02/08/2026
The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network- Apostleship of Prayer invites everyone to join the Sacred Heart Prayer for our dearly departed.
Sacred Heart Prayer for the Faithful Departed
The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network – Apostleship of Prayer (PWPN–AP) invites our parish community to join us in a new prayer apostolate dedicated to our departed loved ones.
Beginning this First Friday, August 7, after the First Friday Holy Mass, we will gather before the Sacred Heart of Jesus to pray for the faithful departed and entrust them to His mercy.
Praying for the dead is one of the Spiritual Works of Mercy. Through this apostolate, we hope to give our parish community another opportunity to remember those who have gone before us and to accompany them with our prayers.
From Monday, August 3 at 7:00 AM until Friday, August 7 at 10:00 AM, parishioners may write the names of their departed loved ones on the prayer slips provided and place them in the basket at the designated prayer table.
During the First Friday prayer, the basket containing their names will be presented before the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The names entrusted to us will be reverently remembered in prayer, followed by the Holy Rosary and concluding prayers for all the faithful departed.
We especially encourage those who submit names to come and pray with us. More than simply leaving a name in the basket, may this be an opportunity for us to gather as a community and personally offer our prayers for those we continue to carry in our hearts.
Please remember that this prayer apostolate is an additional prayer for the faithful departed and is never a replacement for the Holy Mass. The Holy Mass remains the highest form of prayer we can offer for our departed loved ones. We therefore encourage the faithful to continue having Masses offered for the deceased.
As prayer apostles, may we remain united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as we remember our departed loved ones and entrust them to the infinite mercy of God.
“I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” — John 11:25
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us and on all the faithful departed.