Sacred Heart Church (Lombard, Illinois)

Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Lombard, Illinois. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.

Sacred Heart Church
41°53′03″N 88°01′27″W
Location	Lombard, Illinois
Country	United States
Denomination	Catholic
Website	www.sacredheartlombard.org
History
Founded	1912; 113 years ago (1912)
Clergy
Pastor(s)	Rev. Thomas Dunn

History

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]

See also

• Sacred Heart School (Lombard, Illinois)