Sacred Heart Parish, Lafayette Avenue, Palmerton, celebrates weekend Mass at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday, following all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Allentown Diocesan directives. All returning worshippers for weekend Mass are asked to call the Rectory Office at 610-826-2335 indicating the Mass time and how many will be attending. Daily Mass, Monday through Friday, is celebrated at noon. The church remains open after daily Mass until 3 p.m. for private prayer. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Mass is livestreamed on Facebook for all who are unable to join us in person.

Seating capacity continues to be limited to 160 worshippers at each Mass. Wearing a facial mask and safe distancing is required. The sacrament of Confession continues to be offered by appointment only.

Please call the rectory office to schedule. All other parish and diocesan news can be found at www.shcpalmerton.org.

This weekend we will celebrate the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Our readings call us to discover true happiness in using our gifts and talents in the service of one another, especially the poor and the needy. These servants will be know as Children of the Light.

This Monday the pastors and principal of St. John Neumann Regional School will meet at 10 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Rectory. On Wednesday at 1 p.m. the parish staff will have their monthly meeting to review the past month and plan for the upcoming month, including Advent and Christmas.

A pastoral letter will be mailed on Nov. 20 to registered families with the Advent/Christmas schedules. Due to COVID-19, several changes are noted in the letter from previous schedules including scheduling for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Thanksgiving Day Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. We ask those attending to call the rectory to reserve seating. Dry goods and canned goods can be brought for the needy of our community and can be placed in the boxes located at the altar rail either before or after Mass. The Parish St. Vincent de Paul Society will distribute the food during the holiday season.

The children of the parish making their First Penance will receive the Sacrament following the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Nov. 22. We ask you to remember them in your prayers.

Father Bill continues to ask for prayers through the intercession of Father Walter Ciszek that God will bless us with a cure for COVID-19 and restore the physical, spiritual, emotional and financial health to our global family.