Sacred Heart Parish in Avondale

11/21/2021

03/16/2021

Sacred Heart Church in Avondale is currently open for mass on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome. There are still COVID measures such as, a face mask mandate and temperatures are taken at the entrance of the church. God bless us all.

03/16/2021

One of our wonderful and precious Boone community members, Carolyn Ackerman, went to be with our Lord this morning around 2 a.m. Carolyn had a special place in my heart as I’m sure she had in many. She’ll be greatly missed. RIP God’s good and faithful servant. Please pray for her family.

11/10/2020

There will not be any Sunday Masses at Sacred Heart Church for the whole month of November due to precautions for the safety of the parishioners.
Thank You for your understanding!
We continue to pray for healing during this pandemic.
God’s Peace
F. Joseph

06/15/2020

From the Desk of Fr. Joseph - Pueblo County Variance
Dear Parishioners:

Earlier today (Sunday, June 14), Pueblo County was granted a variance from the “Safer At Home” order.

The variance allows for larger numbers of people to gather in Houses of Worship. According to the variance and the response of the Colorado Department of Pueblo Health & Environment considerations must be addressed in the area of sanitizing, social distancing, the wearing of a mask or cloth face covering, etc.

Given the above information, daily masses will resume June 24th, Masses will be at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday’s, Thursday’s and Friday’s. Masks are required at the Masses.

Weekend Masses will be at 4:00 p.m., on Saturday’s and 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday's. Beginning the weekend of June 27 and 28, St. Joseph will resume it’s Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. Sunday masses times will be 7:30 a.m., and 10:00 a.m., which will be live-streamed on Facebook.

Eventually, in July, if all goes well, we will resume our regular schedule of weekend masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., and Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Please read the new variance information for Pueblo County (see links below) regarding the number of people attending Mass. Masks are to be worn at all Masses. Please respect the Variance Information regarding our Houses of Worship.

We must protect our parishioners and our community. I ask you all to continue to protect yourselves and to pray for healing and for a cure!

Your brother in Christ
F. Joseph

Pueblo County Commissioners CoVID-19 Variance Information
https://county.pueblo.org/board-county-commissioners/covid-19-variance-information

Pueblo County Variance document
https://covid19.colorado.gov/sites/covid19/files/documents/Pueblo%20Variance%20Decision.61120.pdf

05/17/2020

From the Desk of Fr. Joseph

Dear Parishioners:

As we visited via telephone conference with Governor Polis regarding the opening of our churches and the meeting of the Pueblo Deanery yesterday. These are going to be St. Joseph's, Sacred Heart in Avondale and St. Thérèse in Vineland guidelines for the celebration of Mass.

We will to continue Live Stream Masses on Facebook every Sunday at 10:00 am.

The church is open on Mondays through Fridays at 8:00 am to 4:00 pm .

It is my belief for the safety of our parishioners that we wait till June 2020 to see where we are at with these directives.

I ask for your continuous prayers as we pray for a cure.

God Bless you all

Your brother in Christ
Fr. Joseph

04/21/2020

Prayer for Saint Isidore the Farmer

Dear St. Isidore

You know how normal it is to cultivate the land for you were employed as a farm laborer most of your life. Although you received God’s help materially through Angels in the field, all farmers are aided spiritually to see the wonders God has strewn on this earth. Encourage all farmers in their labors and help them to feed many people. Amen.

This year we not have our annual pilgrimage in Honor of St. Isidore, patron saint of farmers. We ask for St. Isidore Intercession for planting and for a great harvest. We pray for all those who work the land and for their protection. The official Feast Day of St. Isidore of Madrid is May 15th. Our walk was scheduled for April 25th.

Blessings always
F. Joseph

04/21/2020

This pilgrimage cancellation includes Avondale Sacred Heart and St Therese in Vineland. Please continue to pray for the farmers.

04/21/2020

Food for thought.

04/12/2020

If you are interested you can view Easter Mass on EWTN now at 10 AM