Preparing Your Home for the Sacred Heart Enthronement

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart on June 11, 2026. Ahead of that historic moment, the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network invites families, schools, and businesses to enthrone their own home, workplace, or classroom. By doing so, the devotion spreads across the country, with a goal of 50,000 ceremonies before the consecration.

Step 1: Start with the Novena

The first essential step is to pray the Sacred Heart Novena. Begin nine days before the feast day of June 12, or start on a First Friday, Solemnity, or any convenient day. EWTN offers a ready‑made novena, and the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network provides a downloadable version that includes the entire September‑to‑June plan. The novena should be prayed daily, followed by a confession and reception of the Eucharist. These three items—novena, confession, communion—are called the "non‑negotiables."

Step 2: Create a Place of Honor

Choose a prominent spot in the home to display an image of the Sacred Heart. The traditional image is the one painted by Pompeo Battoni around 1760, reproduced by Cardinal Burke. If you have a dedicated altar, use it; otherwise, a living‑room wall, side table or fireplace mantel will do. The image, accompanied by a small candle and a prayer card, becomes the focal point for the ceremony.

Step 3: Follow the Enthronement Booklet

Cardinal Burke and CatholicVote have produced a step‑by‑step booklet for the ceremony. It includes the specific prayers, the family consecration, and the final consecration of the home. A priest may bless the image in‑person, but a family member can lead the prayers if a priest is unavailable. At the end of the ceremony, family members sign a printable PDF that can be framed as a certification of participation.

Step 4: Incorporate Daily Devotion

After the enthronement, establish a daily morning offering of the Sacred Heart. This simple offering, followed by a brief moment of prayer, sets the tone for each day and reminds the family that they are living for Jesus. Some families choose to visit the Eucharistic communion seven days a week, reflecting the belief that the Eucharist is the very heart of Christ.

Step 5: Reflect on Memories of Love

If you cannot receive communion, devote a “Memorare moment” to recall a memory of love and joy in the presence of Jesus. Remembering such moments strengthens the capacity to love family and community, turning mundane tasks into acts of mercy.

Joining the National Motion

Use the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network’s website to register your home. Free resources—prayer cards, the novena, a parish bulletin template—are available for download. Your participation also contributes to a national effort to conduct 250 hours of adoration and 250 works of mercy on the day of the consecration.

Conclusion

Preparing your home for the Sacred Heart Enthronement is an invitation to return to Jesus’s heart and to transform your domestic space into a place of love and prayer. With the novena, an altar, the ceremony, and daily devotion, each family becomes part of a national renewal that culminates with the U.S. consecration on June 11, 2026.