Pastor's Desk
“IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO BE BUSY; SO ARE THE ANTS. THE QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE WE BUSY ABOUT?”
— Henry David Thoreau
Dearly beloved Parishioners,
After the good monsoon showers which have had a cooling impact on the whole atmosphere around us, we see small rivulets appearing to dance through twigs, thorns and bushes, gushing through rocks and hills, humming through huge mountains and valleys, forming and transforming into milky waterfalls, adorning and beautifying nature as like a new bride.
Sunday Announcements
- The liturgy for the 8.45 AM Mass next Sunday, will be conducted by the Community No. 30 Shalom.
- The Senior Citizen's Cell invites you for their Activity Day on Monday 14th of October at 4.30pm in our Community Centre. No registrations required.
- Our Annual Parish Day Celebration is on November 9th and 10th, 2024, and we want you to participate. We are looking for enthusiastic children, youth, couples and senior citizens to showcase their incredible and unique talents and help to make this event unforgettable. If you're ready to be a star, sign up at the help desk outside the church after every mass today.
- Parish Day Family Meal Coupons Now Available! Please note, as part of our Parish Day celebration on Nov 10th, 2024 PPC members will visit your homes for coupon sales. Coupons will not be available at the Parish Office. Please get your coupons from your Community PPC representatives.
- Little sisters of the poor (Home for the Aged) As they run the home for the poorest of the poor, are standing out of the church for collection bowls today and Tomorrow after every mass. Kindly help them if possible.
- Nov 2, is all Souls day the intention box is kept in the church we encourage parishioners to drop petition all along with mass Stipend.
- The Bible cell in collaboration with the youth ministry of our Parish is organizing Vacation Bible Joy for students from 1st to 9th STD from 4 th to 7 th Nov. Registration forms are available in the office.
- As part of our Parish Day celebrations on November 9th, 2024, we will be putting up 10 food stalls in the church premises. We invite individuals, families, and groups who wish to adopt a food stall. Each stall is Rs 2,000.00 so don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to our celebrations and share your culinary delights with the community! The sale of food stalls will be on a (first-come, first-preference) to reserve your stall, please visit the Parish office.
- Association of Pauline Cooperators is organizing a 2 Hour Symposium on the importance of the reading habit in the digital age on 19 th October 2024, for further details see the notice board.
Heart to Heart Parish Newsletter
Our parish's newsletter, "Heart to Heart," serves as a channel of communication, assisting in the announcement of events and the reporting of information regarding the various initiatives of Sacred Heart Parish, Andheri East. It also serves as a testament to God's wonderful works among us in our parish through the activities of its various cells, groups, associations, and communities. Besides circulation within our parish (one copy per family), the bulletin is also sent to the Dean, Bishop etc. as reports. Spiced with humour, information about good health, professional opinion, interviews with leaders within the Parish, a message from the Parish Priest, articles for spiritual growth, and a Bible Quiz corner for Family, The Heart to Heart is a publication that is released quarterly, around the feasts of Easter, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Nativity of Our Lady and Christmas. Each issue focuses on a theme. The editorial team works within a scheduled timeframe and also takes into consideration the economics of publishing the bulletin.
Fr John Mascarenhas SVD
Parish Priest
Fr Edwin Vas SVD
Co-Pastor
Fr Callisto Gomes SVD
Co-Pastor
Fr. George Mepurath SVD
Co-Pastor
Fr. Lucas Parkhe SVD
Co-Pastor
Sacred Heart Parish Anthem
We’re Sacred Heart parishioners, joining hands together
Sharing our time and talents, caring for one another
Building loving communities, in love we come together
The Father, Son and Spirit, we all worship together
We’re Sacred Heart parishioners, joining hands together
Sharing our time and talents, caring for one another
Building loving communities, in love we come together
The Father, Son and Spirit, we all worship together
With vibrant priests and deacons, and associations
Committed to your mission, filled with zeal and passion
With all our families and friends, as parish we are one
Living in communion, marching with a vision
