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It’s been a GREAT 5 years!

Father Kevin Yarnell served our parish from July 1, 2018, until June of 2023. During those five years, the parish successfully navigated the COVID pandemic, remaining financially sound while continuing to improve the physical campus. A renewed emphasis on scripture and faith formation led to, among others, a parish lending library, Bible studies, and online content including twice-weekly daily devotions.

Thank you, Fr. Kevin, for all you have done. Our prayers are with you on your new assignment.

Here are some of our favorite highlights of the last five years.

The Parish Staff

Outreach: You gave – We helped!

• We added a third trailer for His Heart for their free clothing ministry.
• Collected food, Christmas toys, and gifts for assisted living residents, and items for Pinellas Hope

We grew in our faith

• We added a library in the church narthex
• Completed 5 books of the Bible in our weekly bible study
• Built a new meeting room in the parish center for our teens and the Jr. Legion of Mary.

We offered the sacraments.

We prayed together

Creating an outdoor plant rosary, outdoor Stations of the Cross, and the Life Ministry Prayer Garden provided permanent places for us to remember others in prayer. The Stations of the Nativity and last year’s living Stations of the Cross by our youth provided seasonal devotions.

Stewardship of our buildings

Because of your faithful stewardship we improved our buildings for better ministry.

• Replaced all the a/c units in parish center and the church office
• Replaced the windows in church office, rectory & retreat house
• Replaced some of the parish hall kitchen equipment
• Relocated the sacristy allowing for the addition of the parish library
• And a new a/c unit for the main church will arrive soon

We supported Sacred Heart and Morning Star schools

Sacred Heart School is a ministry of our parish, and, with the success of our Festivals, we’d been able to make some significant improvements. We replaced classroom carpet with vinyl flooring, upgraded the electrical service, improved water drainage, enhanced the athletic field, remodeled restrooms, and built an outdoor pavilion between the school and parish center which is jointly used by the school and the parish. This summer, the reception and office areas are getting a new look and we’ll be installing new windows on the south side of the school. (We are hoping to replace the windows on the north side in another year or two.)

We practiced environmental stewardship

We built an outdoor garden between the rectory and retreat house and later added a plant nursery. Our priests, His Heart Society, and the 5th grade class at the school all benefited from the work of the volunteers who work the garden.t

It’s been a GREAT 5 years! was last modified: June 29th, 2023 by Sacred Heart Catholic Church