Welcome to Our Church
In the early 1950s, Sacred Heart Church was erected by local carpenters as a community's gift to their faith, their deceased, their coming togetherness, and their future. The remains and spirits of loved ones: children, parents, grandparents, great and great and great again grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, husbands, and wives. Some died too young for our understanding and others lived to be ripe with wisdom and love to get us through. That's who rest in the hallowed grounds around the Sacred Heart Church. We can't forget them.
North Harbour, which began as Mullockville, is no stranger to tragedy. If you wandered through the graveyard, even back to the late 1800s, the three Power brothers who drowned in the Narrows in St. John's are marked there. The ground holds a wealth of tears for loved ones lost and the church holds the prayers for those united in love, gifted with the Holy Sacraments, and of course, for our dead.
The community that got its start more than a century ago where rowing to the fishing grounds to eke out a living, turning the rocky soil to grow vegetables and raise animals was simply hard – a hard that nobody understands today. But it grew perseverance, grit, and resilience within her offspring that was passed down for untold generations to those who live and work all around the world. It nurtured a supportive and generous spirit that ensured survival. A North Harbour gene of kindness, welcoming, embracing, and care that has seen many through good times and bad times. Our foundations are proudly and sometimes stubbornly rooted in the soil of this tiny community. That's what makes us who we are.
Where roots remain strongly tied, though her numbers might appear few, North Harbour as a community, has forged a fate from our faith and our forebearers. By procuring the building and the cemetery to complement that which is already common within her people, a new beginning, a modified going forward has come to pass where there is room for all. We can only hope those buried in her sacred grounds are proud of their enduring contribution to its solid foundation.
The Sacred Heart Church, and the neighbouring community centre, overlook and, in a communal sense, watchover our loved ones. Combined, they are the heart of our community. It will continue to beat because of hard work, dedication, commitment, and the North Harbour gene that is carried and lauded by so many. There is lots to be done and with a village like North Harbour, its abundance of talents and strengths, many things are possible. As in generations past, everyone is welcome.
Author: Ida Linehan
Our History
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About Our Church
Church Information
Sacred Heart Church is a registered charity dedicated to maintaining our place of worship and the associated cemetery.
Board of Directors
Terry Power
President
Maryann Butt
Chairperson
Mary McGrath
Treasurer
Lorraine Power
Secretary
Church Documents
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