Sacred Heart

Welcome from Fr Colin, Parish Priest

A very warm welcome to our Sacred Heart parish website. We are a vibrant and welcoming community of over 600 worshippers here in the centre of Hove.

As a Roman Catholic Parish we belong to the Deanery of Brighton & Hove, the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton and the Universal Church under the leadership of Pope Francis.

Our doors are open to welcome all who wish to join us for our Sunday services. We have programmes & groups that run through the year to help children, young adults and adults prepare to receive Baptism, Holy Communion, and the other Sacraments of the Church.

We also value greatly building good relationships with other Christian churches locally, other religions and the wider community of which we are part. St Augustine said 1500 years ago that “Our hearts are restless, until they rest in God!”.

We hope, above all else, to offer people a place of rest and renewal in the busy-ness of life so that we can be inspired to serve each other in love, and thereby help build God’s Kingdom for all.

Through these pages you can find information on all aspects of our community life and worship. If you have any question at all then please contact us! God bless you. 

Fr Colin Wolczak

Our parish Vision for Mission

At the Sacred Heart, Hove, we aspire to be a welcoming parish, where everyone is invited to be part of the family in which we encounter the Lord, deepen our relationship with Him and grow together, sharing joyful celebrations, from which we move out to share His love and good news.

 

Creating a Safe Environment for All

Our Parish is committed to the Safeguarding policies of the Diocese and the Catholic Church in England and Wales: to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from any form of abuse or maltreatment and to promote a safe environment for them, in which they can flourish humanly and spiritually.

This commitment flows from the fact that we are all made in the image of God and the Church’s common belief in the dignity and uniqueness of every human life.

We start from the principle that each person, especially the most vulnerable, has a right to expect the highest level of care and protection, love, encouragement and respect that we can give. We will liaise closely and openly with statutory agencies to ensure that any concerns or allegations of abuse that are raised are promptly reported and properly responded to.

Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is: Cassie Joucerand
and you can contact her on pastoral.sacredhearthove@abdiocese.org.uk