Sacred Heart Parish Picnic

Any successful family picnic would include great food, entertainment, something for the kids and time for the grown-ups to relax and visit. When the family is the congregation of Sacred Heart Church in Denver, the gathering begins with the celebration of Mass by Father Gene Emrisek. Afterward, the tables and grills were set up and the food miraculously appeared. The dancers entertained while the grill masters labored over hamburgers and hot dogs; folks had an opportunity to catch up while the children let off steam. The weeks of hard work and preparation made for a memorable parish event.

Top photo, Matachines (Nuestra Senora de Guadaleupe)

Third photo, grill master Jerry Sena endures the heat to cook

Fourth photo, Father Gene Emrisek, Brother Augustine Rhode and Russ Markowski

Work Progresses on Prayer Garden

It was a beautiful, Friday afternoon in lower downtown Denver on April

9th for the Colorado Rockies home opener. Many people walked past

Sacred Heart Church on their way to a tailgate party or to meet friends

at an outdoor patio. Perhaps some of those fans noticed the flagstone path,

the heart-shaped planter and the restored statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary

in the prayer garden gradually being built south of the church. Soon

many people who enjoy the excitement of living and working downtown

can find a moment of solitude and peace from the busyness of life.

The work continues with the hope that the garden will be finished

in time for May crowning the first weekend in May.