Mass was celebrated for the first time since the reformation in a house in Bell Street on All Saints Day 1864 by Fr Andre Walshe, chaplain to Charles Scott Murray of Danesfield.   Mass continued to be celebrated for three more years, by the chaplains of Stonor, but through infirmity this ceased in 1867. In 1888 Bishop Ilsley appointed a resident diocesan priest Fr John Bacchus. A little church that doubled as a school was built in Station Road in 1889. It was not until 1958 tha the school moved to Grey's Hill.

In 1909 Father John Hughes became parish priest to 30 parishioners. He remained for 55 years until 1964, retiring at the age of 94. In 1935 he purchased a one-acre plot on Vicarage Road where the Sacred Heart Church now stands. The church was designed by A.S.Butler around the magnificent Pugin East Window, reredos and altar which were generously donated by Charles Scott Murray when the chapel at Danesfield, his home in Buckinghamshire, was demolished.

The church was completed in July 1936. A solemn Te Deum was sung in 1943 marking the clearing of the debt, during which period Fr. Hughes had refused to wear socks. The culmination of Fr. Hughes’ works was the consecration of the church in 1949 by Archbishop Masterson. 
Father (later Canon) Denis Toplass succeeded as parish priest in 1964, and remained here for 27 years until his death in 1991. During his time, a new parish hall was built using the proceeds of the sale of the old church/school in Station Road. His years saw the beginnings of the implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council. The involvement of the laity was a high priority.  Sacred Heart boasts a parish council that has continuous service to the parish.

Father Anthony Wilcox was appointed parish priest in 1992. His predecessor had left financial resources to allow for the re-roofing of the church and the refurbishment of its east window, the re-ordering of the Parish Hall, a large car park, and the extension of the house  After lengthy consultations and planning applications the church itself has been re-ordered to accommodate the liturgy of today according to the directive of the Second Vatican Council.  Parishioners moved back into the church in time for Christmas 2005.

1889 - 1909 Fr. John Bacchus
1909 - 1964 Fr. John Hughes
1964 - 1991 Fr. (Canon) Denis Toplass
1991 -          Fr. Anthony Wilcox