His Heart, Our Hands

Dear Parishioners,

We have many relationships in our life, but what is the most important one? Because we are Christians, and we take our discipleship seriously I would imagine that we would answer the most important relationship in our life is the one we have with Jesus Christ. How do we live our faith? We live our faith through worship and prayer. We live out our faith by trying to be virtuous people. We also live our faith by being part of a Christian community.

That community supports us in our faith journey. If we don’t live our lives connected to a community, it is almost impossible to follow Jesus. Our Lord showed us the way when he gathered faithful disciples around him as he began his ministry.

When we have questions about the meaning of our life we turn to the church. When we experience sadness, we can find support from other Christians in our parish. When we are experiencing joy, our brothers and sisters in the church are happy to celebrate with us. The church community touches our lives in many ways.

The church exists because of God’s divine providence and because parishioners invest their time, talent and treasure in it. An important part of church support is the offertory collection. We have not asked people to reflect on their level of offertory giving for several years. Almsgiving, a hallmark of the Lenten season, is an important part of Christian living. For that reason, we are having a special stewardship program this year called His Heart, Our Hands. This brochure explains the program and highlights the ways we live out our faith in our parish.

Our Commitment Weekend is March 9th and 10th. Sacred Heart parishioners have always responded generously when asked for donations. I ask you to take time to reflect on your offertory gift. This is the lifeblood of our daily finances. I invite you to please join in supporting our parish community.

Please remember Sacred Heart Parish in your daily prayers.

Blessings,
Fr. Mark DeSutter
Pastor

Fr. Mark Introduces the His Heart, Our Hands program on Sunday, March 3.

Fulfilling your New Commitment

Three simple and secure ways to do so:

  • Sign up for Online Giving or update your current online gift amount here.

  • Use your offering envelope and bring it to Mass each Sunday or mail it to the parish office.

  • Explore using tax-advantaged charitable gifts such as IRA Distributions, Gifts of Stock, or remembering the parish in your will. Contact the parish office at (309) 762-2362.

Parishioner Allison Possin spoke at all the Masses on the Weekend of March 9th/10th as we kicked off ‘His Heart, Our Hands’!