Hosted by The Troops of St. George Troop 1279.
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Location: Cebelak Hall
Entry Fee: $50 per 2-person team, 2-person teams only, lunch included!
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1:00 p.m. Weigh-in starts
2:00 p.m. Lunch, 50/50 Raffle and Awards!

Questions? Email: TSGTroop1279@protonmail.com

March 25, 2024

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

HOPE COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR

Missa Brevis

Annunciation

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.

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

If you would like to help out at our March event, please sign up HERE. If you are able to sign up for all dates, let us know and we will sign you up.

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 or to sign up, 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. 

Please visit: https://shojgr.flocknote.com/register to verify the information we have on file for you, add children to the database, and request to join some of the groups already available.  Updating your information will ensure that the parish have up-to-date information on parishioners and visitors alike.  An app is available, with a white sheep, or access through a browser. Overtime, this will replace Remind, Sign up Genius, paper registrations, and our giving platform. Questions, please email Laureen Fish at lfish@shgr.org.

The Commitment of Fidelity is Sacred Heart’s model of giving.

~ At the most basic level, the Commitment of Fidelity is a question: How do you feel called to serve God and your neighbor through the work of Sacred Heart?

~The CoF model is designed to grow and sustain our truly Christian community in a spirit consistent with the life of our unique parish. 

~The model hinges upon the individual responsibility of parishioners, parish families, and friends as we prayerfully take spiritual inventory, appraise gifts, and examine our commitment to God’s Church and each other.

How does CoF work?

Every year, Sacred Heart Parish calls everyone in the community to assess the gifts that God has given them and to respond to His generosity by com- mitting some of those gifts back to His Church.

•  For a designated series of weeks each year, parishioners are encour- aged to undergo the process of personal examination together, and after this period of holistic and prayerful discernment, to submit to the Parish what they are planning to commit in fidelity to aid in its work for the year.
• CoF postcards for submission of your commitments will be available after Masses during Commitment of Fidelity weeks and all year round in the parish office.
• While the “Commitment of Fidelity” is a name for the scheduled peri- od of discernment and the subsequent giving, it is also the relationship we hope to foster between the Parish and its community — a partner- ship of mutual, intentional commitment and loving sacrifice.
• The CoF model encourages the community to be continually mindful of how we praise and thank our Lord all year round. Through this spir- it of gratitude, we are best able to humbly discern His will for our lives and the role we are each to play in His Church.What do commitments of fidelity look like?
  ~ Prayers
  ~ Volunteer hours
  ~ Skilled work
  ~ Financial assistance

Discernment is a time of obtaining spiritual guidance and understanding. If you are considering the priesthood, the Diocese of Grand Rapids invites you to meet each month with other young men in high school and college to gather and discern God’s will for your life. Feel free to just show up or email to let us know you are coming at preynolds@grdiocese.org. You may also contact the Director of Priestly Vocations Fr. Rob Mulderink at frrob@lukespot.com if you have questions.

Discernment Meeting Dates

St. Luke University Parish 10144 42nd Ave. Georgetown Twp. MI 49428 12:30-1:30 p.m.

2025 dates: February 16, March 23, and May 4

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!  

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