Liturgical Ministries of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish

Altar Server Training
Children are invited to learn how to become an Altar Server in the Spring as early as their 4th grade year and are expected to serve until the completion of their Senior year of high school. For information on specific training dates and times contact the Parish Office at 330.336.3049.

Procedures

Adult Altar Servers
Adults are invited to assist the priest and deacon by serving at the altar during funeral Masses. For information on training or to join a team contact Bill Schapel at 330.336.3632.

Members of this ministry enhance our worship space and experience by use of color, form, and layout, working closely with the Liturgy Commission and local florists. Commitment is 1-2 hours a week on average. The main efforts each year are during the Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter seasons, although there may be some special times during the church calendar year that require more time.

If you are gifted in arts, crafts, sewing, and design, please contact Sue Komjati at 330.336.6732 or Amy Uhase at 330.336.2787.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word provides young children (preschool and early elementary school age) of the parish an opportunity between September and May to experience the Scriptures at a level and in an atmosphere more suited to their ages and understanding during the 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass.

Children process to the lower level of the church prior to the Mass readings and rejoin their families during the offertory.  Leaders must complete the Volunteer Requirements. To assist in this most rewarding ministry contact Karen Kennedy at 330.336.1212.

This ministry of service keeps the house of God clean and respectful of the Lord’s presence and the presence of God’s people. Those who assist in this ministry are asked to commit 1½ to 2 hours a week and contact Helen Klaas at 330.336.4826

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion assist the priest and deacon by distributing Holy Communion at Sunday and Holy Day Masses. Ministers assigned to Mass are expected to fulfill their assignment or find their own substitute.

Requirements to serve in this ministry are include being a confirmed Catholic in good standing and attend a half-day diocesan training session once every 5 years. Ministers should also attend a special parish evening of reflection once or twice a year, at which time they may receive updates from the priests. An additional meeting is held with new Eucharistic ministers to explain the procedures used at Sacred Heart of Jesus.

To participate in this most rewarding ministry contact Cathy Anderson at 330.334.1297.

EMHC Procedures

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the Sick take Holy Communion to those who cannot be with us for the Lord’s Day liturgies, including the ill, the hospitalized, the home-bound, and those residing in nursing and assisted-living homes.

This ministry requires a commitment to serve at an area nursing and assisted living home residents once every 4-6 weeks; to shut-ins, every week or two; and to those in the Wadsworth hospital, on a scheduled basis. Ministers must be a confirmed Catholic in good standing and attend a half-day diocesan training session once every 5 years. Ministers should also attend a special parish evening of reflection once or twice a year, at which time they may receive updates from the priests.

To participate in this ministry or to have a minister bring Holy Communion to a loved one or friend who is unable to come to Church for Mass due to illness, contact Jean Hricko at 330.571.1480 or Candi Weber at 330.607.1992.