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Sacred Heart Parish
Colorado Springs, CO
Served by the
Congregation of Holy Cross
Mass of Remembrance
Wednesday, November 6 at 6:30 pm* at Sacred Heart Church.
Given that road conditions are varied across the parish, we have decided to proceed with our Mass of Remembrance this evening, Wednesday, Nov. 6th at 6:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church. However, the reception following the Mass has been canceled. Please exercise your best judgment if you decide to join us. Also, please know that this Mass will be live-streamed on our website sacredheartcos.org.
Project C.U.R.E. Medical Supply Drive
Our parish is hosting a medical equipment drive on behalf of Project C.U.R.E. the weekend of Nov. 23 & 24. Drop off donations in the Parish Center gym before and after Mass the weekend of Nov. 23 & 24, or bring donations to the Parish Office. Click here if you would like to download a tax-deductible receipt for your contribution.
Connecting Sacraments and
Service
Welcome families and friends, first time visitors and seekers of faith. Sacred Heart Parish consists of three churches:
Sacred Heart Church in Colorado Springs, CO
Holy Rosary Chapel in Cascade, CO &
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel in Manitou Springs, CO.
Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC is our Pastor and
Fr. Vincent Nguyen, CSC is our Associate Pastor
Our three churches are an apostolate of the Congregation of Holy Cross, based in South Bend, Indiana. Holy Cross priests and brothers serve in 13 parishes in the United States and serve in 16 different countries around the world.
We are a welcoming Catholic community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. We follow our mission, As a prayerful Catholic Community of service following Jesus Christ's message of hope and salvation, we make God known, loved and served.
Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC washes the feet of parishioners on Holy Thursday, April 6, 2023.
"... to make God known,
loved and served."
Live-streaming Mass at Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church offers a live-stream of the 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil Mass on our website each week.
Not able to join us at that time? No problem! A recording of the Mass will be available all week on our website.
Whether in person or online, we hope you will join us!
All Saints Day, November 1, 2024
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 2 & 3, 2024
Join us for our live-stream of the 5:30 pm Vigil on Saturday.
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 3, 2024
Gospel Meditation: What Is Caesar Owed?
By: Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC, Pastor
It is my observation that a great many Americans, and even Catholics, have a misunderstanding about the meaning of the phrase “separation of church and state.” Those of you with some historical and political savvy will know that this phrase, which actually appears nowhere in the Constitution of the United States, is a civil principle derived from the “Establishment Clause” of the First Amendment and is a paraphrase of a letter written by Thomas Jefferson, wherein he gives commentary on the First Amendment. The Establishment Clause ensures that there never be a state-sponsored religion or church in the U.S., and the very next phrase of the 1A is the “Free Exercise Clause:” Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, etc.
Somehow many people these days have derived the conclusion that “churches and church leaders cannot or should not speak about politics.” It should be obvious that no American or American institution forfeits their freedom of speech by being a member or even a leader of a church body. But there is, of course, a secondary complicating factor here, which is that most churches have, under U.S. tax code, “tax-exempt status.” I think people don’t always know the limits of tax-exemption for churches and non-profits: the property churches stand on is often not taxed, and churches can be exempt from some sales tax, but churches DO pay all sorts of taxes— priests and pastors pay income tax, churches as employers pay payroll tax, etc. U.S. tax code stipulates (in the “Johnson Amendment”) that tax-exempt entities must be non-partisan: “501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for elective public office.”
This is one of two reasons why you typically see churches avoid public statements about particular candidates for office, but instead concentrate on issues and platform planks. Advocating for or against specific candidates is a violation of the Johnson Amendment and theoretically could threaten their tax-exempt status. For us as Catholics, this by far is the less important reason. The Bishops of the United States have advanced the position that it is up to individual Catholics to form their consciences according to our Church’s teachings and ethical values, and then to prudently decide which candidates they hope will do the best job in advancing the common good. The church does not teach that there is one right way for civil society to be structured (for example, the church was more than happy to coexist with monarchy for centuries). Representative democracy asks more, in some sense, of the common people because they get to exercise say over the nation and its leaders. That choice must be informed by your Catholic faith— using for example the Catechism, our bishops’ voters’ guide, and the Church’s various documents on social teaching— but people of good will could potentially come to different conclusions about which candidates are more likely to achieve those ends. There is no part of life or place in society where we shelve our faith and act apart from it— not in our moral lives, but also not in the voting booth.
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Mass Times
Sacred Heart Church:
Daily Mass: 8 am; 7:40 am Rosary
Sunday Mass:
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9 am & 11:30 am
Adoration: Thursday, 5:30-6:30 pm & Saturday after the 8 am Daily Mass until 9 am.
Confession: Thursday, 5:30-6:30 pm &
Saturday, 9-10 am or by appointment.
Anointing of the Sick:
First Friday of the month during Daily Mass
Holy Day Mass: 8 am, 12:10 pm & 6:30 pm
Holy Rosary Chapel:
Saturday: 4 pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Help:
Sunday: 5 pm
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A PRAYER FOR PEACE BY POPE FRANCIS
Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!
We have tried so many times and over so many years
to resolve our conflicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms.
How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced?
how much blood has been shed?
how many lives have been shattered?
how many hopes have been buried?
But our efforts have been in vain.
Now, Lord, come to our aid!
Grant us peace, teach us peace;
guide our steps in the way of peace.
Open our eyes and our hearts,
and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost".
Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.
Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love,
you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters.
Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace;
enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister.
Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens
who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace,
our trepidation into confident trust,
and our quarreling into forgiveness.
Keep alive within us the flame of hope,
so that with patience and perseverance
we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation.
In this way may peace triumph at last,
and may the words "division," "hatred," and "war"
be banished from the heart of every man and woman.
Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands.
Renew our hearts and minds,
so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother,"
and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam!
Amen.
Sacred Heart Parishioner Sharon Marron describes her relationship with the Church
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Served by
The Congregation of Holy Cross
since 1984
Mailing/ Delivery address:
2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Physical address:
2030 W. Colorado Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Parish Office: 719-633-8711
Parish Office Hours:
Sunday- 8 am- noon
Monday– Thursday, 8:30 am– 3 pm Closed 12– 1 pm for lunch
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