Sacred Heart Shrine at 5337 Genesee St. , Bowmansville, NY 14026 US - Home
Bowmansville, New York 14026
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Welcome to Sacred Heart Parish Community in Bowmansville, NY. Our Pastor is Rev. A. Mark Illig. We are a family of faith gathered in the name of Christ the Lord, united in the grace of the Holy Spirit and celebrating our heavenly Father's love. You enter this church not as a stranger, but as a guest of God. He is your heavenly Father. Come then, with joy in your heart and thanks on your lips into His presence, offering Him your love and service. Be grateful to those who in the name of Jesus Christ built this place of worship, and to all who have beautified it and hallowed it with their prayers and praise. Ask God's blessings on those who love this house of faith as the inspiration of their labor, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit, and may that blessing rest on you, both on your going out and coming in.
Healing Masses
We have a Healing Mass every Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. Confessions are heard prior to the Mass at 6:30 p.m. If you wish to confirm a certain Wednesday, call Judy in the rectory at 716-683-2375.
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We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates.
Masses: Daily 9:00 a.m. followed by the Rosary; First Friday: 9:00 a.m. First Saturday: 9:00 a.m.; Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Stations of the Cross: A recording of Fr. Kevin Scallon and the Irish singer Dana is played each weekday at noon on the circular walkway next to the Church. It is a very prayerful rendition!
Outdoor Rosary: A recording of Fr. Kevin Scallon and the Irish singer Dana is played each weekday at 7:00 p.m. in our Shrine.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 p.m. or on request- please call the Rectory Office.
Baptisms, Weddings, Anointing of the Sick and Funerals are the special pleasure of our ministry. Since individual needs differ, it is best to contact the Rectory for appropriate consideration. Please do not hesitate to call, since these celebratons are our service to you and a joy for us.
Society Meetings: Altar and Rosary - First Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Holy Name - Second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Legion of Mary - Mondays at 4:00 p.m. Parish Youth Group (CYO) meets every other Sunday from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Hunger USA
Hunger here in the richest nation in the world? Impossible, one might think. But the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual Hunger and Homelessness Survey makes it clear that hunger and food insecurity (not always having access to enough food to meet basic needs) not only exist, but are on the rise. The increase is reflected in the fact that the two dozen cities surveyed found that requests for ...
House passes health care measure following executive-order deal opposed by bishops
The US House of Representatives voted 219-212 on March 21 to approve the $940-billion Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after the White House and pro-life Democrats agreed on the language of an executive order.
President Barack Obama will state in the order ...
A vision of Heaven
As Dale McKay was facing death, he spoke to writer Nancy Schertzing about his feelings and his hopes for heaven. Later, Nancy spoke with Dale's widow, Ellen, who shared the joy of their marriage and the moving experience of Dale's death. Their story is filled with love and hope that speaks to all of us.
In the Know with Father Joe
Dear Fr. Joe: What is a mortal sin? If I commit one, do I automatically go to hell?
Part 4: How to Be a Dynamic and Evangelizing Parish
Two very different parishes show what it takes to be both energetic and spiritual.
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GIRLS and the FOOD STRUGGLE
During my freshman year in college, I set out to lose about ten pounds. What began as a simple plan to get fit spiraled into a dangerous obsession. Somehow I became so compulsive about exercising and dieting that I developed an eating disorder called anorexia...
California Catholic Lobby Day
Each year California Catholics gather in Sacramento to speak with their elected officials
about issues of concern to the Church. This effort is ...
Current Crisis Calls for World Financial Reorganization
At midday today in the Vatican's Clementine Hall the Holy Father received members of the Union of Industrialists and Businesses of Rome.
Opening his remarks to them with a reference to the current economic crisis, the Pope noted how it has "sorely tried the economic and productive ...
