Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

* Parish offices will be closed tomorrow (Monday) for the Easter holiday.

* The CCW’s Yard Sale next Saturday from 8am to 2pm in the Parish Life Center. You can bring donations to the Sale during this week, please call for information.

* Divine Mercy Devotions will be held next Sunday in the church following the Spanish Mass, about 3:15pm.

* Plan to attend our Mental Health Summit for Teens April 18.

*  Come join the celebration at our 8th annual Parish Night Out dinner and dance, April 25. See details at left.

* The Council of Catholic Women Mother Daughter Tea is April 25.

* Vocations Sunday at Saint Mary is April 26, and we will welcome Bishop Loverde to join us for the Spanish Mass that weekend.

* Mark your calendars: Our PARISH PICNIC will happen at Holy Cross Academy on Sunday, June 7 in the afternoon.

* 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!

* Several additional opportunities for confession have been scheduled this week: Holy Week Monday through Wednesday at 7pm, and between Noon and 3 on Good Friday. There will be no confessions after 3pm on Good Friday.

*  Please make note of our annual Easter Sunday schedule, which is very different. The Church permits only one Vigil, ours will be Holy Saturday night from 8:30–11:30pm. There is no 5pm or 7pm Mass on Holy Saturday. We then joyfully welcome more than 9,000 people to three beautiful Masses on Easter Sunday at the Fredericksburg Expo Center,  8am, 10:15am and 12:30pm. There are no Masses in the church on Easter Sunday, and no afternoon and evening Masses after the 12:30pm Mass.

* Remember someone you love, either living or deceased, with a donation for our beautiful Easter Flowers. Envelopes are available in your envelope packets, in the Church and in the Parish Office.

* SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.

* Several additional opportunities for confession have been scheduled this week: Tuesday through Friday starting at 7pm. Confessions will continue Holy Week Monday through Wednesday at 7, and between Noon and 3 on Good Friday. There will be no confessions after 3pm on Good Friday.

* Please make note of our annual Easter Sunday schedule, which is very different. The Church permits only one Vigil, ours will be Holy Saturday night from 8:30–11:30pm. There is no 5pm or 7pm Mass on Holy Saturday. We then joyfully welcome more than 9,000 people to three beautiful Masses on Easter Sunday at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, 8am, 10:15am and 12:30pm. There are no Masses in the church on Easter Sunday, and no afternoon and evening Masses after the 12:30pm Mass.

* Don’t forget the final Lenten Ecumenical Prayer Service and Lunch, this Wednesday at noon at Fredericksburg Baptist Church: Rev. Aaron Dobynes, pastor of Shiloh Old Site Baptist Church, is preaching.

* Remember someone you love, either living or deceased, with a donation for our beautiful Easter Flowers. Envelopes are available in your envelope packets, in the Church and in the Parish Office.

* SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.

*  The second collection this weekend is for Catholic Relief Services. The six worldwide organizations supported by the Collection provide immediate humanitarian aid, pastoral support, and disaster relief to our suffering brothers and sisters around the globe. Please give generously to the Catholic Relief Services Collection.

* Saint Mary’s Manna Project food drive is this weekend. Nonperishable food items and financial donations for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank are welcome. Thank you for your generosity.

* Don’t forget Fredericksburg’s Lenten Ecumenical Prayer Services and Lunch, every Wednesday at noon.  This week we meet at St. George Episcopal Church, and Rev. Richard Carbaugh, the pastor at Christ Lutheran, is preaching.

* The snowed-out Baptism Class has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 19, 7pm, in the Parish Life Center, 202.

* SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.