Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, MI will host a year-long choral festival called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community.

1 Year. 12 Monthly Events. Each event contains:

a Choral Meditation • Solemn Mass • Reception Afterwards

THE GESUALDO SIX

Missa Sine nomine

St. Valentine’s Day

5:30 PM Choral Meditation

7:00 PM Solemn Mass

8:30 PM Reception
Help us fund Palestrina 500: https://palestrina500.org

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Palestrina 500 is proud to partner with Blue Lake Public Radio for this year-long music festival.

Join us for a Night at the Symphony! Saturday, February 8, 2025

Please RSVP by Friday January 17 at noon, so we can secure our tickets.

H.S. Symphony Night Flyer

Sacred Heart will host a year-long choral festival called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community. There will be monthly events starting December 2024 and ending December 2025 each with a Choral Meditation, Solemn Mass, and Reception.

We have decided that moving forward we would have one sign up per monthly event. Thank you for donating your time. The full list of dates is below.  If you are able to sign up for all events, let us know and we will sign you up.  Mike Tober dre@shgr.org or Laureen Fish lfish@shgr.org

Monday, January 6, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Friday, August 15, 2025
Monday, September 15, 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Monday, November 2, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025

Any questions please reach out to Mike Tober dre@shgr.org or Laureen Fish lfish@shgr.org. 

Descriptions for the various volunteer positions can be found here. 

January 6, 2025 Sign Up

Sign-ups for the high school-age parish Mission Trip to the Gulf Coast are taking place.  If your child is in high school and would like to attend please contact Michael Tober at dre@shgr.org to sign up. Spots for the Mission Trip are first-come, first-served and will go fast!  

The Baby Blanket Marathon is our annual endeavor to provide a greater awareness for the Sanctity of Life, to assist the local Catholic Help Crisis Pregnancy Center, and to raise necessary funding to offset the travel cost to Washington D.C. for the March for Life.

Please prayerfully consider donating fleece, so that our students can make blankets to donate to the HELP Pregnancy Center. We accept fleece all year long for this event. The only criteria is that the colors and the patterns be baby-friendly. You can drop fleece off at the back of the church or the parish office. Contact Laureen Fish at lfish@shgr.org with questions.

Did you adore our Lord during our 40 Hours Devotion? Would you like to adore Him every First Friday? We are in need of those willing to commit to an hour of adoration every First Friday. We particularly need adorers for the 5:00pm and 10:00pm hours. If you would like to sign up or want more information, please call Noelle in the parish office at 616-459-8362.

Enjoy this beautiful video created for our recent annual auction:

The Fruit of Love is Service – Auction Video 2024

Any young ladies in 7th – 12th grade are invited to join a prayer group called Rays of Hope. This group meets twice a month on the first and fourth Saturdays of the month, starting with morning Mass as 7:45AM. Following Mass, we pray the rosary, have breakfast, and have a discussion about how to follow in the footsteps of Mary more closely. Each meeting also includes an activity of assisting at the parish, for example doing an initial watering of the flowers for Christmas and Easter and reaching out to the community. We are always open to suggestions. We have taken on two charities at this time: Kids Food Basket and Help Pregnancy Aid. If you are interested you can just show up or if you have any questions please contact Sr. Jacinta Miryam at srjacintamiryam@shgr.org

Great news! Recent homilies are back up and available here. You also will find them at the Homilies tab in your myParish App.