Sacred Heart Spanish Lenten Retreat
Sacred Heart Spanish Lenten Retreat – March 18th
There will be a Lenten Retreat in Spanish on March 18th 8:30am-4:00pm at the Sacred Shed at Sacred Heart Church in Eureka. Please call the office at 707-443-8429
Retiro de Cuaresma del Sagrado Corazón en Español – 18 de marzo
Habrá un Retiro de Cuaresma en español el 18 de marzo de 8:30 am a 4:00 pm en el Cobertizo Sagrado en la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón en Eureka. Por favor llame a la oficina al 707-443-8429
Congreso Cuaresmal Sanando Las Familias
We want to extend a cordial invitation to all families within our diocese to participate in the next Lenten family congress that will take place this coming March 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in St. Sebastian Church, in Sebastopol, CA. With the special participation of Noel Diaz, founder of ESNE, radio and television “El Sembrador”. This will be a congress mainly in Spanish.
St. Bernard – St Patrick’s Fest – Saturday March 18
The St. Patrick’s Fest hosted by St. Bernard and put on by the Knights of Columbus will be on Saturday, March 18th at 5:00pm in the St. Bernard Parish Hall at 6th and I Streets in Eureka. The menu will consist of corned beef and cabbage with all the usual goodies. Irish beer and wine will be available for purchase. Back by popular demand is the Pot of Gold Raffle. Tickets are $30 Adults and $15 Kids (12 & under) and available at the door or from any Knight. Come eat delicious food, laugh with friends, and enjoy the entertainment and live music.
Catholic Kids Homilies
Catholic Kids Media is an effort to evangelize the culture, providing quality Catholic programming for kids that does not water down Catholicism. We develop resources for parents and teachers to instruct children in the Faith and practices of prayer. These videos tackle tough questions such as “What is the Eucharist?” and “What is the Trinity?” in order to help kids understand and love the strange and wonderful thing that is Catholicism, so that they might live Christ-centered lives.
Best Lenten Resources on the Web
We have searched the web and curated the best of everything you would want to know about Lent. We have put links on a single Lenten Resources page. You can remind yourself about Lenten fast and abstinence and the Lenten regulations for the diocese of Santa Rosa. You can also find links to:
Pope Francis’s Lenten Message
Our Favorite Lenten Videos
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “What Is Lent?”
Loyola Resources for Your Lenten Journey
Ignatian Resources for Lent
Praying Lent This Year
Lenten Activities for Children
Your Guide to A Catholic Lent
Pretzels & Lent
Hot Cross Buns & Lent
Four Online Lenten Retreats
History of Lent
pope francis’s lenten message
We will update the link to Pope Francis’s Lenten Message when it is released. You can read last year’s message by clicking the link below.
Featured Lent Videos
During Lent we will be featuring different videos to help you learn and reflect about the season and to provide a short break from the hectic pace of life.
More Lent Videos
During Lent we will be featuring different videos to help you learn and reflect about the season and to provide a short break from the hectic pace of life.
Liturgy Schedule
Sacred Heart – St. Bernard – St. Joseph Parishes
March 17
Friday
12:15 pm – Mass at 12:15
1:00- 4:00 pm – English language Eucharistic Adoration & Stations of the Cross @ St. Bernard Church
7:00 pm – Spanish language Stations of the Cross @ Sacred Heart Church
March 18
Saturday
3:15 pm – Confessions @ St. Joseph
4:00 pm – Mass @ St. Joseph
March 19
Sunday
7:30 am – Mass @ St. Joseph
9:00 am – Mass in English @ Sacred Heart
10:30 am – Mass @ St. Bernard
12:15 pm – Mass in Spanish @ Sacred Heart
March 20
Monday
12:15 pm – Mass @ St. Bernard
March 21
Tuesday
7:30 am – Mass @ St. Joseph
11:30 am – Rosary group @ Sacred Heart chapel
March 22
Wednesday
12:15 pm – Mass @ St. Bernard
1:00 pm – Adoration & Confession @ St. Bernard Church
6:00 pm – Adoration & Confession @ Sacred Heart in Spanish
7:00 pm – Spanish language Mass @ Sacred Heart in Spanish
March 23
Thursday
7:30 am – Mass @ St. Joseph Church
Catholic News
We have created links to the best Catholic news sites so that you can keep current in the latest national and international Catholic news.
America: The Jesuit Review
Our flagship magazine is the leading Catholic journal of opinion in the United States. First published in 1909, America magazine is known across the Catholic world for its unique brand of opinion and analysis. From theology and spirituality to politics, international relations, arts and letters, and the economy and social justice, America’s coverage spans the globe. We tell the stories that matter most to the church and the world. Our award-winning website is americamagazine.org.
Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service has a rich history of journalistic professionalism and is a leader in the world of Catholic and religious media. With headquarters in Washington, offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world, CNS provides the most comprehensive coverage of the church today.
And in the digital age, CNS is showing a new audience the accuracy that has always been its hallmark with its video journalism and documentary production.
Vatican News
Vatican News is the news portal of the Holy See. Surpassing the concept of being a simple digital platform, Vatican News seeks to respond and, in a certain sense, to anticipate the continual changes taking place in communication, with the objective of “communicating the Gospel of mercy to all people” in various cultures. It communicates and interacts through audio, video, text and images on a multi-lingual, multi-culture, multi-channel, multi-media and multi-device plain.
Catholic News Videos
Keep up with the latest Catholic News
- Pope Francis: “3 people deserve special attention: the widow, orphan and migrant”. The Pope said that “only a social and political culture that understands the free reception can have a future.”
- Pope Francis:“Apostles are not only the twelve disciples but all the baptized”.
- Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese files for bankruptcy citing child sexual abuse cases. The Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy Monday, citing new lawsuits from more than 200 survivors of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
The Pope Video
We pray for those who have suffered harm from members of the Church; may they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering.
Pope Francis – March 2023
In response to cases of abuse, especially to those committed by members of the Church, it’s not enough to ask for forgiveness.
Asking for forgiveness is necessary, but it is not enough. Asking for forgiveness is good for the victims, but they are the ones who have to be “at the center” of everything.
Their pain and their psychological wounds can begin to heal if they find answers —if there are concrete actions to repair the horrors they have suffered and to prevent them from happening again.
The Church cannot try to hide the tragedy of abuse of any kind. Nor when the abuse takes place in families, in clubs, or in other types of institutions.
The Church must serve as a model to help solve the issue and bring it to light in society and in families.
The Church must offer safe spaces for victims to be heard, supported psychologically, and protected.
Let us pray for those who have suffered because of the wrongs done to them from members of the Church; may they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering.
Rosary Group on Tuesdays
The Sacred Heart Rosary group invites you to join them on Tuesdays at 11:30 at Sacred Heart Church in the chapel. We look forward seeing you there.
RCIA News
The human heart seems ultimately to manifest itself in the desire to be loved and to love in return. Until then, as St. Augustine said, our hearts are restless until they rest in God who is Love. As Catholic Christians, we are privileged to share God’s love through Mass, the sacraments and how we live our lives. Do you know someone thirsting for God? Do you know someone not baptized or baptized in a different Christian tradition thirsting to know what it means to be Catholic? Do you know someone already Catholic but who has not yet received Confirmation or the Eucharist? They may be thirsting, too! The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a place to ask questions and seek understanding. Weekly “no strings” inquiry gatherings are on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the back classroom of Sacred Heart Church. We would love for you to invite /accompany anyone you know whose heart is restless for the God who loves them. For more information, please contact Ann Lynch (443-6741) or call the rectory office at 707-443-8429.
We Have A Prayer Team
If you have a special need of any sort, we have a prayer team who will pray on your behalf. Let us pray with you, and for you. Surround yourself with prayer.
Call our prayer line leader Toni 24/7 at (707) 445-361six
Catholic Apps
CatholicApps.com was created in response to the call to evangelization from Saint John Paul II, and then continued on through Pope Benedict, and of course the call for deeper evangelization from Pope Francis. We aim to review, and share a lot of catholic appsthat can help you deepen your own Catholic faith, or share unique Catholic apps that allow you to share and evangelize your faith with family, friends, and anyone you have a relationship with.
Natural Family Planning Class Information
Natural Family Planning classes teach a highly effective scientific method involving charting the individual body’s own system for the purpose of determing fertile and infertile times. Not only is it highly effective and natural but couples report that the method brings them closer together as it requires the loving cooperation of the couple. Many couples trying to conceive have found it most helpful as well as those wishing to hold off on conception. Natural family planning (NFP) can now be learned: self-paced, live online, or onsite. Cost is $150 and taught either in Spanish or English. You may take a class the traditional way in person with the teaching couples and other student couples, online, in a virtual classroom (some gadgets required.) or self-paced classes offered online. Spaced a week apart you and your spouse or fiance attend three classes at your own pace,one week apart. Please go to the Couple to Couple League website to compare classes, find classes near you or to register https://ccli.org/