Sacred Heart Church

Address: 9333 State Route 119 W (McCartyville), Anna, Ohio, 45302 Phone: (937) 394-3823 Website

Mass Times: Sat. 08:00, 17:00; Sun. 08:00, 10:00 (Mass); Tue. 08:00; Wed. 08:00; Thurs. 08:00; Fri. 08:00; Vigil of Holy Day: 19:00 (Mass on the evening before the Holy Day vigil.); Holy Day: 08:00 (Mass), 19:00 (Mass); Adorations: Sun. 17:00 to 18:00 (Holy Hour & Benediction occurs on the first Sun. of the month in church); Mon. 01:00 to 01:00 (Mon. evening through early Fri. morning.); Confessions: Sat. 01:00 to 01:00 (Confessions after the 8 AM Mass until all are heard.), 16:00 to 16:30 (before the 5 PM vigil Mass.); Thurs. 18:00 to 18:45 (Confessions before the 7 pm evening Mass.); Devotions: Daily rosary is said before each Mass in the morning and before the 5 PM & 10 AM weekend Masses. Stations of the Cross the Tue. of Lent at 7PM. Holy Hour & Benediction the 1st Sun. of each month at 5PM

Parish Founded: 1882 Church Built: 1952, 2006

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History: Father Dominic Shunk, CPPS of Minster formed a congregation of twenty Irish families to become Sacred Heart Church, established on June 4, 1882. The church was built that same year and in 1894 the bell tower and vestibule were added. The bell Christina (600 lbs.) arrived from St. Louis. The bells, Joseph (800 lbs.) and Maria (500 lbs.) arrived in July 1894.

In 1928 The Sacred Heart School was built, but due to the Great Depression, new tax laws and not having a high school, the church sold the school to the McCartyville School District in 1937.

In 1948 an 80 mile-per-hour wind destroyed the church. Services were held in the school gymnasium for the next five years until in 1952 when the cornerstone for the new church was laid in May. The building was built from Indiana limestone. The main alter was made of Caracas marble and carved wooden statues of the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph were imported from Italy.

In 2006 Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish broke ground for a new worship facility attached to the 1952 church on August 15. A year later the new church was dedicated on Father's Day, June 17, 2007.