About Sacred Heart · Bangor, Michigan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Bangor, Michigan, part of the Diocese of Kalamazoo and partnered with Immaculate Conception Parish in nearby Hartford under shared pastoral leadership. The parish serves a bilingual (English and Spanish) community at 201 South Walnut Street in Bangor, with weekly Mass celebrated Sunday mornings, midweek Masses on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, and a regular Wednesday evening time of confession and adoration. Fr. Jacob Thomas serves as Parish Priest, with Diane Berry as Parish Secretary.
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Rector
- Fr. Jacob Thomas
- Diocese
- Diocese of Kalamazoo
Why belong here
Sacred Heart offers a welcoming, bilingual Catholic home in the small town of Bangor with a manageable weekly schedule — a single Sunday Mass at 10:15 AM and weekday Masses on Wednesday and Thursday mornings — making it easy for working families and retirees alike to participate. The parish is paired with the larger Immaculate Conception Parish in Hartford, so worshippers benefit from shared clergy and a fuller slate of weekend and Spanish-language Masses nearby, plus vibrant devotional life including Wednesday confession and adoration, Friday charismatic Masses, and First Friday all-night adoration for men and women.
Mass times at Sacred Heart
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Sacred Heart, Bangor)
- Or by appointment
Adoration times
- Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Sacred Heart, Bangor)
Sacred Heart Catholic Parish in Bangor, Michigan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in the small Van Buren County city of Bangor, in southwest Michigan. The parish sits at 201 South Walnut Street and forms one half of a clustered pastoral unit with Immaculate Conception Parish in nearby Hartford. Together the two parishes serve worshippers in English and Spanish across Van Buren County under the Diocese of Kalamazoo.
Parish Leadership and Staff
Sacred Heart is shepherded by Fr. Jacob Thomas, who also serves as Parish Priest of the partnered Immaculate Conception Parish in Hartford. Diane Berry is the Parish Secretary, reachable through the parish office. Together with Immaculate Conception's staff they coordinate the combined schedule of Masses, confessions, and devotions across the two churches.
- Fr. Jacob Thomas — Parish Priest
- Diane Berry — Parish Secretary
- Phone (parish office): (269) 427-7514
Devotions and Special Masses
Across the two-parish cluster, Fridays carry a special devotional rhythm: a Charismatic Mass on the second Friday, a Spanish Mass on the first and third Fridays, and extended overnight Adoration for men after the First Friday Mass and for women after the Third Friday Mass, lasting until 5:00 AM the next morning.
- Second Friday 7:00 PM — Charismatic Mass (Immaculate Conception)
- First Friday 8:00 PM — Spanish Mass, followed by Adoration until 5:00 AM for MEN (Immaculate Conception)
- Third Friday 8:00 PM — Spanish Mass, followed by Adoration until 5:00 AM for WOMEN (Immaculate Conception)
Parish Life and Ministries
Sacred Heart and its partner parish maintain a simple but active devotional life that revolves around the Sunday Eucharist, midweek Mass, the Wednesday evening confession-and-adoration hour, and a sequence of First and Third Friday all-night Adorations that alternate between men and women. The shared leadership model across Sacred Heart (Bangor) and Immaculate Conception (Hartford) means that ministries, RCIA, sacramental preparation, and outreach typically operate at the cluster level rather than as separate programs at each church building.
- Charismatic prayer (monthly Charismatic Mass)
- First Friday and Third Friday all-night Adoration
- Spanish-language Mass and devotions
- Shared sacramental preparation with Immaculate Conception
Sacraments
The parish celebrates the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist weekly, and coordinates Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Matrimony, and Anointing of the Sick through the parish office. Because Sacred Heart is paired with Immaculate Conception, families can typically access sacramental preparation through the combined cluster regardless of which church they regularly attend.
- Confession: Wednesday 5:30–6:30 PM or by appointment
- Eucharist: Sunday 10:15 AM and Wednesday/Thursday 9:00 AM at Sacred Heart
- Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick — contact parish office