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June Events

See below our upcoming events for June. Check our social media and bulletin for more information about these and more!

Sacred Heart of Jesus Month

The Catholic Church devotes the month of June to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. With the USCCB's decision to consecrate the entire U.S. to the Sacred Heart, we are provided a special opportunity to participate in prayer and also renew our diocesan-wide consecrations that took place last year. Many across our country will rejoice to see this consecration take place.

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Here are some ways we can participate prayerfully in the devotion this month:

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• Pray the Sacred Heart Novena: June 3rd-11th. Go here to get started
• First Friday Devotion Mass: Friday, June 5th at St Joseph (9:00 am)
• Holy Hour in Honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Wednesday, June 10th (Litany of Sacred Heart)
• Sacrament of Reconciliation: 6:00 pm
• Mass: 6:30 pm
• Holy Hour: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Enthronement of The Sacred Heart of Jesus in your Home:
• St Joseph: Please check the Narthex/Vestibule for "Home Enthronement Kits"
• Our Lady & St Joan of Arc: Contact Pat Macko at mackcbc@gmail.com
• Read Bishop Bonnar's Third Pastoral Letter: Take Heart! Do Not Lose heart! Behold the Sacred Heart!

Our Lady Parish Feast Day Celebration

Our celebration will begin with the 4:30 pm Mass with Fr James M Daprile presiding and Fr Frantisek Katrinak concelebrating.

After Mass, join us in the hall for a delicious dinner prepared by our Knights of Columbus. Dinner includes the Knights famous Salad Bar!

Entertainment by Sweet Willy & the Solid Cats. Great good and fun for the whole family!

RSVP requested so we can plan dinner. Please call or email the office or reply in the Flocknote.

Fr Francis will be celebrating his 30th anniversary of Ordination and Fr Daprile his 50th! God bless them both!

Flag Retirement Ceremony

US Flag Code reads: "The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."

We will be collecting worn and tattered American flags for this ceremony conducted by the 3034 Assembly of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus on Sunday, June 14th. All of Portage North is invited to bring in their flags to the Narthex of their church before this date or bring them to Our Lady. Thank you.

Portage North Events

See below upcoming events across the Portage North region. Check out their social media and bulletins for more information about these and more!

Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Encouraged by Pope Leo XIV in his very first address to the world as Pope, he prayed: "God loves us, God loves you all, and evil will not prevail! We are all in God's hands. Therefore, without fear, united hand in hand with God and each other - let us go forward."

Bishop Bonnar asks us: "Together, let us go forward to Jesus and His Sacred Heart so that no matter what, with his loving gaze and streams of grace, we will never lose heart."

You now have the opportunity to accept the Sacred Heart into your own home with a Home Enthronement dedicated to the devotion of accepting Jesus as King and Head of your home. Enthronement is a commitment to living out the values of the Sacred Heart in daily life. Our Legion of Mary members can bring a Home Enthronement ceremony directly into your home, consecrating your family and your home to the Sacred Heart. Place your family and home under the protection and blessings of the Sacred Heart with a dedicated Home Enthronement.

To request this Home Enthronement, contact our Legion of Mary President, Pat Macko, at mackcbc@gmail.com or (216) 906-6784. This opportunity is available to all members of Portage North parishes. Let us help you make your home a place where people feel welcome and experience God's peace.

Holy Hour for Vocations:

St Joseph

Every 1st Wednesday of the Month

During his public prayer of the Regina Caeli in St Peter Square on May 11, Pope Leo asked for renewed prayers for vocations, especially to the priesthood/consecrated life. He said:

"Let us ask our heavenly Father to assist us in living in service to one another; each according to his or her state of life, shepherds after his own heart (cf. Jer 3:15) capable of helping one another to walk in love and truth."

Every first Wednesday of the month, the Holy Hour following the evening Mass at ST JOSEPH will have a focus of Prayer for Vocations. Every Wednesday, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available at 6:00 pm with Mass at 6:30 pm followed by Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 8:00 pm.

Next date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2026