Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

Rehearsals will be on Monday April 29, Tuesday April 30, and Monday May 6.
First Holy Communion Liturgies will be on two Saturdays (May 4 and May 11) and on Sunday May 5

Holy Cross Academy Students
Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 30 at 6pm
First Communion Mass: Saturday, May 04 at 10am

Monday 6:30 Students
Rehearsal: Monday, April 29 at 6pm
First Communion Mass: Saturday, May 04 at 12:30pm

Students who sign-up to receive First Holy Communion at a Sunday Mass: Sunday, May 5, at 2 Sunday Masses (10:30am and 2:30pm)

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 4:45 Students and Home Taught Students Rehearsal: Monday, May 6 at 5pm
First Communion Mass: Saturday, May 11 at 10am

Tuesday and Wednesday 6:30 Students and Tuesday 6 (HCA) Students
Rehearsal: Monday, May 6 at 6pm
First Communion Mass: Saturday, May 11 at 12:30pm

On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 8:00 p.m., Concerts at Saint Mary will present the instrumental ensemble Washington’s Camerata.

Established in 2009, Washington’s Camerata is a period instrument ensemble dedicated to the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.  Founding flautists Kelly Kazik and Sarah McIver achieve innovative programming through the ensemble’s unique instrumentation to bring charming and rarely heard music back to life.

In addition to performances throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, Washington’s Camerata is currently in residence at the historic St. George’s Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where the ensemble performs in conjunction with the popular chamber music series Beautiful Music in a Beautiful Space.  From 2009 to 2012 Washington’s Camerata had the unique privilege to serve as artists-in-residence for the Washington Parish at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Oak Grove. Washington Parish was founded by the Washington, Monroe and Lee families.

The concert program, which will be presented by Washington’s Camerata, will be taking the audience on a musical tour of eighteenth-century Europe!  Admission to the concert is free and a free-will offering will be taken to support future Concerts at Saint Mary productions. Following the concert there will be a reception in the church’s Parish Life Center where there will be an opportunity to meet the artists and share fellowship with others.

Dear Folks,
Happy Easter!
Christ is risen…
This is the primordial feast of the Church.  Everything we are, celebrate, and profess comes from this feast of the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord.  By faith, we know that we are eagerly striving for that day when we too will share in his life giving resurrection and his triumph over death.
A convert to our faith said this to me in in conversation a few years back, as we were discussing grace and mercy.  He had taught Sunday School, and given children these definitions of grace and mercy:
“Grace is God giving us what we don’t deserve.  Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve.”
I like those definitions because they are so easily remembered, but also packed with meaning.  Easter is such a great feast of mercy, because the very death that our sins deserve, is taken on by Jesus and vanquished by his love. To know his mercy, is to be rooted in truth and love.
I think the 2nd most beautiful sight in the world is a soul set free in the confessional.  What a privilege and joy to share in Jesus’ showering us in his mercy.  I think the most beautiful sight in the world is the Eucharistic Host that is Jesus.
I wish you a blessed day with your family!  Eat lots of delicious foods and celebrate in style!
pax et bonum,
fr mosimann

All of our Easter Sunday Masses will be celebrated at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401.  The Expo Center is located right behind Wegman’s and has enough parking and seats for everyone.  Easter Masses are at 8am, 10:15am, and 12:30pm Bilingual. 

Holy Week Confession Schedule:

Monday: 12:30pm and 6:30pm

Tuesday: 12:30pm and 6:30pm

Wednesday: 12:30pm and 6:30pm to 8:30pm

NO CONFESSIONS SATURDAY APRIL 20!

Holy Week Liturgy Schedule

Monday: 6:30am, 9am, 12pm Mass

Tuesday: 6:30am, 9am, 12pm Mass

Wednesday: 6:30am, 9am, 12pm Mass

Holy Thursday: 8am Office of Reading and Morning Prayer, 7:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Adoration in PLC until Midnight, 11:45pm Night Prayer in the PLC

Good Friday: 8am Office of Reading and Morning Prayer, 12pm The Tre Ore (The Seven Last Words of Christ), 3pm The Passion and Veneration of the Holy Cross, 7pm Stations of the Cross, 7:30pm Via Crucis (Spanish Stations of the Cross), 10pm Night Prayer in the Church

Holy Saturday: 8am Office of Reading and Morning Prayer, 11am Blessing of Easter Food, 8:30pm The Easter Vigil (in the church)

Easter Sunday:  All of our Easter Sunday Masses will be celebrated at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401.  The Expo Center is located right behind Wegman’s and has enough parking and seats for everyone.  Easter Masses are at 8am, 10:15am, and 12:30pm Bilingual.