CELEBRATING THE SACREMENTS
BAPTISM
Our parish at Sacred Heart celebrates the Sacrament of Baptism on the second Sunday of the month.
Please complete the baptism registration form online, or scroll to the bottom of the page for the printable PDF form you can deliver to Father at Mass. or drop in the collection. or deliver to the side door mail box.
"Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.
Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons (daughters )of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word." Catechism 1213
COMMUNION
We will be celebrating First Communion with both Sacred Heart and Holy Family schools this March 2021.
Sacred Heart School’s numbers require two celebration Masses for First Communion at 5PM and 7PM on Tuesday, March 16th.
Holy Family School will celebrate first communion for its students on Sunday March 21st at 1:00PM.
If you have children who are not enrolled in either of the two schools, but are eligible to receive their First Communion, please contact Father Joe at the Parish Office 519-442-2465
CONFIRMATION
We will be celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation with both Sacred Heart and Holy Family schools this March 2021.
Sacred Heart School’s numbers require two Confirmation celebrations Masses for First Communion at 5PM and 7PM on Thursday, March 18th.
Holy Family School will celebrate Confirmation its students on Monday March 22nd at 7:00PM.
If you have children who are not enrolled in either of the two schools, but are eligible to receive the sacrament of Confirmation, please contact Father Joe at the Parish Office 519-442-2465.
CONFESSION
The basic requirement for a good confession is to have the intention of returning to God like the "prodigal son" and to acknowledge our sins with true sorrow before the priest.
Modern society has lost a sense of sin. As a Catholic follower of Christ, I must make an effort to recognize sin in my daily actions, words and omissions.
The Gospels show how important is the forgiveness of our sins. Lives of saints prove that the person who grows in holiness has a stronger sense of sin, sorrow for sins, and a need for the Sacrament of Penance or Confession.
MATRIMONY
If you wish to be married at Sacred Heart Church please make an appointment with Father at least six months in advance.
"The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws. . . . God himself is the author of marriage." The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator. Marriage is not a purely human institution despite the many variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different cultures, social structures, and spiritual attitudes. These differences should not cause us to forget its common and permanent characteristics. Although the dignity of this institution is not transparent everywhere with the same clarity, some sense of the greatness of the matrimonial union exists in all cultures. "The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life." Catechism 1603