Dear Sacred Heart Family, On this day in 1870 our father Founder, St. Anthony Mary Claret, was welcomed to his eternal reward after a short illness that had him cut short his participation in the 1st Vatican Council. It is amazing to considerthat he was the only participant in the entire council that has been…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, Since arriving to Springfield, many people have asked me, “What do you think of Springfield?” and for the first few weeks I replied, “actually Ilived here 7 years ago, for a year as I served at Catholic Campus Ministry at Missouri State, so this is my second time living here.” After a few…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, You may not have noticed but October is now one of the traditional Marian months in our Church calendar. Partly for the apparition of Mary at Fatima (Oct 13), partly because of the feast of our Lady of the Rosary (Oct 7) and also because October in the Southern Hemisphere in…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, Something very special happened last week at Sacred Heart. If you were with us last Sunday, I am sure you saw the first of our Festival of Nations celebrations. In efforts to keep our community safe, we are spreading out the celebration over 3 Sundays with all the hallmarks of our…
As Fall begins to take a hold, nature invites us to make the most of the days before us. Our Fall life here at Sacred heart will be marked by a few activities worth our attention. The most notable is our faith formation programs. I would like to thank all our new and old instructors…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, As we prepare for our Festival of Nations celebration at Sacred Heart, it is worth considering how do we share our culture with others? One’s culture is like one’s faith, it is not something that can simply be looked at, it can only be experienced, it is something that is a living…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, As our Sacred Heart family continues to return back to worship in person, it is a good time to also return back to renew ourselves in our Mission Statement which reads:
The Parish School of Religion is taking registrations currently. You can find the application forms in the entrance to the church in the wall containers or by contacting the Parish Office, Monday thru Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (417) 869-3646. Please register your children as soon as possible to allow us time…
On Sunday, September 19 at 10:45 a.m. we will gather with social distancing in our parish hall to answer 3 questions: What do you like about Sacred Heart (what do we do well)? What are your dreams for Sacred Heart? What can we do better? This will be a listening session for our parish council,…
We are preparing for is the Festival of Nations. In response to the pandemic, we are adjusting our celebration to spread it over 3 weekends so we avoid any overcrowding. We will hold the event September 26, October 3, and October 10 each Sunday from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. We will offer a selection of…
Dear Sacred Heart Family, It may have gone unnoticed by many,but this year marks the 40th anniversaryof the arrival of the ClaretianMissionaries to Sacred Heart Church.Our parish album (1982) that marked our100th year anniversary recounts that theClaretians’ arrival marked the fulfilmentof the founding families’ desire that the parish be entrusted to a (religious) order of priests. As…
In a little less than one month, on Sunday September 19th, we will have a unique and important event in the life of Sacred Heart Parish as we transition into life with a new pastor. On this date at 10:45am we will hold our first Town Hall event. This bi-lingual event will be open to…
