About Sacred Heart · Norborne, Missouri
Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic mission church at 403 South Walnut Street in Norborne, Missouri, and is served as a mission of Saint Mary Parish in Carrollton. It is part of the Catholic Churches of Carroll & Ray Counties cluster within the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph. The parish was organized in October 1878 and traces its Catholic worship in Norborne back to a Mass said in a railroad section house in 1868, the first religious service held in the town. Today Sacred Heart offers Sunday and Thursday Masses for the rural Carroll County farming community, sitting directly off Highway 10 in the heart of west-central Missouri's agricultural belt.
- Established
- 1878
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Rector
- Rev. Kenneth Criqui
- Diocese
- Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
Why belong here
Sacred Heart offers a faithful, close-to-home Catholic presence for the families of Norborne and surrounding Carroll County farmland, with weekly Sunday Mass at 9:45 a.m. and a Thursday morning Mass at 8:30 a.m. As part of the Catholic Churches of Carroll & Ray Counties cluster (with Saint Mary's in Carrollton and Immaculate Conception in Richmond), Sacred Heart members share in the sacramental life, faith formation, and pastoral care of a wider rural deanery while keeping their own historic 1888 brick church as a spiritual home. It's a small, steady rural parish where families can know one another and pass the faith to the next generation.
Mass times at Sacred Heart
Weekly Mass schedule
History of Sacred Heart Parish
Catholic life in Norborne began quietly in 1868, when Mass was offered in the town's railroad section house — the very first religious service held there. By 1871, priests traveling from Lexington were saying Mass in a small frame church on the grounds of the Catholic cemetery. The parish was formally organized in October 1878, and a brick church was constructed at a cost of four thousand dollars. That first brick church was destroyed by fire in 1888, but the congregation rebuilt it in the same year; the original bell was recast after the fire and continues to ring from the church today. In 1929 the parish added the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, which became a hub of civic life in Norborne.
- 1868 — first Mass offered in Norborne, in the railroad section house
- 1871 — Mass celebrated at a small frame church on the Catholic cemetery grounds by a priest from Lexington
- October 1878 — Sacred Heart parish formally organized; brick church built for $4,000
- 1888 — brick church destroyed by fire and rebuilt the same year; original bell recast after the fire and still in use
- 1929 — Sacred Heart Parish Hall constructed; became center of many civic activities
Identity & Mission Status
Sacred Heart in Norborne is classified as a mission of Saint Mary Parish, Carrollton, within the Catholic Churches of Carroll & Ray Counties pastoral collaboration. The parish sits within the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph, which covers western Missouri. Sacred Heart's sacramental records (baptisms from 1875 and marriages from 1883) are maintained through Saint Mary Parish in Carrollton.
- Type: Mission
- Mother parish: Saint Mary Parish, Carrollton, Missouri
- Cluster: Catholic Churches of Carroll & Ray Counties
- Diocese: Kansas City–Saint Joseph
- Records contact: Saint Mary Parish, Carrollton
Cluster Parishes: Carroll & Ray Counties
Sacred Heart shares priests and sacramental life with the two other parishes of the Carroll & Ray Counties Catholic cluster. Saint Mary's in Carrollton serves as the mother parish for Sacred Heart, while Immaculate Conception in Richmond rounds out the cluster. Together they offer Sunday Masses at 8:00 a.m. (Saint Mary's, Carrollton), 9:45 a.m. (Sacred Heart, Norborne), and 11:30 a.m. (Immaculate Conception, Richmond), plus a 4:00 p.m. Saturday vigil at Immaculate Conception and a 6:30 p.m. Saturday vigil at Saint Mary's.
- Saint Mary Parish — 211 E Shanklin St., Carrollton, MO 64633 — (660) 542-1259 — [email protected]
- Sacred Heart (Mission) — 403 S. Walnut St., Norborne, MO 64668 — (660) 593-3536
- Immaculate Conception — Richmond, MO
- Pastor: Rev. Kenneth Criqui
- Deacon: Dcn. Gary Kappler
Mass & Service Schedule
Sacred Heart offers a Sunday Mass and one weekday Mass each week. The Sunday Mass is celebrated at 9:45 a.m. in English, and a Thursday morning Mass is celebrated at 8:30 a.m. in English. The mission shares in the broader Carroll & Ray Counties Mass schedule, including Saturday vigil Masses at Immaculate Conception in Richmond (4:00 p.m.) and Saint Mary's in Carrollton (6:30 p.m.).
- Sunday — 9:45 a.m. (English)
- Thursday — 8:30 a.m. (English)
- Saturday vigil — 4:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception, Richmond
- Saturday vigil — 6:30 p.m. at Saint Mary's, Carrollton
Contact & Visiting
Sacred Heart Catholic Church is located at 403 South Walnut Street in Norborne, Missouri 64668, directly off Highway 10. The mission shares the Saint Mary Parish office line at (660) 542-1259 and uses [email protected] as the parish email. Sacred Heart's dedicated phone line is (660) 593-3536. The parish is listed on the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph website at kcsjcatholic.org, and the cluster maintains a joint website at carrollraycatholic.church.
- Address: 403 S. Walnut St., Norborne, MO 64668
- Mailing: PO Box 193, Norborne, MO 64668
- Phone (mission): (660) 593-3536
- Cluster office: (660) 542-1259
- Email: [email protected]
- Cluster website: carrollraycatholic.church
- Diocese page: http://kcsjcatholic.org/parish/sacred-heart-2/