Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

Once again, Father will never ask you for gift cards via email.  Always check the email address and not the name that it says the email is from.  Be wary of scams.

Dear Folks,

Fr. Stan Lee arrives this ursday! One of the priests here told him on the phone this week, “never has there been such excitement and anticipation for the arrival of a new priest!” Maybe a little hyperbole, but maybe not!

It was a long year for the priests of St. Mary’s, and we had to trim the Tuesday / Thursday Noon Masses from the schedule, because we just couldn’t cover them. Yes, we kept them going as long as we could, in hopes that another priest might come….well, that day is now here!

So I am adding back to the schedule: Tuesday & ursday Noon masses — beginning Thursday June 25th, the day Fr. Lee arrives and it will be his first scheduled Mass in the parish!

Monday 4pm Summer Mass at Holy Cross Academy— beginning Monday June 29th. If it is well attended, I will consider making this a more permanent addition.

Turkey / Greece?? It was mentioned in here once, but if you are interested in a pilgrimage trip to Turkey / Greece, I had a couple of cancellations this week, and so there is room for another couple or two. Dates: Friday October 23rd to Friday November 6th. Cost $5500 per person/double occupancy. It will be a small trip, with about 20 folks, and an adventure! If you would like to see the itinerary, email me directly: frmosimann@stmaryfred.org

pax,

Father John Mosimann

Dear Folks,

This weekend we are joining the bishops of our country to consecrate our nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus! Yesterday, many families came to the Saturday Morning Mass to receive blessings and prayers to enthrone the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart in their homes!

And beginning this week, we will recite a prayer for our nation leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence! Semiquincentennial, that is one heck of a word! No wonder I typed 250th above!

So what is a consecration like this? It is a solemn act of entrustment by which persons place themselves, their lives, and their future more completely at the service of Christ through the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

John Paul II often used the language of “entrustment” asking Mary to intercede so that peoples and nations might open themselves more fully to Christ.

Take for example, Pope Saint John Paul II’s motto, “Totus Tuus” (“Totally Yours”) which came directly from St. Louis de Montfort’s teaching on True Devotion to Our Lady. It is a motto that he strove to live and belong more perfectly to Christ by placing everything he was and did under the maternal care of Mary, who always leads souls to her Son.

We can never have too much entrusting ourselves to Our Lord and Our Lady.

pax,

Father John Mosimann