The Church Communities of Sacred Heart Parish
Dear Visitor,
When I graduated from High School in 1997 the internet was only becoming popular. Ten years later it has become a modern convenience and necessity in our modern way of life. Under my leadership and with the assistance of Mr. Chuck Page we have re-activated the parish website established by Fr. Francisco Hernandez- Gomez. It is my hope that this website will become a tool for all involved in our parish family. If you are a parishioner or just “surfing” the net, I welcome you to our new parish website. I hope that you will enjoy your visit to the parish consisting of the “West-Side” of Colusa County. I have every bit of confidence and hope that this website will become a modern tool of evangelization. On October 29, 2009, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI addressed Members of the Pontifical Council for Communication:
The great social changes that have occurred in the last 20 years have demanded and continue to demand an attentive analysis of the presence and the action of the Church in this field. The Servant of God John Paul II recalled that: "Involvement in the mass media, however, is not meant merely to strengthen the preaching of the Gospel. There is a deeper reality involved here: since the very evangelization of modern culture depends to a great extent on the influence of the media". And he added, therefore "it is not enough to use the media simply to spread the Christian message and the Church's authentic teaching. It is also necessary to integrate that message into the 'new culture' created by modern communications".... All this constitutes a challenge for the Church called to proclaim the Gospel to men and women of the Third Millennium, maintaining the content unchanged, but rendering it comprehensible also thanks to means and methods that are in keeping with today's mentality and culture....
For believers, the necessary evaluation of the new media technologies must always be sustained by a constant vision of faith, in the knowledge that, beyond the means employed, the effectiveness of the Gospel proclamation depends in the first place on the action of the Holy Spirit, who guides the Church and the journey of humanity.”
It is for these reasons that we launch this parish website.
God love you and Mary Keep You!
Father Derek