Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

This weekend is the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal, which means I have the pleasure of speaking at all of the Masses (except the ones that I can’t cover because I can’t bi-locate, thankfully). Thank you for your consistently generous reception of the talk, and towards the campaign.

Thanks for your mailed in pledges to the BLA supporting seminarians, Christ House, youth ministry, and many other worthy diocesan endeavors. The Diocesan Church depends on this collection.

I feel like I am saying thanks a lot lately! But that is something we can never do too much!

Thank you for your support of our Capital Campaign and thanks for letting me or one of our volunteers sit down with you and explain in detail the what, when, how, why, where of all that we are trying to accomplish as a parish. Thanks for picking up the phone to schedule appointments, or calling us back.

Thank you for sharing your time and talents…. Our upcoming Volunteer Dinner is one way we try to thank you specifically and personally! Please RSVP and attend! Your nominations of Outstanding Volunteers, have been more numerous than we can possibly acknowledge in a single year!

Our parish library has become a beehive of activity for volunteers working on the Capital Campaign, and all with smiles on their faces.

Speaking of smiles: This week in our Catholic Schools Week celebration, I told the school children about our Capital Campaign. They listened with great energy, and every time I said the name of the school, Holy Cross Academy, they would scream out “bigger and better!” (Ok, I asked them to do that, but they embraced it big time). But by far the biggest, baddest, rousing, frolicking, ear-shattering celebration was when I put up a slide saying simply, “new playground.” Wow, they went wild with joy!

Your generosity makes so many things possible. Thank you.

pax,

Father John Mosimann

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This week is all about three mega ‘thanks-yous’!

It is with great joy and enthusiasm that we have hit $3.5 million pledged for our “Growing our Legacy of Faith” Capital Campaign! This puts us at the halfway mark for funding our identified needs for the parish and school!! I am so grateful for the hard work of our parish volunteers! I don’t know of any other volunteer-run campaign that has been as successful as ours!

One of our volunteers suggested we celebrate with this song, which people of my generation will recognize by the time they get to the refrain!

♫ We’ve got to build on to what we’ve got. ♫
♫ You can make a difference and you can help a lot. ♫ ♫ Growing in faith is not for naught ♫
♫ So pledge just give it a shot. ♫

♫ Oh we’re halfway there. ♫
♫ Oh, Oh, thank you for your prayer. ♫
♫ Make a pledge and we’ll make it I ‘promise.’ ♫ ♫ Oh we’re living on your prayer. ♫

Catholic Schools Week!!! A huge shout out to Dr. Fry and all of our school staff for their hard work and generosity in teaching and serving the children of our parish. This weekend our school children are passing out cards after all Masses to thank you for the parish’s support of the school and to celebrate both Catholic Schools Week and the success of our capital campaign! Monday, Bishop Burbidge is coming to offer Mass at the school, kicking-off a week of celebrations!

Teaching and living our faith is at the heart of the mission of the parish, and the school is often on the front line of this work for so many parish families. I recall one time asking a pre-schooler what she had learned. Without hesitation, she looked up and said, “I learned that Jesus can never stop loving me. His grace is His love in my heart.”

Bishop’s Lenten Appeal! Also, thank you for your support of the BLA! This week we have the bulletin insert to promote the many wonderful works supported by your generosity!

pax,

Father Mosimann