This upcoming August, Sacred Heart Academy will open the school year with hands-on experiences for our Upper School Students (7th-12th Grades). We are looking for experts or enthusiasts in a variety of fields from within our parish to help lead and teach our Upper School Students for a day or two during the opening week of the school year, August 25th – August 28th. Students would choose an elective for a one day or two day course where one or two instructors (or more) would provide hands-on or “real life” experiences that are difficult to encounter within the confines of a normal school day. Examples of topics we are hoping to provide for our students:

•Outdoor skills, camping, fire building, orienteering, etc. 
•Hunters safety, firearm safety and maintenance, firearm training 
•Kayaking and/or canoeing, boating safety and skills
•Food preparation and cooking skills
•Art opportunities beyond the classroom, museum visits
•Drama skills
•Self-defense training and awareness
•Carpentry
•Husbandry
•Auto Repair and Maintenance
•Marketing/graphic design
•CPR

These are just examples and are not a complete list. We are open to a variety of potential ideas that we have not thought to provide to our students. If you are interested in serving Sacred Heart Academy for a day or two (or more) during the first week of the school year by providing leadership in an area of your interest or expertise, please contact Peter DeWitt at pdewitt@shgr.org.

Parish Office: M-Th 8:45am-3:00pm, Closed on Friday 

Academy Office: Closed until August 17. Staff available via email during that time.

With great joy, the diocese announces that Deacons Charles Leidel, Logan McGahan and Hunter Ostapowicz will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. You are welcome to attend the ordination Mass in person at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew or watch the livestream on the diocesan website, GRdiocese.org, or YouTube. Please pray for our newest priests as they begin their ministry!

Our local Knights of Columbus Council #13641 has the privilege of hosting the Pilgrim Icon of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from June 5th to June 14th. Every few years, the Knights of Columbus select a sacred image to travel from council to council, serving as the focus of prayer in parishes around the world. Since the program began in 1979, more than 191,000 prayer services with over 23 million participants have taken place. The current icon features the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, based on the well-known 1767 painting by Pompeo Batoni, venerated in the Church of the Gesù in Rome. This reproduction bears the blessing of Pope Francis and is one of more than 300 icons traveling worldwide. This program seeks to deepen devotion onto the Sacred Heart of Jesus. During the time the Icon is with us, we are inspired to pray that our hearts become more like his and to learn how to care for others in the way Christ does.

While the icon is present, the Knights of Columbus will host a Sacred Heart Hour. More details to come. All are welcome to spend time in prayer before this venerated image.

We have a volunteer coordinator but are still looking for 2 more volunteers to help with photo directory scheduling and sign-ins. Would you be willing to help with this project? All volunteers are given $50 certificates towards photos. If we get enough volunteers, we will schedule photos for the end of August and beginning of September with photos and directories delivered before Christmas.