SACRED HEART CHURCH PASTOR’S CORNER Marshall & Massachusetts Avenues, Cincinnati, Ohio 45225 THE LIGHT IS STILL ON FOR YOU… Last Tuesday most parishes in the Archdiocese had Telephone: (513)541-4654 Fax: (513)541-4662 confessions from 7-9 PM. I imagine that there were some from our parish who couldn’t make it Rev. Earl K. Fernandes, Parochial Administrator last Tuesday. To that end, this Tuesday, March 10, I will be available from 6-9 PM for Email Address: [email protected] confession in church. The Latin Mass choir usually practices in church that evening. The side Parish Website: www.sacredheartchurchcincinnati.com doors to church will be unlocked for those who wish to receive the sacrament. Make the most of Find us on Facebook: Sacred Heart Church Cincinnati this gift of God’s mercy. MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday & Eve of Holydays: 5:30 p.m. Ancient Order of Hibernians While promoting the Italian heritage of Sacred Heart, I sometimes Sunday: 9:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. (Latin); neglect the Germans who built the church and the Irish. This Sunday after 9 am and 11:30 am First Sunday only: 10:00 (Italian) Mass, the Ancient Order of Hibernians will be in the vestibule at Sacred Heart to sell raffle tickets Holyday: 7:30 a.m., 12:00 Noon & 7:00 p.m. (Latin) for their charities and to recruit new members for their fraternal organization. The A.O.H. is a CONFESSIONS: Saturday immediately following 7:30 a.m. Mass, 4:30-5:15 p.m., Sundays 8:15-8:45a.m., 10:45-11:15 a.m. and by appointment Catholic, Irish-American fraternal organization founded in New York City in 1836. The Order can BAPTISMS: Sunday after 9:00 a.m. Mass (by appointment only) trace its roots back to a parent organization that has existed in Ireland for over 400 years. The MARRIAGES: Schedule 6 months in advance (Pre-Cana required) Order evolved from a need in the early sixteen hundreds to protect the lives of Priests, who risked SECRETARY: Joyce Gordon - 541-4654 immediate death to keep the Catholic Faith alive in occupied Ireland after the reign of England’s King Henry VIII. These Hibernians served, protecting Priests who celebrated Mass in the glens and mountains in violation of that law. Through their efforts the Mass was preserved and Ireland SUNDAY MARCH 8 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT/DAYLIGHT SAVINGS remained a Catholic country. At its founding in America in 1836 the Order was again called upon TIME BEGINS 5:30 p.m. Poor Souls by Ron & Marilyn Claybron to defend the Church and its property from the Nativist Know Nothing Party. The AOH supports 9:00 a.m. Gene Stroud/7th Anniversary by Wife, Diane numerous charities and sponsors Project St. Patrick to help seminarians. Please offer the 11:30 a.m. For the People of the Parish Hibernians hospitality and support.

MONDAY 9 SAINT FRANCES OF ROME First Communion classes If you contacted the parish about having your son or daughter make Special Intention/Denise McElwain & Family First Holy Communion this year, preparatory classes began last Sunday. These classes will be held each Sunday, after 9:00 Mass and before the 11:30 Mass. The classes will be held in the WEDNESDAY 11 LENTEN WEEKDAY rectory and Mrs. Diane Stroud will teach the classes. Please contact her at 513.542.7422 for more Special Intentions/Stephen S. Burns Family by information or if you have any questions. David L. Willig Holy Hour for Vocations A Holy Hour for Vocations will be held Sunday, March 8, 2015 in the FRIDAY 13 LENTEN WEEKDAY Chapel of St. Gregory the Great at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, located at 6616 Beechmont 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross followed by Mass (Latin) – Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230. The Holy Hour will begin at 5:00 PM. Special Intention/Therese Kenning Upcoming Lenten Lectures - Paul Contino of Pepperdine University will give a lecture, titled, SATURDAY 14 LENTEN WEEKDAY “Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Contemporary Pilgrim’s Lenten Journey,” on Tuesday, March 7:30 a.m. Ed Simon by Wife, Mary Jo 10th from 7:00-8:30 PM at Saint Monica-Saint George Church, located at 328 W. McMillan 5:30 p.m. Elizabeth Wiesman by Family Street. SUNDAY 15 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT On Wednesday, March 11th, His Eminence Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of 9:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish Tegucigalpa, will give the annual Le Blond Lecture at the Athenaeum of Ohio. The lecture will 11:30 a.m. Special Intentions/Julie Waldron by Don & Helen Henz begin at 7:30 PM in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great and will also be live-streamed from www.athenaeum.edu. The Cardinal will speak on “The Vision of Pope Francis for the Church”. Sunday, March 1, 2015 (54 Envelopes) – Ravioli Dinner The next Italian dinner will be held on Palm Sunday, March 29. Frozen Ravioli Your Gift to God through Your Parish: $3,864.00 will be made on March 14-15. Any help you can give would be appreciated.