Sacred Heart would like to clarify our policy for drive by communion. We will continue our drive by communion for the next four Sundays - May 30, June 6, 13, and 20, from 12:00 PM, to 12:30 PM. On Sunday there will be no drive by communion because we will have another outdoor Mass, celebrating Unity Sunday. Unity Sunday is that one weekend a year when we have only one Mass at 10:00 AM so that all of our members can get to see each other. Coming off this year of pandemic and social distancing, we hope this is a time when we come together and comfortably and safely converse with each other. As this date gets closer, there will be more info about it. Also since we are trying to get back to some sense of normalcy, we would like to restart taking communion to the homebound. If you or some member of your family would like to receive communion at home, please call the rectory (510 655 9209) and inform us. We will then be in contact to set up a visit with communion.

On the weekend of May 22-23 we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.  The 5:00 PM Saturday Mass and the 7:30 AM Sunday Mass will be as normal but the 7:30 AM Mass will be livestreamed via Zoom.  For the 10:00 AM Mass we will celebrate outside in the parking lot.  There will be some chairs to sit in (6 feet apart) or you can remain in your car.  This is an experiment to see if we will do it in the future for special events.  There will be no drive by communion for that Sunday.

Laudato Si’ Week 2021, to be held May 16-25, will be the crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, and a celebration of the great progress the whole Church has made on its journey to ecological conversion. Laudato Si’ Week 2021 will also be a time to reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us and prepare for the future with hope. For more information on Laudato Si week activities, visit the website: www.laudatosiweek.org

For the next three months, Bro. Solomon Gaja, OMI, and Bro. Moses Wafula Khisa, OMI, will be with us for an internship of ministry and community.  At the Masses this weekend the two seminarians will introduce themselves to us.  Let us give them a very warm Sacred Heart welcome.