Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

* 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.

*  The second collection this weekend is for the Little Sisters of the Poor, who have provided a home and compassionate care for Virginia’s elderly poor since 1874. The Sisters will be present at all the Masses to explain their mission and to ask for your support. Thank you for your generosity.

* New Altar Server training continues for all students 5th grade and older on Wednesday and Thursday, March 11 and 12 at 4pm, in the church. Attendance at these remaining 2 meetings is mandatory. Contact Chris Lanzarone in the parish office for details.

* In case you missed the chance, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, will return Tuesday, March 10 from 1 to 9pm.

* Don’t forget Fredericksburg’s Lenten Ecumenical Prayer Services and Lunch, every Wednesday at noon. This week we meet at Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, and Rev. Joe Hensley, the new pastor at St. George Episcopal, is preaching.

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

* Our parish’s Forty Hours begins Sunday evening after the 7pm Mass. Mission talks by Deacon Mark Cesnik are on Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm, following Mass at 6:30 each evening. Adoration is continuous from Sunday evening until the close of Forty Hours at the 6:30pm Mass on Tuesday. Please come and spend some time with Jesus.

* This Friday, March 6, Stations of the Cross will be at 7:30pm in English followed by our First Friday Mass at 8pm. At 8:30pm, there will be Stations of the Cross in Spanish followed by all night Adoration.

* The second collection this weekend, March 1 and 2, is for the Parish Building Fund.

* New Altar Server training for all students 5th grade and older will be held on the first two Wednesdays and Thursdays in March, March 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 4pm, in the church. Attendance at all 4 meetings is mandatory. Contact Chris Lanzarone in the parish office for details.

* In case you missed the chance, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, will return Tuesday, March 10 from 1 to 9pm.

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