Stewardship is ALIVE at Sacred Heart
We Are The Disciples of Christ

Prayer is essential to the life of a Christian Steward.
Our prayer helps us to be better aware of God’s goodness in our lives.
Prayer is also essential to one’s conversion and continues to challenge us
to be better Christians.


Stewardship Prayer
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying
that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the church’s mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation
in realizing that. This enables us to do something,
and to do it very well. It may be incomplete,
but it is a beginning, a step along the way,
an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference
between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
Amen.
- Archbishop Oscar Romero (b. August 15, 1917)

STEWARDS OF THE MONTH

Harry and Jo Brant

“Well done, good and faithful servant.”
(Matt. 25:21)

Faith and Gratitude Lead to Action

In the face of death, May's Stewards of the Month
found compassion and understanding in the Catholic faith.
Harry and Jo Brant joined the Sacred Heart community
at the Easter Vigil in 1985, following the tragic death of their son.
Then, three years ago, Jo had a brush with death and found
"the support of the Sacred Heart community beyond belief.
My non-Catholic family members were astonished at the deep faith
exhibited by our fellow Catholics," Jo explains.


During their time in this parish, Jo and Harry have been
Eucharistic Ministers at Mass and for the home-bound.
Harry also took Communion to patients at Allen Memorial
Hospital and was active in St. Vincent de Paul,
as well as serving on the Parish Council.
Both were involved in the beginning of Sacred Heart's
Funeral and Bereavement Team
and Jo designed a brochure still given to families
at the time of a death. 
Also, showing a creative side,
for many years Jo has created the master
for the Fall Festival raffle tickets.


Now retired, Harry from John Deere
and Jo from Bergan Paulsen Co, CPA's,
the Brants take pleasure in three grandchildren,
the offspring of their daughter.
They also continue to give a solid,
quiet and constant witness to their faith
and to their ministry to the sick and infirm in this,
the autumn of their lives.