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Sacred Heart Parish
Colorado Springs, CO
Served by the Congregation of Holy Cross
Colorado Springs, CO
Served by the Congregation of Holy Cross
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 can join us!
**All are invited to join us for the live-stream of the Confirmation Mass with Bishop Golka on
Sunday, Sept. 19th at 11:30 am.**
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 can join us!
**All are invited to join us for the live-stream of the Confirmation Mass with Bishop Golka on
Sunday, Sept. 19th at 11:30 am.**
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Act of Spiritual Communion:
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. |
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Faith Formation 2021-2022
Faith Formation for children and youth at Sacred Heart Parish has resumed in person classes for the fall 2021.
Children’s Faith Formation for grades K-6 is on Sunday mornings 10:10– 11:25 am in the Parish Center and began Sunday, September 12.
Youth Faith Formation for grades 7-12 is on Wednesday evenings, 6-7:30 pm in the Parish Center and began Wednesday, September 15.
Registration for 2021-2022 Children and Youth Faith Formation is still available! Register online or complete a paper registration and return it to the Faith Formation Office, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80904.
If you have questions, please contact Cathy Kusman, Faith Formation Director at formationdirector@sacredheartcos.org.
Click here to learn more about Faith Formation at our parish.
Children’s Faith Formation for grades K-6 is on Sunday mornings 10:10– 11:25 am in the Parish Center and began Sunday, September 12.
Youth Faith Formation for grades 7-12 is on Wednesday evenings, 6-7:30 pm in the Parish Center and began Wednesday, September 15.
Registration for 2021-2022 Children and Youth Faith Formation is still available! Register online or complete a paper registration and return it to the Faith Formation Office, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80904.
If you have questions, please contact Cathy Kusman, Faith Formation Director at formationdirector@sacredheartcos.org.
Click here to learn more about Faith Formation at our parish.
Women's Day of Reflection 2021
Women of the parish are invited to join us for a Day of Reflection on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 9 am- 4 pm at Mt. St. Francis Retreat Center, 7740 Deer Hill Grove, 80919. Our speaker is Sacred Heart Parishioner and author, Melissa Nussbaum. Our topic is “Bread from Heaven” Do we recognize it? Do we want it? Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15, Psalm 42:3, & Matthew 6:9-13
We pray each day for our daily bread. When we are provided it, do we recognize it? Do we want it? Do we say, with our Israelite ancestors in faith, “What is this?” Let’s consider together the bread God provides and how we do, or do not, receive it. Let’s consider if we even recognize as bread the daily gift for which we pray.
Cost is $15 (includes lunch and snacks). We are limited to 60 women. Complete and return a registration form to the Parish Office, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., 80904 with payment by October 4. Carpooling from Sacred Heart is available. Questions? Contact Mary at 719-590-8987 or Eileen at 719-473-0290.
We pray each day for our daily bread. When we are provided it, do we recognize it? Do we want it? Do we say, with our Israelite ancestors in faith, “What is this?” Let’s consider together the bread God provides and how we do, or do not, receive it. Let’s consider if we even recognize as bread the daily gift for which we pray.
Cost is $15 (includes lunch and snacks). We are limited to 60 women. Complete and return a registration form to the Parish Office, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., 80904 with payment by October 4. Carpooling from Sacred Heart is available. Questions? Contact Mary at 719-590-8987 or Eileen at 719-473-0290.
Connecting Sacraments and ServiceWelcome families and friends, first time visitors and seekers of faith. Our three churches, Sacred Heart Church in Colorado Springs, Holy Rosary Chapel in Cascade and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel in Manitou Springs 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. Our parish mission is: As a prayerful Catholic Community of service following Jesus Christ's message of hope and salvation, we make God known, loved and served. Sacred Heart Parish consists of three churches: Sacred Heart Church, Holy Rosary Chapel & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel. Fr. Ronald Raab, CSC is the Pastor and Fr. Randall Rentner, CSC is the Associate Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish. |
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC welcomes parishioners and blesses the doors on May 23, 2018, the day of Dedication after the restoration of Sacred Heart Church was complete.
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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 19, 2021
Dear Followers of Jesus,
In Mark 9:30-37, today’s gospel, Jesus reveals to his disciples that something new will happen. The something new is that he will be handed over to people who will kill him and after three days he will rise. These words along the trip to Galilee could not be comprehended by the followers of Jesus. These words were too much for them.
The disciples thought that the teachings of Jesus were going to bring them a new identity. They believed they would sit in a circle of power on the earth that was going to create for them authority and control over other people. Jesus invited them to realize that his death and resurrection was the authority they were seeking.
So, Jesus corrected their thoughts about authority and power. He told them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” This statement must have haunted the disciples because they thought following Jesus would provide for them much privilege and status. Instead, Jesus called them to stop arguing among themselves about who would be given the greatest role and be held up in great esteem.
To demonstrate his corrective, Jesus invites a child into their midst. Of course, a child at that time represented not power, but powerlessness. A child had no rights or status. The child could not own land or be given high esteem among the people. A child and a widow at the time were without cultural status.
In this text, the child can also be considered as a new perspective on life, a new generation of thinking, status, and a way of life. The child in their midst is a metaphor of what will happen to Jesus. He will rise from the dead, and that will be a new view of life. There will be a new generation who will think differently. The child represents baptism. Those made new in Christ will bring new life to the world. A new view of God will be revealed in the child. And Jesus wants his disciples to become childlike, to take on this role of faith, by dying to self and to rise in his new authority even here on earth.
The child stands among the disciples to live differently in the world. The child is innocence and wonder. The child is also viewed as a dependence on God, to rely on God for everything. The child is a world view that is both new and extremely challenging. Baptism brings us to becoming childlike on the earth. The new, the child, the newly initiated, become a new innocence of love.
Following Jesus is demanding. Yet, we are to be childlike in doing so. Following Jesus is not a club or a quick ticket to get what we want. Following Jesus becomes a letting go of the old and receiving new. This constant conversion of dying and rising brings us new life on earth. This is our status, this is our power, to die to self and to accept the person of Jesus in our lives.
How do we become bearers of such innocence in Christ Jesus? How do we let go of our control, our posture of power in our world to allow Christ into our actions, our ways of life? These are questions for every follower of Jesus. We can get stuck in our old ways, in the surety of doings things the same from generation to generation. We can hold tight to rituals, prayers and certainties with hearts that are tight with pride, control, and only human authority. The richness of faith is that we are constantly being made new; we are constantly children of God.
We come open hearted to God as children teach us on earth. We reach out to the Father’s hand to be guided in all we do on earth. We live on earth to die to self and to become filled with the riches of God’s love and mercy. Our authority on earth is to bear the name of Jesus Christ who fills us with hope.
Our innocent hearts are filled with the power of Christ Jesus.
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”
God give you peace,
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC, Pastor
In Mark 9:30-37, today’s gospel, Jesus reveals to his disciples that something new will happen. The something new is that he will be handed over to people who will kill him and after three days he will rise. These words along the trip to Galilee could not be comprehended by the followers of Jesus. These words were too much for them.
The disciples thought that the teachings of Jesus were going to bring them a new identity. They believed they would sit in a circle of power on the earth that was going to create for them authority and control over other people. Jesus invited them to realize that his death and resurrection was the authority they were seeking.
So, Jesus corrected their thoughts about authority and power. He told them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” This statement must have haunted the disciples because they thought following Jesus would provide for them much privilege and status. Instead, Jesus called them to stop arguing among themselves about who would be given the greatest role and be held up in great esteem.
To demonstrate his corrective, Jesus invites a child into their midst. Of course, a child at that time represented not power, but powerlessness. A child had no rights or status. The child could not own land or be given high esteem among the people. A child and a widow at the time were without cultural status.
In this text, the child can also be considered as a new perspective on life, a new generation of thinking, status, and a way of life. The child in their midst is a metaphor of what will happen to Jesus. He will rise from the dead, and that will be a new view of life. There will be a new generation who will think differently. The child represents baptism. Those made new in Christ will bring new life to the world. A new view of God will be revealed in the child. And Jesus wants his disciples to become childlike, to take on this role of faith, by dying to self and to rise in his new authority even here on earth.
The child stands among the disciples to live differently in the world. The child is innocence and wonder. The child is also viewed as a dependence on God, to rely on God for everything. The child is a world view that is both new and extremely challenging. Baptism brings us to becoming childlike on the earth. The new, the child, the newly initiated, become a new innocence of love.
Following Jesus is demanding. Yet, we are to be childlike in doing so. Following Jesus is not a club or a quick ticket to get what we want. Following Jesus becomes a letting go of the old and receiving new. This constant conversion of dying and rising brings us new life on earth. This is our status, this is our power, to die to self and to accept the person of Jesus in our lives.
How do we become bearers of such innocence in Christ Jesus? How do we let go of our control, our posture of power in our world to allow Christ into our actions, our ways of life? These are questions for every follower of Jesus. We can get stuck in our old ways, in the surety of doings things the same from generation to generation. We can hold tight to rituals, prayers and certainties with hearts that are tight with pride, control, and only human authority. The richness of faith is that we are constantly being made new; we are constantly children of God.
We come open hearted to God as children teach us on earth. We reach out to the Father’s hand to be guided in all we do on earth. We live on earth to die to self and to become filled with the riches of God’s love and mercy. Our authority on earth is to bear the name of Jesus Christ who fills us with hope.
Our innocent hearts are filled with the power of Christ Jesus.
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”
God give you peace,
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC, Pastor
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"Restore Our Heart" Capital Campaign- Phase 2
A Capital Campaign message from our pastor, Fr. Ron Raab, CSC.
The next phase of the “Restore Our Heart” Capital Campaign has begun. The goal is to raise $1.2 million to repurpose the old rectory into the St. André House and repave the parking lot. The St. André House is a much-needed place for the parish community to gather and meet; to create two new classrooms; and, for the first time on the parish grounds, to offer handicapped-accessible restrooms. Click here to learn more about the project.
We need your financial support to complete this project! Members of the Parish Finance Council will be reaching out to parishioners to ask for their participation in the Capital Campaign. If you would like to speak to a Finance Council Member, contact the Parish Office at 719-633-8711. You can make a contribution to the project by giving on our online giving platform or on our Ministry One online giving app. Contributions can also be dropped in the collection basket at Mass (be sure to mark them for the Sacred Heart Capital Campaign) or mailed directly to the Sacred Heart Parish Office, Attn: Business Manager, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80904. The campaign will end December 31, 2021.
We look forward to our parish’s 100th anniversary in July 2022, when we will have fully restored Sacred Heart Church, opened St. André House, and rejuvenated our parking lot! The church will be fully paid off and we’ll amortize the loan for St. André House and the parking lot with the donations from the Capital Campaign. Sacred Heart will be ready for whatever changes the future brings! Thank you for your support.
We need your financial support to complete this project! Members of the Parish Finance Council will be reaching out to parishioners to ask for their participation in the Capital Campaign. If you would like to speak to a Finance Council Member, contact the Parish Office at 719-633-8711. You can make a contribution to the project by giving on our online giving platform or on our Ministry One online giving app. Contributions can also be dropped in the collection basket at Mass (be sure to mark them for the Sacred Heart Capital Campaign) or mailed directly to the Sacred Heart Parish Office, Attn: Business Manager, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80904. The campaign will end December 31, 2021.
We look forward to our parish’s 100th anniversary in July 2022, when we will have fully restored Sacred Heart Church, opened St. André House, and rejuvenated our parking lot! The church will be fully paid off and we’ll amortize the loan for St. André House and the parking lot with the donations from the Capital Campaign. Sacred Heart will be ready for whatever changes the future brings! Thank you for your support.
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"Straight from the Heart" video series
Our weekly video series "Straight from the Heart" provides a reflection and parish updates by our Associate Pastor Fr. Randy Rentner, CSC. The videos are emailed directly to parishioners from our communication provider Flocknote. If you would like to receive the emails, sign up at https://sacredheartparish14.flocknote.com/ Click here to see previous videos.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Fundraiser
OLPH, the historic chapel on Ruxton Avenue in Manitou Springs and a mission church of Sacred Heart Parish, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Colorado Springs. So many in the Manitou Springs community recall memories centered at this pretty little chapel: weddings, baptisms, children dressed in their finest to receive their First Holy Communion. And who can forget the simple joy of kids climbing on the big rock in our front yard while their parents have coffee with neighbors and friends after Mass?
OLPH has survived fires and many other challenges in its over 125-year history. We now face a new challenge. We are asking for your help in making our historic buildings handicap accessible to everyone. We do not to want to turn people away when they are not able to manage the front steps of our old buildings.
The addition of a new ramp and deck will finally enable all parishioners and visitors to enter both the chapel and our community building, the Fr. Schultz House. Using built-up earth, concrete, and local green stone will both minimize maintenance expenses and preserve our traditional appearance, as required by the Historic Preservation Commission of Manitou Springs. (See computer generated rendering below). Additionally, an updated restroom to accommodate A.D.A. (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards will be added to the Fr. Schultz House.
This is a big undertaking for our small church. Building the deck, creating a new entrance into the chapel, and remodeling the bathroom to meet ADA standards will cost our little community about $190,000. Thanks to the generosity of so many, OLPH has currently collected $93,000 toward phase 1 of our present goal: to build an access ramp and deck that will connect the church with the Fr. Schultz House. Included in this exterior work is a restoration of the grotto and the repair of the front steps of the church. Phase 1 will cost $143,000, so we need to raise up to $50,000 more. But with your help, we hope to be able to welcome everyone into our church community.
OLPH recently received a matching grant from Catholic Extension (from whom we order our parish calendars) for $45,000, which will now enable us to get closer to paying for Phase 1 and will also allow us to complete phase 2 of our proposal, making the bathroom ADA accessible as well, a $43,000 expense. We have started a pledge drive among OLPH parishioners, and inviting members of the other two church communities as well, to take advantage of the matching grant in order to finish both phases of our project. Contributions can be made out to “Sacred Heart Parish,” with “OLPH Building Fund” in the subject line, directly online or by participating in our GoFundMe at https://gf.me/u/yzsjcm.
If you aren’t able to participate in the fundraiser, please pray that Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, may assist us with this building project.
OLPH, the historic chapel on Ruxton Avenue in Manitou Springs and a mission church of Sacred Heart Parish, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Colorado Springs. So many in the Manitou Springs community recall memories centered at this pretty little chapel: weddings, baptisms, children dressed in their finest to receive their First Holy Communion. And who can forget the simple joy of kids climbing on the big rock in our front yard while their parents have coffee with neighbors and friends after Mass?
OLPH has survived fires and many other challenges in its over 125-year history. We now face a new challenge. We are asking for your help in making our historic buildings handicap accessible to everyone. We do not to want to turn people away when they are not able to manage the front steps of our old buildings.
The addition of a new ramp and deck will finally enable all parishioners and visitors to enter both the chapel and our community building, the Fr. Schultz House. Using built-up earth, concrete, and local green stone will both minimize maintenance expenses and preserve our traditional appearance, as required by the Historic Preservation Commission of Manitou Springs. (See computer generated rendering below). Additionally, an updated restroom to accommodate A.D.A. (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards will be added to the Fr. Schultz House.
This is a big undertaking for our small church. Building the deck, creating a new entrance into the chapel, and remodeling the bathroom to meet ADA standards will cost our little community about $190,000. Thanks to the generosity of so many, OLPH has currently collected $93,000 toward phase 1 of our present goal: to build an access ramp and deck that will connect the church with the Fr. Schultz House. Included in this exterior work is a restoration of the grotto and the repair of the front steps of the church. Phase 1 will cost $143,000, so we need to raise up to $50,000 more. But with your help, we hope to be able to welcome everyone into our church community.
OLPH recently received a matching grant from Catholic Extension (from whom we order our parish calendars) for $45,000, which will now enable us to get closer to paying for Phase 1 and will also allow us to complete phase 2 of our proposal, making the bathroom ADA accessible as well, a $43,000 expense. We have started a pledge drive among OLPH parishioners, and inviting members of the other two church communities as well, to take advantage of the matching grant in order to finish both phases of our project. Contributions can be made out to “Sacred Heart Parish,” with “OLPH Building Fund” in the subject line, directly online or by participating in our GoFundMe at https://gf.me/u/yzsjcm.
If you aren’t able to participate in the fundraiser, please pray that Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, may assist us with this building project.
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The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and the Healing of All: By Rev. Paul Turner. Art by: Rev. Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC. Published by Liturgical Press.
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Fr. Ron Raab, CSC's art show at Cottonwood Center for the Arts,
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Discussion with Fr. Ron Raab, CSC and Liturgical Press Editor John Kyler about the creation of book and art from "The Stations of the Cross in Atonement of Abuse and Healing for All" at Cottonwood Center for the Arts, May 23, 2021.
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Above: A video of Fr. Paul Turner and Fr. Ron Raab, CSC describing their work in "The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All" for Liturgical Press Summer Showcase 2020.
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"I am humbled to be part of this project for the healing of sexual abuse in our Church. Paul Turner's text is stunning. I offer images for all 14 Scriptural Stations of the Cross. I spent a couple of months during our COVID-19 shut down painting these images. I offer some reflections and explanations of my art in the booklet. Here is my approach to this important and soulful text from Paul Turner: I pray that my fingers covered in paint may help redeem the abuse our children faced at the hands of my brothers." -- Fr. Ron Raab, CSC
From Liturgical Press: The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All invites a wounded Church to contemplate the Passion and death of Jesus through the experience of clerical abuse survivors. This one-of-a-kind resource is written and illustrated by priests to foster healing amidst the destruction committed by their brothers. Award-winning author and acclaimed liturgist Paul Turner pairs each of the fourteen scripture-based Stations with powerful quotes from survivors of clerical sexual abuse, and responds to each with profound confessional prayer. Thought-provoking paintings by author, counselor, and liturgist Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, accompany each Station.
Order a copy from Liturgical Press in Collegeville, MN. The booklet was published December 2020.
From Liturgical Press: The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All invites a wounded Church to contemplate the Passion and death of Jesus through the experience of clerical abuse survivors. This one-of-a-kind resource is written and illustrated by priests to foster healing amidst the destruction committed by their brothers. Award-winning author and acclaimed liturgist Paul Turner pairs each of the fourteen scripture-based Stations with powerful quotes from survivors of clerical sexual abuse, and responds to each with profound confessional prayer. Thought-provoking paintings by author, counselor, and liturgist Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, accompany each Station.
Order a copy from Liturgical Press in Collegeville, MN. The booklet was published December 2020.
