Weekend Mass Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Sunday 8:30 am 10:00 am

Daily Mass Monday 7:00 am Tuesday 7:00 am Wednesday 7:00 am Friday 7:00 am Saturday 8:30 am

Communion Service Thursday 7:00 am

Confession Monday 7:30am Tuesday 7:30am Saturday 9:00-9:30am & 4:30-5:00pm

Adoration Friday 7:30am Exposition 8:30am Benediction

Baptism Please call the parish office to make arrangements for baptism at least 2 month in advance.

Matrimony Please call the parish office to make arrangements for marriage at least 6 months in advance.

Pastor Reverend Bruce Ludeke

Permanent Deacon Deacon Ken Funk

August 16, 2020 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time

Mission Statement We are a Eucharistic Community which recognizes and

values the dignity of each person by responding to the Gospel. We are called to

Pray, Teach and Serve.

2224 Avenue J, Sterling IL www.sacredheartparish.net Tel. 815-625-1134 Emergency 815-625-0631

SACRED HEART CHURCH PRAY † TEACH † SERVE

Pray Mass Intentions

Mon. 08/17 7:00 am † Terry Grennan Tues. 08/18 7:00 am † Terry Grennan Wed. 08/19 7:00 am † Mary Lu Grove Thurs. 08/20 7:00 am Communion Service Fri. 08/21 7:00 am † Ed J. Grennan Sat. 08/22 8:30 am Special Intention

5:30 pm For the Living & Deceased Family of John Schuler Sunday 08/23 8:30 am † Beryl Dieterle 10:00 am Sacred Heart Parishioners

Sanctuary Lamp For the Living and Deceased Family

` Of Thomas Schuler

Sanctuary Lamp Memorials The sanctuary lamp over the tabernacle is sponsored each week either in memory of, or for the living intentions of the loved ones of our parishioners. If you would like to sponsor a week, please contact the parish office. Several weeks are still open for 2020 and 2021. The suggested donation is $10.

Adoration

Friday 7:30am-8:30am

Come and spend one hour with our Lord!

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Feast of the Assumption is one of the most important

feast days of the year and a Holy Day of Obligation on the

official Roman Catholic Church calendar.

By tradition, the holy day is observed every August 15th.

This year, the Feast of the Assumption occurs on

Saturday, August 15, 2020.

According to Roman Catholic theology, Mary was

"assumed body and soul into heavenly glory" several

years after her son, Jesus, ascended into heaven.

The importance of this event in Mary's life is only surpassed by her role in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. The moment of Mary's ascension into heaven has been depicted in dozens of painting masterpieces and became a central theme in Renaissance art.

Parish Office

Hours…...............Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (June-Aug: Friday - 8:00-12:00pm) Phone …………...……………………… 815-625-1134 Fax………………...………………………815-625-1138 Rectory, Emergency Only ….………..…815-625-0631

Parish Staff

Pastor Rev. Bruce Ludeke……….…………….…….....ext. 3 Email…………………….…sheartpastor@gmail.com

Permanent Deacon Deacon Ken Funk………………...….................ext. 5 Email……………..…..sheartdeaconken@gmail.com

Business Manager Julie Massey….………………….………..…......ext. 2 Email……....…..…….jmassey@rockforddiocese.org

Parish Secretary Shelly Oltmans..………………………….….......ext. 0 Email……………….………. sheartoffice@gmail.com

Director of Music & Liturgy Karen Nestor.....………………………….….......ext. 4 Email………………...sheartmusicliturgy@gmail.com

Coordinator of Religious Education Melinda Hutchison………….…………..…….…......... Email………………….sheartreligioused@gmail.com

Coordinator of Evangelization Susanna Riley….…...………...…..…...815-441-8170 Email………………….….evangelizeshp@gmail.com

Coordinator of RCIA Gonzalo Reyes Email……….……….……….sheartRCIA@gmail.com

Prayer Chain for Special Intentions Call………..……………….…………….815-625-1134 Email…...……………..…...sheartoffice@gmail.com

Tithing 5% ……..(

Weekly Collection No New Numbers

Your Gift to God last weekend was:

Amount Required Weekly $5,923.08

Envelope mailed in/dropped off $2,006.00

Online Giving $1,828.00

Weekly Total 07/12/2020 $3,834.00

YTD Required $319,846.32

YTD Collected (Week 54) $282,386.30

Total Envelope Holders 523

Envelopes Used 67

% Contributed 13%

Join us live for Mass on Sundays at 10:00am

link below for livestreaming

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Thank You to our Church Cleaner! A big thank you to Paula Passini, who was our church cleaner for the month of July. We really appreciate your service to this ministry! Peggy Potthoff is our Church cleaner for the month of August.

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