We invite the whole community to the rosaries in the month of October for Our Lady of Fatima

Starting October 1st through October 31st at the Sacred Heart Church. Monday through Saturday at 6:30pm, Wednesdays at 6:00pm, and Sundays at 11:45am.

You are invited to celebrate All Saints’ Day and join the entire community of Sacred Heart, St.. Bernard and St. Joseph on October 27, 2024 after the 12:15 Spanish Mass. Guests are invited to share their favorite dish and bring your dish to the Sacred Shed.

In celebration of the Saints, we invite children and parents to come dressed as a Saint.

There are All Souls Day envelopes on the tables by the entrances. If you would like to have loved ones remembered at the Holy Mass, please fill out the All Souls Day envelopes with their names. If you wish please include a donation and place the envelope in the collection basket.  They will be placed on the Altar during the month of November.

Fr. Sudhakar Mannam will be moving to Lakeport.

There will be a potluck celebration in appreciation and farewell at Sacred Heart on November 3 after the 12:15 Mass.

St. Bernard’s potluck in appreciation and farewell will be held on November 10 in the Church Hall after the 10:30 Mass.

Please contact Debbie David (St. Bernard) 707-599-2824 or Susan Lehman (Sacred Heart) 347-446-5508. Please volunteer for these events!

From Oct 27^th-Dec 1^st donation boxes will be placed in the churches for Catholic Detention Ministries. They are requesting donations of Christmas cards and small individually wrapped candies. Please only unused Christmas cards with envelopes for the use of the inmates of the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. The facility requests that candies remain in their unopened store packages in which they are sold for safety reasons.

This is a combined effort of the local Catholic churches to put together 300 packages, one for each inmate. This has been much appreciated by the inmates in the past. These people do not have a source of cards to send to their families, so these cards are very welcome. The candies provide a little something nice for these people who find little joy on Christmas. 

Please leave donations at the church or church office no later than Sunday, Dec 1^st, when they will be for picked up. For more information or questions call or email St. Mary Church in Arcata.

You can keep up with what is going on at Sacred Heart parish by reading the articles on our NEWS page. You can navigate there by using the menu at the top of the page or by clicking on the link below.

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Join us for a public Rosary Rally at St. Joseph Church on Saturday, Oct.12^th at 12 Noon. Come pray for peace. 

For more information contact Halina @ 707-601-9528.

 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 life.

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 the Eucharist or been confirmed?  They may be thirsting, too.The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is a place to ask questions and seek understanding.  Weekly “no strings” inquiry gatherings will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday evenings beginning in September.  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 Liz McGee (707-599-6138) or contact the rectory office. stbshrcia25@gmail.com.

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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.

Another Text Scam supposedly from Fr. Bernard or other priests asking for favors, money, gift cards etc. has been going around.

Please disregard. Do not respond!

In the spirit of “I will allure her… and speak to her heart. She shall respond… and she shall call me “My Husband” (Hosea 2:16-18), allow the sanctuary to be a place where others and you can be courted and allured by God.

Please…

• Turn your phones and smart watches completely off before entering.
• Arrive early and prepare your mind.
• Enter through the front door.
• Sit in the center of the pew so others can easily find a seat.
• If you are late, do not ask someone to move; stand in the back.
• Please don’t be a distraction: please do not remove or put on clothing; drink, eat, speak, or look around when it is not part of the Mass; add extra words or other distractions to prayers; arrange your hair; etc. Please stay focused so that you and others may be fully receptive.
• When the final prayer or song from Mass is done, please return the missalettes, check them for order, and remove trash from the pews.
• Consider dressing, the drive, and the walk to and from the sanctuary as a pilgrimage which is leading to the courtship, and that others may be ruminating on Scripture in their interior space and not necessarily wanting to be social.

  Thank you for your consideration!
  God bless you.

For something so integral and important to a person’s flourishing and happiness and the health of our society marriage is generally given little attention in the world, but the Catholic Church has consistently led the way in educating and supporting couples, preparing them for this magnicent vocation with Christ as its center. Considering Marriage? Check out the diocesan website: https://srdiocese.org/marriage-preparation

Santa Rosa Diocese Marriage Preparation

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

With the prevalence of easy-to-access technology and the vast variety of ways people communicate these days, the pervasiveness of people who make it their mission to scam people out of money using digital trickery is only increasing. We collected some of the most common scams that are directed specifically toward Catholics as well as how to identify and avoid them in order to protect yourself from online criminals. 

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