Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Information about Sacred Heart Catholic Church
This is a long-established and stable congregation comprising primarily Hispanic parishioners. Led by Fr. Benjie Magnaye, the parish has experienced significant growth. Masses are preached in English and Spanish eight times a week. The church has a strong lay leadership, and religious education programs are a hallmark of the parish.
Information about Sacred Heart Catholic Church's Congregational Project
Sacred Heart Catholic Church recognizes that a significant vocation of the church as a whole is to provide guidance for youth and young adults to grow spiritually and to explore and discern their vocations as Christians.
Sacred Heart’s project thus has two overriding goals. The first is to provide resources to youth and young adults, including books, Bible studies, and retreats. The congregation provides young people opportunities to explore their gifts through participating the church’s calling to serve the community. These programs are guided by Pope Paul VI’s dictates in Popularum progressio that the laity should pursue their particular vocations (whether teacher, police officer, politician, doctor, nurse, etc.) in ways distinctly marked by their Christian identity.
Second, Sacred Heart aims to develop a sustainable youth leadership team that fosters spiritual growth and vocational discernment among youth and young adults even beyond the period of the grant. The church is thus hosting recruitment events and establishing partnerships with other organizations that can support these ministries.