Making Sacred Heart the superhero campus

Each year, Sacred Heart Catholic School in New Smyrna Beach selects a theme for the year. This year it is superheroes, which is appropriate, as all teachers are superheroes by the work they do and the love they show their …

Confirmation project feed and clothe the needy

On August 20, 2018, the eighth grade class at Sacred Heart Catholic School served more than 100 needy and homeless members of their community. The effort was part of the local Community Hot Meals’ feeding program at First United Methodist …

Clothing drive leads to ‘Finn’s Closet’

As August approached, excitement brewed for Finn J. as he entered eighth grade at Sacred Heart Catholic School in New Smyrna Beach. He was very excited to run his own Confirmation Service Project as he had already helped fellow students …

Starting young at morning Mass

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Smyrna Beach has daily Mass at 7 a.m. and 11 a.m.  I could never make it as early as that, but one second-grader who is preparing for the Sacrament of Holy Communion does. He …

Parish welcomes Passover with traditional Seder meal

The Jewish Passover Seder meal is a ritual feast marking the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.  God told the Israelites: “You shall tell your child on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for …

A win for Sacred Heart at the Tortugas game

August 2018 is a busy time for all schools in the Diocese of Orlando. One of the kick off events was the Catholic Schools Tortugas Night game, the minor league baseball team based in Daytona Beach, Florida. The team plays …

Chrism Mass – April 17, 2019

This evening I congratulate our Jubilarians who celebrate 50 years and 25 years of priestly life in service to the Lord and His people. As we celebrate your jubilee years of Ordination, we recall the Scripture from Isaiah 61:1, “The …