Historically in Catholic devotional life, the month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the First Friday of June observed as the proper feast day of the Sacred Heart. This year, the ...

Three years after St. John Paul II officially declared the Second Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday” for the universal Church in the year 2000, Divine Mercy parish was officially formed in ...

Since the year 2000, on the second Sunday after Easter, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Divine Mercy Sunday and canonized Sister Maria Faustina ...

For many centuries the Sunday after Easter was known as “Low Sunday” in contrast to the High Sunday of Easter. However, in recent years, this same Sunday has been given another name and another ...

Sacred Heart Church in Winnetka and St. Philip the Apostle Church in Northfield, due to merge July 1 as part of the Chicago Archdiocese’s Renew My Church consolidation, have a new name, Divine Mercy, ...

“I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.” —Ezekiel 36:26 Trust, by definition, is a risky venture. It’s an abandonment to something or someone else, a ...

This should have been an especially joyful time at Sacred Heart Church in the Western Addition, parishioners say. Celebrating their 120th anniversary, they were planning picnics, parties and reunions ...