Sacred Heart - Hillsborough, Sheffield at 479 Langsett Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S6 2LN UK - Home
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Hello, I am Bishop John Rawsthorne and this is the home of Sheffield's Church of the Sacred Heart on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about the parish and the church. We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates!
Mass Times
SUNDAY Saturday .......... 6:30pm (vigil) Sunday ............ 10:30am WEEKDAYS Monday ........... 9:00am Tuesday .......... 9:00am Wednesday .... 7:30pm Thursday ......... 9:00am Friday ............. 11:30am Saturday ......... 9:00am CONFESSIONS Saturday ........ 10:00am to 11:00am Or, any other time by appointment
6th Sun [C] 2010
On January 6, 2002 the Boston Globe published its first account of Cardinal Bernard Law’s cover-up of the abuse of young boys on at the hands of Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston, thus beginning years of similar accounts telling of shattered trust in the Catholic Church and the hopeless state of many victims of pedophiliac priests. It was emblematic of this first decade in the third millennium, “a decade from hell” being the phrase used by a major American magazine.
5th Sun [C] 2010
Viewing the images coming out of Haiti, pictures of little children suffering terribly, some with arms and legs hastily and excruciatingly amputated, pictures of desperate people struggling for a bit of water or food, along with other images of terrible and painful human suffering, who has not wondered why God has allowed such cruelties to beset us not only now but down through the ages of human history? Why is it that this happens when God is all-powerful and infinitely good? Where is God in human suffering?