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Holy Mass (Online)Online Masses
Parishes throughout the Diocese are now offering numerous live-streamed Masses for the faithful to participate in on Sundays, and throughout the week. Please click the links below to find a Holy Mass for you and your family.- Sacred Heart Parish Livestream - Feast of the Ascension (May 24)
- Diocese of Calgary - Live & Recorded Mass Listings
- Sunday Masses with Bishop McGrattan and Daily Masses at various parishes.
- EWTN - English
- Word on Fire - English
- Formed.org - English
Daily Mass (Extraordinary Form)
Livestream Masses on Optik TV
TELUS will continue to broadcast Masses from some of our parishes for the duration of the ban on public celebrations. The following masses will be available to Telus Optik TV viewers on Channel 8915.- Monday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary)
- Tuesday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary); 7 pm Mass (St. Francis De Sales, High River)
- Wednesday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary); 6 pm Mass (St. Francis De Sales, High River)
- Thursday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary)
- Friday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary)
- Saturday: 8:30 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary)
- Sunday: 11 am Mass (St. Peter's, Calgary)
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Diocesan resources
- Diocesan COVID-19 Page
- Updates on Gathering - COVID-19 (May 15)
- Bishop's Letter on the Easter Triduum (March 27)
- Updated Diocesan Directives (March 24)
- Announcement - All Masses Cancelled (March 16)
- Bishop McGrattan's Letter to the Faithful (March 16)
- Christian Video Programming for Children
- Diocesan Donations Page
- Special Indulgence for those Affected by COVID-19
- Community Support & Resources (Education, Mental Health, Parenting, etc.)
- Weekly Homilies and Reflections from Fr. Cristino Bouvette
Do you have loved ones in the hospital?
When you can't visit the hospital, here's a link to send well wishes to patients. Your kind words of encouragement will be delivered by the volunteers of Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health facilities.
Please visit: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/wellwishes.aspx
Update Regarding Public Masses
Current Situation
Now that Stage 1 of Alberta's Relaunch Strategy has begun (as of May 14th) the Diocese has released new guidelines for Catholic parishes. ( Click here.)
All public celebrations of weekday and Sunday Masses, except for weddings and funerals continue to be cancelled until further notice. Sunday and weekday Masses will be celebrated privately and available via Internet live-streaming.
In Preparation for Re-Opening Masses
The Diocese is working with a special commission from the provincial government in order to come up a roadmap and rules for the return of public celebrations of Holy Mass. Below are few key items about the future return of Holy Mass that were discussed yesterday during our parish's Finance Council meeting.- All parishioners will likely be required to wear masks to Mass.
- Physical distancing and hand sanitizing may be required according to Diocesan guidelines.
- Parishioners may need to sign up online, using our parish website, before attending Saturday/Sunday Masses in order to ensure we do not exceed mandated occupancy limits.
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Parish resources
Greetings from Father Wojciech and Sacred Heart Parish office staff,
We hope everyone is doing well despite the many changes that have affected all of us over the last few weeks. Please keep safe and know that we are thinking of all of you and keeping you in our prayers.
We recognize that there are streaming Masses from the Diocese, but Father Wojciech would like to offer the opportunity for you to connect to one of his Masses that he celebrates in his kitchen. To do this, you need to be able to connect through FaceTime, unfortunately, only available on Apple devices. If you are interested, please call the Parish office at 403-934-2641, and we will try to schedule a date with you. We are not sure how many people will respond, but we will try to connect with you as soon as we can.
Father Wojciech is looking forward to this opportunity to spend some time with you.
God Bless.
Father Wojciech Jarzecki
Donna Johnson
Lynn Dumont
Although we cannot have public Masses or other activities together as a community, Father Jarzecki is still offering a few services for parishioners.
Masses broadcast over Facetime:- As mentioned above, for those with Apple phones, tablets and computers, Father is happy to connect you, by appointment, to one of his Masses. Please contact the Parish Office by phone at 403-934-2641 or via email to schedule a date.
Father is hearing Confessions from Parishioners by appointment.- Please phone or email the Parish Office to make arrangements and schedule a time for the sacrament.
Reflections and Homilies from Father and/or the Deacons- Click here to read weekly reflections or homilies to help us get through the pandemic with the wisdom of Sacred Scripture and Church Tradition.
Assistance for those in Need - Knights and CWLAs the crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) flu remains quite fluid, the parish's Catholic Women's League and Knights of Columbus would like you to know that they are available to assist those who may be in acute need. For example, there may be assistance required by some to pickup groceries and prescriptions, do yard maintenance, etc. As a Catholic community, the CWL and Knights are available to serve you, or someone you know who may be in need.(These groups have been in contact with Strathmore family and community support services to volunteer their assistance, however, the Town is still developing its response plan, and so will be keeping them in the loop for when they can be of help to the wider community.)To contact the CWL, please email Emily at cwl@sacredhc.ca
To contact the Knights, please email Derek at knights@sacredhc.ca
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Keeping the faith at home
- Daily Practices for Individuals and Families
- Pray the Angelus
- Pray the Angelus three times per day. (7am, Noon, 7pm, or when you wake up, at noon, and when you go to bed.
- Click here for a 4-page booklet of prayers for Parishioners of Sacred Heart during the COVID-19 pandemic. The booklet includes instructions for praying the Angelus.
- Daily Rosary
- Many times, and especially after the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, the Church has commended the practice of praying the Holy Rosary daily as an excellent spiritual practice.
- For help praying the Rosary, go here.
- Pray a Novena
- A novena is made up of nine days of prayer and meditation usually to ask God for special prayer requests or petitions. You might desire to pray for a loved one, for protection from illness, for healthcare and emergency personnel, for those out of work or hurting in our economic crisis - for all of these, and many more petitions, there's a novena to be prayed.
- To find a novena to pray, click here.
- For a novena specifically dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, click here.
- Liturgy of the Hours / Divine Office
- Join in the official liturgical prayer of the Church, praying the Psalms and other prayers along with millions of other Catholics, both lay people and religious.
- Lectio Divina
- Prayerful reading of Sacred Scripture, that deepens one's love and unity with Jesus Christ by slowly reflecting and "chewing" on His word.
- Daily Readings from the Holy Bible
- Catholics are encouraged to read from Sacred Scripture every day in order to deepen their faith and grow in their personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Below are two helpful guides for reading that you may find helpful:
- Pray the Angelus
- Consecrate Yourself or Your Family to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Personal or family consecration to the Sacred Heart, in which the individual or family, is dedicated to Christ so that he might reign in the hearts of all its members.
- Prayer of Personal Consecration
- Rites of Family Consecration
- Personal or family consecration to the Sacred Heart, in which the individual or family, is dedicated to Christ so that he might reign in the hearts of all its members.
- Daily Practices for Individuals and Families
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Formed.org - Growing in faith at home
- Formed.org
- Formed.org Masses: Live and Recorded.
- As many of you already know, this service, which contains thousands of movies, video series, children's films, audiobooks, podcasts, and e-books, is free for all parishioners.
- If you have not yet signed up for a free account, please go here for help: https://sacredhc.ca/formedorg
- Formed content is available on many platforms: iOS, Android, desktop computers, connected TV (TVOS and ROKU) and XBOX.
- Some Recommendations:
- Faith At Home
- Resources for Lent:
- Lenten Reflections: https://watch.formed.org/lenten-reflections
- Short Bible Study on Salvation: https://watch.formed.org/lectio-salvation-with-dr-michael-barber
- A Lenten Study on Prayer: https://watch.formed.org/into-the-desert
- A Lenten Study on Mercy: https://watch.formed.org/a-lent-to-remember
- Recommendations for the Family:
- Mary of Nazareth: https://watch.formed.org/mary-of-nazareth
- Joseph of Nazareth: https://watch.formed.org/joseph-of-nazareth-the-story-of-the-man-closest-to-christ
- Mother Teresa: https://watch.formed.org/mother-teresa-1
- Pope John Paul II: https://watch.formed.org/pope-john-paul-ii-1
- St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor: https://watch.formed.org/st-giuseppe-moscati-doctor-to-the-poor
- Bible Studies: https://watch.formed.org/bible-studies
- For Children: https://watch.formed.org/kids-1
- For Youth/Teenagers: https://watch.formed.org/youth-programs and https://watch.formed.org/books-kids-and-teens
- For learning more about the Catholic Faith:
- Symbolon Series: https://watch.formed.org/symbolon-the-catholic-faith-explained
- Various Faith Formation Series: https://watch.formed.org/faith-formation
- E-Books: https://watch.formed.org/books-being-catholic and https://watch.formed.org/books-explore-the-faith
- Audio/Podcasts: https://watch.formed.org/talks-being-catholic and https://watch.formed.org/talks-explore-the-catholic-faith
- Good Literature
- E-Book Fiction: https://watch.formed.org/books-fiction
- Audiobooks: https://watch.formed.org/audiobooks
- Audio Dramas: https://watch.formed.org/audio-dramas
- These are a few recommendations, but they only scratch the surface of what's available. There are so many more excellent things to watch, read and listen to on Formed.org than what I've listed above. Check it out.
- Formed.org
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Other resources for growing in faith
The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult catechetical organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization. All their online resources are available with free signup. The Institute offers both live (online) events, recorded video talks, and self-paced free courses on the Faith.
St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that God always brings good out of evil. That's why the Dominicans of the Eastern Province in D.C. have launched a live streaming Quarantine Lectures series. They'll keep it going until the quarantine is lifted, offering Catholic wisdom for the 21st Century.Go here to watch or register for free.- Aquinas 101
- For those who want to delve deep into the Catholic Faith, there’s no better place to start than with the rich philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor. Aquinas 101 introduces you to his thought in bite-sized chunks. Sign up for free, or just watch the video series on Youtube.
- Word on Fire
- Bishop Barron's organization, Word on Fire, has produced all sorts of excellent videos and retreat content for people to browse at their leisure.
- Ascension Presents
- Ascension Press has numerous podcasts, videos and articles to grow in the Faith.
- Aquinas 101