Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

* The special collection this weekend is for the victims of the Nepal earthquake. Donations can also be mailed to the Parish Office or placed in the collection basket this weekend or next. All checks should be made payable to the parish with “Nepal” in the memo line.

*  All teens: you are invited to a cookout on Thursday, June 4 to welcome seminarians biking through the Diocese for vocations. Cookout at 6pm, followed by a short talk, Mass at 7:30pm and ice cream.

* Our newly ordained parishioner, Father Joseph Farrell, will celebrate his first Mass with us on Sunday, June 7 at 8:30am. Please join us for Mass and a reception in his honor following Mass.

* There will be no Corpus Christi procession on Sunday, June 7 due to the Parish Picnic. We invite you to celebrate with us in a special way by attending Fr. Joseph Farrell’s First Mass at 8:30am.

* Join us this week for the Taize Prayer Service in July, Monday, June 8 at 8:15pm. Now in our 9th year, we have met each month to pray for Christian unity in our community and in the world. All Christians are

warmly invited; invite your friends!

* Be sure to keep up on all that is happening at St. Mary by subscribing with your email address at our home page, lower right corner, at www.stmaryfred.org!

* The Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts continues. We ask everyone to join together in this novena and pray it at home if you can’t join us following daily 9am Mass. Please see page 8.

* The second collection this weekend if for the Catholic Communications Campaign. This Collection communicates the Gospel through Catholic social media activities and enriches our faith through internet, television, radio, and print media.

* There will be a special collection for the victims of the Nepal earthquake the weekend of May 30 and 31. Donations can also be mailed to the Parish Office or placed in the collection basket the weekend before or after. All checks should be made payable to the parish with “Nepal” in the memo line.

* Next Memorial Day Weekend, Coffee Shop and SCRIP after Masses are canceled. Also, our regularly scheduled fourth Sunday New Family Welcome meeting will not be held, the next meeting will be June 28. If you need to register quickly, please stop by the parish office for information. Also there will be no 6:30am Mass nor evening Novena on Monday, Memorial Day. The Parish Office will be closed and there are no Religious Education classes.

* Our Second Collection this weekend is for the Annual Special Parish Needs Collection. This year the Special  Parish Needs Collection will assist the parish in building a deck in the large area near the back door of the Parish Life Center for our kids in preschool and religious education (estimated cost $25,000.00).

* There will be no SCRIP sales this weekend or Memorial Day weekend.

* The Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts begins Friday, May 15. We ask everyone to join together in this novena and pray it at home, too. Please see page 8.

* Tickets are limited, two spots left. Join us on pilgrimage with our Oblate Sisters as we go to South Africa to dedicate their convent which we helped to build! We will visit the Sisters’ missions in South Africa and Namibia. For information, call Fr. Rooney or visit our website. July 14-25, 2015.