Sacred Heart Parish Saratoga

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F.I.R.E. Talk – Richard Bernatchez “The Science Behind the Shroud: Evidence for the Truth of the Shroud of Turin” Sunday, September 22, 10:15 Sacred Heart Parish Center The Shroud of Turin is a piece of cloth seemingly imprinted with a human image and traditionally claimed to be Jesus’ burial cloth. Richard Bernatchez explores the scientific […]

F.I.R.E. Talk – Fr. David Gentry-Akin, S.T.D. “You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Mind: Science & Faith in Dialogue” Sunday, September 29, 10:15 Sacred Heart, Saratoga -- Parish Center Modern media mistakenly tells us we need to choose between science and faith—that we must be either an atheistic rationalist or a […]

Prayer Practices – Lectio Divina October Prayer Practice: Lectio Divina “We speak to God when we pray; we listen to Him when we read the Scriptures.” – St. Ambrose Lectio Divina (“divine reading”) is a technique to help us listen to God in scripture long associated with the Benedictine tradition. Fr. Matthew Leavy of the […]

F.I.R.E. Talk – Fr. John Hurley, CSP “Elements of Evangelization” Sunday, November 17, 10:15 Parish Center, Notre Dame Room We are called to a life of evangelization, sharing how God is working in our lives with other. How can we spread the Good News of Christ’s resurrection most effectively? Fr. John Hurley, former Vicar for […]

Icons are a powerful visual expression of the Divine popular in Eastern Christianity. Deacon Craig Anderson of St. Basil the Great Byzantine Catholic Church in Los Gatos will share this meaningful prayer tradition—both its history and its current practice. Craig Anderson serves as a deacon in the Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in […]

January Prayer Practice: Contemplative Prayer “True contemplation is a theological grace. It can come to us only as a gift.” – Thomas Merton Contemplative Prayer is a manner of quieting oneself and focusing on the Divine. Through Christian meditation, one is able to get rid of distractions so that one can gaze with faith upon […]

Many parents today face the challenge of expressing their Catholic faith to their children and keeping them participating in the Church’s life. Mary Ann Andrade shares from her wealth of experience as a director of teen faith formation and a parent as to how to help teens and young adults build the foundation of a […]

March Prayer Practice: Praise & Worship “To sing is to pray twice.” – St. Augustine Praise and worship is a contemporary prayer style rooted in old practices. Praise and worship provides accessible songs that help people open their heart to Jesus. John Kellet, the music minister at Holy Spirit Parish in San Jose will lead […]