“God’s compassion for us is all the more wonderful because Christ died, not for the righteous or the holy but for the wicked and the sinful, and, though the divine nature could not be touched by the sting of death, he took to himself, through his birth as one of us, something he could offer on our behalf…By dying he submitted to the laws of the underworld; by rising again he destroyed them.” (St. Leo the Great)

School families planning to apply for the “Bishop’s Education Fund” scholarships MUST meet the following criteria for my signature on the application:

1) Child(ren) must be baptized Catholics;

2) the family must be
registered in Sacred Heart parish;

3) the family must be using the “envelope” offering system of the parish and
practicing the Catholic