Welcome to our Catholic Faith Community
Sacred Heart in Hook is a beautiful Catholic Church located near Basingstoke, Hampshire. We are friendly, relaxed community and welcome people of all faiths, culture and status to join us.
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This Sunday – The Second Sunday of Advent
How to Book for Christmas Mass at Sacred Heart
Booking is by email at hello@sacredhearthook.org. Please title the email with the time of the mass you want e.g. “8 pm Mass booking” and give the name,
address and contact details of all who will be attending including of all those in a family group.
Booking opens on Monday 13th December and closes on Tuesday 21st December You will receive an email during the morning of Wednesday 22nd December with more instructions.
Booking for Mass
If you wish to attend Mass in person (Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday), please email the parish office at hello@sacredhearthook.org before the Thursday Lunchtime.
Our ** Updated COVID Guidelines ** can be found on this page.
Don’t forget that the Sunday Mass will still be live streamed via Facebook and our website’s live page at 10am.
Please find here the link to the Spiritual Communion Prayer and the alternative Spiritual Communion Prayer.
Christmas Mass Times:
Reconciliation Service for our Pastoral Area
At St Bede’s Church, Sunday 19 Dec 2.30 pm
Christmas Eve (Friday) 4 pm
Children’s Christmas Service
Adults must be accompanied by a Child
6 pm Christmas Eve Mass
8 pm Christmas Eve Mass
Christmas Day (Saturday)
10:00 am Mass During the Day
Latest Publications
Newsletter
The Latest Newsletter is here.
Look Magazine
Most Recent Look Magazine
Featured Updates & Events
All of our latest events from the parish and many from the surrounding diocese are listed here.
“Blessed is she who believed in God’s promises.” (Lk 1:45)
An Advent Retreat Day with Mother Mary, in preparation to live Christmas open to the spiritual gifts that God wants to give us. With some talks, time for personal reflection, prayer and sharing.
This retreat day is facilitated by Sr. Margarida from the Verbum Dei Missionary community, on Saturday, 18th December, 2pm to 5pm.
Please register your interest with the Parish Office on hello@sacredhearthook.org.
Mass Times
| Sunday Mass & Live Stream | Each Sunday, 10:00am – Live Stream. (To attend in person, please book with Parish office). |
| Sunday First Mass | Saturday, 6pm – Live Stream. (Please book with Parish office). |
| Wednesday Mass | Wednesday, 10am (Please book with Parish Office) followed by the Rosary |
| Directions | The Sacred Heart Catholic Church London Road Hook RG27 9LA 01256-577007 Map to the church |
A New Pastoral Course – The Big Picture
We are excited to let you know about this new course which is starting 10 January 2022. The course will cover 12 engaging sessions taking us through Salvation History, starting at the beginning with God the Creator right through to the End Times, with the Second Coming of Christ. The course is inspiring and enjoyable and suitable for those new to Scripture as well as those with a deeper knowledge of the Bible. The Big Picture is not simply an academic journey through Scripture but a time of helping us make God’s Word alive and relevant to our daily lives. If you would like a little taster and get a feel for the Big Picture why not watch the trailer below for more details and if you wish to join please reach out to Joan Kent – jkent@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
SCAM Alert
During last week a scam email supposedly from Fr Paul landed in email inboxes. The email asked you to purchase amazon vouchers for Father and to email the codes to him. If you look carefully you will notice that the email address is from gmail, but this isn’t always easy to see.
Father Paul will never email you asking for money or vouchers and his email address ends in @portsmouthdiocese.org.uk or sacredhearthook.org.
If you are in any doubt that the email you have received is from Father Paul please contact the Parish Office and we can confirm whether it is or isn’t. These scammers are getting very clever and it is unfortunately very easy to fall for one of the scams.
A Testimonial – My Thoughts on A Week of Accompanied Prayer – by Helena Ranson
Please do read our latest blog article from one of our parishioners who attended a week of accompanied prayer. Helena has been on a faith journey and has found the week of accompanied prayer to have helped deepen her raltionship with God.
Spotlight
Do keep an eye here for the featured news from the Church and wider Portsmouth Diocese.
Blog
Read or share stories of faith, testimonies, watch videos, learn about events and listen to homilies.
Do you have a story to tell?
Urgent Appeal
These young Christian Orphans are out of reach from many charities. But not from God and not from us.
News/Events
From Prayer weekends to Pilgrimages. Take a look at all of the things going on in the Church and the wider Parish.
Help Needed
Can you help one family from the many tens of thousands who have no home, no life, no country to call their own?
CAFOD in Action
Do you want to put your faith into action? Do you want to be a parish that looks outwards and helps those in need?
Serving the Poor
Do you want to put your faith into action? Do you want to be a parish that looks outwards and helps those in need?