, may our lives be united. Friendship and love, may they bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever, bless our friends, bless our lives, bless us now and forever."

I have chosen and consecrated this house, says the Lord, that my name may be there forever. – 2 Chronciles 7:16