A fun afternoon of tennis, fellowship and food has been planned for Sunday, October 14, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Coronado Tennis Center for Sacred Heart Parishioners and, hopefully, some of our fellow church tennis players in the Village. We are looking for players of all skill levels, both men and women, who will be paired up for doubles for three sets over a three-hour period of time. Following tennis, we will eat pizza and Father Bill's ice cream and enjoy one another's company. Cost is court fees and $3.00 to help pay for the pizza. Bring your own drinks or enjoy the lemonade provided. If interested, please either sign the sheet in the narthex or call Rick Meyers at 922-9031 or Father Bill at 209-2502. 
In the United States last year, 175 million Americans celebrated Halloween. The average spending for this holiday was $86.79 per buyer. This includes decorations, yard art, costumes (adult, children, pets) and candy treats.This year in Hot Springs Village, let us celebrate this Halloween by putting our "trick or treat" money in the special collection the weekend of October 27/28 to benefit the Food Basket Program here at Sacred Heart. This once-a-year collection helps provide food baskets for families living in poverty with children. School guidance counselors at Mountain Pine, Jessieville and Fountain Lake provide the names of families that could use a little help from time-to-time. Help us to help them by contributing generously with the special envelopes in your packet.
St. John's School will host 'Wonders of India' THIS Friday, October 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please help support St. John's School by attending their different events throughout the day. Lunch will be served by Men of St. Mary from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Their famous spaghetti dinner, sponsored by Knight of Columbus, will be served from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. You can go on-line at https://e.givesmart.com/events/bv2/ to browse through the items up for bid at the silent auction. Thank you for you help! 
In response to several requests from parishioners, Sacred Heart is now offering Electronic Giving. This means that you can make your donations on the internet or with your mobile phone, and those donations can be charged to a credit card or directly to your bank account. Our hope is that the process will make contributing easier. There is a link to our Giving Page on the Sacred Heart website, and we recommend that you save that Giving Page in your Favorites to make future access easier. There is an insert in the bulletin this weekend with more information, and there will be flyers on the church bulletin board as well. If you have any questions please contact Larry Stein at 501-204-9074. 
The Ladies of the Sacred Heart will meet Monday, October 8, in the Lower Hall after morning Mass. The featured speaker this month is Bob Woodall who has been coordinating our Blood Drives for several years. He will help dispel the myths concerning blood donation. So, please take this opportunity to have your questions answered! The next Blood Drive for the parish is scheduled for November 13 and will be held at the Village United Methodist Church.Those attending this meeting are asked to bring "something extra" if possible. We will be collecting personal hygiene items for local school nurses. Feel free to donate all those extra shampoos, soaps, bath wash, mouthwash, toothbrushes, etc. that you may have collected during summer travels.
Registration is now open for the first-ever Diocese of Little Rock Communications Day. It will be held Thursday, October 11, at St. John Center in Little Rock and is open to anyone in parishes, schools, Catholic organizations or religious orders who are involved in any aspect of communications: website, social media, videography, photography, bulletins or newsletters. The cost is only $15 per person which includes lunch. Register by October 5 at mediamissionaries.eventbrite.com. 
Our Sacred Heart Parish has been invited to lead the Pumpkin Patch event again this year at the annual Village Fall Fest. It's simple to volunteer: help those attending to place their name in a bin assocciated with the pumpkin they wish to win. Be a part of this enjoyable outreach for our parish by signing up for a one-to-two hour shift in the narthex, and contact Cathy Silk at 908-938-5545 with any questions.The Village Fall Fest will be held on Saturday, October 27, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Grove Park - next to Woodlands Auditorium and the Ponce Center on DeSoto Boulevard.
Next Tuesday, October 23, Sacred Heart will host the Silver Rose at our 9:00 a.m. Mass. On Wednesday, October 24, the Silver Rose will present itself in our Adoration Chapel.The Running of the Silver Rose is a Knights of Columbus event that shares the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and promotes respect for life. It consists of 8 Silver Roses that begin 8 separate pilgrimage routes from Canada, through the United States, and ends in Monterrey, Mexico. Knights from each route hand deliver the Silver Rose and pass it on to another Knight on its pilgrimage to another church. The entire trip begins in March and ends on December 12, the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and the Knights of Columbus are honored to participate in this historic event.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, October 9, at 5:00 p.m. We'll start in the Upper Hall to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet and then gather in the Lower Hall for social time from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m. Dinner will be served before 6:00 p.m. Following dinner Buddy Dixon, HSVPOA Board member, will discuss the upcoming vote on the declaration changes that are part of the governing document for Hot Springs Village. Then, a short business meeting is scheduled.The dinner for the evening will be meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots and peas, salad, rolls butter - with ice cream for dessert. The cost is $12 per person and will be catered by Chef Johnna.
Anyone who is a member of our parish is invited to attend this meeting. New Members eat free by paying the $10 membership fee. So, anyone attending and eating dinner, whether a member or visitor, will need to call Bill Patterson at 922-6965 or by e-mail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
October 22 is the feast of St. John Paul II. There are two FORMED.org programs that recall the influence of this saint who had an overwhelming impact on the spiritual lives of so many of us. The first, a file, Pope John Paul II, "follows Karol Wojtyla's journey from his youth through his late days on the Chair of St. Peter." It stars Jon Voight as Pope John Paul II, a role for which Voight was nominated for an Emmy. The second, an audio presentation, Father Michael Gaitley's The Second Greatest Story Ever Told, "emcompasses Divine Mercy, the life of Pope John Paul II, and the crucial role that Marian Consecrations can play in your life."To register with FORMED, just typed FORMED.org into your browser, enter the parish's code - CNT7WK - on the homepage, and create a password for your continued use of the website.
Please consider playing in this enjoyable four-person scramble at beautiful Maumelle Country Club (about one hour and fifteen minute drive from the Village) on Monday, October 8. The beneficiary is Catholic Charities of Arkansas which serves the poor and needy in our state. Choose between an 8:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. tee time. The cost is $75.00 per person and includes a Continental Breakfast and Lunch (for the 8:00 a.m. players) and a lunch and dinner (for the 1:30 p.m. players). Please call Fr. Bill at 209-2502 if you are interested in playing, and/or get registrations forms in the narthex and turn in to Father Bill as soon as possible as there's a limited number of spaces available for each tee time. You can also register by contacting Patrick Gallaher at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit http://bit.ly/ccagolf and download the registration brochure. 
Linda and Tom Luyet want to remind us that they deliver clothing and small kitchen items to Harvey's Chapel Baptist Church Clothes Closet for the Mountain Pine community. Your donations are appreciated and can be placed in the closet to the left of the main entrance doors as you enter the church. 
As you know, the registration period for "Walking With Purpose" has ended; however, you are still invited and encouraged to join us on October 1 for the first meetings in the Upper Hall at 1:00 p.m. or in the Administration Building at 7:00 p.m. You are welome to join our program either that Monday or anytime in the next 22 weeks! Buy study guides at walkingwithpurpose.com for $40 (plus shipping).Please come and see a video by Lisa Brenninkmeyer on October 1 at either the morning and evening meeting - if you want to check-out the program or if you just want more information. You can also call Sharon Board at 922-6995 or e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Paula Doyle at 922-5771 or transmit an e-mail message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Hope to see you at one of the meetings!.
The Balboa Baptist Church, Faith Lutheran Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and Village Bible Church will co-sponsor and participate in the Crosses for Life Memorial in the Village this year during the month of September. This statewide outreach project was originally started by Benton County Right-to-Life and is now managed by Arkansas Right-to-Life.The crosses represent some of the 3,700 preborn children that die daily in the United States of America due to abortion. The display at each of the churches is to memorialize those children who were aborted and increase public awareness of the devastating effects of abortion. As you drive by the churches and see the crosses, please say a prayer for the end of abortion in the United States. Saint Mother Teresa was a champion of life and was quoted saying the following: "And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another."
Crosses were erected at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and will be displayed for the month of September. An ecumenical service is planned for September 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church on DeSoto Boulevard.
We are looking for volunteers for the 2018-19 Food Basket Program for our parish. A second collection will be taken the weekend of October 27-28 to help fund the program from Thanksgiving, 2018, through Christmas, and into 2019 covering the Easter holidays; and, hopefully, a basket of food for families with children home through the summer from school.At the October meetings of the various service organizations of Sacred Heart, sign-up sheets will be available to serve as volunteers to help put the baskets together. Or, perhaps you prefer to shop for the groceries and deliver a basket of food for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Contact Ed Keearns by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or call Ed at 501-922-3432 (home) or 501-922-8986 (cell).
At four months in the womb, your baby's heartbeat may now be audible through an instrument called a doppler. Her fingers and toes are well-defined, and eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes, nails, and hair are formed. She can even suck her thumb, yawn, stretch, and make faces. Her reproductive organs and genitalia are now fully developed. By the end of the fourth month, your baby is about 6 inches long and weighs about 4 ounces. Please continue to pray for your baby and her mother.