Planes, Trains & Heroes: A Story of Warner Robins and the Robins Region

SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND
SCHOOL
“Sacred Heart Parish seeks to live its
Catholic tradition and to build a community
of faith through worship, education, stewardship,
Christian service, and evangelization in
order to share God’s love for all people.”
The first Sacred Heart Church was dedicated
in 1945 to serve the fifteen families already
residing in this area and the 200 new Catholic
families who moved here to support Robins
AFB. Sacred Heart was one of the first churches
to move out of the Base USO and build their
own worship space. Today, Sacred Heart is still
located in downtown Warner Robins, worshipping
in our third church and has over 1,200 registered
households.
In 1955, in an effort to meet the Catholic
needs of new military families, Colonel King on
Robins AFB and Reverend McDonough from
Macon successfully opened the doors to Sacred
Heart Catholic School. The first classes were
held in military barracks to an estimated ninety
students. Through the dedication of the
Presentation Sisters, generous parishioners, and
school families, Sacred Heart has enjoyed a
steady enrollment for almost seventy years.
Sacred Heart ministers to parishioners and to
the local community. Since 1984, the Christian
Service Center, CSC, has been the primary arm
through which Sacred Heart has served our
community neighbors. As a result of the generous
support of Sacred Heart parishioners and
other community churches and organizations,
the CSC is able to assist those in need. In Fiscal
Year 2017, the CSC provided over 2,800 families
critical support of food, clothing and emergency
financial assistance. The
impact of the CSC is the creation of a
contagious spirit of giving, which
was illustrated when an anonymous
donation was made from a former
CSC client for $200 to help other
families in need.
Sacred Heart is a Parish where all
are welcomed. Being located in
Warner Robins, the International
City, Sacred Heart has always
embraced diversity and built a
Christian community that is blessed
and enhanced by many cultural
influences. Sacred Heart has a number
of ministries that celebrate our
diversity such as the Black Catholic
Ministry and the Korean Prayer
Group. As the number of Hispanics
increased in Houston County, Sacred
Heart took steps back in the 1980s to
support their spiritual needs. The
Hispanic ministry has grown from
humble beginnings of twenty to thirty
faithful occasionally celebrating
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