Visitors to four diocesan churches named for the Sacred Heart of Jesus can gain a plenary indulgence this year by visiting the church, praying for the pope’s intentions and going to confession and receiving the Eucharist within a reasonable time of the visit.
A plenary indulgence removes all temporal punishment related to sin for the person fulfilling those conditions. This year, the Catholic Church honors the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in France by making it a Jubilee Year in which the indulgence is offered all year for visitors to all Sacred Heart churches worldwide.
Columbus Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., will have Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday in 2024 from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for those interested in obtaining the indulgence. Mass times there are 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays.
Adoration at New Philadelphia Sacred Heart Church, 139 3rd St N.E., is from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Masses are at 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sundays, 8:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Coshocton Sacred Heart Church, 805 Main St., is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily during the week, with Adoration from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on the first and third Fridays. Masses are at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays.
Cardington Sacred Hearts Church, 4680 U.S. 42, has Masses at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, 8:45 a.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and on the first Saturday of the month, 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays. It does not offer Adoration but is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays.
