3910 SW 11th Avenue
Sacred Heart is located in the Brooklyn neighborhood, which is close-in southeast Portland. It is the neighborhood just to your right after crossing over the Ross Island Bridge eastbound. It is an interesting neighborhood that you may have never been to if not house-hunting or if you don't live nearby.
The church's exterior is wood, painted white with a prominent steeple. The interior is very much in the same vein as Immaculate Heart, the very first church in this blog. I would not be surprised if Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart were designed and built by the same people, but I don't know.
The handshake of peace was done at the beginning of the Mass. Father Bruce Brown said he would be 75 this April. Before we adjourned we sang Happy Birthday to a 10 year-old girl who is active in the church. The parishioners were mostly white. There were a few young families but not many. It appeared that many parishioners were retirees and indeed there is a senior living facility next door. 
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