Please join us for the May Crowning as we honor our Blessed Mother as Queen of Heaven!

Thursday, May 8th, 4:00PM

All girls from the parish and academy are welcome to take part in the May Crowning on Thursday, May 8th at 4:00 pm during the May Magnificat. Two girls’ names will be selected, one to crown Our Lady (age 11+), and the other to carry the crown (age 10 and under).

Please have your daughters put their names in the age appropriate baskets in the back of church if they would like to participate. All girls are asked to wear a white dress or a white skirt/top and white veil. We have been blessed to receive a collection of white dresses and veils from the Carmelite Nuns in Parnell for the girls to wear. Dress fitting will be on Thursday, May 1 after school in room 302, and a practice on Monday May 5 at 3:30PM in the church. All girls from the parish and academy are welcome to participate!

Jesus told St. Faustina:

Souls perish in spite of My bitter Passion. I am giving them the last hope of salvation, that is, the Feast of My Mercy (Diary 965).

In her Diary, St. Faustina records the Lord’s promises of specific, extraordinary graces:

I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession* and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My mercy (1109).

Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment (300).

The soul that will go to Confession* and receive Holy Communion will obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment (699). 

To receive these graces, the only condition is to receive Holy Communion worthily on Divine Mercy Sunday (or the Vigil celebration) by making a good confession beforehand and staying in the state of grace and trusting in His Divine Mercy. 

Opportunities for Confession at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish: 

• Fridays from 3pm-4pm (during holy hour)
• Saturdays from 3pm – 4:30pm
• Sundays during the 9:30am and 11:30am Masses, when possible
• April 3 from 5pm-8pm (and many other parishes)
• Holy Thursday at 8am
• Good Friday from noon – 1:45pm
• Holy Saturday from 9am – 11:50am (line closes at 11:25am)
• By appointment

*Cardinal Macharski, the Archbishop of St. Faustina’s own archdiocese of Krakow, Poland, clarified the timeframe for confession in his pastoral letter dated January 30, 1985. The requirement of confession may be fulfilled some time in Lent, or after Lent, rather than on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Tickets for the 4th annual Daddy Daughter Dance on April 26th, 2025 are now on sale by visiting the Knights webpage at sacredheartkofc.org. As one of the few fundraisers for the council, proceeds from the event are used by the council for its charitable giving throughout the fraternal year.

April 25, 2025

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 TALLIS SCHOLARS
Missa Papae Marcelli
Easter Friday
*Choral Meditation is at 5pm

5:00 PM Choral Meditation
7:00 PM Solemn Mass
8:30 PM Reception

Help us fund Palestrina 500: https://palestrina500.orgHelp 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.

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!
To Enter: Visit https://troops-of-st-george-1279.square.site/ before March 26, 2025.
1:00 p.m. Weigh-in starts
2:00 p.m. Lunch, 50/50 Raffle and Awards!

Questions? Email: TSGTroop1279@protonmail.com

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