Prayer — Igniting a Fire Within Your Prayer Life

Sponsored by Hands of Mary

Saturday, October 19, 2019, St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Presented by Debbie McCollough,member of Immaculate Conception Parish, North Little Rock

Debbie graduated from UCA with a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. Her first teaching job was at St. Mary’s Elementary School in North Little Rock where she was exposed to the Catholic Church and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During that first year she experienced a call to enter the Church and did the following year. She spent the next 30 years studying Church teachings and life in different Catholic Church settings and locations. In 2011 she heard God call her back to Arkansas to care for her aging mother and to begin ministering in the field of Adult Faith Formation and Spiritual Direction. The topics she teaches include: Vatican II Documents, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Prayer, St. Ignatius’ Rules for Discernment, Christology and Church History. We are excited that she is available and willing to enrich our parish women.

Registration & Morning Social starting at 9:30 a.m. Retreat 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Please bring a sack lunch, drinks provided. If interested in attending, please text Peggy Peters at 501-231-6699 with your name and parish.

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Holy Souls Catholic Church in Little Rock is hosting its Women's Gathering, "Bear Much Fruit", on Saturday, October 5. All women are encouraged to attend this day of prayer, inspired talks, and community building. This event begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. The speakers will be Spiritual Directors Cindy Shaw and Diane Bausom. TIckets are $25 each with lunch and childcare provided. Register online at www.holysouls.org or call the Church Office at 501-663-8632.

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Ladies of Sacred Heart is pleased to present their Fall fundraiser "Fall Into Fashion" to be held at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church on October 21, 2019. Fashions by Kohl's will be featured and lunch will be catered by Dolce Vita. The fun begins with a silent auction at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $17.00 and can be purchased from your Guild Captains or by contacting Marian LaVelle at (501) 209-2435. If you have items you wish to donate for our silent auction, please contact Barb Potter at (501) 226-3246.

  

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Walking with Purpose is back for Fall!  Please consider joining us for Reclaiming Friendship, a 6 week study that explores God's plan for friendship, which was meant to be a foretaste of Heaven.  What a wonderful way to dive back into relationships as we come back from COVID.  Like all Walking with Purpose studies, Reclaiming Friendship will help us explore the link between everyday challenges and the solutions given to us through the teachings of Jesus and the Catholic Church through personal study and small group discussions.

Sessions will be held between October 4 - November 15.  Watch the church bulletin for preregistration details in September.  The cost of the workbook will be $20.  Contact Cathy Kraus (cathy.kraus.shj@gmail.com) in the parish office for more information.  

Pot of Gold 2018

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
The first LOSH Pot 'O Gold fundraiser was a huge success!! Over $5,000 was raised to benefit local charities. A big thank-you goes to all those involved in the planning, prep and execution. We've even secured a date on the calendar for next year, January 25, 2019. Congratulations to the 2018 winners: 

#1  ($100)                                    Christina Brahm
#10  ($100)                                  Rick Hiemenz
#20  ($100)                                  Gwen Auel
#30  ($100)                                  Kathleen & Dave Witchger 
#40  ($100)                                  Sue Hurley 
#50  ($100)                                  Dan Murphy
#60  ($100)                                  Don & Bev Abbott 
#70  ($100)                                  Gabriele & Darrel Hendrix 
#80  ($100)                                  Sherrie Nichols
#90  ($100)                                  Rosemary Miller & Barb Potter
#96  ($100)                                  Irma Gremillion 
#97  ($100)                                  Patty Doublin (Melenson, Good, Brewster, Hanschmann)
#98  ($200)                                  Paula Doyle
#99  ($500)                                  Kathy Merten & Arlene Giedt
#100  ($2500)                             Jerry Bielinski
$25 Gift Certificates:  Karen Feckler, Jean Krantz, Ted Otero, Joyce Field

The Ladies of Sacred Heart guild members participated in a Living Rosary after the 9:00 a.m. mass on Monday, May 8.

What is a Living Rosary? The devotion appears to have begun in France in 1826, when Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot formed the Living Rosary Association. She was inspired to pull together groups of 15 persons who would each be responsible for praying one decade of the Rosary each day, so that the full 15-decade Rosary would be prayed each day by the group.

Over a century later, during the Nazi occupation of Poland, a young layman named Jan Tyranowski formed prayer groups of 15 men in his parish, representing the 15 mysteries of the Rosary. One of the group’s leaders was the young Karol Wojtyla—the young St. John Paul II (who would later introduce the Luminous Mysteries in his pontificate). Tyranowski met with the men in prayer and guided them in spiritual direction. He called it the Living Rosary prayer group. Wojtyla, the future pope, remained devoted to the Living Rosary prayer group and brought this model into his own parishes after he became a priest.

The Spiritual Life Committee of Ladies of Sacred Heart recently promoted a Women's Retreat. Ten ladies of our parish were able to attend at Saint Scholastica Monastery of Benedictine Sisters in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The theme of the retreat was "The Circle of Life: Journey through the Seasons." It was a combination of retreat talks, prayer and/or time for contemplation, silence during parts of the retreat, fellowship and Sunday morning Mass in the beautiful chapel at the Monastery.

The weekend retreat was led by speakers Joyce Rupp, an award-winning author and a much sought after retreat speaker and Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, who is a Benedictine Sister at Saint Scholastica, a well-known author and retreat director.

Pictured front row, left to right: Evelyn Garrison, Chris Stein, Char Greil, Ann Krawczynski.

Back row, left to right: Ann Bowman, Joyce Rupp (retreat presenter and author), Mary Lucas, Sister Macrina Wiederkehr (retreat presenter and author), Valerie Hartnett, Martha Rogers (speaker), Paula Doyle (speaker), Maureen Halloran.

2014 June LOSH Baby Shower

On Monday, June 16, 2014 the Ladies of Sacred Heart held a baby shower for a young mother to be who has literally lost everything in recent weeks -- car, job, house, and most tragically, the father of her unborn baby.  The shower was organized by Cathy Ament, Family Assistance Committee, and attended by about 30 women representing our Guilds and membership who participated in responding to the needs of this expectant mother and neighbor.  

The mother-to-be couldn't attend in person, too full of sorrow to join in the shower with burial of the baby's father upcoming in two days. Gathered together with all the presents, the story of this neighbor in need was told to the women present.  A special prayer written by Deacon John, a blessing for both the mother and the baby, was recited.  It reflected the power of God's love and the power of practicing to love one's neighbor in very real terms.  

Everyone joined in the food and drink and lively stories followed about participants' memories of their first child being born. Some of the stories were hysterical, some were spiritual, all brought lifting of hearts and sprits and good will.

Everyone then signed the giant baby shower card and Sheila Harrison took photos of the gathering.  Three carloads of presents were delivered to the recipient's home.  Her neighbors, husband, wife, and 4-year-old daughter helped unload and take in all the gifts. The LOSH representatives delivering the shower gifts told our mom-to-be that our group fully understood why she could not attend in person.  Then everyone prayed with their arms outstretched including the little girl who said "me too" as she reached her arms over the as yet unborn baby.

With this shower, our recipient neighbor felt the love of women she did not know in her time of sorrow and loss as well as new beginnings and new joy in the anticipated birth of a son.  She felt the balm of neighborly love and prayer and generosity help her overcome the pain of her loss, as we, the participants, felt the gift of love flowing out from our organization in praise of our God and our faith.  May we all continue the prayers for this neighbor that she may continue to feel the love of the Father reach into her heart and into all the hearts of good neighbors everywhere.  

Gifts included:
Baby washcloths, towels, burb towels, newborn undershirts and onesies.
Crib sheets and baby clothes for 3 month olds, socks, sun hat, and even baby sunglasses
Changing table with pad and 6 month clothes for the cooler months
Receiving blankets and crib blankets and 6 month clothes for cool weather
Bumper pads for crib and 6-9 month clothing
Digital thermometer and 9 month clothing
Jacket/snow suit, hat, for 9 month old
Diabers, pacifier, wipes, lotion, vaseline, A&D ointment, shampoo, baby tylenol, Q-tips, nasal aspirator.

Also provided were baby bed and car seat furnished by ChangePoint (pregnancy counseling) in Hot Springs, and a monetary gift from the Sacred Heart Respect Life Committee.  The Family Asssistance Committee of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church organized the Baby Shower.  The Family Assistance Committee is newly formed and funded by Sacred Heart Social Justice committe to assist needy families identified by parishioners and/or local institutions or authorities.

Photos: kindness of Sheila Harrison