Sacred Heart Church is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. The parish has been in existence for more than 50 years. This is our mission statement: Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Rugby is a Eucharistic community responding to God's universal call to holiness by witnessing to Gospel values. Inspired by the Holy Spirit we welcome everyone, we worship together, we care for other people and for the environment, and we work for the common good in our community.
Next week is the great Feast of Pentecost in Year B. Mass will be celebrated at 9.30am on Sunday May 27th, with an anticipated Mass on Saturday at 6pm. To find out what we will be singing, click here.
The new parish priest at Sacred Heart is to be Father Antonio Belsito. He will take over from Father Ted in July. There will be a farewell celebration lunch on Sunday July 8th. This will be a shared table and parishioners will be invited to sign up to certain items in the near future. We wish Father Ted all the best in his new parish and thank him for everything he has done at Sacred Heart. The new parish priest will be attending the parish annual meeting on Monday June 11th at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and meet him.
Are you ready for a fun night out? Then come along to Sacred Heart church hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm for a game of bingo. There will be plenty of good company. All proceeds go to Myton Hospice.
Views are invited on a consultation document from the archdiocese concerning the shortage of clergy. It calls on parishes to work more closely together. Parishes are asked to send responses to the dean. You can read the document by following this link.
The annual meeting will be on Monday June 11th at 7.30pm. Sacred Heart Parish Council last met on Saturday April 21st in the hall. There were two major items on the agenda. The first was the plan for the next five years - to consider some of the projects which have been suggested by parishioners. The second was the proposal to change Mass times at Catholic churches in Rugby. Click here to read the minutes.
The Rugby Life group aims to open a charity shop in September. This will include a counselling centre. Some £4,000 needs to be raised by July 1 to cover set-up costs and find at least 10 volunteers to help staff the shop. There is a meeting on Monday May 14th at 7pm at Hibbert's (the St Marie's parish hall). For more details, conact Father Tony Furlong on 542703.
The parish council has approved improvements to the kitchen at Sacred Heart parish hall. The sink is to be raised up and a different fridge is to be purchased. Parish councillors are also looking into installing storage cupboards to improve the kitchen.
The parish council has discussed whether Mass times need to be changed on Saturday nights at Sacred Heart. Currently, Mass times at the three Catholic churches in Rugby overlap on Saturday evenings. The parish council felt this did not cause any problems at the moment and did not feel any change was necessary. This will be reported to the Deanery.
The parish is to support a street party being organised by Bilton Evangelical Church for Saturday June 3rd to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The parish council has agreed to contribute tables, some chairs and food to the event. Invitations will be distributed by BEC to 3,000 houses (but not in Cawston or Admirals), reaching over 7,000 people, with 1,000 expected to attend. Please sign up to the grid in the narthex.
The parish's Bible reflection group has been renamed 'Breaking the Word'. Each fortnight, members meet to discuss the forthcoming Sunday's Gospel reading. There are between six and 12 people in the group, and new members are always welcome. The group meets next on Thursday May 24th at 1.45pm in the hall. Read about more parish groups.
Sacred Heart Parish is a collection point for the Rugby Foodbank. This is designed to help individuals and families in crisis, through the provision of emergency food supplies. Local professional care workers in the Rugby area refer them, with a food voucher, to the foodbank centre in the town. Please bring any of the following to Mass - coffee/tea, tinned meat/fish, tinned fruit, soup, pasta sauces, tinged spone puddings, tinned tomoatoes, cereals, tinned rice pudding, instant mash potato, rice/pasta, uht or powdered milk, sugar, cartons of fruit juice, jam, biscuits or snack bars. There is a container in the narthex.
Where else in Rugby can you get such a bargain? Good company. Three sessions of bingo, a raffle and a small general knowledge quiz to challenge you. Plus tea and biscuits or cake. All for £1. The answer? Sacred Heart's Church Hall, Bilton where the Monday Club takes place at 2pm on Monday afternoons. All are welcome. Why not give it a try?
Young parishioners at Sacred Heart collected pennies this Lent to help Cafod's 'Give it up for water' campaign. Every 20 seconds a child dies from dirty water. We can help change this. The UK government has pledged to match each donation. A brilliant £840 was raised and the Government will now match this total. This collection has now closed. The Lent lunches at Sacred Heart parish raised £680 for Cafod. This will be matched by government funding to make £1,360.
Would you like to be involved in a new monthly youth group? Would you like to join a reigster of volunteers in the parish willing to help others? Would you like to join a neighbourhood community group based in your road? Would you like to help organise a parish day of reflection? You can sign up to any of these projects by going to the parish council noticeboard in the hall. To find out more, please click here.
A new series of Living Faith talks will take place this autumn at Sacred Heart parish. The programme will be announced soon. Last autumn, a packed hall of more than 60 people attended the four Living Faith talks on Thursday evenings. The talks were on 'The Future of the Church'. Each of the four talks features a meal and a guest speaker. The final one, given by Bishop William Kenny, was on 'Collegiality and the Role of the Laity'. Click here for more information and to see pictures from the events.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bilton, Rugby. Read about the groups in the parish and how you could get involved. Click here.
There is daily worship at Sacred Heart Church. Follow today's readings by clicking here.
View the parish diary and find out what's on this week. Click here
Click here for a picture tour inside Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rugby.
Listen to a daily reflection, including today's Gospel reading, by following this link. You can also download the reflection for your MP3 player.
