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 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 is 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 celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. Family life is rooted in the unconditional love of God. The Child Jesus with Mary and Joseph are models of God’s love for all families.

This week we celebrate the Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Mass will be celebrated New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, at 5 p.m. and on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, at 10 a.m. Call the rectory office to reserve seating as all CDC and diocesan guidelines will be followed. Please note: there will be no First Friday Devotions on Jan. 1, the Feast Day of the Solemnity of Mary. We will resume our First Friday Devotions on Feb. 5.

As Catholics you are encouraged to celebrate the entire Christmas season, which concludes on Jan. 10, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

2021 Parish Calendars are available after Mass from parish greeters and/or ushers. We thank the Campton Funeral Home for being our calendar sponsor.

The rectory office will be closed Dec. 31 and will reopen on Jan. 4 for regular office hours of 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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.