1. This week, we celebrate Palm Sunday. Blessed Palms will be distributed at all obligation masses. Please treat them with reverence and do not discard them or leave them anywhere.
2. We require a lot of flowers to decorate the Altar of Repose on Thursday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services. For Maundy Thursday, donors may bring them by Thursday afternoon to the Sacristy of the Sacred Heart Church and for the Easter services by Saturday afternoon.
3. In preparation for the Holy Week, all parishioners are encouraged to make their Confessions while the priests are available, and not wait for the last minute. There will be no Confessions from Maundy Thursday until Easter Sunday. You may utilize this opportunity to make your confessions from 9.00 am to 12 noon and6.00 pm to 8.30 pm. For scheduling an appointment, please get in touch with the Spiritual Director of your community.
4. On Friday, 31st March the Way of the Cross will be enacted by the youth of our parish at 3.15 pm in the courtyard. As one parish, let us accompany Jesus as He makes His sorrowful way to Calvary through “Via Dolorosa – Lead Me To The Cross,” and meditate on the great love He showed for us during His most sorrowful passion. 
5. We require Ushers (Hospitality Ministers) for the Holy Week services here in Manama and in Isa Town. Interested parishioners are to submit their names and contact details to the Parish Office by 2nd April at the latest.
6. The Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, 4th April at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia at 7.00 pm. Buses have been arranged from the Arts & Craft Centre at 5.30 pm. Due to this, the evening mass and confessions will not be held at the Sacred Heart Church.
7. The Schedule of Holy Week and Easter services is displayed on the Parish Notice Board and our Church website.
8. On 6th April, the Maundy Thursday service will commence at 7.30 pm at the Sacred Heart School grounds in Isa Town. We will have the Adoration at the Altar of Repose immediately after the service. Let us use this time to be with the Lord and reflect on our life as we stay back and spend some time with our Lord Jesus.
9. 7th April is Good Friday, a day of fast and abstinence. The Good Friday Service will begin at 5:00 pm with the Way of the Cross at the Sacred Heart School grounds in Isa Town. The collection made on Good Friday will go towards the Holy Land.
10. On Saturday, 8th April, the Easter Vigil service will begin at 7.30 pm at the Sacred Heart School grounds in Isa Town. Please bring your own battery-operated candle to the Vigil as this symbolizes Christ’s breaking of the darkness of sin and death to bring us all the Easter victory.
11. For those who have difficulty with transport to Isa Town, arrangements have been made for bus services from the Art and Craft Center Bus Stop at Al Zubara Avenue The timings are as follows:
    * On Holy Thursday, Buses will leave at 6.00 pm, 6.15 pm and 6.30 pm.
    * On Good Friday, Buses will leave at 3.30 pm, 3.45 pm and 4.00 pm.
    * On Holy Saturday, Buses will leave at 6.00 pm, 6.15 pm and 6.30 pm
    Those coming to Sacred Heart School for the services and have space available in their personal vehicles are requested to kindly pass by the steel gate of the church to accommodate the faithful.
    While coming for the services at Isa Town and Manama, parishioners are requested to park their vehicles properly without hindering traffic on the main road and to avoid traffic congestion.
12. 9th April is Easter Sunday. The English Masses in the Sacred Heart Church in Manama will be at 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm. For masses in other languages, please refer to the Notice Board and the Parish website. On Easter Sunday, Holy Water will be distributed in the church courtyard after the final blessing. Kindly bring your own empty bottle, come in an orderly queue and receive it.
13. There will be an offertory procession at the start of the Mass at all Easter Sunday masses. Parishioners are encouraged to bring offertory items and join the procession at the start of the mass. These offerings will be distributed to the needy in the parish through Poor of St. Anthony.
14. The next Pre-Baptism Seminar will be on Wednesday, 12th April from 7.15 pm to 8.15 pm at the Audio Video Room.  For registration, parents and godparents are requested to visit the Parish Office. This seminar is only for parishioners and expectant mothers too may register. Please be on time and do not bring children.
15. The Feast of Divine Mercy will be celebrated on Sunday, 16th April at the 7.00 pm mass in the Sacred Heart Church. The Novena will commence on Good Friday. For the timings and venues of the Novena, please refer to the Church Notice Board.
16. Lenten Alms Envelopes with your contributions may be dropped in the boxes labeled “Lenten Alms,” which are placed at the entrance of the Main Church.