Sacred Heart Church (Lombard, Illinois)
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| Sacred Heart Church | |
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| 41°53′03″N 88°01′27″W / 41.88405090°N 88.02417340°W | |
| Location | Lombard, Illinois |
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| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1912 |
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| Pastor(s) | Rev. Thomas Dunn |
Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Lombard, Illinois. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.
The church was founded by 54 families in 1912,[1] with the first services held at the Lincoln School house.[2] The first pastor was Father Boecker.[3]: 160 In 1958, the church was rebuilt,[4] and was dedicated in 1959 as a permanent church.[3]: 161 In January 2002, a new Parish Center was dedicated on the location where the parish's convent had been located[5] since 1925.[6]
The parish hosts an annual Germanfest, which started in 1968[7] as a small picnic event.[8] Each year, 30 to 40 thousand people attend the festival,[9] which is the longest-running outdoor festival in the western suburbs of Chicago.[10] In 2016 and 2017, the band 7th Heaven performed at the festival.[11]
In 2012, the church held the funeral for inventor Eugene Polley.[12]
