Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

* This weekend we welcome Rev. Paul W. Farin and Rev. Msgr. Ted Bertani who will speak at our Masses on behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach.

* The second collection this weekend supports World Mission Sunday. Your ongoing support is vital to the missionaries serving in 1,150 dioceses throughout Asia, Africa, parts of Latin America and Europe, and on the Islands of the Pacific.

* Parish Photo Directory sign-up continues. Be a part of a book that will help us all get to know each other! You will receive one free print of the portrait, other copies may be ordered only if you wish. Please visit our parish website to schedule your portrait sitting / appointment.

* Saint Mary Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is Thursday, October 22: RSVPs are due this Monday, October 19.

* Confirmation teams 1-11 travel to the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Saturday, October 24 for their confirmation retreat.

* On Wednesday, October 28, Catechist training will be held in the Parish Life Center.

* If you still have your Commitment Card, you are welcome to mail it in or bring it into the office. Everyone make a commitment to living your faith by getting involved in the parish!

* Parish Photo Directory sign-up continues. Be a part of a book that will help us all get to know each other! You will receive one free print of the portrait, other copies may be ordered only if you wish. Please visit our parish website to schedule your portrait sitting / appointment.

* The second collection this weekend is for the parish building fund.

* Saint Mary Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is Thursday, October 22: RSVPs are due Monday, October 19. See invitation on page 8.

* Upcoming: Saint Mary welcomes virtuoso organist and composer Dr. Mary Beth Bennett who will play a free concert Friday, November 13 at 8pm.

The miraculous image of Our Lady will visit Saint Mary on three occasions in the coming weeks: Tuesday, 6 October and Thursday, 15 October from 3-8pm and on Wednesday, 21 October from  9:30-1pm in the church.

A digital copy of the original tilma of Saint Juan Diego in the basilica in Mexico City, this image communicates the loving presence of Mary, our Mother, through some beautiful signs. Healings, tears and glitter follow her, and one is able to feel the heartbeat of Mary as well as the heartbeat of Jesus in her womb.

This is one of the missionary images which began to circulate at Saint John Paul II’s request in June, 1991 at the International Rosary Congress and the National Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Image Guardian Vivian Mestey, from our parish, reports such wonders as common to those who venerate her image.

You, too, can experience these graces, signs and wonders through Mary’s mediation and respond to our bishops’ call for a culture of life in our country.

“Am I not here who am your mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy?”