Parishioners are welcome to have their blood pressure screened on the third weekend of each month.  Volunteer nurses are available on Saturday after the 4:00 PM Mass and on Sunday from 8:00 AM until 12:00 noon in Room 103.

Volunteers are needed!  If you are a nurse who can volunteer with our ministry once per month at one or more of the Masses, you would be a great help to us.  Thank you!

Quinn Nugent
443-821-3350
qnuge@msn.com

Jesus healed the sick, comforted the sorrowing, and raised the dead.  The Church is called to continue Jesus' work of healing, prayer, and comforting!  At Sacred Heart, trained Pastoral Visitors bring Communion to the sick and homebound, usually on a weekly basis.  Teams of Pastoral Visitors conduct communion services and take communion to those confined to their rooms at Cherrywood Future Care Nursing Home, and Mass is celebrated there on the second Wednesday of each month.

Pastoral Visitors also bring communion to residents at several assisted living facilities as well as to several apartment homes for the elderly.  Staff members make monthly visits to those homebound parishioners who have requested them — and, where possible, to hospitalized parishioners.  When requested, our priests visit the homebound and nursing homes for Reconciliation and the Anointing of the Sick.

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, always available upon request, is celebrated at least twice annually at a designated weekend Mass.

At various times throughout the year, students at Sacred Heart School and the Religious Education Program prepare and send handmade get-well and greeting cards with personalized messages to the residents of Cherrywood and the homebound.  Christmas and Easter greetings, signed by parish staff, are sent to these parishioners, as well as get-well cards for the hospitalized.

The names of ill parishioners who are in need of prayer are listed in the parish bulletin each week.  Please join us in praying for God's healing for them.

To request that a name be added to our sick list, please contact the the Parish Office.

410-833-1696

If you, or someone you know, desires:

• Anointing of the Sick
• A Communion visit
• A hospital visit

Please contact the Parish Office and provide the information we will need to make contact.

The Sacred Heart Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is part of an international organization founded in 1833 by Frederick Ozanam.  Its primary purpose is to care for neighbors in need in the name of Jesus Christ.  SVDP seeks, in a spirit of justice and charity, to help those who are suffering.

At Sacred Heart we coordinate collections of school supplies, food, and personal and health items.  We also coordinate and distribute baskets for needy families at Christmas.

Our mission
The primary mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Baltimore is Caring for Neighbors in Need.  In the spirit of love and compassion, the St. Vincent de Paul Society provides human services to needy individuals and families without regard to race, religion, or national origin.  The Society meets basic needs while inspiring hope and empowering people to meet their full potential.

Volunteer
You can become a member of Sacred Heart Conference of SVDP!  Our formal meetings are kept to a minimum, every other month, September thru May.

Donations to the Poor
You can contribute money by placing your donation in the Poor Box as you exit church.  In doing so, you help your neighbors in need.  You can also purchase Food Lion Gift Certificates and place them in the Poor Box.

Food Contributions
The 4th Sunday of every month is the designated time to help restock our Sacred Heart pantry.  Please bring a bag of nutritious, non-perishable food.  Suggested items include non-perishables such as canned meats or stew, chunky soups, pasta sauce, tuna fish, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, canned vegetables or fruit, boxed potatoes, rice, noodles, tomato paste.

Prayer
Pray for Social Justice, that we might see an end to hunger and homelessness.  Pray also for workers, so they may earn a living wage enabling them to meet the basic needs of their families.

The parish bulletin identifies outreach projects sponsored by SVDP.  These scheduled monthly projects include:

• August: Collection of school supplies

• October: Food collection — Thanksgiving and Christmas

• November/December: Christmas gifts for the needy

• March/April: Food and first aid for our own parish as well as our Sister Parish, the Church of Saint Ann in Baltimore.

• July: Collection of toilet articles for the Community Crisis Center in Reisterstown

• We support our sister parish, St. Ann Church in Baltimore, with special projects as are needed, and we have a cooperative relationship with the Community Crisis Center in Reisterstown, the Hannah More Shelter for women and children in Reisterstown, and Tender Care Pregnancy Center in Westminster.

The St. Vincent dePaul Society is operated by volunteers of the parish and offers a wide range of assistance to those in need within our demographic area.  Help is available with food, rent, utilities and other areas of determined need.  If we are unable to meet your needs, referrals may be offered.  The convent, rectory, or parish center does not offer any immediate aid.

• For assistance, call 410-371-3509 and leave a message on the voice mail with your name, phone number where you can be reached and the type of help you need.

• A volunteer will return your call within 24-48 hours.

• Volunteers check the mail box periodically throughout the day, but if the voice mail box is full when you call, wait 2 hours before trying again.

410-371-3509

(Please leave a voice mail response.  You will receive a return call.)

See also our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please call and leave your name and phone number.  We will contact you!