Mass is celebrated in Spanish at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday for the 250 Spanish speaking parishioners at Sacred Heart. They are natives of 14 different countries. The music program was begun under the direction of Sister Imelda, a student at Spellman College from Bogata, Columbia. This Sunday the congregational singing will be lead by Los Duques, one of the most famous mariachi groups in Mexico. They are in Atlanta performing at “Su Casa” Restaurant at the White House Motor Inn just a few blocks from Sacred Heart.

Father Slattery has been celebrating the Spanish Mass for the last four months. Father David Patterson, the other assistant pastor of the parish, is now completing a refresher course in Spanish at the Berlitz school, and will begin alternating with Father Slattery at the end of February.

Classes in English are conducted for the parishioners on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the religious education building on Ivy Street. When asked why there is a weekly Mass in Spanish, Father Mulroy, the pastor of Sacred Heart replied: “Because everyone should feel at home in his parish church. The Church is not just the house of God, it is also the house of the people of God. The Spanish Mass, the folk Mass at midnight and the majesty of the High Mass at 10:00 a.m. reflect that we are Catholic not just in our belief but also in our liturgy.