Homestead & Florida City Mass Tmes

Mass and Service Schedule

Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m.

Daily Mass 8:15 a.m.

Weekend Masses - English

Saturday Vigil - 5:00 p.m.

Sundays - 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Weekend Masses -en Españsol

Satado Vigilia a las 6:30 p.m.

Domingo a las 1:00 p.m.

Weekend Masses - Kreol

Dimanch a 6:30 p.m.

Holy Days

English - 8:15 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Españsol 8:00 p.m.

Reconciliation / Confesiones

Saturday 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. English

Sabado 6:00 p.m. en Español

Web page:
wwwsacredhearthomestead.com/churchweb/church2.htm

In the early 1900s,
the city of Homestead was
the last stop on the road to
nowhere. Old Federal
Highway came from Miami to
a point just south of
Homestead and there it
ended. The first Catholic
Mass was celebrated in
1915 at the home of Mrs.
Charles Hammond who had
made arrangements for a
priest to visit Homestead
from Holy Name Church (now
called Gesu) in Miami.
Catholics were given cards
listing the dates when Mass
would be celebrated at the
Hammond residence.

According to the public
records of Miami-Dade
county, the original Sacred
Heart Parish property was
purchased on March 21,
1916, by the St. Louis
Catholic Benevolent and
Educational Associated of
Tampa. That same year, the
Extension Magazine
Company of Chicago sent
$1,500 to build a church on
the site where our parish hall
now stands. Work on the
first Church began on 1917.
The materials (including the
altar) were donated
parishioners made the pews.
That building served as a
church for 16 years and as
the rectory for the next 20
years.

Father Francis Callahan was
assigned to Sacred Heart for
the winter season in 1920.
He used a mule for
transportation. In 1920,
the parish of Sacred Heart
numbered 15 Catholics
families. The first priest to
take up residence was Rev.
J. O'Keefe who was pastor
from June to September
1929.