Faith Formation

Join our parish in praying the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the days leading up to our parish feast day. The prayers are the same each day. So pray the prayers below each day starting Thursday, June 15-Thursday, June 23, 2022. Then join us for Mass for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 6:00 PM Friday, June 24, 2022 in the church followed by a meal of hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings plus dessert in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall.
 

Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayers
Pray each day Thurs., June 15-Thurs., June 23, 2022.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.”

Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…

(Mention your Intention Here)

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.” Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…

(Mention your Intention Here)

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.” Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of…

(Mention your Intention Here)

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

Closing prayer:

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours. Amen
 

Click here for more information or other novenas you can pray throughout the year. 
Sacred Heart art from Diocesan and prayers copied from praymorenovenas.com

ARETE

The whole parish is invited to attend ARETE. Activities will be proveded for children, first grade to sixth grade, while parents attend the presentation.
It meets the fourth Sunday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Great Hall. A different topic will be will be presented during each session.
The RE Sacrament families are required to attend.
Arete (Greek: ἀρετή) means “excellence” or “virtue.” In its earliest appearance in Greek, this word was related to the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one’s full potential. The ancient Romans used the Latin word virtus (derived from vir, their word for man) to refer to all of the “excellent qualities of men, including physical strength, valorous conduct, and moral rectitude.” A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good and pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions.

"The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God."
St. Gregory of Nyssa


Adult Formation Program

While our children, grades K-12, are in religious education on Wednesdays in our Pastoral Center Classrooms, ALL adults of our parish (whether you have children in religious education or not) can attend formation in the Upstairs Parish Hall at 6:30 pm every Wednesday, except for holidays. For more information, contact Religious Education Coordinator Monica Robinson at 940-723-5288, ext. 108, or at religioused@sacredheartwf.org.