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We’re very excited that Bishop Philip will be celebrating both Masses with us the weekend of the 2nd Sunday of Advent:- Confessions5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Saturday 7th December Mass Times (2nd Sunday of Advent) 6:00 pm Saturday 7th December10:00 am Sunday 8th December. Holy Hour and Benediction12:45 pm Sunday 8th December Video of Bishop Philip’s Vision “As the shepherd of the Diocese I wish to commit us all to Bringing People closer to Jesus Christ through his Church.” Vision Summary The following has been taken from the Portsmouth Diocese page here. 1. Mission to all That we enable immeasurably more people to hear theRead More →

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“We were truly blessed and felt God’s love and support for us and the children all week.” Brita Good morning, I certainly didn’t expect to be speaking to you all again so soon, but Father thought it would be nice for you to hear how our first Caritas Holiday club went supporting families struggling in their day to day lives. When the first day arrived, some of us did not know really what to expect! Our team welcomed everyone with open arms, big smiles and warm hearts. Each volunteer was thrown into the deep end and they rose to the challenge. We met some wonderfulRead More →

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Save the date – on the 27th September at 7:30pm (Rosary at 7pm), a special Mass is being celebrated soon at Sacred Heart. The period between 27th – 29th September has been designated National Prayer Weekend. In celebration of this event, the Sacred Heart will be hosting a special Mass at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 27th September (Rosary at 7pm). The Carmelites at Boars Hill Priory in Oxford have kindly accepted our invitation and will speak to us of the healing and empowering effects of prayer in our lives. The evening will also include the praying of the Rosary and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. PrayerRead More →

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Caritas shares the mission of the Catholic Church to serve the poor and to promote charity and justice throughout the world. More information can be found here https://www.caritas.org/who-we-are/mission/ Sacred Heart Church are proud to support Caritas through a number of initiatives the most recent of which is below. Latest News & Events Thank you again for supporting Caritas! Those who have donated money, your prayers, Mike for our spreadsheets, our weekly cooks – mainly Shanthi and Jean! Then those who have covered for us – Eileen, Lisa and Mannie from “Mannicitas” – a home caterer for individual home meals and parties, an ideal emergency coverRead More →

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On Saturday 6th, July we celebrated Thy Kingdom Come in a way that felt uniquely “Sacred Heart”. We painted rocks, wrote prayers on special cards impregnated with seeds, received blessings from Father Paul and then planted everything in a special flowerbed at the front of the Church.Father Paul then blessed the plot of land and said prayers to mark the spot and the occasion. Please find below a video containing clips and photos of the event. Turn your sound up, sit back, relax and enjoy. Watch the video The aim of the event was to allow people to :- Deepen their relationship with Jesus ChristRead More →

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Saturday July 6 – 2.00 -4.00PM What is this event about? We would like to invite you and your family to an afternoon of community fun, prayer and creativity where we will paint beautiful stones to mark our freshly planted prayers (written on cards impregnated with seeds). With each passing week we will be able to watch our prayers and flowers flourish and bloom. Refreshments, seeds, special cards and stones will be provided on the day. A bit of background to the event Human beings run the risk of having hearts that become smaller and closed, but if a person invites the Holy Spirit in,Read More →

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Helping house refugees through Community Sponsorship Our Next Meeting The refugee project is having “Tea at 3” in St Bede’s Hall from 3 pm to 5 pm on Wednesday 4th September. Please come along to enjoy a lovely cup of tea and slice of cake to support the work that the project team are doing. There will be another get together for the group of parishioners who expressed support for the project to help house a displaced refugee family in Basingstoke. The meeting will take place at 7 pm on 12th September at St Bede’s Church, Popley way, Basingstoke We will update you on progressRead More →

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Every wedding has as a story. That story becomes timeless when you celebrate it in front of God and with family and friends at a Church that means something to you. A special Church like Sacred Heart in Hook. Emma was baptised and made her First Holy Communion at Sacred Heart Hook as well as being one of the first girl servers on the altar. A significant member of the wedding group was Pickle the goat who was one of her bottle feds when she worked for Millers Ark. Guests came from far and wide, including Scotland Wales Cornwall as well as Cape Town SouthRead More →

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The Great Story of Jesus: why & how He came, His life, His death, His resurrection and ascension, followed by His invitation for each of us to encounter Him and follow Him. We would like to invite you to come to a retreat day to encounter even more deeply the Great Story of Jesus and to respond to the living relationship He offers each of us.  The retreat will present the whole story of salvation from creation to Jesus’s death and resurrection and give opportunities to make a personal response.     We all need time out from our everyday life to respond to Jesus’s invitation toRead More →