The last stop on the Alabama leg our our Faith on the Road tour brings us to a beautiful church located in Cullman, Alabama. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church stand out and stand tall amongst the skyline of Cullman. The steeples stand tall above everything in the vicinity.
The first Church on this site was officially named “Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” in April of 1874. The Sisters of Notre Dame arrived on December 14, 1878 and the convent was opened. Construction of a schoolhouse began on July 1, 1879. The church was updated in 1887 to include a steeple and a set of bells. On Oct 24, 1910 groundbreaking for a larger church took place for the third and current Sacred Heart Church building. The corner stone was laid on July 3, 1913 and church was dedicated in 1916.
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind”. The devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is is greatly attributed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun and mystic. Margaret received several private revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. These visions showed her the “form of the devotion, the chief features being reception of Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month, Eucharistic adoration during a ‘Holy hour’ on Thursdays, and the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart.” The Lord Jesus requested His love be made evident through her.
