Ladies of the Sacred Heart will hold their last monthly meeting following Mass, rosary and Mary's May Crowning on Monday, May 14. In lieu of a regular program, we will share breakfast and fellowship as our new board of directors is sworn in. Please come and share the morning with us.We are highlighting our eighth and final Guild, St. Jude. They provide beginning and end-of-the-year parties for religious education students and families. Members also host a reception for First Communicants, as well as providing religious articles to Confirmation students. They work along with our guilds to provide food baskets to needy families through Mission Outreach. And, they are active in baking, volunteering for church functions and hosting funeral luncheons. For fun, members host several luncheons during the year, as well as arranging tours of local attractions. If you are interested in joining St. Jude Guild, please contact Judy Free at 922-9480, Virginia Sparks at 922-9274 or Darlene Martinek at 972-896-9797.
Who: All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend. Invite your neighbors and friends to join you!What: A delicious Knights of Columbus-prepared and served Spaghetti Dinner, served family-style with salad, pasta, marinara sauce, meatball, garlic bread and dessert. A free-will donation refreshment center will also offer wines, brews, sodas, and other refreshments.
When: Saturday evening, April 21, from 6:15 to 7:00 p.m.
Where: Lower Hall at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. Doors open and seating after 6:00 p.m.
Tickets: Cost is $8.00 each. Get your tickets this weekend, before and after Masses. With only 216 tickets available; don't delay. Reserved tables of eight can be arranged with ticket salespersons.
Take-Away: Sorry, no take-away. To provide fast, hot and responsive service to diners, we cannot provide take-away service, with a few exceptions for shut-ins.
The last meeting of the 2017-2018 year for the Sacred Heart Men's Club will be this evening, May 8, at 5:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall of the church. As is our tradition, this meeting will include the wives, or dates, for the evening. Widows of deceased members are also invited.At 5:00 p.m. we can join others in the Upper Hall to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for family , Church, our nation, world peace, and your personal intentions. Social gathering in the Lower Hall is held from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m. Dinner will be served before 6:00 p.m. The program for the evening will be a speaker of interest to all. After the program, we will have a short business meeting, including election of officers, for the 2018-2019 year.
The dinner for the evening will be Rib Eye Steak, baked potato, salad with crackers, rolls, butter, and ice cream and cookies for dessert. The cost of the dinner is $12 per person. This will be a sit-down dinner, served by the staff of Chef Johnna's Desoto Club.
Send a check, payable to the Sacred Heart Men's Club, to Bill Patterson, 7 Doscientos Lane, HSV, 71909, by Saturday, May 5th, to reserve your place at the meeting. If you have questions, contact Bill Patterson at 922-6965 or by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Male non-members can attend (along with their wives/dates) by paying the $10 annual membership dues plus the dinner fee. The dues would be good through June 30, 2019.
There will be a special pictorial directory sign-up before and after ALL Masses this weekend, April 28/29, in the narthex of the church. Please take the time to make an appointment as we would like to have all our parishioners in our new directory. Your pets are welcome to be in your portrait sitting with you. There is no high pressure selling. Please stop by the table in the narthex today. Questions, call Lynne Border 922-2062, extension 13. 
As always, you have all been very generous in our support of The Baby Bottle Campaign as sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Council 10208. A total of $6,657.53 was received. Therefore, we have been able to donate $1,000 to Arkansas Right-to-Life, $1,000 to Change Point Pregnancy Center in Hot Springs, and the balance of $4,657.53 to New Beginnings Pregnancy Resource Center in Benton to help support the Ultrasound that you helped make possible last year, and that, helps saves unborn babies. We are grateful for your generous support. The Knights of Columbus thak you and those babies thank you! 
This special movie night wil be held on Thursday, April 26, as sponsored by the Ladies of the Sacred heart. Join us in viewing "The Shack," starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall."The Shack" features a man who is facing a crisis of faith after suffering a family tragedy. He receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack in Oregon, and this leads to an encounter with strangers who give him a new perspective on life.
Drinks and snacks will be provided. Please join us in the Lower Hall.
The Hot Springs Village Interfaith Council is sponsoring a worship service celebrating Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, at 3:00 p.m. Meet at Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church at 700 Balearic Road (corner of Balearic and Balboa). A special collection will be taken. Call 922-4503 with questions. 
The Knights of Columbus icon of the Holy Family will be at Sacred Heart Church in the Adoration Chapel on Tuesday, April 24, and in church on Wednesday, April 25, with the rosary recited at 8:30 a.m. that morning and Mass celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Holy cards of the Holy Family will be provided in the chapel and before the rosary and Mass. Please join us for the devotion to the Holy Family. 
In order to ensure that a meeting is set-up correctly and to avoid confusion, all meetings must be reserved through Lynne Border, and a Request for Building Usage form must be completed. Meeting space will not be reserved on the church calendar until Lynne Border receives a completed form.When a regular occurring meeting is expected to have significantly more or fewer participants, Danny Elser and/or Brett George must be informed as soon as possible - at least two days ahead of the event so that seating and table arrangements can be adjusted. Please help us provide our limited meeting space to our parishioners andprevent confusion.
The Annual Helping Hands Appreciation Dinner and Annual Meeting will be held in the Lower Hall on April 19, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. The dinner will be catered by Home Plate. This dinner invitation is extended to all Helping Hands volunteers and any parishioners who are interested in becoming a part of this ministry.The Helping Hands volunteers provide transportation for medical visits and Mass. We also send greeting cards to, and visit, the homebound. Volunteers also visit parishioners in residence at Good Samaritan Campus, Mount Carmel Community and Village Springs Health and Rehabilitation. In addition, our volunteers provide respite for caregivers. We would like to celebrate all that you do to assist parishioners who request help, even if that is simply willing to answer our call.
Sign-up sheets will be in the nartex. If you have questions, call Cathy Wedwick at 915-8456 or Pat Widlowski at 922-1395.
The Knights of Columbus will continue to recite the Rosary on the fifth weekend of the month before all Masses on April 28/29. All parishioners are invited to come to Mass 25 minutes early and join us as we use the power of prayer to request Mary's intervention with our intentions. Multithumb found errors on this page:
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STUCK at home with no one to talk to? TIRED of feeling useless, sad and lonely? OVERWHELMED by the unrelenting demands of caring for a loved one? UNSURE of what steps to take next to get help?DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS VOLUNTEERS ARE AVAILABLE to all parishioners for regular visits and calls if you, a friend or loved one, would like to talk with someone now and then, or need transportation to Mass or medical appointments - or errands?
DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS VOLUNTEERS ARE AVAILABLE to provide respite to family caregivers by sitting with your loved one for a few minutes or a few hours to give you a break?
DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS COORDINATORS ARE AVAILABLE to assist you in gathering the necessary information and assessing your options for ongoing skilled care when circumstances change because of declining health?
DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFICULT AND HUMBLING FOR ALL OF US when we reach the point at which we must admit that we can't go it alone and do everything by ourselves any more?
DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS VOLUNTEERS are standing by, eager to help and waiting for the opportunity to be answer to someone's prayer? DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS can't help you if we don't know who you are? DID YOU KNOW THAT HELPING HANDS can't help you if you don't ask?
PLEASE CALL TODAY. PLEASE HONOR US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOU: Cathy Wedwick at 915-8456 or Pat Widlowski at 922-1395.
Parishioners: Please consider taking a bulletin to those who can't get to church. Encourage them to call Helping Hands for assistance. Consider being a Helping Hands volunteer: we always need drivers.
In addition to its many resources on the Bible and Catholic teachings and traditions, FORMED.org has programs that that address the practical problems we encounter as we try daily to live our faith. From Isimple suggestions to improve our attentiveness at the sacrifice of the Mass (If Your Mind Wanders at Mass, an audio book) to an inspiring talk by Jeff Cavins on the meaning of suffering in our lives (15 Things to Do in the Midst of Suffering), FORMED’s resources can provide insights that enable us to deal more effectively with the challenges we face as practicing Catholics.If you have registered as a FORMED user, you can access these resources in the search bar on the homepage. If you haven’t registered yet, just type FORMED.org into your browser, enter the parish’s code -- CNT7WK -- on the FORMED homepage, and create a password for your continued use of the website, allowing you unlimited access to its library of materials.
We have found a group that will benefit from receiving cancelled stamps. They are appreciative of our ability to collect them for the benefit of their "Ministry with the Poor Fund." It is through the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Notre Dame, IN. Please drop your stamps in the available container on the credenza of the A & E Hallway, and thank you! 
As many of you have heard, our anticipated guest speaker for a Woman's Workshop and special Sunday evening presentation in April was recently in a serious car accident. Her slow and painful recovery will prevent here traveling anytime in the near future, therefore her visit has been postponed (hopefully to the Fall). Money will be refunded to those who have already bought tickets for the workshop. Please pray for Mary Ann, her husband, daughter, and grandson for complete and speedy recoveries. 
In private revelation to St. Maria Faustina, Jesus asked that a Feast of the Divine Mercy be celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter. He told her: "On that day, all the divine flood gates through which graces flow are opened. The soul who will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment."The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered on Saturday, April 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and at 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. On Divine Mercy Sunday, April 8, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. This is before and after the Holy Hour or, you can go to Confession anytime within a week or two of Divine Mercy Sunday.
In addition to joining us for the Divine Mercy Holy Hour on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 8, at 3:00 p.m., we encourage you to continue praying the nine-day novena at church on Easter Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and after all the weekday Masses, April 2-7, or on your own at home.