Masses can be offered at Sacred Heart Parish for people who are deceased or for special intentions.

Only available Mass times will be shown online. Cards for Mass intentions are available at the Parish Office and Main Church Welcome Desk if requested.

A suggested offering of $10 or more is requested. 
You may pay online when making the request (click the drop-down menu to find Mass Intentions), 
or by check, or in person at the Parish Center.

A Mass intention is a specific petition for which the Mass is offered. 
Mass intentions, also known as Mass cards, can be requested on behalf of another living person - for example, the healing of someone sick or to commemorate a wedding anniversary. However, Mass intentions are most commonly offered in remembrance of a person who has died.

It may seem counterintuitive to offer a Mass intention for a person who has died, as their time on earth is finished. However, the practice of offering Mass intentions for the deceased relates to the Catholic belief in purgatory. As Catholics, we believe souls who die in a state of sin go through a purification process before entering heaven. We offer Masses for our deceased loved ones to aid them in their journeys to heaven. We pray with hope that the graces imparted by the Mass will usher them further towards eternity with God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
 "From the beginning, the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God" (CCC 1032). 

It is especially important to pray for the dead, as they can no longer pray for themselves. Pope Francis said that offering the celebration of the Eucharist for the dead, "Is the best spiritual help that we can give to their souls, particularly to the most abandoned ones."