The next Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will be held Friday, March 23 at 5:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall. Cost for this dinner is $10.00. Tickets sold at the door. Meal includes wonderful fried fish, cole slaw, baked potato, plus dessert. All proceeds will go to the Knights Charitable causes. Please join us for a spectacular meal and fellowship! 
The LOSH card party this year, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS, will be held Monday, March 19, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Those of you who did not purchase tickets from Guild Captains of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart, but would like to get a group together to play card games or other games, please call Carol Barrett at 922-0071 for tickets. Tickets are $7.00 each.The card party is held in the upper and lower halls of the church and has been a sell-out for the past few years. Doors open at 12:15 p.m. for the Silent Auction. There will be a 50/50 raffle with multiple winners, and our famous gift baskets will again be offered as door prizes along with many other prizes. Please join us, and call Carol for tickets today.
It is hard to regulate the temperature in our halls and we would suggest you bring a sweater or light jacket to the Card Party.
Barb Potter, chair for our Silent Auction, is still collecting items for our silent auction. Works of art, small decorative items, gently-used jewelry and other items looking for a good home will be appreciated. Please call Barb at 226-3246 or 762-3103. We can make arrangements for picking up the items. All proceeds for this event will be distributed to local charities sometime in May along with other monies collected from previous fund raisers during the 2017-2018 season. Thank you all so much. 
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 13, at 5:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall. At 5:00 p.m., you can join others in the Upper Hall to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for family, Church, our nation, world peace, and your personal intentions. The Social gathering in the Lower Hall is scheduled for 5:00 to 5:45 p.m. Dinner will be served before 6:00. After dinner, we will have a short business meeting.We need some members to step forward to serve as an officer for the coming year. Several positions will be vacated after the May meeting. Consider helping by contacting President Oliver Field at 501-226-5084 or by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The dinner for the evening will be fried chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, corn, salad/crackers, rolls and ice cream for dessert. The cost is $10 per person, and will be catered by Johnna's at the Desoto Club." Contact Bill Patterson by phone at 922-6965 or by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you plan on attending and eating with us.
As we prepare for the Triduum and the celebration of Easter, we can use the resources of FORMED.org to deepen our understanding of the paschal mystery. One of the video programs in "Symbolon," the series introduced at our parish Lenten suppers, invites us to explore the meaning of the paschal mystery "in the greater story of Salvation, from the Passover in Egypt to the Last Supper and Crucifixion of Jesus." Another resource, "Three Days That Changed the World," an audio program, is focused on the final days of Christ's public ministry and His Passion that brought to fulfillment "the very purpose of His Incarnation, the salvation of all mankind."If you have registered as a FORMED user, you can access the video by entering "Symbolon" in the search bar on the homepage and then choosing Session 6, "The Paschal Mystery." The audio program can be found by searching for "Three Days That Changed the World" under the "Listen" resources of FORMED. 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.
The Ladies of the Sacred Heart will meet this Monday, March 12, following the 9:00 a.m. Mass, in the Lower Hall. Our speaker will be Jill Johnson from Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic (CCMC) and her topic will be "Bridge out of Poverty." All women of the parish who would like to learn more about our Ladies of the Sacred Heart (LOSH) are invited to join us.Our featured guild this month is Guild 6, Saint Mother Teresa. Members are involved in activities at Mountain Pine Elementary School, such as providing supplies to the third grade classes, weekly scholastic reads, hosting Christmas and end-of-year parties, collecting stuffed animals for children in crisis, and so much more! These guild members help with the Tanksgiving and Christmas baskets, support missionaries of Charity (St. Teresa of Calcutta's order), and assist with Meals on Wheels deliveries. Their social activities include monthly book club meetings, monthly Mahjong Club, and semi-annual dinner socials with spouses and/or guests. For more information on the activities of Guild 6, please contact Patty Doublin at 501-226-5617.
Don't miss the All Saints Guild wonderful Bake Sale the weekend of Palm Sunday, March 24 and 25, after all the Masses. They will have cakes, pies, coffee cakes and MORE - as baked with love by women of our parish. 
The next blood drive, supported by the Knights of Columbus and hosted by the Village United Methodist Church at 200 Carmona Road, is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The church is located near the intersection of Carmona Road and DeSoto Boulevard. Contact Ed Aucoin at 501-617-7843 or Bob Woodall at 501-282-6072 to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome. Dear Richard,
For 45 years, a few unelected men and women on the Supreme Court have played God with innocent human life.
They have invented laws that condemned to painful deaths without trial more than 61 million babies for the crime of being "inconvenient."
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling forced abortion-on-demand down our nation's throat.
Dear Brother Knight,
Your immediate action is necessary to protect medical professionals and all people of faith from being forced to participate in or pay for abortions.
Congress is currently considering legislation to fund the government, and it is critical that a provision called the Conscience Protection Act be included in this legislation.
The Conscience Protection Act would strengthen federal law to ensure that doctors and nurses are not forced to perform abortions. This critical legislation would also ensure that our churches and other religious organizations do not need to cover abortion in their insurance plans.
Your immediate action is necessary to protect medical professionals and all people of faith from being forced to participate in or pay for abortions.
Congress is currently considering legislation to fund the government, and it is critical that a provision called the Conscience Protection Act be included in this legislation.
The Conscience Protection Act would strengthen federal law to ensure that doctors and nurses are not forced to perform abortions. This critical legislation would also ensure that our churches and other religious organizations do not need to cover abortion in their insurance plans.
Have you said to yourself, or others, "I'm doing pretty well, I think. Learning how to adjust." That's good, but you might help others who have suffered the loss of a loved one by sharing what worked for you and what you still struggle with. And, others can help you by sharing their experiences. There is a safe place for just that! We will begin another Grief Support Group here at Sacred Heart. The group will meet in the library on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 beginning March 6. There will be six weekly sessions facilitated by Deacon John. Each session will last one and a half hours. If you know of people who could benefit from these sessions, invite them to attend as they don't need to be a parishioner to sign-up. The size of the group is limited, so if you wish to attend, please make a reservation by calling Deacon John at 226-9035 or transmit an e-mail message to him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 
The Sacred Heart Lenten Reconciliation Service will take place on Tuesday, March 20, at 6:00 p.m. followed by opportunity for individual Confessions to one of, hopefully, eight priests who have said they will be here, including Father Nelson. The other services in the area are: Our Lady of Fatima, Benton, at 6:30 p.m. on March 8 and St. John's in Hot Springs on March 15 at 6:30 p.m. 
Parish Life will be sponsoring one more Soup and Sandwich dinner during Lent. The next dinner will be held on Wednesday, March 14, at 6:15 p.m. in the Lower Hall after the 5:30 Mass. Menu includes ham and bean soup along with turkey/cheese and roast beef/cheese sandwiches. Look for the sign-up sheet on March 3 and after. The Education Commission will be showing a video during both of these dinners. Please join us for a delicious meal. Call Jen Rivera at 928-358-9069 or Sherrie Nichols at 617-733-1395 with questions. 
Lenten Rosaries will be available in the hallway between the church narthex and the A & E Building beginning two weeks prior to Lent. These rosaries were made and are provided free-of-charge by the Sacred Heart Rosary Makers to anyone who wants one.The tradition of the Lenten Rosary began in Venezuela and was brought to the United States by a Minnesota priest. The rosary consists of a cross on a cord with seven sets of three beads (The Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be). You are encouraged to say the rosary every day for the 40-day Lenten period, beginning Ash Wednesday, for someone special in your life; and, after Lent, you are encouraged to give the rosary to that special person that you were praying for.
Our Sociable Six program (simple & flexible) returns for the months of April, May and June 2023. Three couples are grouped together and then arrange to share a simple brunch, lunch or dinner at alternate homes once each month. Participants get to know their fellow parishioners better in an informal setting. It is a great way for newcomers to get acquainted with their parish family! To sign up, call Nancy or Howard Emery at 815-861-0820 or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please provide your name, phone number and email address. This session's final sign up date is March 29. You will receive a letter with your couples the first week of April. 
On Friday, April 13, 2018, nationally renowned speaker, Mary Ann Kuharski, will present a program at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Hot Springs Village, titled "What to do when children, grandchildren, and other loved ones leave the Church." Her second talk is titled "We are all called to a special mission - what's yours?"The morning will begin with Mass at 9:00 a.m., followed by Ms. Kuharski's presentation. We'll then split into discussion groups, and lunch will be served. Following lunch, Mary Ann will give her second talk, after which we will, once again, form discussion groups. Members of other churches are invited to attend. Tickets are $7.00, including lunch, and can be purchased from Carol Barrett, 922-0071. Tickets will also be sold at the Guild meetings on March 12 and April 9, and after all Masses on March 17 and 18, and April 7 and 8.